June 2006
Monthly Archive
Simplicity, approved May 2006
Posted by Northern Yearly Meeting on Jun 24 2006 | Tagged as: Approved Chapters, Faith and Practice, Testimonies
“Life is meant to be lived from a Center, a divine Center – a life of unhurried peace and power….. It is serene. It takes not time, but it occupies all our time.” (Thomas Kelly, A Testament of Devotion, p.116, 124.)
“Simplicity does not mean drabness or narrowness but is essentially positive, being the capacity for [...]
2007 FLGBTQC Midwinter Gathering in North Carolina
Posted by Northern Yearly Meeting on Jun 07 2006 | Tagged as: News
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2007 FLGBTQC Midwinter Gathering in North Carolina!
The planning committee for Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Concerns (FLGBTQC) is excited to announce its Midwinter 2007 Gathering has been scheduled for Friday, February 16, through Monday, February 19, 2007, at the beautiful Summit Retreat Center in Brown Summit, North Carolina [...]
Witness to God’s Love: A Minute of Northern Yearly Meeting
Posted by Northern Yearly Meeting on Jun 01 2006 | Tagged as: Minutes
Witness to God’s Love: A Minute of Northern Yearly MeetingReligious Society of Friends (Quakers) May 29, 2006
Our experience confirms that all people are equal before God and equally loved by God. In witnessing the truth of God’s love to the wider community, we support full and equal inclusion of gays and lesbians in enjoying [...]
2006 NYM Epistle: A Journey in Faith, Hope, and Love
Posted by Northern Yearly Meeting on Jun 01 2006 | Tagged as: Reports and Epistles
Greetings from Rosholt, Wisconsin and the thirty-first annual session of Northern Yearly Meeting, where our theme is “Moving towards a Blessed Community.” This is our largest meeting yet, with more than three hundred souls present, about 120 of them children and youth. Under the ministry of Friends from New York and El [...]