ultnomah 4312 SE Stark Portland, OR 97215 M onthly (503)232 2822 M eeting www.multnomahfriends.org M of the Religious Society of Friends Second Month 2011 Friendly Faces: Jennifer Lobsenz Article & photo by Elizabeth Fischer Jenne grew up in Sea l e with her Last summer, motivated by their interest sister Emily, four years her junior. in food production as well as their desire to Their parents met their fi r st day as experience diff erent regions of the States, freshman in college; her dad courted Jenne and her boyfriend Alex worked her mom for eight years before she on organic farms in Alabama, Texas agreed to marry him. Hailing from and New Mexico as exchange workers. a Polish background, her father is They found it a valuable experience that, an a orney, practicing civil rights among other things, allowed them to and criminal defense cases. Her break through surface diff erences and to mother, an ophthalmologist, is from fi n d commonalities. Jenne shared that she a Korean background. Jenne and appreciates thoughtfulness and refl ection Emily have a close relationship; her in others, no ma er what political views younger sib is now a senior at the they express. University of British Columbia. Jenne is currently employed as a Raised in a politically liberal pre school teacher, which draws on Elizabeth Fischer seeks household, Jenne became interested her confl ict resolution skills! She is members and attenders in Quaker Meeting in high school. particularly interested in talking with to profile in this column. At University Friends Meeting she young people about race/class/gender, Contact: portland.lizzie@ was drawn to the idea of community, and appreciates their honesty. Her yahoo.com something she fi nds largely lacking in current goal is to teach high school or liberal society. She valued the quiet, the university, and she is excited to head openness, the non hierarchal structure, back to school in September, to study Inside: and enjoyed sharing that time with her “Culture and Diff erence” at Durham father, who was raised Quaker. Having University (England). Clerk’s Corner...... pg. 2 majored in modern history and art history In addition to photography, Jenne Calendar...... 2 at the University of St Andrews (Scotland), enjoys time in her apartment with Alex, Jenne has a Masters degree in both of those playing on a co ed basketball team, and Worship Opportunities...... 2 disciplines. She loves to travel, and over reading (Wendell Berry, James Baldwin, Announcements...... 3 4, 7 school holidays was invited to the homes Susan Sontag, Tobias Wolff , Joan Didion, Business Mtg. Minutes...... 5 6 of friends in Europe. among others). During the summers, she taught English She was honored to be MMM’s young Joys & Concerns...... 6 in Vietnam and the Philippines. After adult representative at the annual Parr Memorial Minute...... 8 university, she moved to NYC, where Friends Commi ee on National NPYM...... 8 13 she was employed as an assistant to Legislation meeting in Washington, D.C the president of a photography gallery, this past November. Over the course Earthcare Witness...... 10 11 Pace/MacGill. She learned more about of the weekend, she a ended several Employment Opportunity....9 photography during that time, and Meetings for Worship for the Conduct enjoys working with black and white of Business and learned much about Call for Proposals NPYM...11 fi l m. She now volunteers at Newspace, the fi ne history and character of the NPYM Teen Summit...... 12 13 a nonprofi t arts and community center newly approved Executive Secretary, for photography located in Southeast the various degrees to which ordinary Portland. citizens can be involved (continued on page 7) Second Month 2011 Sunday Mon. Tues. Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Art Exhibition Featuring MMM Artists 1 2 3 7:30 am Early 4 5 rm. Morning Worship Feb. 3 to 27; at ArtReach Gallery, First Winter quarterly Congregational Church, 1126 SW Park 10:30 am noon 12:00 noon Qigong in Corvallis OR Ave, Portland, including work by Lois PSU Mtg. for Manookian & Simeon Hyde. Opening Worship 6:45 Worship & reception: Feb. 3, 5:00 8:00 pm; gallery Ministry Commit tee meeting hours: Mon Thurs. 9:00am – 2:00 pm. 12 6 7 8 9 10 7:30 am Early 11 10:00 MFW Mountain View 10 11:30 am Morning Worship Qigong 12:00 noon 10:30 12 Qigong 7:00pm PSU Mtg. for 6:00 pm Spirit Led Global 6:30 pm 7:00 pm Seldes fi lm Worship Work meeting Coolers Mother Teresa 7:00 pm Property fi l m Commi ee meeting 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11:30 am 12:00 noon Visit to Fanno Creek WG 7:30 am Early Qigong 3Ms Potluck 10:30 MFW at Fanno Creek Morning Worship 11:45 Children’s Prgrm Comm. 7:00 pm 11:45 Friendly Care Comm. Friendly 12:00 noon 10:30 12 Qigong 12:15 Oversight Comm. Readers PSU MFW
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 10:00 am Meeting for 7:30 am Early Worship at Mountain View 12:00 noon 10 11:30 am Morning Worship Qigong PSU Mtg. for 12 noon – Meeting for Business Worship 10:30 12 Qigong
27 28 10:30 am MFW at Fanno Creek 10 11:30 am 12 noon PSCC meeting Qigong Thank you ng House. issues as ng from wearing strong scentsa and at other the Meeti health for refraini er from asthm There are some who suff a result. We appreciate your consideration.
