2019-11-22 Announcements for

Friendly 8s:

It’s Friendly 8s Time again!  Please contact Heidi Babb if you want to participate.  If you want to host, please also give a couple of dates that are good for you.  If you are wishing to bring a guest, please be sure to let me know how many people from your family would be joining.  Please email heidi [at] dragonflyfarm [dot] net, or text 603-340-2281.

Meeting Clean Up – Thank you!

What wonderful work was accomplished last Sunday!  Most of the leaves are cleaned up.  The shed is all clean and organized - some outside windows washed - stones placed around the front pillars, and inside cleaning was done as well. Many thanks.

Annual Thanksgiving Program of the Greater Concord Interfaith Council

Sunday, November 24, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South St., Bow, New Hampshire 03304

“Giving Thanks for the World We Share” Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Program sponsored by the Greater Concord Interfaith Council. Message delivered by Reverend Kate Harmon Siberine of Grace Episcopal Church, Concord. Featuring Music and Readings from Diverse Religious Traditions. Freewill donations will be directed to the community interfaith organization: New Hampshire Interfaith Power and Light, which works on climate change issues from a faith perspective (www.interfaithpowerandlight.org).

Music by Cantor Shira Nafshi of Temple Beth Jacob and Reverend Michael Lowry of East Congregational Church.

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: PLEASE JOIN US!

Holiday Gift “Make & Take” Dec 7^th, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Youth Religious Education (YRE) is again holding a Holiday Gift Make & Take as both outreach to the community and a fundraiser for Christine (Kakmega Care Center).  Craft opportunities for all ages include fabric folded star ornaments, soap making, beeswax wraps, tin lanterns, and kids wood project.  If you would like to help out during the event, please contact Heidi, Ruth, Wendy, Jone or Laurie, members of the YRE committee.

International Peace Light, Dec 8^th, 12-12:30 p.m.

We welcome anyone who wishes to participate in the International Peace Light experience to bring a candle to the Quaker Meetinghouse Sunday, Dec 8.  From Noon-12:30 p.m. you can light your candle or lamp from a light that has come all the way from Bethlehem. Take it home and use it there, knowing that people everywhere are praying for peace whenever they light those candles from the Light of Bethlehem. The Quaker Meeting is participating in the International Peace Light experience this year and we invite members of the community to participate with us on Sunday, Dec 8.  Lamps that have been lit at a continuously burning Peace Lamp in Bethlehem being carried around the world that weekend, lighting candles or lamps that will light other candles.  One of those Peace Light lamps will be at the Meetinghouse December 8.  We invite everyone to light their own candle from this Peace Light from Noon-12:45 p.m.  Take it home and use it as a reminder to pray for Peace, knowing that people around the world are also lighting their Peace Light candles and praying for peace.

Christmas Eve Service, Dec 24^th

Christmas Eve Caroling in the Havenwood Nursing Facility is a 30-year tradition of the Quaker Meeting.  After caroling there from 4:30-5:30 p.m. on Dec 24, there will be 6:00 p.m. Christmas Eve service at the Meetinghouse on Oxbow Pond Rd, followed by potluck supper at 6:30.  All are welcome.

All Ages New Years Eve Party, Dec 31^st, 6–10 p.m.

Everyone is welcome to attend this alternative New Years Eve Party at the Quaker Meetinghouse. The Quaker Meeting is hosting this Game Night which starts at 6pm and ends at 10pm, when we celebrate "Rio de Janeiro Midnight" by toasting to a year of Joy and Peace. (But feel free to drop in or drop out when you need to leave.) Please bring your favorite board or card game, or just join in on games others have brought. Bring finger food to share and any non-alcoholic beverages you enjoy. Help us ring in the New Year with fun, games, food, and song appropriate for all ages!

Property Committee Seeks worker bee(s):

The Property Committee has a special concern for three spaces at Meeting that folks don’t tend to think about very often. They are the mechanical room, the small attic, and the garden shed.  These space need individuals to take a special interest in them, cleaning and organizing from time to time.  Would you like to adopt one of these spaces as a way to contribute to the Meeting in a valuable way?  If so....please speak to one of the committee members who are Chris, Greg, JJ, Michael and Lucy. 

Closet Congestion:

Have you noticed that the closet in the foyer has accumulated many jackets and sweaters?  Now that cold weather is on us, the space is needed.  Please take your articles home.  Alternatively, they may wind up in the lost and found box in the Mechanical Room.

(1^st Tuesday) Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Immigrant Justice

Jericho Walk [Joshua 6:1-27] 9:00 – 10:15 a.m. for those reporting to ICE for deportation that day at the Norris Cotton Federal Building, 275 Chestnut Street in Manchester. This will be followed by the Sanctuary Support Network meeting at Blessed Sacrament Church, 14 Elm Street, Manchester where there will be refreshments. We have signed the pledge to stand with our immigrant neighbors. If you have not seen a copy of the revised solidarity statement, it can be found here. [Also, see resources at the website of the NH Council of Churches.]

(3^rd Tuesday) Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Immigrant Justice

Jericho Walk [Joshua 6:1-27] 9:00 – 10:15 a.m. for those reporting to ICE for deportation that day at the Norris Cotton Federal Building, 275 Chestnut Street in Manchester. We have signed the pledge to stand with our immigrant neighbors. If you have not seen a copy of the revised solidarity statement, it can be found here. [Also, see resources at the website of the NH Council of Churches.]