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“I'll lift you and you lift me, and we'll both ascend together.”
~John Greenleaf Whitter
(1807-1892)
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki Remembrance
Wednesday, August 9, 6:30 PM
Friends Center for Racial Justice
People around the world in August, pause to remember the dropping of the first atomic bombs in 1945 on Hiroshima August 6, and Nagasaki, August 9.
In Ithaca, the Remembrance has been in the form of a collaborative, silent vigil around the peace pole at Friends Center for Racial Justice (FCRJ), 227 N. Willard Way, Ithaca.
This year as people reconnect, face-to-face since covid, FCRJ invites you to join us as we join with others throughout the world for a time of mindfulness and remembrance of the thousands of people who were killed 78 years ago at the moment of the blasts, those who later died from their injuries, and those who suffered from their injuries.
Please join us, rain or shine, as we gather around the peace pole at 6:30 pm. If we have inclement weather, our backup plans are to move inside. All are welcome.
If you have questions, please contact one of the following:
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Cai and Joshua Quirk’s Wedding
Saturday, August 12, 2023
11:00 am Quaker Wedding Ceremony at Hector Meetinghouse
1:00 pm reception at Third Street Meetinghouse
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Ithaca Monthly Meeting has joyfully taken the marriage of Cai Quirk and Joshua Quirk under its care. Their wedding will be on August 12. A traditional Quaker Wedding Ceremony will begin at 11am inside the Hector Meetinghouse. Friends are welcome to arrive and begin silent worship starting at 10:30 am. Friends will be invited to participate in a brief circle outside the Meetinghouse immediately after this to continue the celebration.
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The reception will be at the Third St. Meetinghouse beginning around 1pm or shortly after. There will be lunch at the reception and while the main dish(es) will be provided, Friends are welcome to bring something to share if they would like to contribute to the celebration (please only vegetarian, gluten-free, and dairy-free).
If you are planning to attend the wedding and/or the reception, please click this link to fill out the RSVP form, which is very simple. We are asking Friends to answer a few questions so we can plan well for this joyous event. You can also RSVP to Carol Clarke at firetendercarol@yahoo.com
If Friends would like to celebrate by helping out before, during, or with cleanup afterwards, they can contact Carol Clarke, or attend one of the clean-up sessions for the Third Street Meetinghouse listed below.
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Wednesday, August 2, 10:00 AM - tasks include pulling out weed trees that are growing around the back deck; taming the weeds that occupy the back courtyard; and finalizing weeding and sweeping the front patio. Bring brooms; weeding implements.
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Wednesday, August 9, 10:00 AM - if needed; tasks will be any that weren't completed the prior week. Stay tuned for the announcement.
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Friday, August 11, 10:00 AM - clean patio tables and thoroughly wash plastic chairs; finalize sweeping. Bring brooms, buckets, rags, scrub brushes.
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Meeting for Worship with Attention to Earthcare
Sunday, August 20, 9-10 am
via Zoom
The Earthcare Committee is inviting Ithaca Monthly Meeting to a worship sharing session on Sunday, August 20, to consider the Quaker concept of “unity with nature.” This will be held via zoom from 9 to 10 am, to allow people to get to Meeting for Worship at 10:30.
The interconnected queries are:
- How can we create a more spiritual connection to Earth?
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How can we better make our faith our practice?
Our committee hopes that this "Meeting for Worship with Attention to Earthcare" (and later sessions if we feel so led) will help us discern how best we, as a meeting, can use our shared gifts to address the challenges facing all life on Planet Earth.
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From Quaker Earthcare Witness
Quaker Earthcare Witness (QEW) is a largely volunteer organization, coordinated by people from all over North America. Margaret McCasland serves as Ithaca MM’s liaison to QEW.
BeFriending Creation
The April-May-June 2023 issue of "BeFriending Creation", QEW’s quarterly newsletter, is available online. This issue includes articles on:
- Climate and Money: A Guide to Fossil Fuel Divestment & Reinvestment
- Looking Past the Great Dying to the Next Great Living
- Conscientious Objection, Conscientious Protection
- ChatGPT: AI Writes 600 Words on Human Survival
- Incentives for Green Energy: Practical Impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act
- Moving Money Publicly to Move Vanguard
You can receive "BeFriending Creation" regularly via email by signing up at
https://quakerearthcare.org/category/befriending-creation/
August Workshop: Beyond Permaculture
Thursday, August 10 at 7pm Eastern
presented by permaculture educator Carol Barta
From Carol: Permaculture is said to be “the art of designing beneficial relationships.” Permaculture is a design science rooted in the observation of natural systems, the wisdom of traditional farming methods, and systems thinking. It uses ancient wisdom and modern scientific and technical knowledge to create sustainable habitats for humans and others.
Permaculture and the Quaker faith share a number of commonalities. In this workshop, we will explore how permaculture ethics and design principles can weave together with Quaker principles and testimonies to enable communities around us to thrive.
Register here
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IMM Inclusion Dinner
Friday, September 8, 5:30pm
Our next discussion of Inclusion in IMM will be on Friday September 8 at 5:30pm - we have decided to make this an in-person Inclusion dinner. We will provide more information about this during the second half of August.
All are invited, so please save the date!
-Carol Clarke, Angela Hopkins, Ellie Rosenberg, Nancy Riffer and Ruth Yarrow
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Next Burtt House Discussions in September
See dates, times and locations below
The Burtt House Working Group (BHWG) continues its work exploring the Meeting's leadings with respect to the Burtt House property as the end date of the current memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Friends Center for Racial Justice (FCRJ) approaches in December. The MOU is not a lease, and the conversation between IMM and the FCRJ is ongoing.
