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Fitting Space to Spirit – A&O webinar set for Nov 6th

Categories: Committees, Events and Opportunities, Monthly Mtgs, News

Recording of this event now available here. LEYM’s Advancement and Outreach Committee organized an online event focused on the challenges of Fitting Space to Spirit. The event was held online via Zoom Wednesday November 6, 6:30-8pm. Rent? Own? Something else?Join our LEYM panelists from North Columbus, Pittsburgh, and Detroit to hear…

Digital Version of Annual Records posted

Categories: Annual Sessions, News

Dear Friends,At Annual Sessions last summer, we agreed to try posting a version of the LEYM Annual Records online with no contact information (other than for those Friends who have agreed to be the contact person for their Monthly Meeting or Worship Group). Thus, the version posted in the LEYM website has no Directory section. We on Publications…

GPQM Fall Meeting coming Sept 21

Categories: Events and Opportunities, GPQM, News

Quakers in Michigan are invited to Kalamazoo on Saturday, September 21, for the Fall Meeting of Green Pastures Quarterly Meeting. There will be a business session in the morning at the Kalamazoo Friends Meeting, followed by a picnic lunch and tour of a house that was once on the route of the Underground Railroad in nearby Schoolcraft, Michigan. Feel…

AVP Workshops Offered in Ann Arbor this August

Categories: Action, News, Peace and Justice

A message from the Peace and Justice Committee of Ann Arbor Friends Meeting Dear Friends,YOU ARE ALL INVITED TO ATTEND ALTERNATIVES TO VIOLENCE (AVP) TRAININGS in Ann Arbor! Two Alternatives to Violence Project training sessions, one Basic (Aug 9-11) and one Advanced (Aug 16-19) have been scheduled, co-hosted by the Justice Action Group, and the Peace and…

Fox Journal First Edition displayed at LEYM Annual Meeting

Categories: Annual Sessions, News

Friends enjoyed a wide range of opportunities at this year’s Lake Erie Yearly Meeting Annual Meeting. One particularly remarkable event, however, was the chance to view a First Edition of George Fox’s Journal, published way back in 1694. Our Bulletin Editor Christopher Farrand made arrangements with Cleveland Monthly Meeting, owners of the journal, to display this rare document as…

GPQM Spring Gathering set for May 18th

Categories: Events and Opportunities, GPQM, News

SPRING GATHERING OF GREEN PASTURES QUARTERLY MEETING SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2024 Friends in Michigan will gather for the Spring meeting of Green Pastures Quarterly Meeting on Saturday, May 18, at Michigan Friends Center (7748 Clarks Lake Rd, Chelsea 48118).We’ll start with Business Meeting at 11 am, followed by lunch (bring your own bag lunch), and Meeting for Worship.

May 16 Quakerism 101 Session Explores Quaker Service Orgs

Categories: Events and Opportunities, News, Peace and Justice

LEYM’s Quakerism 101 Series continues in May. Join Friends online on Thursday May 16 (7pm) as members of Red Cedar Meeting present a session on “Quakers in Service to the Wider World.” This session will be focused on how Quakers extend the practice of our testimonies — particularly those of peace, equality, community, and stewardship —…

Shared Quaker Vision for Peace in Israel and Palestine

Categories: Action, News, Peace and Justice

On April 12th, eight Quaker organizations released a new statement entitled “A Different Future is Possible: Shared Quaker Vision for Peace in Israel and Palestine.” The organizations are the American Friends Service Committee, Canadian Friends Service Committee, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Friends World Committee for Consultation, Quakers in Britain, Quaker Council on European Affairs, Quaker Peace and…

April Quakerism 101 Session Details

Categories: Events and Opportunities, Monthly Mtgs, News

The LEYM Advancement and Outreach Committee will be offering two more sessions of the Quakerism 101 series this spring. The sessions are offered via Zoom. We are looking forward to Wednesday, April 17 (7-8:30 pm), when Susan Loucks of the Pittsburgh Friends Meeting presents a session on “Meeting for Worship with Attention to…What???” Any casual attender can see…

Representative Meeting Brainstorm Notes Now Available

Categories: Committees, News

Friends from across the LEYM region gathered together online for our March 9 LEYM Representative Meeting. In the morning we heard reports on what is happening at various meetings, learned about what committees have been working on, reviewed our finances, heard about progress in setting up this year’s Annual Meeting at Ashland University (June 13-16, 2024)…

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