QL Mar/Apr 2012 :: Friends United Meeting

Between Friends

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By Katie Terrell Wonsik, Communications Editor Evelyn and I met at a Quakers Uniting in Publications annual meeting in North Carolina in 2008. The following year she moved to Richmond to attend the Earlham School of Religion. I asked how she was adjusting. In addition to lamenting the North Carolina sun that doesn’t shine in Indiana, she said she missed…

Edward Beals, Conscientious Fighter

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By Holly Baldwin “Friends, Our life is love and peace and tenderness; and bearing one with another, and forgiving one another, and not laying accusations one against another; but praying one for another, and helping one another up with a tender hand if there has been any slip or fall.” — Isaac Penington When I think about the struggle and blessings…

Becky Ankeny, Pursuing God’s Call

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By Jennifer Dalziel In the fall of 2011, Becky Ankeny was busy at work in her office at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon. She dressed in bright blues and browns, with every color matching, while still exhibiting a uniqueness of style. With books and papers everywhere, and pictures from home to around the world, her office exhibited a fullness…

Keith Esch, Knows a Blessing When He Sees One

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By Somer Eckert Keith Esch doesn’t think he can sing or swim. He’s good at cooking, though he doesn’t consider himself a cook. When I asked him what he does consider his gifts to be, he said without hesitation, “People. I enjoy interacting with people.” Keith is definitely a people person. He and my dad have had many conversations at…

Agatha Ganira, Providing Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS

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By Seth Munson We met Agatha Ganira our first day volunteering at the Friends Hospital Kaimosi in Western Province, Kenya. Agatha’s friendly eyes and warm greeting put Emily and me at ease after we had spent two very long days in planes and airports on our way to East Africa from Colorado. As we stood with Agatha in front of…

Friend of a Friend: What Do We Mean By Love?

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By Lucy Duncan “Slowly we learn that we are all broken, all less than perfect, and that God loves us, each one, wonderfully even so. Slowly we learn that the real love for one another we crave is not the ideal love of my personal façade for your façade, but the imperfect intent to love that my flawed self can…

Love Feast: More Than a Meal

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By Jim McGee “Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people.” — Acts 2:46-47 Many denominations and faith traditions celebrate a “Love Feast.” You may call it a pitch-in, carry-in, potluck, community meal…

Out of My Mind

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By Colin Saxton, General Secretary Any time I get involved in a new community, I cannot help but think of the old Woody Allen line, “Why would I ever want to be part of a group that would have me as a member?!?” As I am being welcomed into the FUM community, it does make me wonder a bit about your good…

FUM Work Team Opportunities

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One of the most meaningful opportunities that FUM provides is participation on a work team to one of our project partners. Every winter a work team travels to Cuba to meet for the first time or renew friendships with Friends in Cuba Yearly Meeting, as well as work and worship alongside them. Cuba Yearly Meeting has been a member of…

Eco-garden Room at the Ramallah Friends Schools

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The Ramallah Friends Schools raised $30,000 from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Dutch Mennonites and GIZ (German Development Bank) to fund the construction of a green room made of recycled waste (glass bottles and compacted soil, etc.). Students will help build the room on the Swift House property. The Swift House property houses an RFS-run Environmental Awareness building center…