tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post7351572760152524768..comments2023-10-25T11:26:59.760+01:00Comments on Musings of a Quaker Witch (Pagan Quaker): Gathering together, building communityMorganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05201286586062722169noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post-47423454251532760792009-09-22T01:27:47.875+01:002009-09-22T01:27:47.875+01:00Ahhh, Stasa, now I know why I've been wanting ...Ahhh, Stasa, now I know why I've been wanting to meet you. We have in common this urge to make connections between people and between ideas and people.<br><br>In a recent conversation (with whom, I don't recall at the moment), a Friend commented that she is not a Pagan but that she feels a spiritual connection with Nature. I felt within me the idea of bringing together those who feel a Marcellanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post-24170797220128904942009-09-22T01:29:41.405+01:002009-09-22T01:29:41.405+01:00Hystery, would/did you consider being part of the ...Hystery, would/did you consider being part of the meeting "through the ether," so to speak? How did/does that feel?<br><br>Marcella<br>Oregon<br>NPYMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post-3794231668285661632009-09-23T02:57:22.084+01:002009-09-23T02:57:22.084+01:00Hystery, it's true that virtual community does...Hystery, it's true that virtual community does not replace in-person community. <br><br>The population of people who self-identify as Pagan Friends is not large, and it's also very widely spread geographically. So it's rare for Pagan Friends to get together in person in groups of any real size. For example, when I was hosting Full Moon Meetings for Worship in Seattle, sure, any staśahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05201286586062722169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post-70162185881660613142009-09-23T03:07:11.032+01:002009-09-23T03:07:11.032+01:00Marcella, thinking about networking: What you sai...Marcella, thinking about networking: <br><br>What you said about brilliant ideas... You can also host conversations, host worship, things like that. You can ask your Monthly Meeting, QM, or YM (which is also mine!) to have me come do a workshop, retreat, etc. You can do an Adult Religious Ed presentation. You can host a potluck, timed around some occurrence in nature, with a theme and queriesstaśahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05201286586062722169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post-14435319059428042012009-09-23T03:09:11.100+01:002009-09-23T03:09:11.100+01:00p.s. Thank you both for helping me think about th...p.s. Thank you both for helping me think about this in different ways than I might have otherwise!staśahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05201286586062722169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post-74016598297872495902009-09-23T20:26:05.219+01:002009-09-23T20:26:05.219+01:00"Stasa, we are already friends on Facebook. :...<i>"Stasa, we are already friends on Facebook. :-)"</i> *Stasa blushes a lovely shade of bright pink*staśahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05201286586062722169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post-22090040288683398292009-09-23T20:27:14.523+01:002009-09-23T20:27:14.523+01:00p.s. I guess I didn't recognize you without y...p.s. I guess I didn't recognize you without your glasses. ;-Pstaśahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05201286586062722169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post-92148835363777355152009-09-23T21:03:56.515+01:002009-09-23T21:03:56.515+01:00Hystery, in my phrase "through the ethers,&qu...Hystery, in my phrase "through the ethers," I was referring to the invitation on the QuakerPagans elist for those those unable to physically attend the recent Full Moon Worship gathering to join at a distance by settling into worship during the same time.<br><br>I was thinking that your comment, "reading about others in the group getting together in the real world when I could not,Marcellanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post-76111725552977994282009-09-23T22:40:01.978+01:002009-09-23T22:40:01.978+01:00Stasa, my comments were/are in the spirit of brain...Stasa, my comments were/are in the spirit of brainstorming, but I fear that in responding to certain portions of your original post, I overlooked that I was simply restating other parts of it.<br><br>I agree that the language used in what I've seen of your invitations to Full Moon Meetings for Worship and the verbiage used on the QuakerPagan elist is quite useful. In fact, I was drawn to bothMarcellanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post-90054077911681011482009-09-23T23:23:51.144+01:002009-09-23T23:23:51.144+01:00Hystery, as far as I know, you haven't pissed ...Hystery, as far as I <i>know</i>, you haven't pissed me off yet... and so what if you do? It would be no reason for me to disrespect you, even if that was a challenge for me personally. :) (And if I have, I apologize.) <br><br>Marcella, even if you do, that's probably fine; and I'm sorry if I sounded impatient about it. <br><br>One of the things I realized this year is that while staśahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05201286586062722169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post-12181370227243467412009-09-24T02:19:55.391+01:002009-09-24T02:19:55.391+01:00p.s. Hystery, thank you for the compliment about ...p.s. Hystery, thank you for the compliment about spiritual hospitality. *pleased blush*staśahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05201286586062722169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post-81476386266306323692009-09-24T07:07:03.324+01:002009-09-24T07:07:03.324+01:00Stasa wrote: "Marcella, ... I'm sorry if ...Stasa wrote: "Marcella, ... I'm sorry if I sounded impatient about it."<br><br>Nope, you didn't. I was just realizing that I was commenting in a somewhat blathering way. It occurred to me that I should / could center down for a while before typing. But I already had a response starting in my head, so went ahead and typed. Er, keyboarded.<br><br>I also saw that I had been Marcellanoreply@blogger.com