Notes from the Clerk 09-29-24
Worship Schedule this Sunday, September 29th, 2024, Fall Schedule
Early Worship in person at Meeting House and also at 8:30 on Zoom.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86303480382?pwd=ZWhxeGZMYzl2aCtEYXF0aXNIUWhOdz09
Meeting ID: 863 0348 0382
Passcode: 584838
- Connections: Hawaiian Adventures with Ted and Aron. Ted and Aron will share their experiences with Friends Meeting in Hawai’i during their two year sojourn. Please join us to welcome Ted and Aron back to Charlottesville. The Connections program will be hybrid—in person and online. 9:45 Sunday.
- Later worship at 11:00 in person at the Meeting House
- Religious Education: Religious Education for children at 11
Upcoming Friday Gatherings, Some News from our Clerk
10/4: A Concert with Jim Pell
Dann Pell will be sharing a ministry of music with us on Friday evening Oct. 4. Potluck at 6pm followed by music. Free will offering. Here is a message from Dann:
Dear Friends, Thank you for welcoming me to be with you in your worship space, and share my music ministry! I view my music as an opening to the spirit, inviting and uncovering songs to ground and uplift. Drawing from the sacred and traditional through a lens of deep listening. The time is intended to be framed akin to meeting for silent worship. Open to the movement of the spirit, connecting to the silence within, shared and beyond.
** If you would like to get more of a sense of my work please consider viewing this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI57r8FXEJw and related write up https://xpn.org/2024/02/20/dann-pell-kss/
my recorded music can be streamed here dannpell.bandcamp.com **
My intention in sharing is to support the spiritual life of the meeting and connect to the wider community. I hope this time will prove fruitful in unexpected ways.
In Friendship, Dann Pell
10/12 A Conversation Regarding Clerking
Dear Friends: Clerking is an important part of Quaker process both for committees and for the Meeting as a whole. Several of our recent clerks have agreed to hold a couple of sessions about the clerking and committee management processes. We hope that these conversations will ease and empower the hearts and minds of Friends as they consider taking on the clerkship of a committee – or better yet, of the Meeting! A conversations have been scheduled for Friday 10/12. We will begin with soup at 6pm, Friends are encouraged to bring a potluck side dish and their questions/insights!
Newcomer’s Potluck Oct. 5
The Lockledges will be hosting a newcomer’s potluck at their home on Sunday evening, October 5th beginning at 5:30pm by the fire circle. We will provide hotdogs and s’mores makings. This is a kid-friendly potluck. Please sign up on the sheet at the meeting house or reach out to Laura @ tanskl@netscape.net.
A Note from David Sewell
Nonviolence International is suggesting a three-day commemoration of the anniversary of the outbreak of the Hamas–Israel conflict with the theme “Every Life, a Universe”, with actions that can be undertaken by individuals or by groups:
Tandem’s Community Picnic
Tandem’s annual Community Picnic is on Tuesday evening, October 1. It’s always been a casual, potluck gathering for current students and families, and we’d like to extend the invitation to CFM members who are interested in joining us. Details about the gathering are below.
The Parent Community will host the annual Community Picnic on Tuesday, October 1 from 5-7pm on the front lawn (weather permitting). Bring your own chairs, blankets, and utensils. Food options are outlined below. We hope to see you there. Tandem will provide fried chicken. Side dishes are potluck style to share. If you’d like to contribute last names A-N can provide a side dish and o-Z can provide a dessert. The Arepas on Wheels Food truck will have delicious food available for your purchase. The student Senate will be providing pizza by the slice. Bring your own picnic!
An Invitation from Joyce Hillstrom
How Faith can Clarify and Sustain One’s Public Service Mission, A Conversation with UVA President Jim Ryan and Walter Kim, President of the National Association of Evangelicals: Monday, September 30 at 5 pm. To learn more, click here: UVA
Yoga Class with Robin Albertsen- Wren, Wednesdays from 5:15-6:15: In the Meeting House. To learn more contact Robin at robinandjono@gmail.com
Beloved Community Cville Launches Virtual History Tours
You are invited to a launch event from 4-6 p, Saturday October 26th at Mt. Zion First African American Baptist Church, 105 Lankford Ave. Come and learn a more inclusive history of C’ville and celebrated the launch of our virtual tours! 4-5:15 pm Presentation of videos. 5:!5-6 pm Refreshments. Register here.
Perspective of Palestinian Quakers Recording Now Available
Quakers for Peace in Palestine and Israel encourages Friends to watch and share their recording, “Building a Just and Lasting Peace: Perspectives and Experiences from Palestinian Quakers.” Palestinian Quakers, Joyce Ajlouny and Walid Mosarsaa, share their experiences with systematic oppression, their perspectives on nonviolent resistance, and a vision for a just and peaceful future in Palestine & Israel. The Ad Hoc group offers the following queries with the recording:
What surprised or moved you the most about what you learned from Ajlouny and Mosarsaa?
Mosarsaa and Ajlouny spoke about Quakerism in terms of speaking truth to power, working for justice, and seeking that of God in everyone. How have you experienced these aspects of Quakerism?
Rufus Jones said, “The pacifist is literally a peace-maker. He is not a passive or negative person who proposes to lie back and do nothing in the face of injustice, unrighteousness and rampant evil. He stands for ‘the fiery positive.’ Pacifism is not a theory; it is a way of life. It is something you are and do.” What then does the Light require of us?
Quakers for Peace in Palestine and Israel is an ad hoc group of Quakers working to bring about a just and lasting peace in Palestine and Israel. Our goal is for Palestinians and Israelis to live in peace with equality and freedom; starting with an immediate ceasefire and full access to humanitarian aid. For more info, contact diane_mchale@yahoo.com Watch the Recording