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Representative Meeting upcoming on March 9 via Zoom

Categories: Events and Opportunities, Monthly Mtgs, News

Representative Meeting returns to an online-only format this year. We’ll gather starting at 10 am on Saturday March 9th. It’s an important meeting opportunity for us as we move toward our June 13-16 Annual Meeting without having a rising Clerk ready to step in at the end of Susan Loucks term. There’s plenty to talk about! The session will be…

Quakerism 101 Returns Feb 20th

Categories: Events and Opportunities, Monthly Mtgs, News

We are looking forward to Tuesday, February 20 at 7pm, when the Ann Arbor Meeting will present a Quakerism 101 session on Guides to Faith and Practice written by Friends (get flyer here). The session will explore the history of how our non-creedal society came to create and use such documents; the experience of Friends who have created, developed, and revised these guides;…

GPQM Midwinter Gathering to Feature Dwight Wilson

Categories: Events and Opportunities, GPQM, News

Midwinter Gathering of Green Pastures Quarterly MeetingSaturday, March 2, 9am – 1 pmSpeaker: Dwight Wilson“Answering the Call of My Twin Roots: Black and Quaker” Friends are invited to the Midwinter Gathering of Green Pastures Quarterly Meeting on Saturday, March 2nd. We will meet virtually via Zoom from 9 am to 1 pm, with time for worship, a presentation by Dwight…

Winter Bulletin Now Available

Categories: Bulletin, News

Our new Bulletin Editor Christopher Farrand has announced the availability of the Winter 2024 Bulletin. The online version is available on the Bulletins page and is directly attached here. In addition to opening thoughts from our Clerk on Radical Richness, the edition includes information about the March Representative Meeting, as well as initial information for the 2024…

Apply Now for AFSC Emerging Leaders for Liberation 2024 Cohort

Categories: Events and Opportunities, News, Peace and Justice, Young Adult Friends

The American Friends Service Committee is now accepting applications for their hands-on learning program known as Emerging Leaders for Liberation. Each year a group of about 30 young adults join six online learning sessions and two in-person gatherings to deepen their social justice and leadership skills and build community. Applicants must be 18-22 years old as of April 1,…

Walking in the World as a Friend Discussion and Practice Group

Categories: Events and Opportunities, Interest Groups, News

The Quaker Religious Education Collaborative is hosting an online religious education opportunity focused around a book (available at no cost online or for purchase) exploring how Quakers move through the world. The first session is scheduled for Monday, January 8th. Details below. Visit QREC Website to Register WALKING IN THE WORLD AS A FRIEND: ESSENTIAL…

LEYM Annual Records Now Available

Categories: Annual Sessions, News

The 2023 LEYM Annual Records is now available, containing minutes of Representative Meeting and Annual Sessions, summaries of the plenary address and workshops at the Annual Meeting, State of the Meeting reports from monthly meetings, memorial minutes, contact information for meetings and worship groups and their officers and committee clerks as well as Friends active in Yearly Meeting, and more. …

Young Adult Friends to Gather in South Africa

Categories: Events and Opportunities, News, Young Adult Friends

A gathering for Young Adult Friends from around the world will be held from 1 – 5 August 2024, immediately before the FWCC World Plenary Meeting, from the 5 – 12 August 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa. This is a special opportunity and some funding support is available from FWCC America’s Section for interested Young Adult Friends. Inspired by…

LEYM Lightning Stand-in Bulletin Released

Categories: Bulletin, News

The just-released LEYM Lightning (available on the Bulletins page) is a speedy digital-only substitute for our typically-produced Lake Erie Yearly Meeting Bulletin made necessary due to a temporary leadership gap. Our multi-talented clerk Susan Loucks made the lightning happen. This special edition will only be electronic (available as a pdf), although we will be returning to print…

Free Trial of Quaker Website Service Offered to US Meetings

Categories: Events and Opportunities, Monthly Mtgs, News

Many Friends Meetings have been exploring new website options with the closing of FGC’s Quaker Cloud service. Well, a great new option, custom designed for Friends, is now being offered to US Quaker Meetings on a free trial basis by the Quaker Meetings Network (QMN) from the UK. The UK-based QMN was started back in 2018 as a…

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