Centering. Working. Giving.
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Paradox of Our Time:
Zoom In and Worship
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Meeting for Worship at 10 a.m.
Connie and Alden Meyer continue to host a meeting for worship on line at 10:00 each Sunday. Here's how to connect this Sunday:
Click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81256130400?pwd=ZThQaEJuU2U5OTZoMjJuUDR0ei9Jdz09
Or call in at 301-715-8592
Meeting ID: 812 5613 0400
Password: 750543
If you are calling from far away, find your local number here: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kuStvxPzv
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Afterwords at 11 a.m.
We will meet for Afterwords, Joys and Concerns, and Announcements at 11 a.m. Here's how to connect:
Click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84327349836?pwd=cjdBbVY4S3puTndNUUNURVRDNDhqZz09
Or call in at 301-715-8592
Meeting ID: 843 2734 9836
Password: 908400
If you are calling from far away, find your local number here: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kuStvxPzv
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Meetings for Healing
with a Concern for a Broken Nation
Wednesdays at noon
We are all invited to meetings for healing on Wednesdays at noon. Ministry and Worship Committee extends a special invitation to those who are working – at home or otherwise – to take a pause to share in the healing and the spiritual nourishment of mid-week worship. Everyone is welcome, whether or not you can join for the full hour. Read a description of meetings for healing here. Zoom information for Wednesday will be in Silent Announcements on Tuesday.
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... because Black Lives Matter
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Refueling for Justice
Daquanna Harrison is leading the efforts to organize Refueling for Justice, a free, online event taking place Saturday, June 27th where those who have been striving for justice can refuel for the long-haul with meditation, movement, children's activities, art, and music. Adelphi Friends can support this event in three key ways: 1) donating to keep the event free for all, 2) attending or advertising the event, and 3) volunteering to staff a "tech support shift" during the Zoom webinar. Visit www.refuelingforjustice.com to donate, sign-up to attend, and learn more. You can also contact Sarah Gillooly.
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Becoming Anti-Racist: Resources for the Journey
Visit our new page of Anti-Racism Resources. Wondering about what you can do to make a difference today? Take a look at Justice in June, which maps out things to do each day. Or see where you are on the Scaffolded Anti-Racism Resources, and pick a next step that works for you. Here's a new (newly found) resource: A Guide to Allyship.
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Queries from Sierra Cascades Yearly Meeting
During its recent annual sessions, Sierra Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends examined its own role and the role of Quaker meetings and individuals in perpetuating racism. The meeting adopted a "Minute for Black Lives" including an acknowledgement of and apology for white privilege and the benefits of white supremacy throughout Quaker history and in the present. See the minute and six challenging queries here.
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A Hymn to Freedom
Phil Callahan shares "A Hymn to Freedom" with Friends. The song was composed in the 60's by one of the great jazz pianists, Oscar Peterson; it reflects his background growing up in the African American Church in Montreal, Canada. The lyrics were added by a friend of Peterson's and the song was picked up and used by the civil rights movement. Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTAzDaAOtmI
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Adelphi Meeting Community News
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A Letter from the Clerk
Our Clerk, Carol Hoage, writes to begin conversations about an Adelphi Friends Meeting process for reopening our meeting. Her letter, here, also notifies us about some small group discussions on the topic, to take place in the week of July 5.
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Heavy Lifters Needed
As soon as possible!
Heather Carter would like some help. A few weeks ago, her basement workshop flooded in a rainstorm. She was able to get the water out, but she needs to remove some heavy furniture so that the carpet can be taken out to prevent mold. With concerns for people staying safe from the spread of Covid-19, Heather would like to hire two rather strong people to move the furniture out, and then to move it back in when the carpet is installed. Rate is negotiable.
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Friends Returning to the Area: Housing, Anyone?
Phillip and Mary Ann Payette are planning to move back to the area and would like to rent a small place for a month or two, or perhaps as long as six months if that's what it takes to find the right apartment/house for the long term. Any rentals? or ideas? Please call 518-495-0118 or email ilium@outlook.com.
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News from the Wider World of Friends
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Friends in Kenya
Friends and all the people in Kenya have faced three calamities in the first half of this year: massive flooding, biblical scale swarms of locusts, and the coronavirus pandemic. Learn more about the situation and how you can help.
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Friends General Conference Virtual Gathering
June 28 to July 4 (next week)
Friends General Conference 2020 Gathering will be on line, with a theme of "Sink Down To The Seed Sown In The Heart."
Among the scheduled programs and events are these:
· Evening Programs with Valarie Kaur, Dr. Amanda Kemp, City Love, and more
· Afternoon Activities
· Programming for Children and Teens
· Anti-Racism Events (including opportunities for Friends of Color)
· Workshops
Registration will remain open through the week of the Virtual Gathering for adults and children. Teens must be registered by June 25 to participate in the High School program.
For more information, see https://www.fgcquaker.org/connect/gathering.
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Camp Closed -- (6) Cabins Open
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The BYM Camping Program
is happy to announce we will be
renting cabins at Catoctin Quaker Camp
as an alternative use of our property
Six of the camper cabins will be rented for 5 days at a time in July and August. The bathhouse will be open, but other buildings, including the lodge and kitchen, will be closed. More information and opportunities to sign up are here.
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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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No-Contact Donations? No Problem.
Do you miss dropping your checks and cash into our meetinghouse donation box? No problem! You can donate our website. Go to the top right and click on "Give". From there you can give a single gift or set up an automatic monthly donation. You can also mail donations to the meetinghouse: Adelphi Friends Meeting Treasurer, 2303 Metzerott Rd, Adelphi, MD 20783.
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To Submit an Item for Silent Announcements
Send a message to the editor via an on-line form. Provide essential information (date, time, etc.). Feel free to add informal notes in the description box. The editor is probably going to edit it anyway.
During the pandemic, Silent Announcements are sent out on Tuesdays and Fridays at about noon. 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
- Mackenzie Morgan's recent message at West Hills Friends Meeting in Oregon
- 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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