By Daphne Clement
The reading group will start up again, this time to read the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary Magdalene. The meetings will be on
Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. at the meetinghouse and will begin on April 4. Contact Daphne if you are interested or for more information: 353.6354
Category Archives: Events
Message on Palestine
Markus Schlotterbeck will be giving the message on Sunday, April 22, about his experiences in Palestine. A potluck follows meeting that day. Markus will also be speaking following the meal.
DFM Sends Aid to Brunswick UU Church
At the July Monthly Meeting we decided to send $1,200 to the Brunswick Unitarian Universalist Church to help the rebuilding of their church following the fire on June 6th that destroyed the entire rear of the sanctuary. We also discussed that Friends be invited to contribute to that endeavor. If you are so moved, donations may be mailed to:
Unitarian Universalist Association,
Northern New England District,
Brunswick Fire Fund,
10 Ferry Street #318,
Concord, NH 03301.
To donate online, http://uuworld.org/news/articles/184523.shtml
For more information, please see:
Woman’s Society Eat Out
All are welcome to join us!
We’ll be eating at the Lion’s Pride
112 Pleasant Street, Brunswick
Monday, August 15 at 6:00 PM
To confirm your space, by Wednesday, August 10, please,
or for more information, please contact Susan Wood at 620.6617.
Rally Day: Sunday, September 11
By Wendy Schlotterbeck
Rally Day marks the beginning of the new year for Children and Youth activities at Durham. Activities start early on Rally Sunday with the kid-chefs cooking up breakfast for the meeting. Come join us right from the start of our new year.
Breakfast creation 8:45 AM – kids who like to cook, come help!!
Breakfast 9:30 AM Open to all
Program 10:00 Come learn what’s happening in Christian Education
Meeting for Worship 10:25 – Inter-generational, kid friendly service – no Sunday School.
Schedule 2011 – 2012:
This year we will have three age groups meeting on different Sundays.
As usual, childcare will be provided for babies and toddlers.
Elementary Grades (preschool age through grade five) meet 1st and 3rd Sundays beginning at 10:25 AM. We will be using the Godly Play curriculum.
The middle school age group (grades six – eight or nine) will meet 2nd and 4th Sundays beginning at 10:25am. The curriculum will be announced shortly.
Passages, the high school group, will meet 1st and 3rd Sundays, beginning at 10:15 AM.
After September 11th, the regular Sunday School schedule begins:
September 18: Godly Play and Passages
September 25: Middle School
A Harvest Dinner & Pies
Durham Friends Meeting invites you to a
Blinker Light Block Party
532 Quaker Meetinghouse Road, Durham
A benefit for LACO Food Pantry in Lisbon
5:30 Saturday, October 1st
Donations ($5 – $10 requested)
Come and meet your neighbors. Volley ball and games for the kids.
Falmouth Quarterly Meeting is July 24 in Portland
By Margaret Wentworth
Falmouth Quarterly Meeting will be held Sunday, July 24 at Portland Friends Meeting. The schedule is:
9:00 AM Register and refreshments
9:30 – 12:30 Program, Part I
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch, provided by Portland Friends
1:30 -3:30 Program, Part II
3:30 – 4:30 Wrap up
4:30 Falmouth Quarterly Meeting
5:00 Meeting for Worship with Portland Friends
6:15 Potluck supper
The program, “Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream”, facilitated by Young Adult Friends, is given in preparation for Yearly Meeting sessions, and is related to the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) World Conference to be held next year with the theme “Being Salt and Light: Living the Kingdom in a Broken World”.
Four questions are considered:
- Where are we?
- How did we get here?
- What’s possible for the future?
- Where do we go from here?
If possible, participating in both parts of the program is important, Childcare will be provided if requested by July 15. A donation of $10 for the FWCC Travel Fund is requested, but not required. Make checks out to Portland Friends Meeting, earmarked for FWCC Travel Fund. This will help Latin American Friends attend the Conference.
For more details, please contact:
- Andy or Dorothy Grannell (878.8698)
- Linda Johnston (933.4922)
- Margaret Wentworth (725.6935).
This will be a long day, but it promises much food for thought and positive action!
2011 Annual Woman’s Society Yard Sale
Jo-an Jacobus
This year’s annual Woman’s Society Yard Sale raised a record total of $1,789.75. Customers and sales volunteers alike were pleased with the new pricing system for Jumble items. Customers were invited to offer an amount they thought their choices were worth rather than all items being priced. Only the more obviously “priceable” items received a price tag.
Syretha Brooks’ energetic and warm sales style was missed in the kitchen this year. The food was still as delicious as ever but I, for one, missed Syretha bringing trays out to the parking lot to entice us inside.
There were books galore, clothing to dress countless families, the beginnings for many a craft project and plants to “seed” many gardens.
The money raised was placed in Woman’s Society reserves to fund local, regional, national and international programs that the Woman’s Society sees helping to make a difference in the world.
