"No clear impressions, either from above or from without, can be received by a mind turbid with excitement and agitated by a crowd of distractions. The stillness needed for the clear shining of light within is incompatible with hurry.”
~ Caroline Stephen, 1834-1909
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Worship |
Quaker House |
9:00 am |
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Worship |
Library |
10:30 am |
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Trustees |
Decatur Place Rm |
9:00 am |
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R Ed. & Parents |
QH Living Rm |
12:00 pm |
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Records & Handbook |
Library |
9:00 am |
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Nominating Cttee |
Library |
12:00 pm |
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Membership Cttee |
Terrace Room |
9:15 am |
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Ministry & Worship |
Terrace Room |
12:00 pm |
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Personnel Committee |
Third Floor |
9:15 am |
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MIND Book |
Decatur Pl Rm |
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Singing! |
Meeting Room |
10:00 am |
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Worship |
Library |
6:00 pm |
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Worship |
Meeting Room |
10:30 am |
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BYM Interim Meeting at FMW on June 15: Volunteers needed! —to contribute food, help with meal prep and clean-up (breakfast, lunch, dinner) and host guests from further away. If you can help, please contact Gene Throwe, gthrowe@gmail.com [1] or Barbara Briggs, admin@quakersdc.org [2], tel: 202-483-3310.
Quaker & African American Burial Ground Commemoration “Saying Their Names, Telling Their Stories,” Saturday, May 11 at 11:00 a.m., Walter Pierce Park in Adams Morgan (north of Calvert St, just east of Duke Ellington Bridge). Sponsored by the Kalorama Citizens Association. Contact Mary Belcher, 202-390-9069, maryjbelcher@comcast.net [3]. If it rains, the event will be cancelled. For updates: walterpierceparkcemeteries.org.
Catoctin Quaker Camp - FMW Retreat Weekend, May 10-12. Meals and fellowship in the lodge, hiking, canoeing. Cabins and tent sites. Camp address: 12611 Tower Rd, Thurmont, MD 21788 (near Cunningham Falls St Park). Contact Anita Drever: anita.drever@gmail.com [4]. Phone: 307-399-4238
Voices from the Holy Land film series: “Imprisoning a Generation,” Saturday, May 11 at 2:30 p.m. follows the stories of four young Palestinians detained and imprisoned. Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave NW. For more info go to: voicesfromtheholyland.org
Pastoral Care Work Group meeting, Sunday, May 26 from 9:15 a.m. – New members welcome!
We will be discussing an essay, “Quakers and Complementary Medicine/Healing,” by Marthajane Robinson, a healer in private practice in Philadelphia. The essay appears in Out of the Silence: Quaker Perspectives on Pastoral Care and Counseling, edited by J. Bill Ratliff, available from Pendle Hill [5]. For more info contact Sabrina McCarthy, email: sabrinaamccarthy@gmail.com [6]
Head of Meeting
May 5: Clerks May 12: Nominating Committee
FAMILIES AND CHILDREN ARE WELCOME
First Day School begins at 10:30 each Sunday. If you come later than 10:30, please stay a moment with your child to help them settle into the class. Children in FDS are reunited with their parents in the final minutes of Meeting for Worship.
Points of Contacts for First Day School: Shannon Hughes (shannughes@gmail.com [7]) and Michael Beer at FMWYouthProgram@gmail.com [8] or 703-655-5655.
Child Care is available for parents needing a respite during worship. Children age 0 to 4 will be lovingly tended in the Decatur Place Room from 10:20 am to Noon on Sunday. Please contact Michael Beer at FMWYouthProgram@gmail.com [8] for any child care related questions. Child Care is also available for all ages of children during events on our campus upon request.
FMW is pleased to offer an opportunity to families who would like to have the Meeting officially welcome their children into our community. Anyone interested in such a welcoming, please contact Gray Handley, handleygr@niaid.nih.gov [9]
ADDITIONAL WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Meeting for Worship 9:00 AM Sunday. Held in the Quaker House Living Room, this Meeting for Worship has a special invitation to silence seekers. "Quietness enough not only to know our own minds, but to listen to the still small voice." Child care is not available.
Meeting for Worship 6:00 PM Sunday. Held in the Parlor, this Meeting for Worship offers a sustaining opportunity for worship at the end of the weekend. Child care is not available.
Mid-Week Meeting for Worship, Tuesday, 6:00 PM in the Parlor. Persons seeking to worship during the week should consider this Meeting. Child care is not available.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
The FMW webpage is available at www.quakersdc.org [10] To access the non-public pages, the log-in ID is FMW– the password is Discern. To join the FMW Listserv, or to be included in the Meeting’s Online Directory, send an e-mail to: admin@quakersdc.org To phone the Meeting Office, call 202.483.3310. To use WiFi in the Meetinghouse, the network is FMW and the password is simplicity. The Meeting’s Facebook page is www.facebook.com/FriendsMeetingOfWashington [11].
Young Adult Friends - Anyone interested in learning about Young Adult Friends at FMW or who would like the join the YAF list-serve, please contact Rebecca Nelson (rebecca@americasolidaria.org [12]). Young adults are between the ages of 18 and 40ish.
Martha’s Table needs nonperishable food items on an ongoing basis. Donations are collected in the basket near the Meeting House’s Decatur Pl entrance. For more info call Pam Callard (202) 829-9577.
Personal Aid is looking for gift cards for grocery stores, Target, etc. These will be given to our vulnerable members and attenders as needed. Please contact Mary Melchior, email: mulchness@gmail.com [13]
If you have maintenance concerns about the FMW campus or identify accessibility issues, please contact Property Committee co-clerks Brian Lutenegger (734-255-6829 brian.lutenegger@gmail.com [14]) and Merry Pearlstein (202-244-8777 or merrypearlstein@gmail.com [15]). They will work with you to identify potential solutions.