A Monthly Meeting in Dover Quarter of
New England Yearly Meeting, Religious Society of Friends
To request log-in information for Zoom Worship: Zoom [at] ConcordFriendsMeeting [dot] org (subject: %E2%80%9CWorship%E2%80%9D%20Zoom%20Link%20Request) .
“Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen,
But give us the determination to make the right things happen.”
Horace Mann (1796–1859)
An American educational reformer, slavery abolitionist and
Whig politician known for his commitment to promoting public education.
| Day | Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday | February 2nd | 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. |
Program: Deepening our Quaker Experience Meeting for Worship For Zoom link, email Zoom [at] ConcordFriendsMeeting [dot] org (subject: %E2%80%9CWorship%E2%80%9D%20Zoom%20Link%20Request) . Fellowship With Children: TBD; Closing: Ruth & Greg H. |
| Monday | February 3rd | 4:00 p.m. | In-Person Worship at Lucy's House. Contact RichK [at] ConcordFriendsMeeting [dot] org (subject: CFM%20Monday%20Afternoon%20Worship) (Rich) to confirm. |
| Thursday | February 6th | Noon | Peace Vigil, State House Plaza. |
| Sunday | February 9th | 10:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. |
Meeting for Worship For Zoom link, email Zoom [at] ConcordFriendsMeeting [dot] org (subject: %E2%80%9CWorship%E2%80%9D%20Zoom%20Link%20Request) . Fellowship & Potluck Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business With Children: TBD; Closing: Rich & Sue. |
| Sunday | March 30th | 12:30 p.m. | Dover Quarterly Meeting re: NEYM Visioning (at CFM) |
Drive the winter doldrums away with an evening meal (or luncheon) with 6-8 other Meeting attenders sometime in February. We'll create the groups and let the hosts know who is attending. (Let RuthH [at] ConcordFriendsMeeting [dot] org (subject: Friendly%20Eights) (Ruth H) or HeidiB [at] ConcordFriendsMeeting [dot] org (subject: Friendly%20Eights) (Heidi B) know if you can host.)
With gratitude,
Ruth 603-724-4343 [2] and Heidi 603-340-2281 [3]
Earlier this month we launched our new program, “Deepening our Quaker Experience” with a look at some early Friends. We’ll continue going deeper into this on February 2nd — and expanding our view to more modern and even current Friends. If you are so moved, please bring a favorite Quaker story or quotation. If you don’t already have a favorite, here are some on-line resources you may appreciate:
Perhaps your favorite quote or story is recent and unpublished. I’m thinking of the many stories I’ve heard about Friends like the Booths and the Chynoweths. And I’m thinking of the beauty I witness every Sunday.
Remember, these are stand-alone events so you don’t need to have attended the first session to participate. No homework required! Hope you can join us for coffee, tea, and inspiration.
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The draft minutes for the January 2025 meeting for worship with attention to business are available at 2025-01-12_CMM_Minutes [9] or via Minutes_of_ConcordMonthlyMeeting [10].
For corrections, missing documents, and/or clarifications of the minutes, please reply to web clerk, Concord Friends Meeting <WebClerk [at] ConcordFriendsMeeting [dot] org (subject: CMM%20Draft%20Minutes%20for%20January%202025) >.
We have a special opportunity coming up in March and Ministry and Counsel hopes you'll set aside time in your calendar now. We will not be holding a program on 4th Sunday in March. Instead, a very special program is set for 5th Sunday and we are hoping for a strong turnout. Friends will be coming from all over our Quarter. The Meetings in our Quarterly Meeting include Weare/Henniker, Dover, West Epping Preparative Meeting, North Sandwich, River Woods Worship Group (Exeter), and Gonic. Such an opportunity! And the program is especially important.
New England Yearly Meeting is going through changes and needs to hear from Friends far and wide regarding the summer sessions and various alternatives to the current model. Whether you have ever attended a NEYM summer session does not matter. How the YM will meet the needs of individuals and Meetings in our changing times matters to all of us. We hope you will make time to be present on 5th Sunday in March. Stay tuned for more information as the weeks pass.
