IN THIS ISSUE:
· Sunday Information
§ Safety Guidelines
§ Children’s Ministry
· Church Attendance
· Church Activities this Week
· Picnic at Quaker Acres
· FUM Virtual Triennial Gathering
· Book Club
· Friends University Negotiations
· Prayer requests and concerns
· Shakespeare in the Park
Sunday ~ June 13, 2021
10:00 a.m. ~ Meeting for worship in person and live-streaming on Facebook and our website
Order of Worship
Prelude: Rosemary Nettrouer
Announcements
Music: “Prayer of St. Francis,” by Allen Pote (audio recording)
Children’s Message
Prayer Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
Message: “Peace Be with You”
Scripture: John 14:27, 16:33 (see also Luke 24:36-38)
Open Worship
Benediction
Postlude: Rosemary Nettrouer
Technology provided by Michael Barrett, Joe Dawley, and Erin DeGroot. Music coordination by Dawn Blue, and pastoral leadership by Catherine Griffith.
11:00 am ~ 205 Sunday School Class
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SAFETY GUIDELINES
Update: As you know, the Center for Disease Control said recently that vaccinated people may gather indoors without masks. To protect the unvaccinated among us, particularly those under 12, we will continue to require masks during worship.
In order even to worship in person safely, we will follow these guidelines:
· Masks that cover the nose and mouth will be required of everyone except small children. (Masks and hand sanitizer will be available for your use.)
· Worship will be limited to between thirty and forty minutes long.
· Offering plates will be near the front and the back of the meeting room.
· Please sit in designated pews only to allow for distancing. In addition, talking with folks beyond one’s family group will be discouraged indoors, and the foyer will not include a coffee station or tempting readings. Smiling and waving are welcome, as are gestures of “namaste” and “live long and prosper.”
· Instead of having bulletins, the order of worship, announcements, and prayer requests will be included in The Light This Week. If you would like to have any of that information handy on Sunday morning, you might want to print it out and bring it with you.
Please stay home if
· you are unable or unwilling to comply with these guidelines,
· you are uncomfortable about or have health reasons to avoid attending worship even with the guidelines,
· you are sick,
· you or anyone in your household has been diagnosed with COVID-19, or
· you have been in contact with someone over the past two weeks who has been diagnosed with or is showing symptoms of COVID-19.
Also, be assured that we will continue live streaming worship for the foreseeable future, and we will continue to monitor the pandemic situation, especially emerging virus variants.
Questions and suggestions are welcome. Prayers too!
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CHILDREN’S MINISTRY
Parents may drop off younger children at the nursery on the 3rd floor (directly above the choir room). Childcare will be available from 9:45 until about 15 minutes after worship concludes. Children who can stay with parents during the service are invited to do so through
the children’s message, then exit to the upstairs children’s area where parents may meet them after the worship service.
Nut free & gluten free snacks will be provided. (Bring diapers if we might need them). We will continue to observe social distancing (as much as reasonable) and masks for adults. There is not a restroom on the 3rd floor, so we will have hand sanitizer available and/or take the group of children down a level for a handwashing/potty break before their snack.
We plan to have childcare also during the Sunday School/Monthly Meeting time.
For other questions or concerns, feel free to contact someone on the Children’s Ministry Working Group: Gwen McDonald, Greg Newby, Pam Chambers, Sue Wine.
Looking forward to being together! ~ Children’s Ministry Working Group
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Dear Friends,
Children’s Ministry is seeking volunteers to work in the nursery, share a children’s message followed by a lesson, and/or be a backup helper. Please use the following link to add your name. Volunteers may come up with their own message and lesson or we can provide a lesson for you. If you have any questions please email Gwen McDonald at mcgwenald@gmail.com.
Thank you, Children’s Ministry Working Group
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Sunday Church Attendance Report
| Date | In Person | Online |
| 5-16 | 33 | 13 |
| 5-23 | 29 | 13 |
| 5-30 | 30 | 14 |
| 6-6 | 39 | 15 |
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CHURCH ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK
Saturday, June 12, 4:00 pm, Picnic at Quaker Acres (weather permitting)
Thursday, June 17, 5:30 pm, Assets Committee meeting
Sunday, June 20, 11:00 am, Monthly Meeting for Business
Church office hours are 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Tuesday through Friday.
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Let’s picnic!