Every Sunday PSU Wednesday Campus Worship Group Noon to 12:30 October through June in PSU Spiritual Life; located on SW Broadway at 8:30 to 9:30 am Adult Discussion Group Worship Montgomery, in the basement level of Koinonia House, next to Loco 8:15 to 9:30 am Early Meeting for Worship Loco’s Burritos. Contact [email protected], or 503 348 2182. 9:45 to 9:55 am Gathering for Meeting for Worship 10 to 11:00 am Meeting for Worship at MMM Fanno Creek Worship Group holds Meetings for Worship the 2nd with children until 10:15 am and 4th First Days at 10:30 am at Catlin Gabel School, 8825 SW Barnes 10 to 11:00 am Meeting for Worship in west Portland Road, next to St Vincent Hospital. Take the right hand fork after turn ing into the campus. Park in the fi rst, small parking lot on the right. at Bridge City Friends Meeting Look for “Quaker Meeting” signs to Dant House. We meet in the Up (details below) per School lounge just inside the front door. Deborah Averill is the 10:15 to 11 am First Day School for children. For more contact for Fanno Creek Worship Group. Her phone is 503 524 3898 or info, contact C.P.Commi ee clerk, 503 598 6299 (work) and email address is [email protected]. Adrian Harris Crowne, 503 222 3877 Mountain View Worship Group meets at the Old Church at 700 11:00 to noon Social Hour Union in The Dalles. On 1st and 3rd First Days at 10:00 am. Contact (Celebrate birthdays on 1st Sunday) Shannon Perry 541 386 6136 (Hood River) or Lark Lennox 541 296 3949 (The Dalles) for directions. Everyone welcome.
Bridge City Friends Meeting meets for Worship each First Lower Columbia Worship Group now meets every Sunday Day at 10:00 am at the Portland French School, 6318 SW Cor at 3:00 p.m. for worship at the Peninsula Church Center, 5000 “N” be Ave. First Day School commences at 10:15 am. Business Place, Seaview, WA. Contact Amy Greenhut 360 642 0709 or Eugene meeting is the 2nd Sunday of the Month; adult fi rst day on the Norcross Renner 360 665 1263 or email
Lower Columbia Worship Group Needs Us to be Spirit-led Work Support Group - Thurs. Feb. 10, 6:30pm Present Please hold members of the Lower Columbia at MMM. We are going to start planning the Spirit Led Worship Group in the Light, as one has a daughter Work Support Group. Anyone interested should come, recovering from surgery, another has a mother in or e mail Rocky, [email protected]. hospice care, and a third has a serious health condition. Additional visits from Friends to the Worship Group are Winter Quarterly Meeting, Sat. Feb. 5, 9am – 3:10pm requested; please contact Lyn Gordon, woodyg55@msn. at Corvallis Meetinghouse: 3311 NW Polk Avenue, com, 360 771 9679 if you would like to lend a physical Corvallis. Business will be in the morning. From about presence as well to this thriving, but burdened, group of 1:10 to 3:10 there will be a presentation by Shelley coastal Quakers. Moon entitled “A wakening the Heart and Returning to Love Peacemaking Made Real.” Drawing from her own Refl ecting On The Plight Of Homelessness on the experience and the experience of others, including fi r st First Day (aka Birthday Sunday) at 12 noon in room Friends, her presentation will include helping us 12 ~ Sun. Feb. 6 we will be refl ecting on the plight of examine how we are doing as peacemakers on diff erent homelessness, and how we, as a faith community, are levels, and inspire us to do more. Friends can check being called to respond. This program was suggested by out her website at creativevoiceinyou.com. Everyone is our Meeting Clerk, Rick Seifert; please join us! Questions? welcome. There is no registration required unless you See Elizabeth Fischer, or write housingadvocatepdx@ need childcare (contact Wendy: robburton@comcast. gmail.com. Please note: Program Commi ee will be net) or overnight hospitality (contact Esther at 541 753 sponsoring additional programs to be held at other 6889 or [email protected]) by Jan.30. times, not just fi rst First Days. (announcements continued on page 4) 3 Announcements (continued from page 3) NPYM Annual Session 2011 will be held at Pacifi c from the Meeting House at 8:15 am. Sign up to join us on Lutheran University in Tacoma WA, July 13 17. This the bulletin board in the Social Hall. Contact Lyn Gordon seems a long way away, but planning begins now. Friends with any questions: [email protected]; (360)71 9679. who wish to off er an INTEREST GROUP at Annual Session should follow the instructions on page 11 of this The Friendly Readers, MMM’s book club, newsle er: “INTEREST GROUPS”. Note the due date of meets the third Tuesday of every month March 10 to allow for consultation and inclusion with from 7:00 – 9:00 pm at the Meetinghouse. advance Annual Session materials. Questions should On 2/15 we will discuss Half the Sky: Turning be addressed to John E er whose contact information is Oppression into Opportunity for Women included in the Interest Group instructions. Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn. Copies of the book are available Art Exhibition Featuring MMM Artists - Feb. 3 27; at at the Multnomah County Library. March 15th we ArtReach Gallery, First Congregational Church, 1126 will discuss The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes SW Park Ave, Portland. Lois Manookian and Simeon Societies Stronger by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Picke . Hyde will have paintings on exhibit for the month of There is a waiting list for the book at Multnomah County February. Opening reception: February 3, 5:00 8:00 pm; Library, so reserve it ASAP if you want to get it there. If gallery hours: Mon Thurs. 9:00am – 2:00 pm. you are unable to fi nish the books, you are still welcome to come. For more information contact Karen Pe ing at “Tell The Truth and Run” Sun. 503 284 2068 or [email protected]. Feb. 6; 7:00 9:00pm at the Meeting House “Tell the Truth and Run,” Roots of Contemplation, Roots of Action: A Quaker a documentary about journalist Study Retreat - Fri. March 4th 5p.m. — Sun. March George Seldes, whose life spanned 6th 4p.m. at the Shalom Prayer Center, Mt. Angel, most of the 20th century. He began OR. Take a deep breath and imagine quiet time apart his career as a newspaper reporter, was an embedded from full or fractured days. Leave routines and bustle journalist during World War I, and later, disillusioned behind to root in one place, for one purpose, for an with the infl uence of advertisers and political powers entire weekend. Nourish your deep connection to God over newspaper content, became an author, and a in the peaceful, supportive se ing of Shalom Prayer publisher of the newsle er In Fact, a forerunner of I.F. Center, in Mt. Angel OR, 35 miles south of Portland. We Stone’s Weekly. Seldes and his wife joined the Abraham will take an experiential approach to spiritual growth Lincoln Brigade during the Spanish Civil War, and through assigned readings and prayerful refl ection in were blacklisted during the McCarthy era. Seldes was community. The program is inspired by and off ered an independent thinker and a strong voice for social in dialogue with the School of the Spirit Ministry. We justice throughout his life. His story is inspiring and welcome Evangelical and Unprogrammed Quakers fascinating. from the Northwest: members, a enders and others who feel aligned with this work. Fees for the weekend: Second Saturday “Popcorn & Peace Making” Movie $345, if paid in full by 2/15; $370 for partial payments or Night - Sat. Feb. 12, 6:30pm at MMM. “Mother Teresa” is registration after 2/15; includes two nights’ lodging in a a documentary fi lm by Ann & Jeane e private room, all meals, meeting space, and associated Petrie from 1986 that follows Mother administrative/staff costs. We do not off er day only Teresa over a 5 year period in the early participation. For complete details: h p://rootsretreat. 1980s as she works in ten countries braidedwaters.com/ over four continents. A major message of the fi lm is that small acts done with Being Salt and Light: Friends living the Kingdom of great love reveal the power of God in God in a broken world - at Reedwood Friends Church, our midst. Come join us! Presented by Portland OR. Sat. March 5 Speakers: Maudiel and Program Commi ee. Aminda Arévalo, El Salvador. Presented by Friends World Commi ee for Consultation, Section of the Visiting Our Worship Groups - Worship & Ministry Americas, Nancy McLauchlan 503 970 2512. Saturday, Commi ee continues to encourage visits to the worship March 5, Friends World Commi ee for Consultation groups under our care. On Sun. Feb. 13 we will visit (FWCC), Section of the Americas, presents Being Salt Fanno Creek Worship Group in Beaverton, carpool and Light: Friends Living the Kingdom of God in a from MMM at 9:45 am. On Sun. March 6 we will visit Broken World at Reedwood Friends Church, 2901 Mountain View Worship Group in The Dalles, carpool Southeast Steele Street Portland. This FWCC program 4 (continued on page 7) Business Meeting DRAFT Minutes Meeting for Worship with A ention to Business began the family is doing well and that food and visits are not at 12:05 PM on 16 First Month 2011 with silent worship. needed at this time. Those in a endance then introduced themselves. A total Memorial minute for Mary Alice Parr: Oversight of 23 people participated in the meeting. Commi ee presented a memorial minute for Mary 1-11-01. Prior month’s minutes: Minutes from the Alice Parr, which the meeting approved. The text of the Twelfth Month (December) 2010 Meeting for Worship memorial is published separately in the February 2011 with A ention to Business were approved without newsle er and will be appended to the fi nal version of changes from the draft published in the newsle er. the January 2011 minutes (see page 8). 