Outreach
Quakers have a long history of activism, guided by our testimonies: Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, and Equality. Here you can find ways Multnomah Friends lives our faith in the wider world.
Events
Sunday, February 22, 11:45am, Room 23
Join us to consider queries about how our Meeting can respond to the spiritual concerns in our community. These queries include:
Join us to consider queries about how our Meeting can respond to the spiritual concerns in our community. These queries include:
1. What do I mean by Spirit or spiritual? Do others in our group mean something else? How do we react to that diversity?
2. Does my manner of living flow from my deepest beliefs? Are our group’s actions in accord with its deepest shared beliefs?
3. Have we helped each other recognize and follow leadings? Have we connected and grown in Spirit together?
4. Have we helped one another tenderly, in body and spirit? Are any needs within the group going unanswered?
5. Has Spirit led us to take social action together as a whole? Are we satisfied with what we are doing in the world? What do we long to do?
We hope to have a Zoom connection for the meeting. Contact Maye Thompson for more information. worship-ministry.clerk@multnomahfriends.org
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.
Last Saturday of each month
Meet at Elizabeth Caruthers Park
A group of Quakers, Buddhists, Jews, and other people of faith are again planning a peaceful interfaith protest at the ICE facility on Macadam Avenue. We will gather at Elizabeth Caruthers Park at 4:00pm and walk silently to the facility. Please note: change of date (fifth Saturday) and time (4pm). We will walk by the facility three times, in silence, dropping flowers as we go to remember the taken and protest injustice. Then we will return to the park for some worship. The estimated end time is 6:00pm. Please bring at least three flowers, if you wish to drop flowers. This is a completely peaceful protest and no items that could be considered weapons should be brought. Contact peace-socialconcerns.clerk@multnomahfriends.org for further information.
Daily at 7 pm until the end of January
The Elders of West Hills Friends invite Quakers in the Portland area to join us in hosting a daily Quaker Meeting with Attention to Peace at 7pm through the remainder of January. Submitted by Gillian George, Clerk of Elders, West Hills Friends Zoom link.
Monday, January 19
7pm
The Quakers for Justice group invites all to sing songs of protest and freedom at ICE on Martin Luther King Day, Monday, January 19, starting at 7 pm. Songsheets provided. Gather at S Moody Ave and S Bancroft St. Since there may be disruptions or altercations at protests and rallies, Friends are encouraged to use personal discernment when deciding whether to attend such gatherings. For more information, please contact Peter Ford
Every fourth Saturday 10–11:30
Meeting Room
We invite you to explore using movement as part of your spiritual practice. In Worship Sharing with Movement, we will share the experience of pausing, grounding and listening, with curiosity and care, moving as we are led. We will move in solitude, in dyads, and in community. We will move with song and blessing, explore additional practices and close with a Circle Dance. Please feel free to join us even if this is a very new direction for you. If you have questions, contact Betsey Kenworthy, Lynn Kitajima, AnnMarie Marriott, Kepper Petzing or Art Okada.
We invite you to explore using movement as part of your spiritual practice. In Worship Sharing with Movement, we will share the experience of pausing, grounding and listening, with curiosity and care, moving as we are led. We will move in solitude, in dyads, and in community. We will move with song and blessing, explore additional practices and close with a Circle Dance. Please feel free to join us even if this is a very new direction for you. If you have questions, contact Betsey Kenworthy, Lynn Kitajima, AnnMarie Marriott, Kepper Petzing or Art Okada.
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News
Online with JVP and AFSC
There are often excellent speakers during these online gatherings. Every day at 12 pm Pacific take action for ceasefire with Jewish Voice for Peace. Register at this link. If the Zoom room is full, join here: https://www.youtube.com/@JewishVoiceforPeace/streams. Every Friday, take action with the American Friends Service Committee. To register: https://secure.afsc.org/a/afsc-action-hour-ceasefire-now
There are often excellent speakers during these online gatherings. Every day at 12 pm Pacific take action for ceasefire with Jewish Voice for Peace. Register at this link. If the Zoom room is full, join here: https://www.youtube.com/@JewishVoiceforPeace/streams. Every Friday, take action with the American Friends Service Committee. To register: https://secure.afsc.org/a/afsc-action-hour-ceasefire-now
Seeking Donations for Firefighters
FSSW is assisting the wildland firefighters in southern Oregon to get ready for the fire season. Southern Oregon is the hub for wildland firefighters for the country. Despite doing essential work and risking their lives, the wildland firefighters are paid just above minimum wage and are expected to come to work with $1,200-$1,500 worth of equipment and supplies. They have requested our assistance in getting ready for the 2024 fire season. Your financial and material donations are greatly appreciated. Drop off donations or mail checks to: FSSW, 2228 NE Glisan Street, Portland, OR 97232. (Checks payable to FSSW, with “Firefighters” on the memo line). For more info: 503-231-4826.Thank you!
