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Workshops to assist work of Monthly Meetings
Thursday, March 21



10:00 to 11:45
Caring for the Spiritual Life of Our Meetings: The Joys and Challenges of Serving on Worship and Ministry Committees – Michael Wajda and The Meeting for Worship and Ministry

Friends’ Witness: From the Local to the Global — Elizabeth Duke, General Secretary of the World Office of the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC)

Preparing Young Friends for Militarism and the Draft — Working Group on Conscience, Militarism, and War Tax Concerns

Translating Faith into Deeds: Our Historic Peace Testimony and the Campaign of Conscience for the People of Iraq
— Peter Lems of AFSC and Friends from Falls Monthly Meeting

Listening Session: Invisible Friends: Why Is It Such a Struggle To Get Friends Involved in the Work of the Yearly Meeting?
— Members of the PYM Nominating Committee


12:00-12:45 Brown bag lunch

1:00 to 2:45
Generating Financial Support — Elizabeth Foley and Members of Monthly Meetings

Organizing Adult Religious Education Programs in Your Meeting – Helene Pollock (clerk), Gene Hillman (staff), Adult Religious Education Concerns Group

Recording for Quaker Meetings: How to Do It — Janny Sterrett and Howard Cell

The Stranger at the Door: Inreach, Outreach, and Local Meeting Advancement – Deborah Haines, Clerk, FGC Advancement and Outreach Committee

Strategies for Successful Programs in First Day School — Marty Smith and Members of Monthly Meetings

3:15 to 5:00

The Challenges of Clerking — Arthur Larrabee

Preserving and Accessing Our History: Using the Quaker Archives — Emma Lapsansky, rofessor of History and Curator of the Quaker Collection, Haverford College Library

Sharing Ideas: A Session for Meeting Treasurers – Kathy Reilly, (staff), and Connie Brooks, Executive Director, Friends Fiduciary Corporation

Listening Session: Discussion of Alternatives to the PYM Term ‘Overseer’: Members of the Worship and Care Standing Committee

Listening Session: Invisible Friends: Why Is It Such a Struggle To Get Friends Involved in the Work of the Yearly Meeting?
— Members of the PYM Nominating Committee


Workshops will be held in the Arch Street Meetinghouse, in the Old First Reformed Church, or in the Holiday Inn. Locations will be published by Thursday morning at the Registration Table in the Arch Street Meeting House.


 

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