IN THIS ISSUE:
· Order of Worship for Sunday, January 31, 2021
· Church Activities This Week
· Book Club
· Unprogrammed Gatherings for Worship on Wednesdays
· Family Promise
· Check this out on the church website
· All-Church Retreat with Colin Saxton Feb. 5 – 7th
· Prayer and Study
· David McDonald’s Memorial Service
· Prayer requests and concerns
· Anniversaries and Birthdays
Sunday ~ January 31, 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, “Let the Word Go Forth”, by Birchwood
Announcements
Music: Recording of “Look Up, Child”, by Lauren Daigle
Prayer Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
Message: “Is God in Control?”
Scripture: Psalm 46:1-3
Open Worship
Benediction
Postlude: Rosemary Nettrouer
The plant on display is in memory of David McDonald. Technology by Michael Barrett & Joe Dawley, music coordination by Dawn Blue, and pastoral leadership by Catherine Griffith.
10:55 a.m. ~ Children’s Zoom
3:00 p.m. ~ 205 Sunday Class via Zoom
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Church activities this week
Saturday, January 30, 2:00 pm, David McDonald Memorial Service
Sunday, January 31, Family Promise Co-host Week through February 7th
Monday, February 1, 12:00 pm, Prayer with Sue
Tuesday, February 2, 6:30 pm, Ministry & Counsel
Wednesday, February 3, 6:30 pm, Bell Choir
Thursday, February 4, 8:30 am, Prayer with Kim
Thursday, February 4, 4:00 pm, Assets Committee
Friday, February 5, 6:15 pm, All-Church Retreat w/Colin Saxton
Saturday, February 6, 9:00 am, All-Church Retreat w/Colin Saxton
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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, February 9, the Book Club plans to discuss Nathan Foster’s The Making of an Ordinary Saint: My Journey from Frustration to Joy with the Spiritual Disciplines (2014), chapters 1-3 (pp. 13-57).
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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
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82885737211?pwd=UE8zVEJjbzVuSHJTYi96VW10eVdEdz09
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FAMILY PROMISE
January 31 – February 7 we have the privilege of supporting one family in a homeless situation along with our support church, Crossroads Friends Church, and host, Pathway Church. Pathway is having a normal hosting week with on-location volunteering (socially distanced, with masks). I understand that, like me, many of our congregants do not feel safe going into this situation yet; COVID numbers are still high and we don’t want to endanger the lives of the family or the many volunteers they come in contact with. However, if you’re still open to helping Pathway in person, you are welcome to sign up. They also have sign-up slots for dedicated prayer support. 🙂
Training is a requirement and assures consistent care and regard for the families we serve. Refresher training is required yearly and is available online Friday, January 29 at noon. Initial training for new volunteers is online Sunday, January 31, 1 pm. Sign up here and invite family and friends to join you in serving our community.
Update – As of Wednesday, January 27, we do not have any families in the program for next week, but that could change very quickly. Pathway is currently setting up for four people just to be safe.
Family Promise is still helping people in homeless situations in other ways, so please be praying for the staff and those they are helping in this challenging time.
If you have specific questions or you may contact me anytime. 316-200-4045 or degrootwolfe@gmail.com
Thank you for being a part of Family Promise!
Your Coordinator, Erin DeGroot
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Check these out on the church website
The 2021 Committee Guidelines and 2021 Committee List are now available on our church website at http://wichitaquakers.org/2021-committees-guidelines/ .
The Zoom recording for the January 10th Threshing meeting #2 is on the University Friends Webpage (http://wichitaquakers.org/friends-university-the-future-of-the-ufc-building/) and Private Facebook page along with previous documents. Catherine’s notes from the meeting are attached to this email.
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All-Church Retreat with Colin Saxton on February 5-7
God’s Vision for University Friends
- Friday evening: 6:15 – 8:00 pm via Zoom
Worship sharing groups
- Who is God calling me to be? Who is God calling us to be?
- What is God calling me to do? What is God calling us to do?
Large group sharing of general themes
- Saturday morning via Zoom
Session one: 9:00 – 10:30 am
- Talk by Colin
- Discussion
Break for Brunch on your own: 10:30 – 11:00 am
Session two: 11:00 am – 12:30pm
- Next steps
- Concluding talk by Colin
- Sunday morning: 10:00 am live stream
Colin will bring the prepared message.
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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 clichés 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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David McDonald’s Memorial Service
A memorial service to celebrate the life of our beloved son, brother, husband, father, and grandfather will be held January 30, 2021 at 2 PM at University Friends Church 1840 W University St. Wichita Ks. 67213. The service will follow CDC guidelines and will also be live streamed from the church website @ wichitaquaker.org. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to University Friends Church or Victory in the Valley, Inc.
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PRAYER REQUESTS AND CONCERNS.
· Dorothy McKay is doing so well that she went home Wednesday! Hooray!
· Don and Linda Mallonee, as Don had a small stroke. He was released from the hospital on Thursday and is now home.
- Our community as it deals with the pandemic
· Our church at this time of new beginnings – 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 continue to find ways to use our assets wisely and well. May we be a beacon of love in our world. May we have the courage to walk through the doors God is opening.
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Anniversary Celebrations (40 + years)!!
Robert and Nancy Frazier celebrate 48 years on February 10th.
Special birthday announcements!!
Ann McDonald turns 95 on Feb. 5th & David Briggs turns 96 on Feb 7th.
Happy February Birthdays!!
Feb. 1: Milton Carpenter; Feb. 3: Emily Mettman, Suzanne Carter; Feb. 4: Bryant Wilks; Feb. 5: Ann McDonald, Sharon Binford, Ervin Stanley, Karen Simpson, Eliza Gunkel; Feb. 6: Caleb Suttle; Feb. 7: Leigh Casimir, Becky Black, David Briggs; Feb. 8: Savannah McDonald; Feb. 9: Eugene Gammill; Feb. 10: Sharon Sharp, Braylen Doyle; Feb. 11: Jasmine Mallonee; Feb. 12: Cliff Loesch, Rhonda Riggs; Feb. 13: Randy McDonald, Jimmy Moore; Feb. 14: Chris Palmer, Feb. 15: Douglas Kinnett; Feb. 16: Jessica Gunkel; Feb. 17: Alison Jack, Julia Smoldt, Adam Manttari-Ames; Feb. 19: Kirk Lupton, Carolyn Zellner, Cooper Hobson; Feb. 20: Karen Johnson; Feb. 21: Tim Callison; Feb. 22: Larry Moss, Juniper Coho; Feb. 23: Vinene Logan, Alison Stanley; Feb. 24: Silas Suttle; Feb. 25: Bradley Blue; Feb. 26: Adam Doyle; Feb. 27: Patty Savely, Angela Howdeshell; Feb. 28: Dawn Blue, Greg Newby, Carol Ambrogio; Feb. 29: Elijah Everett Moss
Yes, we’re on Facebook, with a variety of pages and groups. Check these out:
University Friends Church (page)
University Friends Church Private Page (private group)
University Friends church Family Promise (private group)
University Friends Children’s Ministry (page)
Great Plains Yearly Meeting (page)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2245025921
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Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained by a righteous life. — Proverbs 16:31 (NIV)
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