Tempe Friends Meeting (Quakers)

01/04/2015

Memorial Service for Brianna Wells
Saturday, January 10, 2015 at 1:30p
Tempe Community Christian Church
1701 S. College Ave, Tempe

Brianna's memorial will be in the manner of Friends (Quakers); this means what occurs will largely be guided through the spirit of those attending. It will be partially programmed including a few people designated to speak, but most of the time will be open for us to hear the oral testimonies of remembrances and grief as we begin the healing process and look to find ways to carry Brianna forward in the months and years ahead.

04/16/2013

ALL ARE INVITED - This coming Sunday April 21st
“This Land Was Your Land”
Seeking Right Relationship with Indigenous Peoples

Tempe Friends Meetinghouse
318 E. Fifteenth Street, Tempe, AZ 85281
Schedule:
Meeting for Worship (10am-11am)
Fellowship & Light Refreshments (≈11am-11:30am)
Workshop (≈11:30am-1pm)

A 90-minute workshop
Facilitated by Paula Palmer, Clerk
Indigenous Peoples Concerns Committee
Boulder CO Friends Meeting

In this workshop, we hear the voices of America's past–from the native peoples whose diverse societies spanned the continent, to the European popes and monarchs who authorized centuries of genocide–and the voices of today that are calling for healing, reconciliation, and right relationship among our peoples and with the land.

We offer this workshop in response to calls from indigenous leaders like James Anaya (above) and from the World Council of Churches. The workshop traces the historic and ongoing impacts of the Doctrine of Discovery, the 15th-century justification for European subjugation of non-Christian peoples. Our goal is to raise the level of our knowledge and concern about these impacts, recognize them in ourselves and our institutions, and explore how we can begin to “take actions that are appropriate to our local circumstances.” A Resource Kit offers suggestions for continued study, reflection, and action.

~Repost of Gretchen Reinhardt's post~

03/28/2013

Workshop this Saturday, 3/30/13, 9a-3p:

Tempe Meeting is pleased to invite you to a workshop led by Marcelle Martin and focused on Rex Ambler's "Experiment with Light". Marcelle is the author of two Pendle Hill pamphlets, and worked directly with British Friend Rex Ambler to acquaint Friends in the US with the insights available through "Light meditation". Building on Ambler's deep reading of early Quaker writings and incorporating modern developments in psychotherapy, this easily-learned approach produces life-changing and life-affirming practical and spiritual results.

Marcelle has scheduled the workshop in two sessions. The 9 AM-12 noon session will introduce us to the background and basics. After we share a simple meal, the afternoon session will give us the chance to explore the application of the method and share our findings.

Please let Dave Nachman know if you plan to attend, so we can prepare enough soup, salad and bread to feed everyone. We'd love to fill the meetinghouse.

07/20/2012

*Water Needed* - Tempe Community Action Agency and I-HELP have asked participating faith communities to collect bottled water for distribution to homeless persons during our hottest days. We are collecting bottled water at the Meeting House and Ruth Kearns will take it to TCAA at Escalante Community Center as it accumulates. Packages of 6, 12, or 24 are often put on sale at this time of year, and perhaps you can plan to buy some when you are shopping for groceries. The need is great, and TCAA is having difficulty keeping up with demand.

07/20/2012

A Friendly reminder: The next I-Help dinner will be Friday, 8/3/12.

07/20/2012

If you'll be joining the egg roll making this weekend and still need information related to the shopping, etc, please see Gretchen's recent post on our page.

03/31/2012

Facebook has changed our Page to the new 'Timeline' look today. Come take a peek. ;-)

02/03/2012

The memorial for Aaländria Edmonds will be held on Saturday, February 11, at 2:00 pm, at the Tempe Friends Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). The address is 318 East 15th Street, Tempe, Arizona 85281 (on 15th St., off College, between Broadway and Apache). Friends who are traveling distances and would appreciate hospitality should notify Gretchen Reinhardt ([email protected], 480-968-4056).

01/16/2012

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

01/16/2012

"Walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in every one."

-George Fox

01/13/2012

Just wanted to share this recall information in case anyone has any of these products at home. They are Excedrin, Bufferin, Gas-X, and No-Doz. Here's the link to the Novartis site detailing the affected items: http://www.novartis-otc.com/otc/index.html #3

Novartis Consumer Health, working with the FDA, decided to issue a voluntary recall of all lots of select bottle sizes of Excedrin®, NoDoz®, Bufferin® and Gas-X® Prevention® products in the United States because the products may contain stray tablets from other Novartis products or contain broken or...

01/06/2012

"Retreat! Has everyone registered for this event in February, who wants to? Deadline is Sunday, January 8!" (Originally posted by Ed Kearns & repeated so everyone gets the info in their news feeds.)