• This Sunday is a second Sunday and Meeting for Worship with attention to business will begin after worship and a short snack break.
• The website was down last Saturday and Sunday.  Therefore the Zoom link was not able to be sent out on Sunday morning.  Reminder - you can search for an old email with the link or save the link to use in if this happens again in the future.  The website hosts have corrected the issue.

1) Wilmington College's Quaker Cupboard Back to School Drive:

Thank you for all the generous donations! The Wittrocks and the Newbys filled the van and delivered all the special “back to school” items to the Wilmington College's Quaker Cupboard (College Pantry) on Tuesday.

The P&SC Committee will continue ongoing collection and periodical delivery of the listed items that appear above the bench in the entry hall for the Quaker Cupboard. Thank you for your continued support.

2) Mary Magdalen House Tour - Please join our P​&SC members on September 19 at 2:00 pm to tour The Mary Magdalen House​ at 1629 Republic Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
The Mary Magdalen House restores dignity to those experiencing homelessness in Greater​ Cincinnati by offering daily showers, laundry, and connection to resources. Please check out​ their website at https://marymagdalenhouse.org
Please make sure if you are planning on attending to add your name to the signup sheet in the hallway so we can provide you with additional information closer to the tour.

Parking is extremely limited. Therefore, if you wish to carpool, plan to meet at The Cincinnati Friends Meeting at 1:15 pm on September 19.

If you wish to drive individually, parking options are recommended and more available on Green Street or in the Findlay Market parking lot. The Mary Magdalen House is about a 2-3-block walk from the Findlay Market parking lot. (Race Street to left on Green Street to right on Republic Street)

Questions? Contact Mary Wittrock at rockw3558@gmail.com

2) P&SC Community Board

As new monthly items appear on the Community Board located in the Fireside Room, the Peace & Social Concerns Committee wishes to share them with the CFM Community.

Here’s how the board is structured:

(1) In the upper middle is a monthly updated summary of the committee’s actions/donations
(2) The remainder of the board consists of headings and pictures that represent the organizations supported by P&SC, as well as potential calls to action from other members.
(3) Beneath the headings are 5x7 envelopes containing typed information available to anyone who wishes to know more about these organizations. PLEASE TAKE ONE

If you have any questions or would like to know more about how to become involved, please contact Mary Wittrock, Clerk of P&SC.

On the Board for August 2025

(1) Mary Magdalen House
(2) Mobility Together
(3) Canvassing Training

Quaker author and activist Eileen Flanagan will speak about her new book, Common Ground, Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 7 pm at Joseph Beth Bookstore in Oakley.

Common Ground weaves together stories of grassroots organizing against the companies most responsible for climate change, demonstrating how ordinary people can build powerful movements for change when they find common ground and take action together. She illustrates that the illusion of separation – from each other and the earth – is at the root of our environmental crisis as politicians and corporations attempt to divide us by race, class, religion and generation. More than technology or even elections, Flanagan shows that acting in solidarity with all life is humanity’s best hope for survival.

If you’d like to join Community Friends for dinner ahead of the event, please contact Deborah Jordan at djordan@fuse.net. Admission to the event is free and first come, first served.

Faith and Play are stories of Quaker faith, practice and witness using the Godly Play method of storytelling. This set of stories helps us learn about and explore our identity as Friends. The experiential format draws listeners into discovering their own meaning and deepens the spiritual community. Told verbally and visually with simple materials, stories are characterized by:

– Reverently-paced telling;
– Periods of reflective silence;
– Gentle gestures and movements of story materials;
– Invitations to wonder out loud, with the same discernment one would use for vocal ministry. in a rhythm of communal listening and worship; and
– Affirmation of each person’s sharing.

Borrowed from the Episcopal practice of Godly Play, Faith & Play, of uniquely Quaker stories, celebrates its 20th anniversary Sunday, Sept. 21 from 4-6 pm. Cincinnati Friends Meeting will serve as a local hub for the hybrid, live and online, celebration. Exciting new stories will be released, including an online telling of a story about Quaker Civil Rights Activist Bayard Rustin. Ann will lead a “shareshop,” an intergenerational worship,” live at the meetinghouse. Fellowship and refreshments will follow.

