Query for September
How are we led to participate in the life of the Meeting?
Friends Meeting Calendar
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Events in September 2022
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SCYM Midweek Meeting For Worship
SCYM Midweek Meeting For Worship
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September 7, 2022Join South Central Yearly Meeting Friends for weekly mid-week worship. All Friends are welcome to join.
To join by phone, dial 1-346-248-7799 and enter the Meeting ID followed by the pound sign (#).
Meeting ID 835 8653 6172
Password 263 479Need help with Zoom? David Schoen, Little Rock Friends Meeting, will clerk this meeting and will be available at 7:15 on Zoom to answer questions about using Zoom. Worship will begin at 7:30pm and go until about 8:30. Sharing until 9pm.
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FCNL Conversations
FCNL Conversations
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September 8, 2022Thursdays with Friends is a twice-monthly online conversation series. It is a brief 30-minute community chat on issues that Quakers and people of faith are compelled to continue to work on, whatever our circumstances. Led by various FCNL staff, recent conversations have included:
- Presidential War Powers
- Saving the Environment
- Public Health and Welfare
- Racism & Policing
- etc.
Sign up to join the conversations at
http://fcnl.org/twfjoinView past conversations at
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Forum: How Should We Organize Our Meeting?
Forum: How Should We Organize Our Meeting?
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September 11, 2022How Should We Organize our Meeting?
Friends Meetings have no paid staff; we depend on volunteers to do the tasks that keep Meetings running and to provide the collective discernment of the right path forward. To do this, we have traditionally relied on formal committees. Recently, this has not worked well.
- Even before COVID, we had trouble filling several of our committees; now, it is impossible to do so.
- We have tried giving more tasks to fewer committees, but those committees are now spread too thin. Tasks often fail to get done or fall to the 'usual suspects' to do them.
- We have tried leaving things to individuals, but worry that this does not provide the collective discernment that is one of the hallmarks of the Quaker way.
We need to think together about other ways to organize ourselves for the post-COVID era. Please join us on Sunday, September 11th, for a (first) forum/discussion on Meeting organization. We need your help identifying:
- the problems with our current structure,
- the tasks that are crucial for us to do, and
- possible ways to organize ourselves so that those tasks get done with joy rather than as burdens.
Jim Spickard will facilitate the Forum.
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SCYM 2nd Monday Connections
SCYM 2nd Monday Connections
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September 12, 2022
Get together monthly via Zoom
Join us for conversation, getting to know each other, laughter!Here's when:
2nd Mondays, 11:00 am -12:15 pm
3rd Thursdays, 2:00 – 3:15 pm
4th Sundays, 5:00 – 6:15 p.m. -
SCYM Midweek Meeting For Worship
SCYM Midweek Meeting For Worship
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September 14, 2022Join South Central Yearly Meeting Friends for weekly mid-week worship. All Friends are welcome to join.
To join by phone, dial 1-346-248-7799 and enter the Meeting ID followed by the pound sign (#).
Meeting ID 835 8653 6172
Password 263 479Need help with Zoom? David Schoen, Little Rock Friends Meeting, will clerk this meeting and will be available at 7:15 on Zoom to answer questions about using Zoom. Worship will begin at 7:30pm and go until about 8:30. Sharing until 9pm.
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SCYM 3rd Thursday Connections
SCYM 3rd Thursday Connections
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September 15, 2022Get together monthly via Zoom
Join us for conversation, getting to know each other, laughter!Here's when:
2nd Mondays, 11:00 am -12:15 pm
3rd Thursdays, 2:00 – 3:15 pm
4th Sundays, 5:00 – 6:15 p.m. -
Monthly Business Meeting
Monthly Business Meeting
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September 18, 2022Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business will be in-person.
If you are unable to attend in person, then you may join us by Zoom.
To join by Zoom: Click HERE Opens in new tab Opens in new tab
ID #976 0522 6497; passcode: 194077
Phone: +1 346 248 7799, then enter ID#Agenda & Draft Minutes will be posted HERE Opens in new tab a week before the Meeting
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SCYM Midweek Meeting For Worship
SCYM Midweek Meeting For Worship
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September 21, 2022Join South Central Yearly Meeting Friends for weekly mid-week worship. All Friends are welcome to join.
To join by phone, dial 1-346-248-7799 and enter the Meeting ID followed by the pound sign (#).
Meeting ID 835 8653 6172
Password 263 479Need help with Zoom? David Schoen, Little Rock Friends Meeting, will clerk this meeting and will be available at 7:15 on Zoom to answer questions about using Zoom. Worship will begin at 7:30pm and go until about 8:30. Sharing until 9pm.
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FCNL Conversations
FCNL Conversations
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September 22, 2022Thursdays with Friends is a twice-monthly online conversation series. It is a brief 30-minute community chat on issues that Quakers and people of faith are compelled to continue to work on, whatever our circumstances. Led by various FCNL staff, recent conversations have included:
- Presidential War Powers
- Saving the Environment
- Public Health and Welfare
- Racism & Policing
- etc.
Sign up to join the conversations at
http://fcnl.org/twfjoinView past conversations at
https://bit.ly/3dZlKd0 -
Second Forum: How Should We Organize Our Meeting?
Second Forum: How Should We Organize Our Meeting?
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September 25, 2022How Should We Organize our Meeting?
Friends Meetings have no paid staff; we depend on volunteers to do the tasks that keep Meetings running and to provide the collective discernment of the right path forward. To do this, we have traditionally relied on formal committees. Recently, this has not worked well.
- Even before COVID, we had trouble filling several of our committees; now, it is impossible to do so.
- We have tried giving more tasks to fewer committees, but those committees are now spread too thin. Tasks often fail to get done or fall to the 'usual suspects' to do them.
- We have tried leaving things to individuals, but worry that this does not provide the collective discernment that is one of the hallmarks of the Quaker way.
We need to think together about other ways to organize ourselves for the post-COVID era. Please join us on Sunday, September 25th, for a (second) forum/discussion on Meeting organization. Jim Spickard will facilitate.
Read the report of the September 11th Forum HERE
SCYM 4th Sunday ConnectionsSCYM 4th Sunday Connections
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September 25, 2022Get together monthly via Zoom
Join us for conversation, getting to know each other, laughter!Here's when:
2nd Mondays, 11:00 am -12:15 pm
3rd Thursdays, 2:00 – 3:15 pm
4th Sundays, 5:00 – 6:15 p.m. -
SCYM Midweek Meeting For Worship
SCYM Midweek Meeting For Worship
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September 28, 2022Join South Central Yearly Meeting Friends for weekly mid-week worship. All Friends are welcome to join.
To join by phone, dial 1-346-248-7799 and enter the Meeting ID followed by the pound sign (#).
Meeting ID 835 8653 6172
Password 263 479Need help with Zoom? David Schoen, Little Rock Friends Meeting, will clerk this meeting and will be available at 7:15 on Zoom to answer questions about using Zoom. Worship will begin at 7:30pm and go until about 8:30. Sharing until 9pm.
Other Groups that Use our Meetinghouse: |
(open to all except as noted; click links for information) | |
| Mondays | 6:30-9:30pm | Insight Meditation — Yellow Dog Sangha |
| Tuesdays | 6:30-8:30pm | Plum Branch Sangha |
| Wednesdays | 7:30-8:30pm | Celebration Circle: Meditation Circle |
| 2-3 meetings per month | various | Reformed Congregation of the Goddess (click link for information about attendance) |
