Ministry & Counsel and Peace & Social Justice Committee invite everyone to attend our annual Meeting for Worship outside Raytheon this Sunday (October 18th). We will gather at the Raytheon office at 10 Moulton Street in Cambridge at 10:45.

THERE WILL BE NO FORMAL MEETING FOR WORSHIP ON-SITE AT 5 LONGFELLOW PARK ON SUNDAY 10/18.

In witness to the Quaker Peace Testimony, Friends Meeting at Cambridge (FMC) holds a monthly meeting for worship in front of the Cambridge office of Raytheon Technologies, the second largest producer of weapons and the largest producer of guided missiles. Each year the October off-site meeting for worship has been recognized as the anniversary of the initial meeting by announcing the October meeting as an “all-meeting” gathering for meeting for worship. Friends are encouraged to make a special effort to attend this month.

FORUM (9:15 to 10:15): There will be a hybrid Forum entitled “Preparing for Worship Outside Raytheon” with John Bach. Forum will be held in the Parlor at FMC and on Zoom from 9:15-10:15am before the worship outside Raytheon. To attend forum via Zoom, click here or go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87321759327?pwd=K0xiQTYvVkZTS3FPUlVkVC9rR2dnUT09 or provide the meeting ID 873 2175 9327 and passcode 537370 (if requested) Please note there will be NO meeting for worship on-site at 5 Longfellow Park following forum.

TRANSPORTATION/SEATING/WEATHER: We will gather on both sides of Concord Avenue in front of the Raytheon site at the intersection with Moulton Street. Parking can be found on Moulton Street. There will be limited carpools and a possible bicycle caravan leaving from FMC around 10:30 am. For those coming by public transit, you can take the 74 or 78 busses that leave from Harvard Square and go to the location. Some chairs will be brought from FMC, but it is helpful for Friends to bring their own chairs. Warm clothing will be essential because the temperatures will be in the 40s with a light wind. Hats and sunscreen provide protection from the sun on both sunny and overcast days.

CHILDREN (10:45-12:00): All-Meeting Worship aspires to be a family-friendly event! UNLESS THERE IS INCLEMENT WEATHER, THERE WILL BE NO FIRST DAY SCHOOL OR CHILDCARE ON-SITE

AT 5 LONGFELLOW PARK. If there is inclement weather and plans are changed to move the First Day School program back to FMC, notifications will be sent to families by email and via the Family Whatsapp. Outside at Raytheon, for the first fifteen minutes children will worship with their families and then the children will leave to have their own special children’s program near where others are worshiping outside. Raytheon. Contact Alison Wiggins at ali@fmcquaker.org

ZOOM FOR WORSHIP (10:30 to 11:45): For those who can’t make it to Raytheon, Meeting for Worship that day also takes place on Open Zoom. To participate using Zoom, click this link or go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7834751861?pwd=Y3VLWGREVjN5OERycGZOdjIwZWUvdz09 or provide the meeting ID 783 475 1861 and passcode 1652 (if requested) on Zoom.com, the Zoom app, or after calling 1-646-558-8656.

ZOOM FOR AFTERTHOUGHTS (12-12:30): Afterthoughts will take place ONLY on Zoom from 12 to 12:30pm after worship. To participate using Zoom, click this link or go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87321759327?pwd=K0xiQTYvVkZTS3FPUlVkVC9rR2dnUT09 or provide the meeting ID 873 2175 9327 and passcode 537370 (if requested) on Zoom.com, the Zoom app, or after calling 1-646-558-8656.

For more information, please contact John Bach at bolder@fmcquaker.org.