“We’re not really watching,” said a member of the Watching Committee several years ago. “What we’re really doing is listening.” Not only was the term “listening” more accurate in describing the work of composing an epistle for our yearly meeting, it also struck a friendlier chord.
Dear Friends: Please join us at the virtual gathering of Intermountain Yearly Meeting, from June 16-20,
June 14-21, 2020; Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO
Text of David Johnson’s 2005 James Backhouse Lecture to Australia Yearly Meeting.
June 9-16, 2019; Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM
Notes from an online conversation among organizers of the 2018 Annual Sessions of Intermountain Yearly Meeting, North Pacific Yearly Meeting, and Pacific Yearly Meeting, examining their experiences
Notes from an online conversation among organizers of the 2018 Annual Sessions of Intermountain Yearly Meeting and North Pacific Yearly Meeting, examining their experiences with first-time implemen
The following two epistles were written in July 2017 to introduce and welcome a new Quaker yearly meeting in the Pacific Northwest – Sierra-Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends, a community of evangelical Friends churches that affirm same-sex relationships and welcome the participation of LGBTQ+ people.
