Community
Multnomah Friends is a very active Meeting, with events throughout the week and many ways to get involved. Below are some current events and news about the life of the Meeting. We also publish a weekly bulletin highlighting upcoming programs and announcements, and a monthly newsletter with articles of interest to our community. Sign up with your email address below.
Within our community, we are guided by our testimonies, especially Simplicity, Integrity, and Equality with the goal of being a welcoming space for everyone seeking a spiritual home with us.
Events
Scheduled Gatherings (listed chronologically)
- First Day School is back in session
As with last year, we’ll have two classrooms: a pre-K through 2nd grade class (Room 21) and a 3rd-5th grade class (Room 23). Our typical schedule: 10:00 – 10:15 Children are invited to join Meeting for Worship with their families (or parents can stay with younger children in the classroom for quiet pre-class activities); 10:15 – 11:15 Formal class activities (including songs, stories, games and art activities); 11:15 Teachers from both classrooms lead the kids into the Meeting room, to reunite them with their families (on occasion, when announcements are short, kids can be picked up directly from the classrooms). For general questions about Children’s Program, or if you’d like to volunteer to help out (we really need it!) please contact Andrew Wardenaar at childrensprogram.clerk@multnomhahfriends.org. - Meeting for Worship for Business
Sunday, October 18,12:15pm, blended
Business Meeting is held monthly on third First Days (Sundays). All are welcome to attend in person or on Zoom. If you need childcare, please contact Ann Dudley at
nursery.clerk@multnomahfriends.org. You may also request reimbursement for in-home childcare. Zoom link: mfmeet.ing/mfb
Meeting ID: 705 774 465, Password: 923550. - Film Series on Palestine
November 19
Mark your calendars for the third Thursday of the month . QPIN and JVP Communication/ Education Committee are sponsoring a series of five films with the theme, “Resisting Israel’s Palestine Plan.” These will be shown at our meetinghouse and are free. More details in the November newsletter
Regular Recurring Events (listed alphabetically)
- Amigas Bible Study
Wednesdays, 8am, Zoom: tinyurl.com/4nkt53ft - 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 ; contact friendlyreaders@multnomahfriends.org for more information. - Friends for Racial Justice 2nd Mondays, 4 pm, Online. Contact Maye Thompson
- 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 - ICE Vigils
Mondays at 10:30
We meet at the 4310 S. Macadam office, Mondays at 10:30, with signs and lately also with flowers. We encourage Friends to help our effort continue. We meet for coffee afterwards, to consider further possible responses to this issue. Joe Snyder is the email group leader. - 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
In September, we will explore our experiences with dogs, cats, and more. What lessons might we have learned from them? How may they have been part of our spiritual lives? Do you have a canine or feline friend you are really glad to have met? Come join our seriously funny discussion. Presenter: Liz Jenkins, Facilitator: Carol Uhte. Snacks available and handheld lunches welcome. Gather and center around friendship and answering life’s questions together. We meet on the third Thursday of each month. All are welcome. - 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 Please email any agenda requests to peace-justice.clerk@
multnomahfriends.org. If you need childcare to attend, you will be reimbursed for the expense. Zoom: bit.ly/3fTiOBY - 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 - Witnessing for Immigrant Rights
Mondays,10:30am. Every Monday at 10:30am Friends from Multnomah, West Hills, Camas, Hillsboro, and Bridge City gather for one hour to witness for immigrant rights by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Detention Center at S. Macadam and Bancroft. The ICE building is just north of the Tesla dealership. - 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
Sunday, April 19, 12:15pm, Blended
All are welcome to attend in person or on Zoom. Business Meeting is held monthly on third First Days (Sundays). If you need childcare in order to attend business meeting, please contact Nursery Supervisor Kaeli Frank at kaelifrank21@gmail.com. You may also request reimbursement for in-home childcare if needed in order to attend business meeting.
Zoom link: mfmeet.ing/mfb
Meeting ID: 705 774 465 Password: 923550
Dial: +1 669 900 6833 US
A group of Friends at Multnomah Meeting, led by Ralph Gilliam, will be selling imported Palestinian goods at the Meetinghouse after the 10 am worship on Sundays. The products are purchased from Palestine Imports, https://palestineimports.com/, a company based in San Francisco, owned by Ateyeh M. Ateyeh. Mr. Ateyeh is Palestinian, born in Jerusalem. He attended the Ramallah Friends School and has an affinity for Friends. Mr. Ateyeh is a staunch advocate for Palestinian human rights. We are able to buy products from Palestine Imports at a wholesale price because we have made a commitment to donate all profits from the sales of these products to the American Friends Service Committee’s Gaza Relief Fund. If there is enough interest, we can expand the products we sell. Please support these efforts to raise funds for Gaza relief.
Monthly, Second Sundays, 11:15am
Social Hall
Monthly second-Sunday potlucks are held in the Social Hall after 10 am worship. . Please bring a dish to share. Spend time with your community.
News
The lawsuit filed in a federal district court in Maryland states that: “The very threat of that [immigration] enforcement deters congregants from attending services, especially members of immigrant communities.” According to the plaintiffs, attending service is a crucial aspect of the constitutional guarantee to “religious liberty.” Two articles here: https://bit.ly/40AhZ4l.
As you seek discernment about your end-of-year giving, please consider our meeting's Immigrant Support Fund. It provides much-needed help with court filing fees, legal fees, and (when there's enough in the fund) material support for immigrants who are clients of any immigration attorney in our meeting. The need is liable to be even greater during the incoming administration. You can make a donation by giving to the meeting and designating that it is for the Immigrant Support Fund. If you have questions or would like to learn more, please contact any member of the Finance Committee – finance@multnomahfriends.org.