1-11-02. Clerk’s Business Quaker Quest: Rick Seifert noted that preparation for the 1-11-04. Global Coolers report January 29 Quaker Quest meeting are going forward, Jim Metcalfe reported on the work of the Global Coolers. and that childcare will be available. His report is s published separately in the February 2011 State of Society Report. The Oversight and Worship newsle er and will be appended to the fi nal version of and Ministry Commi ees have begun the process of the January 2011 minutes (see page 6). developing this annual report. Friends with ideas and 1-11-05. Finance Commi ee (John Wish reporting) suggestions should contact Rick Seifert. The Meeting’s property in Riverside County, California Business Meeting Timing: Business Meeting for second has been sold. The Meeting has realized approximately month will begin at 12:15 PM rather than noon, to $9000 in cash. As specifi ed by the Meeting, that money accommodate potluck and to reduce pressure on Social will be used to pay down the loan associated with our Commi ee. building remodel. In addition, the Meeting holds a 5 Correspondence: Friends Peace Teams has wri en to year, $15,000 note at 5 percent interest, with quarterly thank the Meeting for a fi nancial contribution. payments of $225. The $15,000 principal is due fi v e years from the date of closing. Peter St. James: Unity Friends Meeting in Frankford, PA, has wri en to inform us of the death of Peter St. James The Finance commi ee seeks input on the following on November 27, 2010. Peter was an active participant in proposals for changes in procedure, which a empt to our Meeting in the 1990s and made many improvements make our accounting systematic and transparent and to our physical facilities. comply with state and federal regulations concerning tax deductible contributions. Birth: We note with joy the birth of Zora Jane Whipple Zizka on Sunday, January 9, 2011 to parents Heidi and a) A new line is to be added to the income portion of Dirk. the budget “Money for projects: not donations” to record income to the Meeting that is not eligible for Nominations: Meeting approved the nomination of tax deductions by the person giving or transferring the Jeff Lumb to the Children’s Program Commi ee. Molly money. Cooley is nominated to serve on Quarterly Meeting Planning Commi ee; the nomination will season for a b) Treasurers will receive money and track expenses month. on those projects approved by business meeting and/or initiated by commi ees. Memberships: Meeting approved membership for Euclid Bautista and appointed Jim and Audrey Metcalfe c) Treasurers will neither receive money nor track and Leslie Hickox as a welcoming commi ee. Meeting expenses for special projects that do not have Meeting approved membership for Jesse Laird and appointed sponsorship. Peter Ford, Ann Hyde, Audrey Metcalfe, and Carl Abbo 1-11-06. Worship and Ministry Commi ee (Simeon as a welcoming commi ee. Hyde reporting) 1-11-03. Oversight Committee (Eddy Crouch The Commi ee has been working with Children’s reporting): Program Commi ee to take steps to welcome and Dorothy Rose Wick, daughter of Tera and Nathan encourage the participation of families and children in Wick, was born on Wednesday, December 29, 2010. She Meeting activities and Meeting for Worship. These steps weighed 9 lbs. and 2 oz. and was 22” long. Her nickname include posting a vision statement about children and is “Dory”. Her sister Sunny Jane and Nathan’s mother, the Meeting in the second fl oor lobby and developing a Kate, are proud of the new addition to their home. welcoming card aimed at families with children. These Friendly Care Contact Maye Thompson reports that initiatives were welcomed and warmly received. (continued on page 6) 5 (continued from page 5)
1-11-07. Treasurer’s Report (Peter Ford reporting) Assets as of December 31, 2010 totaled $1,873,262, of which Because income in December ($11,526) substantially $1,673,000 represents the value of our land and building exceeded expenses ($5,643), the Meeting ended the year and remainder of $200,062 consists of investments, a surplus of $5,648 for its 2010 operating budget. Finance checking account balance, and other current assets. Commi ee is holding off on recommending what to do After Joys and Concerns, the meeting concluded at 1:40 with this budget surplus. p.m. As the Meeting changes accounting software and makes some adjustments in fi nancial reporting to more closely Respectfully submi ed, match standard accounting practices, there will be some Carl Abbo , Acting Recording Clerk shifts in how assets and liabilities are categorized. Rick Seifert, Clerk Betsey Kenworthy, Assistant Clerk Joys and Concerns Peter Ford: Joy at having a baby at meeting today and Elizabeth Fisher: Concern about the number of people at the number of infants and small children in our in our society with untreated mental illness, and joy that community. we were able to donate 24 blankets to JOIN for people Audrey Metcalfe: Joy at the work of the Worship and living without regular shelter. Ministry and Children’s Program Commi ees. Leslie Hickox: Concern for the homeless and for our Jami Hart: Concern that participants in today’s Business calling to reach out to those in need. Meeting are mostly commi ee clerks and/or people of Simeon Hyde: Joy that the Meeting ran a fi nancial substantial years, which reminds us of the need to nurture surplus in 2010 and concern that we use it to meet needs participation of younger members of our community. in the larger community. Eddy Crouch: Concern that Friend Kathleen Jenne , fi n d Lew School: Joy that days are beginning to grow longer. the most appropriate living situation. Joy for everyone Betsey Kenworthy: Joy at Jim Metcalfe’s deeply moving who works to support our members and a enders. Joy thoughts about who is a neighbor and concern about at her opportunity for service on Oversight and for a how we care for our planet. smooth transition to new leadership.
