AFSC Annual Gathering - Helpers/Performers Needed

If you haven't already reserved the evening of Oct. 22 for the wonderful AFSC-NH dinner and celebration at the Concord UU Church, get it on your calendar so you don't miss this unique opportunity!

For this event, we will come together both online and in person to share our special talents and gifts, whether that's as a musician, dancer, stand-up comedian, storyteller or group skit. We're especially encouraging our youngest Quakers to consider performing.

The link here provides opportunities to volunteer in various capacities but scroll down past the initial list to see the link to volunteer as a performer. Concord Friends are once again volunteering to do break-down and clean-up, and Sara Smith will help coordinate volunteers from our meeting. A call to contribute a potluck dish may also be forthcoming, and we will provide more information on what's needed soon.

But please take a moment to think about what you have to share with our AFSC community and follow this link to sign up.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-0ObX2AddMiX4Pg0lfL3Q6SmOEdw_2t6PD6dvaR... [2]

Carol McEntee and Caring Bridge

Last week we wrote of Carol McEntee and the terrible accident that befell her. Wednesday night she had a successful surgery to repair her many broken vertebrae Please continue to hold her in the Light. Her recovery will be long and there are many uncertainties. To follow her journey you can find information and inspiration here -

https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/carolmcentee [3].

Friends should check out this web site as an important resource for anyone going through this sort of trauma. The needs/demands of the primary care / significant others to communicate with friends and family can be overwhelming at the same time that they need the support from those same people. Caring Bridge offers a wonderful resource to reduce those burdens and enhance the support that is so necessary.

Exit 17 Development Planning

The town planning board has invited us to a Visioning Session on Tuesday, Oct 11 from 7 to 9pm at the town hall specifically regarding land use, transportation, housing and economic development issues in the exit 17, exit 18 and NH 106 commercial/industrial zones. Light refreshments (including pizza!) will be available beginning at 6:30pm. This is an open public meeting.

Newsletter Calendar Change

Since our Sunday Zoom attendance information is repeated all the time, we have removed the link information from the calendar and placed it in the "masthead". This will reduce formatting work required of the editors. Please take note.

NH Peace Action Annual Event 2022:

October 14 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm ONLINE EVENT $10-$30/ticket

To commemorate 40 years of waging peace, we will be joined by former staff as they share important highlights from each of the past 4 decades.

Come see:

• Kurt Ehrenberg (Director, NH Freeze Campaign/NH Freeze Voter 1983-85)
• Patty Bass (Office Manager mid to late ’80’s)
• Seán O’Donoghue (on staff from 1996-2003 first as Coordinator then as Co-Director)
• Jessica Ellis-Hopkins (Administrative Assistant 2004-2007)
• Susi Nord (Office Manager 2007-2011

Virtual Cocktails at 5:30. Once you join the meeting, you’ll enter one of the sponsored breakout rooms with other activists from around the state. Get to know someone new. Do a little networking! Want to sponsor a breakout room? doreen [at] nhpeaceaction [dot] org (Email Doreen) or purchase below [4].

You can also purchase an event sponsorship. Either option comes with a free ticket and you (or your organization) will be listed here on the event page.

YOU CAN HELP: Krisan Evenson is working on a timeline full of peace-progress events for our 40th anniversary year. Please consider filling in some of that timeline with your own stories! CLICK HERE [5] to access the Google doc and add your story in the right hand column. The left-hand column is the corresponding national Peace Action event list to jog your memories.

Also, if you have some great photos, please email them to Doreen.

Please RSVP HERE [4].

