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A Moment to Give Thanks
A Moment to Give Thanks Artwork: Maggie Nelson, Portland (ME) Friends Meeting Dear Friends, Before something new begins, it’s important to pause to give thanks. Here’s some good financial news: Thanks to you and hundreds of Friends like you from Connecticut to Maine, in the recently-ended fiscal year New England Yearly Meeting of Friends met…
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Thanks from the diners!
This poster was created by the diners at the Groundworks Collaborative winter shelter, Brattleboro, Vermont, in gratitude for the meals provided by Putney Friends.
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The Kindling Power
Most persons are awakened and set on their new track of life through the quickening and kindling power of some person who becomes for them the instrument of inspiration and of the creation of faith and the vision of a nobler way of life. Persons are set on fire by someone who is already aflame.…
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Solar On!
The installation of our solar array started today. They are hoping the weather will continue as forecast and they will finish the project this week. At the business meeting in October there was a request that the Meeting be informed when the work begins. Gary is on the roof, the other man working today…
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With Our Whole Hearts
Dear Friends, I’ve been ill for the past few weeks, so I hope you’ll forgive my not sharing a longer reflection this month. Last week, with support from many Friends, our presiding clerk and I published a public statement on behalf of Quakers in New England, “The Love that Overcomes.” You can read the letter here.…
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Civil Resistance Documentary Films Launch
Dear Friends, Our former member at Putney Friends Meeting, Steve Chase, has shared these free resources in non-violent resistance. Civil Resistance Documentary Films Launch Dear Friends, BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!: We just posted five critically acclaimed documentary films on civil resistance on our website, in English as well as translated into over 20 languages. Originally available only on DVD or videocassette, and…
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The Love That Overcomes
November 3, 2018 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God –Romans 8:38-39 This week, Quaker communities of faith across…
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Free the Children
Photo: Jon Krieg/AFSC Dear Friends As President Trump announced in his press conference yesterday, his administration is working on a new plan to detain immigrant families indefinitely. I want to make sure you know there is a public comment period that allows you to weigh in on this cruel proposal – and the deadline is…
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Now is the time to stand up for more humane values
EMERGENCY RESPONSE Yesterday the Trump administration announced the deployment of more than 5,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. In El Paso and other ports of entry, border agents have been seen in riot gear conducting exercises. Now is the time to stand up for more humane values. Will you help fund AFSC’s emergency response to…
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