{"id":78,"date":"2017-04-07T15:21:06","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T19:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mullicahillfriends.org\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2025-01-01T16:42:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T21:42:35","slug":"meetingforlearning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mullicahillfriends.org\/?page_id=78","title":{"rendered":"Meeting for Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Meeting<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"> for Learning is a time that we set aside to prayerfully explore the experiences of spirit and the dimensions of the inward landscape.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">The first Sunday of the month is usually a meeting for healing for physical and spiritual wholeness.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The second Sunday of the month is usually a presentation of folk songs by a member who plays guitar.\u00a0 It sometimes includes singing along.<\/p>\n<p>On the remaining Sundays we usually consider a passage from the writings of Friends or from the Bible.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"> Expectation is that our sessions will have many of the following characteristics:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">A: While our explorations will have a particular focus, the &#8216;space&#8217; in which we explore will be open.<br \/>\nB: Our journey will be hospitable with places to rest for nourishment.<br \/>\nC: We will listen with an ear to what we bring as individuals and what we learn as a group.<br \/>\nD: We will honor both the &#8216;little stories&#8217; of those involved but also the &#8216;big stories&#8217;\u00a0 of both faith and rooted practice.<br \/>\nE: Meeting for Learning will support solitude and sharing the many resources we bring as a faith community.\u00a0 An emphasis will be placed on personal and group reflection on life in the Spirit.<br \/>\nF: At various times we will be welcoming vocal participation and silent reflection.\u00a0 Music, drama, poetry, or film may play a part of our sessions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meeting for Learning is a time that we set aside to prayerfully explore the experiences of spirit and the dimensions of the inward landscape.\u00a0 The first Sunday of the month is usually a meeting for healing for physical and spiritual wholeness. The second Sunday of the month is usually a presentation of folk songs by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mullicahillfriends.org\/?page_id=78\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Meeting for Learning&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-78","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mullicahillfriends.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mullicahillfriends.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mullicahillfriends.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mullicahillfriends.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mullicahillfriends.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/mullicahillfriends.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":597,"href":"https:\/\/mullicahillfriends.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions\/597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mullicahillfriends.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}