These are challenging days, and yet, in the midst of this strain, we continue to witness profound expressions of love, faith, and solidarity from across our community.We are especially blessed by Friends who have reached out with notes of care, by those who have stopped by our office simply to tell us they are praying for us, and by the many who remind us that we are not walking this season alone. Their kindness strengthens our spirits and renews our hope.
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Friends United Meeting Global Ministries Coordinator Karla Jay joined the Central American tour with the Friends World Committee for Consultation as an interpreter for their annual Nominations and Representative Engagement Retreat in El Salvador, held November 6–9, 2025. The tour continued from November 11–16, beginning with visits to Friends churches in El Salvador and then crossing into Guatemala to visit Friends in Guatemala Holiness Yearly Meeting, who have expressed interest in joining Friends United Meeting.
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When the telephone rings at a certain late hour, you know it won’t be happy news. Anxiety and dread paralyze you with fear, even as you feel compelled to reach for the phone at superhuman speed.
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The urban environment of the San Francisco Bay region is unlike any that I’ve ever lived in, in that while it has plenty of pollution and concrete and population density, it is yet very close to some of the most beautiful natural areas in Northern California.
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This Sunday’s lectionary texts present the familiar vision of the peaceable kingdom: a place of harmonious coexistence of those who might seem like “natural” enemies. This is the place where God perfectly enacts just rewards and punishments, perfect winnowing. We get a taste of this Reign of God as we live in harmony with one another.
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Throughout our history, the people known as Friends (or Quakers) keep rediscovering an essential and enduring truth: There is one who speaks to our most basic needs and most significant hopes—Christ Jesus the Lord. Both individually and communally, we are learning to know and follow the Voice that guides us in the way we should go. Together, we seek to understand and obey that truth which sets us free. As a people, we share in the experience of that powerful life which makes all things new. Maybe you are searching for an authentic and transforming faith and community to call home—if so, come in and join us as we seek to know and follow Christ.
Friends United Meeting commits itself to energize and equip Friends through the power of the Holy Spirit to gather people into fellowships where Jesus Christ is known, loved, and obeyed as Teacher and Lord.
