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Save the Date for Sitting Saturday! Our next Sitting Saturday is Saturday March 7th, 4:30-7:30 pm, hosted by Chrissy and Berlynn S. We hope your kids can join us for an evening of fun. This is a great opportunity for parents to drop off their kids, and for the kids to have a fun night! To sign your kids up, please click here! Questions? Reach out to Chrissy via email or text 317-403-7146
Standing in Solidarity with Our Immigrant Neighbors ~ Join us here at First Friends on Sunday, March 8 at 12pm for this lunch pitch-in and educational event where you will learn how your gifts can support our immigrant neighbors and community. This event is designed for attendees to learn, ask questions, and find ways to use their own unique gifts to support the most vulnerable members of our community during these difficult times. This is a great opportunity to invite folks who want to be involved but don't know where to start. The event will begin with a pitch-in lunch at 12:00 p.m. in Fellowship Hall, followed by speakers and training 1:00–2:30 pm in the Meetingroom. We’re also asking people to bring dishes to share! For last names A-N, please bring salad or side; and for last names O – Z, please bring dessert.
The event will include stories from people impacted by the actions of ICE/DHS, as well as a Q&A with speakers, ways to be involved, and a small group discussion. We hope you will attend. Hosted by Indivisible Central Indiana, The Peace Church Coalition & the Indianapolis Peace and Justice Center.
The ILLUMINATE Friends Bible Study “Zoom Only” group cordially invites you to join us this spring on Thursday evenings beginning March 12 at 7:30 pm for our 13-week study Christ in the Stranger and the Outcast.
In Christ in the Stranger and the Outcast we will look at what Scripture has to say about foreigners and others often relegated to the margins of society. Jesus’s words, “I was a stranger and you welcomed me” (Matthew 25:35) are at the heart of these lessons. Throughout this quarter we will find that care for the stranger and the outcast is central to the good news of the gospel. Through Christ, God welcomes all people to become full kingdom citizens regardless of gender, nationality, health, ability, or status. Those on the outside are welcomed in, and the stranger is treated like family.
1. Loved (Deuteronomy 10:12–22; Isaiah 56:1–8)
2. Protected (Psalm 146; 1 Chronicles 16:14–27)
3. Hospitality (Deuteronomy 26:1–13; Job 29:2–6, 11–17)
4. God at Work Beyond Our Expectations (Genesis 14:17–24; Hebrews 7:11–19)
5. Welcomed (Joshua 2:8–16; 6:22–25; Ruth 1:14–19; 4:9–17)
6. Worthy (1 Kings 17:8–24; Luke 4:16–30)
7. Faithful (Matthew 15:21–28; Acts 10:1–7, 24–33)
8. Samaritans (Luke 10:25–37; 17:11–19)
9. Restored (Luke 5:12–16; John 9:1–12)
10. Valued (Mark 2:13–17; Luke 18:9–14)
11. Forgiven (Luke 7:36–50; 15:1–2, 11–24)
12. Included (Ephesians 2:11–22; Acts 15:7–20)
13. Making Peace Through Kindness (Acts 17:22–34; Romans 12:9–21)
To purchase your booklet, go to this link: https://www.barclaypress.com/illuminate Attendance each week is not required; feel free to drop in whenever you are able. Everyone is welcome.
Offering of Letters on March 22~ Bread for the World “is a Christian advocacy organization urging U.S. decision makers to do all they can to pursue a world without hunger. Our mission is to educate and equip people to advocate for policies and programs that can help end hunger in the U.S. and around the world.” By writing letters to encourage political leaders to fund government policies that support food programs, we as a community also become more informed about hunger issues in the local, state, national, and international arenas.
This year our letter writing on March 22 will focus on three main points.
1) Restore, protect, and strengthen U.S. nutrition programs, including SNAP and WIC, that help families put food on the table.
2) Fully fund and strengthen global food, health, and development programs that promote human flourishing and help keep America safe, strong, and prosperous.
3) Pass a bipartisan Farm Bill that supports farmers, strengthens communities, and helps end hunger at home and abroad.
In a time when Congress seems unable to communicate and/or cooperate with each other and often with their constituents, it is even more important that we continue to remind, encourage, and demand their awareness of the struggles of hungry people in our communities and around the world. We are not alone in this important task. Fifty other churches in Indiana will write similar letters during the spring and summer months to our Senators and their Representatives along with hundreds of churches nationwide, which will also write to their Senators and their Representatives.
Advocating for hungry people is both a responsibility and necessity. When the disciples asked Jesus to send the hungry crowd away, He replied, “give them something to eat.” That is a lesson for us now, in this time and place. Please come to Fellowship Hall after meeting for worship on Sunday, March 22, to write letters. Sample letters, talking points, and form letters, with space for a personal note from you, will be available. A light meal will be provided.
Oak Leaf meets on the last Tuesday of the month in the Parlor. If you’d like to be on the monthly email list, contact the office at office@indyfriends.org. Here is the 2026 book list:
January 27 ~ Wintering by Katherine May
February 24 ~ The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall
March 31 ~ A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
April 28 ~ The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
May 26 ~ Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green
June 30 ~ Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
July 28 ~ Twice: A Novel by Mitch Albom
August 25 ~ West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
September 29 ~ My Friends by Fredrik Backman
October 27 ~ What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
November 24 ~ A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst
December 29 ~ A Home in the Woods by Howard Johnson