A Monthly Meeting in Dover Quarter of New England Yearly Meeting, Religious Society of Friends
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The Meeting Calendar
Day | Date | Time | Event |
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Sunday | June 11th | 10:00 a.m. | Meeting for Worship & Potluck followed by Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business. For Zoom link, email Zoom [at] ConcordFriendsMeeting [dot] org (subject: %E2%80%9CWorship%E2%80%9D%20Zoom%20Link%20Request) . Closing: Sara and JJ S. With Children: Wendy, Faith, Juliet. |
Sunday | June 18th | 10:00 a.m. | Meeting for Worship & Fellowship. For Zoom link, email Zoom [at] ConcordFriendsMeeting [dot] org (subject: %E2%80%9CWorship%E2%80%9D%20Zoom%20Link%20Request) . Closing: Faith S. and Elaine B. With Children: TBD. |
Saturday | June 24th | 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. | NEYM Conference Meeting for Listening. Concord MM hosts this hybrid event (see below) |
Sunday | June 25th | Spring Party at the Ingraham's after Meeting. |
NB. Midweek Meeting is not scheduled. Please be in touch with Rich or Lucy if you are interested in attending.
The draft minutes for the May 2023 meeting for worship with attention to business are available at https://www.ConcordFriendsMeeting.org/2023-05-07_CMM_Minutes [3] or via https://www.ConcordFriendsMeeting.org/Minutes_of_ConcordMonthlyMeeting [4]
The Childcare Planning Committee will present a detailed plan for building improvements required to offer our space for rent to the outdoor childcare program, now named Pathways Learning Center. The proposal will also include a funding mechanism to get the work underway this summer: a combination of a capital fund raising campaign and loan(s). The committee has consulted with a friendly architect to advise on code compliance and met twice with the Canterbury Fire Department Chief who is the decision maker on these code/safety items.
Likely needed Improvements include lighted exit signs, emergency lighting, a fire department accessible key lock box, a 45 or 60 minute rated fire door to the mechanical room, closing the entrance to the attic above the lobby, certain improvements to the wall between the Mechanical Room and the Fellowship Room, and a fire detection and alarm system with pull stations by each entrance and fire dispatch notification.
Find: 1) the committee's narrative proposal here [7], 2) the architect's code compliance report to the Fire Chief here [8], and 3) the fire detection/alarm proposal for Mango Security Systems here [9]. We look forward to a full discussion at Meeting for Business. Due to the lateness of the season for families to plan for their childcare for the fall, a decision should not be delayed.
Ruth, Greg, and Dave.
A full-day, hybrid event June 24, 2023
Friends are most in the Spirit when they stand at the crossing point of the inward and outward life. And that is the intersection at which we find community. a place where the connections felt in the heart make themselves known in bonds between people, and where the tugging and pullings of those bonds keep opening our hearts.
- (Parker Palmer, A Place Called Community, Pendle Hill Pamphlet #212, 1977)
JOIN US FOR A GATHERING OF FRIENDS IN NEW ENGLAND CARING FOR THE NURTURE OF SPIRITUAL LIFE AND MINISTRY IN OUR LOCAL FAITH COMMUNITIES.
Together, we will:
Background:
As you know, our yearly meeting’s primary purpose is to support monthly meetings, to be a vehicle to share resources and experiences among and between us in order to better understand our life in the Spirit and to be able to listen more closely to the Teacher. With that in mind, at yearly meeting annual sessions last year, we decided to hold a “Meeting for Listening.”
Our first “Meeting for Listening” is scheduled for JUNE 24, 2023. It will be a FULL-DAY, HYBRID GATHERING where Friends can gather in different ways: on-site at Concord (NH) Meeting, in local clusters connected via Zoom, as well as individually via Zoom.
We gather to share with each other—to reflect on where Spirit is alive in our local worshiping communities. These insights and reflections will both inform programmatic planning in the year ahead and our annual Funding Priorities.
And while that’s all very serious, don’t be misled. We are looking forward to a day of joyful worship, celebration, and discovery.
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN. Whether you plan to participate via Zoom or gather with others, you can register for this free-of-charge event at NEYM.org/Meeting-for-Listening [10]. If you plan to attend on-site in Concord, please register by June 1st. This will help us comfortably accommodate everyone.
Are you led to host a local cluster in your area? If, rather than travel to Concord, you are interested in inviting area Friends (for example, your Quarter) to gather at your meeting’s location in a regional cluster to participate in the gathering together connected via a shared device or system, we would love to support you in doing so, as much as we are able. Contact us (mc-clerk [at] neym [dot] org and Nia [at] neym [dot] org) to begin a conversation.
