I packed the car in the cool of night, blessing each basket of goodies, expressing gratitude for the rewarding task ahead. In the morning I would head to Quaker Knoll Camp on Cowan Lake to offer a retreat on spiritual nurture—my vocation for the past 20 years—for the opening of
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Behind the Scenes of Picnic Magic
On the Friday before our June 17 picnic with Beulah Missionary Baptist Church, when a half dozen of us assembled to set the scene, it was less a chore and more like magic. During the week, while I organized and prepared lists, my planning buddy, Linda Daigle, picked up supplies.
Cooking in Community!
On the afternoon of April 22nd, several friends gathered to participate in Cooking in Community, an event organized by Nurturer for Spiritual Growth and Outreach Cathy Barney for the purposes of gauging interest in a possible nurture group around aging and to introduce friends to the new We Care initiative.
Quaker Leadership Conference Addresses North American Decline
Cathy Barney is Cincinnati Friends Meeting’s Nurturer for Spiritual Growth and Outreach. More than 60 Quakers from all branches gathered April 27-29 at the Earlham School of Religion (ESR) for the first Quaker Leadership Conference to discern the decline of our faith in North America. The conference was organized by
Recorded Minister? Tell Me More
Jim Newby is a recorded minister. So is Ray Geers. And we anticipate that member Cathy Barney will be recorded as a minister upon completing the Wilmington Yearly Meeting (WYM) two-year training process. So what exactly is a recorded minister? Historically, a recorded minister was a Quaker woman or man