SEPTEMBER 15, 2024 QUAKER WORKSHOP
“BUILDING OUR SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY”
12:30 pm at the meetinghouse
Goals:
– strengthen and build our spiritual community, make it more vital
– build our understanding of what it means to be Quaker
– engage more newcomers in the life of the meeting
A light lunch/finger food refreshments will be provided immediately after Meeting
for Worship.
We will gather for Worship Sharing at 12:30 in a large circle to hear Friends
briefly.
QUESTIONS TO BE CONSIDERED:
1. What am I seeking when I come to meeting for worship?
2. What needs am I hoping to be filled here?
3. What makes me feel welcome/included? excluded/not part of?
4. What are my hopes? experiences? insights? inspirations regarding Ottawa Monthly Meeting
DIVIDE INTO SMALLER GROUPS:
Develop themes that emerge from the Worship Sharing
List:
– inspired ideas
– resource needs
– proposed timeing
– personal commitments
RE-GATHER IN LARGER GROUP
– reports from each group
– commitments to carry forward?
– what follow-up from this meeting? when?
– other
RSVP – [email protected] for numbers for lunch prep