Jim Metcalfe gave this report on MMM’s Global Cooler’s work at the January 16 Meeting for Worship of Business:
The Global Coolers of the Peace and Social Concerns Commi ee began about 15 years ago when Multnomah Meeting began to collaborate in the Campaign Against Global Warming, which was being formed by Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon. Based on a deep and well founded concern for the destruction that Climate Change is causing to our mother Earth, we are trying to persuade as many people as we can to reduce the amount of energy they use. We have based our persuasion on education, identifying in workshops, seminars, DVD screenings and bulletin announcements the most common causes of energy overuse and ways to reduce the most important of these. We are presently conducting the second annual estimate of the carbon footprint, that is the petroleum based energy use of our congregation in order to compare it with the same data from last year and from other communities. For rhe past six years we have organized an ongoing monthly meeting of people with a deeper interest in understanding the causes and eff ects of climate change on our planet and its lifeforms. For about three years this group has used a successon of study guides produced by the Northwest Earth Institute, which has its headquarters here in Portland but is respected nationally as a leading educational group in ecological subjects. We are at present using the study guide called “Menu for the Future” which deals with the extravagance and dangers of the American diet. This past week I learned, for example, that for each unit of food energy eaten in the United States ten units of petroleum energy are used in producing, processing and transporting that food to our table.
6 (continued from page 4) provides time for worship in the manner of Friends, Announcement of Birth – Dorothy Rose Wick, daughter small group sessions and time for fellowship, within of Tera and Nathan Wick was born on Wednesday, the framework of FWCC’s mission to bring Friends of December 29, 2010. She weighed 9 lbs. and 2 oz. and varying traditions and cultural experiences together in was 22” long. Her nickname is “Dory”. Her sister Sunny worship, communications and consultation, to express Jane and Nathan’s mother Kate are proud of the new our common heritage and our Quaker message to the addition to their home. world. Maudiel and Aminda Arévalo who have each served as clerk of their El Salvador Yearly Meeting will be Physicians For Social Responsibility Writing Contest the featured speakers. Aminda spoke very movingly at - Any 11th or 12th grade student in Oregon may enter the Historic Peace Church conference in Latin America, y submi ing an original piece of fi ction, poem, or held this past winter in the Dominican Republic with essay (maximum 600 Friends, Mennonites and representatives from Church words) refl ecting on of the Brethren. Contact NPYM FWCC representative the following question: [email protected] for more information. What do we need to change to create a Travel Opportunity - Journey world without nuclear to the Heart: Compassionate weapons? Entry forms Listening in Israel and the West and all peace writing Bank. Delegation: March 23 to contest details can be found at www.oregonpsr.org or April 3, 2011; Optional Tour call 503 274 2720. Submissions may be sent by email or of Northern Israel: April 3 5, US mail and are due by Tues. Feb. 15th, 2011. A panel 2011; Lead by Yael Petre i of judges consisting of noted writers and distinguished (CL facilitator) and Cathy community members will select the three winning Keene Merchant (Managing entries. The fi rst prize winner will receive an award Director) Cost: $2,900. of $1000, the second $750 and the third $500. Oregon Journey with an PSR will host an awards dinner on April 15th at the intimate group of Oregon Zoo in Portland at which the three winners will participants for an be honored and the winning entry will be read. This unforge able awards ceremony will be part of our 30th anniversary immersion celebration, featuring keynote speaker Jody Williams, into the heart of Nobel Peace Prize winner for her work with the peacemaking. International Campaign to Ban Landmines. Please help Begin in East us in announcing this opportunity to all 11th and 12th Jerusalem, just grade students and their teachers. outside the ancient, Old City of Travel Jerusalem, with Opportunity Friendly Faces Compassionate Listening training, Journey to Jennifer Lobsenz the Heart: and then practice each continued from front page day in the fi eld with Compassionate Israelis and Palestinians Listening in in lobbying eff orts and the priorities from all walks of life, as Israel and the which the commi ee had decided to well as with one another. West Bank focus on this year. She enjoyed the Listening sessions take calm thoughtfulness provided by each place in homes, offi ces, 3/23 to 4/3, 2011 morning’s worship sharing and tried villages, refugee camps, her best to keep her mouth closed and and se lements. Participants enjoy touring well her ears open, so as to learn as much as known and off the beaten track ancient sites. Please possible, both about FCNL’s intentions and future contact Compassionate Listening by Feb 14th! For legislative goals, as well as the sentiment behind more information about this delegation, please visit: FCNL’s commitment to standing for social justice, h p://www.compassionatelistening.org/delegations/ israel palestine peace and human togetherness.