The next sessions will be held in September. The sessions will be held in the same format as before, on a Sunday afternoon after meeting for worship, a Wednesday evening, and a Sunday before meeting for worship. And, as before, one of the meetings will be in person, one will be via Zoom, and one will be hybrid.
The dates are:
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Sunday, September 17, 9-10:15am, Third Street Meetinghouse
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Wednesday, September 20, 7:30-8pm Zoom
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Sunday, September 24, 12-1:30 (or 12:30-2)pm Third Street Meetinghouse/hybrid.
More detailed information will appear in the August newsletter and on the IMM meeting listserv.
We hope to see you at one (or several, or all) of the sessions.
-BHWG members: Nancy Gabriel, Angela Hopkins, Steve Mohlke, Antonia Saxon, Gina Varrichio
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News from Pendle Hill
The following is a submission from Anna Hill, Pendle Hill Engagement Coordinator
We're thrilled to announce that applications are now open for the 2024 Spring Term. As you may know, the Spring Term is Pendle Hill's ten-week residential student program for those seeking space and community in the daily rhythm of study, work, and worship. You can find more information on this year's faculty, the application process, and more by clicking here.
I'm also excited to let you know that we're launching Season Three of our podcast, The Seed: Conversations for Radical Hope! Listen to the trailer wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe to get new episodes in your library as they're released.
And finally, we're excited to be in the process of finalizing our fall and winter programming. All program flyers are now available to download and print on the event pages!
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Dish-to-pass: Family and Potluck Sundays
Ministry and Worship will continue potlucks on the last Sunday of the month. We will also provide childcare on these Sundays, to encourage family participation in both worship and potlucks. Our next potluck will be on Sunday, August 27 and we will be prepared to offer childcare during Meeting for Worship that day. We invite Friends to continue to join this Ministry of sharing food together.
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Where are Monthly Meeting minutes?
The minutes from Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business can be found on the right-side column of our website. | |
This Month's Calendar of Ithaca Monthly Meeting | |
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Meeting for Worship
Sundays, 10:30 am
Ithaca Friends gather for unprogrammed Meeting for Worship on Sunday mornings at 10:30 am. During warmer months (generally from Easter to Thanksgiving) Friends have three options for attending Meeting for Worship:
- In-person at our Hector Meetinghouse
- In-person at our Third Street Meetinghouse
- Remotely via Zoom, for a hybrid Meeting for Worship with Friends at the Third Street Meetinghouse. You can join by Zoom by clicking the gray button or
- Meeting ID: 372 632 479
- Passcode: friends
You can also join by phone by calling (929) 205-6099 and entering Meeting ID when prompted.
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Men’s Fellowship
Thursday, August 3, 6p
Friends, join us at Ithaca Bakery on Route 13! Quaker men—and anyone who wants to hang out with Quaker men—are warmly invited.
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Earthcare Committee
Sunday, August 6 12:30p
The Earthcare Committee typically meets at 12:30 on the first Sunday of each month. For further information contact Betsy Keokosky at evk1@cornell.edu.
This committee meeting is open to all who would like to attend. Please feel free to come and bring your own concerns or interests. At this time we are meeting via Zoom; use the gray button below or:
- Meeting ID: 891 7172 6300
- Passcode: earthcare
You can also join by phone by calling (929) 205-6099 and entering Meeting ID when prompted.
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki Remembrance
Wednesday, August 9, 6:30 PM
Friends Center for Racial Justice
Please join us, rain or shine, as we gather around the peace pole at 6:30 pm. If we have inclement weather, our backup plans are to move inside. All are welcome.
See the article above for more details.
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Cai and Joshua Quirk’s Wedding
Saturday, August 12, 2023
A traditional Quaker Wedding Ceremony will begin at 11am inside the Hector Meetinghouse. Friends are welcome to arrive and begin silent worship starting at 10:30 am. A reception will be at the Third St. Meetinghouse beginning around 1pm or shortly after.
See the article above for more details including a link to RSVP
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Women’s Fellowship
Friday, August 18, 7:00 p
Bring your knitting, wear your best sweatpants, and join us for an informal hangout. Watch the IMM Announcements listserv for information on whether we will meet in person or on Zoom. The decision will likely be based on the weather.
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Meeting for Worship with Attention to Earthcare
Sunday, August 20, 9-10 am
The Earthcare Committee invites Ithaca Monthly Meeting to a worship sharing session to consider the Quaker concept of “unity with nature.” See the article above for more details.
To join the Zoom meeting, use the gray button below or:
- Meeting ID: 891 7172 6300
- Passcode: earthcare
You can also join by phone by calling (929) 205-6099 and entering Meeting ID when prompted.
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Peace and Social Justice Committee
Sunday, August 20, 12:30p
This is an “open” committee, meaning that all are welcome; participation does not go through the Nominating Committee process. Please feel free to come and bring your own concerns or interests. At this time we are meeting via Zoom; use the gray button below or:
- Meeting ID: 874 5684 8390
- Password: peace
You can also join by phone by calling (929) 205-6099 and entering Meeting ID when prompted. If you have any questions, please call Garry Thomas at 607-273-7567.
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Dish-to-Pass Brunch
Sunday, August 27, 12:30p
All are welcome to join in food and fellowship. Food contributions are welcome but stay even if you forgot.
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