Land Acknowledgements

Dave W referenced his experience participating in a webinar about the book, A Deep Presence, 13,000 years of Native American History. Highly recommended and available on YouTube click here. The book itself is available on Amazon. It can be found here. Obtaining it through your local bookstore may require a wait as we see it is backordered when we search through independent booksellers.

Mid-Week Worship

Please think about attending mid-week worship, 7:00 PM on Thursdays. Lucy and Richard have formed the dedicated core that has sustained this group, welcoming a variety of others who have attended from time to time. With the addition of a young child to Rich's home, his ability to participate may be more limited. Everyone who has attended this non-Zoom experience has spoken of the deep quiet and the spiritual renewal it has offered them in the middle of the week. Please come. Find this to be true for yourself and know that you are benefiting others by your presence.

Dover Quarterly Meeting This Sunday 12:30

Jeremiah Dickinson, Clerk of the Quarter writes:

We will hear from our two recorded ministers--Brian Drayton of Souhegan Preparative Meeting on his ministry and an update from Marian Baker of Weare Meeting on her current travels among Friends in Africa. There will be a chance to hear from our treasurer and get updates on how our individual meetings are faring as we continue to deal with the challenge of COVID.

Please let me know if you would like to add something to the agenda.

I am looking forward to being together again this coming Sunday.

- Jeremiah dacha [at] comcast [dot] net

Topic: Dover Quarterly Meeting

Time: Oct 31, 2021 12:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

The following items are repeated from prior announcements.

Quaker Support of the Poor People's Campaign: Then and Now:

On Thursday, November 4, at 6 p.m. ET, join us for a virtual meeting for learning to hear from leaders of the #PoorPeoplesCampaign and see how Quakers across the U.S. and AFSC staff can together take action for economic, racial and gender justice. [Note that the link above takes you to a registration form. Just scroll down a bit.]

In 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. launched the Poor People’s Campaign, which mobilized tens of thousands of people across the U.S. to demand economic justice for all. AFSC was one of the principal endorsers of the Poor People's Campaign. Early on King sought help from AFSC citing his gratitude for "the devotion, cooperation and help accorded us in the past." We worked directly with King, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and other organizations to develop the campaign's platform, strategize, and bring people from around the U.S. to Washington, D.C.

Although King was assassinated just weeks before the event, a renewed Poor People’s Campaign carries forward his legacy. Today AFSC is again supporting this work, mobilizing community members and resources as part of a national call for moral revival and economic equality.

Questions: Contact questions [at] afsc [dot] org

Minutes.

The draft minutes of the 10/10/21 Meeting for Worship for the Conduct of Business are available at https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/2021-10-10_CMM_Minutes

Ministry and Counsel Announcements:

Small Groups: A while ago, we started several zoom groups for things like fellowship and care, and book discussions. As people join in for what feels like a new year in September, it feels like a good time to add new people, start new books, think about other types of groups. We would like to know your ideas and desires for joining groups or forming new ones. Our current fellowship and care groups like to meet weekly and have a consistent membership so they can have ongoing discussions. This is similar to how the book discussions operate. BTW there is much interest in reading The Gatherings. Keep that in mind as you fill out the attached survey. We are looking for other ideas, some of which could be more casual, maybe a zoom potluck dinner to just chat? The linked survey is Word document you can download and add your comments to and then return to MinistryandCounsel [at] ConcordFriendsMeeting [dot] org (subject: Small%20Groups%20Survey) . If you have any difficulty with the technology, please let us know.

October Fourth Sunday Program. October 24, at 12:30 We would like to present a program on our ongoing work to attain Right Relationship with our Native neighbors. BRING A BAG LUNCH if attending in person.

Who wants some oak wood?

The Property Committee is anxious to get the felled and cut up oak removed from the bounds of the parking lot. We invite anyone who needs fire wood to take it away. The wood is too wet to be burned this season, but when split and stacked should dry by next winter. A donation to help defray the cost of having felled the tree would be appreciated. Pay what seems fair or makes sense in your budget or nothing at all. Write "oak" in the memo on your check, and, "Thank you." Your efforts to remove the wood are appreciated. The quantity of wood is greatly reduced now so act fast!