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Cynthia Gilliam

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Central and Junior Friends

Date: June 26, 2026 2:10 pm 

Combined Central (6-8) and Junior (9-12) Friends gather in the office at 10:15AM. This happens on 2nd and 4th Sundays after our youth attend the first 15 minutes of worship. For more information please contact Ron Marson @  or Andrew Wardenaar @  .">.

 

Meetinghouse Art Exhibit

Room 22 has a collection of art hung for your enjoyment. I hope you come and visit the space and use it for quiet contemplation or for a meeting. The art is lent to us by Meeting members and attendees and is rotating. If you have works of art that you would like to hang, please contact Harriet Wentz at .

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Lunch Program Needs YOU

The Lunch Program has a new name – Eastside Community Lunch, a new website eastsidecommunitylunch.org, and new needs. 

  • Can you serve lunch on Tuesdays and Fridays from 12:30 – 2:30?
  • Can you make sack lunches? 
  • Can you help on our food prep teams onTuesday mornings at 9 or Thursday at 3 pm?
  • Can you do food pick-ups currently on Tuesdays at 8 am?
  • Can you help with computer skills such as making flyers, etc.?
  • Can you do some home baking for lunch?

Chlldren’s Progam During the Summer

Weather permitting, most Sundays during the summer (through August 30) we will not have formal educational activities, but will have creative activities, games, and stories, often in concert with a walk to Laurelhurst Park (weather and staffing permitting). Volunteers are welcome and needed; the less structured setting provides a great opportunity to have fun with, and learn more about, our youngest Friends. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Lyn Gordon, Children's Program clerk, at

 

On the Ground in the West Bank

A REPORT BACK FROM MASAFER YATTA WITH LEV
Sunday, June 28, 11:00am-1:00pm Portland Mennonite Church, 1312 SE 35th Ave, Portland
Lev, a lifelong member of Havurah Shalom in Portland, spent three months living and working with Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Faced with escalating Israeli setter attacks on their families, homes and lands, Palestinians in Masafer Yatta/South Hebron Hills put out a mass call for activists to come live and shepherd with them, and respond to and document settler attacks together. Lev answered the call and served there for three months with the Center for Jewish Nonviolence. (Optional: Bring your brown bag lunch.) Sponsored by Mennonite Action–Portland Mennonite Church Cosponsored by Portland Metro Chapter–Friends of Sabeel North America

Sierra Cascade Yearly Meeting

Dae: June 24, 2026 2: 40 pm
Friday, July 10-Sunday, July 12. at Reedwood Friends Church in Portland. Registration is open for Sierra-Cascades Yearly Meeting's Annual SessionsRegistration deadline June 26 The theme is “A Life Infused with Hope” featuring keynote speaker Christy Randazzo (they/them), a Quaker writer, teacher, and minister who teaches at Montclair State University and Earlham School of Religion.
 Online registration will be open until Friday, June 26. You must register to attend whether in-person or on Zoom. To register: https://forms.gle/qeMMkAbHbHiacQtk8. To register to attend only via Zoom: https://forms.gle/Di5xYbytN8w9ZJ9X9. There is no cost for Zoom participation.
 If you would like to host an out-of-town Friend, please contact Rachel at . Any questions? Contact Rachel at or Meg at .
 

Love as Action

July 4, 11:00am, Seattle  Please join a group of Quakers on Saturday, July 4, 2026 in one-hour of silent worship at the Federal Office Building 909 First Avenue, Seattle Washington at 11 am to bear witness to the disruption and dehumanization that authoritarian actions are inflicting in our communities. By standing together in quiet waiting worship, we affirm that every person has worth, that fear and violence must give way to love and fairness, and that our communities thrive when all are welcomed. This event is sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee and the Peace and Social Concerns Committees of North Pacific Yearly Meeting and University Friends Meeting. Please let us know that you are coming by registering at: https://www.mobilize.us/afscfriendsengagement/event/969643/. If you have questions,  . Find updates at https://afsc.org/love-action.

Support Artists in Palestine

Saturday, July 11, 10:00am-4:00pm. Mennonite Church, 1312 SE 35 Ave. Shop Palestinian crafts table and support social enterprise sustaining 30 artisan groups in Occupied Palestine.