Looking forward in faith, Carl Williams, Ministry and Counsel Clerk and Nia Thomas, Program Director
Friends around New England and beyond—you are invited to the 363rd Annual Sessions of New England Yearly Meeting, August 4–9, 2023!
Last year we pioneered hybrid sessions, with some of you attending at Castleton University, and others participating by Zoom. Continuing that successful experiment, our focus this year is building connections, strengthening local meetings, and practicing our faith together. Our schedule has been built with attention to creating time for sitting with old F/friends and making new ones.
Click here for more information [11]
There are a number of newly active Quaker podcasts, and some on hiatus which had a good run. Friends may find some of these listed below interesting. Contributed by Jonah:
The Seed: Conversations for Radical Hope, from Pendle Hill, interviews one person, generally active in social justice movements. https://pendlehill.org/learn/podcast/ [12]
Thee Quaker, a new podcast from John Watts (previously of QuakerSpeak) looks at Quaker history and presents with both an outsider and an insider. http://quakerpodcast.com/subscribe [13]
Here is a fun and interesting way to develop your relationship with the local Native American community. The link takes you to a listing of all the Pow Wows in NH this summer. Sara and JJ are going to the Alstead one (15 Mechanic Street) and then to the Keene concert with the Concord Chorale at 3.
https://calendar.powwows.com/events/categories/pow-wows/pow-wows-in-new-hampshire/ [14]
Fellowship Cleaning Day
There are some Friends who couldn't stay on the third Sunday of May who may want to pitch in a bit before the next scheduled day on July 16th. Here are some suggestions:
Jennifer Smith
Please join us and spread the word:
44th Annual Meeting of the Friends Association for Higher Education
Quakers, Colonization, and Decolonization
June 12-15, 2023. Hosted by Haverford College, Haverford PA
Get more information and register here. [16]
4 Hybrid Plenary Sessions:
25 Concurrent Presentations
50 Presenters
All are welcome regardless of your academic background or current knowledge of these issues
The draft minutes for the May 2023 meeting for worship with attention to business are available at https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/2023-05-07_CMM_Minutes [3] or via https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/Minutes_of_ConcordMonthlyMeeting [4].
The webpage for "Leadership Roles & Committee Service of Concord Friends Meeting" as well as the forwarding email addresses for FY2023-2024 have been updated: https://www.ConcordFriendsMeeting.org/Contacts [17]
For corrections and updates, please contact WebClerk [at] ConcordFriendsMeeting [dot] org (subject: CFM%20Roles%20%26%20Committees%20-%20update)
As a follow-up to last week's Meeting for Business and the subject of COVID protocols, here [18] is an interesting read on the practices of 14 Meetings around our Quarter and the Yearly Meeting. It contains much food for thought.
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[1] https://us19.list-manage.com/contact-form?u=9a8043445371972ccf703d972&form_id=1f6107e868d6e1dee5921ed447f609d6
[2] https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/InPersonMeetingGuidance
[3] https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/2023-05-07_CMM_Minutes
[4] https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/Minutes_of_ConcordMonthlyMeeting
[5] https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/sites/all/files/documents/CMM-BalanceSheetComparison- FY23toFY22.pdf
[6] https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/sites/all/files/documents/CMM-OperationsFY2023asof2023-05-31forJun2023.pdf
[7] https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/sites/all/files/documents/CMM-CodeCompliancePlan.pdf
[8] https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/sites/all/files/documents/CMM-ChrisCarleyCodeComplianceMemo.pdf
[9] https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/sites/all/files/documents/CMM-MangoSecurityFire_AlarmPlan.pdf
[10] https://NEYM.org/Meeting-for-Listening
[11] https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/sites/all/files/documents/Annual_Sessions_We_Look_Forward_to_Welcoming_You.docx
[12] https://pendlehill.org/learn/podcast/
[13] http://quakerpodcast.com/subscribe
[14] https://calendar.powwows.com/events/categories/pow-wows/pow-wows-in-new-hampshire/
[15] https://quakerfahe.com/2023/05/14/fahe-annual-conference-2023/
[16] https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-fahe-conference-quakers-colonization-and-decolonization-tickets-571994830937
[17] https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/Contacts
[18] https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/2023-05-07COVIDPoliciesUpdatedFromOtherMeetings
[19] https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/PastAnnouncements
[20] https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/Donations