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.
CFM Roots: Cincinnati Friends School
When the Religious Society of Friends was first established in the seventeenth century, Quakers tended to be skeptical of higher education, which was often regarded as vocational training for the paid clergy. However, they strongly supported basic education for both boys and girls. Yearly meetings encouraged monthly meetings to operate
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
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