THE LIGHT THIS WEEK
IN THIS ISSUE:
· Sunday Information
§ Safety Guidelines
§ Children’s Ministry
· Church Attendance
· Church Activities this Week
· Picnic Plans and Directions
· Great Plains Yearly Meeting
· Family Promise
· Book Club
· Randy and Carol’s Wednesday Zoom Gatherings
· Prayer requests and concerns
Sunday ~ May 16, 2021
10:00 a.m. ~ Meeting for worship in person and live-streaming on Facebook and our website
Order of Worship
Prelude
Announcements
Music: “Breathe On Me Breath of God,: Hymn #78
Children’s Message
Prayer Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
Message: “Dry Bones Live”
Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-4
Open Worship
Benediction
Prelude
Breathe On Me, Breath of God
1 Breathe on me, Breath of God,
fill me with life anew,
that I may love the way you love,
and do what you would do.
2 Breathe on me, Breath of God,
until my heart is pure,
until my will is one with yours,
to do and to endure.
3 Breathe on me, Breath of God,
so shall I never die,
but live with you the perfect life
for all eternity.
Technology provided by Michael Barrett, Joe Dawley, and Erin DeGroot. Music coordination by Dawn Blue, and pastoral leadership by Catherine Griffith.
11:15 am ~ Monthly Meeting for Business
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/91495764801?pwd=czRCQ3VlZUJPaFFlNzFaODZJYVdaZz09
Meeting ID: 914 9576 4801
Passcode: 174683
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SAFETY GUIDELINES
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
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YLsMZ7DGWEOe_pSt3E85L5HA7E4oq5AuKFIzTg1BT6w/edit?usp=sharing
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Sunday Church Attendance Report
| Date | In Person | Online |
| 4-18 | 33 | 14 |
| 4-25 | 31 | 19 |
| 5-2 | 25 | 19 |
| 5-9 | 34 | 16 |
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CHURCH ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK
Saturday, May 15, 10:00 am, Outreach Committee
Saturday, May 15, 4:00 pm, Picnic at Quaker Acres
Sunday, May 16, 11:15 am, Monthly Meeting for Business
Church office hours are 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Tuesday through Friday.
Pastor Catherine takes Fridays off.
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Shakespeare in the Park is reserving the Fellowship Hall for rehearsals from April 26 through June 5 in the evenings and Saturday afternoons.
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Let’s picnic!
May 15, 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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Great Plains Yearly Meeting Annual Sessions
June 3-5, 2021
Wichita Friends School
14700 W. Kellogg Dr.
Wichita, KS 67235
Our 2021 gathering together is being planned with attention to COVID-safety. We will meet in Wichita Friends School‘s multipurpose room where we have adequate space to be safely distanced. Meals will be served at Heartland Friends Meeting with outdoor picnic opportunity and limited indoor seating. If we have rain, there is adequate indoor space to accommodate safe dining.
We welcome Colin Saxton in traveling ministry for our 2021 GPYM sessions. Colin serves as an Everence® Stewardship Consultant. Prior to coming to Everence, Colin was a Quaker pastor, superintendent of Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends and General Secretary of Friends United Meeting. He also taught at George Fox University and Seminary as an adjunct instructor.
Register at: Yearly Meeting Online Registration | GPYM
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Hi everyone!
Our in-person May 23 host week is one week away. There are only a few slots filled. If we want the church to keep participating in Family Promise, I’m going to need people to sign up very soon and not wait until the last minute. Thanks for your help!!
| SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER HERE: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0a4bacad28a6f94-may2021 There will be additional safety requirements and we’ll need everyone who volunteers to be trained. Here are the 1 hour online refresher and initial training sessions coming up soon:Initial Training: Tuesday, May 11th 6:00pmRefresher Training: Tuesday, May 18th 12:00pmRegister for training here: http://bit.ly/MayVolunteerTraining2021 I’d like to have a volunteer Zoom team huddle the Saturday before our host week, and I’ll send out those invites to you after you’ve signed up. If you have any questions about Family Promise, you can email me: eddicreative@gmail.com or check the website (top menu, under Ministries): http://wichitaquakers.org/university-friends-family-promise/Thanks again for everyone’s dedication and support for these families and this awesome program. Have a great week!- Erin DeGroot |
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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, May 25, the Book Club will be discussing Ch 2 (pp. 13-23 and Appendix B pp. 101-102 and some review of Ch 1) of Engaging Scripture: Reading the Bible with Early Friends by Michael Birkel. Pick up a copy, and read the Introduction and Chapter One, “Reading Inwardly” (to pg. 13). Note also the “Questions for Reflection and Journaling” on those sections, beginning on p. 95.
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Facilitators: Carol and Randy Mullikin
Unprogrammed Gatherings for Worship 2nd and 4thWednesdays at 6:30 pm, through May 26 via Zoom
Prayer and Study 1st and 3rd Wednesdays, 6:30 pm, through May 19 via Zoom
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PRAYER REQUESTS AND CONCERNS
· Don and Linda Mallonee
· Dave and Carol Kingrey
· Our church at this time of new beginnings, particularly the Pastoral Search Committee as it begins its work and our ongoing negotiations with Friends University
· The job announcement for the new settled pastor has gone out.
· Doug Chambers and Catherine Griffith, along with the church’s attorney, will be meeting with folks from Friends University and their attorney on Friday, May 21, 9:30 a.m. The goal of the meeting is to put together a mutually agreeable proposal to bring to Monthly Meeting.
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