Tag: New England Yearly Meeting
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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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Yearly Meeting Consultation on Climate Change
Dear Friends, At last year’s Annual Sessions, New England Yearly Meeting affirmed a Divine call to the witness of addressing climate change, and encouraged all local meetings to consider how they might further respond. On April 22 Friends will gather at Friends Meeting at Cambridge (MA) for a Yearly Meeting Consultation on Climate Change. This…
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“What Would It Look Like…?”
…to come more fully alive, together? …for our faith communities to be filled with the power of the Spirit? …to heal the wounds of racism and ecological destruction? …to nurture a world of love and hope? In my service among Friends across New England, I’m blessed to glimpse the many ways we are living into the promise of all…
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Being the Hands of God: A Call to Radical Faithfulness
The theme of the 356th Annual Sessions was ”Being the Hands of God: A Call to Radical Faithfulness.” Doug Gwyn, pastor of Durham Friends Meeting in Maine, offered the Bible half hours each morning. Through stories of early Friends reclaiming the power they encountered in the Scriptures to build a world-changing movement in their time, we…
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Don’t Forget
Dear Friends, Are you interested in… a summary of public statements and actions taken in the past year to make more visible the witness of New England Friends news from the staff and committees of New England Yearly Meeting on the work they have done on our behalf in the past year a proposed budget for how we plan…
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A Prayer in response to the shootings at Pulse in Orlando
“How deeply we are connected.” A Prayer in response to the shootings at Pulse in Orlando. Friends believe there is that of God in all people. To intentionally harm another—with our actions, our words, or our policies—is to separate ourselves from God. We are here to love one another and to be loved as God…
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Now the Work of Christmas Begins
Dover (NH) Friends join with their neighbors to witness for racial justice. photo: David Holt When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone, when the kings and princes are home, when the shepherds are back with their flocks, the work of Christmas begins. To find the…
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NEYM Sessions 2015 Talking Points
Image by Kristina Keefe-Perry Friends, More than 600 Friends attended NEYM Sessions. 58 of those were first-time attenders, and 120 of them were youth. Together we came to unity on: Legacy Gift Committee: The New England Yearly Meeting Future Fund and the NEYM Released Ministry Fund are now named and established. Application guidelines will soon…
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For where your treasure is…
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” – Matthew 6:21 Dear Friends, I’m writing to share an exciting invitation: Two New England Friends are challenging us to join them in financially supporting the new life that is growing in our Quaker communities. Will you consider a new or increased gift today? Do you see…
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