Tuesday, January 22, 2013

January 2013 Announcements



The Grand Rapids Friends Monthly Meeting meets for worship at the Browne Center, on the campus of Aquinas College, 2001 Robinson Rd. SE, Grand Rapids, at 10:30 a.m. on First Days (Sundays). 

Following Meeting for Worship each month:
First First Day: Potluck!
Second First Day: Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business
Third First Day: Program
Fourth First Day: Singing. Advancement and Ministry and Nurture Committees meet at 9:00 a.m.

January-February Greeters (subject to change)
January 6: Holadays
January 13: Kim Ranger
January 20: Roberta Rossi and Judi Buchman
January 27: Walt Marston and Mark Hepper
February 3: Holadays
February 10: Kim Ranger
February 17: Roberta Rossi and Judi Buchman
February 24: Walt Marston and Mark Hepper

Other Friends Meetings in Our Area

Holland Friends Meeting For information, please contact Greg Murray at 616-994-7282, or see the meeting’s website at www.hollandquakers.org. 
Fremont Worship Group For information, please contact Theresa Lindsay at theresa.lindsay52@gmail.com.
Manitou Worship Group For information, please contact Doris Loll at 231-882-7062.
Pine River Worship Group For information, please contact Don Nagler at dfn@pioneer.com

On the Calendar
Jan. 13: Continued discussion of Meeting’s values and direction (Appreciative Inquiry), led by Ron Irvine and Jenn Seif. Note: There will be no meeting for worship with attention to business in January. Next scheduled business meeting will be on Feb. 11.

Jan. 20: Open meeting of Finance Committee, after meeting for worship. Location to be determined.

Feb. 15-17: Next visit from Merry Stanford and April Allison. They are interested in meeting all attenders of the meeting, even casual attenders. To arrange a time to meet with them, please contact Amy Ranger (amy@amyranger.com; 616-453-5029). If you'd like to talk with Merry or April for more information, email <merry.stanford@gmail.comor <aprilallison@firefly-press.net>. They will also be visiting during the weekend of April 12-14.
 
Mar. 14-16: Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) Section of the Americas meeting. Morgantown, Indiana. 

Mar. 15-16: Green Pastures Quarterly Meeting (GPQM) Mid-Winter Gathering. Ann Arbor Friends meetinghouse, 1420 Hill St., Ann Arbor.

Apr. 6: Lake Erie Yearly Meeting (LEYM) representative meeting. Pittsburgh Friends meetinghouse, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

May 18: GPQM Spring Gathering. Michigan Friends Center.

June 30-July 6: Friends General Conference (FGC) Gathering of Friends. Greeley, Colorado.

July 25-28: LEYM annual meeting. Bluffton University, Bluffton, Ohio.

News and Notes
Ministry and Nurture begins a new outreach program this year. Watch for special, personal communications from the committee regularly during the year.

The Ann Arbor-based Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice will discuss the book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander, beginning January 22 at 7:00 p.m. You can join the discussion in Ann Arbor at the Northside Presbyterian Church, 1679 Broadway. Alternatively, if there is local interest in discussing this poignant title about how race affects life in today’s “colorblind” society, especially in the criminal legal system, the Institute for Global Education may also sponsor a discussion group. Please contact Judi Buchman (judi.buchman@gmail.com) for more information.

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