San Mateo Worship Newsletter
Cybil Schroder
THIS SUNDAY, Dec 7th
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
T-Shirt Orders Extended to Wednesday December 9th, order here
Sunday, December 7, Quaker Explorations on Peace, 45min Worship Share After Meeting,
Talley Kenyon from Palo Alto Meeting will be facilitating a worship share about the Peace Testimony. Here is some information about the program:
Palo Alto Meeting has begun a monthly gathering of Friends to explore our Quaker faith together, which we are calling Quaker Explorations. I serve as convener for the program, which has met three times so far. I have been a part of Palo Alto Meeting since 1992 and have served in many capacities over the years. I am enjoying this new program, and each month I hear different views, experiences, and individual truths that continue to enrich my life as a Quaker.
I am looking forward to joining you all in San Mateo on December 7th for worship and then to share a session of Quaker Explorations with you.
Our sessions last 45 minutes, and we stay within that time frame. Readings will be provided beforehand, and we will read them together before going into worship sharing.
For those unfamiliar with worship sharing, think of it as listening to a series of messages around a specific topic. We pause between messages to allow time for reflection, and we refrain from responding directly to what others have shared. The goal is to speak from our own experience and insight.
The presence of a variety of ages and levels of familiarity with Quakerism enriches the experience for everyone.
See attached for the reading on the Peace Testimony.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.
December 5-7, Music and Dance Weekend, in-person. Fifteenth annual event lead as always by participants.
December 28 to January 1, Bringing our bodies to Quaker Center, and the Bible
With Dorothy Henderson and Nora Lisette.
January 23-25, Clerking Today, in-person, with Barbara Babin. learn the basics of the beautiful Quaker practice of Clerking: guiding groups towards collective decisions and actions by helping to discern the Sense of the Meeting. The workshop will be targeted towards clerking committees, clerking the Meeting, clerking oneself as a participant in a Meeting for Business or a committee/working group meeting, and the good order of Friends.
Ben Lomond Quaker center calendar for 2026 here and also on our bulletin board.
The Larger Quaker Community
The Secret to Quaker Prayer: Holding in the Light. QuakerSpeak from Friends Journal. Friends share their thoughts about what “holding in the light” means to them.
December 13, 11am- 12:30 pm Exploring Paths to Membership within the Pacific Yearly Meeting. A discussion of the different ways you can become a member and what membership means to you. Give your ideas about their biweekly online Meeting for Worship and explore how you can be a part of their online and in person community.
Pendle HIll Offerings:
December 12, 12-2 pm PST. Divine Guidance in Dreams and Images. A webinar with Marcelle Martin on how divine guidance and calls have appeared both in scripture and in the dreams of Quakers.
Quaker NOATS November/December Newsletter. Pacific Yearly Meeting’s Youth Newsletter.
Advocacy: AFSC, FCNL, FCLCA, QEW, RSWR, Community Groups