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FUM Ministry of the Month – June 2012: Belize Friends School

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Each month through December 2012, we will focus on a different ministry of Friends United Meeting. This “Ministry of the Month” corresponds with the FUM wall calendar that is available for $7.50 from the Friends United Press Shopping Center. June 2012: Belize Friends School Please include the Belize Friends School in your daily prayers this month: Pray that God would raise…

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FUM 2012 Chain of Prayer, January 1-May 27

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Friends United Meeting spans the world and is the people of Belize, Cuba, East Africa, Jamaica, North America and Ramallah. One way Friends United Meeting can be gathered from all corners of the globe is through prayer. When your meeting signs up for the Chain of Prayer you are assigned a day to pray and a partner meeting for whom to pray….

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Recommended Resources

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Books The Cause Within You, by George Barna and Matthew Barnett The Christian Atheist, by Craig Groeschel Inner Tenderings, by Louise Wilson* The Irresistible Revolution, by Shane Claiborne A Life of Search, by D. Elton Trueblood* Practicing Extravagant Generosity, by Robert Schnase DVDs The Blind Side Fireproof Seven Days in Utopia The Way Websites http://lambswar.blogspot.com www.quakerquest.org www.rswr.org www.sojo.net www.walkthru.org *Can…

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What makes you feel welcome when you visit a meeting for the first time?

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Finding the place easily Going with a member/attender Seeing where to enter Seeing the phrase, “You are welcome here” Someone who’s there to greet you when you arrive Knowing what to do with your children Knowing where the restrooms are A leaflet or personal explanation about what to expect Meeting space that is light, warm and pleasant Seating that is…

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FUM News in Brief

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Regina Haag, pastor of Adirondack Friends Meeting, New York, is connecting over coffee with the meeting’s young adult Friends, between the ages of 18-35 (40 if parenting young children), to discuss three general queries: “How are you doing?” “What is the best way to stay in contact with you?” “What can the meeting do to help meet your needs and desires?”…

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Great Plains Yearly Meeting Discerns God’s Call

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By Laura Y. Dungan, Great Plains Yearly Meeting presiding clerk Great Plains Yearly Meeting is beginning to consider its place and purpose among Quakers in middle-America. As part of this process, 53 people from across the Friends theological spectrum gathered in November at University Friends Meeting in Wichita, Kansas. Arthur Larrabee, general secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, facilitated the gathering…

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Indiana Yearly Meeting Reconfiguration Update

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The Reconfiguration Task Force met on March 10. David Brindle of Friends Memorial was welcomed to the group and Stephanie Crumley-Effinger, who has had to relinquish her role due to a recent cancer diagnosis, received thanks for her work and service. Tom Hamm was asked to serve as a new co-facilitator and agreed to accept. Please join the task force in…

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Iowa Yearly Meeting-FUM Establishes Affiliate Meeting in Minneapolis

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By Phena Khanjila Shimaka Each one of us is a minister of God’s word in our own unique way. God’s message is spread to people in different ways and he uses every means to spread his message to his people. God is able to see, speak to and hear us no matter where we are in our lives; likewise, each…

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North Carolina Yearly Meeting: Pray Without Ceasing

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North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends seeks, through the power of the Holy Spirit, to equip and energize our meetings in their witness to the love, message and power of the living Christ, encouraging Friends to translate our faith into practice. NCYM has embarked on a prayer campaign this year titled, “Pray Without Ceasing 2012.” Members have been asked to…

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