Online Interest Group: Fostering Experiences of God or the Inner Teacher

Pacific Yearly Meeting's Ministry Committee invites Friends to a repeat of an interest group held at PacYM's Annual Session this past July. In worship sharing and worshipful discussion, we’ll share what brings about experiences of Spirit for us, what our meetings are doing to foster these experiences, how we can contribute to the spiritual depth of our meetings, and how PacYM can support individuals and meetings in these areas.

We welcome all Friends to come, regardless of whether you participated in the interest group at Annual Session. Friends from outside PacYM are welcome, although some of the discussion will be specific to PacYM.

Zoom information can be found on the PacYM website here (no advance registration required):
https://www.pacificyearlymeeting.org/990432-2/

For those who like to know what to expect: we will be using the following queries, some in breakout rooms and some in the full group.

1. What brings about experiences of God or the Inner Teacher for you? Are there any catalysts you can identify, whether intentional (like a spiritual practice) or unintentional (like an illness)?

2. Has your monthly meeting done anything to help foster experiences of Spirit in meeting for worship, meeting for worship with attention to business, and/or Friends’ daily lives? This could include things like talking about personal experiences of God, educating Friends about spiritual experiences, or starting business meetings with queries.
If your meeting hasn’t done anything like this, are there things you’ve heard about other meetings doing or ideas you can think of?

3. Taking into account your own unique spiritual gifts and leadings, what could you as an individual do to foster spiritual richness in your monthly meeting?

4. How can Pacific Yearly Meeting support individuals and meetings in experiencing God or the Inner Teacher?