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Meeting Tasks for this Sunday:
Care of Meeting: Joanne C.
Key - Wendy G.
Setup help - Don G.
Greeter - Larry T.
Snack - Mary Ann P.
Kitchen - Carole T. +Jeanine H.
Kitchen help - Dorothy D.
Children's Teacher - Carole T.
Child care - Kendra H.
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Calendar for Bellingham Friends
When
Wed, Sept 2, 7– 9pm
What
Where
Midweek Worship
Mary Ann P.'s home
One hour worship + one hour worship sharing/ check-in. Friends gather for midweek worship on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays each month.
When
Sat. Sept 12, 2pm -
Sun Sept 13, 2 pm
What
Where
Annual Retreat
Camp Lutherwood
See more information at the bottom of the newsletter.
click here for tentative schedule
click here for registration form (you may need to save to your computer in order to read it)
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From Ministry and Counsel:
We ask Friends to hold our whole Meeting in the Light. We are already a few weeks into a 120-day contract within which we hope to discern whether purchasing the Bell Tower building is a Spirit-led choice.
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Please honor our shared silence in worship by planning to arrive before 10 a.m. on Sunday mornings. Please enter the hallways outside the worship room quietly, as voices carry. Please silence cell phones and arrange belongings before entering, and keep comings and goings during worship to a minimum.
Thank you, Friends.
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Opportunities for Friendly Activists
From your Social and Environmental Concerns Committee
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SUPPORT THE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL
A huge vote on war and peace is right around the corner.
And our legislators are crucial to this vote!
click here
and follow the instructions (very easy) so that
Friends Committee for National Legislation (FCNL)
can help you send a message to our legislators.
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Special Request for
Baked Goods
for
Whatcom Peace and Justice Center's
International Day of Peace
fundraiser
On Sept 19th at 7 pm
(see large pink announcement at bottom of newsletter)
Please consider bringing baked goods, savory or sweet for our bake sale at the International Day of Peace Event and Fundraiser on September 19 at the Majestic. Anything easily portionable would be most welcome! If you would like to help, please contact Janet Marino at janet@whatcompjc.org
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Seeking one or two more teachers for
Fall Quarterly Meeting.
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Experience FGC - the Gathering from the comfort of your own home!
You can view all the 2015 FGC Plenary sessions including
Parker Palmer
Click here
for access to all 2015 FGC gathering Plenary sessions
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August Metamorphosis is out!
Click here
to find it online
The second installment of the feature article on the Elders and a wonderful poem are highlights of the August issue.
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Friday Peace Vigil
When
Every Fri, 3:45pm – 4:45pm
Where
104 W Magnolia St, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA ()
Description
The Nation's oldest weekly Peace Vigil. Paricipants gather weekly at 4:00 pm with signs in front of the Federal Building on the Corner of Magnolia and Cornwall Streets.
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AFSC Suggested Action on Immigration Reform
and weekly video
Each week for the few several weeks, the E-News will post a link to a short video recommended by AFSC on immigration.
Here is this week's video:
Critics of US Immigrant Detention Center Go In to Support Detainees
VOA News
Click here to access this video on youtube
Several additional AFSC-suggested youtube videos on immigration (including last week's) are available here
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Announcements from the Wider Community
Last Chance!
Concert in Elizabeth Park
Thursday, 6 pm
SUMMER PARK CONCERT SERIES:
Bellingham's Columbia neighborhood at Elizabeth Park.
Every Thursday through Aug. 27.
http://www.cob.org
6:00 pm - 8 pm
Free concerts sponsored by The Eldridge Society, in partnership with Bellingham Parks and Recreation. Hot dogs will be available for purchase, and all are encouraged to recycle and compost. Donations to enable The Eldridge Society to continue to pay the performers will be gratefully accepted at the concerts.
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Listen to Speak Up! Speak Out!
In Whatcom on KMRE 102.3 FM Sunday at 11 PM
A half hour weekly locally produced radio show committed to community, peace, justice and non-violence issues. Topics and interviewees change weekly. Schedule subject to change.
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More
Announcements from the Wider Community
Whatcom Museum
HELMI'S WORLD: SYMBOL, MYTH, FANTASY
June 27 - October 11, 2015, Lightcatcher Building
Helmi’s World presents 65 artworks—paintings, drawings, prints and ceramics—drawn from the Whatcom Museum’s collection of her work, which numbers 250 objects. Some of her finest pieces are highlighted, including paintings of petroglyphs from Central Washington, watercolors of Lummi masked dancers, and linocut prints based on the Makah Wolf Dance experienced at Neah Bay. The exhibition suggests the complexity of Helmi’s vision by displaying some of her most unusual artworks, where images and symbols from a variety of cultures converge. The influences of Mark Tobey, Pablo Picasso, Scandinavian Folk Art, and Judeo-Christian and Buddhist iconography are also explored
August 29th
Lummi Youth Academy Benefit Dinner and Variety Show
Lummi Gateway Center: 4920 Rural Ave., Ferndale (I-5 Slater Rd Exit)
Bar-B-Q Salmon Dinner (Lummi Style), Mallards Ice Cream
$35 per dinner:
Reception 6:00, Dinner 6:30
Tickets at Brown Paper Tickets or call Lummi Youth Academy
360-738-4218
Brought to you by Setting Sun Productions
Singing, Comedy, Skits, Poetry, Drumming, Silent Auction
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Venues for Meeting Activities this Sunday, August 30
Meeting for Worship
Bell Towers Studios
This Sunday we will meet for Worship in the Bell Towers Studios at
This building that has been suggested as a possible new meeting house for Bellingham Friends. Worshiping in this space will contribute to our process of discerning whether we are led to purchase the building and make it our new spiritual home.
