Memphis Friends Meeting (Quaker)
10/03/2023: The meeting's web site is being transferred to a new web host. The new web site will be reachable at www.memphisfriendsmeeting.org. The QuakerCloud web host will cease operation 12/31/2023.
The best way to find out if silent, or unprogrammed, worship speaks to your condition is to experience it. Everyone is welcome! We affirm and acknowledge the wholeness of all people, including their gender identities, gender expressions, and sexual orientations.
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Unprogrammed worship is silent worship. We enter the meeting room silently. Our first task when worship begins is to center down, to still the clamor of the world, to turn our attention to the inner voice.
Updated 03/12/2023
Greetings, Friends,
At the 03/12/2023 meeting for business, Friends agreed on the following:
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The Communications Committee is in the process of building an online version of the card catalog.
Meeting Times
11 am Sundays (Zoom and in-person)
Noon Monday through Saturday (Zoom only)
7 pm second Wednesday of the month (in-person)
Parking is available on Prescott.
All bathrooms are single-occupancy gender neutral.
Our email address memphisfriendsmeeting@gmail.com is checked daily.
What's New
We recently received a letter from the Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Concerns (FLGBTQC). The FLGBTQC epistle as was sent to us is also located online here: https://www.flgbtqc.org/resources/epistles/
The passage shared at the May 7 meeting for worship was from the Shaker song Simple Gifts.
'Tis the gift to be simple,
’tis the gift to be free
'Tis the gift to come down where you ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gained,
To bow and to bend we will not be ashamed,
Jason Stuart Dennis, 48, of Moscow, TN, died April 15, 2023. He grew up in Memphis, TN, son of James Edward Dennis and Julia Kathryn Owens Dennis and grandson of Dr. Gastor B. Owens and Martha Owens of Morrilton, AR, Gladys Owens of North Little Rock, AR, and Cecil and Lucille Dennis of Memphis, TN.
Light and Dark in the Senseless
by Mallory
My spouse, daughter and I were having dinner with some friends and all the children were playing at our feet under the table. The two toddlers kept throwing their heads back and giggling while the adults talked. Very soon they made their way to our laps as they continued to play, pushing things against their faces and squishing them. It made as much sense as a toddler could make of it.
Karen and Mike Minnis joined Memphis Friends for the meeting for learning on 4/23. The couple have founded and operate a suite of businesses in Orange Mound that focus on nutrition, health, community building and job training. Volunteers are welcome. Many Friends expressed interest in a tour of the gardens to learn more and to identify ways to volunteer:
At the 4/23 meeting for worship, co-clerk Kelly shared a passage from Carl Sagan:
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11 am Sundays (Zoom and in-person)
Noon Monday through Saturday (Zoom only)
7 pm second Wednesday of the month (in-person)
Parking is available on Prescott.
All bathrooms are single-occupancy gender neutral.
Our email address memphisfriendsmeeting@gmail.com is checked daily.
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