April Announcements

On the Calendar

• Apr. 6:  LEYM representatives meeting, Pittsburgh Friends Meeting House.
• Apr. 12-14: Merry Stanford and April Allison visit.
• Apr. 14: Friend Marie Pippenaar sings in the Calvin College choir at Grace Episcopal Church at 3:00 p.m. All are invited.
• Apr. 21: Program: Quaker pastor Silas siboe wanjala, a native of Kenya and a graduate of the Earlham School of Religion, will speak on “Peacebuilding in Kenya.”
• Apr. 28: 9:00 a.m. joint meeting of Advancement & Min & Nurture.
  
• May 11: Memorial service for Ray Jansma, Fremont.
• May 18: GPQM Spring Gathering, MI Friends Center.
• June 15-16 (tentative): Workshop/retreat with Merry Stanford and April Allison
• June 30: Open meeting for discussion of finance

News and Notes

• The worship group at the Bradley Indian Mission in Shelbyville will begin to meet every second and fourth First Day. Waiting worship is at 6:00 p.m., followed by a potluck meal.
• The Kaufman Interfaith Institute sponsors several challenging and engaging talks in the next few weeks. On Apr. 8 you can hear interfaith activist Padma Kuppa speak on “Religious Freedom, Predatory Proselytization and the Case for Pluralism” at 7:00 p.m. in the Loosemore Auditorium. On Apr. 16 you can hear a panel discussion on “Death, Dying and Life after Death,” from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the Dominican Center at Marywood. On Apr. 23, you can hear a panel discussion on “Dementia in Your Faith Community,” from 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at the Postma Center at Pine Rest. On Apr. 26 and Apr. 27, you can hear a performance of Bach’s St. John Passion at 8:00 p.m. at the Cathedral of Saint Andrew. From May 5-9 you can see the 15^th Annual Jewish Film Festival at Celebration Cinema North. For more information about any of these programs call 616-331-5702 or visit www.interfaithunderstanding.org.
• Friend Gerard Akkerhuis recommends “Whale Songs and Elephant Loves,” from the March 21 broadcast of the radio program “On Being.” In the program, acoustic biologist Katy Payne, who say she has a “Quaker sensibility,” describes her experiences with two of the most exotic creatures. From the wild coast of Argentina to the rainforests of Africa, she discovered that humpback whales compose ever-changing songs and that elephants communicate across long distances by infrasound. You can hear the program online at http://www.onbeing.org/program/whale-songs-and-elephant-loves/241.
• Join Friends for singing on Apr. 28 after meeting for worship.