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The following passage was offered at the beginning of the May 15 meeting for worship:
The opening passage for the 04/17 meeting for worship was from the early Quaker writer and poet Thomas Ellwood (1639-1714).
The winter tree Resembles me,
Whose sap lies in its root:
The spring draws near
As it, so I Shall bud, I hope, and shoot.
During the 04/10 worship, a Friend shared the final words of 17th century Quaker James Nayler.
A portion of these words is put to chant by Paulette Meier: "There is a Spirit that delights to do no evil, nor to revenge any wrong. Its hope is to outlive all wrath and contention and to weary out all exaltation and cruelty."
Here is the message shared at the beginning of the 04/10 worship:
“Those to go forth ministering to the wants and necessities of their fellow human beings, experience a rich return, their souls being as a watered garden, as a spring that faileth not.”— Lucretia Mott 1850
The 04/09 presentation of the Paul Robeson documentary, I'm a Negro, I'm an American (1989, Kurt Tetzlaff, 1:27), and a follow-up panel discussion will provide a sweeping introduction to Black Quakers in American history. Paul Robeson's mother was a Pennsylvania Quaker educator. She was the granddaughter of Cyrus Bustill, a Quaker and a founder of Philadelphia's Free African Society.
Several Memphis Friends attended the recent showing of Brother Outsider as part of the Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival. For those who have a Collierville library card or are students, faculty or staff of Rhodes College, UofM, or Southwest, you can view the film for free through this link:
https://www.kanopy.com/product/brother-outsider-life-bayard-rustin
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