- Attending The Gathering From Childhood Reinforced Lifelong Connections with Friendson April 22, 2024
Attending the Gathering from Childhood Reinforced Lifelong Connections with Friends When I was nine, my family’s move brought us to a different unprogrammed meeting in a new state. My newly-
- Asma’s First FGC Gathering Storyon April 9, 2024
May 19, 2023 by Joan Botto, (first published on the Friends General Conference website) Asma arrived at her first Gathering in 2022 after driving 10 hours with Friends from her
- The Gathering Changed My Life Too!on March 18, 2024
“Why do you want to be a doctor?” asked the medical school interviewer. I gave what must be the common answer: “I want to help people. I want to be
- Spring Continuing Sessions REWINDon March 14, 2024
Continuing Sessions Rewind Last weekend, Friends from across the four states of our PYM footprint came together for Spring Continuing Sessions. We learned, listened and felt the joyous presence of
- Fostering Equality in Everyday Home Lifeon March 13, 2024
Lois Volta, Germantown Meeting, wants you to clean your house. Not just for the aesthetic reasons, but for the spiritual and feminist reasons. As she writes, “There will always be
- The FGC Gathering Changed My Life Alsoon March 4, 2024
The Gathering Changed My Life. When I attended my first Gathering in 2002, my life was in the midst of rapid change. All the activities I had based my identity
- Friends Join Pilgrimage for Peace Walkon February 29, 2024
From the PYM statement in response to the crisis in Palestine in October: These are not problems that can be addressed with one approach or with attention to one side
- Why I go to Friends General Conference (FGC) Gatheringon February 13, 2024
In 2000 I attended my first FGC Gathering in Rochester, NY. My daughter had been campaigning to go, and it was the last year she could be in the High