Eastern Hills Friends Newsletter, Nov 28, 2015

Eastern Hills Friends Newsletter

Worship with us at 1671 Nagel Rd.

Write us at PO Box 54565, Cincinnati, OH 45254-0565

www.easternhillsfriends.org

November 28^th, 2015

Calendar of Events:

Nov 30:     EHF Ministry and Counsel Mtg.

Dec 2:        New Burlington Friends will hold their annual Family Fun Night from 3-5pm.

Dec 2:        Interfaith Prayer Gathering for Peace program Greater Anderson Promotes Peace (GAPP) at EHFM, 7pm

Dec 4-5:    Christmas Saengerfest walking musical concert tour downtown Cinti.

Dec 12:      Queen City Concert band Christmas Concert, First Lutheran Church, 2pm.

Dec 17:      Jimmy Health House: chess group will be followed by lunch served at 12 noon

Dec 20:     EHF celebrates Christmas with a potluck luncheon, carols, and sharing of talents.

Jan 1:         Shape note singing, Harriet Beecher Stowe house (King & Gilbert) 10am-3:30; potluck lunch.

Jan 1:         GAPP New Year’s Day at Event Beach Acres Park Peace Poll starts at 5pm

Jan 3:         EHF Mtg. for Business will follow MfW and potluck luncheon

Jan 16:       Friends World Committee for Consultation World Plenary Mtg. will be held in Peru

Jan 17:        EHFM Second Hour presentation on Japan trip

Jan 29-30:Save the date for EHFM Women’s Retreat

Jan 31:       EHFM Second Hour will be a Meeting for Healing

Feb 27:       GAPP presents “Awakening our Awareness of Whiteness” at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection

TBD:           Women’s Group will sew menstrual kits and dresses for post-partum Haitian women

Mar 4-5:    Mini Yearly Meeting, WYM

May 15:      EHF to organize State of Society reviews and adult program of Miami Quarterly Meeting

Mar 28:      Spring Banquet- 5PM- McCoy Room, WYM

Additional Information:

• GAPP will hold the annual New Year’s candlelight vigil is at the Peace Pole in Beech Acres Park. Attendees will share poems, music and reflections on peace – in our homes, in our communities, in our country and in our world. Bring something to share or just come and enjoy the reflective time with a spirit of community.
• Christmas Saengerfest (link: www.christmassaengerfest.com). Queen City Concert Band will be at the Moerlein Brewhaus both nights)
• Queen City Concert band Christmas Concert, First Lutheran Church on Race St. near 12th (by Washington Park), 2pm.

Reflections: Ministry and Counsel offers:

In the last several decades, environmentalists, writers of various sorts and composers have given much attention to the spirituality of place—the canyon lands of Utah, the Arctic, Tinker Creek in Virginia, and more. However, knowing the life of the spirit through place is hardly a modern awareness. The Fourth Century Desert Fathers and Mothers also knew the relationship between place and one’s spiritual life. One said, If anyone “settles in a certain place and does not bring forth the fruit of that place, the place itself casts [that person] out, as one who has not borne fruit” (from Thomas Merton, The Wisdom of the Desert). We live in the Ohio River Valley. What is the spiritual fruit of this place that we must bring forth? How does your presence here bear spiritual fruit for you?

 

 

 

 

Please contact Susan Reutman, Correspondence Clerk, for corrections.

Revision to EHF Newsletter Sent Oct 31st, 2015

Eastern Hills Friends Newsletter
Worship with us at 1671 Nagel Rd.
Write us at PO Box 54565, Cincinnati, OH 45254-0565
http://www.easternhillsfriends.org
Oct 31, 2015 (Nov 7th revision)

Calendar of Events:

Oct 31: New Burlington Friends will hold their annual Family Fun Night from 3-5pm.
Oct 31: Quaker Knoll Camp Closing- 9AM- Come help. Many hands make for light Work!
Oct 31: WYM announces the USFW Fall Conference on Oct 31st, 9am: Register by Oct 26th
Nov 1: FWCC World Quaker Day
Nov 1: Miami-Center Quarterly Mtg. will be held at EHFM from 2pm to 6pm. Potluck at 5pm
Nov 4: Interfaith Prayer Gathering for Peace program Greater Anderson Promotes Peace at EHFM, 7pm
Nov 5: Interfaith Dialogue at Eastern Hills Friends Mtg. from 7:30 – 9:00pm
Nov 7: Forgiveness: Portal to the Inner Light, Cecilia Pohs Buckley, Bloomington Friends, $45
Nov 7: Quaker Movie and Reception: That of God in Everyone, Kenwood Theater, 10-12noon
Nov 8: EHFM Second Hour vs. Work Day after MfW. If inclement weather, alternate gathering Second Hour will be held and workday deferred (see Nov 15 below). Suggest knapsack lunch for Work Day
Nov 12: Interfaith Dialogue at Heritage Universalist Unitarian from 7:30 – 9:00pm
Nov 15: EHFM Second Hour vs. Work Day (see Nov 8 above)
Nov 19: Jimmy Health House: chess group will be followed by lunch served at 12 noon.
Nov 22: EHF Mtg. for Business will follow MfW and potluck luncheon
TBD: Women’s Group will sew menstrual kits and dresses for post-partum Haitian women
Mar 4-5: Mini Yearly Meeting, WYM
May 15: EHF to organize State of Society reviews and adult program of Miami Quarterly Meeting
Mar 28: Spring Banquet- 5PM- McCoy Room, WYM
Jan 3: EHF Mtg. for Business will follow MfW and potluck luncheon
Jan 16: Friends World Committee for Consultation World Plenary Mtg. will be held in Peru
Additional Information:

•Movie “That of God In Everyone” followed by reception luncheon at Cincinnati Friends. To reserve passes for the film, and RSVP for the luncheon, contact Kristin at cfm.officeadmin@gmail.com.

•EHFM Bible study group to be formed, facilitated by Dale and Franchot. Time and place TBD, pending a head-count of potential participants (please contact facilitators, if interested).

• The Faith and Practice Committee (OVYM) reports the need for multiple teen and nominating committee members, an assistant recording clerk, and an assistant treasurer. EH Friends are asked to prayerfully consider the talents of others and whether or not they feel called to serve.

• Starting in September, a Friend will share about his or her spiritual journey monthly during EHFM.

•EHFM will host the program for Miami Valley Center Quarterly Mtg. Responsibilities include potluck, childcare and other hosting responsibilities. Schedule: 2:00pm, Ministry and Counsel; 3:00pm, Program (Eastern Hills will present) is entitled “What is the spiritual authority of scripture: A time of worship sharing; 4:00pm, Miami Center Quarterly Meeting 5:00pm, Pot Luck Dinner.

