Bulletin 02.21.2020
The Coordinating Committee met by Zoom video conference call on February 2 to discuss the following agenda items:
- representative to Philippines Yearly Meeting
- committee updates
- workshop planning and speaker honorariums
- youth stipend proposal
Click here to view the minutes.
Help Needed for Annual Sessions
The Quarterly Gathering Committee is looking for help with youth and children’s programming at Yearly Meeting Sessions, June 12-14. All volunteers with the youth and children must pass a background check. We need four individuals – two men and two women to be chaperones for the teen bunkhouses. These chaperones will be responsible for staying in the bunkhouses with the youth at night as well as volunteering some with the youth during the day. They will receive free room and board.
Another person is needed to plan a program for the children ages 10–12. This person may receive financial compensation, depending on need.
If you are interested in any of these positions or have questions, please contact Meg Rice at gathering(at)scymf.org or Rachel Hampton at registrar(at)scymf.org.
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Come join us on February 29th at Silverton Friends Church for a day’s worth of activities – worship, music, business, small groups, meals and fellowship.
9:00 to 10:00 am – Committees meet
10:00 to 11:00 am – Worship
11:00 am to 12:00 noon – Meeting for Business
12:00 to 12:15 pm - Break
12:15 to 1:15 pm – Lunch
1:15 to 1:30 pm – Break
1:30 to 3:30 pm – Meeting for Business
3:30 to 3:45 pm – Break
3:45 to 4:45 pm – Small groups
5:00 pm – Dinner available to eat on-site or take to-go
Child care will be provided beginning at 8:55 am and throughout the day except at meals.
Meals are provided by donation so bring your cash or check. Vegan and gluten-free food will be available. Please bring snacks or baked goods to share. Disposable plates/cups/utensils will be used due to Silverton’s limited kitchen facilities, but every effort will be made for them to be as earth-friendly as possible.
Please register soon by sending an email to registrar@scymf.org
Please state in your email: Your name and the names of whoever is coming with you. Are you bringing children? If so, how many and how old are they? Do you need a ride to Silverton? Or can you give someone else a ride? If so, from where? Will you need place to stay the night?
Silverton Friends Church: 229 Eureka Avenue, Silverton, OR
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Announcements
Join the Friends World Committee for Consultation online sustainability conference on February 22. Find out more online at: http://fwcc.world/sustainability/conference2020
Sierra-Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends Quarterly Gathering this winter will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Silverton Friends Church – 229 Eureka Ave, Silverton, OR 97381 – on Saturday, February 29. Click here for more information.
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon is hosting an event in Newberg – Hearing the Cries: Healing Injustice. The focus is “empowering our community to heal injustice by understanding the issues surrounding the criminal/legal system as a matter of faith in action.” This includes a screening on the evening of Friday, March 6, of the film Just Mercy and workshops from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 7. Click here for more information.
Join Marcelle Martin at the Ben Lomond Quaker Center in California, for a program on Practices for Supporting Faithfulness, March 24-29. Click here for more information.
Bridge City Friends Meeting invites you to an experiential & spiritual workshop, at Multnomah Friends Meeting House, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., on Saturday, April 4. “Living into a New Paradigm for the Earth in Climate Crisis.” Presented by: Mary Ann Percy and Lynn Fitz-Hugh. Click here for more information.
Northwest Quaker Men’s Gathering will be April 17–19, 2020, at Camp Tilikum. The theme this year is Finding Our Way. Click here for more information. Click here for the registration form.
Join Bridget Moix at the Ben Lomond Quaker Center in California, for a program on Choosing Peace: Nurturing Ourselves as Peacebuilders in a Divided World, April 17-19. Click here for more information.
The third annual SCYMF Pastors Conference will be Tuesday, May 5th (noon), to Thursday, May 7th (noon) at McMenamins Edgefield (2126 SW Halsey St, Troutdale, OR 97060). This is primarily a space for active SCYMF pastors to support one another, though recorded and/or retired ministers affiliated with SCYMF as well as partners/spouses are also encouraged to participate. Please contact Matt Boswell (matt@camasfriends.org) for information.
Join Mica Estrada at the Ben Lomond Quaker Center in California, for a workshop on Listening to Nature's Wisdom on Equity, Inclusion, and Letting Go, May 29-31. Click here for more information.
Annual Gathering for Sierra-Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends will be this June 12–14, 2020, at Canby Grove.
Pacific Northwest Quaker Women’s Theology Conference will be held June 24-28, 2020, at Cascades Camp in Yelm, Washington. More information to come.
Bolivia Quaker Education Fund is sponsoring a two-week tour of Bolivia, July 9-22, 2020, with an emphasis on studying climate change and its impact. The itinerary will include La Paz, the stunning flats of solar de Uyuni, Quaker communities in the Altiplano, and pre-Incan ruins of Tiwanaku, and Lake Titicaca. For further information, email qst.bolivia@gmail.com
Join Julie Peyton and Marge Abbott at the Ben Lomond Quaker Center in California, for a program on Living into the Promise, September 4-6. Click here for more information.
Join Judy Leshefka and Judith Favor at the Ben Lomond Quaker Center in California, for a program on Resting in Love: The Healing Balm of Silence, October 2-4. Click here for more information.
Klamath Falls Friends Church, an open and affirming semi-programmed Meeting of the Society of Friends (Quakers), is currently seeking a full-time pastor to journey with us. Our desired pastor will plan and present weekly messages/meditations to guide our Meetings for Worship and be called to equip and encourage all people to respond to God’s love and transforming spirit. Click here for more information.
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