Lake Erie Yearly Meeting

Each year LEYM hosts a Spiritual Formation Retreat. This year, the theme is Spiritual Companions within an Ecology of Quaker Practice, with leadership from Cassie Cammann, Nadine Hoover and Mark Hoover. Given the continued restrictions of the pandemic, the Fall 2020 retreat will be virtual, with recognition of the limitations of online connection and sensitivity for everyone’s physical and mental health. The dates for the event are as follows:

North Columbus Friends Meeting Celebrates
100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage, 1920-2020
Tuesday, August 18, 2020, 7:00-8:30 p.m.

North Columbus Friends Meeting invites you to join them via Zoom in commemorating the centennial of the 19th Amendment as we explore the story of several Quaker suffragists, the suffrage movement and commit ourselves today to helping every citizen have the right to vote without barriers, without difficulty, without fear. The format will be a mixture of PowerPoint presentations & video clips, discussion, a call to action, and a sharing of additional resources for further learning and engagement to eliminate voting disenfranchisement today. This is a unique opportunity to celebrate the centennial of this historical event, and to honor the multigenerational efforts and work of those involved in bringing about this expansion to our democracy. We hope you can join us!

For any questions, contact Barbara LeSage – barbaralesage@hotmail.com or 617-869-2211.

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82090411995

Meeting ID: 820 9041 1995 Find local phone number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kmKeDoSCp

Broadmead Monthly Meeting Friends
Fall Retreat Oct. 2nd – 4th 2020

Retreat Theme:  Transformative Worship

Presenter:  Christopher Sammond

Biography of Christopher Sammond

Christopher Sammond is a member of Poplar Ridge Monthly Meeting, New York YM. He has facilitated workshops and retreats for over thirty years in a wide variety of Friends’ contexts, including Powell House, Woolman Hill, ESR, the FGC Gathering, the FUM Triennial, the FWCC World Gathering, and at scores of monthly meetings. He is trained in spiritual direction and the spiritual formation of whole congregations and has served as a chaplain in hospice, hospital, and drug and alcohol treatment center settings. He is passionate about helping Friends to deepen in our practice of worship, and has traveled extensively in the ministry. He served New York Yearly Meeting as their General Secretary for many years, and currently divides his time between offering retreats on worship, serving as a core teacher in the School of the Spirit program, Participating in God’s Power, and offering spiritual direction. Christopher lives in central New York with his wife Barbara and cats Harriet and Lil.

Oct. 2th – 4th 2020 EVENT DETAILS

The Virtual Retreat Program: The Virtual Retreat will be a full weekend retreat. It is put forth with the idea that participants will be truly engaged in the event, even though it will be a virtual weekend long event. Participant are encouraged to block out the time and hold the event as they would for any other retreat. It is anticipated that we will have one session starting on Friday evening for 2 hours. Saturday will consist of three sessions 2 hours in the am, 2 hours mid afternoon, a virtual shared meal, and a hour and a half Sat. evening. An hour session before Sunday worship and a hour and a half session after meeting for worship.

We want everyone to attend the retreat, Friends are encouraged to, but not required to consider contributing to support future Retreats by sending a contribution, if so led in lieu of any cost for the retreat for this year. This contribution would help to support future participation by those who might have difficulty paying registration fees when we are able to meet in person in the future.

Needed Participant Information:
Name: _______________________________
Telephone #: _______________________
e-mail: _____________________________

Registration Info Sent to:
Kathleen Helbling
T606 St. Rt. 109
Liberty Center, OH 43532 or
email: kathleenhelbling@yahoo.com

Donations Sent to:
Shelley Kotz
2951 Emmick
Toledo, OH 43606

Zoom Information will be sent out prior to the Retreat. Please indicate your level of comfort of using a virtual meeting platform.
I am:
____ a) Very comfortable using a virtual platform such as Zoom.
____ b) Somewhat comfortable using a virtual platform such as Zoom.
____ c) Not very comfortable and may need some support using a virtual platform such as Zoom.

_____ I will be using a computer for the retreat
_____ I will be using a phone for the retreat
_____ I will be using a computer & a phone for the retreat