•The USFW Fall Conference will be Oct. 31 at the Cape May Campus Center. Dover Friends will be hosting. Registration will begin at 9:00 with the meeting at 9:30. The program will be an update on Belize. Lunch will be $6.00. Some special music anticipated before lunch.

• Alert and a request for help from The Diaper Fund which distributes diapers from Ada Chapel in Wilmington, OH. If you have diapers to donate, please call/text Violeta Gwynn 937-725-5071, or email violeta94@hotmail.com.

•”An interfaith dialogue series will be held at various locales, including Eastern Hills Friends Meeting, 1671 Nagel Road. All people, of whatever faith or philosophy, who are seeking greater understanding of others’ beliefs are welcome to attend any evening. The series is sponsored by Franciscans Network, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Heritage Universalist Unitarian Church, and the Eastern Hills Friends Meeting. Sessions will have a different topic and location each evening and will include a visit to a local mosque”
• The OVYM Executive Committee reports the need for multiple teen and nominating committee members, an assistant recording clerk, and an assistant treasurer. EH Friends are asked to prayerfully consider the talents of others and whether or not they feel called to serve.

• “FGC Nurturing Ministry Retreat will encompass Nurturing Ministries, Traveling Ministries, and Quaker Quest Community Friends Mtg. cohosts. EHF hospitality (i.e., Fri & Sat with breakfast) providers requested for FGC Nurturing Ministries workshop attenders. Hospitality volunteers please provide Franchot with the following information ASAP: # bedrooms, # beds and type (single, double, queen), pets (type).”

• Forgiveness: Portal to the Inner Light program invitation: “Many people ask, ‘What is forgiveness and how do I do it?’ This workshop provides both a structure and a process for journeying through the four phases of forgiveness: 1) Uncovering the Pain; 2) Change of Heart and Commitment to Forgive; 3) Work Phase; and 4) Deepening and Finding the Gift. Through meditation, journaling, song, dance, art, and prayer, we move through the four phases to free ourselves from fear, negativity, anger, guilt and shame—allowing us to connect with the Inner Light of Pure Love within ourselves and others.”

Reflections: Ministry and Counsel offers:

A Poem by Thomas McGrath

How could I have come for far?
(And always on such dark trails?)
I must have travelled by the light
Shining from the faces of all those I have loved.

The poet sees that he has travelled not by the light from the faces of those who love him but by the light from the faces of those he has loved. One hopes that these faces are one and the same. However, in an interesting turn of phrasing, the poet suggests that his love has stimulated the light in others’ faces. There is an unintentional reciprocity in our love.

We are accustomed to crediting the guidance from the love light that others give us. McGrath reminds us that the love we give contributes to that light.

Reflect on the light that your love has stimulated in others.

Eastern Hills Friends Meeting Newsletter, Oct 31, 5015

Eastern Hills Friends Newsletter

Worship with us at 1671 Nagel Rd.

Write us at PO Box 54565, Cincinnati, OH 45254-0565

www.easternhillsfriends.org

Oct 31, 2015

Calendar of Events:

Oct 31:      New Burlington Friends will hold their annual Family Fun Night from 3-5pm.

Oct 31:      Quaker Knoll Camp Closing- 9AM- Come help. Many hands make for light Work!

Oct 31:      WYM announces the USFW Fall Conference on Oct 31^st, 9am: Register by Oct 26th

Nov 1:       FWCC World Quaker Day

Nov 1:       Miami-Center Quarterly Mtg. will be held at EHFM from 2pm to 6pm.  Potluck at 5pm

Nov 4:       Interfaith Prayer Gathering for Peace program Greater Anderson Promotes Peace at EHFM, 7pm

Nov 5:       Interfaith Dialogue at Eastern Hills Friends Mtg. from 7:30 – 9:00pm

Nov 7:       Forgiveness: Portal to the Inner Light, Cecilia Pohs Buckley, Bloomington Friends, $45

Nov 7:       Quaker Movie and Reception: That of God in Everyone, Kenwood Theater, 10-12noon

Nov 8:       EHFM Second Hour vs. Work Day after MfW.  If inclement weather, alternate gathering Second Hour will be held

and workday deferred (see Nov 15 below). Suggest knapsack lunch for Work Day

Nov 12:     Interfaith Dialogue at Heritage Universalist Unitarian from 7:30 – 9:00pm

Nov 15:     EHFM Second Hour vs. Work Day (see Nov 8 above)

Nov 17:     Jimmy Health House: chess group will be followed by lunch served at 12 noon.          

Nov 22:      EHF Mtg. for Business will follow MfW and potluck luncheon        

TBD:          Women’s Group will sew menstrual kits and dresses for post-partum Haitian women

Mar 4-5:     Mini Yearly Meeting, WYM

May 15:      EHF to organize State of Society reviews and adult program of Miami Quarterly Meeting

May 22-25: Stoking the Fire

Mar 28:       Spring Banquet- 5PM- McCoy Room, WYM

Jan 3:         EHF Mtg. for Business will follow MfW and potluck luncheon

Jan 16:        Friends World Committee for Consultation World Plenary Mtg. will be held in Peru

Additional Information:

