IN THIS ISSUE:
· Sunday Information
§ Safety Guidelines
§ Children’s Ministry
· Church Attendance
· Church Activities this Week
· Great Plains Yearly Meeting
· FUM Virtual Triennial Gathering
· Everence
· Book Club
· Prayer requests and concerns
· Don Mallonee Visitation and Funeral Services
· Negotiations with Friends University
· Shakespeare in the Park
Sunday ~ June 6, 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: Hymn #54, “Great is Thy Faithfulness”
Children’s Message
Prayer Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
Message: Haley Alloway, Friends University Associate Campus Pastor of Formation
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 |
| 5-9 | 34 | 16 |
| 5-16 | 33 | 13 |
| 5-23 | 29 | 13 |
| 5-30 | 30 | 14 |
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CHURCH ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK
Thursday, June 10, Transition Team
Saturday, June 12, 10:00 am, Outreach Committee
Saturday, June 12, 4:00 pm, Picnic at Quaker Acres (weather permitting)
Catherine will be on vacation June 2nd through the 9th.
Church office hours are 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Tuesday through Friday.
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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 speaker this year is Colin Saxton sharing his thoughts on Deep Water Faith from the stories of Gospels ( https://quakerspeak.com/video/christ-has-come-to-teach-us-himself/ ). There will be activities for children and youth…work projects for all…and meals prepared by Patrice Stephensen! Maybe a pie or two! We are hoping you will be joining us in full participation, at our Yearly Meeting Sessions coming up soon, June 3-5, in person! Our venue is at Wichita Friends School in Wichita KS. We are thrilled to meet in this special space this year. We need you and friends from your meeting to register for the session for both in person or online experience today. Follow this link and you’ll find it easy as can be
We are striving to make this year’s sessions a Covid safe environment (masks and distancing still) so we can meet in person for our meetings. Of course, if needed, we are making Zoom available to you as well. After you register, I will be sending out the online link and information. Please communicate this need to me ASAP so arrangements can be made.
Meals and hospitality planning are in the works and we want to plan on you!!
For the few of you that have already registered… thank you so much. The deadline has passed and it would be helpful to hear from the rest of you as soon as possible. As always, all GPYM committee meetings are open to everyone in our yearly meeting. Feel free to call me for clarifying questions.
Thank you for your attention to the details as we prepare for our time together,
LaVonna Loesch
Great Plains Yearly Meeting
Presiding Clerk
316-680-9992
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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 TimeWHAT 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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Everence to hold Basics of investing webinar:
Everence will host a free, online webinar, Basics of investing, on Tuesday, June 8 at 6:30 p.m. Register for this webinar to learn about:
· The fundamentals of investing.
· Different types of investments available.
· How faith values can play a role in your investment decisions.
To register, or learn more about this webinar event, please visit our webpage at everence.com/Kansas.
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The Book Club will not meet June 8.
We meet 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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PRAYER REQUESTS AND CONCERNS
o Dave and Carol Kingrey
o Randy Cook has been diagnosed withcancer, but is considered potentially curable. Please keep his wife Diane Doyle in your prayers as well.
o 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
Dear Friends,
It makes us sad to send the news that Don Mallonee passed away Tuesday morning, June 1, at 11:30 am in St Francis Hospital. Don has served our Meeting in many roles for many years. We will miss him deeply. Let us lift up Linda and the family in prayer and as plans develop we will pass that information along.
Sincerely,
Doug Chambers, Clerk
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Visitation services for Don Mallonee will be Saturday, June 5, 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm, at Downing & Lahey West Mortuary, 10515 W Maple St, Wichita, KS 67209.
Don’s Memorial Service will be Sunday, June 6, 2:00 pm, at University Friends Church. Interment plans will be announced at the service.
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Negotiations with the University:
Doug Chambers, presiding clerk, and Catherine Griffith, pastor, met with folks from Friends University and the attorneys on Friday, May 21. We came to clearness on all but one point of the agreement. That is, the university board has asked to include a provision that the church not host any same-sex weddings in the church facility. Doug and Catherine said this would be difficult for the church to approve.
At the conclusion of the meeting on Friday, we all recognized that, despite our differing perspectives, this issue is a matter of conscience for both the church and the university. Dr. Carey said she would ask the university board about simply including a disclaimer statement that the views of the church don’t necessarily reflect the positions of the university.
Keep praying, friends.
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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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Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself.
I am the LORD. — Leviticus 19:18 (NIV)
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