Sermons
Intro to Extended Open Worship
Queries:
What sustaining practices do I encounter in this text? What feels most timely, for us?
What is sustaining me—my body, mind, and heart—in this season?
What is sustaining my community and my relationships with others?
What—negatively—is sustaining cruelty and violence in our world?
What—positively—is sustaining my efforts to do good in the world?
In what ways am I, even in some small way, sustenance for others?
I Appeal to You, Friends
Query:
What points in today’s scripture or message do I need—in this time of silence and open worship—to underscore, supplement, illustrate, or apply, to potentially help those of us gathered deepen our practice of Love?
Change Your Mind
Queries:
What might we take to heart as we listen to Jesus and the Canaanite woman?
What actions might this story be nudging us to take?
This Dreamer
Queries:
How can we transform destructive competition into creative collaboration?
How can we gain a more generous perspective on others?
Whose gifts are we invited to nurture?
Whose dreams are moving us to take action?
What are we to do in the face of relentless violence?
Crossing Over (Guest Speakers: Joe and Jane Snyder)
Joe and Jane have been Quakers for over 50 years and are both actively engaged in the Society of Friends. They have a long time commitment to working with children and youth. Joe and Jane first visited Guatemala attending a Quaker conference in 2006, where they learned of the Friends Scholarship Program. They became “hooked” on the program after being invited to attend a week long teaching English experience a few years later and have been regular visitors and contributors since. Both now serve on the board of directors of PROGRESA, the scholarship program. They are grateful to be with many Camas Friends at the peaceful witnesses for justice and due process at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Center in Portland.
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