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Lectio simply means “read” or “text”. It is a prayerful reading of a text multiple times (Scripture), interspersed with silence. The “Lectio at Lunch” practice is provided to offer you an additional avenue of spiritual practice during a time of physical distance. It will be offered weekly on Tuesdays from 12:15-12:45 via Zoom. **If you would like to participate, please send a message via Meet-Up with your email address; we will then send you the Zoom link.**

Text347-779-2647 for more info. If you're interested in joining our community of dedicated poker players, please get in touch with me directly. Take your poker game to the next level by networking with those who take it just as serious!

Interested in sharing and praying together? Join us on Monday evenings. 9:30 PM to 10 PM Please call Lena at cell #: 312-927-2929. Have a blessed week!

Welcome to Wharton QuakeMasters Toastmasters Club! Wharton QuakeMasters is a Toastmasters club started by Wharton Alumni in the Silicon Valley to help members improve public speaking and leadership skills. The club is sponsored by the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. We meet on Mondays at 7:00 PM every week, except holidays. Now with the online meeting setup, it makes participation easier than ever. For Zoom link and up-to-date schedules and agendas, visit our website: http://quakemasters.toastmastersclubs.org http://www.facebook.com/quakemasters

Join us for some respite from the turbulent times we are facing. We will be gathering virtually each week to uplift each other with prayer and words of inspiration. Victor Luna will be leading these 30-minute prayer services on Monday nights; tune in from wherever you are for a time to pause and reflect. **Please RSVP by emailing (fcc@fccpomona.org), calling the Church Office (909-622-1144), or sending us a message with your email address through Meetup.**

Roncesvalles Speakers Circle is a member of Toastmasters International and is located in Toronto, Ontario, serving the neighbourhoods of Roncesvalles, The Junction, High Park and Parkdale. We’re an enthusiastic group dedicated to self improvement, public speaking, and offer a great space for both guests and members to develop their leadership and speaking skills. To join in on the self improvement and attend our weekly meeting, please email [rsctoastmasters.vppr@outlook.com](mailto:rsctoastmasters.vppr@outlook.com) for the link to our ZOOM Meetings. Toastmasters is an educational organization which teaches its members public speaking and leadership skills and builds their self-confidence by following a 'learning by doing' approach. It is the largest and most successful organization of its type in the world.

The UUS:E Buddhist Group meets at 7 PM on the first Tuesday of each month for meditation and discussion. Meetings focus on a Buddhist perspective on the ministry theme for the month. All are welcome; no experience or background required. Meetings are currently held on Zoom. Please contact the church office at 860-646-5151 or [uuseoffice@uuse.org](mailto:uuseoffice@uuse.org) for more information.

**What’s On Your Mind?** New travel plans? Seen any good movies? Reading a book you’d like to share? What’re some new routines you’ve picked up in the pandemic? Wondering why the rest of the world doesn’t know war is obsolete? Please join our Palm Beach Meeting Coffeehouse on Saturday morning from 11am-noon. All topics considered! (Well, mostly.) A mixed group and untethered conversation always means some good laughter and maybe something to think about. All welcome! LGBTQ friendly. ***Quaker Coffee Hour on Zoom*** **Saturday from 11-12 noon**.

Treasure Coast Worship Group on Zoom This is an Unprogramed Quaker Worship. We sit in silence, connecting with the Spirit within. There may be an occasional Spiritual Message from participants. We meet at 4:30pm every Sunday The Zoom room opens at about 4:00pm so people can come early and chat. Hosted by Joel Cook LGBQT friendly. We believe that there is that of God in everyone. Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 244 872 595 Password: 330293

Meditation Group on Saturday Date: Every Saturday Time: 9-10:30 am Location:On-Line The Saturday morning meditation group welcomes all to join us on Zoom for meditation and conversation. Meditation time begins promptly at 9:10 and lasts for 40 minutes, including several short readings. Next we share conversation, talking about what is important to us in the moment – perhaps our response to the readings or something that is going on in our lives. Leadership rotates among the members. The Zoom link is available from Susan Owicki - email [susanowicki@uucpa.org by](mailto:susanowicki@uucpa.org.by) 9:00pm on Friday. Thanks! Susan

