FUM congratulates Cuba Yearly Meeting on the return to Cuban Friends of the “Colegio Wilmington” property in Puerto Padre! This school, founded by missionaries from Wilmington Yearly Meeting, in USA, was a significant educational institution for Friends until it was nationalized by the Cuban revolution. The building, now in ruins, was finally returned to Quaker ownership after many years of advocacy, prayer and patience.
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International World Water Day is celebrated annually on March 22 as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. an opportunity to learn more about water related issues, be inspired to tell others and take action to make a difference.
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As we continue to partner in ministry across all our Yearly Meetings, we have openings for field staff in both Africa and Belize.
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Mama, I no reach Roly Poly. You help me? In Aristotelian ethics, a virtue sits at the golden mean between two vices. Take courage, for example. We tend to think of courage as the end goal, evaluating ourselves on how more or less courageous we are. Aristotle, on the other hand, sees a spectrum from cowardice to recklessness with courage balanced in the middle. The goal is not to max out the virtue but rather to have the proper amount of forward drive: not shying away from hard and scary things, and also not taking unnecessary risks. The same is true of mercy. Too much and too little are both bad. Too little is hard-heartedness, which I find hard to imagine. I hope my heart is always a soft place for Gardenia to land.
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Earlham School of Religion student Francoise Dutil writes about finding Quakerism, and then seminary, through the leading of the Spirit. Part 2.
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Earlham School of Religion student Francoise Dutil writes about finding Quakerism, and then seminary, through the leading of the Spirit. Part 1.
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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.
