Friends Institutions

Reaching out to Prisoners

To introduce the Quaker Spiritual Friends program of the Advancement and Outreach Committee of Friends General Conference to the larger…

A Bolt of Color

This year, a high point of the Friends General Conference Gathering for me was, like so much that happens in…

The Fruits of Service at the Gathering: A First-Timer's Lesson

The prompting came during a time of worship I had set aside for seeking clarity for a ministry to which…

The Peaceful Pedal Cab

Friends General Conference provided the opportunity for an unconventional form of peace witness at the Gathering this year by allowing…

The Work of QUNO in New York

Since President George W. Bush’s challenge to the United Nations on September 12, 2002, a day after the first anniversary…

Quaker House at the United Nations

Imagine you are in the living room of your home. Now imagine the same scene, except that in addition to…

Random Glimpses from a Gathering First-timer

Arrived exhausted after preparations—not a good way to begin. Not difficult, though, to regain a sense of direction. Good to…

The High School Gathering

It was a gathering of Friends, and of young Friends, from throughout the nation. This was my third gathering, all…

A View from the Junior Gathering

Everyone is here, people who we know and treasure. I have to remind myself: this is FGC, the thing we…

The Healing Center

The Healing Center is a place to be just as we are—with our talents and strengths, our ills and wounds—on…

The Black Cats Taught Me Mindfulness

All-Gathering decentralized worship designed by younger Friends was scheduled for 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday. I hadn’t resisted a single…

A Glimpse of FLGC in Transition

A hundred people wait in worship while the FLGC co-clerks confer in whispers at a table in the front of…
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