• Movie “That of God In Everyone” followed by reception luncheon at Cincinnati Friends. To reserve passes for the film, and RSVP for the luncheon, contact Kristin at cfm.officeadmin@gmail.com.
• EHFM Bible study group to be formed, facilitated by Dale and Franchot. Time and place TBD, pending a head-count of potential participants (please contact facilitators, if interested).
• The Faith and Practice Committee (OVYM) reports the need for multiple teen and nominating committee members, an assistant recording clerk, and an assistant treasurer. EH Friends are asked to prayerfully consider the talents of others and whether or not they feel called to serve.
• Starting in September, a Friend will share about his or her spiritual journey monthly during EHFM.
• EHFM will host the program for Miami Valley Center Quarterly Mtg. Responsibilities include potluck, childcare and other hosting responsibilities. Schedule: 2:00pm, Ministry and Counsel; 3:00pm, Program (Eastern Hills will present) is entitled “What is the spiritual authority of scripture: A time of worship sharing; 4:00pm, Miami Center Quarterly Meeting 5:00pm, Pot Luck Dinner.
• The USFW Fall Conference will be Oct. 31 at the Cape May Campus Center. Dover Friends will be hosting. Registration will begin at 9:00 with the meeting at 9:30.  The program will be an update on Belize.  Lunch will be $6.00.  Some special music anticipated before lunch.
• Alert and a request for help from The Diaper Fund which distributes diapers from Ada Chapel in Wilmington, OH. If you have diapers to donate, please call/text Violeta Gwynn 937-725-5071, or email violeta94@hotmail.com.
• ”An interfaith dialogue series will be held at various locales, including Eastern Hills Friends Meeting, 1671 Nagel Road. All people, of whatever faith or philosophy, who are seeking greater understanding of others’ beliefs are welcome to attend any evening. The series is sponsored by Franciscans Network, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Heritage Universalist Unitarian Church, and the Eastern Hills Friends Meeting.  Sessions will have a different topic and location each evening and will include a visit to a local mosque”
• Earlham School of Religion will host PeaceQuest 2015. “Join peace activists from all over the world to learn and celebrate peace-making techniques. Interactive workshops will run in four tracks: personal, local, global and parent/child.” Keynote: Mary Lord, Quaker peace activist. Registration $20 (children under 17 free).  Scholarships available. To register or submit a workshop idea, contact David Zarembka.
• ”On Pentecost weekend — May 22-25, 2015 — we invite Friends to gather in Cincinnati, Ohio for a retreat experience entitled Stoking the Fire. A lightly-scheduled program of extended worship, prayer, plenary speakers, home groups, topical workshops and attention to the movement of the Holy Spirit.  Full registration information is on the FUM website — http://www.fum.org/stoking-the-fire-2015.”
• “FGC Nurturing Ministry Retreat will encompass Nurturing Ministries, Traveling Ministries, and Quaker Quest Community Friends Mtg. cohosts. EHF hospitality (i.e., Fri & Sat with breakfast) providers requested for FGC Nurturing Ministries workshop attenders. Hospitality volunteers please provide Franchot with the following information ASAP: # bedrooms, # beds and type (single, double, queen), pets (type).”
• Forgiveness: Portal to the Inner Light program invitation: “Many people ask, ‘What is forgiveness and how do I do it?’ This workshop provides both a structure and a process for journeying through the four phases of forgiveness: 1) Uncovering the Pain; 2) Change of Heart and Commitment to Forgive; 3) Work Phase; and 4) Deepening and Finding the Gift. Through meditation, journaling, song, dance, art, and prayer, we move through the four phases to free ourselves from fear, negativity, anger, guilt and shame—allowing us to connect with the Inner Light of Pure Love within ourselves and others.”

Reflections: Ministry and Counsel offers: 

A Poem by Thomas McGrath:

            How could I have come for far?

            (And always on such dark trails?)

            I must have travelled by the light

            Shining from the faces of all those I have loved.

The poet sees that he has travelled not by the light from the faces of those who love him but by the light from the faces of those he has loved. One hopes that these faces are one and the same. However, in an interesting turn of phrasing, the poet suggests that his love has stimulated the light in others’ faces. There is an unintentional reciprocity in our love.

We are accustomed to crediting the guidance from the love light that others give us. McGrath reminds us that the love we give contributes to that light.

Reflect on the light that your love has stimulated in others.

EHF Meeting Newsletter, Oct 18, 2015

Eastern Hills Friends Newsletter

Worship with us at 1671 Nagel Rd.

Write us at PO Box 54565, Cincinnati, OH 45254-0565

www.easternhillsfriends.org

Oct 18, 2015

 

Calendar of Events:
Oct 22:        Interfaith Dialogue at Eastern Hills Friends Mtg. from 7:30 – 9:00pm

Oct 24:        Monthly meeting of presiding clerks, WYM

Oct 25:         EHF Mtg. for Business will follow MfW and potluck luncheon

Oct 31:         New Burlington Friends will hold their annual Family Fun Night from 3PM- 5PM.

Oct 31:         Quaker Knoll Camp Closing- 9AM- Come help. Many hands make for light Work!

Oct 31:         WYM announces the USFW Fall Conference on Oct 31^st, 9am: Register by Oct 26th   

Oct 29:         Interfaith Dialog at Clifton Mosque from 7:30 to 9pm

Nov 1:            FWCC World Quaker Day

Nov 1:            Miami-Center Quarterly Mtg. will be held at EHFM from 2pm to 6pm. Potluck at 5pm

Nov 4:           Pray for Peace Program

Nov 5:            Interfaith Dialogue at Eastern Hills Friends Mtg. from 7:30 – 9:00pm

Nov 7:            Forgiveness: Portal to the Inner Light, Cecilia Pohs Buckley, Bloomington Friends, $45

Nov 8:           EHFM Second Hour vs. Work Day after MfW. If inclement weather, alternate gathering Second Hour

will be held and workday deferred (see Nov 15 below). Suggest knapsack lunch for Work Day

Nov 5:             Interfaith Dialogue at Heritage Universalist Unitarian from 7:30 – 9:00pm

Nov 15:           EHFM Second Hour vs. Work Day (see Nov 8 above)

Mar 4-5:         Mini Yearly Meeting, WYM

Mar 28:          Spring Banquet- 5PM- McCoy Room, WYM

TBD:                 Women’s Group will sew menstrual kits for post-partum Haitian women

May 22-25:    Stoking the Fire

Jan 16:            Friends World Committee for Consultation World Plenary Mtg. will be held in Peru

 Additional Information:

