Ann Riggs :: Friends United Meeting

FUM Field Staff Updates – May/June 2013

Posted on 1 May 2013 by micah | 0 Comments

Friends Theological College Update By Ann Riggs For quite a long time students have been able to study for pastoral ministry through their yearly meetings while living at home, but these programs have not awarded accreditation documents. Members of the Friends Theological College (FTC) Board of Governors have for some time been concerned that these local programs have been drawing…

Field Staff Reports: Ann Riggs – March, 2013

Posted on 15 March 2013 by micah | 6 Comments

For quite a long time students have been able to study for pastoral ministry through their yearly meetings while living at home, but these programs have not awarded accreditation documents. Members of the Friends Theological College Board of Governors have for some time been concerned that these local programs have been drawing students away from FTC, and weakening the college’s…

Ann Riggs Update – March/April

Posted on 14 March 2013 by micah | 0 Comments

Before I left Kenya for Christmas in the US, the new chair of the Friends Theological College Board’s Development and Fundraising Committee, along with a student, a faculty member and a driver, visited our sugarcane plantation. They took a picture of the cane, a picture that appears on the back of the FTC Christmas card. When they returned, they shook…

Field Staff Reports: Ann Riggs – February, 2013

Posted on 11 February 2013 by micah | 4 Comments

As we approach the general Kenyan elections on 4 March 2013, the eight presidential candidates have presented goals for their hoped-for presidencies. Economic matters are high on their lists. One candidate has pledged to create a million new jobs a year. In a country with only 40 million people, a million new jobs each year would make a huge difference…

Field Staff Reports: Ann Riggs – January 2013

Posted on 23 January 2013 by micah | 5 Comments

My report entails three recent blessings. Before I left Kenya for Christmas in US, the new chair of the FTC board’s Development and Fund-raising committee went with a student, a faculty member and a driver to visit our sugarcane plantation. They took a picture of the cane, which appears on the back of the FTC Christmas card. When they returned…

Field Staff Reports: Ann Riggs – December 2012

Posted on 3 December 2012 by micah

Dear Friends, Make a difference? Change the world? Build the Peaceable Kingdom? Think globally and act globally by shaping the future of Friends? Train African servant leaders who will proclaim the Good News in tiny traditional villages, in big city churches, in refugee camps, and in settled monthly meetings? Empower young people to share the love of God in places…

FUM Field Staff Updates

Posted on 6 November 2012 by micah | 0 Comments

Please continue to pray for all our field staff during this holiday season as they are separated from their loved ones while serving Friends in their work and ministries with Friends United Meeting. News from Joyce Ajlouny (Ramallah Friends School) It has been a month full of joys as the new school year began. We were blessed with 12 new…

FUM Field Staff Updates

Posted on 24 September 2012 by micah | 0 Comments

Sam and Becky Barber, Eden Grace and Ann Riggs were in North America this summer. We hope you had the time to visit with them and enjoy stories of their exciting ministires. Please continue to pray for all our field staff as they engage in equipping and energizing Friends all over the world. News from Sam and Becky Barber (Belize…

FUM Ministry of the Month

Posted on 24 April 2012 by terrijohns | 0 Comments

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. April 2012 FUM Field Staff Field staff are hired by Friends United Meeting to coordinate and carry out the work of Friends…

Friends Theological College

Posted on 10 April 2012 by terrijohns | 0 Comments

One place where the four priorities of Friends United Meeting (communication, evangelism, leadership development and global partnerships) come together with high impact is Friends Theological College (FTC). FTC likely has more potential to “energize and equip Friends to gather people into fellowships …” than in any other ministry of FUM. The only Friends pastoral training institution in East Africa, FTC…