7 (continued from page 7) Memorial Minute Mary Alice Parr
Longtime Friend, Mary Alice Parr, passed away on November 4, 2010, at age 91. Mary Alice was born June 10, 1919 in Pensacola, Florida to Keith and Mary (Oerting) Parr. She earned her Masters of Library Science from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and completed undergraduate work at the University of Indiana. She worked as the head children’s librarian and later a reference librarian at the Allentown Library in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Mary Alice lived in many diff erent cities and states but eventually se led in Oregon in 1983 to be closer to her grandchildren. Mary Alice transferred her membership from Lehigh Valley Meeting in Pennsylvania to Multnomah Meeting in 1983. She served meeting in many capacities including Assistant Clerk and as a founding member of our seniors’ group, Three MMMs. Later, when she lived in Ohio, she became a member of the Athens Friends Meeting until transferring back to Multnomah in 2003 when she returned to Portland. She was an adventurous woman, traveling to Denmark, Ireland and El Salvador and moving to Ohio temporarily in her eighties to help raise a new grandchild. She was an avid reader, partial to history, mysteries and Jane Austen. Mary Alice was a skillful seamstress and kni er. Her dress making helped pay her college tuition and when her grandchildren were young, she sewed most of their clothes. She was a nature lover. She loved Mt. Hood and was very environmentally conscious. Mary Alice embarked on formal study of horticulture in her sixties, created gardens across the nation and often contributed to others gardens as well. She regularly donated to many charities and social causes. Most of all, she loved her grandchildren. Mary Alice is survived by her sons, Michael Hare of Corvallis, OR; James Hare of Prairie Farm, WI; daughters, Gail Hare of Gresham, OR; Martha Kirby of Gresham, OR; sister, Gail Stern of Natchitoches, LA; brothers, Keith Parr of Bloomington, IN; William Parr of Peoria, IL; and 5 grandchildren, Elin, Mary, Wendy, Amber and Owen. She has one great grandchild on the way, due in April. While a formal memorial service was not requested, Multnomah Meeting Friends joined with family members for an informal Memory Circle on Sunday afternoon, November 14th, 2010. We are saddened by her death, but grateful for her presence among us.
North Pacifi c Yearly Meeting and Quaker Earthcare Witness Queries for Meetings North Pacifi c Yearly Meeting is considering affi liation with Quaker Earthcare Witness (QEW) and has appointed a commi ee consisting of Dan Clark (Walla Walla), Doris Ferm (Bellingham), Neal Hadley (Umpqua Valley), and Audrey Metcalf (Multnomah). We are asked (1) to investigate the implications of affi liation and (2) to solicit opinions and comments from the NPYM community. We have prepared the a ached fact sheet (pages 10 11) which we are sending to all meetings and worship groups, as well as posting on the NPYM website. We are also posing the following queries to guide consideration: 1) How might affi liation with QEW deepen or otherwise aff ect the spiritual life of NPYM and its members? 2) How might affi liation with QEW animate or otherwise aff ect the activities and programs of NPYM? 3) Does NPYM have the fi nancial and human resources to participate in the governance and other work of QEW? What would be an adequate level of participation? We request that meetings and worship groups consider and season these queries in the manner that seems most appropriate, such as adult discussion, threshing session, or business meeting. We are not necessarily asking for a yes/no recommendation on affi liation, but rather for thoughtful comments and responses. If you would like to talk with a member of the commi ee or wish additional information, please contact Dan Clark by email at [email protected] or by phone at 509 522 0399. Please send feedback from meetings, worship groups, and individuals to Dan Clark by March 2011 to allow the commi ee to prepare a report for 2011 Annual Session. 8 HELP WANTED
Call for NPYM Secretary Alice Robb, systems, e.g. the Directory, NPYM calendar, Annual whose steadfast, capable service has Session Minutes; arranging for printing of NPYM benefi e d North Pacifi c Yearly Meeting publications; and providing secretarial support for fi ve years, will be leaving the position for key Yearly Meeting Clerks. The Secretary of NPYM Secretary at the end of July, 2011. participates in Coordinating Commi ee The NPYM Personnel Commi ee hopes to meetings in the Sea le and Portland areas. hire a replacement in the late spring to train The Secretary is an ex offi cio member of the with Alice over the Annual Session busy NPYM Information Technology commi ee. In season. The position is approximately 1/4 addition to secretarial skills, we will be looking for time with a starting salary of $13.50 to familiarity with Friends’ practices and especially with $14.50/hour, and reimbursement of related expenses. North Pacifi c Yearly Meeting. If you are interested in The complete job description can be seen on the NPYM applying for this position, please send a le er of interest website, NPYM.org. Major duties are maintaining a by February 28, 2011, to Melody Ashworth (Clerk of the routine business offi ce; redirecting and distributing NPYM Personnel Commi ee), ashworth_mel@yahoo. communitcations sent to NPYM and within NPYM as com or 3080 Lone Pine Rd, Medford, OR 97504. Locally appropriate; maintaining records and information questions should be addrressed to Annis Bleeke, 503 224 9121, [email protected].