• Starting in September, a Friend will share about his or her spiritual journey monthly.
• EHFM will host the program for Miami Valley Center Quarterly Mtg. Responsibilities include potluck, childcare and other hosting responsibilities. Schedule: 2:00pm, Ministry and Counsel; 3:00pm, Program (Eastern Hills will present); 4:00pm, Miami Center Quarterly Meeting 5:00pm, Pot Luck Dinner.
• The USFW Fall Conference will be Oct. 31 at the Cape May Campus Center. Dover Friends will be hosting. Registration will begin at 9:00 with the meeting at 9:30. The program will be an update on Belize. Lunch will be $6.00. Some special music anticipated before lunch.
• Alert and a request for help from The Diaper Fund which distributes diapers from Ada Chapel in Wilmington, OH. If you have diapers to donate, please call/text Violeta Gwynn 937-725-5071, or email violeta94@hotmail.com.
• ”An interfaith dialogue series will begin at 7:30pm on Thursday, October 22 at Eastern Hills Friends Meeting, 1671 Nagel Road. All people, of whatever faith or philosophy, who are seeking greater understanding of others’ beliefs are welcome to attend any evening. The series is sponsored by Franciscans Network, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Heritage Universalist Unitarian Church, and the Eastern Hills Friends Meeting. Sessions will have a different topic and location each evening and will include a visit to a local mosque”
• Earlham School of Religion will host PeaceQuest 2015. “Join peace activists from all over the world to learn and celebrate peace-making techniques. Interactive workshops will run in four tracks: personal, local, global and parent/child.” Keynote: Mary Lord, Quaker peace activist. Registration $20 (children under 17 free). Scholarships available. To register or submit a workshop idea, contact David Zarembka.
• ”On Pentecost weekend — May 22-25, 2015 — we invite Friends to gather in Cincinnati, Ohio for a retreat experience entitled Stoking the Fire. A lightly-scheduled program of extended worship, prayer, plenary speakers, home groups, topical workshops and attention to the movement of the Holy Spirit. Full registration information is on the FUM website — http://www.fum.org/stoking-the-fire-2015.”
• “FGC Nurturing Ministry Retreat will encompass Nurturing Ministries, Traveling Ministries, and Quaker Quest Community Friends Mtg. cohosts. EHF hospitality (i.e., Fri & Sat with breakfast) providers requested for FGC Nurturing Ministries workshop attenders. Hospitality volunteers please provide Franchot with the following information ASAP: # bedrooms, # beds and type (single, double, queen), pets (type).”
• Forgiveness: Portal to the Inner Light program invitation: “Many people ask, ‘What is forgiveness and how do I do it?’ This workshop provides both a structure and a process for journeying through the four phases of forgiveness: 1) Uncovering the Pain; 2) Change of Heart and Commitment to Forgive; 3) Work Phase; and 4) Deepening and Finding the Gift. Through meditation, journaling, song, dance, art, and prayer, we move through the four phases to free ourselves from fear, negativity, anger, guilt and shame—allowing us to connect with the Inner Light of Pure Love within ourselves and others.”
• “The second gathering of monthly meeting presiding clerks will be held on Saturday, October 24 at the Hadley farmhouse at 1133 Lebanon Road, Clarksville. We will begin at 9:00 and finish by 11:30. We will again have an informal discussion about what it is like to be a meeting clerk and the joys and concerns that are part of the calling. Perhaps you would like to share what is going on in your Meetings. Please bring any questions or discussion topics that you have for the group to share. If you would like, pack a lunch to eat at the farm after we finish. You are invited to take a walk to the pond or around the fields or check out the interesting things in the house and barn.”

 

Reflections: Ministry and Counsel offers:

“Sometimes we hear Quakers or attenders say that Meeting for Worship on First Day is a welcome respite from the week’s demands and urgencies. They relish being able to sit quietly during that time. If First Day is the only day that we allow ourselves to sit quietly and open to the silence, we are cheating ourselves. At least once every day this month, stop. Sit. Quietly. Do nothing except to open yourself to God’s presence. For at least five minutes. Quiet body. Quiet mind, Quiet heart. Don’t say that you don’t have time. You have all the time there is.”

 

Eastern Hills Friends Newsletter

 

 

Eastern Hills Friends Newsletter

Worship with us at 1671 Nagel Rd.

Write us at PO Box 54565, Cincinnati, OH 45254-0565

www.easternhillsfriends.org

June, 2015

 

Calendar of Events:

 

Jun 8-Jul 17: WYM Camps (see below)

June 13: Fund raising dinner for OVYM Teen Service Trip, Community Friends meetinghouse, 6:00pm

June 18: Grant writing workshop at Wilmington College, 9:30am – 3pm

June 18: Jimmy Heath House: chess group will be followed by lunch served at 12 noon

June 19: EHFM Women’s Group, Cincinnati Nature Center, 6:00pm

Jun 21-Jul 2: OVYM Teen Service Trip to Costa Rica

July 1: GAPP Peace Vigil at the Anderson Peace Pole Beech Acres Park

Jul 5-11: FGC  Gathering, Cullowhee, NC

July 16: Jimmy Heath House: chess group will be followed by lunch served at 12 noon

Jul 23-26: WYM Yearly Meeting, Maryville, TN

Jul 29-Aug 2: OVYM Yearly Meeting, Earlham College, Richmond, IN

Aug 5: GAPP Peace at the Anderson Peace Pole Beech Acres Park

Aug 8: Community Friends Mtg. will hold a Diversity Event

Aug 9: Potluck followed by Monthly Meeting for Business after rise from Meeting for Worship

Aug 14-16: 6^th Annual Quaker Leadership Conference

Aug 15: New Burlington Friends Annual BBQ Meal, 4-7pm- Donation

 

Additional Information:

Eastern Hills Friends Women’s Group plan to go to the Cincinnati Nature Center, Friday, June 19 at 6:00pm for a picnic .  Martha will be contacting members by e-mail with details.

 

WYM Camps: June 8-12- Senior High Camp; June 15-19- Day Camp; June 16-18-Beginner Camp;

June 22-26- Junior and Junior High Camp; July 12-17- Friendsville Quarter Camp

 

OVYM 195^th Annual Session; “Transforming the World with Love” is to be held at Earlham College, Richmond IN, July 29-August 2.  Registration materials are available in the June issue of the Quaker Quill or via the OVYM website www.quaker.org/ovym/

 

Ohio Humanities: Sharing the Human Story grant writing workshop. Quaker Heritage Center of Wilmington College (inside the Boyd Cultural Arts Center) For directions to campus and a campus map, visit: www.wilmington.edu/admission/visit-campus/map-directions/.  Register by June 16^th by calling the Quaker Heritage Center at 937/481-2456. Cost $15.

 

The 2015 Cincinnati Homeless Stand Down event to be held on June 26 in Washington Park, 1230 Elm Street, Cincinnati (Over-the-Rhine) on Friday June 26th from 9:00am to 2:00pm is for anyone experiencing homelessness.  The one-day event will offer medical services, referrals to social service agencies, legal assistance, food, and connect local homeless individuals with much community resources.

 

2015 Pride Parade: “Last year, over 200 people from faith communities all over the Greater Cincinnati area came together… (to parade) as a Welcoming Faith Community of Cincinnati! The registration and fee have been taken care of, so all you need to do is show up June 27th with signs and banners representing your faith community. Please plan to be at the staging area  (The intersection of 7th Street and Central Avenue -approximate address is 500 W. 7th Street) at 10:30am so we are ready for the 11am step off. As well as representing our communities, we are hoping to flood the parade with messages of love and hope. So, get out your poster board and sharpies, and get creative!”

 

6^th Annual Quaker Leadership Conference, “Transformational Leadership & the Prophetic Witness, August 14-16, 2015. The conference will feature keynote presentations from ESR Dean Jay Marshall and leadership consultant Joyce Schroeder. For full information on the 2015 ESR Leadership Conference, including online registration, visit the ESR website. Other questions: call Mandy Ford at (800) 432-1377 or email fordma@earlham.edu.”

