Announcements after worship 10-29-23
Meeting Announcements
Links in announcements below are to webpages, not Zoom links.
From Religious Education: two more programs this week on Zoom (email friends@roanokequakers.org for link )
Monday Oct 30, 7:00 pm, Pendle Hill Pamphlet Discussion: Each 5th Monday we have a Pendle Hill pamphlet discussion. Our next one will be Ben Pink Dandelion's Confident Quakerism. Please mark your calendar and let one of the Religious Education committee know if you'd like a copy. There will be plenty. We're hoping this and several pamphlets to follow will highlight Quaker essentials. Copies at the Meetinghouse.
Wednesday Nov 1, 7:00 pm - Meeting for Remembrance - On this “Day of the Dead,” we will honor the memory of friends and loved ones (human and even non-human) who are no longer with us physically but whose presence we still feel and cherish.
Saturday Nov 4, 11:00 am, at the Quaker Meetinghouse: The Stewardship & Finance Committee will meet to begin the process of discerning the 2024 Roanoke/Lynchburg meeting budget. All are invited.
From Online Communication Committee:
New Website - roanokequakers.org We are still looking for recent photos. Please send them to our New email address: friends@roanokequakers.org. Last week there was a question about whether to use the new email address. It is indeed now up and being checked. Please use it to submit announcements or items for our website.
Transportation help needed – There are Friends in our community who need help with rides, particularly to Meeting for Worship on Sundays. One Friend is in Vinton. If you are willing to serve in this way, please contact Tony Martin.
Update on Genevieve Waring: Genevieve, a founder of our Meeting, will be 99 years old on January 5. She had hip surgery on October 1, which went very well, with no complications. Genevieve is now in Friendship Rehab South, Room 415, at 5647 Starkey Rd. Roanoke. Genevieve loves to have visitors. Weekends are the best time to visit. On weekdays, mid-afternoons are best, when she is more likely to be in the room. For more information, call Connie Waring, 540-343-6769.
From the Announcement Team: Please send submissions for announcements to our new email address: friends@roanokequakers.org by Saturday to be included in Sunday’s announcements.
Other Announcements
Saturday, November 4 at 2 PM. Joyce Rouse will present a program concerning love for the earth at Brandon Oaks Retirement Community. The program will include Joyce performing many of the songs which she has written. For those who feel downtrodden at times by the news about our environmental crisis, Joyce's words and songs are a balm.
She reminds us why we need to fight for and support Mother Earth.
Please attend and bring your families, especially teens and children.
There is no charge.
Address: 3804 Brandon Avenue, Roanoke, VA in the auditorium accessed
through the main portico. Questions: Sharon Custer-Boggess, 540-776-2152.
Joys and Concerns, Gratitude & Requests
Joys:
Number of people around the world calling for a ceasefire
Susan & Kent’s trip to GA for his mother’s 95th birthday
Betsy’s first day as Zoom host
Harvesting sweet potatoes
Please hold in the Light:
Jackie O’Neill, whose father passed away recently
Mary’s friend with cancer, and also another close friend of the family
Cecily Wood who has shingles, and other health issues
Richard Rouse’s brother John, who is still in rehab
Letty Collins who had a bad fall week a couple weeks ago
George Squires as he transitions to temporary living quarters this week
Genevieve Waring who is in Rehab recovering from hip surgery. Please also hold her daughter Connie and son Doug at this stressful time.
Peter Chapman, who had shoulder surgery on Oct 17
Tony and Patsy’s friend Denis who is in hospice, and his wife Ellen
West coast Friend, Carl MacGruder who is recovering from a serious motorcycle accident
Concerns:
Transportation needed to worship on Sundays for a couple Friends in our community (see above).
Worship Opportunities:
Saturday Quaker Worship at 10:30 am: All are welcome each Saturday at Highland Park, Alexander-Gish House, near the entrance to the parking lot on Walnut Avenue SW just off Fifth Street. Please bring a chair if you can. Because the Meetinghouse is now open on Sundays, only a few regulars attend on Saturdays. If you come irregularly or are new, you are advised to check ahead and be sure some of the regulars will be there. You can check by calling or texting Paul Hibschman at 540-578-5593.
Worship on Zoom and In-Person continues every Sunday at 10:30: We are so pleased that we can continue to worship either on Zoom or in-person in the meetinghouse on Sunday mornings! Masks are no longer required. Unvaccinated participants are welcome and are encouraged to wear a mask. Masks are available in the Meetinghouse. Social distancing is recommended.
Meeting Links: * Link to Roanoke Friends Meeting Website; Facebook Page; Facebook Group
Faithfully submitted by Patsy Martin
Send submissions for announcements to our new email address: friends@roanokequakers.org
