Faith & Practice, Northern Yearly Meeting, approved 11-4-2011 “Let the little children come to me!…For the Kingdom of God belongs to [all] who have hearts as trusting as these little children’s.” – Luke 18:17 “[My son Lowell] has forever convinced me that God is as real to the child as visible objects are….I am convinced [...]
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Spiritual Nurture of Children within the Meeting Community
on November 21, 2011 in Approved Chapters, Faith and Practice
NYM Faith and Practice Chapter: Care for the Earth
on July 25, 2009 in Approved Chapters, Faith and Practice
Approved by Northern Yearly Meeting May 24, 2009 “God saw all that was made, and it was very good.” –Genesis 1.31 NRSV. “It would go a great way to caution and direct people in the Use of the World, that they were better studied and known in the Creation of it. For how can [people] [...]
PEACE TESTIMONY – Approved October 18, 2008
on January 11, 2009 in Approved Chapters, Faith and Practice, Testimonies
PEACE TESTIMONY – Approved October 18, 2008 Northern Yearly Meeting Faith and Practice The Quaker witness for peace is as relevant today as ever and speaks powerfully to a world afflicted with suffering, violence, and war. We have a vision of a peaceable kingdom, here and now, in which the Divine leads us to reject [...]
Marriage – NYM Faith and Practice – MAY 2008
on September 20, 2008 in Approved Chapters, Faith and Practice, Reports and Epistles, Testimonies, Uncategorized
Marriage joins two people in Divine care and an on-going relationship to fully share their lives. We believe this union is something not lightly entered into, as it is a planned lifelong commitment. Marriage brings two unique individuals into a new entity, one of joy, grace, respect and care for the other. The challenges of marriage, and sometimes the pains of it, provide the opportunity to grow into wholeness of life together, with Divine guidance.
Simplicity, approved May 2006
on June 24, 2006 in 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 [...]
Northern Yearly Meeting Structure and Function — APPROVED May, 2006
on April 21, 2006 in Approved Chapters, Faith and Practice
NORTHERN YEARLY MEETING RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION APPROVED MAY, 2006 “Recognizing the joy and celebration experienced each time we gather together for fellowship and as a worshiping community, individual Friends and Friends within several monthly meetings in the Wisconsin-Minnesota area announce the birth of a new entity within the Religious Society of [...]
Membership: APPROVED
on August 26, 2005 in Approved Chapters, Faith and Practice, Membership
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 [...]
Education: APPROVED
on August 26, 2005 in Approved Chapters, Faith and Practice
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 [...]
Preparing For Death: APPROVED
on August 26, 2005 in Approved Chapters, Faith and Practice
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 [...]
A Brief History of Quakerism: APPROVED
on July 4, 2005 in Approved Chapters, Faith and Practice, History
Approved at Yearly Meeting Session 5/05 A Brief History of Quakerism The Religious Society of Friends arose in seventeenth-century England, at a time of religious and political turmoil. There was great dissatisfaction with the established Church of England, with its legal monopoly of public worship, oppressive tithes, and corruption. Dissenting groups, including Roman Catholics, Presbyterians, [...]
Meeting for Worship: APPROVED
on July 3, 2005 in Approved Chapters, Faith and Practice
MEETING FOR WORSHIP “…I found myself one of a small company of silent worshipers, who were content to sit down together without words, that each one might feel after and draw near to the divine Presence, unhindered at least, if not helped, by any human utterance. Utterance I knew was free, should the words be [...]
Faith of Friends of Northern Yearly Meeting: APPROVED
on July 3, 2005 in Approved Chapters, Faith and Practice
FAITH OF FRIENDS OF NORTHERN YEARLY MEETING Approved at Yearly Meeting session, May 2005 “We hope we shall never finish considering our fundamental beliefs…” –QUESTIONS & COUNSEL, Yearly Meeting of Aotearoa/New Zealand. 1991 “Friends find their essential unity in their profound and exhilarating belief in the pervasive presence of God and in the continuing responsibility [...]
The History Of Northern Yearly Meeting
on July 3, 2005 in Approved Chapters, Faith and Practice, History
Approved, under revision Early Migration of Friends to the Upper Midwest: Early movements of Friends away from the South and the Eastern Seaboard to the midwest in the mid-1800s established Quakerism in this region. Pioneer Friends moved into Illinois beginning in the 1830s, establishing rural meetings which had roots in Ohio and Indiana Yearly Meetings. [...]
Integrity: APPROVED
on July 3, 2005 in Approved Chapters, Faith and Practice, Testimonies
INTEGRITY “While seeking to interpret our Christian faith in the language of today, we must remember that there is one worse thing than failure to practice what we profess, and that is to water down our profession to match our practice.” Friends World Conference, 1952 “When you live with integrity, that implies a spiritually integrated [...]
Decision Making – APPROVED June 1999
on June 1, 1999 in Approved Chapters, Faith and Practice
Friends make decisions based on the experience that the will of God can be discerned both individually and as a group. Regular worship as a faith community is an important foundation for that discernment. The Divine Spirit is active among us. Heeding the Light within can help us find unity in what we do. Thus our group decision making occurs in a meeting for worship to conduct business.
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- January 2012 Newsletter available online January 20, 2012
- Spiritual Nurture of Children within the Meeting Community November 21, 2011
- Northern Yearly Meeting – Spiritual Nurture Program 2011- 2012 May 31, 2011
- Northern Yearly Meeting 2011 Session [was] held May 27-30 April 8, 2011
- NYM Faith and Practice Chapter: Care for the Earth July 25, 2009
- Northern Yearly Meeting Sessions, 25 May 2009 – EPISTLE July 25, 2009
- Free web pages available for meetings/worship groups within NYM June 13, 2009
- Photos from the 2008 yearly sessions of Northern Yearly Meeting. January 22, 2009
- The History Of Northern Yearly Meeting July 3, 2005
- Faith of Friends of Northern Yearly Meeting: APPROVED July 3, 2005
- Report of new Northern Pines Worship Group July 7, 2006
- Meeting for Worship: APPROVED July 3, 2005
- Education: APPROVED August 26, 2005
- Integrity: APPROVED July 3, 2005
- A Brief History of Quakerism: APPROVED July 4, 2005
- Preparing For Death: APPROVED August 26, 2005
