of
the Religious Society of Friends
Meeting
for Worship
2nd
Month, 19th Day, 2012
Seeking God daily through integrity, simplicity, community, equality and
peace ~
An Open and Affirming Congregation
2nd Month, 19th Day
Meeting for Worship
Centering Down
From the Lectionary ~ 2 Corinthians 1:18-22
Christ Jesus…was not a mixture of Yes and No. With
him it is always Yes; for all the promises of God have their Yes in him. That
is why, when we give glory to God, it is through Christ Jesus that we say
“Amen.” And if you and we belong to Christ, guaranteed as his and anointed, it
is all God’s doing; it is God also who has set his seal upon us and, as a
pledge of what is to come, has given the Spirit to dwell in our hearts.
To say Yes to life is at one and the same time to
say Yes to oneself. Yes- even to that element in one which is most unwilling to
let itself be transformed from a temptation into a strength.
To be free, to be able to stand up and leave
everything behind- without looking back. To say Yes-
I don’t know Who- or what- put the question, I don’t
know when it was put. I don’t even
remember answering. But at some moment I
did answer Yes to Someone- or Something- and from that hour I was certain that existence is
meaningful and that, therefore, my life, in self-surrender, had a goal.
For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be,
yes.
Your own efforts “did not bring it to pass,” only
God- but rejoice if God found a use for your efforts in His work.
Be grateful as your deeds become less and less
associated with your name, as your feet ever more lightly tread the earth.
-From the diary of Dag
Hammerskjold
Secretary General of the United Nations, 1953-1961
2nd Month, 19th Day
Meeting for Worship
Announcements
TODAY
12:30-1:30 ~ Comfort of Friends Group
Soup will be served.
We are using as a focus/starting point for discussion the book by Joan
Halifax, Being with Dying: Cultivating
Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death. You may join the
discussion whether or not you have read the chapter. (The book has short chapters, and we’re only
on Chapter 2.)
4:00-5:30
~ Quaker Conversation Group
Topic: “Living Our Quaker Values in the Work Place:
A History of Quakers & Business”
2012
“Bucket Brigade for Bethany House” (February 5,
12, and 19) ~ TODAY is the Last Day of
our current collection of cleaning & personal hygiene items for Bethany
House.
Any time today before 5:30 p.m., you may bring by the
meetinghouse: mops, brooms, floor
cleaning products, counter cleaning products, laundry detergent, dishwashing soap,
paper towels, sponges, dishcloths, dish towels, plastic or rubber gloves, face
soap, shampoo, stuffed animals,
etc.
Cincinnati Friends have provided household supplies
for disadvantaged families in the past, and the Peace & Social Concerns
Committee is hopeful you will again respond to the needs.
MARK
YOUR CALENDARS:
Miami-Center
Quarterly Meeting, Sunday, March 4, 2012 at Campus Meeting in
For more details, call the
Cincinnati Friends Meeting office.
QUAKER QUEST ~ At Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business
on Feb. 12, the Meeting expressed general approval of bringing Quaker Quest to
Cincinnati Friends Meeting, pending the confirmation of details regarding cost
and other arrangements. The decision of whether or not to give final approval
was carried over to next month’s Meeting for Worship with Attention to
Business. Still time to give your input!
QUAKER
KNOLL SUMMER CAMP: It may seem too soon to start thinking about summer
camps, but Wilmington Yearly Meeting’s Quaker Knoll Summer Camp is gearing up.
Camps will run by age-groups week-by-week from June 18-July 9 this summer.
Quaker
Knoll needs volunteers for the
following positions:
Pre-register your child for
Quaker Knoll Summer Camp by May 1, 2012 and receive an “early bird”
discount. (See Donne for application
forms.) The Meeting provides financial
help for the children of members/attenders who wish to attend Quaker Knoll.
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PEACE & SOCIAL CONCERNS ~
“Box Tops for Education”
Save these items for MOWA Choctaw Friends Center in
Alabama. This is a ministry of
North Carolina Yearly Meeting of FUM. It
was founded in 1984 by the Associated Committee of Friends on Indian
Affairs. Programs offered include: After School Program for Kindergarten through
fifth grade, Weekly Youth Groups, Weekly Rummage Sale, Monthly Community
Potluck Meals, Emergency Assistance and Food Pantry, Summer SOUL Program
(Serving Others, Unleashing Love), Work Projects in the Community and at the
Center, and Other Community Activities (Fall Festival, Pig Pickin', Basketball
Tournament).
Pinned to the bulletin board outside the
meetinghouse library is a yellow manila envelope along with a detailed list of
where to find box tops and labels. If you have some to donate, please put them
in the manila envelope on the bulletin board or leave them in the Peace and
Social Concerns mailbox.
You have lived with us long,
known our hates,
Our sorrows, the reason for our loves.
You have seen the children of the land
Cry out with hunger, both of mind and heart,
Their eyes staring at their cruel fates....
