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Events

Quaker Senior Living Info Session

Wednesday, May 13, 2:00pm, Meeting Room
Have you ever wondered what a Quaker guided senior living community would be like? Come and meet some friends from the Kendal Corp, who are interested in meeting us. Kendal has been a not-for-profit leader providing support to communities, programs and services that advocate for and empower older adults to achieve their full potential for about 50 years. www.kendal.org All interested Friends are invited.

Genocide In International Law And Its Application To Gaza

Sponsored by the Northwest Quaker Israel-Palestine Network. Register at https://tinyurl.com/3ptfnj77. What is international law? Why and how was it established? How does it apply to Gaza? Paul O’Brien, Executive Director of Amnesty International, will offer insights and stimulate discussion on these topics, including recounting how Amnesty International came to its conclusion that genocide is happening in Gaza. His talk is a first step in dialogue within North Pacific Yearly Meeting about endorsement of the eight-organization document “Quakers Discern Genocide is Occurring in Gaza and Urge Courageous Action,” which both FCNL and AFSC have signed. Paul will talk and take questions from 6:30 to 7:30 Pacific. A half hour of open discussion will follow, giving Friends from NPYM an opportunity to air their questions and concerns about the proposed Yearly Meeting action.

Reflecting on the Spiritual State of Our Meeting Community

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: 
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

Second Sunday Potluck Lunch

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.

Peaceful Interfaith Protest at ICE Facility

Third 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 Quaker Meeting with Attention to Peace

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.

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News

Watch The Hiroshima/Nagasaki Memorial On YouTube

The August 9 Hiroshima/Nagasaki memorial was very moving this year. If you missed it in person, you can still watch it on YouTube. Here is the link: https://youtu.be/DQmhCW4dJ-g. Our Meeting is a co-sponsor of this event each year. If you would like to help with planning next year's event, please contact Mary Priem or Michael Kinney.

Assist Public Health In Honduras

We invite you to contribute to help us purchase a new motorcycle for the community health coordinator in Limón. Cooper is an essential assistant here in need of transportation. Please don’t buy us a car; it can’t get where he and the nurses need to go. He needs a motorcycle. Total cost: $6,400. Raised so far: $2,300. When $5,000 has been committed, a final donor will send the last $1,500 needed. Thanks in advance! You can make secure tax-deductible donations online via First United Methodist Church in Hermiston, OR: bit.ly/3sb5fUd
Or make out a check to “FUMC,” write “Amigas” in the memo line, and mail to
FUMC
191 E Gladys Ave Hermiston, OR 97838
Thank you, Amigas del Senor
 
 

Kenyan Peacebuilder to Speak

Kenyan peace activist and social change agent Getry Agizah will make two presentations in June at the Multnomah Friends Meetinghouse, 4312 SE Stark in Portland.

On Sunday, June 11 at Noon “Overcoming Election Polarization: Lessons from Kenya”

On Friday, June 16 at 7 PM “Healing and Rebuilding our Communities: A Kenyan Perspective”

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