Welcome
Welcome to Multnomah Friends, a spiritual home for Quakers in Portland.
As members of the Religious Society of Friends, we gather in silent waiting. In the stillness, we listen for that “still small voice” that reveals the wisdom within each of us. This individual quest is nurtured in our collective worship, where we aim to create a safe space for all Friends to freely commune with the Divine.
Multnomah Friends has an active youth program from newborn through high school supporting our children’s self-discovery with stories, songs, crafts, discussions, and companionship.
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Our Meeting
Last spring, Jon Watts from Thee Quaker Project spent a weekend with us interviewing and filming for a video introduction to Multnomah Meeting. All that footage is now seven-minute video featuring some familiar faces. He hopes to make other videos for other Meetings, but we and Downingtown Meeting in Pennsylvania are the pilot projects. We will be the first to go live on their YouTube channel on Friday, October 25
Events
Sunday, March 15, 12:15pm, blended
Business Meeting is held monthly on third Sundays. Allvare welcome to attend in person or on Zoom.If you need childcare in order to attend, please contactNursery Supervisor Kaeli Frank.You may also request reimbursement for in-home childcare.
Zoom link: mfmeet.ing/mfbMeeting ID: 705 774 465, Passcode: 923550Dial: +1 669 900 6833
Presented by Rex Nyquist
Sunday, March 29, Noon – 2:00pm, Meeting Room, Blended
All are welcome. Learn more about this upcoming presentation in the MMM Feb 2026 Newsletter. This presentation is a reenactment of John Woolman (1720-1772) and his Quaker contributions to the world. It is a 45 minute presentation with some discussion afterwards. Sponsored by the Adult Religious Education Committee.
You’ll learn important information about what can be done before, during, and after ICE actions to help protect the safety and defend the rights of vulnerable people. We’ll practice using key phrases, assigning roles, and build skills together. This is a practical training which will include information specific to the Lunch Program at MFM, but 95% of the information is the same wherever ICE shows up. Everyone at MFM is invited. Presented by lawyer MariRuth Petzing. Zoom only: https://tinyurl.com/4kyb4b2d Meeting ID: 868 0629 2787; Passcode: 709305.
We host Death Cafes the second Sunday of each month to offer people in the Portland area space for an open, nonjudgmental discussion of our personal experiences with illness, death, grief and loss. The objective is to increase awareness of death with a view to help us make the most of our (finite) lives. For more information contact Ellen Simmons.
Join us to consider queries about how our Meeting can respond to the spiritual concerns in our community. These queries include:
Sunday February 8, 11:45 am, Room 23
Eight Portland Quakers went to Antigua, Guatemala to participate in an English language intensive last month. Join them to find out about the Progresa College Scholarship Program, which serves mostly Mayan women in Guatemala, and the annual Progresa English Program. Beautiful photos taken by our own Joe Snyder will be featured. Contact Maye Thompson for more information. worship-ministry.clerk@multnomahfriends.org
News
The Committee will be recommending at the January Meeting for Business that the Meeting as a whole support the bill. If you have any questions about the bill, please contact the clerks of the Peace & Justice Committee at peace-justice.clerk@multnomahfriends.org.