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2020 Annual Records Now Available

Categories: Annual Sessions, News

The 2020 edition of the Lake Erie Yearly Meeting Annual Records has at last been published. Among the features are minutes and reports from both the Representative Meeting in April and the Annual Sessions in July/August, a full slate of committee officers, committee members, and representatives, and useful information on all of our monthly meetings and worship groups, giving details…

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LEYM Bulletin Seeks Submissions

Categories: Bulletin, News

SUBMISSIONS FOR LEYM WINTER BULLETIN DUE JAN. 15, 2021 Please send articles, essays, reports, or artwork for Lake Erie Yearly Meeting’s Winter 2021 Bulletin to the editors, Jeff Cooper and Peggy Daub, by Friday, January 15, 2021 (send to bulletinleym@gmail.com)   As always, we welcome items reflecting the business of the Yearly Meeting, such as reports and announcements from committees.  Reports on activities in monthly meetings…

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Quaker Records Collection at Ancestry.com

Categories: News

Friends may be interested to learn that Ancestry.com now has a special collection of historical records related specifically to Quakers. A helpful research guide provides information about the types of available records and how to interpret the various terms and abbreviations used. Information sources include meeting minutes, births, marriages, burials, memberships, records related to discipline,…

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FWCC Seeks New General Secretary

Categories: Events and Opportunities, Job Openings

The Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) has opened a global search for its next General Secretary. They ask: Are you ready to provide both spiritual and administrative leadership to FWCC’s small and thriving international Quaker organization? Applications due by Jan 4, 2021. To find out more, and how to apply, to go here. http://fwcc.world/about-fwcc/general-secretary-search…

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Green Pastures Quarterly Special Called Meeting

Categories: GPQM, News

Joe Mills has requested a Special Called Meeting of Green Pastures Quarterly Meeting on behalf of Friends School Detroit Trustees to discuss the following issues: Amending the bylaws of Friends School in Detroit such that:The minimum number of Trustees for Friends School be reduced from 9 to 3Eliminate the provision that a trustee serving for 3 consecutive full terms must…

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Looking Deeply at Thanksgiving event

Categories: Events and Opportunities, News

English colonists first touched land on New England soil some 400 years ago. The 400 Years Project, Beacon Hill Friends House, and Justice & Witness Ministries of the S. New England UCC are offering a unique opportunity to hear and reflect on Indigenous voices around Thanksgiving next week. The program will be led by two Wampanoag leaders joined by…

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Fall LEYM Bulletin Now Available

Categories: Bulletin, News

The LEYM Bulletin for fall 2020 is now available. On the website, go to the tab for “News” and choose “Bulletins,” and check out the newly designed website while you’re there! This issue includes a clerk’s message on “Living in the Next Normal,” highlights of the 2020 Annual Meeting, news from monthly meetings, and more. Please…

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World Quaker Day 2020

Categories: Events and Opportunities, News

October 4th we will be celebrating another World Quaker Day hosted by the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC). Join Friends from around the world exploring the theme “What does it mean to be a Quaker today? Living a Faithful Life in a Changing World.” Get more information here: worldquakerday.org The FWCC Section of the Americas is inviting Friends…

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School of the Spirit Job Opening

Categories: Events and Opportunities, Job Openings

The School of the Spirit is seeking a new administrator, and we want to reach out to as many Quakers as we can to search for interested candidates. The position is part time, with $27,000 annual recompense. We have no geographical requirement for this person. Our last administrator lived in Durham, NC, and our current one lives in Lancaster, PA.

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2020 Retreat: Spiritual Companions within an Ecology of Quaker Practice

Categories: Events and Opportunities, News

Each year LEYM hosts a Spiritual Formation Retreat. This year, the theme is Spiritual Companions within an Ecology of Quaker Practice, with leadership from Cassie Cammann, Nadine Hoover and Mark Hoover. Given the continued restrictions of the pandemic, the Fall 2020 retreat will be virtual, with recognition of the limitations of online connection and sensitivity for everyone’s…

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