RantWoman is aware that there are some other worship options with care to the Ukrainian crisis. RantWoman has not made time to go find details. The daily worship here is the best RantWoman can do. The details of the worship repeat. For updates follow the directions to sign up for the mailing list.
When RantWoman has attended there have been between about 100 and well over 400 people present and not the same people every day. Friends who bristle at even the barest hint of efforts to channel the flow of spirit are strongly invited to take advantage of the opportunity in topical breakout rooms to delve more deeply into specific concerns.
Resources mentioned after the Meeting for Worship or put in the chat will be found at the very end of this invitation.
The Meeting for Worship
Friends House Moscow (FHM) sponsors a Daily International Meeting for Worship for Peace. We hold in the Light all those affected by the events in Ukraine.
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Times for Worship – (I am not aware of any changes until 27 March)
As Daylight Savings time comes or goes, clocks in some regions will change. I will try to keep up with those changes, but you should check what time it is where you worship when it is 09:00 in the morning in California. That is when this meeting for worship begins.
Worship begins on the hour and ends 55 minutes later.
Starting Sunday March 13 and continuing this week
(I hope these are correct; let me know if there are errors
The times given in red are changes from March 12.)
Meeting Protocols
We have found that the following steps have kept distractions at a minimum and given us a centered, grounded, spiritual experience.
The room opens at 8:45am Pacific time in the US; if you are familiar with security and other co-hosting functions, consider arriving at 8:45 and being trained to co-host this meeting.
You may enter or leave at any time; there is no disrupting bell to indicate someone has entered or left.
The first 10 minutes will be silent for centering, and we close 55 minutes later with the last 5 minutes silent to let the messages settle in our hearts.
The host will mute everyone’s mic at the beginning of Worship. Sink deeply into that Spirit which is in this world but is not of this world and let ministry rise from that Spirit to give us guidance and light.
If a message comes to you – comes to you during this meeting – from deep within or from an un-knowable source beyond yourself – hold it closely before sharing. Ask, Is this information or inspiration? Is this for me? Is it for others? Is it from Spirit?
If you have ministry to offer, raise your digital hand. [It is an icon at the bottom of your Zoom window or under the “more” tab “…”] We leave a cushion of silence between messages, giving everyone a chance to fully absorb the message and return to centering in the Spirit, so please wait patiently to be asked to unmute yourself to speak. On your phone, “raise hand” is *9. You can also use chat to request to speak.
During Worship, use the chat only for contacting a co-host if you are having technical difficulties, you notice something that does not seem right, or you have a question about Quaker worship.
Live transcription is available for those with hearing difficulties; please speak slowly and clearly. Some other functions will be disabled during the meeting to discourage disruptions.
After Worship Options
a. Chat will be open for personal messages – do not put questions here for Julie. Send them to her email address fhmus@sbcglobal.net
b. If you want to receive the daily invitations and do not receive them now, put your email address in the chat but be sure you are sending it to Julie Harlow, not “to everyone”.
c. You can rename yourself, indicating your location
d. Several breakout rooms will be opened for the next 40 minutes. You may assign yourself to a room, stay here, or leave the meeting.
12. Open
The Sponsor
Friends House Moscow is an international coalition of Friends, working to support traditional Quaker testimonies with partners in Russia, Ukraine and beyond. It’s work has varied over its 25 years of service within the former Soviet Union. You can learn more about its specific projects, its history and how to support its work at Home. Instructions for donations in Europe are on the website.
In North America, checks can be written to FHMSA (Friends House Moscow Support Association) and sent to FHMSA, P.O. Box 60253, Palo Alto, CA 94306
Contact Julie if you would like a presentation for your meeting or organization. fhmus@sbcglobal.net If you have questions for Julie, do NOT put them in the chat. Send them to her in a separate email to this address.
Let us offer them briefly and let us hear them kindly and let us remain in that centered place of love and light and Peace.
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Peace in our hearts, Peace for all the people,
Julie Harlow, Friends House Moscow board
RESOURCES
The song that Julie Harlow shared with the breakout room is called “I am Sending You Light”. Her favorite recording of it is by Melanie DeMore: https://www.bing.com/search?
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David Finke, Ohio USA: Land of the Erie to Everyone:
“I did a google search on “Friends Peace Testimony,” and found a great number of declarations on this topic, particularly in times of war, starting in 1660, but also from London Yearly Meeting during the “War of the Austrian Succession,” the Napoleonic Wars, and then the Crimean War, from which I read.”
From an Epistle Issued by Yearly Meeting 1854, during the Crimean War::
“We feel bound explicitly to avow our continued unshaken persuasion that all war is utterly incompatible with the plain precepts of our Divine Lord and Lawgiver, and with the whole spirit and tenor of His Gospel; and that no plea of necessity or of policy, however urgent or peculiar, can avail to release either individuals or nations from the paramount allegiance which they owe unto Him who hath said 'Love your enemies.”
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Peter Dyson, of St Petersburg, Russia, mentioned an organization that watches for violations in religious freedoms. The organization is Forum 18 and this is the link he shared: RUSSIA: Patriarchate priest fined for condemning war in Ukraine
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Canadian Friends Service Committee has a blog; the link is below. Scroll down to the article posted March 01, “Russia has invaded Ukraine. What are alternatives to a military response? https://quakerservice.ca/
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Posted March 03: “Ukrainian Jews Open Doors to Everyone”
https://www.wral.com/in-a-
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[There have been many requests for this ministry to be repeated. Julie]
03.11.2022 [The quaking of my heart tells me] this is a truth to be spoken. It doesn't come from me. It comes through me from my 11 year-old grandson [who] wrote this last fall, and I want to share this as a testament to how God speaks to young people:
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