Feb 22nd
Cybil Schroder
THIS SUNDAY, Feb 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
February 22nd: After meeting, we will examine the testimony on simplicity. The testimony on simplicity goes back to the earliest days of Quakers. Please join this session to consider how simplicity figures in our lives, society, and community.
See attached for more information.
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.
March 14, 9-12 online (free) at Quaker Center: Disaster Preparedness for Friends Meetings, with Rick Narad (online). Some insurance companies have requested that religious groups, including Quakers, develop safety and emergency plans to maintain coverage. Join us for an online workshop with Rick, an emergency management specialist, where we'll review the basics of disaster preparedness and emergency planning, and learn how Quaker Meetings can develop their own plans.
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.
For more information about these and other Quaker Center programs, click here.
The Larger Quaker Community
March 2, 4:30 - 6 pm Hybrid. A First Monday Lecture: Things of Beauty. Welling Hall, minister, artist, political theologian, will talk about the intersection of beauty, spirituality, and trauma.
March 10, 4-6 pm Online. Focusing on Dreams: A six-week online course with Marcelle Martin on dreams in the prophetic tradition and dreamwork by early Quakers.
March 13, 4:30 - 5:30 pm Online. Taste of Kairos: An invitation to practice spiritual grounding and learn about the June Kairos retreat with Francisco Burgos.
Tuesdays March 31- April 28, 11am -1 pm Hybrid. Primitive Quakerism Revived: Rediscovering Friends’ Roots as a Radically Transformative Prophetic Movement
Saturday, April 4, 9-4 at Hidden Villa. Regional gathering of our meeting with Palo Alto, Live Oak, Central Coast, Monterey Peninsula, San Jose and San Mateo. The theme will be Open for Transformation. Flyer here.
Friends General Conference (FGC) Newsletter here. There is a good first article by Rashid Darden, then all the FGC latest news.
July 7–17, Intercultural Learning Trip to El Salvador sponsored by Palo Alto Friends Meeting. Cost: $880 (plus airfare); Ages: Youth ages 14+ and active, young-at-heart adults. Details here.
July 17-22, Pacific Yearly Meeting's Annual Session. Click link for more information.
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 calendar.
Pacific Yearly Meeting February Newsletter.
Advocacy: AFSC, FCNL, FCLCA, QEW, RSWR, Community Groups
Saturday February 21, 10:00 am. Monthly Contemplation on Quaker Values: The EMERGE Framework. Lee Hall (they/them) is a member of Radnor Friends Meeting’s Climate Action Committee and a contributor to EMERGE, a Quaker-rooted framework inviting cultural and spiritual shifts for Earthcare
Monday February 23, 4:30-6:00 pm, Zoom presentation by Quakers for Peace. Jens and Spee, former employees of the Ramallah Friends School and the American Friends Service Committee in Palestine, share about their recent trip to Ramallah, Bethlehem and Jerusalem. They have been led to share their witness as a way to find a better way forward for the people of Palestine and Israel. Register here. Here
Sunday, February 22, 1:30 pm, American Friends Service Committee and San Francisco Friends Meeting will gather outside 300 Page Street to join the San Francisco Zen Center's 5 mile Walk for Peace ending at Ocean Beach. To find out more about Love as Action nationally and get more resources visit us at afsc.org/love-action.
Monday February 23, 4:30-6:00 pm, Zoom presentation by Quakers for Peace. Jens and Spee, former employees of the Ramallah Friends School and the American Friends Service Committee in Palestine, share about their recent trip to Ramallah, Bethlehem and Jerusalem. They have been led to share their witness as a way to find a better way forward for the people of Palestine and Israel. Register here. Here
Wednesday, February 25th, 4:00 pm Learning from Sierra Leone - Hear stories from recent visits with Right Sharing of World Resources (RSWR) partners in Sierra Leone. Register here.
SundaTHIS SUNDAY, Feb 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
February 22nd: After meeting, we will examine the testimony on simplicity. The testimony on simplicity goes back to the earliest days of Quakers. Please join this session to consider how simplicity figures in our lives, society, and community.
See attached for more information.
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.
March 14, 9-12 online (free) at Quaker Center: Disaster Preparedness for Friends Meetings, with Rick Narad (online). Some insurance companies have requested that religious groups, including Quakers, develop safety and emergency plans to maintain coverage. Join us for an online workshop with Rick, an emergency management specialist, where we'll review the basics of disaster preparedness and emergency planning, and learn how Quaker Meetings can develop their own plans.