NORTH PACIFIC YEARLY MEETING www.npym.org NORTH PACIFIC YEARLY MEETING www.npym.org NORTH Y
DISCUSSION OF NPYM AFFILIATION WITH QEW
SUNDAY, March 6, NOON - bring a simple lunch PAC
North Pacifi c Yearly Meeting(NPYM) is in the midst of a period of discernment about whether IFIC YEARL ACIFIC YEARL or not the Yearly Meeting should affi liate with Quaker Earthcare Witness (QEW). Decisions about affi liation with other organizations are organized in a manner outlined in a document titled “Policy and procedure for affi liation with other organizations”. The full document is Y MEETING
NORTH P available on the NPYM website in the section titled “Policies & By Laws”. One part of the
discernment process is for the ad hoc commi ee on affi liation to gather input from the monthly meetings and worship groups of NPYM as well as from individual Friends. The fi nal decision about affi liation will be made during Annual Session by Friends present then. In this case it is not clear whether or not that will be in 2011.
This is the second request for affi liation to be considered throughout NPYM this year. Many www.npym. will have a ended the session about affi liation with Friends General Conference (FGC) on
www.npym.org February 23. QEW is an organization independent of others, supported by a number of Yearly
Meetings in North America. On March 6, over a brown bag lunch at noon, Multnomah Meeting will consider the pros org and cons of affi liation with QEW in a discussion led by Annis Bleeke. Audrey Metacalfe, a
member of the ad hoc affi liation commi ee, will meet with us. To assist in the discussion the NORTH Y MEETING ad hoc commi ee has prepared two documents which are included with this Newsle er. One is a fact sheet titled:”North Pacifi c Yearly Meeting and Quaker Earthcare Witness”. The other includes a set of three queries that we are asked to consider in our discussion. These are also
posted on the Meeting website at www.multnomahfriends.org PAC
Set aside the date, read the material, come to learn and discern. IFIC YEARL
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What is Quaker Earthcare Witness? The QEW Vision and Witness statement declares:
We are called to live in right relationship with all Creation, recognizing that the entire world is interconnected and is a manifestation of God.
We work to integrate into the beliefs and practices of the Religious Society of Friends the Truth that God’s Creation is to be respected, protected, and held in reverence in its own right, and the Truth that human aspirations for peace and justice depend upon restoring the earth’s ecological integrity.
We promote these Truths by being pa erns and examples, by communicating our message, and by providing spiritual and material support to those engaged in the compelling task of transforming our relationship to the earth. QEW is an organization whose steering commi ee is composed of a majority of members appointed by yearly meetings, together with some Friends nominated as members at large.
What is the history of Quaker Earthcare Witness? QEW began as Friends Commi ee on Unity with Nature in 1987, arising out of a workshop at the Friends General Conference Gathering that year. There are currently 19 yearly meetings affi liated with QEW. Among the affi liated meetings are our neighbors to the south, Pacifi c Yearly Meeting and Inter Mountain Yearly Meeting. Membership among Friends is available across the religious spectrum within North and Central America and the Caribbean.
What are QEW services and activities? QEW is the primary Quaker organization working on ecological sustainability issues. QEW’s work consists primarily of 1) material and spiritual support for individual Friends and Friends groups who are working on ecological sustainability issues from a spiritual perspective and 2) publications, programs, projects, and other activities that are aimed at making human activities not only ecologically sustainable but in harmony with the larger purposes of God’s creation. QEW carries on its work through standing commi ees, projects, and working groups. These include: BeFriending Creation newsle er Quaker EcoBulletin QEW books, pamphlets & fl iers Annual Gathering ( in diff erent locations) Friends Testimony on Economics Project Men 4 Men Grants Finca La Bella Project in Costa Rica Working/Support Groups Leadings & Concerns Discussions Coordination with FCNL &QUNO Micro Grants to monthly meetings for specifi c projects
What are NPYM’s current affi liations? NPYM sends representatives to the governing boards and/or annual meetings of the following: • American Friends Service Commi ee (4 representatives) • Western Friend (3 representatives) • Friends Commi ee on National Legislation (6 representatives) • Friends Peace Teams (2 representatives) • Friends World Commi ee for Consultation (4 representatives)
