Author: Roger Vincent Jasaitis
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Pastoral Letter from the Poor People’s Campaign: Please Consider Sharing
Dear Friends,In response to the recent shootings in El Paso and Dayton, and seeking to speak prophetically to the condition of American politics and society, the Poor People’s Campaign has shared a “pastoral letter”. They are asking for supporters to share this message within their networks and to consider signing on to the letter as individuals, through…
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Annual Sessions Registration Open Now!
Dear Friends, For 359 years, Quakers in New England have gathered for worship, spiritual nurture, fellowship and discernment of our shared calling. Online Registration for Annual Sessions 2019 is now open! Register Now
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The Living Faith of the Dead
Dear Friends,Three weeks ago, I was blessed to be with Quakers in Ireland. The day before the yearly meeting sessions began in Dublin, Irish Friends gave me a special gift—the opportunity to visit the burial place of Job Scott. Job was a New England Quaker and traveling minister from Rhode Island whose preaching and writing were…
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The Purpose of Wings
Dear Friends, Two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to gather with Friends from across New England and New York Yearly Meetings to explore the ways we “hold the whole” of our spiritual communities. Hearing from people about their experiences, I was moved by this reflection from Kathleen Wooten of Fresh Pond (MA) Friends Meeting, and…
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A clash of values
This is a link to a story in this week’s Brattleboro Commons by Heidi Watts, about the Putney Purge at Putney Central School in 1966, when Putney Friends Meeting members Heidi Watts and Anne Fines were among those fired for being “Quakers and Communists”. http://www.commonsnews.org/site/sitenext/story.php?articleno=30168
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The Yet-Unknowable Shore
Share Tweet Forward MARCH 2019 The Yet-Unknowable Shore La Loma de La Cruz, Holguin, Cuba. Photo: Noah Merrill “But you cannot see my face, for no one shall see me and live.” And the LORD continued, “See there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock; and while my glory passes…
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For The People Act (H.R. 1) FCNL Briefing
View online › Dear Friends, Exciting news! The House just passed the most sweeping election integrity bill that we’ve seen in nearly two decades. Join me on Tuesday, March 12 for an online briefing on the bill, state of play, and future of reform. The For The People Act (H.R. 1) contains sweeping reforms to…
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Friends General Conference Spiritual Deepening eRetreats: Living into Wholeness The Living into Wholeness eRetreat invites you to explore and practice what it means to live into Beloved Community, the ways we are called to recognize patterns of marginalization and exclusion and to act toward justice, and tools for transforming and vitalizing our meetings and communities.…
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Living Faith Spring 2019
Dear Friends, Registration is now open for the next Living Faith gathering, to be held Saturday, April 6, in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts! Please share the invitation with your networks, including meeting email lists, newsletters, announcements, social media, and word of mouth. We hope to see you there. In the Light, The Living Faith Spring 2019…
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