 

Retreat for Friends of Color and their Families in Clarkston, MI at the Colombiere Conference and Retreat Center, starting with potluck dinner on Friday, November 6th to and ending with worship at Birmingham Friends Meeting on Sunday, November 8th.

“FGC’s Ministry on Racism Program is sponsoring an opportunity in the Midwest for Friends of Color and members of their immediate families to come together to build an incredible multigenerational community… Registration and more event details are available online here or at http://www.fgcquaker.org/2015FOCRetreat. Registration is open until August 1st for those staying at Colombiere, and until September 30th for commuters.”

 

EHFM Newsletter, May 8, 2015 update

Eastern Hills Friends Newsletter
Worship with us at 1671 Nagel Rd.
Write us at PO Box 54565, Cincinnati, OH 45254-0565
http://www.easternhillsfriends.org
May 8, 2015

Calendar of Events:
April 30: “Rooted in Abraham” interfaith dialogue series begins at 7:30pm at Centennial Barn
May 2: Quaker musician couple Fowler & Dungan in concert, Community Friends Sat. at 7:30pm.
May 3: EHF will provide the first Meeting for Healing during Second Hour after MfW.
May 3: Community Education Day on mental illness & addition awareness. Mason, OH.
May 9: Spiritual Life Retreat at Quaker Knoll Camp from 9:30am to 4pm.
May 13: Interfaith Gathering to Pray for Peace at EHFM, 7pm
May 16: WYM announces all committee meetings will meet in Berea, KY from 9am to 3pm.
May 16 : Peace Quest 2015 at Earlham School of Religion.
May 17 : Miami Quarterly Mtg. at Lexington Friends Mtg., Lexington, KY
Mar 21: Jimmy Health House: chess group will be followed by lunch served at 12 noon.
May 22-25: FUM Stoking the Fire program to be held in Cincinnati, OH
May29-30: FGC Nurturing Ministries Retreat open to everyone on May 29; those in nurturing ministry
roles on May 30
May 31 : EHFM work day.
Jul 23 – 26: WYM announces Yearly Meeting in Maryville, Tennessee
Jun 8-Jul 17: WYM Camps (see below)
Jun 21-Jul 2: OVYM Teen Service Trip to Costa Rica
Jul 23-26: Yearly Meeting in Maryville, Tennessee per WYM
Aug 8: Community Friends Mtg. will hold a Diversity Event.
Aug 15: New Burlington Friends Annual BBQ Meal, 4-7pm- Donation
Additional Information:
• “Rooted in Abraham” interfaith dialogue shared from Muslim, Jewish, and Christian perspectives! Sessions will be held on five Thursday evenings at 7:30, beginning on April 30 at the Centennial Barn, 110 Compton Road, Cincinnati 45215. No RSVP necessary. Courtesy of the Franciscans Network.

• The Meeting for Healing process is based on that used by Friends Merry Stanford, Richard Lee, and Florence Rose Morgan, as well as various British Friends. Franchot will convene the process. Healing prayer request notes may be provided to M&C before MfW.

• Quaker Spiritual Life Retreats to be held under the care of Miami-Center Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. “Quakers seek, in sponsoring events such as these, to facilitate opportunities for people to connect with the Spirit within and with friends new and old along the journey.” Non-members are also welcome. Contact Patricia Thomas or Nancy McCormick.

• Solar lanterns for orphaned Kenyan children to study by may be purchased for them for $10 through Friends of Kakamega, an organization founded by Kenyan Quaker women (USFW). Child sponsorships and other donations also accepted. Link: http://www.friendsofkakamega.org for more information or to donate.

• Miami Quarterly Meeting of Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) will be held at Lexington Friends Meeting, 649 Price Ave., Lexington KY 40524. Hospitality is available. Directions link: http://ovym.quaker.org/index_files/Lexington.htm.

•WYM Camps: June 8-12- Senior High Camp; June 15-19- Day Camp; June 16-18-Beginner Camp;
June 22-26- Junior and Junior High Camp; July 12-17- Friendsville Quarter Camp

•Community Education Day sponsored by Lindner Center of HOPE. Topic is “enhancing awareness about the facts of mental illness and addiction. Knowledge helps break down stigma and encourages individuals and families to seek life-changing help.” Location: Manor House, 7440 Mason-Montgomery Rd. Mason, Ohio 45040. Registration 11am. Buffet. Keynotes: Paul Keck, Jr., MD, MacKenzie Phillips.

•”ESR will host PeaceQuest 2015. “Join peace activists from all over the world to learn and celebrate peace-making techniques. Interactive workshops will run in four tracks: personal, local, global and parent/child.” Keynote: Mary Lord, Quaker peace activist. Registration $20 (children under 17 free). Scholarships available. To register or submit a workshop idea, contact David Zarembka at dave@aglifpt.org.

•”On Pentecost weekend — May 22-25, 2015 — we invite Friends to gather in Cincinnati, Ohio for a retreat experience entitled Stoking the Fire. A lightly-scheduled program of extended worship, prayer, plenary speakers, home groups, topical workshops and attention to the movement of the Holy Spirit.
Full registration information is on the FUM website — http://www.fum.org/stoking-the-fire-2015.”

• FGC Nurturing Ministry Retreat will encompass Nurturing Ministries, Traveling Ministries, and Quaker Quest Community Friends Mtg. cohosts. EHF hospitality (i.e., Fri & Sat with breakfast) providers requested for FGC Nurturing Ministries workshop attenders. Hospitality volunteers please provide Franchot with the following information ASAP: # bedrooms, # beds and type (single, double, queen), pets (type).

