Christmas party on Mt. Elgon.

FUM News Blog

“Bigger Than Us” Project at Worthington Friends Church

Churches in Jamaica often find that they cannot meet their operating needs without income beyond tithes and offerings from the congregation.

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A Big Year for Belize – Frequently Asked Questions

How much is all of this costing? Where is the money coming from? Can I come down to Belize to help?

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FUM Triennial Workshop Options

You will have an opportunity to sign-up for workshops during the onsite registration process. The locations for each of the workshops will be available at that time.

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Stoking the Fire 2017: Claiming Spiritual Power for Transformative Action Workshop Schedule

Quaker Social Change Ministry—Reclaiming Spirit-Guided Social Change with Lucy Duncan: Are you wanting to enliven your faith with work to transform the world? Are you interested in reclaiming spiritual practice in your work for justice? This workshop will introduce Quaker social change ministry and lead participants through a process to consider how to center the voices and experiences of people of color or those most impacted by injustice in our work for just peace. This will be an interactive exercise which invites participants to reconsider how to bring mystics and activists together to work for social justice while practicing the spiritual discipline of accompaniment. To read more in advance, see

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Friends Fight Blindness in Africa

More than 500 clients or patients have converged on Kaptama Hospital, along the slopes of Mt Elgon for the much needed general medical & eye camp.

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Adrian Moody Appointed as Head of the Ramallah Friends School

Adrian will serve as a member of the FUM Field Staff, with his salary, benefits, and expenses covered through designated donations to FUM. In order to prevent a gap in leadership and to facilitate a smooth hand-over as Joyce leaves the school, a generous FUM supporter has provided transitional funding to allow Adrian to begin without delay. As FUM and Adrian work together to build his support community, these funds will be repaid.

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