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Friendly Tasks for Meeting for Worship
January 3, 2016
Care of Meeting: Sharon T
Key: Don G
Setup helper: Wendy G
Greeter: Dave H
Snack: Potluck
Kitchen: Mark H
Kitchen helper: vacant
Children's teacher: Virginia H
Please contact Carole T to volunteer for vacant tasks - or just pitch in when you arrive.
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Calendar for Bellingham Friends
Midweek Worship
Wed., Jan 13th , 7– 9pm
Mary Ann P.'s home
Silent worship and worship sharing - 2nd and 4th Wednesday's of the month
Silence and Singing
Thurs., Jan 21st, 6:30 pm (Worship starts at 7:00, singing at 7:45)
Sharon T and Don R's home
15 minutes of gathering and greeting, followed by 45 minutes of silent worship, a 15-minute wet-your-whistle break, ending with hymn singing for an hour or so. Friends could choose to come to either or both.
Contact Sharon or Don for more information
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Upcoming Second Hours:
Jan. 10 – MfWfB
Jan. 17 – Second Hour on Quaker Worship: A How-to-Do-It-Yourself Discussion, including distractions, focusing, and communal worship.
Jan. 24 – Pre-February Potluck
Jan. 31 – Meeting for sharing about (a-lot-more-than) a Meetinghouse, with Iris Graville and someone else (TBA) facilitating.
Feb. 7 -- State of Society brainstorming
Feb. 14 – MfWfB
Feb. 21 -
Feb. 28 -
Mar. 6 – Celebration of Mary Ann's membership
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A Message from Ministry and Counsel
Since our November MFWFB, Ministry & Counsel has been meeting, reflecting, praying, and discerning about best ways to help our Meeting community move forward, in light of both our months-long process and our inability to find unity before the end of our contingency contract for the purchase of Bell Tower Studios building.
At this time, we're planning a community-wide opportunity, to be facilitated by two weighty (trusted, wise) Friends from another Meeting in our Quarter, to allow each of us to express what is on our hearts, with the hope of moving forward as a community. Iris Graville has accepted our request to be one of these, and to find another Friend to work with her. They will be here Jan. 31, for an extended "second hour" session.
Please save the date! There is a large range of thoughts and feelings held by Friends, and we wish to create a safe space to honor and hear them and each other. We do hope as many as possible will attend this session.
Ministry and Counsel is available for you individually as needed. We encourage you to let us know you'd like to attend one of our meetings (the next one will be Wednesday 12/30 at 7 pm) so that we may corporately hear your concern. (We prefer that Friends avoid just speaking one-to-one with any one member of M&C as there may be misunderstandings in that M&C Friend later describing your concern to the whole committee.) At the same time, we encourage all a Friends to share what is on their hearts in our community-wide event.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we proceed in our efforts to mind the Light.
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On-line Silent Worship with Ben Lomond Quaker Center
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Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
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... a world free of war and the threat of war.
... a society with equity and justice for all.
... a community where every person's potential may be fulfilled.
... an earth restored.
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FCNL Invites Friends to a reception with Diane Randall, Executive Secretary
Seattle Organizing Committee
Steven Aldrich, Jonathan Brown, Tom Ewell, Dorsey Green,
Lorina Hall, Sally Hufbauer
When
Saturday, January 30, 2016
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Where
A Contemporary Theatre, 700 Union Street
Buster's Space, Seattle, WA 98101
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Please RSVP by January 15, 2016 at
fcnl.org/nowisthetime/rsvp
Questions: Contact Andrew Silva
Andrew@fcnl.org or 202-903-2526
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The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) carries out a witness, bringing our shared values for peace, justice, and a sustainable planet to our nation's leaders and our government.
Our patient, persistent, and non-partisan lobbying, and the vital work we do to support the next generation of advocates, are building participation in the civil dialogue essential to mend our world.
FCNL's capital campaign, The World We Seek: Now is the Time, is transforming our work, and we'd like to share with you our vision and enthusiasm for the future.
Carpooling is encouraged!
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Silence and Singing (See Bellingham Friends Calendar) will have it's first gathering on Thursday, January 21st at the home of Don Reinke and Sharon Trent. At 6:30 we'll gather for greeting, meet for worship at 7:00, and start singing at 7:45. We'll have hymnals, but welcome any music you'd like to sing. Feel free to come for one half or the other. We'll see how this night and schedule work. Mid-week worship at Maryann Percy's is on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, so we're envisioning the 1st and/or 3rd Thursdays, but we'll see how it goes.
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Are You Living A Life of Prayer?
