New England Yearly Meeting

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November 2018: With Our Whole Hearts

Nov 12, 2018 •
This month: a Public Statement in response to violence, opportunities for mentoring, a gathering for Friends in public ministry, a request...

Public Statement: The Love That Overcomes

Nov 3, 2018 •
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height,...

Partners in Spirit—bringing young adults and mentors together

Nov 2, 2018 • NiaDwynwen Thomas, Young Friends/Young Adult Friends Coordinator
Young adults need mentors. When you look back on your spiritual growth, who encouraged you? None of us grows to our full potential without...

2018 Epistle of New England Yearly Meeting

Sep 21, 2018 • (Sessions)
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not...

The Latest from Committees & Programs

Transgender Day of Remembrance

Nov 19, 2018 • Scott Rhodewalt, Northeast Kingdom (VT) Friends Meeting
November 20, 2018, is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Where in NEYM are Friends participating in this year's day to honor the lives of...

Pittsburgh Friends' Minute Responding to Gun Violence

Nov 19, 2018 •
Dear Friends, We are so grateful for your words of support as well as your prayers for our community and our nation. It makes a significant...

Friends General Conference Issues Report on Institutional Assessment of Racism

Nov 6, 2018 • (RSEJ)
NEYM was among four yearly meetings who supported Friends General Conference's institutional assessment on systemic racism (see Minute 2016...

Cuban Friends Send Video Greetings

Nov 6, 2018 • (Puente de Amigos)
As many Friends are aware, for several years representatives appointed by Cuba Yearly Meeting to attend our Yearly Meeting sessions have...

Marian Baker Returns to East Africa

Nov 2, 2018 •
Marian Baker will arrive in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 20, 2019, and will be in East Africa until the beginning of February. We will be...

Friends Gather for Living Faith

Nov 1, 2018 • Lisa Graustein, Beacon Hill (MA) Friends Meeting
"In times of so much grief and fear, spending a day among people striving earnestly to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God was...

Assisting Asylum-Seekers

Oct 31, 2018 • (Faith-Action)
Two immediate needs have been identified: Volunteers are urgently needed at the Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas, which is receiving...

Drawn to New Bedford Meeting

Oct 24, 2018 • Martha Mangelsdorf, New Bedford (MA) Friends Meeting
Over a decade ago, I had a leading to sometimes visit New Bedford Friends Meeting. The meeting community is small, but its building is...

Theme Chosen for Sessions 2019

Oct 24, 2018 • Frederick Weiss (Hanover, NH), presiding clerk, (Sessions)
The theme for the 2019 Annual Sessions has been discerned: “Provoke one another to Love.” The phrase comes from a 1656 epistle from...

2018 Annual Report

Oct 17, 2018 • (Permanent Board)
Members of Permanent Board, together with visitors, have met six times since Sessions 2017 to conduct the necessary business of NEYM. NEYM...

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