Spiritual Exploration, Enrichment and Dialogue
(SEED)
Fourth Sunday Second Hours, approx. 11:45 am-12:45 pm.
Tacoma Friends fourth Sunday Second Hour is devoted to spiritual enrichment and exploration. These sessions are both in-person and via Zoom using the same link as Meeting for Worship. Upcoming topics are:
- November 23: “Living with Death” – This is an open invitation to those who are interested in how to live a full life while recognizing that no one lives forever. Suggestions for books and other studies, particularly those with Quaker influence, are welcome. All are invited to help guide how Tacoma Friends will explore this topic over the next year.
- December 28: Seeking Spirit in Community fellowship gathering. This second hour is in the planning stages. It will be an informal time for supporting one another during the holiday season.
To attend, simply stay after Meeting for Worship and join either on the Zoom link or in person at the meeting house. There will be a short break with refreshments between Worship and Second Hour.
Send additional topic suggestions to tacomafriendsmeeting@gmail.com
Fall Quarter Common Read
Active Hope by Macy and Johnstone
All are invited to join our TFM Fall Quarter Common Read, “Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in with Unexpected Resilience & Creative Power,” by Joanna Macy & Chris Johnstone. There are no requirements or expectations for TFM Common Read, just an invitation to read the suggested book on your own in your own time, noting and perhaps journaling on those things that stand out for you or raise questions and/or resistance. December 7th, beginning at 3 pm at the meeting house and via Zoom, will be a time for Quaker Dialogue about the book. All are invited to attend whether you’ve read any of it or not! Here is the Zoom link should you choose to join us virtually:
Queries for each chapter are at the link below. These are not required, but if you find some of them helpful you are welcome to journal your thoughts and share them during the discussion on December 7th.
Queries for Introduction and Chapters 1-13
Please feel free to contact tacomafriendsmeeting@gmail.com for more information.
Exploring Quaker Spirituality:
An Eight-Week Journey with Friends
Every other Monday, October-December. Begins Oct. 6, 7pm, via Zoom.
If you’d like to learn more about the spiritual principles of Quakerism while getting to know several fellow seekers, consider joining our next “Exploring Quaker Spirituality” (EQS) group. Register below and you’ll be included in future organizational messages as we ramp up to another installment of EQS beginning in late September.
The heart of EQS is Geoffrey Durham’s What Do Quakers Believe?, a small book readily available for a modest cost through BookFinder, Amazon Prime and other book sellers. Our series of seven weekly, one-and-a-half-hour meetings will be based on the short chapters in Durham supplemented by related QuakerSpeak videos and — most important — our own thoughts, insights, and discussions to make personal meaning of the material we encounter.
Uncertain whether this is for you? Check out the book (via links above) and take a peek at a previous meeting schedule and plan here.
