Sunday ~ January 10, 2021
10:00 a.m. ~ Meeting for worship
We will live stream via the church Facebook page or our website at www.wichitaquakers.org.
Order of Worship
Prelude: Rosemary Nettrouer
Announcements
Music: “Sweet, Sweet Spirit” Hymn #89
Prayer Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
Message: “Pleasing to God”
Scripture: Mark 1:1-11
Open Worship
Benediction
Postlude: Rosemary Nettrouer
“Sweet, Sweet Spirit” Hymn #89
There’s a sweet, sweet spirit in this place
And I know that it’s the spirit of the Lord
There are sweet expressions on each face
And I know that it’s the presence of the Lord
Sweet, Holy Spirit
Sweet heavenly dove
Stay right here with us
Filling us with your love
And for these blessings
We lift our hearts in praise
Without a doubt we’ll know
That we have been revived
When we shall leave this place
Technology by Michael Barrett & Joe Dawley, music coordination by Dawn Blue, and
pastoral leadership by Catherine Griffith.
1:00 p.m. ~ Threshing Meeting via Zoom
On Sunday, January 10, at 1:00 p.m., we will have a Threshing Meeting to discuss the possibility of Friends University assuming responsibility for and use of University Friends’ building. The meeting will be on Zoom.
As part of the Quaker tradition, threshing meetings are opportunities to talk over an important matter without the pressure to make a decision. They are times to consider pros and cons as well as to raise questions and concerns. (We had one in March, when we were thinking about how to respond to Mid-America Yearly Meeting.)
Remember that relevant materials, including the university’s proposal, are available on the church website (http://wichitaquakers.org/friends-university-the-future-of-the-ufc-building/). We have recently added a letter to the congregation from the Transition Team, published in the May issue of The Light, attached to this email.
This discussion is important. Please make every effort to attend. And … keep praying.
Here’s the Zoom link:
Topic: Threshing Meeting
Time: Jan 10, 2021 01:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 922 6520 2768
Passcode: 208418
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Church activities this week
Saturday, January 9, 3:00 pm, Outreach Committee
Sunday, January 10, 1:00 pm, Threshing Meeting
Monday, January 11, 9:30 am, Transition Team
Monday, January 11, 12:00 pm, Prayer with Sue
Tuesday, January 12, 6:30 pm, Book Club
Wednesday, January 13, 6:30 pm, Bell Choir
Thursday, January 14, 8:30 am, Prayer with Kim
Thursday, January 14, 3:30 pm, Clerks Committee
Sunday, January 18, TBD, Monthly Meeting for Business
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The Book Club meets at 6:30 p.m., the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. If you would like to join via Zoom, please email Catherine at orcagriffith@yahoo.com, and she will send you an invitation. Everyone is welcome! On Tuesday, January 12, the Book Club plans to discuss Anne Lamott’s Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith, pages 169 through 206.
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Prayer and Study
You are invited to join this small conversation group using a book or resource related to prayer. The group will then devote 20-30 minutes at closing, praying either vocally or silently, for the many needs close to us or in the larger communities and world in which we live. The group will be marked by listening, conversation and holding the space reflectively in God’s presence.
Our first book resource will be A Sunlit Absence: Silence, Awareness, and Contemplation by Martin Laird. I read Laird’s first book Into the Silent Land and through its reading developed a real appreciation for his lack of cliches about prayer, his insistence that we are not separate from God and an approach to prayer that invites us to a deeper experience of listening to the one who proceeds our awareness and attention.
Please contact us with any questions or let us know if you have an interest in participating. The book may be purchased through Amazon or at your favorite book outlet.
Facilitators: Carol and Randy Mullikin
When: 1st and 3rd Wednesdays, 6:30 pm, beginning February 17 through May 19, 2021
Includes the following dates: February 17, March 3 and 17, April 7 and 21, May 5 and 19.
