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Food Security, Food Justice event set for March 12th

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…

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…

November Interest Group Session to Focus on Anti-racist Standards for Healthcare

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

LEYM’s Peace, Justice and Earthcare Interest Group series continues on Saturday, November 13th from 2:00-3:30pm ET on Zoom. Healthcare, Healing and Anti-Racist Standards In this interactive presentation we will have the opportunity to understand how racism impacts the healthcare setting; how anti-racist standards prevent racism in the healthcare setting and beyond; and how…

Detroit Friends Plan New Meetinghouse

Categories: Events and Opportunities, Monthly Mtgs

After years of discernment and uncertainty over the path forward, the Detroit Friends Meeting (DFM) is enthusiastic about building a new meetinghouse to provide a permanent spiritual home in Detroit that will serve the community and generations of future Quakers. Detroit Friends Meeting has had a presence in Detroit since the early 1920s. DFM’s twenty-five current members, along…

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…

Quaker House at Chautauqua ready for 2021 Season

Categories: Events and Opportunities, News

Sue Tannehill is sharing the good news that the new Quaker house at Chautauqua is ready for the 2021 Chautauqua Season. She writes: Dear Quakers and other interested F/friends, It is with great joy that we are now accepting requests to stay at Quaker House at Chautauqua for the 2021 season!! Please note all visitors…

North Columbus Friends Meeting Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage, 1920-2020

Categories: Events and Opportunities, News

North Columbus Friends Meeting Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage, 1920-2020 Tuesday, August 18, 2020, 7:00-8:30 p.m. North Columbus Friends Meeting invites you to join them via Zoom in commemorating the centennial of the 19th Amendment as we explore the story of several Quaker suffragists, the suffrage movement and commit ourselves today to helping every citizen have…

GPQM at Annual Worship and Picnic, August 9, in Battle Creek

Categories: Events and Opportunities, GPQM

On August 9, 2020, the 75th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear bombing of Nagasaki, Green Pastures Quarterly met at Quaker Park in Battle Creek for its annual worship with attention to peace in remembrance of that devastating event. Two giant trees sheltered 22 Friends under their arbor. Worship gathered and Spirit spoke gratitude for the breeze and shade and wonder…

GPQM Spring Meeting is May 16 at 9 AM

Categories: Events and Opportunities, GPQM

Green Pastures Quarterly Meeting is holding their Spring Meeting virtually on Saturday, May 16th starting at 9 AM. In preparation for the event, a number of new documents have been made available on the GPQM Documents page, including: Notes from September GPQM meeting GPQM_Website_Communication_Coordinator_Proposal_2020-05-09.pdf GPQM_Proposed_ByLaws_2020-05-09.pdf GPQM_proposed_policy_manual_2020-05-10.pdf The Zoom meeting connection information has been sent out to Monthly Meeting Clerks…

Bored in Quarantine? Consider This Cooperative Quaker Card Game

Categories: Events and Opportunities

Many of us are now spending a lot more time at home and we may be seeking new forms of entertainment to pass the time. Friends may be interested in trying out a cooperative card game developed in 2006 by John Gastil, a Seattle Friend who also happens to be an expert on deliberative group processes. The game, which requires…

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Food Security, Food Justice event set for March 12th

Winter GQPM Program – Updated

November Interest Group Session to Focus on Anti-racist Standards for Healthcare

Detroit Friends Plan New Meetinghouse

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

Quaker House at Chautauqua ready for 2021 Season

North Columbus Friends Meeting Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage, 1920-2020

GPQM at Annual Worship and Picnic, August 9, in Battle Creek

GPQM Spring Meeting is May 16 at 9 AM

Bored in Quarantine? Consider This Cooperative Quaker Card Game

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