Listening
What can we learn about the Divine together?
Morning and Evening Communion
Communion brings people who are hungry to explore the meaning of important concepts and topics through the lens of spirituality through warm, curious, deep conversation. Less formal than Quaker worship sharing but more structured than chit-chat, the space we co-create in Communion invites the voice and perspective of each participant.
Mary Linda is an excellent facilitator who not only supports and inspires everyone in the group but also somehow manages to participate fully herself and brings a wealth of open-minded spiritual depth . I feel very lucky to have been able to be part of Morning Communion twice a week for nearly a year and a half and have both enjoyed it hugely and grown a good deal.-Thecla
I came to know Mary Linda through a Monday afternoon virtual Quaker Meeting for Worship provided by School of the Spirit. One day she put out an invitation to participate in what I heard as “God Talks” (later known to me as Morning Communion) on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Sounded intriguing. After attending, I was hooked.
This gathering was a virtual place, held lovingly by Mary Linda which offered a safe and comfortable space, where each of us, at our own pace, could show up and be completely ourselves. It is a gift to offer up a space which allows one to be fully seen and listened to...Mary Linda has that gift.
Mary Linda demonstrates a most sincere style of living a life of love and service. During Morning Communion, a variety of topics were introduced (spiritual practices, miracles, vocal ministry, hospitality, to name a few). Mary Linda’s skill in holding the space with grace, openness, and a felt sense of love, enabled participants to get to know each other on a deep level with a consideration for how Spirit was moving through each of our lives individually, and, as a sense of a small, gathered community. Mary Linda facilitated the group in such a way to provide a sense of “togetherness” which allowed exploration into ways of deepening our capacity to heal, alleviate our suffering, and find meaning in both challenge and joy. Together.-Cary
I was a regular and active member of the Morning Communion group for well over year, dialing in on zoom from the United Kingdom. After my first visit in 2020, it became a high priority in my life. I knew that for exactly one hour of my day, I would be exploring a theme from a spiritual and a worship perspective, through the engagement of others in the group developing my relationship to my own point of views and their foundations. The absence of cross questioning, conversation and debate created a holding place for silence and active listening to myself and others. Perspectives that I had nurtured which did not serve me, were brought to light by the gentle reflections and , for me the wisdom that only comes from experience, which was always so generously offered by others in the group.-Sandie
Mary Linda has a loving style of facilitating which brings the group together in friendship, to share deeply.-Abigail
What regular participants have said about Morning Communion
Mary Linda has a loving style of facilitating which brings the group together in friendship, to share deeply.-Abigail
History of Communion
Morning Communion grew out of the "Coffee Communion" that Lloyd Lee Wilson (and before him, David Martin) hosts each morning before breakfast at North Carolina Yearly Meeting-Conservative annual sessions. After the final gathering via Zoom in 2020, a visitor said she wished it could continue. I said, "Well, why can't it?", took the generous, curious, welcoming space that Lloyd Lee created and made it my own. We now have a few Friends from NCYM-C who regularly join us along with Quakers and non-Quakers from many other communities in North America, the U.K. and sometimes other parts of the globe.
Who is Communion for?
Anyone who wants the opportunity to talk about important topics with others. Anyone willing to "listen in tongues"* and be
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