Read the articles below by clicking on them:
NBC NEWS: Quaker groups file suit [11]
Friends Journal: Quakers sue DHS [12]
NEYM: Suit Filed by Quaker Meetings Against Trump Administration’s New ICE Policy [13]
At a legislative hearing in New Hampshire, AFSC staff and other immigrant rights advocates spoke out against a bill that would require local police to act as immigration enforcement agents. Photo: AFSC/New Hampshire
Thank you to the thousands of people who contacted Congress to oppose the Trump administration's plans for mass deportations this week! Immigrants are a vital part of who we are as a community—friends, family members, neighbors, and leaders. Together, we make our communities stronger. As a Quaker organization, AFSC believes everyone should be treated with respect and human dignity. If you haven’t already, please help us urge lawmakers to uphold our values. Tell Congress to stop deportations today! [14]
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Friends will also enjoy reading about the gift that was used in our solar project and seeing a picture of our Meetinghouse in the lead.
Click on the Picture to read "An Experiment in Holy Abundance [15]"
Friends may be interested in reading Dave W's final report about the "NEYM Legacy Gift Funds Grant Program". A web-version of the report is at NEYMLegacyGiftFundsGrantProgramReport-2025 [16].
Dear Concord Friends Meeting,
Pendle Hill is excited to share that registration is now open for Publishers of the Truth [17], a collaboration of Pendle Hill's Quaker Institute and Earlham’s Quaker Leadership Conference exploring how Friends witness and publish the truth with integrity in an age of fractured political realities, disinformation, and artificial intelligence.
The conference will be from May 2-5 on Pendle Hill’s campus, and it is open to all those in Friends communities (not just literal publishers of media). Here are some useful links regarding this program:
In Fellowship,
Lucas Meyer-Lee
Education Associate: Pendle Hill
338 Plush Mill Road, Wallingford, PA 19086
610-566-4507 [20] x120 | Fax: 610-566-3679
www.pendlehill.org [21] | @pendlehillusa
P.S. Knowing that finances may be a barrier for some Friends to attend Pendle Hill’s programs, we offer financial assistance to ensure our programs are accessible.
Celebrate the Vital & Varied Ministries of Younger Quaker women!
Winter Zoom Gathering of
United Society of Friends Women International—Northeast Region
22nd of February, 2025
9:30am to 12 noon Eastern Time
Join us for a panel of younger Quaker women with ministries, as we explore "Lifting Up Younger Quaker Women as They Live Into Their Sense of Call".
A Panel Moderated by Emily Provance of NYYM, with:
They will share the ways they have felt led by the Spirit to do an amazing variety of ministries, how they experienced their call, how they were supported to follow their leading, and ways older Friends can help lift up younger Quaker women.
| Time (Eastern) | Program |
|---|---|
| 9:30am | Zoom opens for informal sharing/greetings |
| 9:40am | Devotions led by Pastor Janice Ninan of NYYM and translated into Swahili by Pastor Joyce Machaha of Nairobi YM |
| 10:00am | Introductions led by Marian Baker-NEYM |
| 10:05am | Panel - moderated by Emily Provance-NYYM |
| 11:05am | Small breakout groups sharing what arose during the panel |
| 11:40am | Singing in multiple languages led by Congolese Women |
| 11:50am | Announcements and closing prayer |
| 12noon | End of event |
Marian Baker
REGISTER [22]
Concordia Lutheran Church
211 N Main St
Concord, NH 03301
concordialc [at] fairpoint [dot] net
(603) 224-0277 [23]
Thursdays at Noon
The silent vigil for a ceasefire in Gaza continues every Thursday from Noon-1 p.m. The vigil meets at (the northwest corner of) North Main Street and Park Street in Concord [24] on the plaza in front of the State House. Make your own sign, use one provided, or just stand in silent witness beside others. This is done in coordination with NH Peace Action. We suggest that people make signs that convey something about justice for Israel and Palestine. Also please avoid the word genocide, ethnic cleansing, and similar terms.
PSECC Committee
If you would like more info on what is happening at the NH Statehouse, here are some resources.
KSC Happenings is a weekly, action-based newsletter focusing on State House advocacy. To join go to the website kentstreetcoalition.org [25].
