IN THIS ISSUE:

·         Order of Worship for Sunday, February 14, 2021

·         Church Activities This Week

·         Retreat Report

·         Book Club

·         Unprogrammed Gatherings for Worship on Wednesdays

·         Check this out on the church website

·         Prayer and Study

·         Prayer requests and concerns

Sunday ~ February 14, 2021 

10:00 a.m. ~ Meeting for worship

Due to the weather this weekend, we’re making some adjustments to the plans for Sunday.  No one will be at the church, and Catherine will be “broadcasting” from home.  Sarah Wine will provide special music.

We will live stream via the church Facebook page and our website at www.wichitaquakers.org. 

Message: “God Shines in Our Hearts”

                        Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:6

We are grateful for the technology that allows us to worship together in spite of the weather.

Technology by Michael Barrett & Joe Dawley, music coordination by Dawn Blue, and pastoral leadership by Catherine Griffith.

3:00 p.m. ~  205 Sunday Class via Zoom

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Church activities this week                                  

Saturday, February 13, 3:00 pm, Outreach Committee

Sunday, February 14, Valentine’s Day

Monday, February 15, 12:00 pm, Prayer with Sue

Tuesday, February 16, 6:30 pm, Kim’s Listening Group

Wednesday, February 17, 6:30 pm, Bell choir

Thursday, February 18, 8:30 am, Prayer with Kim

Sunday, February 21, 11:00 am, Monthly Meeting for Business

Catherine will be on vacation February 23 until March 2.

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We Got Clearer about God’s Call for University Friends

“Discerning, Designing, and Developing Our Live in Christ Together,” was the theme of this past weekend’s all-church retreat.  Led by Colin Saxton, North American Ministries Director for Friends United Meeting, attenders found the time together (on Zoom) to be rich and fruitful.  

Who is God calling University Friends to be?  What is God calling University Friends to do? 

God is calling us to be a loving, unified, serving community, listening for and proclaiming the leading of the Holy Spirit, being a light to the world.  We know that God is not asking us to be everything to everybody. 

As we begin to put feet to that call, Doug Chambers plans to gather the Pastoral Search Committee and work on a church profile.  That will help to spell out answers to the question, who are we?   And those answers will be useful as we begin the search for a new settled pastor.

Also, the Listening Groups will be reactivated to help publicize and get feedback on what’s happening as we follow up on the retreat.   Listening Groups will address these questions:

·         As an individual, who is God calling you to be, and what is God calling you to do? 

·         What is the one thing you would wish for our church?

·         What role do you see for yourself in making that wish become reality?

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The Book Club meets at 6:30 p.m., the 2^nd and 4^th 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 23, the Book Club will be discussing pp. 49-76, on study, the “self-hatred narrative,” and solitude in Nathan Foster’s The Making of an Ordinary Saint.   Sue Wine will be the Zoom host this time. 

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Unprogrammed Gatherings for Worship on Wednesdays

Facilitators:  Carol and Randy Mullikin

When:       2^nd and 4^th 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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Prayer and Study

Please contact us with any questions or let us know if you have an interest in participating.  The books may be purchased through Amazon or at your favorite book outlet.

          Facilitators:  Carol and Randy Mullikin

          When:         1^st and 3^rd 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

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PRAYER REQUESTS AND CONCERNS.

·         Please keep the Blackmon, Sojourner and Swanson families in your prayers as they lay Kaylah Blackmon to rest.

• 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.