Chosen by our Education and Outreach Committee, E & O
These change on the following monthly schedule:
FIrst Sunday: Meeting house – one hour worship, followed by after thoughts and announcements. Then we sing together.
Zoom meeting separate from meeting house – one hour worship followed by discussion of a chosen quote from either
a). Chapter One to Five “Faith and Practice” – Canadian Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends”. ***Sections from the Introduction explain that – These writings have been collected and published to record our Quaker heritage and also express the Candian Quaker spiritual experience. These should be read in the same way we listen to vocal ministry, even when it does not match our own beliefs. Rather than rejecting a message outright, we can welcome it as a means of testing the strenght and validity of our own convications and as a way of enlarging our vision.
Or b) “Daily Quaker Message” – a selection of quotes from Quakers around the world from centuries past up to the present time.
Second Sunday: hybrid meeting on Zoom and in person. One hour worship followed by after thoughts and announcements. Then, we have a discussion based on a chosen item from “Advices and Queries.” These are from “Faith and Practice – Canadian Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends” Chapter Six. From the Introduction “As Friends, we commit ourselves to a way of worship which allows God to teach and transform us. We have found corporately that the Spirit, if rightly followed, will lead us into truth, unity, and love: all our testimonies grow from this leading.”
Third Sunday: hybrid meeting on Zoom and in person. One hour worship followed by after thoughts and announcements. We then have a discussion of a chosen quote from “Faith and Practice” or “Daily Quaker Message” Details see First Sunday
Fourth Sunday: Hybrid meeting on Zoom and in person. One hour worship followed by potluck then by Meeting for Worship with attention to Business.
Fifth Sunday: repeat of Third Sunday.
Details for month of January 2025
Sunday January 5: Zoom attenders; Chapter 1 Experiencing the Spirit: Our Faith, Spiritual Experiences of Friends, 1.28. The Quaker understanding of Truth is a complex one…Friends have not traditionally believed that truth is relative or that it changes over time or from one person to another. Rather, we have believed in continuing revelation, that God continues to reveal Truth (with a captital T) to each person individually, without intermediary. This leads to many different interpretations of Truth or different personal truths, if you will. However, although Friends believe no one person can know the entire Truth, that does not mean that we don’t believe absolute Truth exists. The Truth we are all seeking, though it may be expressed and lived in any ways, is universal Truth. – Editors of Whipers of Faith, 2005
Sunday January 12 : Advices and Queries # 7. Be aware of the Spirit of God at work in the ordinary activities and experiences of your daily life. Spiritual learning continues throughout life, and often in unexpected ways. There is inspiration to be found all around us, in the natural world, in the sciences and arts, in our work and our friendships, in our sorrows and in our joys. Are you open to new light, from whatever source it may come? Do you approach new ideas with discernment?
Sunday January 19: From Daily Quaker Message. ” One of our biggest difficulties, I think, is that we live so much in language and so much in a mediated world of electronic media and print media, all of which tends to distance us from the natural world. Getting into that sense beyond language is not only healthy for personal spiritual renewal, but it’s also crucial to reconnecting with the natural world, which is a nonverbal world.” – Douglas Gwyn, 2018
Sunday, January 26: One hour worship followed by potluck lunch. Afterwards, we will hold Meeting for Worship with attention to business – Everyone welcome.
Coldstream Quakers 