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SPRING SINGALONG! Come join us for this fun time on Friday, May 17, in the parlor, from 6:30-8:30 pm. Pizza will be served before the singing. It's a perfect opportunity to connect with friends, old and new, in a relaxed and joyful atmosphere. We hope to see you there!
Woods Work Day ~ The woods needs some cleaning up. Please come with work gloves, shovel, rake and trowel on Thursday, May 23rd from 10:00-11:30am. Please let Mindy know if you can come. Thank you for lending a hand!
SIGN UP NOW for Vacation Bible School! This year’s VBS theme is Scuba: Diving into Friendship with God! We will kick off on Sunday, June 9th from 12 – 2pm, and will continue Monday June 10th through Thursday June 13th from 6:30 to 8:30pm. We invite all kids preschool - 5th grade to join us for the fun. If you’d like to sign your kids up, register online here or see the registration forms in the hallway at the Meetinghouse. We are also in need of some volunteers to bring in snacks for Sunday, Monday and Thursday. The snacks are already planned, you just need to bring them in! If you’d like to help out, please contact the office at office@indyfriends.org. Thanks in advance for making this year’s VBS a splash!
Registration for Quaker Haven Camp is open! Many of our kids and youth have attended Quaker Haven and appreciate the experience. It is a lovely setting up in northern Indiana. First Friends will pay for half the cost of camp. Or, in certain financial situations First Friends will pay for the entire cost of camp. Early bird registration ends May 15th for better pricing. The camp dates are as follows:
· Junior High Camp - 7th - 8th grade- June 9th-14th
· Beginners Camp - Kindergarten - 2nd grade - June 14th - 16th
· Senior High Camp - 9th - 2024 graduates - June 16th - 21st
· Adventure Camp - 5th - 6th grade - June 23rd - 28th
· Senior High Camp - 9th - 2024 graduates - July 7th - 12th
· Pioneer Camp - 3rd - 5th grade - July 14th - 18th
· Little Friends Camp - 2nd - 4th grade - July 21st - 24th
If you are interested in registering, please contact the office for a coupon code that will pass half the cost onto First Friends. You can learn more about the camp and register at quakerhaven.com/youth-camps. We hope you will consider attending!
Oak Leaf: Meeting for Reading would like for you to join us as we discuss The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin (274 pages) A stirring, intimate reflection on the nature of race and American nationhood that has inspired generations of writers and thinkers, first published in 1963, the same year as the March on Washington
"The finest essay I've ever read."--Ta-Nehisi Coates, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award winner Between the World and Me
With clarity, conviction, and passion, James Baldwin delivers a dire warning of the effects of racism that remains urgent nearly sixty years after its original publication.
In the first of two essays, "My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation," Baldwin offers kind and unflinching counsel on what it means to be Black in the United States and explains the twisted logic of American racism.
In "Down at the Cross: Letter from a Region in My Mind," Baldwin recounts his spiritual journey into the church after a religious crisis at the age of fourteen, and then back out of it again, as well as his meeting with Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the Nation of Islam. Throughout, Baldwin urges us to confront the oppressive institutions of race, religion, and nationhood itself, and insists that shared resilience among both Black and white people is the only way forward. As much as it is a reckoning with America's racist past, The Fire Next Time is also a clarion call to care, courage, and love, and a candle to light the way.
We will gather in the Parlor and simultaneously via Zoom starting at 7 pm EST on Tuesday, May 28th led by Loryne C.
Everyone is Welcome, bring a friend!
REGISTER NOW: Charism Camp: Exploring Your Gifts! ~ Youth 7th grade to seniors in high school are invited to this welcoming and affirming camp. Charism Camp is a Christ-centered gathering dedicated to supporting youth in their unfolding sense of identity sponsored by New Association of Friends, Western Yearly Meeting and Wilmington Yearly Meeting. The Camp will take place at Quaker Knoll outside Wilmington, Ohio, from around noon on June 28 until after lunch on June 30. There is a suggested price of $100 for the camp but pricing is pay-as-led and there are scholarships available from the Yearly Meeting. Registration is open now at https://forms.gle/HSSGvdr1RqybCNzX8! Questions? Reach out to racheldollomahoney@gmail.com or Tom.s@westernyearlymeeting.org.
Friends at the Park ~ First Friends welcomes you to join us the first Sunday of every month through October 2024 at Broad Ripple Park following service. Feel free to bring food and drinks and enjoy getting outside with other members/attenders. This park has walking trails, a playground, and plenty of picnic tables. Address: 1550 Broad Ripple Ave. Dates: June 2, July 7, August 4, September 1, and October 6.