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 in June (listed chronologically)
- Meeting for Worship in the Multnomah Garden
10 am, 2nd Sunday on June 14, July 12, August 9, and September 13. - Celebrating Pride at Multnomah Friends Meeting
Sunday, June 7, 12–2pm, Meeting Room
www.ourboldvoices.com - Crossing Paths Book Tour
June 7, noon-2:00pm, Meeting Room
Celebrating Pride at the Friends Meeting House. We are excited to host the release of Crossing Paths: Queer Moments. We celebrate love and connection from 28 authors, making it our largest and most diverse collection yet. - Permaculture and Creation Care
Sunday, June 7, 2026, 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 pm, Zoom only
Sr. Confianza of Amigas del Señor Monastery (Honduras), supported by MMM’s Spiritual Life Fund, completed a six-month OSU permaculture course and has put it to work in Limón, Honduras. Join her on Zoom to hear about the project and reflect on the experience. Sponsored by ARE. Zoom: bit.ly/4v55Li0, Meeting ID: 883 2508 1221 Passcode: 625245 - Quaker Committees & You: Scaffolding the Life of the Meeting
Sunday, June 14, 12:15–2pm Room 12, Blended at tinyurl.com/27j2wd3h Facilitator Ray Jenkins This interactive presentation is designed to further our understanding of how committees work in Quaker meetings. It highlights committee structure in relation to the meeting as a whole and the impact of committees on the life of the meeting and the community at large. - Advanced Conflict Deescalation Training
Saturday, June 20, 1:30-4:30pm, Meeting Room
Contact Ron Braithwaite at peaceteam.pdx@gmail.comwith your name, email address, and phone #. - 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
Regular Recurring Events (listed alphabetically)
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- 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
- Amigas Bible Study
Saturday, June 20, 1:30-4:30pm, Meeting room
This training expands on the basic CLARA training with extensive role play scenarios, exploring in depth the ways to defuse potential violence in a wide variety of situations. Those who go through this training should intend to join the Portland Peace Team as peacekeepers and to be part of training others in conflict de-escalation. Prerequisites: To take this Advanced training you should have taken the Basic Conflict Deescalation Training AND accompanied the Portland Peace Team as an observer at one or more events where the team is providing a Peace Presence. If you have attended the Basic training and wish to accompany the team as an observer, please contact Tom Hastings. To RSVP and for more information, contact Ron Braithwaite with your name, email address, and phone#. This training is limited to 15 people and there will NOT be a blended Zoom option.
This training expands on the basic CLARA training with extensive role play scenarios, exploring in depth the ways to defuse potential violence in a wide variety of situations. Those who go through this training should intend to join the Portland Peace Team as peacekeepers and to be part of training others in conflict de-escalation. Prerequisites: To take this Advanced training you should have taken the Basic Conflict Deescalation Training AND accompanied the Portland Peace Team as an observer at one or more events where the team is providing a Peace Presence. If you have attended the Basic training and wish to accompany the team as an observer, please contact Tom Hastings. To RSVP and for more information, contact Ron Braithwaite with your name, email address, and phone#. This training is limited to 15 people and there will NOT be a blended Zoom option.
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.
Multnomah Friends Meeting (MFM) came to unity to be an official sponsor of the Oregon for Human Rights (O4HR) coalition which seeks to have Oregon divest funds from entities that support war, genocide, or ecologic destruction. We have a subcommittee under the Peace & Justice Committee. Please let us know if you would like to join this work. We are especially interested in reaching out to other Faith Communities and would love contacts and ideas. For more info: Peace & Social Concerns Clerk – peace-socialconcerns.clerk@multnomahfriends.org.
The Peace & Justice Committee of the Meeting has found unity on its support for a bill to be introduced in the 2025 Oregon legislative session 1) directing the state Treasurer to report on the environment, social, and governance impact of investments made by the state and 2) prohibiting the Oregon Investment Council from investing in any entity found to have violated international law. A copy of the bill is linked here.
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.
The Lunch Program welcomes volunteers 12:30-2:30pm Tuesdays-Saturdays: servers, dishwashers, setup, cleanup, hosts, and someone to be present in the smoking area to keep eyes on the situation. For information about volunteering, contact hearthkeeper@multnomahfriends.org. Feel free to stop by for a “look-see” during lunch hours.
Volunteer committee members are needed to serve on the following Multnomah Friends Meeting committees as soon as possible: Peace & Justice, Care & Counsel, Nominating, Nursery, and Children’s Program. If you’re interested or know someone who might be, please contact the Nominating Committee: nominating@multnomahfriends.org.
Now that winter is here, there is an even greater need for warm clothes (especially pants size 30-32), belts, bedding, unlocked used phones, and USB chargers and cords. Larger donations may be left in the basement or given to anyone involved with the lunch program.