 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2003 (XXXXI 1) |
Quaker Eco-Witness and PYM’s Environmental Working Group (EWG) are beginning to promote an ongoing Consultation within the Religious Society of Friends to foster increased discernment and witness about economic policy in an ecological context. In order to energize and focus the Consultation, there will be Gathering of invited Friends at Pendle Hill from June 13 to 15, 2003. Due to its nature and Pendle Hill’s accommodations it will be limited to 24 participants.
The Gathering will address an Epistle to Meetings in the United States and other Friends organizations about the need for greater discernment and unity about economic issues in order to strengthen our witness for peace, justice, and ecological integrity. QEW and EWG will then prepare a pamphlet and discussion guide based on the Epistle to be available for distribution in early 2004. A key question at the Gathering will be how to involve Friends in monthly and yearly meetings in examining the relationship between Friends testimonies and the underlying world view on which our economic institutions and policies are based.
We hope many Friends will become involved with this Consultation, both by helping prepare for the Gathering whether or not they are able to attend, and by providing leadership for the ongoing process of discernment and witness we hope will grow from it. Friends from 8 yearly meetings representing 10 states and one Canadian province have already accepted invitations to participate in the Gathering. Others who want to participate in the Consultation will be invited to the Gathering as space permits. For more information about the Consultation and the Gathering, please contact Ed Dreby at drebymans@igc.org.
Ed Dreby
Mount Holly Meeting (NJ)
Project leader for PYM Environmental Working Group
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