New England Yearly Meeting

A community of Quakers and Quaker meetings across New England.

Resources for Clerking

Here are some resources about clerking and about meeting for worship for the conduct of business which you may find useful. These documents can be downloaded and printed. Assembled by Jan Hoffman of Mt. Toby (MA) Friends and Jackie Stillwell of Monadnock (NH) Friends in preparation for a workshop offered to Burlington (VT) Friends in 2016.

The documents contained in the Resource Packet listed first are included individually in the order they appear in the packet (1a, 1b, etc.)

We will update this page as more resources become available.

Relevant QuakerSpeak videos:

How Quakers Make Decisions, with Eden Grace, Beacon Hill (MA) Friends Meeting
How to Clerk a Quaker Business Meeting, with Arthur Larrabee

Attachment	Size
Resource packet for Oct 29, 2016, workshop at Burlington MM	4.58 MB
1a. Assumptions of Quaker Business Process	106.84 KB
1b. Some words on corporate discernment	1.81 MB
1c.1989 Friends Consultation at Richmond, Indiana	1.89 MB
1d. Spiritual Responsibility in the Meeting for Business	11.75 KB
1e. Western Friend: Deep Listening	78.29 KB
1f. Glossary	92.94 KB
2a. Meetings for Business—Advices for Clerks	92.78 KB
2b. Advice for Clerks (Gilpin)	43.89 KB
2c. Preparing an Agenda	38.47 KB
3a. Thoughts on Recording Clerking	100.03 KB
3b. Preparation of monthly meeting minutes (Interim F&P Appendix 1D)	75.41 KB
4a. Beacon Hill: Making Presentations at Meeting for Business	2.08 MB
4b: Committee Clerk Responsibilities	72.79 KB
5a. Welcome to Meeting for Business	50.61 KB
5b. FAQs about the individual's part	83.79 KB
5c. Spirit-led decision-making	55.24 KB
6. A little humor: Beantown Molehill Friends Meeting	3.41 MB
7. Advices & Queries	62.75 KB
7. Advices & Queries booklet (to be printed double-sided and folded)	63.86 KB
Bill Taber on Ministering to Business.pdf	2.53 MB
2003 Eden Grace—Intro to Quaker Process for WCC	5.72 MB
2006 Bill How on Clerking During Conflict in Meeting	3.52 MB
2014 Notes on Friends' Decision-Making/Clerking	340.89 KB
Arthur Larrabee–What's In It for Me?	1.46 MB
Excerpt from Britain YM Faith & Practice	6.08 MB
The Agony and the Ecstasy (hurting and forgiving)	82.56 KB
Is Business Meeting an Occasion for Worship?	92.92 KB
Charles Simpson report on Pendle Hill clerking workshop Nov 2016.pdf	234.75 KB