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Northern Yearly Meeting Sessions, 25 May 2009 – EPISTLE

A COMMUNITY OF FRIENDSHIP A locus of communion In a delicate and dynamic balance Between that of the Divine we hold In-common And  that perspective of the Divine Each individual carries. Community thrives in our knowing each other, Our gifts, And all the burdens we bear Through living As humans. Through loving conflict We let [...]

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Marriage – NYM Faith and Practice – MAY 2008

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.

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Here I Am: Understanding and Shining My Inner Light –
Epistle from 2008 annual sessions

“And the trees of the field, they clap their hands, as we go forth with joy.” Greetings from the 2008 Northern Yearly Meeting annual sessions at the Lions Camp in Rosholt, Wisconsin, where apple trees are blossoming late, pine forests greet the rising sun with gentle, vibrant energy, and the spring weather is as perfect [...]

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Report of new Northern Pines Worship Group

A new worship group has started in Northwestern Wisconsin as of April 2006. We are meeting in the homes of attenders in Burnett County WI every other Seventh Day/Saturday at 11 am. followed by a potluck. The usual meeting place is the home of Angelika and Jon Shafer, 6020 Peterson Rd, Webster WI 54893. Their [...]

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2006 NYM Epistle: A Journey in Faith, Hope, and Love

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 Salvador Yearly Meetings, [...]

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