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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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Putney Hosts Quarterly Meeting
Putney Friends Meeting and Orchard Hill Quaker Worship Group is pleased to invite North West Quarter Friends to the Quarterly Meeting on March 3rd, 2019. Quarterly Session Schedule of activities 8:30am – 9:30am Program Discussions 8:30am – 9:30am Early Meeting for Worship 8:30am – 9:30am Program Discussions 9:30am–10:30 Tea, coffee, muffins in the Community Room…
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The Thinking Heart
At night as I lay on my plank bed surrounded by women and girls … who often told me during the day, “we don’t want to think, we don’t want to feel, otherwise we are sure to go out of our minds,” I was sometimes filled with an infinite tenderness, and lay awake for hours…
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Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) Advocacy Team Workshop for Orchard Hill Quakers and Putney Friends Meeting
ADVOCACY FOR THE LONG HAUL Orchard Hill Quakers-Putney Friends Meeting FCNL Advocacy Teams Launch Saturday, March 30, 2019 1:00-4:00 PM Orchard School Community Center,114 Old Settlers Road, Alstead NH Register Here!http://act.fcnl.org/event/advocacy-teams_attend/689 People across the country are asking the same question: “What can I do to change what’s happening in the world?” Our 75 years…
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Always Coming Home
Dear Friends, A Friend once told me a story. It went something like this: Long ago, the swallows that now journey across the globe didn’t migrate with the changing seasons. The swift and graceful birds wandered aimlessly from place to place, without guidance or direction for their flight. One bright clear day, they came to…
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