Meeting Announcements

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Mon 1/30, 7:00 pm, Hybrid Practice Session – All Are Invited! –  If you are able, please attend a brief (30 minute) Hybrid Practice, Monday at 7:00 pm. We would like as many Friends as possible to have a practice experience of going hybrid. Attend in-person at the meetinghouse or attend on Zoom by clicking the link in the calendar above. This is not a worship but an opportunity to familiarize us with the technology. If all goes well, we will have our first Hybrid Meeting for Worship next Sunday, February 5. For more information contact Mike Heller, quakersroanoke@gmail.com

Outdoor Quaker Worship Saturdays at 10:30 am: All are welcome to outdoor worship each Saturday at Highland Park, beside the Alexander-Gish House parking lot on Walnut Avenue SW just off Fifth Street. Please bring a chair if you have one.

From Religious Education (2 Programs):

• Wed Feb 1, 7:00 pm Discussion on Reparations: Everyone is invited to a discussion on Reparations. Zoom link is above. We will be joined by Rev. Dr. David Jones, Pastor of Williams Memorial Baptist Church, Roanoke. Click here for the brief suggested readings. After a brief presentation, we will have worship sharing around these queries.  Also recommended is the podcast “Memory Wars” from Radio IQ Podcasts. For more information contact Mike Heller.

• Mon Feb 13, 7:00 pm Discussion on Unpacking the Testimonies: The Religious Education Committee invites you to prepare for a discussion on Monday, February 13 by reading the recent Friends Journal essay on Quaker Testimonies  The article can be found at this link:  Categorically Not the Testimonies - Friends Journal

From the Treasurer:

Contribution statements for 2022 have been mailed. Contact Otis Kenny if you do not get one or have a question.

Other Announcements  

Experiencing God: Discerning the Divine in Human Experience: This 4-week, online class will use the tools of science, philosophy, and theology to help discern meaning from divine encounters. The class will be available online for a year. It includes:

- 11 Lectures from scholars across academic disciplines (Including Diana Butler Bass, Pete Enns, Grace Ji-Sun Kim, and more)

- 4 Live Q&A Sessions with some of your favorite scholars and "God-pod" podcast hosts

- Access to a private online community for discussion

- Access to a collection of curated resources

This class is donation based, including 0, so come join the quest. The class is asynchronous and you can participate fully without being present at any specific time. The weekly streaming session will take place on Sundays at 9 pm ET.  (from Joy Sylvester-Johnson)

Wed Feb 1, 7:30-8:30 pm - “We are what we eat” - Webinar: How our food can help build a more peaceful, livable planet.. Register here to get the Zoom link.

Co-sponsored by the BYM Working Group on Right Relationship with Animals, UUCF ACT for Climate, and Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions. Hear Dan Jasper discuss the interconnected nature of food, conflict, and the climate crisis and how our food choices can shape our future. Dan is a policy advisor working on multidisciplinary solutions for climate change and poverty alleviation, particularly in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. (from Kim Millirones)

Joys and Concerns, Gratitude & Requests

Joys:   

• Found a lot of people to love this morning.

Please hold in the Light:

• Kim Milliron’s family and her father, John Millirons, who had heart surgery recently.

• Kent who is returning to Duke University this week for another medical procedure.

Requests: 

• Please try to schedule a visit with Genevieve while she is in Roanoke for these 3 months. Contact her daughter Connie to make arrangements.  

Gratitudes:

• For friends who come from a distance to help.  

• For healing and recovery.

Meeting Links: * Link to Roanoke Friends Meeting Website;  Facebook Page;  Facebook Group

Shared At Meeting

“Quakers and the Still, Small Voice”  A QuakerSpeak Video (shared by Elise Hansard)

Here I am

As I am

In this world as it is

Grounded on the earth

Floating through the cosmos

Alive and awake 

To this moment.

        Body prayer set to music by Tony Martin

“It is a gift.  That’s why we call it the present.” (attributed to both Eleanor Roosevelt and Winnie-the-Pooh)

The Lest We Forget slavery museum in Philadelphia is a museum of artifacts and history of slavery.

Faithfully submitted by Mike Heller and Patsy Martin