Announcements after worship 10-15-23
Meeting Announcements
Links in announcements below are to webpages, not Zoom links.
From Religious Education:
Monday Oct 23 at 7:00 pm, Spiritual Journey Group Sharing: Our worship sharing will be on the spiritual journey, but it will include all who are present.
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
From Online Communication Committee:
New Website - roanokequakers.org We are still looking for recent photos. Please sent them to our New email address: friends@roanokequakers.org
From Ministry and Counsel:
The Friendly Eights ride again! Beginning this week! Would you like to get to know other Friends in the Meeting better? Friendly Eights are monthly gatherings in homes, at which eight Friends get together for a potluck and worship-sharing. (If you don’t want to host an F8, you don’t have to). Children are welcome. They meet from October to May. If there is interest in the Meeting from more than eight Friends, we will organize additional Friendly Eights. Gary Sandman will convene the first Friendly Eight, scheduled for the third Friday of each month at 6 PM, starting October 20. Gary can be contacted at 540-492-3582.
Monday, Oct 16 (3rd Monday), 6:30 pm, Quaker Reading Group, on Zoom. All are welcome. If you have not read the Journal or would like to revisit it, this is a great time to join us. We are continuing with John Woolman on his journey to England at the end of Journal Chapter 11 (pp. 174 m-180, Moulton ed.). With Chapter 12, we will conclude his Journal. We respond to the reading in a worship-sharing format, speaking from our own experience. If you’d like the zoom link or a copy of the reading, contact Mike Heller.
Transportation help needed - There are Friends in our community who need help with rides, particularly to Meeting for Worship on Sundays. 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.
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
Friday & Saturday, Oct 20 & 21, 7:00 pm at the June Bug in Floyd: Scott Haugh is in the Agatha Christie play Then There Were None. Matinee Sunday Oct 22, 2:00 pm A murder mystery in time for Halloween. Shall we get a group to go together to see if we can figure whodunnit? Tickets
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:
Children & grandchildren visiting
Successful completion of a half marathon
Please hold in the Light:
Richard Rouse’s brother John, who is still in rehab
Letty Collins who had a bad fall week before last
George Squires
Genevieve Waring who is in Rehab recovering from hip surgery. Please also hold her daughter Connie and son Doug at this stressful time.
Gloria Randolph-King’s family. She passed away Oct 8. Gloria is a friend through the NAACP.
Peter Chapman, 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.
Gratitude:
Being together in worship
Request:
George Squires (with his small dog) needs to find a new housing arrangement. If you have ideas for him to find something reasonable to rent, contact him at celticspirit595@yahoo.com
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 and Mike Heller
