Discernment
Wades in the Waters of Worship
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Friends, we have much to consider
Meeting for worship, after-meeting gathering, and meeting for business
This Sunday we will gather from 10:00 to about 1:00 for worship, community, and business. Here is the Zoom information for that meeting (all three parts):
Click on this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85687474928?pwd=eWp5L1J6WFkzVjlUUUJmNHlDVStkQT09
Or join by phone: 301-715-8592
Meeting ID: 856 8747 4928
Password: 616919
The documents we'll need for Meeting for Business are all in a folder here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oUxpekWR5Ujfy1_yEOkxfgxQGvmA3cl-?usp=sharing
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Listening Sessions: Moving? Forward? Together!
Saturday July 11 at 10 a.m. and Sunday July 12 at 4 p.m.
We're trying to discern together when and under what circumstances we would open the meeting house to any kind of physical gathering. It's important that we all have a chance to hear each other.Two more conversations are scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, at 10 a.m. and Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. If you haven't participated in one of these conversations already, please do select a time this weekend and join in.
Here is the Zoom information for Saturday, July 11 at 10 a.m.:
Click on this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81619310362?pwd=Y3dabTBvZThwSUlKa0xzcWhKaXVodz09
Or join by phone: 301-715-8592
Meeting ID: 816 1931 0362
Password: 988481
And here is the Zoom Information for Sunday July 12 at 4 p.m.
Click on this link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81604953521?pwd=RFFSTno2Y094UzE5RFNpK1lHZW5tUT09
Or by phone: 301-715-8592
Meeting ID: 816 0495 3521
Password: 391836
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Meetings for Healing
with a Concern for a Broken Nation
Wednesdays at noon
Meetings for healing continue on Wednesdays at noon. Everyone is welcome, whether or not you can join for the full hour. Here is the Zoom sign in:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88290130829?pwd=UWxVOVhXQUYwdXIvcElhTzQwZ2tFZz09
Or join by phone: 3017158592
Meeting ID: 882 9013 0829
Password: 259616
Please note: The Wednesday meetings are now on a recurring schedule through July 29. If you wish, you can mark your calendars and save this link.
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Becoming an Anti-Racist Faith Community
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"Being antiracist results from a conscious decision to make frequent, consistent, equitable choices daily..." from the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Talking About Race.
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Adelphi Meeting's Change Group offers three opportunities to support learning and action against racism:
- an accountability group,
- a book group, and
- some movie and discussion nights.
See the descriptions and contact information for each of these here. (Google doc.) The first two groups are beginning soon, but there's still time to join in.
Much more can be found here on Adelphi Meeting's collection of Anti-Racism Resources.
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John Lewis: Good Trouble
Diana Rutherford writes that the Old Greenbelt Theater is offering on-line screenings of John Lewis: Good Trouble. Using interviews and rare archival footage, the 96-minute film chronicles John Lewis’ 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health-care reform and immigration. There’s also a taped interview of John Lewis – now 80 years old – with Oprah Winfrey. The film is available as a 7-day rental for $12. Once you have downloaded the film, you have 72 hours to watch it. Learn more here: https://watch.eventive.org/johnlewis/play/5ee01ea712335e00a2396a89
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[Clip and save for committee meetings and meetings for business]
Using queries to examine how our decisions may promote inclusiveness, allow equal access, and welcome those we perceive as different from ourselves could, we believe, guide us in our deliberations. We seek to always be able to answer the following queries:
- How could this decision affect those who have been harmed by racist behavior?
- To what degree have privilege, class, stereotypes, assumptions, and our ability to include other perspectives affected this decision? Will this decision promote equity, diversity, and inclusiveness? Will it enable us to be more friendly and whole?
- How will we provide opportunities for those most likely to be directly affected by our decision to influence that decision?
- How does this decision support the declaration of our Yearly Meeting that we are an anti-racist faith community?
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Lawn Care and Maintenance Needed Close to Home
Adelphi Meeting' s grounds are in need of mowing and weed whacking on a regular basis. We have the equipment, but we need the muscle! Do you know someone who might give our lawn some TLC on an as-needed basis? (It's roughly once a week during the summer, and hardly at all in the fall/winter.) We are especially interested in hiring a member of our neighborhood or community to do the work, but are open to suggestions. This is a paid gig. Please contact clerk of House and Grounds, Patrick Mulvey by e-mail or phone.
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Need Groceries?
County Councilmember Tom Dernoga, who represents the Adelphi area, announces a “grocery giveaway” for whoever needs some good food. 500 boxes of fresh produce and proteins will be given away at the Calverton Office Park 11700 Beltsville Drive at 10 a.m. on Saturdays the 11th, 18th, and 25th, while supplies last.
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The Wide World of Friends
Friends World Committee for Consultation is offering a webinar series, “Quaker Conversations” on various topics of interest to Friends around the world. This Saturday, July 11, in the second webinar of the series, Andrew Tomlinson will offer some “Reflections from the Quaker United Nations Office in New York,” where he serves as director. See his blog and register for the event here.
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Help with College Applications
A note to parents of rising high school seniors from Lelac Almagor: Now is the perfect time to get that college application essay done.... so you don't have to worry about it in the fall. I can guide your teen from start to finish, through an (online) writing workshop process that is creative, joyful, and customized for you. Discounted rates are available for families qualifying for free or reduced lunch. Check out www.msalmagor.com for more information.
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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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Missing something you saw in Silent Announcements?
Check out WHIRLS where we've listed a lot of useful resources, and also Adelphi Meeting's collection of anti-racism resources. Recent issues of Silent Announcements are linked on Adelphi Meeting's home page.
Wondering about an advocacy issue that you'd like to weigh in on? Sign up for Adelphi Meeting's Couch Potato Activists list serve.
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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.
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No-Contact Donations? No Problem.
Adelphi Meeting's budget appreciates your steady donations as we meet apart. You can donate on our website . You can send a single gift or - even easier - set up an automatic monthly donation. And postal mail is still a thing. You can mail donations to 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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