Where: via ZOOM (the recurring Zoom invitation should work for all gatherings; see below)
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85783778187?pwd=SGpCR2FTcnRvZU8rT2FzRVRVWEJjdz09
With clarity and grace Laird shows how we can move away from identifying with our turbulent, every-changing thoughts and emotions to the cultivation of a “sunlit absence” – the luminous awareness in which God’s presence can most profoundly be felt. – A Sunlit Absence
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Unprogrammed Gatherings for Worship on Wednesdays
Facilitators: Carol and Randy Mullikin
When: 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 6:30 pm, beginning January 27 – May 26, 2021.
Includes the following dates: January 27, February 10, 24, March 10, 24, April 7, 21 and May 12 and 26.
6:30 pm Sign on to our Zoom Unprogrammed Gathering in Quiet
6:40 pm Welcome and Opening
7:20 pm Closing and Fellowship
Where: Via ZOOM – please see the Zoom invitation below which should work for each date. Please feel free to share this invitation with others!
Time: This is a recurring meeting
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82885737211?pwd=UE8zVEJjbzVuSHJTYi96VW10eVdEdz09
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Let’s Pray Together, Remotely
Friends,
Ministry & Counsel would like to welcome you to participate in regularly scheduled, remote prayer meetings set to begin this week. May these times invigorate our faith and prayer life, and help us to connect with one another, the Meeting, and our mission.
Volunteer hosts have appointed twenty to thirty minutes of their week toward prayer and meditation on the Meeting, its present concerns, and its future. You are invited to join in prayer at the appointed time from wherever you find yourself at that moment. If you would prefer a more connected sense during these appointed times of prayerful consideration, hosts will also provide Zoom links so that our communion might be more apparent, though still remote.
You can find the scheduled prayer times in The Light This Week, on wichitaquakers.org and as events within the UFM Private Facebook group, and Zoom meeting links will be available there too.
At present, opportunities are Mondays at noon with Sue Wine and Thursdays at 8:30 a.m. with Kim Edgington-Keehn.
If you are interested in hosting an appointed time of prayer, please contact Michael at TheMBarrett@gmail.com.
This week, Art Binford, Carol Mullikin, Randy Mullikin, and Catherine Griffith joined Kim for prayer at 8:30 Thursday morning. These have been powerful times of joining together in prayer for our country, our church, and a variety of concerns.
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Listening Groups: Preparing for an All-Church Retreat
The third Listening Groups Summary went out over email on December 9. The first two summaries are also available. If you would like a copy and did not receive one, please reply to this email and request one.
In our time of transition, we are seeking to answer these questions: Who are we? Who are our neighbors? To what is God calling us?
What would it mean for us to join God’s work in our community, in our time?
How can we be better stewards of our assets, in terms of people, facilities, and money?
What is God calling us to be and do?
Remember to pray earnestly and often for our church.
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PRAYER REQUESTS AND CONCERNS.
· Dave McDonald is back in ICU, with difficulty breathing and increasing paralysis. They will be moving him to the hospice floor at some point.
· Don Mallonee is home now. Please keep Linda and Don in your prayers as they both continue to heal.
- Sherry Johnson, dealing with advanced cancer
- Our country at this time of a transfer of power
- Our community as it deals with the pandemic
· 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. May we discover ways we are to be a beacon of love in our world. May we be looking for the doors God is opening, and may we have the courage to walk through them.
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Everence to hold Medicare webinar: Tuesday, Jan. 19
Everence will host its popular workshop, Make Medicare an easy step, as a webinar on Tuesday, Jan. 19 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 our office at 877-467-7294, 316-283-3800 or central.kansas@everence.com.
*Attendance is recommended for those approaching retirement or those ready to sign up for Medicare.
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University Friends Church (page)
University Friends Church Private Page (private group)
University Friends church Family Promise (private group)
University Friends Children’s Ministry (page)
Like them. Follow them. Join them.
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The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. — Psalm 19:1 (NIV)
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