All are invited to the October gathering of Falmouth Quarter on October 28th at Windham Friends Meeting.
Love Boldly, Share Deeply
UPDATE (posted October 23, 2023)
Love Boldly, Share Deeply
Falmouth Quarter will meet on October 28th from 9:30 – 2 at Windham Friends Meeting
The schedule for our time together is:
9:30 – Gather
10:00 – Meeting for business: The Agenda will be:
· Receive Treasurer’s report. (treasurers report)
· Approve the 23-34 budget and specify this year’s donations.
· Confirm the dates for 2023-2024 Quarterly meetings.
· Consider what program to bring to the Quarter in January.
· Receive Durham’s recommendation to record Leslie Manning’s gifts in ministry. NEYM Faith and Practice recommends naming several Friends to visit with Leslie and to bring this recommendation back to the quarter.
· Approve nomination of Dennis Redfield and Doug Bennett to the Beacon Hill Friends House Corporation.
· Share news from each meeting.
If you have additional items for the business agenda, please forward them to Fritz Weiss @ rossvall.weiss@gmail.com.
11:30 break, brown bag lunch.
12:30 Afternoon program: Sharing experiences from the 2023 annual sessions of New England Yearly Meeting – especially the two plenaries.
— a plenary with Joseph Bruchac (an Abenaki storyteller) & Jesse Bruchac (an Abenaki language teacher), and
— the Bible half-hours with Emma Condori Mamani, a Bolivian Friend who spoke recently at Durham Friends Meeting.
– A plenary with Anna Fritz (cello) (examples of her ministry are available at: https://annafritz.com/
2:00 Wrap up, closing worship.
ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Falmouth Quarter will meet on October 28th from 9:30 – 2 at Windham Friends Meeting
We invite you to come and share about the life and spirit in your meetings. Our hope is that our entire time together is a time of worship, with laughter, business, connections and handcrafts.
Windham meeting is preparing for their annual craft fair and would welcome donations of homemade items, knitting, or crafts for the fair. Those who knit or crochet are encouraged to bring your materials and work on projects while we meet. Windham is not welcoming White Elephant items this year.
Our schedule is:
9:30 – Gather in worship – Singing, connection, perhaps some Juice and coffee and snacks and sharing
10:00 – Meeting for business to approve the budget, approve donations for the year, to confirm the dates for 2023-2024 Quarterly meeting, consider what program we might like to bring to the Quarter in January and to share news from each meeting. If you have additional items for the business agenda, please forward them to Fritz Weiss @ rossvall.weiss@gmail.com.
11:30 break, potluck lunch. There is a stove and microwave to heat up items and an electric tea kettle to heat water.
12:30 Sharing experiences from the 2023 annual sessions of New England Yearly Meeting – especially the two plenaries.
— a plenary with Joseph Bruchac (an Abenaki storyteller) & Jesse Bruchac (an Abenaki language teacher), and
— the Bible half-hours with Emma Condori Mamani, a Bolivian Friend who spoke recently at Durham Friends Meeting.
– A plenary with Anna Fritz (cello) (examples of her ministry are available at: https://annafritz.com/
2:00 Wrap up, close worship.
Questions, ideas, comments or concerns can be forwarded to the co-coordinators of Falmouth Quarter:
Fritz Weiss (rossvall.weiss@gmail.com) and Wendy Schlotterbeck (wendy.schlotterbeck@gmail.com)
