Renewal of the Society waits for the choice of each Friend: Am I willing to risk the disturbing, transfiguring presence of the Spirit in my life? To obey it? To expect ‘the Cross’ and dark days as I discover and nurture who I am before God – Craig Barnett
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Today: Sunday, Nov.30, 2014
Worship PAR 9:00 am
Ctte of Clerks DPR 9:00 am
Worship MR & QHLR 10:30 am
Finance U AR 5:00 pm
Worship DPR 6:00 pm
Today the Committee of Clerks will meet in the early morning, and the Financial Peace University will resume at 5:00 pm.
The Grate Patrol will prepare sandwiches and soup to take out to the city’s vulnerable people on Wednesday, Dec. 3 starting at 5:30. For more information, contact Steve Brooks at sbrooks@uab.edu [1]
The JYF con (for 6th to 8th graders) of the year will be at Patuxent Friends Meeting on Dec. 6 & 7. For more information, contact Alison Duncan, Youth Programs Manager, youthprograms@bym-rsf.org [2], 301-774-7663
Come to So Others Might Eat on Saturday, Dec. 6 from 6:15 to 8:15 and help make breakfast for our vulnerable neighbors. For more information, contact Betsy Bramon at betsy.bramon@gmail.com [3]
Please join the Earth Quaker Action Team on Saturday, Dec. 6, starting at 1:45, on Capitol Hill for an action at PNC Bank, addressing the bank’s funding of companies engaged in mountain-top removal. Meet at the top of the Eastern Market escalator. This action is co-sponsored by FMW’s Peace & Social Concerns Committee. For more information, contact Don Weightman at Donald.weightman@gmail.com [4] or 215/292.4110.
In the early morning of Sunday, Dec. 7, the Nominating and Child Safety Committees will meet, as well as the Adult Study Group. There will be singing in the Meeting Room, starting at 10:00. After worship, there will be a First Day School training, as well as committee meetings for Ministry & Worship, Membership, and Marriage & Family. Jean Smith will bring goods from Kenya to sell to support AIDs widows. The Financial Peace University resumes at night.
Heads up: The annual Shoebox Project will take place on Saturday, Dec. 13 and Sunday, Dec. 14, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm both days. We will pack more than 1000 boxes with practical gifts for our vulnerable neighbors. For more info, contact Steve Brooks at sbrooks@uab.edu [1]
Head of Meeting Schedule (For the most up to date schedule, visit http://tinyurl.com/k2342fa [5])
Nov. 30: Membership Committee; Dec.7: Ministry & Worship