June 12, 4:00 p.m., we are having a picnic at Quaker Acres. Bring your own food and beverage, tableware, etc., bug spray, and lawn chairs. Throw in some outdoor play equipment. Remember your shoes. Alternate date in case of May rain: June 12.
Directions –
Take K-42 southwest of town and turn right (west) onto 87th Street. In approximately one mile the dirt road turns left and is taken several hundred yards to the first driveway on the right. The intersection where the last left turn is taken is South 231st Street West and West 87th Street South.
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| A Season of Hope and Light FUM Virtual Triennial Gathering 17–19 June 2021 |
| The General Board of Friends United Meeting is inviting you to participate in a unique “virtual” Triennial gathering. The theme for this gathering will coincide with FUM’s 2021 theme of Hope and Light as we celebrate the collaborative and transforming work Friends are doing across the globe. DATES AND TIMES The virtual session is scheduled for 17-19 June, 2021. Spanning multiple time zones, each session is limited to three hours and will begin at the following times each day:8:00 AM Pacific Time9:00 AM Belize Time10:00 AM Jamaica and Central Time11:00 AM Cuba and Eastern Time6:00 PM Palestine and East Africa Time WHAT TO EXPECT Thursday, 17 June — Travel with Friends Triennial representatives will be given the opportunity to “travel by Zoom” to visit with Friends in the various places where FUM is committed to serving. Participants will be issued visas to visit two places during this session. Travel to Kaimosi and visit Friends Theological College or to the Friends School in Belize. Visit Friends in Samburu and Turkana. Journey to Ramallah then on to Tanzania. These virtual trips will allow representatives to meet with ministry staff and program leaders. Be inspired by their stories of transformation. Learn about their challenges. Discover new ways to pray and support the amazing work they are doing as they are called to reflect the hope and light of God. Friday, 18 June — Discover During this session, representatives will discover FUM’s renewed commitment to energize and equip local meetings and Yearly Meetings, and learn more about FUM’s commitment to work toward the financial sustainability of ministries and project partners. Saturday, 19 June — Worshipful Work The Triennial gathering will also be an opportunity for Triennial Representatives and the General Board to do worshipful work together, such as approve board officers, confirm the appointment of the General Secretary, review amendments to the Organization and Procedures, and approve the budgets. REGISTER All are welcome! Triennial Representatives, General Board members, Yearly Meeting officers, organization leaders, and interested Friends are invited to participate in these sessions. Register online at http://bit.ly/registration_triennial2021, gain access to the Zoom gathering, and get your “travel visas.” FUM is not charging a fee for your registration, but Friends are invited to donate to the General Fund. Your donation will support efforts to purchase data bundles to connect Friends from places where there is limited and expensive internet access. Contribute online at https://www.friendsunitedmeeting.org/giving/donate or send a check to the FUM Richmond office. |
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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, June 22, the Book Club will be discussing Chapter 3, “Reading Meditatively” (pp. 25-39, 103-4) in Michael Birkel’s Engaging Scripture.
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Friends University Negotiations Come to an End
On Monday, June 7, we received this message from Dr. Carey, president of Friends University:
At an Executive Committee meeting last Thursday, the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees voted to discontinue negotiations with University Friends Church and not pursue ownership of the facility. We believe the best plan at this juncture is to invest our resources into the Riney Fine Arts center. We want to thank you for the opportunity to consider this possibility of expanding the Friends footprint. Negotiations have been very open and cordial, and we appreciate all the tours and helpful due diligence activities. The Board and Administration of Friends University have concluded the simplicity and cost effectiveness of expanding our current facility without the complication of shared space, shared schedules, and unknown future issues is the best course of action.
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PRAYER REQUESTS AND CONCERNS
· Joan Smith has hip replacement surgery scheduled for June 17.
· Paul Mallonee ishaving health issues with infections.
· Our church at this time of new beginnings, particularly the Pastoral Search Committee
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Shakespeare in the Park play rehearsals are still on going. Plans are to have a show in the sanctuary on Sunday, June 27 and Sunday, September 26. Both are planned for 7 pm and run about two hours. More information will follow.
Dan Schuster and Sue Wine are performing inWilliam Shakespeare’s “Richard III” June 11-13, 18-20, and 25-27, 2021 www:wichitashakespeare.org.
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God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. — 2 Corinthians 5:21 (NIV)
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