Being Together

Our Corporate Life In The Religious Society Of Friends, Swarthmore Lecture 1994

BY MARGARET HEATHFIELD
Considering what type of organization provides the fewest obstacles to the free flowing of the Spirit, Margaret Heathfield addresses the problem of guidance within our individual and corporate lives. In the introduction she writes '... I could see why we were each led in different directions by the Spirit in our personal but why did this also happen when we were considering corporate matters?' In seeking an answer, Margaret draws on the findings of history and theology, as well as contemporary theories of management and the nature of organizations.

Britain Yearly Meeting 2008 124 PP. Paper

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Blessed Community

BY MARTY WALTON
Marty Walton expounds upon the many meanings of "blessed community" in Quakerism.

Southeastern Yearly Meeting 1994 21 PP. Paper

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Building The Life Of The Meeting

BY FRAN & WILLIAM TABER
The 24th annual Michener lecture sheds light on creating and sustaining spiritual community.

SEYM 1994 21 PP. Paper

$4.00 (in stock)

Faithful Voices

Oral Readings Exploring Beliefs In Action

BY ED SCHWARTZ
Need a workshop idea, a way of building community, material for religious education? Faithful Voices can be the answer. Each person featured lived his or her deeply held beliefs, leaving a legacy in writing and deeds. Each script includes a brief biography and is followed by queries. About half the subjects are well known Quakers including Margaret Fell, Rufus Jones, and John Woolman. Also featured are people as diverse as Dorothy Day and Martin Luther King, Jr. Suitable for groups of any size and age from 12 on up or mixed ages, the material is read aloud twice so that everyone both speaks and listens. No preparation is required. Queries are provided for discussion.

Quaker Press of FGC 2005 104 PP Paper

$7.00 (in stock)

Fostering Vital Friends Meetings

A Handbook For Working With Quaker Meetings

BY JAN GREENE AND MARTY WALTON
Growing from the common purpose of nurturing and encouraging meetings, this handbook provides carefully seasoned guidelines, tools and exercises that meetings can use to strengthen Quaker practice in a concise and user-friendly manual. Sections detail who, what, how and why people can be about the work of fostering vitality in Friends meetings everywhere.

Quaker Press of FGC 1999 128 PP. Paper

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Getting Rooted

Living In The Cross, A Path To Joy And Liberation - Php 391

BY BRIAN DRAYTON
What does it really mean to absorb the learning that comes from our "roots" in Quakerism? Are there ways of approaching our roots that have a greater likelihood of bearing spiritual fruits? Brian Drayton explores the idea of "rootedness" at multiple levels - as metaphor, discipline and goal in order to reveal the ways in which we may derive the most nourishment from the roots that we seek to rediscover, and more importantly, so that God's spirit may flourish within and through us. Discussion questions included.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2007 35 PP. Paper

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Gospel Order

A Quaker Understanding Of Faithful Church Community - Php 297

BY SANDRA CRONK
This essay concentrates on the communal aspects of gospel order as the foundation of meeting community life.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1991 48 PP. Paper

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Growing Fruitful Friendship

A Garden Walk, The Backhouse Lecture 2004

BY UTE CASPERS
German Friend Ute Caspers says that friendship has special importance for her because she never experienced the normal development of family relations due to World War Two and its aftermath. She writes: "Let us start by looking at the notion of friendship in general. If I were to weave a definition...then friendship could be a place of acceptance, where you don't have to pretend. It would be an empowering experience, with a good balance of giving and taking, and a place where you are supported and held with your spiritual or emotional doubts and findings."

Australia Yearly Meeting 2004 62 PP. Paper

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Intimations Of Renewal In New York Yearly Meeting

42nd Annual Walton Lecture

BY LINDA CHIDSEY
As Friends we are familiar with the practice of sharing our individual spiritual journeys. Perhaps less common among Friends today is the understanding that as a people of God, we are also on a corporate journey. In this lecture Linda tells the story of God's presence and work among Friends in New York Yearly Meeting the past fifteen years. As she shares "intimations of renewal in NYYM," she asks Friends everywhere to listen for resonances within their own Yearly Meetings and invites them to begin telling their stories. She poses the questions: Where do you feel God's presence among you? What intimations of Life and renewal are present, this moment, in your midst?

Southeastern Yearly Meeting 2005 30 PP Paper

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Leadership Among Friends

Php 320

BY RON MACDONALD
Looks at the ambivalence toward authority among Quaker youth, the need for common experiences of depth.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1995 32 PP. Paper

$6.50 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Leadership And Authority In The Religious Society Of Friends

BY ARTHUR LARRABEE
For the 2007 Walton Lecture, Arthur Larrabee provided an insightful appraisal of the state of contemporary Quakerism's fear of leadership. His reassuring and enlightening lecture offers solutions for attitude change. This booklet is a must-have for those interested in the future of Quakerism.

Southeastern Yearly Meeting 2007 24 PP. Paper

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Living The Way

Quaker Spirituality And Community

BY URSULA-JANE O'SHEA
The 28th James Backhouse lecture, originally published in 1993. The author asks the questions "What is it about Quakers that has sustain this small religious group for 350 years?" She traces the life-cycle of the Religious Society of Friends and examines its current state of transition. She points to the singular aspects of Quaker spirituality and community life that have the power to revitalize modern Quakerism.

