North Columbus Friends Meeting Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage, 1920-2020

8 August 2020
Categories: Events and Opportunities, News

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 MM Friends Fall Retreat Oct 2-4

3 August 2020
Categories: Events and Opportunities, News

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

GPQM at Annual Worship and Picnic, August 9, in Battle Creek

3 August 2020
Categories: Events and Opportunities, GPQM

On August 9, 2020, the 75th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear bombing of Nagasaki, Green Pastures Quarterly met at Quaker Park in Battle Creek for its annual worship with attention to peace in remembrance of that devastating event. Two giant trees sheltered 22 Friends under their arbor. Worship gathered and Spirit spoke gratitude for the breeze and shade and wonder at what these leafy beings have witnessed in this historic place. At rise of Meeting, brown bags replaced potluck, and six-foot distancing was no barrier to the joy of fellowship.

Green Pastures Quarterly Meeting

Friends meeting in Quaker Park

2020 Annual Business Sessions

20 July 2020

Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business:

BUSINESS SESSIONS AGENDA

Wednesday, Aug 12 Business Session Agenda:

  • Deceased Friends
  • Ministry and Nurture (2 action items)
  • Advancement and Outreach (informational item)
  • Youth and Children (informational item)
  • Final Nominating Report (action item)
  • Consent Agenda
  • LEYM Epistle

NEW: Color Coded Communication System for Business Sessions

NEW: Colored Cards for Printing – if you have a color printer and ink!

Alternative  – Color coded communication system – T Kangas version

System of colors to help clarify communication
Meeting participants hold up colored items to indicate their thoughts on the issue at hand

Business Session Online Files Collection

Obituaries

A Full Schedule and Special Events You’ll Love – LEYM 2020

19 July 2020
Categories: Annual Sessions, Events and Opportunities, News

Greetings Friends,

Planning for Lake Erie Yearly Meeting’s annual sessions is well under way, with a full schedule of events now viewable in a colorful calendar layout here. We’ll be meeting July 30 – August 2 online.

Registration for our special events is filling up fast, with a July 24th deadline.

Consider joining us for one or more of these exciting and informative sessions.

GPQM Annual Worship and Picnic, August 9 in Battle Creek

23 June 2020
Categories: GPQM, News

Every year in early August Green Pastures Quarterly Meeting remembers the anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and celebrates peace in the historic Quaker Park in Battle Creek, Michigan. With the park now open, GPQM is able to continue this tradition with in-person worship planned for 11 a.m., Sunday, August 9, outdoors at Quaker Park. Worship will be followed by a picnic, with Friends asked to bring their own chair, food, beverage, and mask. Of course, we will remain attentive to public health advice from the State of Michigan and adjust our plans as necessary.
All are welcome.

Sharing Minutes on Anti-Racism

22 June 2020
Categories: Anti-Racism, News

LEYM Friends Meetings have been holding their monthly Meetings for Worship with Attention to Business and a number of them have been sharing special Minutes that have been written in response to rising concerns about racism and violence by police. We will be posting these statements on the Resources for Peace and Justice page of the LEYM website.

If your meeting would like to have a minute added to the collection, please send it to leymworker@gmail.com

Seeking a Database Manager

17 June 2020
Categories: Job Openings

Lake Erie Yearly Meeting is seeking a database manager, to commence work at rise of Annual Sessions (August 2). The pay is $20 per hour. A job description follows.

The database manager is named by the Nominating Committee to serve a three-year term, renewable indefinitely, usually one year at a time. The database manager works under the oversight of the Publications & Archives Committee, but is not necessarily a member of that committee. Below is a summary of the tasks; find more specific details in Policies and Procedures.

  • Maintains and updates the LEYM database, currently in Microsoft Access. (A working knowledge of Access is required.)
  • Provides current contact information for LEYM Friends to LEYM officers and committee clerks, as needed.
  • Provides a directory for the Annual Records from Annual Meeting reports, monthly meetings, and worship groups.
  • Provides to Friends General Conference a list of addresses for members and active attenders annually, on request.
  • Prepares annual statistical report forms to be completed by quarterly, monthly, and preparative meetings and worship groups. The database manager updates the database with the new information and provides current information for the “Find a Meeting” section on LEYM’s website.

Interested? Please communicate with Jo Posti, clerk (jo.posti@gmail.com).

Spring Bulletin Now Available

17 June 2020
Categories: Annual Sessions, Bulletin

The Spring LEYM Bulletin is now available here. Like recent Spring issues, it looks ahead to our Annual Meeting, on July 30 – August 2. This year, however, the Annual Meeting is virtual, which has led to many changes in the program and how we will share the experience. The Bulletin explains how meeting via Zoom will work, describes the program for children and youth, provides the full schedule, and previews the four workshops. Unlike in past years, there is no registration form in the Bulletin itself, as registration will happen entirely online.

Other contents of this Bulletin include a message from our clerk, reports from our representatives to Friends organizations, LEYM Friends’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic expressed through poetry and art, and much more. Please note that fewer printed copies are being sent to monthly meetings, on the assumption that Friends are not gathering there for the time being; downloading the Bulletin (as a pdf file) gives Friends an alternative way to enjoy it.

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