December 14, 2021
Tuesday Updates
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How We Meet for Worship
On Sundays, we meet at 10:00 in two parallel meetings -- In-person behind the Meetinghouse and on Zoom. Children and their families are welcome to gather in the in-person meeting in one section of seats. The children stay for the first 20 minutes and then go to the Memorial Garden for their First Day activities. For those of us who are meeting on-line, here is the Zoom link for Sunday Worship and second hours.
On Wednesdays, Adelphi meeting convenes a midweek meeting for worship for healing - at 12:00. Here is the recurring link to these midweek meetings.
Additional connecting details -- such as phone connections -- for all meetings for worship, meetings for business and second hours appear in this attachment.
Takoma Park Friends Meeting Preparative meets in person each Sunday at 11:30 at the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church at Tulip and Maple in the library. Then at 7:30 there will be an online meeting for worship on Zoom. Weather permitting, some Friends gather for an in-person meeting for worship at 3:00 pm on Thursdays. Details for these meetings (including a definition of "weather permitting") are on page 2 of this attachment.
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Calendar
AFM Events in Bold
Dec. 19 at 10 am - In-Person and Children's and Virtual Meetings for Worship
Dec. 24 at 5 pm - Christmas Eve at Adelphi (details to come)
Dec. 26 at 10 am - In-Person and Children's and Virtual Meetings for Worship
(Note: Recognizing that December is a cold time, Ministry and Worship Committee, Children's Religious Education Committee and our Clerk are actively seeking alternative indoor spaces for in-person worship and options for children's First Day School. Details will be announced as they emerge.)
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In and Around Adelphi Meeting
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What's Going On in the Meetinghouse?
House and Grounds committee has provided photos of the meetinghouse (courtesy of Jill Leonard, photography, and Patrick Mulvey, captions.) You can see all 7 of them here, and feel like a part of it all -- without getting in the way!
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I don’t think many people appreciate silence
or realize that it is as close to music as you can get.
~ Tony Morrison - author of Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel, Beloved,
among many other novels and writings
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Tour Lonnie's Yurt-Style House
Lonnie Weinheimer’s amazing adventure building her Yurt-Style House is featured in a recording of a tour available now through Jan. 15. Please contact Charlie Goedeke via Breeze to receive the link, which includes additional still photos and the fascinating backstory. For Lonnie’s protection, she asks that the link NOT BE SHARED. The duration of the tour is approximately 90 minutes.
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About Those Pronouns
Chloe Schwenke offers a brief article on the significance of the pronouns many of us use on our nametags and under our little Zoom boxes:
"Using pronouns indicates in a very public way your commitment to the authentic expression of that of God in one of the most important dimensions or our lives – our gender identity."
Read Chloe's thoughtful reflections here.
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Finding Help
Help goes both ways. Friends have been helping each other through this pandemic and its aftermath. Friends are prepared to offer spiritual, practical, and financial support. Learn more here.
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In the Wider World of Friends
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Sandy Spring Meeting's "Daily Advent Meditations"
Every day from December 1 through December 25 on the meeting's
YouTube channel, Friends are invited to listen to a short reading from All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings by Gayle Boss, and then to reflect for a few moments on the story and its meaning.
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New: Baltimore Yearly Meeting Announcements and Invitation for Matching Gifts
The Yearly Meeting announcements for December 10 are here. The Yearly Meeting has also sent out a notice that we (all) have managed to meet one-third of a matching grant of $35,000 to fund BYM's many programs. The match celebrates "firsts" -- first time donating, first gift of a certain kind, first time including BYM in a will, or first tax-free donation from an IRA. Take a look at the list of "first" opportunities here, and consider whether you can help support BYM with a gift before the end of the year.
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Friends Community School
Friends Community School was founded by Adelphi Meeting 35 years ago. The school has had various homes during those 3 1/2 decades, and is now well settled in its own place - a 17-acre campus in College Park - with grown-up alumni and 9 grades (Kindergarten through 8th grade.)
Have you thought about someone in your family attending?
Applications for next school year will be due soon (January 14). There are also opportunities to open inquiries for future years. Founded on and living into Quaker values, the school includes a range of Quaker and non-Quaker families, and is delighted to have reached the milestone where about half the students identify as people of color.
To apply by the regular application deadline, visit the Apply to FCS page of FCS's website for more details. Special consideration for admission is given to qualified applicants who are members of the Society of Friends or regular attenders of local Meetings.
