MIDWEEK Dec. 18: Holly Baldwin | On the Threshold of the New Tomorrow
About this MIDWEEK practice
It’s been 5 years of living with Covid-19, and needless to say, the world has changed a lot in that time. In conversation and in writing, we’ll reflect on what we’ve experienced and learn in these five years. In the spirit of the Quaker understanding of “continuing revelation”, we’ll explore what wisdom is being revealed to us through our experiences.
This MIDWEEK is a taste of a 3-day retreat that Holly will be offering at BHFH in January (and at Woolman Hill and The Carpenter’s Boatshop this winter as well. You can find more information about the upcoming retreat at Woolman Hill here: https://woolmanhill.org/upcomingprograms/thresholds/)
Holly Baldwin is a Quaker Spiritual Companion and Retreat Facilitator. Her ministry is to encourage and deepen spiritual growth and courageousness. Her spiritual practices include contemplation, walking, singing, and antiracism/anticolonialism. Holly served as the Director of Beacon Hill Friends House from 2006 to 2017. She now lives in Albuquerque, NM on ancestral Tiwa lands and attends Albuquerque Monthly Meeting (IMYM) and Three Rivers Meeting (NEYM).What is MIDWEEK?
You can find Holly’s Website here: https://www.journeytowardlight.com/threshold
In the Quaker tradition of Midweek (Wednesday) worship, Beacon Hill Friends House brings you MIDWEEK: Experiments in Faithfulness. This is a weekly, one-hour, facilitated spiritual practice with Quaker flavor and an experimental ethos. Each week, a guest facilitator engages us in a unique spiritual practice that is meaningful to them, and that we can bring into our own lives.
MIDWEEK is always free and open to the public. If you'd like to support this program, you can make a donation here.
Event Accessibility
Beacon Hill Friends House is working on making our historic space accessible to everyone. (Covid policies for onsite attendees are below).
Automated Closed Captions will be available for all participants (on Zoom and in-person).
Physical space: This event will take place in our Parlor, which does not have a ground-level entrance. Our primary entrance is up a flight of stairs. If you would like to attend this event but need it to be held in a different space, please indicate so on your registration. On the basement level, we have a single-user, all-gender bathroom with wall-mounted handrails and ample space for chairs and/or aides. We are not a scent-free space but tend to be low-scent.
Attending onsite at BHFH (Covid policy and directions)
All MIDWEEK practices are offered on Zoom and in-person at Beacon Hill Friends House. Here is the information you need if you choose to attend onsite. All registrants will also be sent the Zoom link.
Covid policies: All in-person attendees are required to wear a mask while inside. Masks will be available for those who forget them.
If you are feeling under the weather, please opt to attend on Zoom rather than onsite. You can make that choice on the day of the event and simply hop on the Zoom link!
Getting to BHFH: Use the address "8 Chestnut St., Boston, MA, 02108" for navigation. We recommend taking public transit to get here: We are a short walk from every transit line in Boston. If you choose to drive in, paid street parking is available on Charles Street (and on Beacon Street before 6 pm). We also have parking passes available for $9 to the Boston Common Garage.
About Beacon Hill Friends House
Beacon Hill Friends House is a Quaker Center for Learning and Action in downtown Boston, MA. Founded in 1957, its mission is "to embody the Quaker principles of faith, simplicity, integrity, community, and social responsibility in order to nurture and call forth the Light in all of us." BHFH lives into its mission by:
Providing a center where Friends and others can meet, worship, and learn
Advancing and fostering the principles of the Religious Society of Friends
Offering opportunities for leadership development, personal deepening, and collective action
Maintaining a diverse, intentional, residential community guided by Friends principles