CIRCLE STUDIES / 03

A circle. Every other Friday.

Gather online. Choose a facilitator together. Each gathering belongs to its participants.

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THE SHARED RHYTHM

Every voice.
One fair ballot.

Dates and election times are displayed in America/Chicago time. Once the founder sets the first Friday, the calendar follows a two-week rhythm and preserves the local start time through daylight-saving changes.

The founder can cancel individual dates. A cancelled date remains visible and its election closes. It does not reappear when the recurring calendar advances.

Before voting

Active members volunteer for that date.

60 minutes before

The primary ballot opens automatically.

15 minutes before

The ballot closes. A tie opens a runoff.

5 minutes before

The runoff closes. Remaining ties go to the earliest volunteer.

At the gathering

The elected facilitator guides that session only.

Rule-based voting, without constant monitoring

One ballot per active member per round; you may change your selection until closing. Counts remain hidden while that round is open. Results follow server time, not your device clock. No volunteers means no elected facilitator. Facilitators coordinate discussion; they do not receive religious rank.

A service ready for every gathering

Use the complete worship service. If the elected facilitator is absent after ten minutes, another willing active member may guide it by participants’ agreement. Otherwise, read silently together or practice separately. If the website is unavailable, use a printed service; no meeting moves to an unannounced channel.

Gathering calendar

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Imports the currently published dates with reminders one hour and ten minutes before each gathering. Your calendar app controls alerts. This is a snapshot, not an automatic subscription: re-download after changes and always check cancellation notices here.

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Let your calendar remind you.

Subscribe using the calendar feed address in a calendar app that supports URL subscriptions. Refresh frequency and alerts depend on that app, so check this website before each gathering. A one-time file import does not update itself.

Download current dates (.ics)

Calendar addresses are public. No private member records or support replies are included. The feed becomes available once a schedule is published.