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March 2019: The Yet-Unknowable Shore

Mar 18, 2019 •
This month, read about the next Living Faith Gathering, sign up for a clerking workshop, join the Virtual Plenary, and find out what...

Top 10 Reasons to Work at Friends Camp 2019

Feb 28, 2019 •
(as told by the summer 2018 staff) You know your work matters because impacting campers is so important. It feels like even the little...

Join the "Virtual Plenary"

Jan 4, 2019 • Lisa Graustein, Beacon Hill (MA) Friends Meeting, , , (Recordings), (Sessions)
At Annual Sessions in August 2019, Lisa Graustein (Beacon Hill, MA, Friends Meeting) will facilitate a plenary (whole group) session...

Speakers Announced for Yearly Meeting Annual Sessions 2019

Jan 3, 2019 • Fritz Weiss (Hanover, NH, Friends Meeting), presiding clerk, (Sessions)
I am very pleased to share with you that the Bible Half-Hour speaker at Annual Sessions this summer will be Colin Saxton, and the plenary...

Nurturing Faithfulness Program Returns in 2019

Sep 20, 2018 •
Nurturing Faithfulness is a program for individuals who have a spiritual nudge to orient one's heart towards the Divine, be more faithful...

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"Puente de Amigos": A Story in Song

Mar 17, 2019 • New England Quakers
In March 2019, Cuban Friends surprised New England Friends traveling in the ministry with a recently-composed song telling the story of the...

Noticing Patterns of Oppression & Faithfulness

Mar 14, 2019 • Lisa Graustein
During a conversation about leadership among Friends, the gathered body at Sessions in 2018 yearned for ways to better understand how...

Meeting Records to Submit to the Yearly Meeting Archives

Mar 11, 2019 • Carol Forsythe (Putney, VT, Friends Meeting), Archives Committee clerk, (Archives)
The Historical Records and Archives Committee would like to again encourage Friends to submit meeting records to the New England Yearly...

Epistle from the Prophetic Climate Action Working Group

Mar 5, 2019 • (Earthcare Ministry)
Members of the Prophetic Climate Action Working Group (PCAWG), along with other kindred spirits, gathered for an “Earthcare Encampment” at...

Rescuing Records for Cuban Friends

Mar 4, 2019 • (Puente de Amigos)
We—Gina Nortonsmith and Macci Schmidt (Northampton, MA Friends Meeting)—arrived at the Frank Pais International airport in Holguín on...

February 2019: The Thinking Heart

Feb 15, 2019 •
This month: noticing oppression, accompanying migrants, opportunities to serve Living Faith plans, and more. Read the February 2019...

Accompanying Migrants in Tijuana

Feb 7, 2019 • Em McManamy, Amesbury (MA) Friends Meeting
In January, I and other members of my family spent a week volunteering in Tijuana: my husband John, a doctor; daughter Laura, who already...

Maine Quakers Speak Out Against Skowhegan Mascot 

Jan 11, 2019 •
Diane Oltarzewski (Belfast, ME, Area Friends Meeting), Mark Raines (Farmington, ME, Friends Meeting), and Shirley Hager (Winthrop Center,...

What Canst Thou Tweet?

Jan 3, 2019 • Kathleen Wooten, Fresh Pond (MA) Monthly Meeting
For the past year, I’ve traveled among Friends to talk about using the internet to help our meetings communicate with newcomers, with...

Legacy Gift Grant Awards for Fall 2018

Jan 2, 2019 • (Legacy Gift)
The Legacy Gift Committee of New England Yearly Meeting is pleased to announce the NEYM Future Fund grants for fall 2018. Christine Green,...

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