Click on the below link and follow the steps to join. You can join from a computer, phone or tablet, computer has best audio usually. See tips below. To join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/342195107?pwd=sDziLcXI-KlmCcnAc3cRWA Meeting ID: 342 195 107 Password: musicmaker A lovely session of music and song in a relaxed and supportive environment. All levels of musician and singer welcome. You can come and sing or play one song or just come and listen to the other members. Great way to build up your playing skills and build up your confidence. To maintain our zoom and music maker accounts we request a €2 contribution. It is difficult to collect money for the online events so we are suggesting that if possible we could use revolut to transfer the €2 if you don't have an account I'm sure you know someone who could do the transaction for you. The host will identify the Revolut number on the night. If you don't have access to revolut it doesn't matter we will look at some other way to collect the €2 euro. Zoom is not optimized for music, but we have tested it and think it's decent enough for a get together in the absence of a face to face meeting. Voice is better than instrument. Zoom is pretty simple to get into and use. You don't need an account but if you want to test it out beforehand, you can get a free one by searching for it where you get your apps or downloading it on the web. A few simple guidelines to ensure it runs smoothly. 1. Stay on mute while someone else is playing or singing. You can join in ONLY if you are on mute, because the delay over the internet does not allow simultaneous playing online. 2. When you are playing, stay as close to your device's microphone as possible for best results. 3. There are two views - Gallery view and Active Speaker view. Active speaker will put the video on the person singing, Gallery view will show everyone. You may have to search a bit to find each view, it is different on each device. 4. You can mute your audio and/or your video. The host reserves the right to mute anyone whose line is causing audio interference. 5. There is an interesting option to record yourself first and then share it - the quality will be better. In Zoom there's an icon called "Share Content", if you click that you get the option to share files on you Google Drive etc. I've just tried it out and it allows you to throw up pre-recorded audio and/or video files. These replace your video picture while they play. When they finish just hit the share content icon again and your video image comes back. So this might be an option for anyone to pre-recrord (good quality), load onto Google Drive, join a Zoom session and, when it comes to their turn, introduce their song and share the pre-recorded song from G Drive. 6. As mentioned above, Zoom is optimised for voice rather than music so it actually tries to filter out music thinking that it's background noise but that filter can be disabled but only on Windows and macOS as follows: On the Zoom Home page on you laptop: Click on 'Settings' (top right) Then click on 'Audio' (left pane) Then click 'Advanced' (bottom right) Then tick the box at the top of the screen 'Show in-meeting option to "Enable Original Sound" from microphones' Then, when you're on a call, a toggle switch appears at the top left of your screen "Turn on Original Sound". Click that - it changes to "Turn off Original Sound" and you're done. Preferred setup for anyone with an instrument might thus be: 1) Windows or macOS 2) Turn on Original Sound 3) Direct connect to router (rather than Wi-Fi) Even better if you have a microphone connected via an audio interface device to your laptop/PC. 7. Don't forget your drink!

Simple 30-minute meditation. A quiet time to simply sit, which naturally cultivates peace of mind and a happy heart. Usually 8-10 meditators - most don't respond on Meetup. There is an optional time for questions and discussion following. Feel free to drop in. Peace, Brad

Sleep in on Sundays. When you've had your fill of pajama-time, roll out and have some tasty brunch with your fellow Humanists!

It’s time to take control of your mental health. How do you get rid of stress, anxiety and uncertainty? These emotions are buried deep in your reactive mind. Find out what the reactive mind is, and in the process find yourself. Have you ever suffered from a traumatic experience, a deep loss or been through a painful breakup? Has your ability to communicate suffered as a result? And after that, even though you "moved on" did you find that things were never quite the same? Have you ever looked at childhood photos, or reminisced your early life and wondered where that happiness and spark went? Are your emotions out of your own control? Have you ever felt, even if you aren’t aware of it, that possibly you are getting in your own way of your happiness and success? How does this affect your self-confidence? Find out what is at the root of all stress, anxiety, depression and self-doubt. Find out how and why you hold yourself back from achieving your goals and having the life you have dreamed of. As soon as you learn what is at the root of these unwanted conditions, you’ll see it is something you can DO something about. You will not be labeled or categorized at this MeetUp.