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.
For more information about these and other Quaker Center programs, click here.
The Larger Quaker Community
March 2, 4:30 - 6 pm Hybrid. A First Monday Lecture: Things of Beauty. Welling Hall, minister, artist, political theologian, will talk about the intersection of beauty, spirituality, and trauma.
March 10, 4-6 pm Online. Focusing on Dreams: A six-week online course with Marcelle Martin on dreams in the prophetic tradition and dreamwork by early Quakers.
March 13, 4:30 - 5:30 pm Online. Taste of Kairos: An invitation to practice spiritual grounding and learn about the June Kairos retreat with Francisco Burgos.
Tuesdays March 31- April 28, 11am -1 pm Hybrid. Primitive Quakerism Revived: Rediscovering Friends’ Roots as a Radically Transformative Prophetic Movement
Saturday, April 4, 9-4 at Hidden Villa. Regional gathering of our meeting with Palo Alto, Live Oak, Central Coast, Monterey Peninsula, San Jose and San Mateo. The theme will be Open for Transformation. Flyer here.
Friends General Conference (FGC) Newsletter here. There is a good first article by Rashid Darden, then all the FGC latest news.
July 7–17, Intercultural Learning Trip to El Salvador sponsored by Palo Alto Friends Meeting. Cost: $880 (plus airfare); Ages: Youth ages 14+ and active, young-at-heart adults. Details here.
July 17-22, Pacific Yearly Meeting's Annual Session. Click link for more information.
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 calendar.
Pacific Yearly Meeting February Newsletter.
Advocacy: AFSC, FCNL, FCLCA, QEW, RSWR, Community Groups
Saturday February 21, 10:00 am. Monthly Contemplation on Quaker Values: The EMERGE Framework. Lee Hall (they/them) is a member of Radnor Friends Meeting’s Climate Action Committee and a contributor to EMERGE, a Quaker-rooted framework inviting cultural and spiritual shifts for Earthcare
Monday February 23, 4:30-6:00 pm, Zoom presentation by Quakers for Peace. Jens and Spee, former employees of the Ramallah Friends School and the American Friends Service Committee in Palestine, share about their recent trip to Ramallah, Bethlehem and Jerusalem. They have been led to share their witness as a way to find a better way forward for the people of Palestine and Israel. Register here. Here
Sunday, February 22, 1:30 pm, American Friends Service Committee and San Francisco Friends Meeting will gather outside 300 Page Street to join the San Francisco Zen Center's 5 mile Walk for Peace ending at Ocean Beach. To find out more about Love as Action nationally and get more resources visit us at afsc.org/love-action.
Monday February 23, 4:30-6:00 pm, Zoom presentation by Quakers for Peace. Jens and Spee, former employees of the Ramallah Friends School and the American Friends Service Committee in Palestine, share about their recent trip to Ramallah, Bethlehem and Jerusalem. They have been led to share their witness as a way to find a better way forward for the people of Palestine and Israel. Register here. Here
Wednesday, February 25th, 4:00 pm Learning from Sierra Leone - Hear stories from recent visits with Right Sharing of World Resources (RSWR) partners in Sierra Leone. Register here.
Sunday, March 1, 7pm at the Resource Center for Nonviolence. Sami Awad, a Palestinian activist and author, will be speaking. He serves as co-director of Nonviolence International and has spent decades working at the intersection of spirituality, justice, and social transformation. Raised in Bethlehem, he brings both lived experience and deep spiritual reflection to his work. Through his writing and teaching, he invites individuals and communities to resist injustice, embody courageous love, and awaken to a deeper way of living.
Saturday, March 7, 1- 3 Watsonville: Legal Observation and Verification Training by YARR (Your Rapid Legal Response). This training will support you to become a rapid responder in our community! Learn how to verify immigration enforcement activity in our communities and use legal observation skills to protect the rights of people being questioned, arrested, or detained. Spaces limited. Event registration here: https://bit.ly/YARRmarch7
March 1, 7pm at the Resource Center for Nonviolence. Sami Awad, a Palestinian activist and author, will be speaking. He serves as co-director of Nonviolence International and has spent decades working at the intersection of spirituality, justice, and social transformation. Raised in Bethlehem, he brings both lived experience and deep spiritual reflection to his work. Through his writing and teaching, he invites individuals and communities to resist injustice, embody courageous love, and awaken to a deeper way of living.