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Below are the upcoming events for the week, all times are in Eastern Time.
If you have any questions about the events, including accessibility needs, or have any other events that you’re personally connected to and relevant to our Quaker community, please reply to this email with the information.
We invite Friends to engage with the life of our Meeting through our committees. Read more with this document NCFM Policies and Documents Index Live.docx and on the NCFM website.
This week we feature these committees:
- Finance
- First-Day School (aka child care)
- House
Interested? Please contact the Clerk of the meeting at northcolumbusfriends@gmail.com
Sunday, Feb 11
● 10:30-11:30 Meeting for Worship, hybrid (online and at North Broadway United Methodist Church). If attending in person, please use the west side parking lot and entrance.
More information: website page for Zoom information and general information
To attend via Zoom: Zoom Link
Meeting ID: 818 2803 2335
Passcode: 604741
You can join by phone by calling: 1-929-205-6099
● 2:00-4:00pm Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business, on-line. Minutes, agenda, and other documents are emailed out separately by the clerk via this email.
More information: website link
To attend via Zoom: Zoom Link
Meeting ID: 818 2803 2335
Passcode: 604741
You can join by phone by calling 1-929-205-6099.
Monday, Feb 12
👋 7-8pm, online. Meeting for Worship for Newcomers and Seekers, every 2nd Monday of the month
Goal: Spiritual Deepening’s Worship for Newcomers aims to support Friends and seekers new to Quakerism. This program will introduce Newcomers to Quaker worship practices as well as allow them to ask questions and reflect on their experiences as they flow through their journey in worship spaces with Friends from the seasoned to the seeking.
Audience: Worship for Newcomers is for folks who are curious about Quaker worship and are eager to learn in community. It is also a great companion experience for attenders of SD programming, such as the Silence and Light eRetreat for Newcomers.
How to attend: If you are interested in attending, please fill out the registration form so we can keep you updated. There is no registration fee required to attend this Spiritual Deepening offering.
📖 Feb 12 and March 11 at 7:30pm , online. Walking in the World as a Friend, Essential Quaker Practices events
Please join us for a free Online Practice & Discussion Group sponsored by Quaker Religious Education Collaborative (QREC). We meet monthly to enrich adult Quaker Religious Education for ourselves and our meetings/churches. Each month will open with worship and a message from the book Walking in the World as a Friend: Essential Quaker Practices. Then we will hold worship sharing to hear from each person, followed by a discussion on any questions, reflections, or implications for us as Friends and our witness in they world, then close with worship. We may discuss practices, such as journaling, spiritual companions, and faith and practice or scripture study, that help us and our meetings/churches. info and registration
Wednesday, Feb 14
● 7:00-8:00pm Peace and Social Action Committee, online. Anyone interested is welcome to join. More information: website link.
Join Zoom Meeting: Zoom link
Thursday, Feb 15
● 12:00-1:00pm Fellowship Hour, online. More information: website link
Join Zoom Meeting: Zoom link
Meeting ID: 849 6508 6833
Passcode: 316362
Friday, Feb 16
🕊☮ Feb 16-18, in person. Alternatives to Violence (AVP) Basic Workshop – Creating Cultures of Justice and Peace
Alternatives to Violence (AVP) Basic Workshop Upcoming Feb 16-18 in Columbus, OH
This 18 hour long workshop, open to Friends throughout LEYM, builds community and skills for personal practice and change that we need to stand up to violence in ourselves and others and to create just, peaceful homes and communities.
Program Sessions:
Friday Feb 16: 5-6pm meet & greet; 6-9pm session
Saturday Feb 17: 9:00 – 12:00pm; 1:00 – 4:00pm; 5:00 – 8:00pm sessions
Sunday Feb 18: 9:00 – 12:00pm; 1:00 – 4:00pm sessions
FPT Facilitators: Nadine Hoover; Melanie Siaw; Timothy Dzurilla
Participants: Diversity of age and background encouraged to attend. For each community or group, it is best to bring 2-3 people. This is a personal and community practice, and we cannot do it alone.
Food: Meals & beverages provided
Hospitality Home Stays & Transportation: North Columbus Friends will host facilitators & out of town visitors needing hospitality or public transportation pick-up/drop-off
Held at: North Broadway United Methodist Church
48 E North Broadway; Columbus, OH 43214
Cost: Sliding scale registration fee: – ; no one turned away if unable to pay – fees for food & facility rental
🤔 Feb 16-19th, online. Encountering Spirit Retreat from FGC.
Encountering God is a key experience of our Quaker faith. What can Early Friends teach us about finding Truth? Where does encounter happen? How do we open ourselves to the gift of direct relationship?
This February, join Quakers and newcomers as we explore these themes through online worship and workshops, offline spiritual practices, and various opportunities to learn from each other. more info and registration
FLGBTC Mid-Winter Gathering: Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns will have a Mid-Winter Gathering held over President’s Day weekend. (February 17-19). Regional gatherings are in the works in Atlanta and Seattle, with some parts of Midwinter planned to be held online. Email heart@flgbtqc.org for more information or go to flgbtqc.org.
