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Advice for May

Stand still. Wait for divine guidance. Then act. 

 

Week of Sep 25th

  • Second Forum: How Should We Organize Our Meeting?

    Second Forum: How Should We Organize Our Meeting?

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    September 25, 2022

    How 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 Online Midweek Meeting For Worship

    SCYM Online Midweek Meeting For Worship

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    September 28, 2022

    Join South Central Yearly Meeting Friends for weekly online mid-week worship. All Friends are welcome to join.

    Join worship by clicking here

    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 263 479

    Need 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.