Listed below are some of the ways that Friends Meeting at Cambridge provides care and support for members and attenders.
Pastoral care at FMC is facilitated by group of meeting members who have been trained in the Community of Hope method of pastoral care. They provide the following types of care and support to individuals within our community:
- Friendly visits to someone’s home or a visit to someone in a hospital or nursing home
- Accompaniment to a medical appointment
- Prepare and/or deliver meals
- Conversations to assist in determining the need for a Support or a Clearness Committee
- Supportive visits and listening presence during a challenging life experience
- Send cards on behalf of FMC
If you, or someone you know within our FMC community, might benefit from one of these care and support activities, please let us know. You may reach the program by emailing your request to the pastoral care group.
To participate, click this link or provide the meeting ID 885 7977 8713 and passcode 351349 (if requested) on Zoom.com, the Zoom app, or after calling 1-646-558-8656.
Please feel welcome to join us 3rd Sunday evenings from 6:00 to 7:30 pm EDT for a time for meditation, healing, and prayer. We will begin the hour with a guided healing meditation, and settle into waiting silence and worship sharing. As spirit leads, we will open up for requests for self, situations, and all to be held in the Light. As requests are made, we will hold what is requested in the Light, pray, send Reiki, send love, etc. Please feel free to share this event in and outside of Quaker networks. These events are sponsored by Friends for Racial Justice and are a part of Emmy’s current ministry, Embodying the Light; Embodying the Beloved Community.
To participate, click this link or provide the Meeting ID: 876 7812 7016 and Passcode: 501587 (if requested) on Zoom.com, the Zoom app, or after calling 1-646-558-8656.
Contact: Emmy Mathis at embodyingthelight@fmcquaker.org
Anyone may request a Clearness Committee to obtain counsel through collective discernment on a query of personal or community concern. Typically, one approaches Ministry & Counsel at ministry@fmcquaker.org, who then appoints members to a committee which convenes until the individual has found clarity. Some examples include exploring or testing a leading or ministry or seeking a travel minute for a leading.
Special Clearness Committees are convened by the Marriage, Family, and Relationships Committee at mfr@fmcquaker.org for those considering marriage under the care of Friends Meeting at Cambridge. They also provide clearness and support for couples and families in distress.
There are also special Clearness Committees for those considering membership in Friends Meeting at Cambridge. These are provided by the Membership Committee at membership@fmcquaker.org.
Clearness Committees usually meet for a set number of meetings. If support is needed over an extended period Ministry and Counsel or Pastoral Care can provide a support committee.
In response to a shared concern Ministry and Counsel or other care committee may facilitate a focus group on a topic such as bereavement, career in transition, spirituality and the end of life.