Semi-Programmed Worship Series: Saturdays

Have you had the experience of readings and music in other worship spaces, and wondered what it would be like to include them in the grounded silence of waiting worship with Friends? Have you pondered how seekers might find connection in these liturgical elements, and a home in Quaker worship that includes them? How might a weaving of brief “programmed” elements into the silence help us to go deep and remain there in our unprogrammed worship?

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Gather with Friends for the experience of semi-programmed worship. The format of the hour-long worship will begin and end with music, and include short, inspiring readings interspersed with 15-minute periods of waiting worship in silence. Participants will share vocal ministry as moved by the Spirit. The series will be facilitated on Zoom, and participants are encouraged to meet in person in small groups, perhaps from a meetinghouse, to join in together. Register for the Wednesday evening series, the Saturday evening series, or both!

Online Wednesday or Saturday evenings (Zoom registrations below):

• Wednesdays, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Oct. 18, 25; November 1, 8
• Saturdays, 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm:  Oct. 21, 28; Nov. 4, 11

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Shulamith is a member of Swarthmore Monthly Meeting, where she is on the Worship & Ministry Committee. Shulamith has led Quaker Meetings for Healing and adult education programs for monthly and quarterly Meetings in Vermont, Seattle, and the Chicago area, for New England Yearly Meeting, Friends General Conference, and for Quaker retreat and conference centers, including two workshop series at Pendle Hill in 2021-22. For the 2021 FGC Gathering, Shulamith co-facilitated an online workshop: “Resistance and Obedience to God: Discovering the Divine Flow in Our Lives.” In November, 2023, Barclay Press will publish her book, Good Night: Interfaith Prayers & Meditations Before Sleep.

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Register here for Saturdays, 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm:  Oct. 21, 28; Nov. 4, 11

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclceqpqj8pH9wtYTQaAwazMURJUEk0EaC8

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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