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 Click on the headlines below to read more about each story. March 2008 Newsletter Our safety therefore stands in keeping to the root of the ministry, the inspiration of the spirit, patiently waiting at all times to know our places and services in the ministry, that when we speak, it may be the word and mind of the spirit, and not our own... Samuel Bownas In this edition: September 2007 Newsletter In this edition: Let it be called the Great Spirit of the Indian, the Quaker 'Inward Light' of George Fox, the 'Blessed Mary,' Mother of Jesus of the Catholics, or Brahman, the Hindu's God - they will be one, and there will come to be such a faith and liberty as shall redeem the world. Lucretia Mott March 2007 Newsletter The first thing to note about the blessedness proclaimed in the beatitudes is that it is not a prize held out or promised as a final reward for a certain kind of conduct; it attaches by the inherent nature of things to a type of life, as light attaches to a luminous body, as motion attaches to a spinning top, as gravitation attaches to every particle of matter. To be this type of person is to be living the happy, blessed life, whatever the outward conditions may be. And the next thing to note is that this type of life carries in itself a principle of advance. One reason why it is a blessed type of life is that it cannot be arrested, it cannot be static. The beatitude lies not in attainment, not in the arrival at a goal, but in the way, in the spirit, in the search, in the march.... Rufus Jones (1916) January 2007 Newsletter "Friends have never regarded worship as an individual activity. People who regard Friends' meetings as opportunities for meditation have failed to appreciate this corporate aspect. The waiting and listening are activities in which everybody is engaged and produce spoken ministry which helps to articulate the common guidance which the Holy Spirit is believed to give the group as a whole. So the waiting and listening is corporate also. This is why Friends emphasise the `ministry of silence' and the importance of coming to meeting regularly and with heart and mind prepared." John Punshon - 1987 Hello to WRFM from Ev & Kit in Central America Hello Friends, This is our last day in Matagalpa. We have been in the area for about 10 days and have presented two workshops. October 2006 Newsletter Gathering On Ministry & Discernment In Our Meetings - Saturday, November 4, 2006 - 9:30AM - 3:30PM Called Session of Yearly Meeting: The Peace Testimony & How It Shapes Our Lives - Saturday November 18, 9:30AM to 3-4(?)PM "The life of a religious society consists in something more than the body of principles it professes and the outer garments of organization which it wears… The springs of life lie deeper, and often escape recognition. They are to be found in the vital union of the members of the society with God and with one another, a union which allows the free flowing through the society of the spiritual life which is its strength." William Braithwaite - 1905 Newsletter - September 2006 In this edition: We are seekers but we are also the holders of a precious heritage of discoveries. We, like every generation, must find the Light and Life again for ourselves. Only what we have valued and truly made our own, not by assertion but by lives of faithful commitment, can we hand on to the future. Even then, we must humbly acknowledge that our vision of the truth will, again and again, be amended. In the Religious Society of Friends we commit ourselves not to words but to a way. - Britain Yearly Meeting Quaker Faith & Practice 1995 JUNE 2006 NEWSLETTER IN THIS EDITION Just as Friends find all individuals to be at one in the Light, so are all found potentially equal in moral and spiritual stature by virtue of the universality of the Light. Friends’ testimony to social equality grows out of this awareness. Friends believe that equality of spiritual opportunities involves a demand for equal opportunity in all areas of our social, cultural, legal, political, and economic life. North Carolina Yearly Meeting (Conservative), Faith and Practice 1983 May 2006 Newsletter Worshippers are like the spokes of a wheel. The nearer they come to the centre of all Life the nearer they are to each other. Having reached the centre they become united in a single life through the creative love of God. - Howard Brinton APRIL 2006 NEWSLETTER March 2006 Newsletter In this issue: ...and more... January 2006 Newsletter Worship is the response of the human spirit to the presence of the divine and eternal, to the God who first seeks us. The sense of wonder and awe of the finite before the infinite leads naturally to thanksgiving and adoration. Silent worship and the spoken word are both parts of Quaker ministry. The ministry of silence demands the faithful activity of every member in the meeting. As, together, we enter the depths of a living silence, the stillness of God, we find one another in 'the things that are eternal', upholding and strengthening one another. - Britain Yearly Meeting Faith & Practice The Light Before Christmas Adapted from “The Night Before Christmas,” by Clement Clarke Moore by the First Day Class of Wicomico River Friends Meeting: Thomas Moreno, Evan, Jeremy & Will Geiss-Lawrence December 2005 Newsletter Merry Christmas Peace On Earth ~ Goodwill To All! And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. And this taxing was first made when Cyre'ni-us was governor of Syria, and all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. - Luke 1:18-25 November 2005 Newsletter The produce of the earth is a gift from our gracious creator to the inhabitants, and to impoverish the earth now to support outward greatness appears to be an injury to the succeeding age.
