2022-12-22 Newsletter of

Concord Friends Meeting

A Monthly Meeting in Dover Quarter of New England Yearly Meeting, Religious Society of Friends

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The Meeting Calendar

Please socially distance for all indoor events and mask when not eating or drinking (more info).

Day	Date	Time	Event
Thurs	Dec 22	7:00 p.m.	Midweek worship. (No Zoom)
Sat	Dec 24	4:45 p.m.	Outdoor caroling at Havenwood - see below.
		5:45 p.m.	Short-programmed Christmas Eve Meeting for Worship at 5:45 pm followed by potluck. (No Zoom) See below.
Sun	Dec 25	10:00 a.m.	Meeting for Worship (hybrid) For Zoom link, email Zoom [at] ConcordFriendsMeeting [dot] org (subject: %E2%80%9CWorship%E2%80%9D%20Zoom%20Link%20Request) . Closing: Heidi & Jennifer; Boiler: Greg
Thurs	Dec 29	7:00 p.m.	Midweek worship. (No Zoom)
Sun	Jan 1	10:00 a.m.	Meeting for Worship (hybrid). For Zoom link, email Zoom [at] ConcordFriendsMeeting [dot] org (subject: %E2%80%9CWorship%E2%80%9D%20Zoom%20Link%20Request) . Closing & Boiler: TBA
Sun	Jan 1		Land Purchase Survey needed by this date
Thurs	Jan 26	7:00 p.m.	Unleashing the Power virtual workshop: Gifts & Leadings—Service & Nominations.
Fri	Jan 27		Building Rental
Sat	Jan 28		Building Rental

Christmas Eve Plans Changed (revised Dec 24)

Christmas Eve program: With power restored for your newsletter editor and various conversations between the Clerk of YRE and others a plan has been hatched to hold a very informal semi programmed meeting by Zoom only with time for silent worship as well as Christmas stories and carols. Please use the regular worship link. It is too cold for caroling outside at Havenwood. Also Charlie F has told us that his plans have changed and he won't be there tonight.

Staying in Touch, Connecting with Others

To help our community keep in touch, we have a number of lists, including an email list, a membership list, a contact list. Currently, the email-address list is maintained by Greg H; the membership list is maintained by Paula W, our Recorder; the contact list of members and regular attenders is maintained by Mark B.

To add or update your contact information on the contact list, please fill in the “Contact List Consent Form” [https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/sites/all/files/documents/MeetingContactList-ConsentForm-Fillable.pdf]. You only need to fill in the information you wish to share, then mail it to Mark B or email it to: MarkWBarker [at] ConcordFriendsMeeting [dot] org (subject: Contact%20List)

If you are in membership, you may wish to fill in the “Record of Membership” form [https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/sites/all/files/documents/MembershipRecordForm-Rev2019-fillable.pdf], which you can send to Mark at the same time, and he’ll forward it to the Recorder, Paula W.

With thanks, Mark

Kitchen Clean Up

A few people have replied that they will help in a rotation for Kitchen Clean-Up on 2nd and 4th Sundays. We're trying to get this into a regular schedule so that everyone can relax with the knowledge that all has been planned for. We are sure there are regular attenders who would like to be of service in this way but have simply not noticed the need or have forgotten to reply. If you would like to help out in this way please reply to this message and we can work out the details with you. Thank you.

Minutes

Dear Friends, The draft minutes for the December 2022 meeting for worship with attention to business are available at https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/2022-12-11_CMM_Minutes or via https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/Minutes_of_ConcordMonthlyMeeting

For corrections and/or clarifications of the minutes, please reply to Clerk, Concord Friends Meeting <clerk [at] concordfriendsmeeting [dot] org>. With love, and peace, and tenderness, Mark

Unleashing the Power virtual workshop: Gifts & Leadings—Service & Nominations.

Thursday, January 26, 7 p.m. ET. Charlotte Stangeland, of Iowa Yearly Meeting, will lead a discussion about the Holy Spirit’s work in our lives. How can we increase our awareness and openness to the Spirit’s leadings? How can we recognize and appreciate each others’ spiritual gifts? The discussion of gifts will focus on the grace gifts in Romans 12 and the leadership gifts of Ephesians 4. Register here. When you follow this link you will need to scroll down the page to find the correct workshop. Several are listed.