--May Mansoor, Ramallah
Friend
Ramallah
Friends Schools: A Century of Friends Witness
The Ramallah Friends Schools
have served the youth of
Palestinian Society in all
its diversity comes together at the Friends Schools. In an atmosphere informed
by Quaker insights and testimonies, an important social dialogue can take
place, fostering the freedom, understanding, tolerance, and unity which are so
essential to the task of nation building.
The
Please
support the
1.
Pray for the smooth beginning of the school year and for all our students,
wishing them a fun and productive year.
2. Pray for our seniors as they prepare for their International Baccalaureate
exams and start the college application process.
3. Pray for our new teachers who have arrived from afar to serve our community.
Pray that they adjust well and quickly feel part of our family.
4. Pray for the smooth and quick implementation of our USAID/ASHA grant.
5. Pray for the successful culmination of our long awaited for commercial
development project.
6. Pray for our school principal, teachers and staff, wishing them strength,
wisdom and satisfaction as they see through the education process.
7. Pray for our community as a whole and for peace to prevail in our troubled
land.
*Each
month through December 2012, we will focus on a different ministry of Friends
United Meeting. This "Ministry of the Month" corresponds with the FUM
wall calendar that is available for $15 from the Friends United Press
Shopping Center.
“Study
War Some More (If You Want To Work For Peace)” (Booklet)
A Review by
Patti Moore
This is a thought-provoking, if somewhat
difficult, booklet to read.
The
author, Chuck Fager, Director of Quaker House in Fayetteville, N.C., proposes
that by “Study(ing) War Some More,” we can find out what makes the military so
successful at making war, and then we can use these same strategies to be
successful at bringing an end to war (or at least at end to U.S. involvement in
war).
He
believes that a “Spirit of War” (an overall pervading approval of war-like
attitudes and behaviors) exists in the
Since this
booklet is a call to long-term action, and long-term action requires a
long-term strategy, studying the military way can also help with this. Since the war machine is deeply embedded in
the American way of life, we need long-term strategies to turn the tide around,
and make peace the American way of life.
At the end
of each chapter there are review questions that reinforce the text, and there
is a list of selected readings and online resources printed in the back of the
booklet, including a reference to The Dayton (
The
booklet is not always politically correct and the spacing of the typing makes
it difficult to read, but if you hang in there and read it to the end, I’m sure
that you will find the reading worth your trouble, and it may even hold a call
to your own action.
To communicate with CFM
members/attenders via our newslist,
send
an email directly to news@cincinnatifriends.org.
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CFM CALENDAR February 19- March
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FACING BENCH ~ FEBRUARY ~ JEFF ARNOLD |
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SUN.
Feb.
19 |
10:00 11:00
12:00
noon 12:30
– 1:30 4:00
– 5:30 |
Adult
Discussion Group Meeting
for Worship Message
~ Donne Hayden Fellowship
in Fireside Room “Comfort of Friends” Group Quaker Conversation Group ~ Topic:
Quakers & Business |
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Tues.
Feb. 21 |
7:00-8:30 |
Turtlebox Group |
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Thurs.
Feb. 23 |
6:30-8:30 |
Quakerism 101 Study Group |
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SUN.
Feb.
26 |
10:00 11:00
12:00
noon |
Adult
Discussion Group Meeting
for Worship Message
~ Donne Hayden Fellowship
in Fireside Room Peace & Social Concerns
Committee |
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Tues.
Feb. 28 |
7:00-8:30 7:00 |
Turtlebox Group Kabbalah Study Group |
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SUN.
Mar.
4 |
10:00 11:00
12:00
noon |
Adult
Discussion Group Meeting
for Worship Message
~ Donne Hayden Potluck Lunch & Fellowship |
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Tues.
Mar. 6 |
7:00-8:30 |
Turtlebox Group |
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Wed.
Mar. 7 |
6:30 |
Ministry & Counsel |
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Fri.
Mar. 9 |
6:30-8:30 |
Young Friends Game Night |
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SUN.
Mar.
11 |
10:00 11:00
12:00
noon |
Adult
Discussion Group Meeting
for Worship Message
~ Donne Hayden Meeting for Business |
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Tues.
Mar. 13 |
7:00-8:30 |
Turtlebox Group |
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SUN.
Mar.
18 |
10:00 11:00
12:00
noon 12:30
– 1:30 4:00
– 5:30 |
Adult
Discussion Group Meeting
for Worship Message
~ Donne Hayden Fellowship
in Fireside Room “Comfort of Friends” Group Quaker Conversation Group |
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Tues.
Mar. 20 |
7:00-8:30 |
Turtlebox Group |
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Thurs.
Mar. 22 |
7:24
p.m. |
Donne leaves for Kenya |
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SUN.
Mar.
25 |
10:00 11:00
12:00
noon |
Adult
Discussion Group Meeting
for Worship Message
~ Fellowship
in Fireside Room Peace & Social Concerns
Committee |