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
Worship & First Day School
Worship & First Day School
Worship & First Day School
Meeting for Worship is now open for up to 40 people at 10:30 AM on Sundays in the Meeting House! 10 seats are reserved in advance by emailing: chadron.nm@outlook.com
10 seats are for walk-ins plus 4 in the library & 6 in the garden!
We have reduced the numbers due to the Omicron variant of the virus.
Virtual Meetings on Zoom continue & we have started hybrid Worship!
Children's Program is active on Sunday mornings, with hybrid participation options and a gathering in the garden following First Day School.
Everyone, vaccinated or not, must wear a mask. Please do not linger in the foyer. Use chairs in designated spots. Restroom only available on the main floor.
Join the children in the garden following Worship.
Zoom Meetings
Worship & First Day School
Worship & First Day School
Most meeting activities including Meeting for Worship and Business meeting, continue via ZOOM. Video & call in options work for both! In person worship in the Meeting House is also open on Sundays - see Worship & First Day School column for details. 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
Covid-19 Safety Rules
Worship & First Day School
Covid-19 Safety Rules
Guidelines for Safety against Contagion in the Meetinghouse during the Time of COVID. Dated June 2, 2022
Subject to change if the frequency of transmission in the general population of Albuquerque changes due to variants or other causes. Guidelines apply to all persons using the Meetinghouse.
1. Occupancy in the main Meeting room is limited to 20 persons.
2. Masks must be worn inside the building at all times. Masks are recommended to be tight-fitting, preferably the KN95 or N95 types. Masks are not required outside the building.
3. Persons are recommended to maintain a distance of 3 feet during conversations. Seating will be arranged to maximize distancing between chairs in the main room, library and children’s rooms.
4. Children may join events in the main room, and join worship at the beginning, end, or following worship in the main room. Children may use the main door and not have temperature checks.
5. The basement rooms and bathrooms (excepting the resident’s room) are for the exclusive use of the Children’s Program. Visitors are not allowed to use the basement or its bathrooms for any activities.
6. It is optimal that events in the main room and other rooms will be scheduled 24 hours apart. This interval allows the filtration units to clear the air during and between events. Windows will be open weather permitting. Quaker worship and meetings must have no events scheduled in the previous 24 hours; non-Quaker activities can be scheduled within the 24 h interval but such persons assume responsibility for their own safety and health, as outlined in the Facility User Agreement.
7. Full Vaccination is strongly encouraged for visitors to the Meetinghouse, but no inquiry about anyone’s status will be pursued.
8. Persons with symptoms consistent with COVID infection are asked not to enter the Meetinghouse but are warmly invited to join our worship online on Zoom.
Pastoral Care Offered
Meeting House Schedule
Covid-19 Safety Rules
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.
Meeting House Schedule
Meeting House Schedule
Meeting House Schedule
Current Meeting House Scheduled Use
Apologies that our calendar link doesn't work!
Meeting for Worship and First Day School meet at 10:30 on Sunday mornings. See the Worship & First Day School column for details.
Daily: Rounds by 2-person teams to provide outreach to our unsheltered neighbors, trash pickup & locking the spigot - sundown or earlier
Enchantment Scottish Dancers Fridays from 7:30 - 10 p.m.
Master Class with Elizabeth Ellis, Sunday, June 26, from 2-5 PM (Private event)
Advanced reservation required.
Albuquerque Wildlife Federation
7-9 pm
Thursday, August 11
Thursday, October 13
Thursday, December 8
Donate to AMM online!
Meeting House Schedule
Meeting House Schedule
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.
Covid-19 closures have resulted in a decline in regular contributions to AMM, while our ministry and building needs have continued. Thank you for your continued support of AMM!
OUTREACH, quaker equality testimony, Regional
Fellbaum Community Health Ctr. in Kenya - Up & Running!
Fellbaum Community Health Ctr. in Kenya - Up & Running!
Fellbaum Community Health Ctr. in Kenya - Up & Running!
In early March 2020 we had our last gathered Meeting for Worship in Albuquerque before the pandemic lockdowns. Following meeting that day, we heard from Friend, Billy Jivetti, about the Fellbaum Community Health Centre, which at that time was under construction and in need of glass window panes. The building, pictured above, is now completed, serving patients with conditions ranging from malaria, hypertension, malnutrition, infections and jiggers to typical ailments experienced by children (chicken pox) and the elderly (arthritis). Medical services are provided free of charge.