World Quaker Day - Becoming the Quakers the World Needs

Sunday, 2 Oct (10:30am, also 12:00pm see timetable below) Worship Sharing Queries, Guidelines

Celebrate our diversity and Hold this world in the Light for Peace, for Justice, for Harmony with nature

Timetable for East coast

• Worship sharing begins: 10:30am
• Meeting for Worship begins 12:00pm
• Worship closes 1:30 pm
• Introductions by location 1:30 pm
• Breakout rooms open approx 1:45 pm
• (Regular Daily worship begins 12:00pm)

Dear Friends everywhere,

John Lennon asked us to “Imagine all the people living life in peace”

I am asking you to imagine Friends all around the globe, extending their hands to each other, making a human rainbow chain touching every land, as we “stand still in that power that brings peace”. (George Fox)

I am inviting you to participate with Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) in realizing such a vision on World Quaker Day, 2 Oct. and celebrating the diversity and geographical reach of Quakers. The Daily International Meeting for Worship for Peace will be expanded to welcome up to 1000 participants and extended to 90 minutes.

Please join us in worship for peace, even if for only a few minutes.

We would like to know your location. If possible, sign in using the ID and the passcode instead of the link. After you put in the ID, you will see your name and can add your location at that time. Then put in the passcode and you will join the meeting.

In the tradition that I know, this would be called a Meeting for Sufferings – a special meeting for worship on a specific concern, with worship just as deep as other meetings but with a focus that often leads to more ministry. If you are led to speak, raise your digital hand (*9 on a phone). All mics will be muted, and a pause allowed between messages. Please wait patiently to be asked to unmute your mic (*6 on phone) and try to keep your message brief. Leave your hand raised during your ministry; the host will lower it after you speak.

The meeting time will be extended to 90 minutes, 9:00-10:30 AM Pacific Daylight time [4:00 UTC]. The room will be open from 8:30am for Worship Sharing on the theme: Becoming the Quakers the World Needs. Guidelines for Worship Sharing are below the time schedule. If there is interest, after worship we can open breakout rooms for small group discussions and making deeper connections.

During worship, the chat will be open only for messages to the host or cohost for technical issues or if you cannot raise a digital hand.

Please distribute this invitation widely, including the ID, passcode and link.

Questions or comments may be directed to me at friendshousemoscow2022 [at] gmail [dot] com.

In the light that will reveal the next right step,

Julie Harlow, on behalf of the Daily International Meeting for Worship for Peace, sponsored by Friends House Moscow Support Association

For more information on Friends House Moscow: https://friendshousemoscow.org/ [6]

For more on World Quaker Day: https://fwcc.world/events/world-quaker-day/ [7]

For more information on FWCC: https://fwcc.world/ [8]

To add your location to your name: Meeting ID: 416 500 5614 Passcode: 182805

To join the Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/s/4165005614?pwd=NUtieEtqbDBYbjBrcGdMMzBKQ3drQT0... [9]

To attend by phone find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kohl8vkT8 [10]

Worship/Sharing Queries for World Quaker Day:

• What does the world need from Quakers today?
• How am I striving to become what the world needs?
• How do I “pray for peace”? Why?

GUIDELINES FOR WORSHIP SHARING

The queries are to remind us of some common experiences. It is usually better to pick one to labor with rather than to try to speak to all the queries provided. If we are moved by the Spirit to speak on something else close to our hearts, we should follow the Spirit.

• We come knowing that we will gather in stillness – to listen, to be still, to share.
• We speak from our own experiences and feelings. Experience, like taste, is real and complete; it is not a subject of discussion, but a window into another life.
• We speak for ourselves out of the silence. We do not answer, debate, agree, disagree, or try to solve someone else’s problem.
• We speak only once on each round; we may pass or delay our turn.
• We listen compassionately, striving to understand the feelings of the person speaking, whose experience and reaction may be very similar or very different from ours.
• We take time in the stillness between speakers to hold in the Light what we have heard and to return to our own center.
• We notice the time to be sure everyone has time to share. The convener will remind us if we lose track of time while speaking or when it is time to close.
• We remember that everything said is confidential. Do not repeat what you have heard Do share what you have learned.

Are you wanting information from past announcements and newsletters?

Visit this page on our web site: Past Announcements and Newsletters [11]

Are you wanting to donate to Concord Monthly Meeting?

Visit this page on our web site for more information: Donations [12]