Archive | August, 2005

Membership: APPROVED

MEMBERSHIP RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) NORTHERN YEARLY MEETING When we consider the criteria for membership, the two greatest factors are community and commitment. Not just a practical commitment, but a spiritual willingness to grow and learn, out of which practical commitment will evolve. (A group of Young English Friends, 1986 (BYM F&P 10.25)) DEFINITION [...]

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Education: APPROVED

EDUCATION RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) NORTHERN YEARLY MEETING “It is not too much to say that the two most important duties of our Society are to publish truth as we understand it and to educate our children in our faith and life.” London Yearly Meeting, Friends Education Council, 1949 The belief that there is [...]

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Preparing For Death: APPROVED

PREPARING FOR DEATH RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) NORTHERN YEARLY MEETING “Death, then, being the Way and Condition of life, we cannot love to live, if we cannot bear to die…Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas; they live in one another still….” William Penn,1693 “God calls our loved ones, but [...]

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