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		<title>Children and Families – Draft – 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Riemermann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children and Families – Draft – 2               7 2009 “But Jesus called them to him, saying, &#8216;Let the children come unto me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of God.  Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NYM Faith and Practice Chapter: Care for the Earth</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Riemermann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Approved by Northern Yearly Meeting May 24, 2009 &#8220;God saw all that was  made, and it was very good.&#8221; &#8211;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] [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PEACE TESTIMONY &#8211; Approved October 18, 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Riemermann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PEACE TESTIMONY &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marriage &#8211; NYM Faith and Practice &#8211; MAY 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Riemermann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Simplicity, approved May 2006</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jun 2006 01:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Life is meant to be lived from a Center, a divine Center – a life of unhurried peace and power&#8230;.. It is serene. It takes not time, but it occupies all our time.&#8221; (Thomas Kelly, A Testament of Devotion, p.116, 124.) &#8220;Simplicity does not mean drabness or narrowness but is essentially positive, being the capacity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Northern Yearly Meeting Structure and Function &#8212; APPROVED May, 2006</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2006 02:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Northern Yearly Meeting</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NORTHERN YEARLY MEETING RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION APPROVED MAY, 2006 &#8220;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Membership: APPROVED</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2005 02:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#38;P 10.25)) DEFINITION [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Education: APPROVED</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2005 02:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Northern Yearly Meeting</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EDUCATION RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) NORTHERN YEARLY MEETING &#8220;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.&#8221; London Yearly Meeting, Friends Education Council, 1949 The belief that there is [...]]]></description>
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