by Kim Felton, North Valley Friends It just seemed to happen. . In January 2007, two or three people started a Bible study at Sprague River Friends Church on Tuesday nights. Then a few more came…and food is never far behind a gathering of people; potluck dishes followed. . . . . By September up [...]
Owning or Being Owned?
10/31/2008 By 4 Comments
. Tim Burdick is father to Sierra, husband to Heather, and a bi-vocational co-pastor of McKinley Hill Friends Church in Tacoma, Washington. He is also a part-time Ph.D. student at University of Birmingham and loves to play disc golf. . . My sweet widowed grandmother lives by herself in a house with a four-car [...]
Out of My Mind ~ Before the face of God
10/01/2008 By 3 Comments
Recently, I was in Greenleaf, Idaho. I stopped by the meetinghouse to catch the tail end of an outreach ministry sponsored by Latino Friends congregation Casa del Alfarero. They were hosting an outdoor concert that included a really engaging Christian rapper. I confess that I am not much into rap music…but even my head started [...]
Keeping Current: Poor Me… and You
10/01/2008 By Leave a Comment
By Shawn McConaughey ~ NWYM Superintendent of Global Outreach and Pastoral Care “The way we understand the nature of poverty and what causes poverty is very important, because it tends to determine how we respond to poverty” (Bryant L. Myers, Walking with the Poor, p. 12) One of the fundamental shifts I’ve been experiencing the [...]
Keeping Current: Giving a Hand Up
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“To some people I would be a throw away,” Debra says. “But you do need me.” Among her repertoire of drugs were meth and ecstasy. Four years in juvenile detention for assault. Gangs. Trafficking women in prostitution. But don’t mistake Debra’s comment as arrogance. It is, instead, proof that she believes in forgiveness and restoration. [...]
Spotlight on Micah Lehman
10/01/2008 By Leave a Comment
A goal of the NWYM Global Outreach Board is to highlight NWYM folks who serve with other mission or relief agencies. Life = surprises. I grew up in Greenleaf, Idaho, explaining to everyone outside of town that Quakers do in fact believe in electricity. And now I live in a culture where anything not part [...]
Roberts’ Reflections – Godly Care for Children
09/30/2008 By 1 Comment
12.10 “Godly Care for Children” October 2008 Our Faith and Practice calls churches to a regular practice of reading prayerfully, and pondering thoughtfully, the Queries. As adopted in 1987 there are twenty of them, grouped under the headings, “Personal Faith”, “The Individual and the Church”, “Marriage, Children, Home”, “Manner of Living”, and “Concerns for Society.” [...]
