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June 2019: Toward Invitation

Jun 17, 2019 •
In this issue: upcoming gatherings, news from the Legacy Gift and Racial, Social and Economic Justice committees, Quakers in the news and...

Legacy Grant Awards Spring 2019

May 30, 2019 • (Legacy Gift)
The Legacy Gift Committee of New England Yearly Meeting announces the spring 2019 grants for the NEYM Future Fund and the NEYM Witness and...

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...

The Latest from Committees & Programs

5-year Experiment Continues for Northwest Quarter

Jun 3, 2019 • Constance Kincaid-Brown, Hanover (NH) Friends Meeting
My goal is to share with you some of the joy, laughter,and love that those of us serving on the Interim Committee of Northwest Quarter...

RSEJ Launches Book Discussion Project

May 31, 2019 • (RSEJ)
The Racial, Social, and Economic Justice committee (RSEJ) will be debuting a book discussion project at Sessions. We will be reading and...

Thoughts on “beloved community,” and on being a Quaker physician

May 31, 2019 • Katharine Barnard, Worcester (MA) Monthly Meeting
Friends, deal plainly with yourselves, and let the eternal light search you and try you, for this will deal plainly with you; it will rip...

The Family Neighborhood at Sessions

May 29, 2019 •
We invite families with young children to request housing in the Family Neighborhood during registration. From early-bird coffee and tea,...

May 2019: The Living Faith of the Dead

May 20, 2019 •
This month: honoring what has come before, Annual Sessions announcements, reflections from recent gatherings, poetry, and more. Read the...

Come and See! Reflections from FWCCs Americas Section Meeting

May 6, 2019 • (FWCC Committee)
¡Ven y Ve ! Come and See! (John 1:46) was the theme for the Americas meeting of Friends World Committee for Consultation, held in March...

Immigration Justice Working Group Forming

May 3, 2019 • Maureen Lanan, Friends Meeting at Cambridge MA)
Friends who care about justice for immigrants in their communities are invited to join the Immigration Justice Working Group (IJWG). An...

Partners in Spirit: Relationships, Not Structures

May 3, 2019 • Briana Halliwell, Vassalboro (ME) Friends Meeting
The Partners in Spirit Retreat in February 2019 represented my first wobbly step back into the forceful river of life flowing through New...

Moses Brown School Announces New Director of Friends Education

May 1, 2019 • Matt Glendenning, Head of School, (Nurturing Friends Education)
Colleagues, I am very pleased to let you know that, with a national search now completed, Jennifer McFadden will become MB’s permanent...

Orchard Work—thinking about Robert Frost’s “After Apple Picking”

May 1, 2019 • Carl Williams, Plainfield (VT) Friends Meeting
My long two‐pointed ladder's sticking through a tree Toward heaven still, And there's a barrel that I didn't fill Beside it, and there may...

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