College Park Quarterly Meeting (CPQM) is a quarterly meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in northern California and northern Nevada (list).
News
College Park Quarterly Meeting will meet next in person October 16-18 at Ben Lomond Quaker Center.
Registration is now open!
From our clerk:
I am excited to invite you to join me for the 261st Session of College Park Quarterly Meeting. Friday, October 16th- Sunday October 18th, in person at the Ben Lomond Quaker Center and online via Zoom. Please register here Register | College Park Quarterly Meeting.
There will also be a representative committee meeting held on Saturday, September 26th at 9:30am. All are welcome to attend. *Please register using the same link above to receive the zoom and information packet.
The theme will be Trust and Sacrifice. We will spend time in deep fellowship, connecting with each other and building trust in our community. We will grow together while acknowledging the sacrifices it takes to be a faithful Quaker, and person in our world.
There will be affinity groups to connect with Friends in similar life stages. Worship sharing, to explore and process the theme. Interest groups that invite you to take part in direct action. Plenty of delicious food. Intergenerational activities. A clothing swap. And of course, a robust Children’s and Teen program.
Is your closet in need of a cleanout? Or maybe you’ve fallen victim to “Donation Procrastination”. Have no fear! The teens have got you covered. All you have to do is bring the clothes that no longer serve you, and they’ll help handle the rest. A clothing swap is a fun and easy way to spread your love, and you might just find your new favorite outfit!
If you are attending in person, (or on zoom) I would like to encourage you to think of and bring a project to work on over the weekend. Knitting or crochet, coloring, scrapbooking, beading, etc. Having something to do with your hands is a fantastic way to relieve stress, aid in mindfulness, and boost your mood. All things that will help create a wonderful weekend together!
Space fills up fast, so I highly recommend registering as soon as possible.
More details will be coming soon, I hope to see you there!
-Alma Moon, CPQM Clerk
Useful forms:
- CPQM Tuition Assistance
- CPQM Teen Program Handbook
- Teen Program Packing List
- Minor Medical and Consent to Participate Form
We encourage all Friends to join us for the business of the quarterly meeting. The main purposes of the College Park Quarterly Meeting are to strengthen the life and fellowship of Monthly Meetings and other Friends groups in the northern portions of California and Nevada, to offer increased opportunities for worshiping together, and to consider spiritual and worldly matters of local or broader concern.
About Friends, Monthly/Quarterly/Yearly Meetings
Wikipedia has information about Quakerism. The following brief introduction is intended to simply explain College Park Quarterly Meeting’s context in the Society of Friends.
There are unprogrammed and programmed Friends meetings for worship. Unprogrammed Friends meetings gather in silence for worship, and programmed meetings usually have a pastor and have worship similar to Protestant services. Local meetings, which have weekly meetings for worship, are called monthly meetings because they hold a meeting for the purpose of business once a month. They are organized by geographic region into larger quarterly meetings, which are organized into yet-larger yearly meetings. CPQM is a gathering of unprogrammed monthly meetings in northern California and northern Nevada (list of meetings). It is a part of Pacific Yearly Meeting (PYM).
Another quarterly meeting in PYM is the Southern California Quarterly Meeting, which includes meetings and worship groups in southern California and southern Nevada. Pacific Yearly Meeting also includes meetings in Hawaii and Mexico that are not part of a quarterly meeting.
The yearly meetings for programmed meetings in this area are Evangelical Friends Church Southwest and Western Association of the Religious Society of Friends, which includes churches in Berkeley, Whittier, and Bakersfield, California.
CPQM Meetings and Worship Groups
Institutions
Quarterly Meetings also create institutions to serve the wider world of Friends and their communities. College Park Quarterly Meeting was involved in establishing:
- Ben Lomond Quaker Center, Ben Lomond, CA.
- Friends House, Santa Rosa, CA.
Friends Publications
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