The Humanist Monthly Program is our longest running event and still a community favorite. In the old days it used to be called "Going to HCCO" and we still like to think of it as our flagship event. We will be hearing from Becca Powell, Director of Advocacy and Outreach at Unchained At Last, an organization whose mission is dedication to ending forced and child marriage in the United States through direct services and systems change. Unchained At Last's mission clearly meshes and addresses several of our Humanist Ten Commitments. Becca will educate us about an issue many of us may not be familiar with--but should be. Food and drinks will be provided at the event. Feel free to show up a little bit early to hang out and talk. Going forward our meetings will be hybrid. You can meet us in-person or attend online Join Zoom Meeting [https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87836564953?pwd=4Mi57ElZkDIFlb1fnlNwOJ0NiOK4tP.1](https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87836564953?pwd=4Mi57ElZkDIFlb1fnlNwOJ0NiOK4tP.1) Meeting ID: 878 3656 4953 Passcode: 760812 One tap mobile +19292056099,,87836564953#,,,,\*760812# US (New York) +13017158592,,87836564953#,,,,\*760812# US (Washington DC) The formal presentation will start at noon

Join us as we get together to get together to help those in need at this CMG Gives Back event! We have a great little community of Movie Group friends so rather than see a movie this time, we’ll help “create a better world” by helping serve those in need. Here are complete details and our plan for this event: FAITH MISSION – GRANT KITCHEN: The Faith Mission kitchen and dining room serves residents 3 meals a day, every day of the year. For this event, our group will help prepare food, serve meals, assist residents in the dining room, wash dishes, and clean surfaces. PLAN: We will be preparing / serving / cleaning for BRUNCH from 10:30am to 12:30pm and have space for a total of 7 volunteers. Please arrive at 10:20am and wear closed-toe shoes and long pants. LOCATION: Faith Mission – Grant Kitchen is located at 245 N. Grant Ave. Enter the kitchen at Dock 1 (in the back of the building), indicated in the attached map. On-site parking in the adjacent lot and street parking is available in the surrounding area. Below are some links / attachments with additional info/details: IMPORTANT REMINDER: Our group will be providing all of the volunteers on this day so a firm RSVP count is essential. Please only sign up if you are certain you’ll be able to attend. If something unavoidable comes up, please try to update your RSVP no later than one week prior to the event. With few exceptions, no shows or cancelations within 1 week of the event will not be eligible for future CMG Gives Back events. I appreciate your understanding as we try to ensure the agencies have the volunteers needed to provide the essential services they provide to the vulnerable population they serve. Our Partner Agency for this event is Lutheran Social Services! A huge THANK YOU to all of YOU for volunteering at this (and any of our previous) CMG Gives Back events! Should be a good/fun/meaningful time together, Dan

Let's grab some coffee/food and share a morning chat! The East Market has an ample parking lot and outdoor and indoor seating. Grab a cup of coffee from Winston's Coffee & Waffles or on your way to East Market and meet us on the second floor - table behind or east of the elevator. Per what this group is about: "Everyone is welcome! International transplants to Columbus who want to improve language skills, Columbus residents who want to discuss international travel and culture, and anyone who enjoys getting together for good conversations."

We are excited to host Guided Meditations on Sundays at 6 pm in our Ashram/Gallery/Home! !! !! Everyone wants to know what kind of God we worship and what kind of meditation we do. We worship the GOD that LOVES US! We understand that god is an energy and it lives in us as us. Our meditations guide others to actually experience that energy! xoxo We don't just talk about peace, love and affection, we experience it :) Also we are a home not a business, so we enjoy building community one friend at a time. We always build in time for people to mingle & develop friendships! xoxo Much Love, Frank Tennyson Namaste, Frank Tennyson http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/a/f/9/9/600_447824953.jpeg