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Broadmead Fall Retreat

Categories: Events and Opportunities, News

Broadmead Monthly Meeting Friends Fall RetreatOct. 28th – 30th 2022Retreat Theme: The Power of EnoughPresenter: Jackie Stillwell Friends are invited to join this in-person weekend retreat, to be held at the St. Francis Spirituality Center, 200 St Francis Ave, Tiffin, Ohio. Details and registration information are in the attached event announcement brochure. Biography of Jackie StillwellJackie Stillwell is the…

Opening in Ann Arbor Friends Meeting’s Residential Community

Categories: Events and Opportunities, News

The Quaker House Residential Community attached to the Ann Arbor Friends Meetinghouse has a vacancy. The house, near the University of Michigan’s central campus, has rooms for six residents. Shared kitchen, dining room, living room, laundry facilities, and backyard with vegetable garden. This intentional community strives to embody commitments to “multicultural/racial/ethnic/LGBTQ inclusivity; simple, economical, and environmentally friendly living; mature, stable…

GPQM Summer Gathering, Sunday, August 7, 2022

Categories: Events and Opportunities, GPQM

Friends are invited to the Summer Gathering of Green Pastures Quarterly Meeting (GPQM), on Sunday, August 7, at Quaker Park in Battle Creek, Michigan. 11:00 meeting for worship under the trees, followed by a picnic and fellowship. Every year GPQM remembers the anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and celebrates peace in this historic Quaker meeting place. All…

June Interest Group Explores Anti-Racist Work

Categories: Anti-Racism, Events and Opportunities, Peace and Justice

What can we say together? Friends are invited to join us on Saturday, June 11th from 2-3:30pm in consideration of anti-racist work and minutes from across the Yearly Meeting – we’ll read what has been recorded, seek to pull out common threads, and identify patterns. We’ll bring a summary of this work to the annual meeting, where we will further…

Reminder: LEYM Bulletin Submissions Due by May 15th

Categories: Bulletin, Events and Opportunities, News

Our editors ask that contributors please submit items for the LEYM Spring Bulletin by Sunday, May 15. This issue will include lots of information on the upcoming Annual Sessions, which will once again be virtual (July 27-31). Reports and announcements reflecting the business of the Yearly Meeting are the most basic parts of the Bulletin. We also feature reports on…

April Interest Group Explores Michigan’s First Peoples Campaigns

Categories: Action, Earthcare, Events and Opportunities, Peace and Justice

Michigan’s First People’s Social and Environmental Justice Campaigns Saturday, April 9 2:00-3:30 PM The April PJ&E program will feature talks by two leaders in Michigan’s First Peoples campaigns. A spokesperson from the Anishinaabek Caucus will discuss their environmental campaigns, including opposition to the Enbridge Line 5 across the Mackinac Strait, other legislative campaigns for clean water,…

Register for LEYM April 2nd Representative Meeting

Categories: Committees, Events and Opportunities, Monthly Mtgs

Lake Erie Yearly Meeting Representative Meeting is on the horizon! This gathering is a time for people from every Monthly Meeting in LEYM (as well as committees) to consider important matters together and to build or strengthen our relationships. This year, Representative meeting will be held virtually on Saturday April 2. Here’s the agenda. Business will be from 10:00am to 3pm (with an…

Food Security, Food Justice event set for March 12th

Categories: Events and Opportunities, Peace and Justice

SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2:00-3:30 pmFood Security, Food JusticeHosted by Lake Erie Yearly Meeting and North Columbus Friends Meeting Our March Interest Group session is set for Saturday, March 12th starting at 2:00 pm. The speakers will provide an informational overview of the larger issues around food sovereignty, food security, food justice, etc., before diving into concrete strategies…

Winter GQPM Program – Updated

Categories: Events and Opportunities, GPQM, News

NEW: PRESENTATION POSTPONED Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Feb 19 GPQM First Nations presentation has been postponed. It will be rescheduled for a later date. A shortened GPQM event will still be held. Michigan’s Anishinaabe People’s Social and Environmental Justice Campaigns Join Green Pastures Quarterly Meeting online for worship, socializing, an important program and small…

Coffee and Climate Chat upcoming on Dec 11

Categories: Earthcare, Events and Opportunities, News, Peace and Justice

Coffee and Climate Chat – 2021 Earthcare Actions Among LEYM Friends Wondering what other Quakers in Lake Erie Yearly Meeting have done to care for the environment in 2021? Hearing about the efforts of others can give you new ideas and encourage you and your meeting to keep doing this important work in 2022. The pandemic did not mean that…

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