Woman’s Society Meeting at Hinshaw’s June 20
The Woman’s Society will meet on Monday, June 20th at the home of Dorothy Hinshaw in Sumner. She has asked that people attending arrive at 5:30 so she can serve tea. Those who have had Dorothy’s tea before know it comes with tasty food, lots of her tasty food. For directions, please call Dorothy after June 15th.
Durham Young Friends Activities
Please join DYF (Durham Young Friends) on Children’s Day Sunday, June 12 for Meeting for Worship. That is Children’s Day Sunday and they have care of worship that morning. A picnic will follow with food, games and activities.
DYF and all of Durham Meeting are warmly invited to the Annual Campout taking place June 17 – 19, at the summer home of Betsy and Stuart Muench in Georgetown. Even if you can’t stay overnight, come for a few hours during the day for kayaking, swimming, beach activities, singing and wonderful conversation. Please contact Wendy Schlotterbeck for more details.
Durham Meeting Hosting LACO Benefit Dinner
From Durham’s LACO Team
Durham Monthly Meeting is hosting a Pork Roast and Strawberry Shortcake Dinner to benefit the Food Pantry of Lisbon Area Christian Outreach (LACO). to be held on Saturday, June 25 at 5:30 pm at the meetinghouse. The menu is pork roast, vegetarian baked beans, cornbread, a variety of salads, and dinners at Durham are never complete without our luscious strawberry shortcake.
The LACO Food Pantry serves hundreds of people every month, people who otherwise cannot afford to put enough food on the table for their families. Donations of food and money are vital for the success of the Food Pantry. Many people in our community depend on it and the numbers of those in need have increased greatly over the last two years and continue to rise. Come join us for a delicious meal while helping LACO help so many others.
Tickets: In Advance At the Door
Adults $10 $12
Seniors & Teens $8 $10
Family of 5 $25 $30
Children $5
For more information and tickets, please call Daphne Clement, pastor, at 353.6354.
Parsonage Grounds Clean-up
Saturday, June 4th
9:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Pastor will serve lunch at 12:30:
Menu
Salmon Soup Bread Apple Crisp
Yard Sale 2011 in May 28
By Angie Reed
The Annual Woman’s Society Yard Sale will be Saturday, May 28, 8-1. This is Memorial Day weekend, and please plan to share some time with us that weekend. Remember, please save your “yard sale” items to donate. They can be dropped off at the meetinghouse no earlier than Sunday, May15. Plants can be dropped off up to the morning of the sale. Plant pots are available in the vestry and horse shed. Unsold donated items larger than a small microwave are the responsibility of the donor and must be removed if unsold. Volunteer sign-up sheets are up. Sorting and pricing will take place during the week before (see sign up sheet for times). Sign up now for your favorite volunteer spots.
Invitation from the Pastor: Join Adult Sunday School to read Four Doors for Worship
Beginning May 1st – 9:30AM
During the month of May we will read Bill Tabor’s Pendle Hill Pamphlet Four Doors for Worship at Sunday School, please join us.
Synopsis This essay describes four doors as thresholds into the heart of worship.
About the Author William Taber (1927-2005) grew up in Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conservative). He taught at Olney Friends School for twenty years, and at the Pennington Boys and Moses Brown Schools. He later taught Quaker history, practice and spirituality at Pendle Hill. Ohio Yearly Meeting recognized Bill Taber’s gifts in the ministry in 1966. These gifts centered on his ability to translate spiritual experience into everyday
Potluck & Intergenerational Discussion on May 22
On Sunday, May 22 all are invited to join in a potluck shortly after the rise of meeting. Following the meal there will be a discussion including all Durham Friends Meeting members and attenders of all ages. Please join us for this unique event.
Friends’ Café May 14th 7PM
Come share your talent by getting on the stage and/or listening, supporting, and applauding with delight!
Contemplative Prayer Group
It has been said that real prayer is not so much a request as it is listening to God.
Contemplative Prayer is an ancient Christian practice.
We will gather at the Meeting House on Tuesdays in May: 10th – 31st at 7:00PM to practice Contemplative Prayer. Please join us for any or all of those evenings. If you have any questions call Daphne Clement at 353-6354.
Young Friends Youth Group: DYF
May 20: 7 – 9PM
Young Friends at the Meetinghouse
Special Notice – Young Friends who would like can join us for a Sleep Over at the Meetinghouse following our meeting on May 20 Bring sleeping bag, pillow and toothbrush for this experience!!
Parents may pick up their youth at 11AM
Support LACO: Eat Pasta
On Saturday, May 21st Lisbon Area Christian Outreach (LACO) is holding a fund raising dinner at Holy Trinity Parish, 67 Frost Hill Avenue, Lisbon Falls. From 5 – 7 they will be serving an “All You Can Eat” spaghetti and lasagna dinner. The price of admission for one is $5.00 for those age 12 and up, $2.50 for children and children under 6 years of age eat for free. The proceeds will support LACO’s Food Bank and Clothing Pantry. Hope to see you there.
