“Live up to the light thou hast, and more will be granted thee.”

— Caroline Fox, 1841

The Annual Meeting of IMMRSF, Inc. - the legal corporate entity of IMM - will be Sunday January 8, 2023 at 12:30pm on Zoom, followed by our regular January Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business. All are invited. We do require a certain percentage of the membership to attend the Annual Meeting to be in line with NYS law, so, if you are available to join us that day, we'd love to have you. The Annual Meeting involves an update from the President, Secretary, and Treasurer of the corporation (all member of Trustees) and usually runs no more than 1/2 an hr before we move on to our regular business. All welcome!

The Burtt House Working Group (BHWG) seeks to build upon the broad sharing that emerged in the gatherings held in the Fall, attended by a large number of Ithaca Friends. The Group is proposing a second round of worship sharing meetings for us to hear Friends’ thoughts, feelings, and reflections as we consider the role of the building in the life of Ithaca Meeting.

Three sessions are planned:

Queries to focus our sharing in these gatherings:

Friends are invited to address whichever of these queries calls forth a response from your own experience, and to attend as many of the sessions as feasible. Your responses to this are part of the fabric of the Meeting. These stories are our stories.

These gatherings continue to be “Meetings for Listening” without problem-solving or arriving at any decisions. In the first round many of us were able to discern inner movement on distinct layers of our own memory, learning, and connections to our fellow Friends.

One thread through the first round was that some Friends have questions on points of history, e.g., information about the bequest, and past minutes and decisions regarding the property. BHWG is compiling links to available documentation.

Please resolve to attend at least one of the January worship sharing sessions.

Questions and comments are welcome.

Angela Hopkins, Antonia Saxon, Gina Varicchio, Nancy Gabriel, Steve Mohlke

Ministry & Worship invites Friends to participate in a workshop that will be given by Christopher Sammond on Friday, 2/3 (evening) and all day Saturday, 2/4/2023.  This workshop will be based on his workshop ‘Opening to the Heart of Worship.’

Christopher is a member of nearby Poplar Ridge Monthly Meeting. He has facilitated workshops at Powell House, Pendle Hill, Woolman Hill, the FGC Gathering and at scores of monthly meetings. He is passionate about helping Friends to deepen in our practice of worship. For many years, he served New York Yearly Meeting as the General Secretary.

Here is the description of the upcoming Pendle Hill version of this workshop:

We have asked Christopher to adjust the workshop as he wishes based on his familiarity with IMM. We are also planning to host a meal together at some point on this occasion. Please put this on your calendars! It will be hybrid so you may participate in person or on zoom. Based on our experience with Christopher and past workshops, it will be profoundly gathered.

The minutes from Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business can be found on the right-side column of our website.

Ithaca Friends gather for unprogrammed Meeting for Worship on Sunday mornings at 10:30 am, in-person at our Third Street Meetinghouse and remotely via Zoom, for a hybrid Meeting for Worship.

Join Friends to watch a brief QuakerSpeak video and discuss what you watched. In person at the Third Street Meetinghouse or through Zoom. You can also join by phone by calling (929) 205-6099 and entering Meeting ID when prompted.

This committee meeting is open to all who would like to attend. Please feel free to come and bring your own concerns or interests. At this time we are meeting via Zoom; use the gray button below or:

Meeting ID: 891 7172 6300

Passcode: earthcare

You can also join by phone by calling (929) 205-6099 and entering Meeting ID when prompted.

Men’s Fellowship

First Thursdays, Friends, join us at Ithaca Bakery! Quaker men—and anyone who wants to hang out with Quaker men—are warmly invited.

Annual Meeting of IMMRSF, Inc.

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Please send agenda items to the Clerk by the preceding Monday. (Contact information is at the bottom of this newsletter.)

See article above for more information.

Join Friends to watch a brief QuakerSpeak video and discuss what you watched. In person at the Third Street Meetinghouse or through Zoom. You can also join by phone by calling (929) 205-6099 and entering Meeting ID when prompted.

More information on this and past QuakerSpeak discussions is available on our website.

This is an “open” committee, meaning that all are welcome; participation does not go through the Nominating Committee process. Please feel free to come and bring your own concerns or interests. At this time we are meeting via Zoom; use the gray button below or: 

You can also join by phone by calling (929) 205-6099 and entering Meeting ID when prompted. If you have any questions, please call Elizabeth Schneider 607-351-0057.

Women’s Fellowship

Bring your knitting, wear your best sweatpants, and join us for an informal hangout. We'll be meeting online during the colder months.

Women’s Chair Yoga now by Zoom

This long-running group, which met for years at the meetinghouse, now runs on Zoom, making it more accessible than ever. To join in, email <jaihari10@gmail.com> The group is about half Friends and half neighbors, nurturing the Inner Light. No yoga experience required. There is a sliding-scale fee. For more info or questions, Nancy Gabriel, 607-339-7123; ntg2@cornell.edu.