Piedmont Friends 2023 Retreat & Annual Sessions June 2 – 4, 2023

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From Pandemic Isolation into Joyful Community Exploring spiritual deepening through community engagement and healing. Open to all. Fri. June 2 – 7- 8:30 pm – Online gathering Sat. June 3 – 9:00 am – 5:00 pm – In-person gathering at Guilford College, includes plenary, activities, exploration of campus, afternoon business Sun. June 4 – 9:00 am- 9:45 am – Online unprogrammed workshop Please see the full itinerary for our Yearly Meeting & Fellowship Retreat included…

Pendle Hill Upcoming Educational Programs / April 19, 2023

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Pendle Hill Quaker Institute: Beloved Community as Prophetic Witness Apr 28 – May 1, 2023 An on-campus conference for the gathering of Friends to learn about and practice the art of building beloved community as an act of prophetic witness. Integrous Testifying: Body, Mind & Spirit May 1, 2023 A First Monday Lecture with Niyonu Spann, exploring accessing and sharing the whole of who we are. Pendle Hill Nature Walk May 7, 2023 A walking…

April 2, 2023 / New Garden Forum

Adult Forum, Community, News, Quaker Relations

The April 2nd Forum will engage in discernment of an appropriate statement on Reproductive Health Care. This discussion will focus our response to the following request from Friends Committee on National Legislation. “From its inception, Friends Committee on National Legislation has relied on meetings and churches to ground our work in the concerns of Friends. We invite you to engage your meeting or church in worship and discernment about this issue. Your discernment will guide…

Upcoming Quaker Consultations / March 8, 2023

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Many Quaker meetings are changing. A lot of our numbers are smaller. What are some of the ways we might adjust? What does it look like to have faith and cherish our communities while also recognizing that our energy levels are getting low? Since summer 2021, Emily Provance (New York Yearly Meeting) has been working with a group of Friends from multiple yearly meetings, countries, and theological branches of Quakerism. The group has been exploring…

Piedmont Friends Yearly Meeting Spring Gathering / April 1, 2023

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Piedmont Friends Yearly Meeting is holding a spring gathering, Sat. April 1, 10:30am-3:00pm / High Point City Lake, 601 W. Main St., High Point, and Mendenhall Homeplace, 603 W. Main St., High Point, NC. Friends will gather by HIgh Point City lake. Bring your own picnic. At 1:30pm, Friends will make their way to the Mendenhall Homeplace for a tour of the historic Quaker homeplace. Register here – https://www.emailmeform.com/builder/emf/PiedmontFriends/SpringGathering  

Quaker Changemaker Event / February 23, 2023

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When we talk about migration, too often, the conversation overlooks the humanity and experiences of the people impacted. Popular rhetoric about the “border crisis” and political stunts like the busing of migrants only makes this worse. FCNL’s February Quaker Changemaker Event will feature a conversation about faith and community work on the border and across the nation. Register to join our conversation on Thursday Feb. 23 at 8:00 p.m. EST. Register here. Learn More. This…

FUM “Living Letters” Service-Learning Trip to Palestine and Israel / June 2023

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Jane and Max Carter will be the co-leaders of a June 23 to July 11 trip to Palestine and Israel sponsored by Friends United Meeting. Accommodations will mostly be at the Ramallah Friends School, where light volunteer work of painting, cleaning, and landscaping will be done. Speakers from both Israel and the Palestinian Territories will share personally about the situation, and further interaction will include meals in the homes of families whose children have attended…

Urgent Call to the Religious Society of Friends / December 15, 2022

Community, News, Quaker Relations, Social Concerns

Over the past several months, your concern and participation in strengthening our democracy has been vital. Through your individual or Quaker Meeting endorsement of the Urgent Call and through your involvement as a poll worker, poll chaplain, election official, volunteer for candidates, and through prayer—you have helped protect our democracy and counter authoritarianism. Thank you! We are encouraged that democracy prevailed in the recent midterm elections, that election violence has not occurred, and with few…

Calling on Friends to Take Action / October 2, 2022

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World Quaker Day took place on 2 October, 2022 with the theme “Becoming the Quakers the World Needs.” World Quaker Day is an annual event where we celebrate the diversity of Quakerism around the world and build connections to make our community stronger. This year, every Friends Church and Quaker Meeting was encouraged to send or receive visitors to or from another Quaker group, to bring greetings, build relationships and share ideas. Quaker groups in…

(Quaker) Pilgrims’ Progress – Part II / September 28, 2022

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A continuation of the account of our September Quaker Pilgrimage. . . The Quaker Pilgrimage, which began at New Garden Meeting on Friday, September 16, was planned as part of a celebration of the 350 years that followed the visits to America of English Friends William Edmundson and George Fox. A bus was chartered and paid for by our meeting’s Blaylock Fund and carried about 30 of us Friends (from several NC meetings/yearly meetings) to…