Durham Young Friends
On April 15, Durham Young Friends youth group will meet at Bee Douglas’s home 7-9pm. Don’t miss this opportunity to make Bee smile!!
Playing in the Light Training Workshop
By Wendy Schlotterbeck
We are delighted to be the host for a “Playing in the Light” workshop April 15, 16, and 17. Michael Gibson from Friends General Conference will be the lead trainer. Because our Sunday School is growing, we need more teachers and would like to offer another class for the middle school age Friends next year. Please consider if you would like to grow into this wonderful way of helping children understand God. Please contact Wendy Schlotterbeck for more information about this exciting event.
Please save this date:
May 28 – Yard Sale!
By Angie Reed
The Annual Woman’s Society Yard Sale will be Saturday, May 28. This is Memorial Day weekend, please plan to share some time with us that weekend. Please start now saving your “yard sale” items. They can be dropped off at the meetinghouse no earlier than Sunday, May15. Plants can be dropped off up to the morning of the sale. Plant pots are available in the horse shed. Unsold donated items larger than a small microwave are the responsibility of the donator and must be removed if unsold. Volunteer sign-up sheets will be coming soon. Keep your eyes open for volunteer opportunities.
Easter Breakfast
will be brought to you by the men of the Meeting.
They will be serving: pancakes, eggs, potatoes, bacon, sausage, juice, smoothies, etc.
They will be serving from 8-9
Suggested donation:
Adults – $5,
Age 6-18 – $3:50
Under 6 – free
To volunteer, see / call David Marstaller, 751-1339
Chain of Prayer
Easter Sunday, April 24, is our day on the Chain of Prayer. If you would like to sign up for an hour – or more – the sign up sheet is on the bulletin board by the pass-through.
Readers Wanted
By Angie Reed
Monthly meeting has approved Sunday, May 22 as the date for a potluck and intergenerational book discussion at the Meeting House. Please read any of Greg Mortensen’s books and join us to share your thoughts on your reading. These books are available on Woman’s Society shelves, and at your local library or bookstore. The book titles are: Three Cups of Tea, in adult and junior versions, Stones into Schools, and Listen to the Wind, in picture book format.
These books are part of this year’s United Society of Friends Women International (USFWI) reading program. Woman’s Society participates in this program. If anyone has any extra copies of these books they would like to share with others at the meeting, please let Angie Reed know or just put your name in the book and place it on the Women’s Society Reading program shelf. Happy Reading!
Easter Morning Sunrise
Join Durham Friends for a Sunrise Service on Easter morning at 5:30am at Simpson Cemetery, on River Road Brunswick. The men of DFM will serve breakfast from 8 to 9. After breakfast the Special Events committee will offer craft projects for the children and our traditional Easter Egg Hunt for the youngest ones. Be sure you don’t leave for home without the pies you ordered for Easter dinner.
All Maine Gathering
Margaret Wentworth
The All Maine Gathering is Saturday, April 30 at Friends Camp. This is a chance to visit with Friends from all over Maine and look at the Camp. Gathering begins at 9 and it ends at about 3:30. The schedule includes music, worship, art and spirituality, lunch (provided by Camp), Quarterly meetings for business and closings circle. There will be programs for children and youth. Pay on a sliding scale. (Camp charges $18). Please call Margaret Wentworth before April 26 if you plan to go so you can eat. For more information, call Margaret at 725.6935.
Woman’s Society Silent Auction
By Angie Reed
On Monday, March 21st there will be a Silent Auction at the Meeting House at 6:30PM
before the start of our Woman’s Society Meeting at 7;00 PM. Please contribute home
baked goodies, fudge, your gently used items, and hand made items for our silent auction. We would like items to be available for a preview on Sunday, March 20. Early bids accepted at that time.
Because of the concert Young Friends are hosting on Saturday night, we ask that you do
not bring your items earlier than Sunday. If this is inconvenient, please see a Woman’s Society Member so storage arrangements can be made.
A portion of these funds goes to the Adopt-a- Nurse program.
Young Friends Host Rise Up Singing, With Creators Peter & Annie, In Benefit Concert
By Wendy Schlotterbeck
On Saturday, March 19 at 7pm, Young Friends are hosting a sing-a-long concert with
Peter Blood and Annie Patterson, creators of the “Rise Up Singing” songbook. Tickets are on sale now from any Young Friend or Wendy Schlotterbeck. Proceeds will benefit the
Kakamega Orphan project and the DYF participation in NEYM this August.
Suggested donations:
Adults – $10-15,
Children under 12 – $5,
Families – $25.
Playing in the Light Training Workshop
By Wendy Schlotterbeck
We are delighted to be the host for a “Playing in the Light” workshop April 15, 16,
and 17. Michael Gibson from Friends General Conference will be the lead trainer. Because our Sunday School is growing, we would like to offer another class for the middle school age
Friends next year, and need more teachers.
Please consider if you would like to grow into this wonderful way of helping children
understand God. Please contact Wendy Schlotterbeck for more information about this
exciting event!