February 18, 4-6 pm, online. “Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change: Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples” Workshop
In this 2-hour participatory program, we experience the history of the colonization of Turtle Island, the land that is now known as the United States. The story is told through the words of Indigenous leaders, European/American leaders, and Western historians. We engage with this history through experiential exercises and small group discussions. And we are invited to consider how we can build relationships with Indigenous peoples based on truth, respect, justice, and our shared humanity. Facilitated by TRR’s Native and non-Native teams. Appropriate for high school students and adults.
🙂 2-2:30pm, hybrid. Afternoon Meeting for Worship on-line and at North Broadway United Methodist Church, use the front entrance and main parking lot.
All are welcome at 2pm each third Sunday of the month for an Afternoon Meeting for Worship.
For more information about why this event is starting, what supports will be available, and how to share your needs to attend Meeting for Worship, please read about it on our website
To attend via Zoom: Zoom Link
Meeting ID: 818 2803 2335
Passcode: 604741
You can join by phone by calling: 1-929-205-6099
Save the date: February 19th from 7-8pm. Book discussion: Nothing Lowly in the Universe by Jennie Ratcliffe hosted by Quaker Earthcare Witness More information and registration
📚 Save the Date: Feb 20 at 7:00-8:30pm online. Quakerism 101: Faith and Practice, hosted by Ann Arbor Meeting.
Quakerism 101 meets online to learn about a different topic each month. Different Meetings take turns hosting. These events are open to anyone, regardless of Quaker knowledge. No RSVP or registration required. Suggested ages are high school and up.
The Ann Arbor Meeting will present a session on guides to Faith and Practice written by Friends—the history of how our non-creedal society came to create and use such documents; the experience of Friends who have created, developed, and revised these guides; and how they are maintained as living documents as meetings grow and change. The session will include an interactive exercise in which small groups will review passages from various Faith and Practice guides and experience the process of spirit-led discerning together as might be done in developing such a guide.
Short Link: https://tinyurl.com/quaker101
Full Zoom Invite Information: ZOOM LINK
Meeting ID: 876 3794 4768
Passcode: 84448
SAVE THE DATE: February 24, 3:30-5 pm “Returning to the Land” by Nia To Go There (Cree)
Nia To Go There, PhD will offer a series of four webinars that are co-sponsored by Decolonizing Quakers. We recommend registering for all four, although this is not required. Nia will recommend short readings for each program. “Returning to the Land: Decolonization.” REGISTER HERE.
Save the date: March 2 at 10am, in person. Ohio Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Statehouse Assembly and to the Polls
Join the Ohio Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival at 10am at Trinity Episcopal Church and march to the Statehouse. March and rally to bring the demands of poor and low-wealth people for living wages, healthcare, housing, education, environmental justice, and voting rights directly to our lawmakers. More information
🏃 Save the date: April 6, in person and virtual. 7th Annual Hunger Run 5K in support of NSI. Please join us at Scioto Audubon Metro Park. Just south of Downtown Columbus. Help us race hunger out of Columbus
An individual entry is $30 through February 5th. Prices will increase on February 6th, so don’t delay! There is special discount pricing for participants aged 23 and under. Registration includes a Hunger Run t-shirt, race number bib, medal, and entry to the after party. Register today
🌲 Save the date: CORRECTED: May 10-12th, in-person, NCFM Spring Retreat at Lake Hope State Park. We will have workshops around a theme (to be announced) along with cooking, chill out time, hikes, bird watching, games/puzzles, Meeting for Worship. Attend for the whole weekend or just a portion. NCFM will help arrange carpooling closer to the event. There is a fee however, if finances would prevent you from attending, that fee can be reduced or waived. If you have accessibility questions, reply and we can help get your questions answered.
Newsletters from Organizations of Interest
AFSC – Tell Congress to resume U.S. funding for life-saving Palestinian aid
AFSC – Stop funding war and inhumane migration policies!
AFSC – Tell Congress: Keep families out of poverty and expand the Child Tax Credit!
Interfaith Alliance- Tell your Senators to oppose the CHOICE Act
ACLU – Tell Congress: Protect families seeking asylum
Nat’l Center on Transgender Equality
FCNL – Native American Legislative Update
🕊 Weekly Quaker-led events related to Palestine:
Tuesday and Thursdays at noon, online, from Quaker Voluntary Service (QVS).
Staff at Quaker Voluntary Service invite you to join us for worship with attention to Gaza. We feel led to offer a space of praying for a liberated future.
The war in Palestine has killed tens of thousands of people, and more people are being killed each day. Each day without a ceasefire more people are killed.
As Quakers and a Quaker org, we believe war is never the answer. We believe in peace; we believe it is possible. Even more importantly, we believe in creating a world that does away with the causes of war.
Every single life that has been lost since the beginning of October has been a tragedy.
We invite you to join us for worship. Registration
Thursdays at 5:30pm, online, from American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).
Meeting for Worship with Attention to Peace in Palestine and Israel
AFSC is coordinating weekly virtual meetings for worship.
Meeting ID: 858 3133 3364
Passcode: 759311
Fridays at noon, online. AFSC Action Hour for a Cease-Fire
Join AFSC staff every Friday to hear updates from Gaza. Then, take action with us as we contact our elected officials and call for an immediate cease-fire and humanitarian access to Gaza. Our elected officials need to keep hearing from us. Registration link
North Columbus Friends Meeting (Quakers) 