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
Coming in February and March: “Quaker Basics,” a series of eight worship discussion gatherings based on the book “Quakerism, the Basics” by Multnomah Meeting members Marge and Carl Abbott. The first of the eight sessions will be after social hour on Sunday, February 2, and will be open to all. At that time we will sign up the 8-10 people who will be in the remaining seven gatherings, led by selected Friends deeply knowledgeable about Quaker history and practice. Each participant will receive a copy of “Quakerism, the Basics” and a copy of “Faith and Practice”. The meeting sessions won’t feature lectures, but rather discussions among the group about the reading; and the presenters will supplement the material from their personal experience as Quakers and respond to participants’ questions. For additional details, please email .
Monthly, Second Sundays, 11:15am, Social Hall
Monthly second-Sunday potlucks will resume in the Social Hall after 10am worship beginning January 12, 2025. Please bring a dish to share. Thank you in advance.
Sunday, January 18, 10-11:30am, Meeting Room
On third Saturdays, from 10 to 11:30am, we will again be exploring using movement as part of our spiritual practice. In Authentic Movement, we share the experience of listening to our bodies and moving as we are led, while another is our witness. We will also move with song in blessing, explore a few other exercises and close with the Elm Dance. Whether movement is a primary expression for you, or you're just curious, please feel welcome to join us!
Sunday, January 12, Meetinghouse
What luck! A two-fer! On Potluck Sunday, January 12, the Nominating Committee is also sponsoring a Job Fair! Have you wondered how to get involved in the workings of Multnomah Friends? Here’s your chance to learn about what is possible, and talk to members of committees about what they do. If so led, you’ll be able to sign up to help. Questions contact:
What luck! A two-fer! On Potluck Sunday, January 12, the Nominating Committee is also sponsoring a Job Fair! Have you wondered how to get involved in the workings of Multnomah Friends? Here’s your chance to learn about what is possible, and talk to members of committees about what they do. If so led, you’ll be able to sign up to help. Questions contact:
Sunday, January 12, 12:15 to 1:45 pm, Meetinghouse Room 12
Presented by Adult Religious Education Committee
Presented by Adult Religious Education Committee
A conversation to explore together is an opportunity to listen with care and respect for each person in our community as we share our individual experience. The focus of this conversation will be our recent and current experience of being Quaker at a time when we are witnessing and encountering many changes in our nation and our world.
History is not only something that has happened, it is also what is happening now. Since the mid-seventeenth century, Quakers have survived challenges, witnessed history, responded to the events of their times, and made history. How does our awareness of this communal experience combine with our personal spiritual journeys as Friends to speak to us today?
The ARE Committee will offer guidelines for the conversation as well as a handout with some reflections from friends who lived through history before our present moment. Question contact:
Sunday, December 22, Noon, Meeting Room and Zoom
Join the Peace & Justice Committee on the fourth Sunday of the month for our monthly meeting. Please email any agenda requests to . If you need childcare to attend, you will be reimbursed for the expense.
Join the Peace & Justice Committee on the fourth Sunday of the month for our monthly meeting. Please email any agenda requests to . If you need childcare to attend, you will be reimbursed for the expense.
News
April 5, 2024
Theme: We Gather Together to Deepen Community
May 17-19, Mt Hood Kiwanis Camp
May 17-19, Mt Hood Kiwanis Camp
Registration is now open
Join old Friends and meet new ones at Willamette Quarterly Meeting gathering on beautiful Mt Hood. Programs for children, youth and adults will be offered as well as plenty of unstructured time. The wonderful children's program will occur mostly in the forest surrounding the camp. Come to hear what other meetings are doing to deepen community. For more information and to register go to willamettequarterly.org. Registration is open through April 24. Cost is Pay as Led. Pay more if you can; less if you can't. Printable flyer on registration site.
Join old Friends and meet new ones at Willamette Quarterly Meeting gathering on beautiful Mt Hood. Programs for children, youth and adults will be offered as well as plenty of unstructured time. The wonderful children's program will occur mostly in the forest surrounding the camp. Come to hear what other meetings are doing to deepen community. For more information and to register go to willamettequarterly.org. Registration is open through April 24. Cost is Pay as Led. Pay more if you can; less if you can't. Printable flyer on registration site.
Children are welcome to attend worship with their parents from 10am-10:15am, when formal class activities will start, continuing to 11:15am. The curriculum will focus on Friends’ testimonies, beginning with “Community. “We have teachers (at least two per Sunday) lined up for the next several weeks, but need and welcome more volunteers. If you have questions or would like to volunteer to work with the Meeting’s pre-K and school-aged children, please contact the Children’s Program Committee Clerk at .
Help build a new multnomahfriends.org website! Our current site is going away at the end of the year and we need your help updating our content and pictures. While technical skills are helpful, what we need most are people comfortable writing and/or taking pictures, and available to work together this fall for a pre-Christmas release. Contact to volunteer or ask questions.