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
More Insects…Patience Required
It’s hard to get excited about what is happening in our little pocket prairie this spring. All around us, trees are leafed out and spring flowers are blooming profusely, while our prairie appears to remain barren. But if you look closely, you’ll see tiny plants popping up, and the grasses
CFM Roots: The First First-Day School
After the construction of the new meetinghouse in 1830, one of the first items of business was to start a First-Day School so that Orthodox Friends could pass on to their children the values and beliefs that they felt had been challenged during the Hicksite separation. Although interest in this
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 minister upon completing Wilmington Yearly Meeting’s two-year training process. So what exactly is a recorded minister? Historically, a recorded minister was a Quaker woman or man acknowledged to have
December Retreat Explored How We Belong Together
Members Kathy Stewart, Carole Barnhart and Cathy Barney led a December 2022 retreat on the “Joy of Being Together” that drew 26 participants to the meetinghouse. Based on the Pendle Hill Pamphlet “Spiritual Gifts, the Beloved Community, and Covenant” by Emily Provance, facilitators focused on exploring “what is alive” in