EHFM Newsletter, April 2, 2015

Eastern Hills Friends Newsletter
Worship with us at 1671 Nagel Rd.
Write us at PO Box 54565, Cincinnati, OH 45254-0565
http://www.easternhillsfriends.org
April 2, 2015

Calendar of Events:

Apr 4: OVYM budget discussion, Trueblood Rm, Earlham School of Religion 10am-12N
Apr 8: EHFM/GAP “Interfaith Gathering to Pray for Peace” at EHF at 7pm.
Apr 11-12: School of the Spirit Testing the Waters retreat from 9:30-3:30 with special session during Second Hour at EHFM on Apr 12.
Apr 16: Jimmy Health House: chess group will be followed by lunch served at 12 noon.
Apr 19: EHF Work Day after MfW. Bring bown bag lunch. Heavy rain alt. date: May 31
Apr 26: EHF Mtg. for Worship with Attn. to Business following First Hour and potluck
luncheon.
Apr 24-26 FGC Tending the Heart of Relationship Couple Retreat in Montreat, NC.
Apr 18: Quaker Genealogy Meeting at Cincinnati Friend Meeting.
May 3: Community Education Day on mental illness & addition awareness. Mason, OH.
May 16: Peace Quest 2015 at Earlham School of Religion.
May 17: Miami Quarterly Mtg. at Lexington Friends Mtg., Lexington, KY
May 22-25: FUM Stoking the Fire program to be held in Cincinnati, OH
May29-30: FGC Nurturing Ministries Retreat open to everyone on May 29; those in nurturing ministry roles on May 30
Jun 8-Jul 17: WYM Camps (see below)
Jun 21-Jul 2 OVYM Teen Service Trip to Costa Rica
Jul 23-26: Yearly Meeting in Maryville, Tennessee per WYM
Aug 8: Community Friends Mtg. will hold a Diversity Event.
Aug 15: New Burlington Friends Annual BBQ Meal, 4-7pm- Donation
Additional Information:
• WCPO website presented Cincinnati Friends Meeting celebrates 200 years of worship in Greater Cincinnati. View at : http://shar.es/1fJGQe

• Greater Anderson Promotes Peace and Eastern Hills Friends Meeting announce an “Interfaith Gathering to Pray for Peace” at Eastern Hills Friends Meeting, 1671 Nagel Road, Anderson Twp. Following prayers, please stay for refreshments and fellowship.
• An opportunity to share our spiritual lives. A Koinonia Groups (i.e., K-Groups) is not a discussion group. Nor is it an avenue for seeking or giving advice. It is an environment for holding another or being held compassionately and lovingly in the light. While consistent with New Testament passages, K-groups are not necessarily Christian in emphasis. Participants must be willing to allow another to speak his or her language—Christian or not—and still hear the deep spiritual longing in the other’s words. Contact: Franchot Ballinger (Eastern Hills Friends Meeting), if interested.

• School of the Spirit Testing the Waters Retreat at EHFM: Potluck / clean-up help on Friday night for
their planning meeting. Saturday need snacks and beverages, soups (at least one vegetarian option), salad
and bread.

•Community Education Day sponsored by Lindner Center of HOPE. Topic is “enhancing awareness about the facts of mental illness and addiction. Knowledge helps break down stigma and encourages individuals and families to seek life-changing help.” Location: Manor House, 7440 Mason-Montgomery Rd. Mason, Ohio 45040. Registration 11am. Buffet. Keynotes: Paul Keck, Jr., MD, MacKenzie Phillips.

•”ESR will host PeaceQuest 2015. “Join peace activists from all over the world to learn and celebrate peace-making techniques. Interactive workshops will run in four tracks: personal, local, global and parent/child.” Keynote: Mary Lord, Quaker peace activist. Registration $20 (children under 17 free). Scholarships available. To register or submit a workshop idea, contact David Zarembka at dave@aglifpt.org.

•”On Pentecost weekend — May 22-25, 2015 — we invite Friends to gather in Cincinnati, Ohio for a retreat experience entitled Stoking the Fire. A lightly-scheduled program of extended worship, prayer, plenary speakers, home groups, topical workshops and attention to the movement of the Holy Spirit.
Full registration information is on the FUM website — http://www.fum.org/stoking-the-fire-2015.”

• FGC Nurturing Ministry Retreat will encompass Nurturing Ministries, Traveling Ministries, and Quaker Quest Community Friends Mtg. cohosts. EHF hospitality (i.e., Fri & Sat with breakfast) providers requested for FGC Nurturing Ministries workshop attenders. Hospitality volunteers please provide Franchot with the following information ASAP: # bedrooms, # beds and type (single, double, queen), pets (type).

• The Tending the Heart of Relationship Couple Retreat program is offered under the care of FGC Couple Enrichment Program. The retreat is open to any couple in a committed relationship, regardless of legal status. The workshop costs $290 per couple and includes lodging at a house in Montreat and six meals (Friday dinner through Sunday lunch). Register online at http://bit.ly/CERetreat_2015.
•WYM Camps: June 8-12- Senior High Camp; June 15-19- Day Camp; June 16-18-Beginner Camp;
June 22-26- Junior and Junior High Camp; July 12-17- Friendsville Quarter Camp
•Quaker History and Genealogy Conference at Cincinnati Friends Meetinghouse focus will be Levi Coffin, Anti-Slavery Friend and “President of the Underground Railroad,” a 19th Century CFM member.
Reflections: Ministry and Counsel Offers:

“What do you revere?

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, editors of Spiritual Literacy, suggest the following practice:
(Breathing in) I stand in awe . . .

(Breathing out) of all Creation.
But you can focus this breath meditation any way you want. You might substitute for ‘Creation’ God, Divine Love, the Light, Jesus, etc.

Once each day for the next month, practice this breath meditation (with your variation) as you look out a window on your garden, as you engage in walking meditation, or whatever other time and place you have chosen.”

Eastern Hills Friends Newsletter, Mar 3, 2015 Update

Eastern Hills Friends Newsletter
Worship with us at 1671 Nagel Rd.
Write us at PO Box 54565, Cincinnati, OH 45254-0565
http://www.easternhillsfriends.org
March 3, 2015

Calendar of Events:

Mar (tentative): Pastoral visitation will take place. Franchot will represent EHFM
Mar 4: Ministry and Council Mtg.
Mar 5 – 26: CFM book group continues to meet on Thursdays at 7pm during March.
Mar 8: EHFM Second Hour discussion to follow MfW (members’ trip to South Africa).
Mar 11: EHFM/GAP “Interfaith Gathering to Pray for Peace” at EHF at 7pm.
Mar 14: FGC The Grow Our Meetings workshop held at Quaker Hill in Richmond, IN.
Mar 14: Chester USFW Benefit Auction for mission budget 6-8pm
Mar 15: Quaker Family Reunion and 200th Anniversary of Cincinnati Friends Mtg at CFM
Mar 19: Jimmy Health House: chess group will be followed by lunch served at 12 noon.
Mar 21: New Burlington Friends Soup and Sandwich Meal- 4-7pm at 380 & Cemetery Rd.Greene County, OH – Donation
Mar 22: EHF Mtg. for Worship with Attn. to Business following First Hour and potluck luncheon.
Mar 22: Wilmington Friends Mtg.,What Are Friends Doing In Russia?” 12:30 then potluck
Mar 29: EHFM Second Hour topic: OVYM Faith and Practice document
Mar 30: Wilmington College Committee Spring Banquet- Reservations due Mar 20. $16.50
Apr 11-12: School of the Spirit Testing the Waters retreat from 9:30-3:30 with special session during Second Hour at EHFM on Apr 12.
Apr 24-26: FGC Tending the Heart of Relationship Couple Retreat in Montreat, NC.
Apr 18: Quaker Genealogy Meeting at Cincinnati Friend Meeting.
May 29-30: FGC Nurturing Ministries Retreat open to everyone on May 29; those in nurturing ministry roles on May 30
Jun 8-Jul 17: WYM Camps (see below)
Jun 21-Jul 2: OVYM Teen Service Trip to Costa Rica
Jul 23-26: Yearly Meeting in Maryville, Tennessee per WYM
Aug 15: New Burlington Friends Annual BBQ Meal, 4-7pm- Donation

