Spiritual Exploration, Enrichment and Dialogue
(SEED)

Living with Death: A Series of Conversations

First Friday of each month – Living with Death discussion, August 7 at 6 pm

Come join us for the next Living with Death discussion. This will be a hybrid meeting, in-person at the meetinghouse and on Zoom ( https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81025496376 ). Our conversation starter will be determined soon. All are welcome.

Resources for “Living with Death”

A bibliography of readings and other resources used or named in the course of these discussions is available here. Additions to this list are invited via the email address on the bibliography.

Fourth Sunday Second Hours

Tacoma Friends devotes fourth Sunday second hours to spiritual enrichment and exploration. These sessions are both in-person and via Zoom using the same link as Meeting for Worship. Please send topic suggestions to tacomafriendsmeeting@gmail.com

July 26: An open Q&A about Quakerism – facilitated by Verna Lilly

Morning of Recollection – Saturday, September 12, 9 am to 1 pm

An interfaith, interspiritual sacred time and space set aside for in person silent
worship, meditation, prayer, reflection, and spiritual enrichment! Join us for a half-day retreat at the Tacoma Friends Meeting House to nurture your relationship with Light, the Indwelling Divine and to offer a peaceful sanctuary for deep inner and outer connection. This retreat is open to anyone 16 years of age and over whether you have a faith community or religious practice.

“As the pace of our lives seems constantly to increase, and the presence of
technology ubiquitous, our Morning of Recollection provides just what the name implies – a time to step out of the world and re-collect yourself. A time for silence, stillness, and solitude; a time for meditation and prayer; a time for creating an environment for deepening faith and refreshing the soul for returning to daily life renewed, refocused, and refreshed.”

Registration link will be provided soon. Bring your own lunch for fellowship time at the end. There is no cost to attend, however donations as you are led to help defray expenses are welcome. For more information contact dougztaylor@yahoo.com

A shared reading and study series on core Quaker values and testimonies will begin the week of Sept. 14, likely meeting 1.5 hours weekly via Zoom for eight weeks.  The shared reading will be Geoffrey Durham, What Do Quakers Believe? (2019). Each topical session – “The Ways of Quakers,” “Inner Light,” “Identity, Community,” etc. — will include a short reading, two or more short videos, and sometimes an additional text.  Each meeting will encourage sharing our hearts with one another through Quaker Dialog and Respectful Discussion.  This study series is limited to 15 participants.

The day of the week and starting time for meetings will be set at an introductory Zoom session during the week of Aug. 30-Sept. 4.  To be included in the introductory meeting, register here with your name, email address, and (optional) phone no. for text notifications.  Registrants will be polled for an optimal time for the introductory meeting.  

“Listening Spirituality” Book Circle

Can, and do, personal spiritual practices rooted in the foundational Quaker practice of listening help us find greater peace, hear spiritual guidance available within, enhance well-being, and offer grace for others and the world?  Come explore, experiment, strengthen and enrich personal spiritual practice! Using Patricia Loring’s book “A Listening Spirituality, Vol. 1, Personal Spiritual Practices” we will explore, practice, and dialogue about the variety of different kinds of meditation and prayer practices shared in the book.

Online zoom, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays 6:33 – 8:03 pm PDT beginning September 16th through December 16th for a total of 7 meetings.
Synopsis of Loring’s book from
Austin Quakers https://austinquakers.org/qnut/documents/1173 

Listening Spirituality is available from various online resources. For more information contact Doug dougztaylor@yahoo.com 

Grateful Gathering Circle

Thanks and Gratitude to each of you for your interest and efforts to launch this Grateful Gathering Circle. We will be “pausing,” the monthly gatherings for the summer (June, July, August) and attempt to re-convene meeting in September to see what unfolds and is revealed for each and all individually and collectively.