Children's Program Explorations Academy.
Because our 10 a.m. Meeting for Worship will be at the Bell Tower Studios, where there is no appropriate space for Children's Program at present, parents will need to drop their kids off at Explorations Academy (1701 Ellis St.) before coming over to the Bell Tower building (1430 N. Garden St., about four blocks away.) Children are always welcome to stay with their parents in silent worship if they prefer. Kendra Herrick and Carole Teshima will provide child care, Friendly activities, and child-centered social time during the worship hour at Explorations. Kendra is also available to babysit during MfWfB.
Social Time and Second Hour Explorations Academy
After worship, sharing of joys and sorrows, and announcements at the Bell Tower Studios, Friends will return to Explorations for social time and Meeting for Worship for Business. (No lunch will be provided, so please BYO Brown Bag!)
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Upcoming Second Hours:
Sept. 6 – Labor Day Weekend, extended social time (OR TBD)
Sept. 13 - BFM Annual Retreat (with potluck supper Saturday)
Sept. 20 - Open
Sept. 27 - Quarterly Meeting, extended social time
Oct. 4 - Potluck
Oct. 11 - MfWfB
Oct. 18 – “39 Questions for White People” (SEC)
Oct. 25 - “39 Questions for White People” (SEC)
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Looking Ahead to Wider Quaker Gatherings:
Pacific Northwest
Fall Quarterly Meeting
September 25th - 27th
Theme: “Encounters with Quakerism”
Online registration and related documents for the Fall 2015 session of Pacific Northwest Quarterly Meeting are now available. To register and/or download the documents go to pnqm.org and click on the link(s) displayed near the top of the page.
(The information packet and registration forms are also available as attachments from Don Goldstein, dnx6309@gmail.com or 671-1395. A few hard copies will be available at meeting as well, beginning August 23rd. The early registration deadline is (or was, actually) August 23rd and the final registration deadline is September 13th. Call or email Don for further information or if you need assistance in registering.
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Pacific Northwest Quaker Women's Theology Conference
July 15-19, 2016
Canby Grove Christian Center
Canby Grove, Oregon
Theme: Naming the Gifts of the Living Presence
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Messages from Friends:
From Dorrie Jordan
September 1, 7 pm
Assumption School Library
2116 Cornwall Ave
Pax Christi, a Catholic peace and justice organization, invites you to join us in reflecting on
Laudato Si, Pope Francis’s encyclical on climate change.
We will meet monthly on the first Tuesday for 9 months in a program designed by Interfaith Power and Light and the Catholic Climate Covenant.
Prayer, study and action choices will be incorporated in each meeting.
We begin Tuesday, September 1 at 7 pm in the Assumption School Library and we will close promptly at 8:30. Looking forward to gathering!
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From Joan Ofteness
Volunteer with CAST
a new Interfaith Coalition program
Interfaith Coalition's mission is to fill gaps in essential human services and to meet the needs of our marginalized neighbors. When CAST, Coffee and Sandwiches Together, food outreach needed a new partner, Interfaith and St. John's Lutheran responded with enthusiasm for the opportunity to help.
CAST began over a decade ago and has faithfully delivered simple meals of soup, sandwiches and hot drinks four evenings a week, prepared and served by committed volunteers. Many of the guests -often more than 50 each night- appreciate the simple fellowship as well as the meal.
Needed: Volunteers to help us make sandwiches on a regular basis.
Shifts are available Monday through Thursday afternoons, from 3 to 4pm.
To become involved in this marvelous program, please contact volunteer coordinator
Mary Ann O'Hara by calling 360-325-2613 or emailing her at maryann.ohara@gmail.com
Or Contact Joan Ofteness
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From Karen Steen
Transition Whatcom and Inspiration Farm present:
An Evening with Toby Hemenway
September 14th
6:30pm at Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth St.
6:30 PM: Book sale, 7PM – Presentation
8:15 Q&A, 8:30 Book signing
Join us for inspirational examples of ecological design in cities and towns across the continent as award-winning author Toby Hemenway introduces his new book, The Permaculture City: Regenerative Design for Urban, Suburban, and Town Resilience. Be a part of a lively discussion on ways to apply nature’s wisdom to urban, suburban and town life. Permaculture’s approach to understanding natural systems can do more than improve how we grow, make, or consume things; it can also teach us how to cooperate, make decisions, earn a secure livelihood, and arrive at good solutions.
Donations accepted to cover local organizer’s expenses.
Co-sponsored by BUF Climate Justice Team and more co-sponsors to be announced.
See more details and RSVP on Transition Whatcom
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From John Hatten
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2015
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: PERSPECTIVES, REALITIES, CHOICES
3:00 – 5:00 P.M.
Where: Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship
1207 Ellsworth Street, Bellingham, WA 98225
A presentation featuring
● Phyllis Shacter’s TED Talk: Not Here By Choice –a personal story with new/updated information
● Barbara Green, MSW- an overview of Compassion & Choices of Washington’s Alzheimer’s Disease/Dementia Mental Health Advance Directive
● Josselyn Winslow – a personal story about caring for an elderly mother and the difficult decisions related to her Alzheimer’s Disease
● Tresa Marriato, Executive Director of Woodway Assisted Living – the last 18-24 months of life for an Alzheimer’s patient
Followed by a panel discussion addressing audience questions & comments
There is no cost for the presentation or documents. Open to the public.
Make your reservation today by calling:
Compassion & Choices of Washington at 206.256.1636
or emailing info@compassionwa.org.
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