Additional Information:
• Greater Anderson Promotes Peace and Eastern Hills Friends Meeting announce an “Interfaith Gathering to Pray for Peace” at Eastern Hills Friends Meeting, 1671 Nagel Road, Anderson Twp. Following prayers, please stay for refreshments and fellowship.
• An opportunity to share our spiritual lives. A Koinonia Groups (i.e., K-Groups) is not a discussion group. Nor is it an avenue for seeking or giving advice. It is an environment for holding another or being held compassionately and lovingly in the light. While consistent with New Testament passages, K-groups are not necessarily Christian in emphasis. Participants must be willing to allow another to speak his or her language—Christian or not—and still hear the deep spiritual longing in the other’s words. Contact: Franchot Ballinger (Eastern Hills Friends Meeting), if interested.

• EHFM hospitality and CVG airport pick-up requested for School of the Spirit Testing the Waters Retreat
(two teachers). EHFM potluck / clean-up help on Friday night for their planning meeting. Saturday need
snacks and beverages, soups (at least one vegetarian option), salad and bread.

• The Grow Our Meetings workshop pilot project focus “is on increasing the health and vitality of our meetings by inviting Spirit into our efforts around inreach, outreach, and integrating newcomers. It’s based, in part, on our learnings from QuakerQuest”. March target audience is Friends in IN, OH, MI, KY, and IL. Link: https://www.fgcquaker.org/fgcs-grow-our-meetings-workshop

• Cincinnati Friends Mtg book group will read one chapter per week of Friends Past and Present: The Bicentennial History of Cincinnati Friends Meeting (1815-2015) by Sabrina Darnowsky. Order from createspace.com using a link on the CFM website. Contact author for details.
• What Are Friends Doing In Russia?” speaker Johan and wife Judy Maurer have been living in Russia, since 2008, teaching at the New Humanities Institute in Elektrostal. During their years in Wilmington (1990-1993), Johan was coordinator of the Right Sharing of World Resources program and Judy was director of financial aid at Wilmington College. From 1993 to 2000, Johan was general secretary of Friends United Meeting.
• FGC Nurturing Ministry Retreat will encompass Nurturing Ministries, Traveling Ministries, and Quaker Quest. Community Friends Mtg. cohosts. EHF hospitality (i.e., Fri & Sat with breakfast) providers requested for FGC Nurturing Ministries workshop attenders. Hospitality volunteers please provide Franchot with the following information ASAP: # bedrooms, # beds and type (single, double, queen), pets (type).
• The Tending the Heart of Relationship Couple Retreat program is offered under the care of FGC Couple Enrichment Program. The retreat is open to any couple in a committed relationship, regardless of legal status. The workshop costs $290 per couple and includes lodging at a house in Montreat and six meals (Friday dinner through Sunday lunch). Register online at http://bit.ly/CERetreat_2015.
• WYM Camps: June 8-12- Senior High Camp; June 15-19- Day Camp; June 16-18-Beginner Camp;
June 22-26- Junior and Junior High Camp; July 12-17- Friendsville Quarter Camp
• Quaker Family Reunion at Cincinnati Friends Meetinghouse. Jim Newby (former minister at Cincinnati Friends and author of several books, such as Sacred Chaos) will speak followed by silent, open worship then pot luck lunch. Later (3pm), Phil Gulley will speak and Carrie Newcomer will give a concert at Armstrong Chapel, 5125 Drake Road, 45243. For tickets, contact: http://www.cincinnatifriends.org or at door.
• Quaker History and Genealogy Conference at Cincinnati Friends Meetinghouse focus will be Levi Coffin, Anti-Slavery Friend and “President of the Underground Railroad,” a 19th Century CFM member.
Reflections: Ministry and Counsel Offers:

Be honest with yourself. What unpalatable truths might you be evading? When you recognize your short comings, do not let that discourage you. In worship together we can find the assurance of God’s love and strength to go on with renewed courage. Britain yearly Meeting

Susan Reutman, Corresponding Clerk, (859) 279-3752

Eastern Hills Friends

Eastern Hills Friends Newsletter
Worship with us at 1671 Nagel Rd.
Write us at PO Box 54565, Cincinnati, OH 45254-0565
http://www.easternhillsfriends.org
February 3, 2015

Calendar of Events:

Feb 4-7: Silent auction for Friends BelizeSchool (last bid 2pm on 2/7) in Wilmington
Feb 8: EHFM Second Hour discussion to follow MfW (topic to be announced).
Feb 11: EHFM/GAP “Interfaith Gathering to Pray for Peace” at EHF at 7pm.
Feb 14: Falls Creek Church pancake supper 4-7pm, near Hillsboro, OH
Feb 15: Miami Quarterly Mtg will be hosted at EHFM (co-host Campus Mtg) in 2015
Feb 19: Jimmy Health House: chess group will be followed by lunch served at 12 noon.
Feb 19: CFM book group to meet on Thursdays at 7pm for six weeks.
Feb 20-21: WYM Mini Yearly Meetings at Kelly Center, Wilmington College
Feb 22: EHF Mtg. for Worship with Attn. to Business following First Hour and potluck
luncheon.
Mar (tentative): Pastoral visitation will take place. Franchot will represent EHFM
Mar 1: EHFM Women’s Group will meet to play games & sew after MfW.
Mar 8: EHFM Second Hour discussion to follow MfW (topic to be announced).
Mar 14: FGC The Grow Our Meetings workshop held at Quaker Hill in Richmond, IN.
Mar 15: Quaker Family Reunion and 200th Anniversary of Cincinnati Friends Mtg at CFM
Mar 21: New Burlington Friends Soup and Sandwich Meal- 4-7pm at 380 & Cemetery Rd.
Greene County, OH
Mar 30: Wilmington College Committee Spring Banquet- Reservations due Mar 20th. $15
Apr 11-12: School of the Spirit with special session during Second Hour at EHFM on Apr 12.
Apr 18: Quaker Genealogy Meeting at Cincinnati Friend Meeting.
Jun 8-Jul 17: WYM Camps (see below)
Jul 23-26: Yearly Meeting in Maryville, Tennessee per WYM
Aug 15: New Burlington Friends Annual BBQ Meal, 4-7pm- Donation

