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San Francisco Friends Meeting
Quaker Meetings for Worship info
Sundays at 11 a.m.
Tuesdays at 6 p.m.
65 Ninth Street (between Market St. and Mission St.)
San Francisco, CA 94103

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Spiritual Community

Witnesses for Peace and Social Justice Please visit the Peace Vigil each Fifth Day (Thursday) at noon. View full-size image on the Peace and Social Justice page

	Meeting for Worship commences each First Day (Sunday) at 11:00 a.m., with Children's First Day School (Childcare) in the Meetinghouse. Introduction to Meeting for Worship provided at 10:40 a.m. (please ask the "Welcome Friend" in the lobby). All Seekers are welcome.   map and public transportation Further information about Quaker Worship and Children's First Day School.
	The current Fifth Month (May) 2008 newsletter is available for download as a .pdf file. (More on news page.)
	The Spring Session of College Park Quarterly Meeting Spring Session will take place at Quaker Center in Ben Lomond on May 16-18, 2008. Full details and a registration form are available on the College Park website.
	The annual Memorial Day Weekend Meeting Retreat will take place at Quaker Center in Ben Lomond on May 23-26, 2008. A registration form is available for download as a .pdf file.
	Friends representing our Meeting witness at the peace vigil each Fifth Day (Thursday) from noon to 1 p.m. in front of the Federal Building at Golden Gate & Larkin Streets, San Francisco.

Advices & Queries based on Quaker Faith and Practice

It would go a long way to caution and direct people in their use of the world, that they were better studied and knowing in the Creation of it. For how could [they] find the confidence to abuse it, while they should see the Great Creator stare them in the face, in all and every part thereof?

WILLIAM PENN, SOME FRUITS OF SOLITUDE, 1693

      God is revealed in all Creation. We humans belong to the whole interdependent community of life on Earth. Rejoice in the beauty, complexity, and mystery of creation, with gratitude to be part of its unfolding. Take time to learn how this community of life is organized and how it interacts. Live according to principles of right relationship and right action within this larger whole.

      Be aware of the influence humans have on the health and viability of life on Earth. Call attention to what fosters or harms Earth's exquisite beauty, balances and interdependencies. Guided by Spirit, work to translate this understanding into ways of living that reflect our responsibility to one another, to the greater community of life, and to future generations.

• In what ways do I express gratitude for the wondrous expressions of life on Earth?
• Do I consider the damage I might do to the Earth's vulnerable systems in choices I make of what I do, what I buy, anbd how I spend my time?
• In our witness for the global environment, are we careful to consider justice and the well-being of the world's poorest people?
• Does our way of life threaten the viability of life on Earth?

(Queries in ordinary type are directed to individuals. Queries in italics are directed to the Meeting in its corporate integrity)

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