Jennifer Swann and Emily Provance share their stories and discuss the need for alternative models of membership.
Emily Provance in Friends Journal
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Envisioning Broader Quaker Membership
Jennifer Swann and Emily Provance are members of the Alternate Pathways to Membership Working Group in New York Yearly Meeting under the care of the Ministry Co枚rdinating Committee. Emily is a member of Fifteenth Street Meeting in Manhattan. Jennifer is in the process of moving her membership from South Berkshire Meeting in Great Barrington, Mass., to Fifteenth Street Meeting.
Posted in: June/July 2017: Reimagining the Quaker Ecosystem, Online Features
The Grief and the Promised Land
Leaving behind the things that feel safe and comfortable.
Emily Provance, a member of Fifteenth Street Meeting in New York City, is called to a ministry of hearth building: that is, to the work of creating a home for Friends, a community rich with nourishing opportunities, so that each of us can then minister in the world, fully fed. She is an associate of Good News Associates, a nonprofit organization that supports non-institutional ministries.
Posted in: Features, Going Viral with Quakerism
Growing and Evolving the Quaker Way
Our introduction to the August issue on Going Viral with Quakerism
Gabriel Ehri is executive director of Friends Journal.
Posted in: Among Friends, Going Viral with Quakerism, Unfeatured
Forum October 2017
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Posted in: Conscience, Forum
Quaker Works April 2017
A semiannual feature highlighting the recent works of Quaker organizations. Categories include Advocacy; Consultation, Support, and Resources; Development; Education; Environmental [鈥
Posted in: AFSC Centennial, Quaker Works
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