Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Quaker Worship
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The New York Times carried a feature article* this week on virtual Quaker worship: "Can you gather with God over Zoom?" Photos of Friends from several meetings offered glimpses of some of the faces of socially-distant worship. At Adelphi Meeting, we have experienced the longer reach of virtual worship and virtual gatherings, bringing us in touch with Friends in Copenhagen, Connecticut, Oregon and other places that can seem far away. Do we experience a deeper reach as well? * Photos and story by Bianca Gaiever. |
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Share Your Stories of Nancy Cady
Lynn Hardesty is preparing a collection of memories of Nancy Cady to share with Nancy's family. Brief stories or longer reflections are welcome. Several members of the meeting continue to be in contact with Nancy's daughter Leyla and son Danny, who live locally, and sister Norma in Colorado. We will discuss a memorial service for a time when we can gather in person. In the meantime, please send memories about Nancy and your thoughts for her family to Lynn Hardesty by the end of this week, May 29th. Nancy's obituary can be found here.
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A Moving Experience
Chloe Schwenke and Christine Lucas would like to hire a couple of strong people for 3 to 4 hours to help us move out of our rental house on Monday morning, June 8th. This entails getting mostly boxes and just a very few furniture items into the U-Haul truck, and helping us unload it 3 miles down the road at our new house. Please call Chloe.
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Baltimore Yearly Meeting Annual Sessions
They're happening - pretty much on schedule, but just not together. Check out the just-released issue of Interchange for all the details -- plenary presentations, workshops, even lunchrooms! For other Covid-related updates from BYM, check here.
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Our Virtual Strawberry Festival
The first week of June is coming right up. Feeling drawn to do your part for Strawberry Festival? Ad Hoc Strawberry Festival Committee has collected quite an impressive array of ideas for virtual events, and is now looking for people to volunteer to contribute to or coordinate some of them. The committee invites Friends to look over the notes (here) and write comments and offers of participation. Questions? Contact Catherine Vanderwaart.
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STRIDE Movie Night
Thursday, May 28, 6:30 pm via Zoom
STRIDE is hosting a screening of Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975. The screening will be followed by a discussion. The movie is not rated and runs 1 hr and 40 minutes. Facebook event here.
Join in on Thursday May 28th, 2020 at 6:30 pm using this Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85793956891. Donations for this event are graciously accepted, though not required! Donations can be made through BYM's website.
This event is offered by the Baltimore group of Baltimore Yearly Meeting's STRIDE program. STRIDE groups in Baltimore, Philly and DC work to create genuine diversity at BYM summer camps. Learn more about STRIDE here.
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Spiritual Formation Mini-Retreat
Sunday, May 31, 1:00-4:30 pm via Zoom
The Baltimore Yearly Meeting Spiritual Formation Program is moving its twice yearly mini-retreats to a virtual environment. On May 31, Friends are invited to participate in a retreat on “Courage as a Spiritual Practice.” Find out more and register for the event here. Chloe Schwenke is our local coordinator for the Spiritual Formation program.
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Poetry Reading Encore
Wednesday, June 3, 8 pm Eastern time.
Paul Jolly will join Joann Boswell again for a poetry reading (all the way from the other coast.) Find details and Zoom connection here.
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Continuing Revolution 2020 Online:
Transformative Conflict and Justice
June 5-9, 2020
Pendle Hill continues its annual conference for young adults, ages 18-35, focusing on the intersection of conflict and justice - on line.
"The Peace Testimony has ... had a distinct impact on Quaker culture, with some interpretations of it encouraging an anger-averse culture of conflict-avoidance among individuals and communities, which itself can allow the patterns of white supremacy, sexism, or abuse to continue," conference organizers write. "With these many influences, it is important to look at and practice conflict in a different way."
Find out more and register here. Financial assistance available through Adelphi Meeting and Pendle Hill.
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Gardening Advice from Indigenous Food Growers
Are you a gardener? Thought about it? You might enjoy the energy and inspiration that comes through this article about the "resiliency, strength, wellness and culture" represented by gardens.
“Working in a garden develops your relationship to the land,” says Aubrey Skye, a Hunkpapa Lakota gardener. “Our ancestors understood that. Look at the old pictures. It’s etched on their faces. When you understand it as well, a sense of scarcity and insecurity transforms into a feeling of abundance and control—something we all need these days.”
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Helping Goes Both Ways
The meeting can help you through this pandemic. Friends are prepared to offer spiritual, practical, and financial support. Find out how, here in WHIRLS.
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To Submit an Item for Silent Announcements
Send a message to the editor via an on-line form. The form prompts you to provide essential information (date, time, etc.) The editor will very likely edit your description for length, clarity, etc. So feel free to add any informal notes to the editor in the description box.
During the pandemic, Silent Announcements are sent out on Tuesdays and Fridays at about noon (except when the editor forgets what day it is.) Please submit items before 10 a.m. on those two days.
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To Schedule a Virtual Committee Meeting
Send the info below to: Zoom2@adelphifriends.org
Your e-mail should include at least the following information:
(1) the title of the meeting (e.g. Finance Committee meeting),
(2) the date and time,
(3) recurring or one time only – if it is recurring, what is the schedule (2nd Tuesday of the month), including beginning and ending dates,
(4) contact person, and
(5) any special considerations (e.g., you need a technical person to help out or to host, you need someone to control breakout rooms).
Note that the specific Zoom invitation info for these committee meetings should NOT be put in Silent Announcements. Instead put in the Silent Announcement a contact person who will forward the zoom invitation to the committee members. You can also just send the zoom info directly to the committee members without a Silent Announcement.
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Relevant and still current information is being saved in a place where you can always find it -- a page called "WHIRLS." The links below will take you to sections of these announcements. Scroll down in each section to find your particular item.
WHIRLS stands for
Ways to Connect, which includes
- After meeting gatherings
- Friendly eights
- Virtual worship for People of Color
- Library Committee delivers
- Adelphi Teens' Friday night hangouts
Helping in the Community, which includes
- Couch Potato Activists
- St. Camillus Food Pantry
- St. Matthew's Food Program
- Share food from your over-abundant garden
- Mask-making for non-medical personnel
- Helping with unemployment benefit applications
- Advocacy: New military draft bill to include women
Inspiration, which includes
- Messages, music, interviews and resources to help us get through this
Resources, which includes
- for kids and families
- At home Activities and Art Events
- Annie Patterson and Peter Blood web page for cooped up families
- Book on explaining the pandemic to children
- for all of us
- Guardian's list of home-based cultural activities
- Community resource guide from Local 23
- Richard Renner blogs on protections for workers who raise health and safety issues
Love and Support, which includes
- "Adelphi Cares"
- Sharing Joys and Concerns
- Free mental health support
- Financial Assistance
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