SMFM Newsleter 3.15.26
Cybil Schroder
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 another worship share about Community, facilitated by Pam Mery.
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
Talley
PAFM ZOOM LINK
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/96369242472?pwd=eHRlVm5jdHJBNUpBNWFhSERxczJRdz09
Meeting ID: 963 6924 2472
Passcode: 41956
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.
March 20-22 (in-person) Rising to the Call with Keith Runyan. Through reflection, Quaker worship, and dialogue, we will explore our shared times as a collective rite of passage – shedding illusion, grounding in conscience, and awakening to our unique callings.
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.
The Larger Quaker Community
QuakerSpeak: Resisting Fake News about Jesus
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, March 21, 9:00 am- 2:30 pm online. FWCC, Section of the Americas, Section Meeting. Colin Saxton as this year's speaker. This is a time to connect in community, share conversation, and carry forward the business of FWCC as we listen deeply to one another and strengthen the bonds of fellowship across our diverse traditions and cultures.
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.
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.
Pacific Yearly Meeting online meetings for worship: Saturdays 10-11:30 a.m.; Tuesdays 7:30-9 p.m.; and Wednesdays 7-7:30 p.m. Join from the PacYM website.
Advocacy: AFSC, FCNL, FCLCA, QEW, RSWR, Community Groups
Wednesday, March 18, 5-6 pm, Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) Advocacy Team training. Register at: www.fcnl.org/introtoadvocacy.
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.