CHANGES

This page was created to describe recent changes at Ann Arbor Friends Meeting (AAFM).

• Many committee and group meetings are taking place in person.  Others are still online via Zoom.  Please ask the convener how to join.
• Use of the Meetinghouse rooms for rent by outside groups has resumed.

From August through October 2023, AAFM will experiment with some changes in the schedule and form of Meetings for Worship:

• On the 1st and 2nd Sundays of each month:
  • The 9 a.m. Meeting for Worship will be in-person only.
  • The 11 a.m. Meeting for Worship will be blended (both in-person and on Zoom).
• On 3rd Sundays of most months (except August and December):
  • The 7:45 a.m. Meeting for Worship will be in-person only, in the Corner Room.
  • 9 – 11 a.m. is Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business, which will be blended.
  • The 11 a.m. Meeting for Worship will be blended.
• On the 4th Sundays of each month:
  • The 9 a.m. Meeting for Worship  will be blended.
  • The 11 a.m. Meeting for Worship will be parallel (in-person only in the Meeting Room, with a separate online Meeting on Zoom).
• On a 5th Sunday (October 29):
  • There is a single 10 a.m. Meeting for Worship, which will be blended.

The purpose of this experiment is to learn how the Meeting can better meet the needs of Friends and attenders who rely on Zoom-related technology to join our Meetings for Worship and those who find worship difficult when such technology is present.

Times will be provided for sharing of experiences with this plan, including during Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business in September and October.

Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business on 7-16-2023 reached unity on conducting this experiment.

Most recent update:  7-17-2023.

Worship

• Current schedules (including Zoom links) are here: Worship Schedules & Venues.