Help support others' lives of prayer. What Canst Thou Say (WCTS) is gathering stories from prayer lives for a book called "Immersed in Prayer." We hope to enrich the lives of others who are reaching to God through prayer. Queries and author guidelines can be found on the WCTS website. Click here to go directly to the guidelines page . Submissions will be accepted through March of 2016 .
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Looking Ahead to Wider Quaker Gatherings:
PNQM Silent Retreat Jan 22 - 25, 2016
(may be extended to 1/26)
Camp Huston, Gold Bar, Washington. For more information and registration forms click here
Way of the Spirit: Study-Retreat Program from the Quaker Tradition
February 12-15, 2016
Mt. Angel, OR.
Deepen faithfulness and explore your leadings in life-changing community. Convergent, Quaker grounding. Apply by December 12th to avoid late fees. Click Here for more info / registration and additional retreat dates. [link to be posted to our website soon]
Spring 2016 session- Pacific Northwest Quarterly Meeting
Theme: Deepening our Relationship with All Creation
Dates: April 22-24, 2016
Where: Lazy F Camp and Retreat Center near Ellensburg WA
Hosted by: Olympia Friends Meeting and Agate Passage Friends Meeting
To download a copy of the flyer for this session, click here: [link to be posted on our website soon]
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
For more information, click here
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Friday Peace Vigil
When: Every Fri, 3:45pm – 4:45pm
Where: 104 W Magnolia St, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA (map)
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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On Our Website:
Click to visit website
Metamorphosis
(our monthly newsletter - with feature articles and poetry and much more!)
Back issues of the E-News
(soon to include this one!)
And much more!
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“Do you know what you are?
You are a manuscript oƒ a divine letter.
You are a mirror reflecting a noble face.
This universe is not outside of you.
Look inside yourself;
everything that you want,
you are already that.”
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Announcements from the
Wider Community
Tenmile Creek Clean Water Project monthly meeting
Wednesday, January 13th,
6:30pm – 8:00 pm
BelleWood Acres Community Room
6140 Guide Meridian, Lynden ( map)
Join residents of the Tenmile watershed and others as they work to lower fecal coliform levels in their watershed. This group meets on the second Wednesday of each month, and meetings are open to the public. Check out one of these meetings to engage with local citizens and learn about water quality.
For more information, contact Lee First, Leef@re-sources.org.
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18th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Human Rights Conference 2016
The Whatcom Human Rights Task Force and the Whatcom Peace and Justice Center invite the community to join us for the Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Human Rights conference
Saturday, January 16, 2016
9:30 am to 3:30pm
Syre Center at Whatcom Community College.
Clock hours will be available for Bellingham and Ferndale School District educators.
Theme: "Listening as a Radical Act: Honoring All Voices".
Keynote speaker: W.Tali Hairston, director of John M. Perkins Center for Reconciliation, Leadership Training, and Community Development. at Seattle Pacific University.
Title of Keynote presentation: "Just Listening: Hearing the Voices of the Marginalized".
Following the keynote speaker there will be a Youth Summit for students grades 8-12, facilitated by the New Wilderness Project. Also other skill building workshops will be provided and led by community educators and activists. A complete list of workshops will be available sometime in December on our websites at www.whrtf.org and www.whatcompjc.org
Light refreshments available throughout the morning.
Food vendors will be on site with lunch options for sale.
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Day of Service - Cleanup at Squalicum Beach Park
Monday, January 18th
10:00 am - noon
Squalicum Beach Park
Northeast of 2929 Roeder Ave ( map) Free refreshments; Open to all
Join Sustainable Schools and North Sound Baykeeper at Squalicum Beach Park for a beach cleanup in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. We will begin our cleanup at the park at 10:00am, and will continue along the shore until noon. Light refreshments and tools will be provided. Please dress accordingly for the weather. All ages welcome
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Saturday, January 23, 2016
“Money in Politics:
Does Unlimited Spending in Campaigns Impact Our Vote & Our Voice?”
Join the League of Women Voters® of Bellingham/Whatcom County
for a free educational program and community discussion of Money in Politics.
Saturday, January 23, 2016 from 9:30-11:30am
Garden Street Methodist Church, 1326 N. Garden Street, Bellingham
The program is an outgrowth of a national study by the League of Women Voters® of the United States examining 1st Amendment rights to free speech as they coincide with unlimited spending in campaigns, as well as the impact of recent court decisions related to campaign finance.
Topics to be discussed include:
- What is the League’s position on campaign finance reform?
- How has increased spending by individuals and political groups impacted our democracy?
- How are disclosure regulations working?
- How can you, as a citizen, express your views about money in politics?
Panelists for this program include:
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Philip Buri (Partner, Buri Funston Mumford, PLLC) and
Todd Donovan (Professor of Political Science, Western Washington University).
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