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Easter Brunch ~ Come join us for our traditional First Friends Easter Brunch following Easter programmed worship on Sunday, April 5. Gather with us in Fellowship Hall for food, fellowship, and a joyful time together as we celebrate Easter.
Are you a gardener in search of some extra space to grow? Are you a curious new-comer wanting to learn? Are you convinced you have a “brown thumb” and can’t keep a plant alive? Join us in the First Friends Community Garden this growing season!
There will be a kickoff call-out meeting on Saturday, April 11th at 9 AM. We will be discussing the upcoming calendar of garden events, doing education about getting started with gardening and working our plots together. Come wearing something you don’t mind getting dirty!
Plots are still available to newcomers! Don't hesitate, our meeting is filled with people who are eager to help you learn to grow your own food! If you’re a returning or interested gardener and haven’t talked to Adam or Nancy yet, email Adam (adam.roth.friend@gmail.com) or Nancy (starlite50@icloud.com) to express your interest and find out where you can start digging!
Shalom Zone Habitat for Humanity Panel Build ~ Join us Saturday, April 11. for a Habitat for Humanity Panel Build! Together, we’ll erect most of a house at Allisonville Christian Church, which will later be transported to a permanent location to provide shelter for a family. This is a meaningful way to love our neighbors and put a roof over their heads. We need close to 50 volunteers across two shifts (8–10:30 a.m. and 10 a.m.–1 p.m.) with tasks suitable for all ages and abilities. While the build takes place at Allisonville Christian Church, this is a collaborative Shalom Zone project, so let’s come together in fellowship and service. Sign up for a shift at indyhabitat.volunteerhub.com/vv2/lp/ShalomZone.
Soul Sisters ~ The Soul Sisters women’s group will be meeting Sunday, April 12th after Meeting for Worship for lunch and fellowship. This is an opportunity for the women of our meeting to find connection and reflection and support we find among one another. Any and all women are invited. Lunch will be provided for everyone who attends. For planning purposes, RSVPs appreciated to Beth at beth.henricks@indyfriends.org. We look forward to seeing you there!
Oak Leaf: Meeting for Reading would love for you to join us as we discuss The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong.
One late summer evening in the post-industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge in pelting rain, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia, who convinces him to take another path. Bereft and out of options, he quickly becomes her caretaker. Over the course of the year, the unlikely pair develops a life-altering bond, one built on empathy, spiritual reckoning, and heartbreak, with the power to alter Hai’s relationship to himself, his family, and a community at the brink.
Following the cycles of history, memory, and time, The Emperor of Gladness shows the profound ways in which love, labor, and loneliness form the bedrock of American life. At its heart is a brave epic about what it means to exist on the fringes of society and to reckon with the wounds that haunt our collective soul. Hallmarks of Vuong’s writing – formal innovation, syntactic dexterity, and the ability to twin grit with grace through tenderness – are on full display in this story of loss, hope, and how far we would go to possess one of life’s most fleeting mercies: a second chance.
We will gather at Mary Jane M’s home at 6317 Landborough N. Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46220 starting at 7 pm on Tuesday, April 28th led by MJ M.
There will be NO ZOOM.
2026 Linda Lee Spirituality Retreat: Register now! ~ Registration now open for our annual Linda Lee Spirituality Retreat! It will be held on Saturday, May 2, from 10am–4pm at Seton Cove Retreat Center. This year’s theme is Embodying a Prophetic Spirituality: Learning from the Old Testament Prophets Today. Together, we’ll explore what the biblical prophets can teach us about deepening our relationship with the Divine in turbulent times—how they learned to hear God’s whisper amid the noise, and how they found the courage to stand and speak with faithfulness.
Our presenter this year is Rev. Dr. Tim McNinch, Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis and Director of the Master of Theological Studies program. An ordained Presbyterian minister with a rich and varied church background, Dr. McNinch brings both scholarly depth and pastoral warmth to his work. Register now! The cost will be $40, with scholarships available. We hope you’ll plan to join us for this meaningful day of reflection and learning. See and share the flyer here!
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