Quaker Home Service 2003 62 PP. Paper

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The Meeting Experience

Practicing Quakerism In Community

BY MARTY WALTON
This lovely glimpse into meeting life reflects on creation, meeting for worship, meeting communities, committee work, obedience to the Light, and difficult words for Friends.

Argenta 1997 46 PP. Paper

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The Present Of Quakerism

Young Adults. The Michener Lecture 2010

BY STOPH & MAIA HALLWARD
IN THIS LECTURE, Stoph and Maia Carter Hallward draw on their individual and shared experiences with Quakerism as Adult Young Friends. They reflect on why they have remained connected to Friends at various forks in the road (i.e. graduating, starting their first jobs, having a child) when their friends and peers have often parted company. Maia and Stoph explore ways that Friends can build new and strengthen existing relationships across life stages and ages. They challenge assumptions regarding Ministry and remind us of the reasons why an intergenerationally vibrant Religious Society of Friends is in our collective best interest.

SEYM 2011 32 PP. Paper

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Quaker Treasure

Weed Lecture

BY MARTHA PAXSON GRUNDY
Marty Grundy tells of her spiritual journey among Friends and speaks of the value of honoring Quaker traditions as a way to come closer to God as a Religious Society and as individuals. This essay was presented as the 2002 Weed lecture at Beacon Hill Friends House.

Beacon Hill Friends House 2002 31 PP. Paper

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Quakers And The Use Of Power

Php 241

BY PAUL LACEY
A reexamination of the Society of Friends at the time of Pendle Hill's 50th Anniversary.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 34 PP Paper

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Reflections On The Theme "...but Who Is My Neighbor?"

2007 Fgc Gathering Plenary Address

BY KODY HERSH AND JOANNA HOYT
In this plenary talk from the 2007 Gathering, young adult Friends Kody Hersh and Joanna Hoyt speak to the Gathering theme from their personal experiences. Kody Hersh considers how needs, love, and constant service play out when we live in community - and urges us to answer Jesus's call to lay aside our social status in order to realize spiritual gifts and radical compassion. Joanna Hoyt speaks from her experiences working and living at a Catholic Worker farm in New York, and explores the vital relationship between love of God and love of neighbor, calling us to radical simplicity, fellowship and inclusion. Both speakers offer challenging, inspiring and nourishing visions of community.

Quaker Press 2007 AUDIO Audio

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Trust

My Experience Of Quakerism's Greatest Gift

BY SALLY RICKERMAN
"Like many other members of the QUF [Quaker Universalist Fellowship], Sally believes that the very essence of Quakerism rests in accepting the possibility that every human being may have a direct and personal relationship to God, the Tao, or the spiritual universe-whatever name one chooses-independent of belief, creed, clergy, or organization. Paradoxically, this extreme of individual seeking finds expression in a community of support, love, and mutual Discernment. The resulting tensions between individualism and universalism, freedom and community, are mediated, Sally finds, by trust. ..." - Rhoda R. Gilman, editor's introduction.

Troll Press 2008 23 PP. Paper

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Turnaround

Growing A Twenty-first Century Religious Society Of Friends - Php 387

BY BENJAMIN LLOYD
Like many Friends, Benjamin Lloyd is deeply concerned about the future of our Religious Society. Why are we diminishing in numbers when we have so much to offer? In this essay, he presents his own creative ideas and encouragement for a reinvigoration of our meeting communities. Which of our traditions and practices should we renew? And where are the places where continuing revelation calls us to be open to the winds of change that will come with the next generation of Quaker leaders?

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2006 31 PP. Paper

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Turning To One Another

Simple Conversations To Restore Hope In The Future

BY MARGARET WHEATLEY
"I believe we can change the world if we start listening to one another again. Not mediation negotiation, problem solving, debate or public meetings just Simple truthful conversation where we each have a chance to speak, we each feel heard and we each listen well." This book is a selection of One Book, One Yearly Meeting of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

Berrett Koehler 2002 158 PP. Paper

$17.95 (in stock)

Walk Out Walk On

A Learning Journey Into Communities Daring To Live The Future Now

BY MARGARET WHEATLEY, DEBORAH FRIEZE
Walk Out Walk On is a learning journey to seven communities around the world to meet people who have walked out of limiting beliefs and assumptions and walked on to create healthy and resilient communities. These Walk Outs who Walk On use their ingenuity and caring to figure out how to work with what they have to create what they need. From Mexico to India, from Columbus, Ohio to Johannesburg, South Africa, we discover that all communities have the intelligence and inventiveness to solve their seemingly insolvable problems.

BK 2010 264 PP. Paper

$24.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Where The Wind Blows

Vitality Among Friends

BY JAY MARSHALL
Imagine two meetings located near to one another. Who can say with certainty why one thrives for generations and the other never does? Or why, with similar histories in terms of attendance, one meeting suddenly explodes with new growth while the other dwindles? A variety of factors influence patterns of growth and vitality. Where the Wind Blows is the result of surveys and conversations with nine flourishing Friends meetings (FGC) or churches (FUM) of Friends. This project had two primary goals: share positive news of worship and ministry among Friends; and create a resource for Friends seeking assistance with their own quest for vitality.

Earlham School of Religion 2005 169 PP. Paper

$11.95 (in stock)