Here are several links to a closer look at education as it happens at Friends Community School. You can also join FCS students, parents, teachers, and administrators for virtual Admissions events January 6 in the evening and January 12th at 10 a.m. Details on the school’s Admissions/Visit FCS page.
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December Couch Potato Activists' Alert
All are welcome to join with self-identified Couch Potato Activists this month to take one of several small actions:
Mosie Harrington writes:
# In 2020 our government advanced over $100,000,000,000,000 (that's one hundred TRILLION dollars) in weapons sales to countries we know commit severe human rights abuses. Winwithoutwar.org has a petition calling on congress to cosponsor the Stop Arming Human Rights Abusers. Go to Take Action.
# While you're at it, June Confer - who doesn't have a Senator of her own - asks you to also urge your Senator to vote for S.J.Res. 70 to block the sale of $650 million in new weapons to Saudi Arabia. Many of these go to further bomb Yemen causing the world's worst humanitarian crisis pushing 16 million people to the brink of famine. (That's 16 MILLION.)
# ACLU.org says tell your Senator to pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.(PWFA) It keeps bosses from penalizing and even terminating women who have to miss time at work for morning sickness, prenatal visits, ER visits and even hospitalizations. It's already passed in the house.
# HR40 would establish a commission to examine the institution of slavery, its legacy, and make recommendations for reparations. ACLU.org will send a letter directly to your rep for you.
# You wrote your state reps to remove the governor from parole decisions. Now you need to write them to override the governor's veto! Here is information from the Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform.
# And as usual, FCNL.org has a whole panoply of issues on which they'll do the heavy lifting of letterwriting for you. Go to Take Action.
Do a couple of these easy-peasy options right away. You'll go into Christmas liking yourself better!
AND OF COURSE, report your actions at https://forms.gle/SFy.JGCuz7RgkX3jEA
Merry December, thanks, and Peace and Social Concerns thinks you are the cats' meow!
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Reel and Meal Film: "The Big Scary 'S' Word"
Monday, December 20 at 7 p.m.
Reel and Meal's feature this month is The Big Scary 'S' Word, which delves into the rich history of the American socialist movement and journeys with the people striving to build a socialist future today. This film explores where American socialism has been and why it was suppressed, and it imagines what a renewed American socialism might look like.
Kurt Stand and Irene Koo, members of Metro D.C. Democratic Socialists of America, will lead the discussion. Join us for a live film screening at The New Deal Café, 113 Centerway in Greenbelt, or register online to watch virtually over Zoom. Zoom registration is https://tinyurl.com/ReelnMealDec. Here is the flyer, for fuller information.
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Tutor English Remotely with Zoom
Help Hispanic Parish Leaders in 2022
Do you have experience as an ESOL teacher? Would you like to learn how to tutor English by Zoom? You are invited to volunteer with the Catholic Charities virtual ESOL team at St. Matthias. Tutors are assisting Hispanic leaders of the Vincentian Friends on the Peripheries, a tri-parish group (St. Matthias, St. Mary’s Landover Hills, St. Ambrose) in Prince George’s County serving vulnerable families. Tutoring will occur one hour a week mid-February through mid-May. Before Sunday January 9th, apply online: http://bttr.im/dspnu. Plan to attend by Zoom:
- The Catholic Charities Volunteer Orientation Wednesday, January 19th 6:00-8:30 pm
- ESOL Ventures Tutor Training on all three Tuesdays: January 25th, February 1st and February 8th from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm.
For more information contact Laura.Yeomans@CC-DC.org, (202) 315-9440.
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Virtual Meetings for Worship and Work and Play
Virtual Meeting for Worship each Sunday begins with singing at 9:50 and continues with worship at 10:00, followed by sharing our joys and concerns, and announcements. Following meeting for worship, we gather in small "virtual tables" for the potluck conversations we've been missing. Then at noon, we move to a 2nd-hour discussion, a meeting for business, or other community activity.
Join virtual Meetings for Worship (and second hours) through this recurring Zoom link.* You can also join by phone at 301-715-8592. The meeting ID is 870 7330 7657, and the meeting passcode is 672002. If you are not in the Washington DC area, you can find your local call-in number here.
*This link will be the same for meeting for worship every Sunday (and second hours and meetings for business and such) until May 2022.
