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Broadmead October Retreat to Feature Christopher Sammond

Categories: Events and Opportunities, Monthly Mtgs

The annual Broadmead Monthly Meeting Friends Fall Retreat is scheduled for October 1-3 2001 on the theme “Openings to Transformative Worship.” The event, to be held at the St. Francis Spirituality Center in Tiffin, OH, features retreat leader Christopher Sammond. Christopher Sammond is a member of Poplar Ridge Monthly Meeting, New York YM. He has facilitated workshops and…

Fall Spiritual Formation Retreat Details

Categories: Events and Opportunities

LEYM Spiritual Formation Program Opening WorkshopGoing Deeper Togetheronline Sept 10-12, 2021with Marcelle Martin The LEYM spiritual formation planning committee invites all of you to participate in this year’s spiritual formation program. The year’s program is kicked off with a weekend fall retreat in September and culminates in a one-day spring retreat in May. In between the two retreats, small…

Annual Sessions Registration Now Open

Categories: Annual Sessions, Events and Opportunities

LEYM 2021: Healing Through Truth – https://leym.org/annual/Quakers affiliated with Lake Erie Yearly Meeting gather annually for fellowship, worship, to conduct business and to see how the Spirit moves among us. This year, from Wednesday July 28 – Sunday Aug 1 LEYM Friends will gather online via Zoom. The Program Committee has prepared a wonderful program for us, with expanded…

GPQM Annual Worship and Picnic, August 8, in Battle Creek

Categories: Events and Opportunities, GPQM

Every year in early August Green Pastures Quarterly Meeting remembers the anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and celebrates peace in the historic Quaker Park in Battle Creek. GPQM will hold an in-person worship planned for 11 a.m., August 8, outdoors at Quaker Park. Worship will be followed by a picnic, with Friends may bring a chair/blanket,…

Read Epistles from Friends around the globe

Categories: Annual Sessions, News

As groups of Quakers gather in their annual sessions, they often write something known as an “Epistle” that is then shared with other Friends around the world. Back in the 17th century the Quaker movement revived the Gospel use of this word to mean an advisory or admonitory letter, sent to a group of people. In modern usage, you can…

Spring Bulletins Now Available – Getting Ready for Annual Meeting

Categories: Annual Sessions, Bulletin, News

The Spring LEYM Bulletin is now available in PDF, and paper copies will soon arrive at addresses for monthly meetings and worship groups. We returned to sending higher numbers in paper for this issue, thinking that many of us will be worshiping in person again over the next several weeks. This issue contains much information about LEYM…

Exploring Hybrid Worship Models

Categories: Committees, Monthly Mtgs, News

LEYM’s Ministry and Nurture Committee has been exploring the many ways that Quakers are adapting to a more virtual life of the spirit as groups adopt online meeting practices. Quakers are worshiping online across the globe, as these extensive lists of worship opportunities compiled by Western Friends and Friends World Committee on Consultation make clear. As more…

FCNL 2021 Report to Yearly Meetings

Categories: Action, Events and Opportunities, News

The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) has released their 2021 Report to Yearly Meetings. Many Friends within LEYM have been active on FCNL Advocacy Teams or via participation in some of FCNL’s ongoing events series. This report includes some of the highlights of this year’s work, made possible by the advocacy, engagement, and financial support of…

Spring Bulletin Submissions Due May 15

Categories: Bulletin, News

MAY 15, 2021: DUE DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS TO LEYM SPRING BULLETIN Please send articles, essays, reports or artwork for Lake Erie Yearly Meeting’s Spring 2021Bulletin to the editors, Jeff Cooper and Peggy Daub, by Saturday, May 15, 2021 (send to bulletinleym@gmail.com) This issue will provide information about Annual Meeting – the program, schedule, workshops, etc. Remember, those sessions will again be virtual, from Wednesday, July 28, through Sunday,…

AFSC to Offer New Youth Opportunities

Categories: Events and Opportunities, News, Young Adult Friends, Youth Programming

The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is developing an exciting new program for young Quakers and Quaker college students and alumni, ages 18-25. To help them develop this program, AFSC is inviting young Quakers and current and former students from Quaker colleges to participate in an upcoming Zoom focus group on either May 11 or May 12 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT. If…

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Broadmead October Retreat to Feature Christopher Sammond

Fall Spiritual Formation Retreat Details

Annual Sessions Registration Now Open

GPQM Annual Worship and Picnic, August 8, in Battle Creek

Read Epistles from Friends around the globe

Spring Bulletins Now Available – Getting Ready for Annual Meeting

Exploring Hybrid Worship Models

FCNL 2021 Report to Yearly Meetings

Spring Bulletin Submissions Due May 15

AFSC to Offer New Youth Opportunities

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