Concord Friends Meeting

The Meeting Calendar

Sun   Apr     25  10:15 AM   Meeting for Worship followed by a 4th Sunday Program at 12:30, "What is unity among Friends?"  See details below. Zoom Link

Sat    May     1    7:30 PM   Story Telling. Zoom link Note new time!

Sun   May     2    1:30 PM    Spring Outdoor Workday

Wed Jun 2 - Sat Jun 5         Bear Brook State Park Camping trip   - see updated info below 

Sun Jun 27- Sat July 3        Friends General Conference (FGC)

4th Sunday Program this Sunday promises to offer a door into a deeper understanding of the Quaker way.

April 4^th Sunday Program (April 25):  Ministry & Counsel invites you to consider the experience of unity among Friends. By following this link (Click here [1]) you will find four wonderful stories of Friends reaching unity  even when they came to business meeting with different opinions.  Come share your experience of the process of reaching unity. (Even if you are unable to attend, these stories are worth a read.  Enjoy!)  

Asylum News 

Sara and JJ tell us that Yanovy, the Cuban who is seeking Asylum and who lived with them this past month, has decided to move his accommodations to share housing with a different host. The Smiths, who felt a clear calling to this ministry, have mixed emotions about this change, and they wish Yanovy the best.  As you probably know, they did much to establish a support network for him that should be a clear help well into the future.  Sara and JJ commented, "We hope people will continue to support the network through any volunteer opportunities that fit their circumstances." This circumstance does not change anything about fund the Meeting is administering to assist asylum seekers.

Sunday May 2, Spring Outdoor Work Day

Please come and join us in the afternoon at 1:30, May 2.  We have lots to do to get our space spruced up. It will be great to see one another in person as well.  We are planning a break at 2:30 to 2:45.  Bring a snack to share if you are able and enjoy socially distanced conversation.  Of course, don't forget your mask and work gloves. Visit this Google Doc (Click here [2]) to see all the choices and to sign up!  If the technology presents any difficulty, just let us know and we'll fix things up for you. Can't work that day?  No problem.  Choose any time to reunite with 11 Oxbow Pond Rd.  Questions/ Contact Greg who is organizing or simply reply to this email.

Story Hour

Please note that the time for the start of story hour through the rest of the spring and summer will be 7:30.  Hope to see you next time on May Day. The suggested theme for this one is "What brought you to New Hampshire (or, if you were born and raised in New Hampshire, why did you stay)?  Stories don't need to be restricted to this topic so it's just a prompt.  All stories on any theme are welcomed.

A film, Quakers - the Quiet Revolutionaries.

Our Clerk has passed on this information that came to his email inbox.  He wonders if someone would like to view it and write up a short review for us. 

Dear Friends:  We are members of Princeton Meeting who have spent the last six years producing the Quakers~the Quiet Revolutionaries, a film which you may have seen on public television during the past year.  We also took time to create a website for the film which contains a great deal of general (and we hope useful) information on the history and contemporary status of Friends.  It has been our hope that the website topics would generate fruitful discussion at meetings as well as encourage greater historical curiosity and research by individual Friends. 

Please feel free to share this link with members and attenders of your meeting.

www.quakersthefilm.com [3]

In peace,

Dick Nurse

Janet Gardner