Queries:

What is my ministry?

What is it like–being reconciled to God and/or my Center?

How has Love helped me notice what “new things have come into being”?

Luke 13:31-34 (NRSV):

31 At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” 32 He said to them, “Go and tell that fox for me, ‘Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish my work. 33 Yet today, tomorrow, and the next day I must be on my way, because it is impossible for a prophet to be killed outside of Jerusalem.’ 34 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!

Does the idea of a Prophetic Witness resonate with you?  What ideas and images does it bring up? Are you feeling called to engage with the work of FCNL by staying informed, lobbying, or through financial support? In what other ways do you practice these Quaker Testimonies? What is your lane, and what does it mean to you to be in it?

Queries:

How can I intentionally grow my capacity to love myself and others?

What pulls me away from the path of Love? How do I find my way back?

Queries:

What’s an “enemy”? What’s “Love”? 

What does it mean to love your enemies? What is the “ask” here?

What can we do together that we can’t do alone?

Mari Kay, Henry, Jose, and Eric will be sharing about their recent trip with Friends International Medical Teams to the Dominican Republic. FIMT is a group of health care providers and interpreters who bring free medical care to underserved populations in our international community. We collaborate with Friends Churches in the US and in the location where we set up our free clinics.