The first series of pre-World Conference events that focuses on the theme Being Salt and Light: Friends living the kingdom of God in a broken world begins October 8-10 with a weekend event in Knoxville, TN.  Online registration is now available for this first event, and will follow soon for the rest.

Other events through November - from weekend-long gatherings to evening events - are planned for Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina and two cities in Mexico.

Felicity McCartney

Sheila Hoyer

Felicity McCartney (Ireland YM) and  Sheila Hoyer (Northwest YM) will share what they have experienced through reconciliation work in Northern Ireland and provide opportunities to relate this to current issues of 'brokenness' that Friends are facing in their communities.

Anne Bennett (Britain YM) will share stories of building peace through her work at Quaker House Belfast and in Africa, Europe and the Middle East  Anne will provide opportunities to relate her experiences to current issues of 'brokenness' that Friends are facing in their communities. Anne will be joined at several events by Rachel Stacy (Baltimore YM) who will also speak to the theme. We hope Friends will take away something that is relevant - both practically and spiritually - to our lives today.

Anne Bennett

Check the event schedule to learn where and when each of these Friends will speak.

An FWCC program provides time for worship in the manners of Friends, small group sessions and time for fellowship, within the framework of FWCC's mission to bring Friends of varying traditions and cultural experiences together in worship, communications and consultation, to express our common heritage and our Quaker message to the world.

Rachel Stacy

 

Events will be planned until just before the Sixth World Conference of Friends, April 17-25, 2012 in Nakuru, Kenya.  We are currently looking for host sites for next spring and fall.  If you think your meeting may be interested in hosting an event for Friends in your area, please contact us.

We also invite you to consider how you can 'Be Salt and Light' in your meeting and in your community.  Friends in Cuba Yearly Meeting and in Pacific Yearly Meeting are already doing this. At family camp and quarterly meetings, they are asking questions such as:

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FWCC posts epistles from yearly meetings in the Americas to our website.  Most yearly meeting sessions in the Americas take place during the months of May through August.  Read their epistles to learn what issues Friends are thinking and praying about. If your yearly meeting's epistle is missing, send it to us and we will add it to the list.

Click here to read epistles from yearly meetings in the Americas.

Epistles from yearly meetings in the Asia West Pacific Section of FWCC are now posted on that Section's website.  Click here to read.

 

Quaker United Nations Office in Geneva is seeking a new director to begin in June of 2011.

QUNO staff facilitate dialogue among UN stakeholders, help raise issues on the international agenda, offer expert input and represent Friends' concerns. The Geneva office focuses on human rights & refugees, global economics and disarmament & peace. This role provides an opportunity to build on the credibility QUNO has gained through over 50 years of quiet diplomacy and detailed policy work.

For more information and to apply visit the QUNO website.