Got a story idea, photos, or a hankering to write? Know someone whose thoughts on one of these topics you would really like to hear? Drop me a line! Story ideas do not need to line up with the themes– it’s just a nice perk.
January/February: Meetinghouses
-Some meetings own them and love them, some [...]

Approved July, 2008, at North Pacific Yearly Meeting’s Annual Session in Corvallis, OR.
As an expression of our belief in nonviolence and the value of each person, Friends have throughout our history sought compassionate and effective answers to social problems.
One of the most problematic federal policies for decades has been the federal government’s failed War on [...]

Approved July, 2008, at North Pacific Yearly Meeting’s Annual Session in Corvallis, OR.
As an expression of our belief in nonviolence and the value of each person, Friends have throughout our history sought compassionate and effective answers to social problems.
One of the most problematic federal policies for decades has been the federal government’s failed War on [...]

The theme for this weekend’s gathering of Willamette Quarterly Meeting (North Pacific YM) focused on “The Future of Friends.” One of the topics that surfaced along the way was membership, and so this seemed a timely reprint.
by Marjorie Sykes, Pacific Yearly Meeting (though living in India at the time)
March, 1975
A lot of people have been [...]