Upcoming Events and Meetings

Scheduled Gatherings (listed chronologically)

  •  Meeting for Worship in the Multnomah Garden 
    10 am, 2nd Sunday on June 14, July 12, August 9, and September 13. 
  • North Pacific Yearly Meeting Annual Gathering July 22–26, 2026 Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington tinyurl.com/2zfzenk3 T NPYM’s Annual Session Theme in 2026 will be: Welcoming Soul and Spirit
  • Dreams and the Inward Teacher
    Friday, July 31 and Saturday, August 1. Friends are invited to a Quaker weekend on dreams, spiritual guidance, and collective dreamwork. The workshop is Friday evening, July 31, and Saturday, August 1 at Multnomah Friends Meeting. This workshop, led by Marcelle Martin and Tina Tau, invites participants into a deeper relationship with their own dream life and with the Inward Teacher who may be speaking through it. Registration is free.  Bring your lunch Saturday. Beverages and snacks available. Full description at https://awholeheart.com/dreams/dream-workshop-in-portland-or-july-31-aug-1/. Register by July 30

Regular Recurring Events (listed alphabetically)

    • Amigas Bible Study
      Wednesdays, 8am, Zoom: tinyurl.com/4nkt53ft
      The Gospel of John
    • Community Qigong
      Mondays, 9:30-10:30am, Online
    • Film Discussion Group
      Tuesdays, 6-7pm, Online bit.ly/3nYFCSH
    • Friendly Readers Book Discussion
      1st Tuesdays, 7-8:30pm, Zoom: bit.ly/3nYFCSH
      3rd Tuesdays, 12-2pm at the Meetinghouse 
    • Friends for Racial Justice
      2nd Mondays, 4 pm, Online
    • FWCC Online Meeting to Pray for Peace
      Tuesdays, 5:30am
      The Friends World Committee for Consultation: Europe and Middle East Section hosts a 30-minute online meeting for worship to pray for peace.  Register at fwccemes.org/calendar/peace-worship.
    • Hold in the Light Worship
      Wednesday 6-7pm, Zoom: mfmeet.ing/hitl
      The Friendly Care Committee invites Friends to join in a weekly gathering 
    • Meeting for Worship for Business
      3rd Sunday,  12:15 pm, Blended, Zoom: mfmeet.ing/mfb
    • MMM Friendship Group
      3rd Thursdays, 11-1 pm, Room 12 
    • Monthly Quaker Buddhist Meditation
      4th Monday, 7-8 pm, Zoom: tinyurl.com/2w9fc3ee 
    • Peace and Justice committee, 3rd Sundays at noon in the meeting room
    • Quaker Palestine Israel Network, 2nd Sundays at noon in the meeting room
    • Second Sunday Potluck
      2nd Sundays, 11:15am, Social Hall
      Bring a dish to share
    • Short Story Discussion Group
      Fridays, 6-7 pm 2nd & 4th, Online
    • Singalong Sundays
      1st & 3rd Sundays, 9:15am, Room 12
      We end in time to join worship. We choose from Rise Up Singing or the FGC hymnal, Worship in Song. New voices, tunes, and instruments welcome.
    • SMAD
      1st & 3rd Sundays Zoom only: mfmeet.ing/smad
      2nd, 4th, & 5th Sundays, 8:30am, Room 12, In person or Blended on request
    • Weekly Bible Study
      Mondays, 7-8am, Blended
    • Women’s Circle of Friends
      2nd & 4th Thursdays, 6:30-8 pm, Online
    • Worship Sharing with Movement
      Saturdays 10-11:30 am in the Meeting Room on the 1st Saturday

Friendly Readers, MMM Book Group

Tuesday, April 21, Noon-2:00pm, in-person only, Room 12
Friendly Readers is an open, drop-in book group, discussing books from a Quaker perspective and getting to know each other more deeply. Everyone is invited. You do not have to commit to regular attendance, or to have read the book. Our discussions are about the topics raised. We discuss one book each month over two meetings, which focus on different issues, so come to either or both. For April we are discussing Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's urgent mission to bring healing to homeless people by Tracy Kidder, c 2023. There is a book review in the April MFM monthly newsletter on page 12 along with our calendar of upcoming books on page 13. Link: https://tinyurl.com/446rj6hk. For more information about Friendly Readers, contact Kepper at .

  

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