10 (continued on page 11) (continued from page 10) What would NPYM members gain by affi liation? CALL FOR ANNUAL SESSION INTEREST GROUP PROPOSALS Affi liation with QEW would raise the profi le of ecological and sustainability issues, and assist NPYM and its meetings Interest group planning for the 2011 annual and worship groups in implementing the 2008 NPYM session of North Pacifi c Yearly Meeting at Pacifi c Minute on Climate Change and taking other actions to Lutheran University near Tacoma, Washington mitigate and adapt to changing conditions globally and has begun. Interest Group (IG) coordinators regionally that challenge the future of our communities invite proposals from which a selection will be and society. posted at the annual session according to spaces, Affi liation would also strengthen the work of QEW room sizes and time slots available. Where throughout North America, Central America & the proposed topics are similar, IG coordinators may Caribbean among Friends and others. invite proposers to combine their off erings into a NPYM Friends can currently access QEW materials and single proposal. Interest groups will be off ered programs without contributing to its functioning, however on Thursday/July 14 and Saturday/July 16. affi liation would help shape and continue the availability Submissions should include the following: and vitality of those resources and provide opportunities 1. Leader(s) for greater involvement by NPYM members. 2. Title of interest group (or work shop) 3. A endee limit, if any. (Note: room size may What would be the responsibilities of affi liation? determine a endee limit.) NPYM would be expected to appoint one or two 4. Description of subject to be covered for representatives (or one representative and an alternate) to inclusion in AS registration materials. Due to the QEW steering commi ee, which will meet twice a year space limitation in registration materials, please in 2011, and may be reduced to one face to face meeting limit the description (following title, days off ered a year in 2012 with opportunities for virtual or distance and presenter) to 30 words, including any participation. The Spring meeting is currently held in recommended reading or materials a endees Chicago and the Fall meeting is held at a variety of sites should bring. (the Fall 2009 meeting was held in Bellingham, WA). 5. Number of sessions. Options include: A. One time off ering only–Thurs. or Sat. What would affi liation cost? B. Repeat off ering of a Thurs. group on Sat. QEW does not require a fi nancial contribution from yearly C. 2 day sequential group–Thurs. and Sat. meetings, though contributions to support the work are 6. List any audio visual equipment and/or any welcome and encouraged. special room features that you wish the annual Travel costs for an NPYM representative could be covered session to provide. by NPYM or the representative. In addition, QEW has a So that information can be included in registration travel budget to assist steering commi ee members, if materials, please submit proposals by March 10, needed. Alternatively, QEW steering commi ee a endance 2011. Proposals received after that date will be by the NPYM representative could be arranged by Skype considered, space permi ing, but may not be in or other virtual means. time for inclusion in registration information. Signing up for an interest group with Annual Session registration should assure a place in the Ad Hoc Commi ee on QEW Affi liation: Dan Clark (clerk, fi r st or second choice group. Those signing up Walla Walla), Doris Ferm (Bellingham), Neal Hadley upon arrival at Annual Session may fi nd limited (Umpqua Valley), Audrey Metcalf (Multnomah). options and space.
The QEW website contains comprehensive information and Proposals (and questions or comments) materials at www.quakerearthcare.org, and we encourage should be sent to: Friends to become familiar with it. 12 30 10 John E er johne [email protected] 85444 Teague Loop, Eugene OR 97405 9536 Phone: 541 343 3332
11 NPYM Teen Programming Summit “Preparing the Next Generation of Quakers” Sunday, April 3, 2011 at Eastside Monthly Meeting’s newly remodeled Meetinghouse in Bellevue WA • 10 am to worship with Eastside Meeting • 11:30 am for simple lunch • (lunch provided by the NPYM Youth Commi ee) • 12:30 to 4:30 pm for the Teen Summit The summit is for you if you: • Have ever wished you could support connections between Quaker youth and the greater Quaker community but don’t have a clue where to start • Are considering ge ing a child or young person involved in NPYM Children’s program but really don’t know what it is about: Find out where it’s headed… • Would consider working with teens at Annual Session, Camp, or your Monthly Meeting, but it seems way too scary The presenters: Chris Cradler, Kathy Hyzy, Betsey Kenworthy, Katie Uhte Strohbehn, and Joe Snyder have extensive experience working with and leading Quaker teen programs in NPYM. They will talk about: • Programming: What happens at Annual Session, Camp, and Monthly Meeting? • Fellowship: Keeping child and youth programs vibrant • Nurturing Quaker process in our youth • The role of adult advisors in a self directed youth program
The Teen Summit is free, but in order to prepare adequately, we need to know that you plan to a end. Please send the a ached registration form by March 15 to Lynn Travis at lynn.marie. [email protected].
For more information, contact NPYM Youth Commi ee members Lynn Travis, Bridge City Monthly Meeting ([email protected], (503) 703 6686 in Portland) or Mark Sharp, South Sound Monthly Meeting ([email protected], (206) 328 9104, Sea le). This event is brought to you by the NPYM Youth Commi ee. If you are coming from out of town and need hospitality and/or help with travel costs, please indicate on a ached registration form (page 13). 12 NPYM Teen Programming Summit April 3, 2011 in Belleview, WA REGISTRATION FORM
NPYM Teen Programming Summit - “Preparing the Next Generation of Quakers” Sun. April 3, 2011 ~ at Eastside Monthly Meeting’s newly remodeled Meetinghouse in Bellevue WA 10 am to worship with Eastside Meeting 11:30 am for simple lunch (lunch provided by the NPYM Youth Commi ee) 12:30 4:30 pm for the Teen Summit
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1. What are you interested in learning at the summit?
2. Are you interested in carpooling with someone from your area?
3. Can you give someone a ride? How many?
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