Silent Announcements January 21, 2007
UPCOMING
EVENTS AT ADELPHI FRIENDS MEETING
Sunday, January 21, 2nd Hour: Annual Corporation Meeting between
FCS and AFM followed by a tour of the new building. Once a year, the Friends Community School Board of
Trustees has the pleasure of reporting back to YOU – members of Adelphi
Friends Meeting – matters related to the financial stewardship of the school.
Please join us on Sunday, January 21st, at 11:30 and we’ll
introduce you to new (and existing) FCS board members, report on the school’s
AIMS accreditation, distribute our first strategic plan, Advancing
FCS, and review the June 2006 financials.
Afterwards, Tom Goss will give a tour of the new building!
You won’t want to miss it! Refreshments
will be provided. We would be happy
to hear your suggestions for additional agenda items.
Please contact Mary Kate O’Neill, Clerk (mkoneill@starpower.net
)
Sunday,
February 4, 11:30 am-1:30 pm: Religious Education Midyear Check-in:
All RE Teachers are invited to attend this annual check-in, for an informal time
to share our experiences in the classroom and plan ahead for the second half of
the year. This is a valued time of renewal for our volunteer teachers who
provide spiritual guidance to our community’s children. We will meet in
the library of the White House at about 11:30 am and will end by 1:30 pm.
A light lunch and childcare will be provided.
Sunday, February
18th, Second Hour: The Adult Religious Education Committee
(ARE) has invited Imam Johari Abdul Malik of the InterFaith Conference of
Metropolitan Washington to present the award-winning film documentary
“Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet” and to lead a discussion afterwards on the
Prophet Muhammad and Islam in general. Following a brief introduction by Tom
Wolfe citing William Penn’s belief in the unity among religions and his
support of religious pluralism, selected extracts of the Muhammad film will be
shown, leaving time to explore questions such as: Who was Muhammad? What is
Islam? What do Muslims believe? Is Islam compatible with American values? How do
we move the world in a more peaceful direction? Imam Johari is a former Muslim
chaplain of Howard University, President of the Muslim Society of Washington,
Head of the National Association of Muslim Chaplains in Higher Education, and
Chairman of government relations of the Muslim Alliance of North America. Please
join us in what certainly shapes up as a fertile opportunity for Muslims and
non-Muslims alike to explore, discuss, and understand each other’s faiths in
the context of world upheavals these past several years.
SHARING JOYS AND CONCERNS
Please hold Joan Clement's mother, Ruth Petersen, in the
Light. Ruth, age 89, broke her hip in late November and, while her hip has
healed, she also needs knee replacement surgery. This will take place on
January 24th, and she will have several more months of rehab in West Virginia
near Joan's brother before returning to her apartment. This has been and
will continue to be hard in Ruth on many levels. Your continued prayers will be
much appreciated.
Saturday January 20, Adopt a Trail Winter Clean Up and
Ice Skating Party: 12:45-3:30-- All members of Adelphi
Community are invited to join the Mother Jones Tutoring Earth Squad for a short
trash pick up at the 2 mile portion of the Northwest Branch trail that the
Adelphi Quaker Earth Care Witness Group and Mother Jones Tutoring/Earth Squad
have adopted. Meet at Adelphi Mill at 12:45 for clean up work and then go
to Wells Ice Rink in College Park for afternoon session starting at 1:30.
Contact Maggie Cahalan (maggie@chears.org)
for more information or call 202-401-1679 (day) or 301-642-4851. This is a
good opportunity to meet the Mother Jones Earth Squad kids and work and have fun
together.
Part
Time Opportunity to help spread the Word with the Vignette workshops.
Following on the success of the Vignette Workshops at Adelphi, Deborah James is
led to offer the workshops to other meetings in our region.
We need someone (or someones) who would be willing to travel 1-2 times
per month to lead scheduled second hours. This is fun and rewarding work and who
knows you may find out some great things about yourself along the way. A small
stipend is being offered as well as travelling expenses. So, take the time to
see the world and spread the word! Contact
Deborah James at ddhjames@gmail.com
or call her at 301-422-9260.
Reserve
space by 2/1/07: New Sessions of Art Workshops at Joanna Axtmann’s Studio
starting February 22nd. Come explore art concepts, dry &
wet media, sources for images - set-ups, figure, imagination. All levels of
experience welcome - beginner to professional - teen and adult! Small class size
facilitates individual instruction
and customised curriculum. Phone for flyer and info:(202)723-4428 or e-mail
jaxart@infionline.net
Sunday,
February 11, 8:00 a.m. Another BREAKFAST AT IHOP with F/friends.
Our first one was a success! Please join us at the College Park IHOP, Rt.
1 and Cherry Hill Rds., for an informal breakfast and fellowship time. A
sign-up sheet is in the Lobby and it is helpful to us if you can sign up in
advance. If not, just come! Sponsored by Outreach & Fellowship
Committee.
Feedback
Requested by Ministry and Worship Committee: The
Ministry and Worship Committee is reflecting on how our current practice of
hearing Joys and Concerns after Meeting supports Meeting worship and community
life. We would like to hear from anyone who has anything to share about that.
Please feel free to contact Joan Clement (clerk) (joanpclement@yahoo.com
or 301-270-3862) or any other current member of the committee (Reuben Snipper,
Jolee Robinson, Scott Houckman, June Confer, and Michael Newheart).
Alex
McCoy is fresh off the "boat" from Australia and New Zealand and
greatly interested in some BABYSITTING
WORK this winter season. If you need some time to do holiday shopping, or would
like to go out to dinner, she's your woman. Will be home until the end of
January, call early to ensure availability!
OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS
Tai Chi Class Offered in Greenbelt Community Center: Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese Martial Art and
the movements are slow and flowing like a deep and wide river.
These slow-gentle-weight bearing movements relieve stress, exercise
internal organs, create deeper breathing and increase flexibility.
If you are interested in classes on Saturday mornings or Wednesday
evenings in Greenbelt, call 301-397-2208 for additional information.
March
17, 2007, 9am to 6 pm: The William Penn House and Baltimore Yearly Meeting’s
Peace and Social Concerns Committee are co-sponsoring the workshop, "Strategy is
Possible." The workshop will take place on Saturday, March 17, 2007 from
9AM to 6PM at the William Penn House on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
Daniel Hunter of Training for Change will facilitate. Training for Change
is a group founded by George Lakey that helps activists stand up more
effectively for justice, peace and the environment. Daniel will share key
lessons gleaned from Training for Change’s Strategy Project focused on
successful social movements around the world.
So if you would like to get a fresh perspective on social change
strategies, gain tools to develop effective strategy, get to know Friends from
other Meetings and reflect on ways Monthly Meetings might work together for
peace and social justice, please join us for this workshop! The cost is $40 per
person before February 15th and $45 after February 15th.
To register or for more information, please call Bernadette Odyniec at
202-543-5560, email ernadette@williampennhouse.org, or go to
www.WilliamPennHouse.org.