Joyce Ajlouny :: Friends United Meeting

Strategic and Action Planning at the Ramallah Friends School

Posted on 2 May 2012 by terrijohns | 0 Comments

By Joyce Ajlouny, Ramallah Friends School director Only a 35-minute car ride away, we traveled from a very chilly Ramallah to the desert warmth of Jericho, where we held our strategic planning retreat. Samir Hulieleh — RFS board member, alumnus and parent — offered his winter home and pampered us with wonderful food as we deliberated the future of our…

Eco-garden Room at the Ramallah Friends Schools

Posted on 24 April 2012 by terrijohns | 0 Comments

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…

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…

April FUM Ministry of the Month – Field Staff

Posted on 1 April 2012 by terrijohns | 0 Comments

Staff members are hired by Friends United Meeting to coordinate and carry out the work of Friends in Africa, Belize, and Ramallah. These individuals, whom we call field staff, are currently expected to raise their own ministry expenses, which include all of their office, travel/vehicle, living, communication, and deputation expenses, plus their salaries. Add fundraising to their daily duties of bringing…

Ramallah Friends School Hosts Model United Nations Conference

Posted on 2 January 2012 by terrijohns | 0 Comments

By Joyce Ajlouny, Ramallah Friends Schools Director In October, while the international press was focusing on the controversy that arose with President Abbas’s United Nations bid for Palestinian statehood and the emerging debate, students at the Ramallah Friends School decided to hold their own mock United Nations conference. Building on their experiences attending several Model UN (MUN) conferences worldwide, our students…

FUM Friends Celebrate the Holidays

Posted on 2 January 2012 by terrijohns | 0 Comments

Forty people attended the annual family “carve-in” at First Friends Church of Whittier, California, in October, transforming pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns, enjoying homemade goodies, entertaining one another with improvised dramas and building a 300-piece jigsaw puzzle. Sam and Becky Barber treated students at the Belize Friends School to a Thanksgiving dinner. They were joined by a work team from Iowa who painted the…