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• Quaker Experience
  • 1. Illustrative Experiences of Friends
    • George Fox
    • Margaret Fell
    • James Nayler
    • Voyage of the Woodhouse
    • Marmaduke Stevenson
    • Mary Dyer
    • John Woolman
    • Elizabeth Fry
    • John Greenleaf Whittier
    • Caroline Emelia Stephen
    • Thomas Kelly
    • Rufus Jones
    • Kenneth Boulding
  • 2. A Brief History of Friends in New England
    • The Prophetic Movement (1652-1690)
    • A Religious Society (1690-1770)
    • Purification and Isolation (1770-1870)
    • The Evangelical Movement (1870-1945)
    • Unity and Diversity (1945-1980)
• Faith Into Practice
  • 1. The Quaker Faith
    • The Quaker Message
    • The Experience of the Light Within
    • The Person and Work of Jesus Christ
    • The Value and Use of the Bible
    • Friends and the Sacraments
    • Friends and the Christian Church
    • Publishing Truth
    • Friends and Other Faiths
  • 2. In the Meeting
    • The Meeting for Worship
    • The First that Enters
    • Vocal Ministry
    • Meeting Leadership
    • The Meeting for Business
    • The Meeting as a Caring Community
    • Sharing Faith
    • Membership
    • Friends' Education
  • 3. In Personal Life
    • Prayer
    • Simplicity and Integrity
    • Leisure, Recreation and Social Customs
    • Economic Life
    • Marriage
    • Separation and Divorce
    • Sexual Relationships
    • Home and Family
    • Death
  • 4. In Social Concerns
    • The Spiritual Basis of Friends' Social Concerns
    • Equality
    • Peace and Non-Violence
    • Stewardship
    • Civic and Community Responsibility
    • Other Social Testimonies
• Advices and Queries
  • The Advices     
  • The Queries     
• Practice and Procedures
  • 1. Organization and Business Procedure
    • Principles of Organization
    • General Organizational Structure of Meeting for Business
    • Establishment of Meetings
    • Discontinuance of Meetings
    • Conduct of Business Meetings
    • The Monthly Meeting
    • The Quarterly Meeting
    • The Yearly eeting
    • Funds, Properties and Trusts
    • Records
  • 2. Membership
    • Basis of Membership
    • Becoming a Member
    • Non-Resident Members
    • Transfer and Removal of Membership
    • Membership Records
  • 3. Ministry and Counsel
    • Purpose
    • Organization
    • Duties of Ministry and Counsel
    • Quarterly Ministry and Counsel
    • Recording Gifts
    • Pastors and Meeting Secretaries
    • Queries for Ministry and Counsel
  • 4. Outreach
  • 5. Marriage Procedures   
    • Marriage Through the Meeting
    • Responsibilities
    • Pastor Participating
    • Marriage Not Under Meeting
    • Marriage Without Meeting
    • Meting Responsibilities to Sustain Marriage
  • 6. Practices at the Time of Death
  • 7. Burial Grounds
  • 8. Revision of Discipline
• Appendicies
  • Appendix 1. State Laws Pertaining to Friends in New England
  • Appendix 2. Forms for Use by the Clerk
    • Transfer Certificate
    • Letter to Other Denominations
    • Travel Minutes
  • Appendix 3. Marriage Procedure Forms
    • Sample Letter of Intentions
    • Marriage Certificate
  • Acknowledgements
• Downloads

A Sample Letter of Marriage Intentions

To the Monthly Meeting.

Trusting in God's guidance and the approval of Friends, we intend marriage with each other. We should like to be married under the care of Monthly Meeting.

(Signed) A.B.
(Signed) D.E.

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