By Westerly Friends on November 30, 2009 5:48 PM
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Worship this past Sunday, 29 November -- our first "homecoming" -- was rich, as was the potluck afterwards. We had 45 adults and 8 children who came, but numbers is not what this was all about. The true reward was the sense of community that we felt. Don't wait for the next homecoming, we'll see you again soon....
By Westerly Friends on November 30, 2009 5:42 PM
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Friends are asked to join this year in meeting the basic needs of individuals and families in our community by participating in W.A.R.M.'s Holiday Gift Card Drive. This year donations of gift cards from local merchants are sought to meet the needs of clients at the holidays and long after the holiday season has passed. Examples may include, but are not limited to....Wal-Mart, TJ Maxx, J.C. Penny's, Stop & Shop/Shaws/McQuades, CVS/Rite Aid/Walgreens, Ginger's or other area gas stations, Dunkin Donuts/Honey Dew/Tim Horton's, Subway, etc. Friend's Outreach Committee will be coordinating these efforts for the Meeting. We provide two options:...
By Westerly Friends on November 30, 2009 5:40 PM
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Mark your calendar! Join W.A.R.M. at The Andrea Hotel, Misquamicut Beach for their 4th Annual Penguin Plunge. Their most exciting fundraiser of the year; brave-hearted souls dive into the cold Atlantic to raise monies that will allow W.A.R.M. to continue to serve hungry and homeless community members with a warm bed, warm meal and warm welcome. Show your support by becoming a penguin, or come down to cheer them on. A great time is to be had by all with food, fun, music and a costume parade. It's a New Year's Day you'll never forget! Previous participants from Westerly Friends have...
By Westerly Friends on November 9, 2009 2:52 PM
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The clouds parted and the rain paused just long enough to fit in a whole day of Friends Farm Fair Fun(d)raising on October 17. Westerly Friends Meeting sends warm appreciation for the community outpouring that resulted in $2400 to bring us current in our annual contributions to the VPT mortgage. That's the Fun(d)raising report. Now about the Fun: Charlie started us off with Tai Chi, and Poets shared their work around the fire and on the stage, including Emmett, Jake, Colleen, Rhonda, and Abel. Peg also read from her brand new book about farming in SE New England: "An Acre...
By Westerly Friends on October 19, 2009 5:08 PM
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Hello, Friends. Three notes:First, a reminder that Outreach is "hosting" this month's "Meeting for Eating" potluck this Sunday, so there will be lunch for us all after Worship even if you don't have time to prepare a dish to share!Second, a note from our Quarterly Meeting clerk about John Hardiman:Jane, When I read the minutes today everyone was struck by the spirituality of John Hardiman's life. Jonathan Vogel Bourne mentioned his involvement in NEYM as well. The feeling was that his memorial minute may be one we want to send on to NEYM, and we should discern that in April....
By Westerly Friends on October 19, 2009 5:00 PM
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John Vincent Hardiman 6 April 1923 - 28 April 2009 Westerly Monthly Meeting lost a Friend, John Vincent Hardiman, when he passed away after a short illness on April 28, 2009. John was a lifelong peace activist, environmentalist, and tireless promoter of social change and justice. One Friend described him as an individualist who was keenly aware of oppression in our society. John was born on April 6, 1923 in Whitesboro, N.Y. to John Arthur Hardiman and Mary Josephine (Soper) Hardiman. He and his siblings were orphaned at a young age. John, perhaps as a result, developed an uncanny ability...
By Westerly Friends on October 19, 2009 4:56 PM
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Memorial Minute for Andrei Loskoutov June 10, 1953- December 31, 2008 Andrei Loskoutov was born in Zagorsk, Russia on June 10, 1953. When he was about five, he moved with his family to Ukraine. He later attended the Institute of Culture in Kiev, Ukraine, where he studied film production and writing. He acted in several plays, played guitar, and was a canoeing champion. In 1979, he met Ira Raschenko in Kiev; three years later, they married and had their son, Anton. Always the optimistic traveler, Andrei later pursued a career in film-making and made many documentaries in other countries such...
By Westerly Friends on May 29, 2009 10:27 AM
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First, the teaser: With drums for everyone, the Sayer-Crewes fam & friends present the World Premier of the George Fox Rap! This-accompanied by First Day School SPICES art and treats, games, puzzles, and poetry-is only the prelude to a program by special guest Martha Yager, AFSC-SENE. SAVE THE DATE! What else can you do to help? Bring spicey food to share, a drum if you have one, a little cash or a checkbook (this is a Fun/fund-raiser for AFSC-SENE), and your family, friends, and neighbors! More details to follow. Jane...
By Westerly Friends on May 27, 2009 10:30 AM
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MARGARET HEATH WADSWORTH 1920-2008 Meg Wadsworth died in Stonington, Connecticut, October 15, 2008. Born in Winchester, Massachusetts, in 1920, of the late Donald and Theresa Heath, she graduated from Wheaton College. After completing a Master of Arts degree in architecture at Harvard University, she worked in Boston for Carl Koch, who was among the early architects of contemporary low-cost housing. She married fellow Harvard architect Christopher Wadsworth and traveled to Baghdad in 1951, where he taught on a Fulbright scholarship. On their return, they lived in Cincinnati and attended the Friends Meeting there, then in Brooklyn and joined that...
By Westerly Friends on May 27, 2009 9:11 AM
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State of Society Westerly Monthly Meeting, February 2009 Westerly Friends Meeting held regular worship services during the course of the past year. The quality of vocal ministry was good and seemed an improvement over some previous years. We are grateful to God and to each other for the opportunities we have to grow in our faith because of this community of listening, sensitive people who give each other support and encouragement. In an effort to listen to and support our young families, we decided that First Day School would not meet every Sunday but rather two Sundays a...
