June 2006

Monthly Archive

NYM FUN Faith and Practice Chapter, Draft #3, 4th month, 2006, “Concern for the Earth”

Posted by Northern Yearly Meeting on Jun 24 2006 | Tagged as: Draft Chapters, Faith and Practice

“But ask the animals, and they will teach you,
or the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
or speak to the earth, and it will teach you.
or let the fish of the sea inform you.”
-Job 12.7-8
“It would go a great way to caution and direct people in their Use of the World, that they […]

Simplicity, approved May 2006

Posted by Northern Yearly Meeting on Jun 24 2006 | Tagged as: 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 […]

2007 FLGBTQC Midwinter Gathering in North Carolina

Posted by Northern Yearly Meeting on Jun 07 2006 | Tagged as: News

Y’all come to the…
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 […]