You may register for the online portion here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/jxjWxl3fRduhSqynKciQDg
For more information on Faith and Play, contact Ann Nunes at annpettigrewnunes@gmail.com.

Singing Group:  Starting in September the 2nd and 4th Tuesday singing group will still be held from 6:30-8 pm, but from 6:30-7 pm we will focus on practice for any piece we plan to perform (pre-worship, Christmas Eve, etc), and will then have open sing from 7-8 pm (Worship in Song hymnal and any other sources people want to bring songs from).

Instrument Group:  We decided to meet next on  Saturday September 13th at 1:30 pm to practice.

Concert Series:  Please save the following Sunday afternoon 1 pm dates for the remaining CFM music concerts for 2025. All concerts will be roughly 60 minutes in length, free of charge, with a freewill donation basket that will benefit the performers. All concerts will also be followed by a 30-45 minute reception with performers in the fireside room. More info will be forthcoming about the October and November concerts soon:

1) Sunday October 5th - On Sunday October 5th at 1 pm Michael Barrett (bass, keyboard and vocals), Lauren Schloemer-Wilson (violin, mandolin and vocals), and Brandt C.P. Smith (banjo, dobro, guitar, ukulele and vocals) will play a likeable eclectic mix of Americana-Jazz-Folk-Tango-Western Swing at Cincinnati Friends Meeting. Their band is called "Reasonable People", and they have all played in multiple musical groups currently and in the past: The Modulators, The Burning Caravan, Ouizards, Stoopid Rooster, Hickory Robot, Sweet Peas, The Foles, Steve Covington and the Humble Strays, The Comet Blue Grass All-Stars, and Katie Lauren Band. Concert is free to the public with a donation basket to benefit the musicians. Reception will follow in the Fireside Room.

There are flyers on the back hallway table for the Reasonable People concert October 5th Feel free to take a flyer to local businesses, friend groups, and community bulletin boards. There are digital copies available to share on your social media if that is of interest.

2) Sunday November 16th - Annie Takeuchi Lanzon, keyboardist, will present a program of contemporary, classical, and spiritual music. Annie works through an organization called Creative Aging Cincinnati which aims to bring a variety of musical programs to mainly seniors in senior centers, extended care facilities, etc.

Thanks, Beth

On the first & third Sundays of each month we welcome all to join together in the Fireside Room for fellowship and a potluck lunch after meeting for worship. Feel free to bring any type of "potluck" food to share (prepared dishes you can readily set out). Labels are appreciated and please include information such as dairy free, gluten free, vegan, etc. Please join us!

Coffee will be offered after every Sunday service in the Fireside room to give folks a chance to mingle.

~ The Hospitality Team

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Kroger pays up to $1,250,000 on a quarterly basis to participating organizations based on their percentage of spending as it relates to the total spending of all participating Kroger Community Rewards Organizations.

To support Cincinnati Friends Meeting through your Kroger purchases, go to www.krogercommunityrewards.com and choose Cinti Monthly Meeting/Religious Society of Friends, code: pi373.

Once a household member enrolls their card, all linked Kroger Plus Cards within that household begin earning rewards. The Peace and Social Concerns Committee disperses these funds to local organizations supported by the Meeting. Feel free to share our Kroger number with friends and family. Every time a member, attender, family, family friend, or neighbor of our Meeting shops at Kroger and uses their Kroger Plus Card, we earn rewards!

The compost program at the meeting house has been going well and it will be expanding. If you live in an apartment or don’t have a compost system set up you can drop off your vegetable food waste at the meeting house.  Bring your vegetable food scraps (no meat!) to the compost bin located outside of the kitchen door. Follow the directions posted on the signs. Ask Jeff Bloomer or Mary Singler for help with the composting process if you need clarification about the system.