World Quaker Day
Celebrating with Friends in North and South America
Will I ever forget what zoom has done for us? Will I remember that it was during COVID 19 that I learned a new way to connect with others?
Yesterday evening 9 00 pm British Summer Time I joined the Quaker section of the Americas to celebrate World Quaker Day. It was conducted in both English and Spanish and represented the silent worship (unprogrammed) and the programmed worship (singing, readings, preaching) of the Quaker world. Our hosts were in El Salvador, Bolivia and the United States.
At various points during the two hours, I found myself in wonder that here we were in our homes across the world ‘being together’.
Perhaps the most touching moment was when everyone was unmuted and said hello. For a moment a face of someone who I will probably never meet appears on the screen. For that moment I see a life marked in the lines across the face and a smile that communicates something very powerful that my whole being is moved.
Never before was this possible until zoom and bizarrely COVID 19. Let me remember and never forget.
Best day,
g
