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News March 2016

News of Friends, including a Quaker art exhibit in Montana and the FWCC World Plenary in Peru.

Posted in: Disability and Inclusion, News

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News December 2015

By Staff on November 30, 2015

Interfaith peace conference, Shepard Fairey mural, more.

Posted in: December 2015: Economic Justice and Poverty, News

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Quaker Works May 2015

By Staff on May 1, 2015

A semiannual feature dedicated to connecting Friends Journal readers to the good works of Quaker organizations.

Posted in: Friends and Other Faiths: Friends and Other Faiths, Quaker Works

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Seeking Salt and Light Among Friends

By Dana Kester-McCabe on July 12, 2013

A video documentary of the Sixth World Conference of Friends

Find out more about the Sixth World Conference of Friends including another fine documentary chronicling the event at: http://www.saltandlight2012.org.

Posted in: Online Features, Video

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Where We Are Changed

By Noah Baker Merrill on September 1, 2012

If ever the world needed the authentic, life‐giving challenge that animated our spiritual ancestors, it needs it now.

Noah Baker Merrill seeks to be faithful in the living Quaker tradition of gospel ministry— the practical spiritual work of encouraging faithfulness and awakening hearts. Putney (Vt.) Meeting has released him for service encouraging the future of Friends. Noah is an associate with Good News Associates and a founding board member of Quaker Voluntary Service. In 2009, Utne Reader magazine recognized him as one of “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World.”

Posted in: Features, September 2012

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April News 2012

By No author on March 1, 2012

FWCC General Secretary nomination Gretchen Castle of Philadelphia nominated to serve as FWCC General Secretary. The Central Executive Committee of Friends […]

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Vibrant Meetings Grow the Religious Society of Friends

By Lynn Fitz-Hugh on May 1, 2008

In 2007, Friends World Committee for Consultation reported 35,413 unprogrammed Friends, about one‐tenth of 1 percent of the U.S. population. […]

Lynn Fitz-Hugh is a member of Eastside Meeting in Bellevue, Wash. She is also a therapist and a mother. She is part of Friends General Conference's Traveling Ministry Program.

Posted in: 2008, Features, May 2008

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Convergence among Friends: From the ‘Kitchen’ to the ‘Parlor’

By Robin Mohr and C. Wess Daniels on October 1, 2007

Have you ever sensed that the earliest Quakers had a fire that seems to be missing now? What do we […]

Robin Mohr, a member of San Francisco (Calif.) Meeting, has a weblog, "What Canst Thou Say?" at http://www.robinmsf.blogspot.com. C. Wess Daniels, a member of Barberton (Ohio) Friends Church, currently lives in Los Angeles where he attends Fuller Seminary; he blogs at http://www.gatheringinlight.com.

Posted in: Features

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