Memphis Friends Meeting (Quaker)
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Updated 03/12/2023
Greetings, Friends,
At the 03/12/2023 meeting for business, Friends agreed on the following:
Memphis Friends, are you logging in to the web site to see all information? If not, you are missing out on resources like:
The Communications Committee is in the process of building an online version of the card catalog.
Meeting Times
11 am Sundays (Zoom and in-person)
Noon Monday through Saturday (Zoom only)
7 pm second Wednesday of the month (in-person)
Parking is available on Prescott.
All bathrooms are single-occupancy gender neutral.
Our email address memphisfriendsmeeting@gmail.com is checked daily.
What's New
The Justice Working Group is planning to be at the Pride Kick-off event at the Benjamin Hooks Library, September 2, from 11 to 2 (https://memphislibrary.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=67213&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2023/09/01).
A message shared in meeting for worship on 08/20 referred to the song Turn! Turn! Turn!, written by Pete Seeger and based on a passage from Ecclesiastes. The song was recorded by the Byrds in 1965, and so it provided a powerful connection also to the day's Meeting for Learning, which featured David C's personal stories from the years 1961 through 1971.
Ecclesiastes 3
1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
At the 8/14 meeting for business and meeting for worship, the clerk read excerpts of news coverage about Courtney Ross's death in police custody. Then he read a passage from Matthew:
[37] Then the righteous will answer him, `Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink?
[38] And when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee?
[39] And when did we see thee sick or in prison and visit thee?
Recently our online worshippers have noted a deterioration in the audibility of messages from in-person Friends. At the 8/6 worship a borrowed microphone seemed to improve sound, and the Communications Committee is in search for good tech solutions. Please let Carol or another member of the communications committee (Kali, Blake, or Mallory) know if you have suggestions to offer. Friends interested in this topic may be interested in the recent podcast episode on Zooming among Friends - https://quakerpodcast.com/quakers-and-zoom/
Quaker Aesthetics
by Khyber
Have you ever wondered what a Quaker aesthetics could be? It’s a matter of discernment. Traditionally Quakers created form and substance through prohibition and subtraction. Proscriptions about arts and crafts started in the late 1600s to show that we were not interested in show. Up until the
1800’s, Quakers were invested in plainness— an open declaration that we weren’t engaged with the concerns of the world. But we were very concerned to show the world that we weren’t involved in it.
Joanne's meeting for learning on global warming and climate change drew from the recent UofM physics lecture and several NOVA programs Joanne uses in her classes:
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11 am Sundays (Zoom and in-person)
Noon Monday through Saturday (Zoom only)
7 pm second Wednesday of the month (in-person)
Parking is available on Prescott.
All bathrooms are single-occupancy gender neutral.
Our email address memphisfriendsmeeting@gmail.com is checked daily.
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