Additional Information:
• Greater Anderson Promotes Peace and Eastern Hills Friends Meeting announce an “Interfaith Gathering to Pray for Peace” at Eastern Hills Friends Meeting, 1671 Nagel Road, Anderson Twp. Following prayers, please stay for refreshments and fellowship.
• Suggestions on content sought for inclusion in the EHFM “State of the Society Report” submission to Miami Quarterly Mtg.
• EHFM responsibilities as co-hosts of Miami Quarterly Meeting (with Campus Meeting, Feb, 2015) will include First Day school, the after lunch children’s program at the Cincinnati Zoo (need drivers & chaperones). Other needs include early arrivals for table/chair set-up, extra card tables, generous main dishes and beverages, hymnals, bins with dishes, and potentially overnight hospitality (night Feb, 14 – contact Susan K). Approximately 50 to 60 Friends are expected to attend Meeting for Worship and lunch.
• If you didn’t get a chance to listen to the local NPR station (WVXU) Tuesday afternoon (Jan. 27) and so missed Sabrina & Donne being interviewed about Quakers on “Cincinnati Edition,” you can listen to it now on this link: http://wvxu.org/post/quakers-historical-impact-our-region
• Silent Auction for Belize Friends School at Jen’s deli in Wilmington will benefit the children’s field trip fund.
• The Grow Our Meetings workshop pilot project focus “is on increasing the health and vitality of our meetings by inviting Spirit into our efforts around inreach, outreach, and integrating newcomers. It’s based, in part, on our learnings from QuakerQuest”. March target audience is Friends in IN, OH, MI, KY, and IL. Link: https://www.fgcquaker.org/fgcs-grow-our-meetings-workshop

• Cincinnati Friends Mtg book group will read one chapter per week of Friends Past and Present: The Bicentennial History of Cincinnati Friends Meeting (1815-2015) by Sabrina Darnowsky. Order from createspace.com using a link on the CFM website. Contact author for details.
•The Fall Creek Friends Church welcomes everyone to their annual Pancake Supper at 11345 Karnes Rd.
•WYM Mini yearly meeting agenda:
Feb 20th- Friday Nights Workshop, Banquet and Program at McCoy’s Catering, 280 West Curry Rd, Wilmington, OH 45177. The workshop at 4PM on “Life Transitions” by Craig Dove. Dinner at 6PM with a program to follow on FDS trip to Tennessee.” Friday Night Banquet reservations due February 13th. Cost: $15.00
Feb 21st- Committee Meetings- 8:30- 10:30m, Permanent Board- 11- 12PM with short worship service to follow.

•WYM Camps: June 8-12- Senior High Camp; June 15-19- Day Camp; June 16-18-Beginner Camp;
June 22-26- Junior and Junior High Camp; July 12-17- Friendsville Quarter Camp
•Quaker Family Reunion at Cincinnati Friends Meetinghouse. Jim Newby (former minister at Cincinnati Friends and author of several books, such as Sacred Chaos) will speak followed by silent, open worship then pot luck lunch. Later (3pm), Phil Gulley will speak and Carrie Newcomer will give a concert at Armstrong Chapel, 5125 Drake Road, 45243. For tickets, contact: http://www.cincinnatifriends.org or at door.
•Quaker History and Genealogy Conference at Cincinnati Friends Meetinghouse focus will be Levi Coffin, Anti-Slavery Friend and “President of the Underground Railroad,” a 19th Century CFM member.
Reflections: Ministry and Council Offers:
““To listen is to turn towards another, to leave self behind and that is love.”
Laurence Freeman, Jesus The teacher Within

Eastern Hills Friends Newsletter: Dec, 2014

Eastern Hills Friends Newsletter
Worship with us at 1671 Nagel Rd.
Write us at PO Box 54565, Cincinnati, OH 45254-0565
http://www.easternhillsfriends.org
December 13, 2014

Calendar of Events:

Dec 15: EHF Ministry and Counsel meets.
Dec 18: Jimmy Health House: chess group will be followed by lunch served at 12 noon.
Dec 21: EHFM Christmas potluck and variety show.
Jan (TBD): EHFM Women’s Group will reconvene after the holidays (date/time/placeTBD)
Jan 11: EHFM Second Hour discussion to follow MfW (topic to be announced).
Jan 25: EHF Mtg. for Worship with Attn. to Business following First Hour and potluck luncheon.
Feb 11: EHFM/GAP “Interfaith Gathering to Pray for Peace” at EHF
Feb 15: Miami Quarterly Mtg will be hosted at EHFM (co-host Campus Mtg) in 2015
Mar (tentative): Pastoral visitation will take place. Franchot will represent EHFM
Mar 15: Quaker Family Meeting to be held at Cincinnati Friends Mtg.
Apr 11-12: School of the Spirit with special session during Second Hour at EHFM on Apr 12.
Apr 18: Quaker Genealogy Meeting at Cincinnati Friend Meeting.

Additional Information:
• Greater Anderson Promotes Peace and Eastern Hills Friends Meeting announce an “Interfaith Gathering to Pray for Peace” at Eastern Hills Friends Meeting, 1671 Nagel Road, Anderson Twp. Following prayers, please stay for refreshments and fellowship.

• Women’s group seeks ideas for new projects during 2015, in addition to the ongoing work of those who have sewn mittens for local schools and sanitary kits for Haiti. Please contact Susan K.

• Suggestions on content sought for inclusion in the EHFM “State of the Society Report” submission to Miami Quarterly Mtg.

• EHFM Christmas party is coming soon. Prepare to enjoy a lively “gift” exchange (i.e., gifts of your poetry, humor, music…please share those talents with your friends!).

• EHFM responsibilities as co-hosts of Miami Quarterly Meeting (with Campus Meeting, Feb, 2015) will include First Day school, the after lunch children’s program at the Cincinnati Zoo (need drivers), supplying main dishes (beverages TBD), and bins for dishes. Approximately 50 to 60 Friends are expected to attend Meeting for Worship and lunch.

Reflections: Ministry and Council Offers:
“No doubt, we all enter the silence of Meeting for Worship in different ways. Here’s an invitation from Ministry and Counsel to try what may be a new approach for some. If you don’t do so already, we encourage you to use the early moments of silence as an opportunity to open your heart to those sitting around you in worship.”