We aim to provide the tools and information necessary for people to take action on issues and bills of particular importance and concern. Priorities and positions are made in consultation with KSC working groups and coalition partners. However, we acknowledge and expect that not everyone will agree with every position listed here and we respect and value the right of individuals to make their own informed decisions.
Many organizations are doing critically important work and our goal is to be an added value, without being duplicative or reinventing the wheel. We highly recommend the following excellent resources for action alerts, reporting, analysis, and commentary:
Please remember to keep a pair of slippers or indoor shoes on the shoe rack to limit damage to our floors.
Plastic Bags can be put inside the box by the entrance of the Meetinghouse.
Questions, comments, suggestions? Email us at: ConcordFriendsNewsletter [at] gmail [dot] com
There are other online Meetings for Worship that are generally available to Quakers, unlimited by geography, if that would be of interest. Some of those are listed here.
Dear Friends,
If you have information or personal news to share via this Newsletter please email your submission to ConcordFriendsMeeting [at] GMail [dot] com (subject: Newsletter) by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesdays.
Juliet C, Newsletter Editor
Are you wanting information from past announcements?
Visit this page on our web site: Past Announcements [38]
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Links:
[1] https://qtdg.org/
[2] tel:+16037244343
[3] tel:+16033402281
[4] http://www.quakercenter.org/programs/quaker-quote-archive/
[5] https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/sites/CMM/Newsletters/2025/02/QuakerQuoteArchive-BenLomondQuakerCenter-bookfold.pdf
[6] https://neym.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/Interim_F&P_2015_web%20edition_0.pdf
[7] https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/sites/CMM/Newsletters/2025/02/2015-03-02-InterimF%26P2015-Chapter1.pdf
[8] https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/sites/all/files/documents/ReadingsForQuakerBasics,Week1,v2.doc
[9] https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/2025-01-12_CMM_Minutes
[10] https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/Minutes_of_ConcordMonthlyMeeting
[11] https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/quaker-groups-file-suit-end-policy-restricting-ice-arrests-houses-wors-rcna189471
[12] https://www.friendsjournal.org/quakers-sue-immigration/
[13] https://neym.org/news/2025/01/suit-filed-quaker-meetings-against-trump-administrations-new-policy-enabling-ice-enter
[14] https://afsc.org/action/stop-deportations-now?ms=EMA25WR0125&emci=51b3a152-64da-ef11-88f8-0022482a9579&emdi=ad252377-20db-ef11-88f8-0022482a9579&ceid=393518
[15] https://www.friendsjournal.org/an-experiment-in-holy-abundance/
[16] https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/NEYMLegacyGiftFundsGrantProgramReport-2025-01-21
[17] https://pendlehill.org/events/publishers-of-the-truth/
[18] https://mcusercontent.com/9a8043445371972ccf703d972/files/61d5a659-f601-f371-0ea3-7f8674688d21/Partnes_of_Truth_flyer.pdf
[19] https://mcusercontent.com/9a8043445371972ccf703d972/files/087be755-3caa-15ad-3d4f-4f0898132e7b/POT_Schedule.pdf
[20] tel:+16105664507
[21] https://pendlehill.org
[22] https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfrPoJUiL9WmQ6luk13o3aSQeWVL3Yfb563bG_ARrfzyrXtfw/viewform
[23] tel:+16032240277
[24] https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/sites/CMM/Newsletters/2024/10/CeasefireWitness-MapLocation.jpg
[25] https://kentstreetcoalition.org/
[26] https://secure.afsc.org/-NgRKULTlkCRudvpnbIwAg2
[27] https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/new-england/new-hampshire/
[28] https://granitepostnews.com/about-us/
[29] https://hillsboroughcountydemocrats.org/action-alert/
[30] https://indepthnh.org/
[31] https://newhampshirebulletin.com/subscribe/
[32] https://www.nhpr.org/
[33] https://www.threeriversmeeting.org/about
[34] https://neym.org/events-calendar/weekly-taize-service-online
[35] https://pendlehill.org/explore/worship/online-daily-worship/
[36] https://fwcc.world/find/online-worship/
[37] http://www.quakercenter.org/programs/meeting-for-worship/
[38] https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/PastAnnouncements