Outdoor in-person meetings for worship will continue for now behind the meetinghouse. Children will meet in the Memorial Garden after joining in worship for the first 20 minutes of meeting. Click on this link for guidelines.
Our children's outdoor in-person gatherings continue on Sundays at 10 am., beginning with 20 minutes of worship with families behind the meetinghouse. Children then go to the Memorial Garden for First Day activities. For information, please contact Rob Duncan via our "Breeze" directory.
Meetings for Healing
with a Concern for a Broken Nation
On Wednesdays at noon, Friends gather for an hour of worship to hear joys and concerns, and to hold our nation in the Light that brings peace, imagination, and open hearts. You are welcome to join in as you are able. Here is the recurrent Zoom link. You can also connect by phone at 301-715-8592. Meeting ID is 895 3793 7040, and the passcode is 292353. (This link information is always the same; you can add it to your calendar.)
To Use the Meetinghouse or Grounds for a Small Meeting
Adelphi’s facilities are open for small indoor meetings or somewhat larger outdoor meetings. These guidelines must be followed for usage. To reserve a space, please contact our resident Joseph Ndayisenga at resident@adelphifriends.org. Keep in mind that the meetinghouse is now under re-construction, and much of the space in the White House is taken up with storage for items that were in the meetinghouse.
Bible Study
Friends gather for Bible Study each Wednesday at 7:30 pm via this recurrent Zoom link. The Meeting ID is 917 6330 4821, and the passcode is 407700. The group uses Barclay Press's "Illuminate" series of study guides, written by Quakers for Quakers. Beginning September 8, the group will focus on Joshua, Judges, and Ruth. For more information, contact Mackenzie Morgan via this info in Breeze.
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- Get involved in meeting activities and outreach? Check out this list of committees and opportunities, and get in touch with a member of the Nominating Committee about your interests.
- Donate on line or at a distance? Mail to Adelphi Meeting Treasurer, 2303 Metzerott Rd., Adelphi, MD 20783. Or donate securely on our website. To make or change a pledge to support renovations of the meetinghouse, click here.
- Get a log-in to access Breeze? If you need help with Breeze, contact Mackenzie or Reuben at webservent@adelphifriends.org (webservent, with an “e,” is correct.)
- Silent Announcements:
- Submit an item for the bi-weekly Silent Announcements? For now, please respond to this email or send a message directly to the editor, Ruth Flower, via her contact information in Breeze. Put "Silent Announcement" in the subject line. For events, please include date, time, place (if in person), and how to register (if on Zoom). Silent Announcements are prepared each Friday morning, with brief updates on Tuesdays.
- Find a recent issue of Silent Announcements? Check the Adelphi Meeting webpage. There's a short list there of the last few issues and the last two months' editions are here.
- Sign up to receive Silent Announcements or to change the email address where you receive them? On our webpage, bottom left corner of the "splash" (main) page, there's a small form to indicate your interest or your change. If your email has changed for all purposes, please enter the change on your page in Breeze.
- "Zoom-ing"
- Find the Zoom link for your committee meeting? Go to Breeze at this link, and click on “Events.” The Zoom info should be there.
- (Please note that the first time you do this on a particular device, you will have to be sure that you click on or select all the calendars. There might be 3 dots - for a menu - or colored circles next to calendar names. You might have to scroll down to the bottom of the screen. When you have done it correctly, you should have 4 calendars checked in colored circles.)
- Schedule a Zoom meeting, send an email to zoom@adelphifriends.org. Here are some details that you'll need to provide in order to reserve a Zoom "line" through the meeting.
- Schedule a physical meeting at Adelphi (whether indoors or outdoors, recurrent or one-time) send an email to the resident (resident@adelphifriends.org) requesting the use of that space. Review these guidelines prepared by the Clerk when we started opening the meetinghouse grounds to outdoor use. Keep in mind that the meetinghouse is now under re-construction, and much of the space in the White House is taken up with storage for items that were in the meetinghouse.
- Offer financial support through the meeting to Friends who need assistance? Please donate to the General Fund through the website, and send an email to the treasurer at afmtreas@adelphifriends.org stating that your gift is for the Aid Fund. Please note that earmarking your donation for a specific person might violate tax laws.
- Advocate with others about an issue you are concerned about? Sign up here for the Couch Potato Activists list serve and report your activities here.
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