As of this writing, Billy reports the hospital is in need of landscape work to divert water from heavy seasonal rains away from the foundation of the building.
The immediate need is to raise $2,500, though the entire project is expected to cost about $5,000. If interested in supporting this important endeavor, you may mail a check to Pathways Africa-Missouri, c/o Librarian, Albuquerque Friends Meeting, PO Box 25462, Albuquerque, NM 87125-5462. Please note in the memo line: Fellbaum Community Health Center
Direct Deposit: Send an email at: info@abqfriends.org including your contact information and we can call you with direct deposit information.
Thanks!
Upholding AMM Children
Fellbaum Community Health Ctr. in Kenya - Up & Running!
Fellbaum Community Health Ctr. in Kenya - Up & Running!
As part of our Adult Education focus on the Testimony of Equality in 2022, we will focus on "Upholding Children in the Meeting" with guidance from a free, downloadable booklet titled Our Life Is Love and Tenderness: Bringing Children into the Centre of Quaker Life and Worship."
This 50 page booklet is based on a lecture and is an interesting, and at times, provocative read. Scroll down to the 2014 Lecture. Also available through Amazon or contact Stephanie for help in obtaining a copy as an email attachment.
Adult Education meeting on Zoom from 9-10 AM.
Dates:
May 22, June 12, June 26, July 10
Go to Adult Education
page for further details.
2022 FGC Gathering
Fellbaum Community Health Ctr. in Kenya - Up & Running!
2022 FGC Gathering
.... and FOLLOW me.
This is the theme for the
2022 Friends General Conference (FGC) Gathering.
July 3-9, 2022
at Radford University Radford, Virginia
A week of Quaker worship. workshops and community for all ages.
In person or online.
Early Registration is April 11-21.
Standard registration opens April 29. Deadline for in person Gathering registration is June 10.
No deadline for virtual Gathering registration.
Learn more and register at: www.FGCGathering.org
WORSHIP FOR FRIENDS CONFRONTING RACISM
Intermountain Yearly Meeting Celebrating the Divine in Us All June 13-19, 2022
Intermountain Yearly Meeting Celebrating the Divine in Us All June 13-19, 2022
Intermountain Yearly Meeting Celebrating the Divine in Us All June 13-19, 2022
Intermountain Yearly Meeting Announces the theme of Celebrating the Divine in All of Us,
June 13-19, with Early Days from June 13-15 and regular sessions from the 15-19th.
Location: Fort Lewis College, Durango, Co.
Including some virtual options.
Keynote Speaker and Theme
Our keynote speaker this year will be Ernest House, Jr. — a senior policy director at The Keystone Center, a 2018 Gates Harvard Kennedy School Fellow, and an enrolled member of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe.
Our theme, Celebrating the Divine in All of Us, was suggested by the Children’s Yearly Meeting coordinators. They feel that this will easily lend itself to children’s programming and understanding.
In addition to our usual keynote address and Q&A session, we will ask our speaker to meet with Senior Young Friends (SYFs), Junior Young Friends (JYFs), and possibly our Children’s Yearly Meeting (CYM).
Registration Information:
Registration is open through the IMYM website but closes May 15th. Go to the IMYM website for further information and to register.
For more detail, Download the formal Call to Intermountain Yearly Meeting's 2022 Gathering In the section BELOW THIS BOX!
Register for FGC Worship for Friends of Color
Intermountain Yearly Meeting Celebrating the Divine in Us All June 13-19, 2022
Intermountain Yearly Meeting Celebrating the Divine in Us All June 13-19, 2022
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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
Intermountain Yearly Meeting Celebrating the Divine in Us All June 13-19, 2022
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.
Worship & Ministry Publishes Scholarship Application Form
Scholarships Available to Support Your Spiritual Journey
Worship & Ministry has scholarship funds available to support your spiritual journey. Examples might include attendance at an FGC event, Friends Camp, or other. Find the form and instructions for where to submit it on the Worship & Ministry page of this website.
Children's Program 2020-21 - COVID SAFE!
Children's Program Information
Visit the Children's Program page for updates on the Fall 2021 curriculum, and in person First Day School for Children and Junior Young Friends, and the 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.
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
ZOOM link sent via list serve every week on Fridays.
Contemplative Reading Group
Aging Gracefully Support Group
Contemplative Reading Group
Perfume of the Desert: Inspirations from Sufi Wisdom. Scroll up on this page for details!
Fridays at noon.
This selection begins July 9, 2021
ZOOM link sent via listserv on Fridays.