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“Let all that you do be done in love.”  —1 Corinthians 16:14.

Announcing …

Holiday Shoebox Project + Saturday Night Jazz weekend! Saturday, Dec 14-15
On Saturday and Sunday our community will assemble 1600+ backpacks filled with useful gifts for men, women and children–DC neighbors–who are unhoused and living in shelters this holiday.  For more info, contact CJ Lewis (CJLewis0001@gmail.com) 

Saturday night 12/14 Holiday Jazz Concert / Fundraiser 7:00 pm
Register here.  For more info, contact Greg Robb (Gregory.Robb@gmail.com)

Flyers Below!

This Week … 

Reading Quakers Together | 9:15  am  - Newcomers welcome.   
Join by Zoom.  By phone, dial:  (646) 876-9923.  On prompt enter meeting ID: 2025778431# We respond in worship sharing to a passage of Quaker text. Then we respond to the query, "How is Spirit dealing with Thee?"  Contact Sabrina McCarthy, sabrina.mccarthy@verizon.net, cell 240-778-5234 for the reading materials and the monthly order of worship. 

Grate Patrol & Game Day | Assembly Room | At Rise of Meeting | Help make healthy dinners for unhoused neighbors living on DC streets. Contact:  Emilie Schmeidler (emilie.schmeidler@gmail.com) | Stay for board games, pizza, and hanging out. Contact: Tristan Kirkman (tristan.b.kirkman@gmail.com). 

Book talk: Understanding Palestinian Resistance | Library | 12:15 pm
FMW’s Library Committee and Peace & Social Concerns are honored to host FMW member Helena Cobban, a Middle East expert, publisher and author, to discuss her most recent book “Understanding Hamas, and Why That Matters.” Please join us!  For more information contact Gene Throwe (GThrowe@gmail.com) or Barbara Briggs (BarbaraHBriggs@gmail.com) 

Friendly Quaker Film Club | Quaker House Living Room | 12:30 pm
We will watch “Project Protest”, a documentary by FMW's Tom Clement.  It’s a thought -provoking investigation into guerrilla light projection, which is cheap, lawless and controversial new protest tactic being deployed by Leftists and Neo-Nazis alike. For more info, contact Margaret Fuener (mfuener@gmail.com) 

Ministry & Worship, Bridge Room, 12:15 pm
Join on Zoom, Meeting ID: 831 0128 5997, Passcode: 727318

Friendly Bible Study | Join on Zoom | 12:00 noon
By phone, dial:  (646) 876-9923.  Meeting ID: 2025778431#.  Password is 254224.  Each participant shares their responses to five questions concerning the short passage we are studying.  Auditors are welcome to listen in. Contact: David Etheridge, david.etheridge@verizon.net, cell 202.577.8431. 

Quaker Treasure Bread will be on sale in the Assembly Room this Sunday!
Treasure Bread is a rich, wholesome fruitcake developed by longtime FMW member Bob Meehan and for years a holiday fundraiser for FMW’s Personal Aid Committee.  Bob’s daughter, Alisoun Meehan continues the tradition.  $15 each, $25 for two.  Get yours while supplies last.

And Beyond…

Quaker Spiritual Development Programs - December 2024

Apartheid-Free Convening, Philadelphia, Saturday, December 6-7
FMW has joined the AFSC-led Apartheid Free Communities network, pledging to cut economic ties that permit the continuation of an apartheid system in Israel Palestine.  This will be Apartheid-Free Communities’ first ever in-person meeting.  Financial assistance is available.
For more information and to join FMW’s delegation, contact Steve Chase (SteveChase338@gmail.com).  Register here.

Shoebox Project–Assembling Gifts for unhoused DC residents, FMW, Dec 14-15
For more info, contact CJ Lewis (CJLewis0001@gmail.com) 

Holiday Jazz Concert at FMW, Saturday, December 14, 7:00 pm
Celebrate the holidays with FMW’s own Bruce Jacobs and his MJP Power Trio.
Suggested donation $20.  All proceeds to support FMW’s Personal Aid Committee
Register here.  For more info, contact Greg Robb (Gregory.Robb@gmail.com) 

Winter 2025, Quakerism 101:  Introductory class - starts January 14th   
FMW’s Winter 2025 Quakerism 101 is an introductory class on Quaker faith and practice. It will begin on January 14th.  The course consists of five sessions.  Sessions 1 through 4 will be held on zoom, Tuesday evenings January 14 through February 3, 7:00-8:30 pm.  Session 5 will be held on Sunday, February 9, 12:15-1:45 pm in person at FMW and online.  Outline here.  Register here.  For more info contact: Ann Herzog (aherzog333@yahoo.com) 

Let Us Worship Together 

9 am, Sunday, Early Meeting for Worship | FMW’s Library & & on Zoom. 
By phone: 301-715-8592   Meeting ID: 890 9598 7875#  Passcode: 448803 
Tech: Ann Herzog, (202) 246-5125

10:30 am, Sunday, Meeting for Worship | FMW Meeting Room & on Zoom
Meeting ID: 979 505 413   Head of Meeting: Finance & Stewardship + Betsy Bramon

Friendly Office Presence:  Tom Libbert     (Sunday staffing schedule)
First Day School (children) and Young Friends (youth) 1st & 3rd Sunday.

6 pm, Sunday, Worship | In-person only | Convener: Steve Morse (vze234d2@verizon.net) 

Midweek Meeting - Wednesday 6:00pm | David Etheridge (david.etheridge@verizon.net)

LGBTQ Meeting | 3rd Wednesday of the month, 6:30 pm | For more info contact: Rheagan Martin (rheagan.martin@gmail.com) or Jason Terry (jason@jaterry.com).

Childcare is offered every Sunday (year-round), 10:30 a.m., Decatur Room. For more info, contact RE Committee: Lynsey Wood Jeffries (lynseywood@yahoo.com)

Be Involved

Looking for ways to help make our Meeting happen? | FMW is a (nearly) all-volunteer community.  You can help make our Meeting happen, and make friends in the process.  Over the next weeks, we will be rolling out some specific volunteering opportunities–on a routine + one-off sign-ups.  For now, you can sign up here, and tell us about your availability.  Questions? Email: Admin@QuakersDC.org.

Friends Meeting of Washington 2111 Decatur Place NW (off Florida Ave), Washington D.C. 20008-1912 |  (202) 483-3310  To receive an email copy of Weekly Announcements, email:  admin@QuakersDC.org