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Forum Schedule - 2009
- January 2009
- 1/4/2009 - “How can our inner light change our lives and the world in the new
year?”
Hank Maiden will be leading a discussion on how one might resolve to begin the new year.
- 1/11/2009 - “Immigration in the U.S.”
Dan Pollitt will discuss the history of
immigration in the U.S., and Heide Kober will discuss some of its current challenges.
- 1/18/2009 - BUSINESS MEETING (No Forum)
- 1/25/2009 “Iran.”
Debra Dillard of AFSC will talk about her recent visit to
Iran, and Miriam Thompson and Hank Elkins will discuss their visit with Iranian President Ahmadinejad.
- February 2009
- 2/1/2009 - “The State of the Union.”
Nancy Milio will lead this discussion.
- 2/8/2009 - Personal Sharing
Wren Hendrickson
- 2/15/2009 - Business Meeting
- 2/22/2009 - Sharing our stories of Quaker Simplicity in difficult Economic Times
Jan Hutton
- March 2009
- 3/1/2009 - Forming Spiritual Book Clubs in our Meeting
ARE is interested in supporting the development of spiritual
book clubs in the meeting. Attendees will have the opportunity
to explore being part of a spiritual book club. Please
refer to the following article that offers some suggestions and
guidelines. Jan Hutton and Dan Darnell will facilitate.
- 3/8/2009 - Quakers and the Environment
Rob Jones will present on his work with Quaker Earthcare
Witness and Crop Mob along with Catherine Alguire who will
present on the Wildlife Habitat Certification program offered
by the National Wildlife Federation.
- 3/15/2009 - Business Meeting
- 3/22/2009 - The Call to Speak
Ministry and Worship will present on vocal ministry in the meeting.
- 3/29/2009 - Personal Sharing
Jocelyn Ogden-Schaefer
- April 2009
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- 4/5/2009 - Parenting
Mike and Marsha Green
- 4/12/2009 - Easter Forum: What does Resurrection mean to Quakters?
Lloyd Krammer
- 4/19/2009 - Business Meeting
- 4/26/2009 - Islam: Core Beliefs and Values
Mona Dakrouri
Born in Chapel Hill but raised in Cairo, Egypt, Mona's graduate work includes a degree in Islamic
studies at the Higher Institute of Islamic Studies, has been awarded program certification by the Egyptian Ministry
as an official presenter of Islam. Mona will touch upon the main messages of the Qur'an, how it views war and peace, and
how we might reach out to our Muslim brothers and sisters to create better understanding and respect of each other.
(Sponsored by the Meeting's Ad Hoc Committee for Engaging American Muslims.)
- May 2009
- 5/3/2009 - CFS Education
Mike Hanas, principal of Carolina Friends School, will present on Quaker educational perspectives and experience,
- 5/10/2009 - NO FORUM (PFF Gathering)
- 5/17/2009 - Business Meeting
- 5/24/2009 - Inter-Faith Council
Chris Moran, IFC director and receipients of IFC services
- 5/31/2009 - Personal Sharing by Jeff Brown
- June 2009
- 6/7/2009 - Meeting for Worshp with Attention to Graduation
We will honor our graduating seniors
- 6/14/2009 - Does the Obama Budget Support Quaker Priorities?
Nancy Milio
- 6/21/2009 - Business Meeting
- 6/28/2009 - Muslim Reaction to Obama's Cairo Speech
Bridging the Faith Divide Subcommittee
We are inviting friends
from the Muslim community to help continue our dialogue on
the paths of Islam and Quakerism, and specifically how we can put
our faith into practice. We are asking our Muslim guests to
share their reactions to President Obama's Cairo speech: its
opportunities and challenges, and examine together how the
President's overtures might help our local interfaith efforts to
end the Israeli Occupation and bring a just, secure and viable
peace to both Israelis and Palestinians.
- August 23 Amongst Old Friends: Why I became a member of the Religious Society of Friends.
- The focus of this particular forum is "membership" in the Religious Society of Friends. What brought you to the place of deciding that membership was the next step from being a regular "attender"? Come listen and participate in this forum with Robin Harper, Tom Munk and Carolyn White.
- August 30 Amongst New Friends: What drew me to attend Friends Meeting.
- ARE's intent is to ask those who have have recently begun attending CHFM to share what brought them to Friends' Meeting. Come listen and participate in this forum with Andy Nelson, Suzanne Gould, Andrea Wuerth, and Michael Smith.
- September 6 How the Friends General Conference gathering enriches my life in the meeting
- A panel of those who attended FGC will start a discussion on what moved them at the conference.
- September 13 Quaker Conversations: Small Groups Building Community
- Dottie Henninger and Alice Carlton will lead a discussion on forming small groups in the meeting.
- September 27 Young Friends Serving in other Cultures
- Our high school and college age youth will speak to how service enriched their spiritual lives.
- October 4 North Carolina's Energy Future
- John Blackburn will discuss energy options and issues for N.C.
- October 11 Personal Sharing by Linda Dilorenzo
- October 25 What’s Happening at the IFC: Current Challenges and Opportunities
- Chris Moran, director of the Interfaith Council
- November 1 What do you have faith in and how do you describe your faith
- A panel discussion and conversation about the different religious or spiritual traditions Friends have embraced along their spiritual path and the meaning one derives from the way one's faith is described or defined.
- November 8 Ancient and Modern Stories of Forgiveness: How do they speak to us?
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Faye Stanley and Tom McQuisten will lead some storytelling and a discussion.
- November 22 Quaker Lobbying:Successes and Challenges
- Nancy Milo
- November 29 Finding a Way Through Adversity
- Bill Schweke will offer a perspective on meeting life's challenges
- December 6 Aging: Spiritual and practical perspectives on the challenges and opportunities of the Later
Stages of Life
- A sharing of personal perspectives and experiences
- December 13 Who on earth was Jesus: new perspectives on an old question
- December 27 Music and the celebration of life
- Musicians within the meeting will be invited to share musical pieces that are meaningful or significant
to them
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