The Trustees are trying to arrange for the official legal transfer of ownership of the Pilgrim property to our Meeting early this coming December. The hope is that we can plan a celebration on that day. The date should be announced soon!~ John Woolman 1772 ~  Stay tuned! Click on the headline above to read this and more... October 2005 Newsletter In this month's newsletter: June 2005 Newsletter In this month's newsletter: April 2005 Newsletter - Read QUERY 3 - Spiritual Nurture , Ministry, & Religious Education - Yet another step closer! We are officially incorporated! The trustees now begin the work of applying for nonprofit status. - Faithful Friends Needed - To help raise the PYM Annual Fund - Did you know? A Retirement Community is Being Proposed at Arch Street Meeting - And more... "Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not remove the pain of torture inflicted on a prisoner of conscience. It does not comfort those who have lost their loved ones in floods caused by senseless deforestation in a neighboring country. Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free." - the Dalai Lama March 2005 The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, faith, meekness, temperance. Galatians 5:22-23 February 2005 Newsletter This month get the latest news of Friends including: And: Then shall all shackles fall; stormy the clangor Of wild war music o'er the earth shall cease; Love shall tread out the baleful fire of anger, And in its ashes plant the tree of peace! John Greenleaf Whittier January 2005 Newsletter Read news of Friends Ev & Kit Pilgrim send a Merry Christmas from Oaxaca, Mexico. And AFSC South Asia disaster efforts have begun. November 2004 Newsletter Merry Christmas And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. And this taxing was first made when Cyre'ni-us was governor of Syria, and all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. --- Luke 1:18-25 Peace On Earth - Goodwill To All! October Newsletter In This Edition: “I have renewed evidences that to be faithful to the Lord and content with his will concerning me is a most useful lesson for me to be learning, looking less to the effects of my labour than to the pure motion and reality of the concern as it arises from heavenly love.” - John Woolman ... and more... May 2004 Newsletter NEWS OF FRIENDS Welcome back to Ev & Kit who recently returned from their trip to Central America! WRFM Budget To Be Approved In June At our next Meeting For Worship with Attention to Business, we will be considering the final draft of our 2004-2005 budget. If you would like to see a copy of the revised draft before next week please contact John Hendrickson: 302-539-7951 or email him at: jbhaia@mchsi.com and more... April Newsletter In this edition: Let your great silence fold me round and more....Until through every lovely sound Of music, birds, of wind and sea I hear your kind voice speak to me. - Author Unknown From “A Light To Walk By” - An Anthology from and for Quakers of all ages. March 2004 Newsletter In this edition: The Luminous One Plus the usual reminders and announcements.To really be in this moment, In a life-force uniquely mine, I’ve had to look past the torment and focus on Presence Divine... February 2004 Newsletter In this edition: We're collecting food for the Maryland Foodbank... and more. November 2003 Newsletter In this edition: Change for Change raised much more money for the Mexican border project than last year. Be sure and check for your name on the list of committees for 2004 before December Meeting for business. And much more... Nominating Committee Report: Proposed 2004 Committees & Officers The proposed 2004committee list is now available. Nominating has talked to as many people as possible about their leadings to serve for the upcoming year. Please look over this list and see if you are properly represented here. If for some reason you were not consulted or you need to change the way you are listed please let Pat Hendrickson know before our December Meeting for Business. |
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