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Sarah Junkin Woodard is traveling to share the work of the Jubilee House Community, a nonprofit she helped form in 1979 in North Carolina, where they developed responses to meet the needs of the homeless and battered women for more than a decade. Working for the last 32 years in Nicaragua, with the project name of the Center for Development in Central America, the JHC-CDCA's goal has always been to help the poor accomplish what they see as their priorities, which has led to work particularly in the areas of sustainable economic development, organic agriculture, health care, and education. In Nicaragua, the JHC-CDCA has worked with small organic farmers, enabling them to find international markets for organic cotton, sesame, peanuts, and coffee. While climate change and international shipping issues brought their organic cooperative to a close, the connection with organic coffee growers remains.
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Meeting ID: 885 0825 4793
Passcode: 042227
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
Friday-Sunday, May 15-17, Camp Lutherwood, Cheshire OR
Our theme this year is “Lead With Love: Create possibilities, Discern leadings of the Spirit; Act with the power of love.” What might happen if we put LOVE in the center of our lives: love of family, love of friends and community, love of nature, love of God, love of life? What could be possible? We will interweave these ideas into an engaging program that encourages us to think, feel, interact with others and listen to the leadings within us. We hope you will set aside time from your busy lives to join us in this beautiful forest retreat. Families are welcome, children and youth will have fun activities too! Camping in tents and RVs is available, as well as housing in cabins.
Online registration closes Wednesday April 29. Go to www.willamette.npym.org. The Registrar is Laura Arcidiacono For questions not related to registration, please contact Helen Park, Coordinator.
Thursday, April 16, 11:00-1:00pm, In person only, Room 12
Topic: “The Spirit of the Pizza” a light-hearted discussion of food as part of our spiritual lives. Presenter: Liz Jenkins; Facilitators: Isabella Fischer and Betsey Kenworthy. Light refreshments available and feel free to bring a taste of your favorite food. Gather and center around friendship and answering life’s questions together. We meet on the third Thursday of each month. Sponsored by the Adult Religious Education Committee.
2nd Tuesday (April 14), 7-8:30pm (Zoom)
Friendly Readers is an open, drop-in book group.
Everyone is invited. You do not have to commit to regular attendance to come. We enjoy discussing books from a Quaker perspective and getting to know each other more deeply. You don’t even have to have read the book––please join us if the topic interests you. We discuss one book each month over two meetings which focus on different issues, so come to either or both.
Our April book is Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O’Connell’s Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People, by Tracy Kidder.
Contact Kepper Petzing (they) at friendlyreaders@multnomahfriends.org
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May 17-19, Mt Hood Kiwanis Camp
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 childrensprogram.clerk@multnomahfriends.org.