Here are some of the requested items: sleeping bags to zero degrees, hygiene supplies (deodorant, baby wipes, shampoo, shower gel, razors/shaving cream, toothbrushes/toothpaste, towels, flipflops), Dayquil/Nyquil, insect repellent, socks/underwear/T-shirts (L and XL), tennis shoes and leather firefighter boots (sizes 8.5 – 11.5, boots 8” high, Vibram sole, not steel toe).
Here are some of the requested items: sleeping bags to zero degrees, hygiene supplies (deodorant, baby wipes, shampoo, shower gel, razors/shaving cream, toothbrushes/toothpaste, towels, flipflops), Dayquil/Nyquil, insect repellent, socks/underwear/T-shirts (L and XL), tennis shoes and leather firefighter boots (sizes 8.5 – 11.5, boots 8” high, Vibram sole, not steel toe).
- A 15 minute interview with Palestinian American Quaker activist and scholar Sa'ed Atshan. https://n.pr/3v6k9wq
- Democracy Now interview with AFSC head Joyce Aljouny, who used to head the Ramallah Friends School, about the shooting of three RFS graduates vacationing in Vermont: bit.ly/3NrEOSc
- An Interview with Steve Chase, Pendle Hill Cadbury Scholar: bit.ly/3GJ6s9r
January-February 2024
Nia To Go There, PhD (Cree) will offer a series of four webinars that are co-sponsored by Decolonizing Quakers https://www.decolonizingquakers.org. Registering for all four is recommended though not required. Nia will recommend short readings for each program.
• 1/13/24, 12:30-2 pm PST: Module One “Cultural Perspectives.” Register at https://bit.ly/3TslEPM
• 1/28/24, 12:30-2 pm PST: Module Two “Seeing with a Native Eye.” Register at https://bit.ly/4aj45rs
• 2/10/24, 12:30-2 pm PST: Module Three “Colonization.” Register at
https://bit.ly/3TqrmS9
• 2/24/24, 12:30-2 pm PST: Module Four “Decolonization.” Register at https://bit.ly/4an6QYY
Submitted by Alison R Krieger
Nia To Go There, PhD (Cree) will offer a series of four webinars that are co-sponsored by Decolonizing Quakers https://www.decolonizingquakers.org. Registering for all four is recommended though not required. Nia will recommend short readings for each program.
• 1/13/24, 12:30-2 pm PST: Module One “Cultural Perspectives.” Register at https://bit.ly/3TslEPM
• 1/28/24, 12:30-2 pm PST: Module Two “Seeing with a Native Eye.” Register at https://bit.ly/4aj45rs
• 2/10/24, 12:30-2 pm PST: Module Three “Colonization.” Register at
https://bit.ly/3TqrmS9
• 2/24/24, 12:30-2 pm PST: Module Four “Decolonization.” Register at https://bit.ly/4an6QYY
Submitted by Alison R Krieger
Many have asked how they might learn more about what is happening in Gaza. These resources are a good place to start. You may also want to join the QPIN listserv which sends out information about local rallies and actions. To be added to the QPIN listserv contact Cynthia Gilliam at qpin@multnomahfriends.org
AFSC’s Israel & Gaza resources page: afsc.org/topics/gaza-israel
Register for AFSC Action Hour: bit.ly/3ueKdoG
USCPR’s Take Action page: uscpr.org/take-action/
JVP’s Act Now page: bit.ly/3FQbRem
AFSC’s Israel & Gaza resources page: afsc.org/topics/gaza-israel
Register for AFSC Action Hour: bit.ly/3ueKdoG
USCPR’s Take Action page: uscpr.org/take-action/
JVP’s Act Now page: bit.ly/3FQbRem
This relatively new national project to uproot racism is accepting applications to the 2024 cohort! Meeting from JanSept of next year, this is a unique opportunity to work with Friends from around the country (and world) in a closely supported program developed by FGC and other Quaker organizations. Learn more and apply at bit.ly/45y0Au1. Deadline 8/30. Want to talk with someone from MMM who has participated? Contact Alison Krieger who was part of the 2022 cohort at alison.quaker@gmail.com.
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