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Top Ten Quaker Bestsellers 2018

By Staff on September 1, 2018

Popular books at the 2018 FGC Gathering

Source: QuakerBooks & More of FGC

Posted in: September 2018

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The Amateur Quaker

By Interview by Martin Kelley on January 1, 2017

An interview with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting’s Zachary Dutton.

Zachary T. Dutton is a leader, scholar, experienced organizer, and imaginary dog owner who works toward connected society in an isolated age. He serves as associate secretary for Program and Religious Life at Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (pym.org). He is a member of Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting. He was interviewed by Friends Journal senior editor Martin Kelley.

Posted in: Features, January 2017: Quakers in the Workplace

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Collaboration in Action

By Christel Jorgenson on November 1, 2015

Religious Education

Christel Jorgenson, a member of Friends Meeting at Cambridge (Mass.), was the youth and education secretary for New England Yearly Meeting for a long spell, and now happily helps with family worship at her meeting. She spends winter months at Casa de los Amigos in Mexico City, Mexico, where she attends Mexico City Meeting.

Posted in: November 2015: Books and Pop Culture, Religious Education

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Those Other Branch Quakers

By Rick Artzner on July 12, 2012

“Be careful of those ‘other branch’ Quakers.” These words were spoken to me at a recent Wednesday evening Bible study by […]

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Understanding Ourselves, Respecting the Differences

By Isabel Penraeth on July 11, 2012

Quakers sometimes view conflicts between the branches of our faith as trivial. These conflicts, however, express real differences, and we should […]

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FGC, FUM types of worship

By Kevin Camp on June 15, 2012

I became a Liberal unprogrammed Friend in a conservative state. The small, family‐like meeting I eventually joined was a little […]

Posted in: Departments

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An Ecology of the Spirit

By Martin Melville on June 15, 2012

In meeting this past First Day, I started working on the similarities and differences between ministry and pastoral care. My […]

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Stewardship — Thoughts From a Friend

By Galen McNemar Hamann on December 1, 2010

Although the Kenya–Moses Brown project highlights one way Friends schools in the United States can build relationships with Friends schools […]

Galen McNemar Hamann, a member of Friends Meeting at Cambridge (Mass.), is Friends Education Coordinator at Moses Brown School. During her summers she has participated in Verano de los Jovenes with AFSC, volunteered at Monteverde Friends School in Costa Rica, offered workshops on Friends Education for Friends Schools in Bolivia with Bolivian Quaker Education Fund, and traveled to Israel and Palestine on a Peace and Global studies Tour with Earlham College.

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