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LEYM Bulletin Seeks Submissions

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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

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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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Green Pastures Quarterly Special Called Meeting

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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

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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

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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

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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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2020 Retreat: Spiritual Companions within an Ecology of Quaker Practice

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

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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…

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Broadmead MM Friends Fall Retreat Oct 2-4

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Broadmead Monthly Meeting Friends Fall Retreat Oct. 2nd – 4th 2020 Retreat Theme:  Transformative Worship Presenter:  Christopher Sammond Biography of Christopher Sammond Christopher Sammond is a member of Poplar Ridge Monthly Meeting, New York YM. He has facilitated workshops and retreats for over thirty years in a wide variety of Friends’ contexts, including Powell House, Woolman Hill, ESR, the…

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