Advice for May
Stand still. Wait for divine guidance. Then act.
Events in September 2022
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SCYM Online Midweek Meeting For Worship SCYM Online Midweek Meeting For Worship
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September 7, 2022Join South Central Yearly Meeting Friends for weekly online 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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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 Online Midweek Meeting For Worship SCYM Online Midweek Meeting For Worship
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September 14, 2022Join South Central Yearly Meeting Friends for weekly online 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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Meeting for Weeding at the Meetinghouse Meeting for Weeding at the Meetinghouse
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September 17, 2022Join us for a "Meeting for Weeding" at the Meetinghouse. All are welcome! Lots of things to do to get ready for in-person activities. Join us!
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SCYM Online Midweek Meeting For Worship SCYM Online Midweek Meeting For Worship
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September 21, 2022Join South Central Yearly Meeting Friends for weekly online 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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Special Meeting for Weeding at the Meetinghouse Special Meeting for Weeding at the Meetinghouse
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September 24, 2022We took down the dead tree last weekend. Now we need to clean up the courtyard for an upcoming wedding. Join us from 8-noon (or whenever you can make it)
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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
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SCYM Online Midweek Meeting For Worship SCYM Online Midweek Meeting For Worship
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September 28, 2022Join South Central Yearly Meeting Friends for weekly online 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.