This Sunday October 24, 2021

SUN 10:00 AM– Adult Sunday School

SUN 11:00 AM– Meeting for Worship; download bulletin

TUE 7:30 PM– Book Study

Bless the Lord at all times. Let everyone bless God. Praise the Lord continually. Let everyone praise Christ. Our souls boast in the Lord. We boast in the Spirit’s greatness. With one voice, we magnify and exalt the Lord, for God has delivered us and made us whole. Exalt our God, the Lord of life.

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Bible Study: We are discussing the book “A Quaker Prayer Life” by David Johnson. Meeting on Zoom, the group will collectively read a small section and then talk about it. No need to read ahead of time or buy the book. If you’d like your own copy it can be bought at Inner Light Books, among other retailers.

Way of the Spirit is offering several online opportunites for spiritual growth this fall. What helps you sort Holy guidance, your unique giftedness, and the clamor of urgent needs around us? How do you discern small ordinary actions and larger commitments? The Quaker-based Way of the Spirit program invites prayer and learning for living Spirit-led every day. Apply now for online offerings:
Nov 6 & 20, Dec 4 – Tending Your Spiritual Giftedness:
What is “yours” to do in our fractured and hurting world? It’s more important than ever to discern how your unique spiritual giftedness meets the aching needs around us. Additional mini-courses in 2022 will explore obstacles to giftedness, creating a cultures of giftedness, and passing it on to children and youth.

We are looking for Kids’ Sunday School teachers for our return to in person worship. We will need a teacher for the elementary age group and the middle school and up group. You can commit to teaching one Sunday a month, for a quarter or indefinitely! We will be using the Shine materials that provide lessons, activities and crafts for the teachers to present. If interested or if you have questions, let Faith Kelley know.

The Earlham School of Religion and Bethany Theological Seminary will co-sponsor the 2021 Ministry of Writing Colloquium on October 22-23.This year’s event features a performance by Quaker singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer, a lecture from poet-peacemaker Pádraig Ó Tuama and several writing workshops and “mini retreats.” All events are virtual. The colloquium will ask participants to pay what they are able. Recommended fees are $20 for a single session, or $50 for the entire event. Registration for all events is required on ESR’s website.
Western Friend Magazine is hosting a Quaker conversation on the work in and about prisons and detention centers, specifically for Western Friends. The conversation will take place on Monday, October 25, at 6:30 PM. The link to more information and to register is here.
Quaker Parent Support Groups, sponsored by New York Yearly Meeting, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and Friends United Meeting, are starting again. They will run mid-November through mid-April with parents across the country meeting over Zoom to talk about what it is like to parent kids in our faith. To participate, you must register by October 31 here.
Friends Committee on National Legislation’s upcoming Quaker Public Policy Institute and Annual Meeting, to be held virtually November 17-21, 2021. Learn how to lobby your congress people, listen to great speakers like Vanessa Julye and celebrate Diane Randall’s 10 years of leadership at FCNL. Find out more and register here. Registration is pay-as-led, with no set fee, and you can join from anywhere with an Internet connection. If you register by October 15, you’ll receive a printed program and an FCNL hat in the mail.
Pendle Hill’s FRIENDS’ DECISION-MAKING AND CLERKING Nov 19-21, 2021 A weekend on Zoom with Steve Mohlke
Friday 4:00pm through Sunday 11:00am Eastern Time. NB: Registration deadline November 2nd! This is an opportunity for both new and experienced clerks of Friends’ meetings and committees to meet and think together about the role of the presiding clerk. It is expected that each person will leave the weekend with new energy and enthusiasm for being a clerk, feeling well-grounded in both the theoretical and the practical. Read more and register.
Thanksgiving Day Worship– Join us at the meeting house for a brief period of gathered thankfulness on November 25 at 10:00 AM. We will sing, pray and have open worship together as we express gratitude for all God does.