Sunday Morning Discussions

We will continue to alternate our Sunday morning discussions (9 AM – 10 AM) before Worship between the Peace and Social Concerns Committee (P&SC) and the Ministry Committee. 

On February 1, Betsy Fadali will bring in the William Penn video and pamphlets for discussion. On February 15, Jeanne Wendel, a UNR professor of economics and a colleague of Elliott's, will discuss her experiences with Iraq reconstruction as well as (possibly) some of the issues regarding the high cost of prescription drugs and the provision of these drugs to combat AIDS and other diseases in the developing world.  On March 7, Elliott Parker will lead a second discussion on globalization issues.  On March 21, we are scheduled to have Brother Jahahara speak about AFSC’s Africa Initiative.

The Reno Friends Meeting sponsored a visit and talks by Stephen Zunes on January 23rd. The title of his talk was “Towards a New Middle East Policy”. He gave a talk in the Alumni Room in the Associated Student Union at UNR at Noon on Friday, January 23rd. He spoke again in the evening at 7:00 PM at the Unitarian Fellowship Hall, 780 Del Monte Lane in Reno.

Dr. Stephen Zunes is Chair of the Peace and Justice Studies Program at the University of San Francisco. He also serves as a Senior Policy Analyst and Middle East Editor of the Foreign Policy in Focus Project; and as a Research Associate at the Center for Global, International, and Regional Studies at the University of California-Santa Cruz. His latest book is Tinderbox: US Middle East Policy and The Roots of Terrorism.

Co-sponsors were the Neighborhood Mediation Center, Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace, and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Co-sponsors for the talk at UNR are the UNR Associated Students Union, Campus Christian Association, and the UNR Campus Greens. 

For more information on Dr. Zunes, please contact Patsy Gehr at (775) 326-4739. 

Plain Living Ministry will continue to lead Sunday morning discussions using the book called “Plain Living - A Quaker Path to Simplicity” by Catherine Whitmire. We have copies in the Meeting House so that you can review the book. We will have handouts for the morning’s discussion. These discussions will be on January 11 & 25.

An Advanced AVP workshop will be held at the Carson City Men’s Prison on Friday through Sunday, January 9-11. If you would like to learn more about AVP non-violence training, please contact Harbert Rice.

We will continue to provide dinner for homeless families through the Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN). We are providing one dinner on the second Wednesday evening of each month (5:30 – 7:30 PM). Children are welcome to come to these dinners. If you would like to help these homeless families, please contact Dorothy Goetz. 

A Zen meditation group has formed in Reno and meets at our Meeting House. The current schedule includes sittings each weekday morning, Monday through Friday, from 6:30 to 7:45 AM, and on Sunday evening from 5:00 to 6:30 PM. Anyone who is interested is welcome to attend. If you would like further information, or if you need instruction, please contact Becky Mueller at bbecky78@hotmail.com.