Albuquerque Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
1600 5th St., NW (PO Box 25462) , Albuquerque, NM 87125-5462
AMM ADJUSTS to Covid-19 Virus
AMM's COVID-19 Response
Individual Access to Building
AMM's COVID-19 Response
We regret the need to close the Albuquerque Meeting House temporarily, due to the COVID-19 Virus. This includes any group of two or more people meeting in person. Watch for updates HERE and through List Serve Emails!
The garden is now available for use by small groups of up to 5, following COVID-safe practices, through arrangement with Building & Grounds Committee. Send inquiries to: info@abqfriends.org.
All other AMM group gatherings will continue to meet via ZOOM until further decisions are made.
Join Meetings on ZOOM!
Individual Access to Building
AMM's COVID-19 Response
Most meeting activities including Meeting for Worship and Business meeting, continue via ZOOM. Video & call in options work! Announcements about events are made Friday afternoon on the list serve. If you are not on the list serve you may request to be on it by emailing: abqquaker@gmail.com.
To schedule a meeting or to offer an event online, email your request to:
Information on other On-line Meetings: https://westernfriend.org/quaker-worship-and-fellowship-online
Individual Access to Building
Individual Access to Building
Individual Access to Building
Only those who have essential Meeting business to conduct in the building may do so on an individual basis, following hygiene protocols posted in the foyer. Only 1 person at a time may work in the Meeting House please! If possible, please work remotely.
NOTE: The door code has been changed. Please confer with a Meeting Co-Clerk or Building & Grounds if you need access to the building.. Thank you!
Pastoral Care Offered
Donations can be made online!
Individual Access to Building
A Pastoral Care group is in place to provide support to AMM members/attenders affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
If you are in need or if you would like to offer a service, please email us at: info@abqfriends.org
Requests will be treated with confidentiality, except to assign a Friend to assist you.
Stay in Touch!
Donations can be made online!
Donations can be made online!
Check your email often for important updates from AMM, including links to ZOOM Meetings for Worship and other gatherings (send every Friday). Use our Facebook page to post suggestions, ideas, and helpful hints!
Click on "f" at bottom of page to access our Facebook Page!
Donations can be made online!
Donations can be made online!
Donations can be made online!
Avoid going to the Post Office by making your donation to AMM through our secure online option. Click on the Donations link on the toolbar above. Thank you!
Children's Program Fall 2020 - COVID SAFE!
Children's Program Update
Hello Friends!
I am excited about my 3rd year as Curriculum Coordinator for AMM’s First Day School (FDS). This will be a unique school year indeed. My vision for this year of FDS is to provide as much support as I can to families, within the boundaries of physical distancing.
I will deliver monthly “subscription” activity boxes to elementary aged Friends. Each box will have actives, and suggestions for home spiritual practices for families.
I hope to enroll the help of Junior Young Friends in the process of imagining, creating, and assembling these boxes.
Registration is required so that the correct number/type of packets are prepared. Scroll down to find the registration and photo release forms. Please complete and return both by August 20th, 2020 either by MAIL or SCANNING/EMAIL:
1) MAIL to: Connie Green, 1505 Stanford, NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106 OR
2) SCAN and send to: info@abqfriends.org (Subject: First Day School)
Friends of all ages are invited to attend FDS Zoom meetings on the 2nd (time to be determined) and 4th Sundays of the month at 10am. Part of these gatherings will be an opportunity for children to share what they did with their activity boxes.
Separate Junior Young Friends meetings will be scheduled monthly.
If you have a child, grandchild, niece/nephew who you think would enjoy a delivery of an activity box, or to participate in JYF meetings, please reach out to me at efreyman@sbcglobal.net or Connie Green at greenfamil@gmail.com.
If you would like to be an adult volunteer please let me know.
Thank you Friends,
In the Light, Elizabeth.
Martin & Sylvia Superhero Stories
Elizabeth purchased the Martin & Sylvia: How to be a Superhero Story Series which you may access via the link below.
FRIENDS OF COLOR WEEKLY ONLINE WORSHIP
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Online Worship Opportunities for Friends of Color
The following link takes you to a current article in Friends Journal about online worship gatherings for Friends of Color, especially supportive during COVID-19 shutdowns and stress. https://www.friendsjournal.org/an-online-lifeline-for-friends-of-color/
Meeting for Worship and Worship Sharing for People of Color Registration
FGC provides weekly virtual worships for People of Color on Zoom. These worships are provided as a place for Friends of Color to come together in community and worship in an environment with Friends who experience marginalization in their lives and Quaker meetings because they are a Person of Color.
Wednesdays midday at 1 PM EDT/12 PM CDT/11 AM MDT/10 AM PDT and Wednesday evenings at 8 PM EDT/7 PM CDT/6 PM MDT/5 PM PDT. There are also monthly meetings for worship, which happen on the third Sunday of each month at 8 PM EDT/7 PM CDT/6 PM MDT/5 PM PDT. Registration is required. Follow the link below:
https://www.fgcquaker.org/resources/online-worship-opportunities
Issa Merrill’s scholarship fund announcement
Birthright Quaker, Issa Merrill, member of Albuquerque Meeting (8/8/1980 - 2/23/2013), was inspiration for a scholarship for peacemakers in his memory.
As of August 2020, the fund is close to being activated! To activate it we hope for 100 Friends to give $100 to: https://www.unmfund.org/fund/issa-sakaki-merrill/
recurring events on zoom
Aging Gracefully Support Group
Aging Gracefully Support Group
Aging Gracefully Support Group
Second Tuesday of month at noon.
Bring lunch! (Note change from second Wednesday)
ZOOM link to any meeting sent via list serve on Friday of each week.
Compassionate Listening Group
Aging Gracefully Support Group
Aging Gracefully Support Group
Second Wednesday of the month from 5:30-6:50 PM
Next gatherings: November 11 & December 9th.
ZOOM link sent via list serve every week on Fridays.
Contemplative Reading Group
Aging Gracefully Support Group
Contemplative Reading Group
The Greatest of These, by Howard Thurman, the black theologian whose book Jesus and the Disinherited influenced many civil rights leaders and remains vital for our understanding of the role faith plays in challenging white privilege today.
Fridays at noon.
ZOOM link sent via list serve on Fridays.