Concord, NH CROP Walk (to eradicate hunger) September 24

As you may remember, the CROP Walk is an annual fundraiser held nationally to alleviate the challenges of disease, disaster, and displacement that leave people hungry locally and internationally. The on-going war in Ukraine, on top of the pandemic and other disasters is causing a global food crisis. Millions are on the brink of famine. Local congregations form teams and members make donations to support those teams. Over the years, CFM has been a strong contributor to this effort.

This year's CROP Walk (38th annual) is planned as a normal in-person walk starting from the Jesus Christ Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) on Clinton St. in Concord. Registration will begin at 12:00 with a kick-off rally at 12:30 and the walk beginning at 1:00. There will be refreshments at the church afterward.

To Join as a Walker and/or Support the Team

1. Click here: https://events.crophungerwalk.org/2022/team/concord-friends-meeting
2. Click Join The Team to sign up as a walker (you will be able to donate if you’d like from this link), or
3. Click Make a Donation to donate via credit or debit card.
4. Note that donations online can be made anonymously if you wish.
5. Alternatively, you can donate by writing a check payable to CWS/CROP Walk and mail it to Sheryl Ingraham.

Please contact Sheryl Ingraham if you have any questions.

Spiritual Journeys

Last Sunday Greg shared his spiritual journey. Here is an addendum (the thing he forgot to say). Early on in the talk he mentioned that his dad was a preacher's kid and felt cheated as a child. He told Greg that his father always had time for parishioners, but seldom for him. Objectively true or not, it was subjectively true. Greg said, "I'll get back to that later," but he never did. This is getting back to that:

"As an undergraduate and working for a Unitarian Universalist minister I gradually came to the conclusion that I would go into the ministry. The announcement over the phone on a weekend call home did not go over well. The next weekend my parents made the two or three hour trip to see me. Over Italian food I got an earful of exactly why my plans were going to ruin my life. Alas. As you can imagine this was pretty hard to hear. It would have been a lot easier coming from a family friend or a close uncle. Back when I knew everything, parents were always wrong. Oh well.

"I did drop the idea of entering the ministry and a key fork in my life was taken that led to a future I would not change. Don't we all wonder, "What if...?" More than once though I have considered, "What was I thinking?!" As a person in my 20s, what could I have had to offer the bereaved or those going through the many sorts of trauma that life eventually provides us? And yet I found my way to a Quaker meeting where we are all ministers, and it is our job to figure that out, to answer that question in a concrete manner."

AFSC-NH Annual Fund Raiser

Dear friends of AFSC's New Hampshire Program,

Please mark your calendars and plan to join us for our annual fundraising celebration on Saturday, October 22, 2022 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Concord, New Hampshire! This will be an in-person gathering complete with food, fellowship and a marvelous program of talent sharing and fun. There will also be an option to join us remotely.

Stay tuned for more information in the coming weeks about how you can register, particpate in the program, support us as a sponsor, and more! In the meantime, just get this important date onto your calendar and invite your friends and family. All are welcome!

We look forward to being with you.

Maggie Fogarty and Grace Kindeke

American Friends Service Committee - NH Program

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