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!
ADULT CONTEMPLATION & MINISTRY TO THE UNHOUSED
Contemplative Reading Group Fridays noon - 2 p.m.
Contemplative Reading Group Fridays noon - 2 p.m.
Contemplative Reading Group Fridays noon - 2 p.m.
Starting January 8 from noon - 2 PM on Zoom, the Contemplative Reading Group will read Joy Harjo’s poetry collection, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings. Harjo is the first Native American Poet Laureate of the U.S. You can find the first poem in this collection here: https://poets.org/poem/calling-spirit-back-wandering-earth-its-human-feet.
Format: Half-hour socializing followed by reading in the lectio divina style.
We read one poem three times aloud out of the silence & share what calls to us out of that reading. This is NOT a discussion group. We try not to talk *to* each other or *about* the text, but instead share what rises in us from our spiritual depths in response to the text.
Purchase option:
https://bookshop.org/books/conflict-resolution-for-holy-beings-poems/9780393353631
Contact Rob Pierson with questions:
Jesus & the Disinherited January-February 2021
Contemplative Reading Group Fridays noon - 2 p.m.
Contemplative Reading Group Fridays noon - 2 p.m.
Jesus and the Disinherited – New year! New book! Please join us on Sunday mornings in January and February as we read, discuss, and reflect on Howard Thurman’s short book, Jesus and the Disinherited.
Adult Education & Worship & Ministry team up to host this book group for discussion and reflection in January & February 2021 from 9-10 a.m. on Sundays, beginning January 10th.
For more information check out the
Pre-Registration is requested. Please contact Rob Pierson at:
Homelessness 101 Class - January 13, 2021
Contemplative Reading Group Fridays noon - 2 p.m.
Homelessness 101 Class - January 13, 2021
The Sanctuary Task Force & AMM Building & Grounds Committees invite AMM members and attenders to participate in a free, online class focusing on the experience of homelessness provided by Healthcare for the Homeless. HCH has been providing for health needs of homeless people in Albuquerque for over 3 decades. CEO Jenny Metzler will be our guest speaker so we can learn more about their work, the variety of outreach they provide and the basics on unhoused people in Albuquerque. There will be time for questions and answers on solutions and how our groups might collaborate. If a Password is requested it is: FRIENDS
ZOOM Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88667288648?pwd=dGYxL3VKK2dKR2NmV29ucUlXMDRHUT09
WORSHIP FOR FRIENDS CONFRONTING racism
Learn about FGC Worship gatherings for Friends of Color
FGC Online Worship for White Friends Confronting Racism
Learn about FGC Worship gatherings 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/
Register for FGC Worship for Friends of Color
FGC Online Worship for White Friends Confronting Racism
Learn about FGC Worship gatherings for Friends of Color
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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 6 PM MDT. There are also monthly meetings for worship, which happen on the third Sunday of each month at 6 PM MDT
Registration is required. Go to: https://www.fgcquaker.org/resources/online-worship-opportunities
FGC Online Worship for White Friends Confronting Racism
FGC Online Worship for White Friends Confronting Racism
FGC Online Worship for White Friends Confronting Racism
The FGC Ministry on Racism hosts a weekly Meeting for Worship for Friends of European Descent confronting racism and white supremacy. It will be held every Friday at 10 AM MDT. It is in the care of a rotating team of co-facilitators.
FGC requires that all attendees must have registered for the event. All attendees agree to treat each other with respect. Like at all FGC events, we have a no-harassment policy in place during our time together.
If you are white/of European descent and would like to join, please click on the following link to complete a registration form (needed only once) to receive weekly emails about the event.
Tulsa Race Riot Centennial events 2021
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission
In May, 1921, a race riot broke out when an African American elevator operator caught a white woman from falling as she tripped on the uneven floor. She yelled, "Rape!" The elevator operator was jailed and then, some "deputized" white men carried out a mass slaughter, including mass murder and throwing hundreds of black bodies into the Arkansas River.
The photo at right is Olivia Juliette Hooker (1915-2018), psychologist and professor, was the last known survivor of the Tulsa Race Riots.
2021 will be a year of commemoration to remember, to reflect, to learn, to act. For more information visit: https://www.tulsa2021.org/
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Children's Program 2020-21 - COVID SAFE!
Children's Program Information
Visit the Children's Program page for updates on monthly home activity packets,
bi-monthly Meetings for Worship for Children and Junior Young Friends, and the
AMM First Day School Blog.
Martin & Sylvia Superhero Stories
Elizabeth purchased the Martin & Sylvia: How to be a Superhero Story Series which you may access via the link below.
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: January 13, February 10 & March 10, 2021
ZOOM link sent via list serve every week on Fridays.
Contemplative Reading Group
Aging Gracefully Support Group
Contemplative Reading Group
Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, by Joy Harjo, the Native American U. S. Poet Laureate. Scroll up on this page for details!
Fridays at noon.
This selection begins January 8th.
ZOOM link sent via list serve on Fridays.