March 22nd SMQM Newsletter
Cybil Schroder
THIS SUNDAY, Mar 22nd
Dear Friends,
Our Meeting for Worship is from
10:00 - 11:00, at 15 Second Ave in San Mateo
or join us online at this link
San Mateo Worship Group Events
March 22nd: After meeting, we will have a worship share about Community, facilitated by Pam Mery, starting at 11:15 am.
Palo Alto Events
If you would like to deepen your worship experience throughout the week, we encourage people to join one of Palo Alto meeting’s or Ben Lomond Quaker Center’s midweek activities.
Wednesday, 8am Online: Mindfulness Meditation (Zoom)
Wednesday, 4:30pm Palo Alto In-person Midweek Worship
Wednesday, 6pm Online Mid-week Worship (Zoom) Palo Alto Friends
Ben Lomond Quaker Center
Daily online meeting for worship from 7:30 until 8:00 a.m.
Wednesday mornings, 10 a.m. online worship sharing.
Tuesdays in May (May 5, 12, 19 and 26) online 6:30 to 8 p.m. Organizing for Climate Resilience with Cherice Bock. As we begin to feel the impacts of climate change, it’s important to help shape our local communities to be more resilient. We will need the ability to respond and recover when there are climate emergencies, and the ability to work together to lower our climate impact. Faith communities could have an important role as hubs for community connection, and find ways to use their buildings and grounds in ways that help heal their local ecosystems.
May 15-17 in-person with Eric Lindner. The Quaker MBA? Do the Quaker Testimonies have a home in the world of business? Yes! Eric will give reasons why “business ethics” isn’t an oxymoron, and the Quaker Testimonies are an advantage in commercial affairs
The Larger Quaker Community
San Jose Friends made a recording of Mary Klein’s presentation “Beanite Quakers — Yesterday and Today" which is now available here.
Pendle Hill:
Mar 29, 9:30-5:30. Hybrid. Quaker Trans Day of Visibility at Swarthmore - Hybrid: Friends are invited to a day of worship, witness, and discernment centered on transgender, nonbinary, and intersex Quaker lives
Tuesdays March 31- April 28, 11am -1 pm Hybrid. Primitive Quakerism Revived: Rediscovering Friends’ Roots as a Radically Transformative Prophetic Movement
Monday, April 6, First Monday Lecture - Hybrid: Continuing Revelations of Gender, Media, and the Spirit with Layla James Cuthrell.
Saturday, April 4, 9-4 Regional gathering/joint retreat at Hidden Villa with Palo Alto, Live Oak, Central Coast, Monterey Peninsula, San Jose and San Mateo. Hidden Villa is an environmental education center founded in 1924, with historic connections to Friends, as well as the Sierra Club, American Youth Hostels and the United Farmworkers. Friends will be spending the day exploring the theme “Open for Transformation – Being Quaker.” A flyer with the schedule, youtube video, and how to register is here. The registration deadline is Sunday, March 29 or until spaces fill up, so please don't hesitate. If you have children, we particularly want to hear from you right away so we can arrange child care and a children's program.
April 10-12 , online, Quaker Earthcare Witness (QEW) Spring Gathering 2026. We will reflect on the theme of "Spirit-Filled Activism" and how we ourselves are becoming instruments of truth. Jacob Johns – (Akimel O’odham / Hopi) is our keynote speaker.
College Park Quarterly Meeting, the association of Quakers in northern California and northern Nevada will hold their 260th session at Ben Lomond Quaker Center Friday April 24 to Sunday the 26th. Registration open.
Advocacy: AFSC, FCNL, FCLCA, QEW, RSWR, Community Groups
Saturday, March 21, 10 am. EMERGE: Reimagining Our Values for a Restored Earth. Quaker Earthcare Witness (QEW) presents a spiritual and cultural path to address the intertwined crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and systemic inequality.
March 22, 2026 4-5:30 pm. Quaker Call to Action National Zoom Call: Resistance to the Trump Onslaught: Where Are We Now?
Wednesday, March 25, 10 am. Real Impact – Quaker Finance for Ecological Justice. Join Quaker Earthcare Witness and AEEI to challenge traditional financial models that fail the climate transition.