Canadian Friends Service Committee Quakers working for justice and peaceTen Quaker groups leave Twitter/Xby Matt on December 16, 2024 at 12:56 pm Today ten Quaker organizations from different…
Canadian Friends Service Committee Quakers working for justice and peaceTen Quaker groups leave Twitter/Xby Matt on December 16, 2024 at 12:56 pm Today ten Quaker organizations from different…
As a community committed to peace, the War in Ukraine is of deep concern to Friends around the world. Friends General Conference has posted a Message to Friends About Aiding Ukraine that provides helpful links to various aid organizations. The American Friends Service Committee is also speaking out, seeking to dampen the ongoing push to escalate via military…
The Winter 2022 issue of the LEYM Bulletin is now available in PDF from leym.org (See https://leym.org/leym-bulletins/ for all recent issues). Paper copies will soon arrive at addresses for monthly meetings and worship groups, or directly to those who have requested it in that form. Contents include a message from Clerk Susan Loucks on Quaker business meetings, a…
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…
SUBMISSIONS FOR LEYM WINTER BULLETIN DUE SAT., JAN. 15, 2022 Please send items for Lake Erie Yearly Meeting’s Winter 2022 Bulletin to the editors, Jeff Cooper and Peggy Daub, by Saturday, January 15, 2022 (send to bulletinleym@gmail.com) As always, we welcome reports and announcements reflecting the business of the Yearly Meeting. Materials for Representative Meeting in April are…
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…
Friends around the world are celebrating World Quaker Day, a project of the Friends World Committee for Consultation, on Sunday, October 3, 2021. You are invited to join in. The theme this year is Resilience and hope: drawing strength from our Quaker faith. You can learn more and see reports of activities at worldquakerday.org.
The Fall issue of the LEYM Bulletin is now available. Contents include a message from Clerk Susan Loucks on findings of the ad hoc committee that went through a Visioning process last year, the LEYM Epistle, news from our Annual Sessions, reports from three monthly meetings on their recent anti-racist work, and more. Current and back issues of the…
As groups of Quakers gather in their annual sessions, they often write something known as an “Epistle” that is then shared with other Friends around the world. Back in the 17th century the Quaker movement revived the Gospel use of this word to mean an advisory or admonitory letter, sent to a group of people. In modern usage, you can…
LEYM’s Ministry and Nurture Committee has been exploring the many ways that Quakers are adapting to a more virtual life of the spirit as groups adopt online meeting practices. Quakers are worshiping online across the globe, as these extensive lists of worship opportunities compiled by Western Friends and Friends World Committee on Consultation make clear. As more…