10:00 a.m. ~ Meeting for Worship Live Streaming via the church Facebook page or our website at: www.wichitaquakers.org
- Message – Liberty and Justice for All (Catherine Griffith)
- Scripture – Ezekiel 16:49
- Music – Jocelyn Mallonee
- Flowers – Ken & Alison Jack
Please feel free to share Worship Time on your Facebook page for others to enjoy also!
Sunday Morning Worship
As you probably know, University Friends Meeting has been closed on Sunday mornings since March 15, with live streaming most Sundays.
We have been talking about reopening on July 12, but with the current state of the pandemic, Ministry and Counsel folks have decided not to proceed with those plans and to remain closed through the end of July. It’s not a happy choice, but it does seem wise at this point
We will continue live streaming worship for the foreseeable future and will look forward to “seeing” you live at 10:00 a.m. Sunday mornings on Facebook. A video and text are available for viewing and reading at your convenience.
Questions and suggestions are welcome as we seek clarity on the way forward. Prayers too.
Stay safe. Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Know that God loves you.
Light and life,
Catherine
Family Promise Week is June 28—July 4!
Please keep the families and Family Promise teams in your prayers!
FYI: The Family Promise vans and trailer will be parked in the UFM parking lot until July 12 due to space issues at the next church in the rotation.
Daily Bread Copies are in the Office
We have Our Daily Bread copies in the office if you would like to pick up or have us mail to you. There are regular size and mini ones available.
Please let Sandy know.
All-Church Retreat
The all-church retreat with Colin Saxton has been rescheduled. Again. (I know.) We are now aiming for the weekend of August 28-30. Timing of the retreat depends on how things are with the pandemic here in Wichita as well as on Everence’s policy about letting their employees travel.
The retreat will aim to come to greater clarity on God’s call for the future of University Friends Meeting. Colin plans to meet via Zoom with the Transition Team on June 29, and we are looking at ways to help us as a congregation to prepare for the retreat.
If you haven’t already done so, please take a moment to complete this survey: https://forms.gle/8PPUoChE78HKtKBS
Book Club Update
The Book Club will meet at 6:30 p.m., the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. Join us in the church library or on Zoom. This month, Tuesday, July 14, the discussion will be over (chapters 7-18) in For Everything A Season by Phil Gulley. If you would like to attend via Zoom, please email Catherine at orcagriffith@yahoo.com, and she will send you an email invitation.
Everence to hold Medicare webinar
Everence will host its popular workshop, Make Medicare an easy step, as a webinar on Tuesday, July 14 at 6:30 p.m. Attendees will learn about the various Medicare plans and what they cover; plans that supplement Medicare; and enrollment details and deadlines. This webinar is free. Please register by contacting Darlene Buller at 877-467-7294, 316-333-1808 or darlene.buller@everence.com.
*Attendance is recommended for those approaching retirement or those ready to sign up for Medicare.
Yearly Meeting Updates
Great Plains Yearly Meeting 2020 has been rescheduled for September 11-12th at Wichita Friends School
Guest Speaker:
Noah Merrill of Putney Friends Meeting
The 2020 EFC-MAYM Ministry Conference will be held online July 24-26. The theme for this year’s conference is “Entertaining Angels: Walking in the Way of Hospitality” (cf. Heb 13:2), featuring guest speaker Dan Kimball. The finalization of University Friend’s separation will take place during the 3:00pm Representatives’s Gathering via Zoom.
Celebrations
July Anniversaries
(40+ Years)
Eric & Margie Dyck on 7/5 for 45 years
Robert & Joyce Sweetman on 7/5 for 43 years
Kirk & Lorraine Lupton on 7/11 for 51 years
Happy July Birthdays!
July 2: Doug Donaghue, Zach Mosher; July 3: David Kingrey (Jr.), Kent Lupton, Pamela Taverner; July 4: Arthur Binford; July 5: Caleb Mills, Darline Heffelfinger; July 7: Pam Chambers, Kristen Hogg, Steve Grether, Mabel Lugalia; July 8: Kembra Howdeshell, Lorraine Lupton; July 9: Morgan Whitcomb; July 10: Colleen Lupton, Joan Smith, Patrick Keehn; July 11: Allison Bradshaw, Jo Anne Lofland, Denise Donnelly-Mills; Marie Buesch; July 12: Matt Snyder, Rodah Bengi; July 16: Sherry Johnson, Arthur Casado, Joy Martin; July 18: C. G. Chacko; July 21: Lauren Kadel; July 22: Samuel Jack, Dave Kingrey; July 23: Gillian Barrett; July 24: Kirk Mardock, A. J. Sales, Lisa Lister, Zoe Meulbroek; July 25: Ronna Druien, Karen Mosher; July 26: Michael Barrett; July 27: Roberta Babb, Ryan McDonald, Andrea Buesch; July 30: Linda Kusse-Wolfe, Bilhah Bengi; July 31: Matt Munday; Aug. 1: James Perkins, John McMillin, Marianne Carter; Aug. 3: Shelby Smith, Kalika Jaeckel; Aug. 4: Parker Jackson-Loesch, Larry Burmeister, David Newman;
Special Birthday wish to
Joy Martin who will be 91 on July 16!!
Graduation Celebrations
Please join us at a come and go Graduation Party for Keaton Donaghue
Sunday, July 26 from 3:00-5:30
Hickory Creek Clubhouse
1238 Hickory Creek Street
Wichita, KS 67235
Due to construction, take 135th street from Central or Maple to 13th street. Go East on 13th & turn right on Hickory Creek.
Open House for the High School Graduation for Jocelyn Kay Mallonee
July 18 from 1:00 – 4:00 pm
11024 W Jennie Circle, Wichita, KS 67212
Prayer Requests and Concerns
- Greg Newby is undergoing chemo-therapy.
- Dan Schuster’s test results were ‘mostly good,’ so he is continuing on his current medications and waiting for improvement.
- Gordon Smith has been hospitalized since Tuesday due to weight loss and dehydration.
- Our church during this time of transition – may we find clarity and energy for the tasks at hand and the decisions we will need to make as we find our way forward. May we find ways to use our assets wisely and well. Thanks! Catherine
Other Events
The 2020 FGC Virtual Gathering
The 2020 FGC Virtual Gathering, “Sink Down To The Seed Sown In The Heart”, will be held June 28 – July 4, 2020. Of particular interest, see Tom Rothschild’s “Listening Meetings and Organizations into Wholeness”:(https://www.fgcquaker.org/connect/gathering/workshops/listening-meetings-and-organizations-wholeness). This will be offered in the afternoon on Sunday, June 28th. For more information, check out the Gathering website:(https://www.fgcquaker.org/connect/gathering).
Registration is pay as led
FMC Friends Music Camp
A group of current and former Friends Music Camp staff created “FMC 2020 Online” for July. This will include your choice of: lessons on almost all of the instruments normally offered in-person, classes that meet twice per week, and other group activities ran by current and former dorm staff.
FMC Online will run from July 5 to August 2 and you may participate for 2, 3 or 4 weeks. You may sign up for as much or as little as you wish, and the amount you pay will be based on the lessons or classes you sign up for. The group activities will be free of charge to anyone who signs up for lessons or at least one class.
If you’d like to know more, please visit their website, friendsmusiccamp.org/fmc-online-2020, where you will find information about lessons, classes, teachers, costs and how everything will work. You can also register on the website.
“Faith is a living, daring confidence in God’s grace, so sure and certain that a man would stake his life on it a thousand times.”
— Martin Luther
