Howdy Friends—

Meeting for Worship:
Please join us this Sunday, May 17, in one of three ways to attend Meeting for Worship: “Plain” worship in the side room in the Meeting House, or at the blended Meeting held in the Meeting House, or on the Peace Chapel.  All begin at 10:00 am. 

First Day School:
First Day School focuses on loving others and learning about our community and earth, encompassing the Quaker testimonies of “SPICES,” i.e., Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality, and Stewardship. Join us each Sunday in May.

May 17:  Potluck 
Potluck this Sunday after Meeting — please bring a dish to share or just bring yourself!

May 31:  AAQAQ, Ask a Quaker a Question  
Informal gathering immediately after Meeting.

June 17 – 21:  IMYM Annual Gathering in Durango
Be sure to mark your calendar for this year’s IMYM Annual Gathering in Durango, June 17 – 21.  More info and registration are HERE.  Attendance may be online or in person.  This year’s theme is “Connecting Joy Across All Ages.”   

May 15 – 17:  Quaker Women’s Retreat
The retreat is from 5 pm Friday to noon on Sunday at Highlands Camp & Retreat Center in Allenspark, near Estes Park. To register online, contact Nancy Andrew , or call her at 719-246-8306. Registration form found on IMYM.org.  If you prefer to email your registration, send it to Gail Hoffman .

Giving Committee Update 
The Giving Committee has continued monthly giving as approved in the budget.  Donations have been sent to the Family Housing Network, the Northern Colorado Intertribal Powwow, the Interfaith Solidarity and Accompaniment Coalition (ISAAC) Emergency Immigration and Adelante Fellows funds, and the Fort Collins Hispanic Women’s Farming Proyecto.  We also paid our annual ISAAC dues. Thanks to new, designated donations, we were able to donate to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Cultural Enrichment Encampment and the Arapaho Language and Culture Camp, and to buy diapers for delivery to the Oglala Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation.  Donations will continue throughout the year.  If you’d like to help replenish the Giving Fund, you can make a donation to the Meeting and designate the Nash-Zimmerman Giving Fund.  And if you have a specific idea for a donation, let Andrea, Diana, or Bob S. know. 

Faith Family Hospitality (FFH) Update 
FFH is a program of the Family Housing Network, in which local faith communities share responsibilities in hosting unhoused families. Families are currently housed in church buildings on a rotating basis, but the program will soon move into a permanent location on Myrtle Street!  Our Meeting has participated by providing volunteers for over ten years. Volunteering can be as simple as cooking a dish, spending three hours hosting families for one evening, or spending the night in your own private room at the overnight facility.  Our Meeting’s FFH steering committee met in early May.  Experienced FFH volunteers will be helping out a couple of days this month when other congregations are not available.  Soon we hope to have a talk at our Meeting by the executive director of the program and to offer training for new volunteers.  Stay tuned.  If interested, please see Bob S., Lucie B., Patti D., or Bob D.

New Opportunity:  Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Healing
As we discussed in last Sunday’s MfB, we are developing a Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Healing.  Those who wish for someone to be held in the Light during this upcoming monthly meeting may, if desired, send the name(s) and any additional information to an email, clerk@fortcollinsquakers.org, to be gathered over the course of a month.  Then any who wish may attend a one-hour, online meeting when these names will be held in the Light, one at a time.  Confidentiality will be emphasized.  There is a more detailed description of the proposed format HERE.  Forms will also be available in the Meetinghouse, to be collected there in a designated box.  The meeting will be held on a regular Saturday each month, for example, every second Saturday. Those who might be interested are invited to send their preference for a specific Saturday of the month to Kimberly (musichealsit@gmail.com), along with a suggestion for one or two morning meeting times.  


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If you would like an item to be considered for inclusion in the Weekly Update, please send the exact wording by 10:00 am Thursday to these two email addresses:  musichealsitgmail.com and chacocanyonlr@gmail.com.

In peace and service,

Lo Rellergert
Clerk, Fort Collins Friends Meeting