A TIME FOR CELEBRATION: PRODOLA’S FIRST GRADUATE By Nancy Thomas, Friend Serving Abroad in Latin America The evening of August 13, 2009, the Latin American Leadership Development Program (PRODOLA in Spanish) passed a milestone. PRODOLA was accredited in 2007 to meet the need for adequate training for Christian leaders in Latin America. Made up of [...]
by Karen L. Oberst and Cindy Prince This summer Klamath Falls Friends partnered with the OSU Extension Agency, through Patty Case, to sponsor a Garden Camp. We own a lot next to the church where we have grown vegetables for the last few years, which we have shared with the neighborhood and donated to the [...]
by Tonya Comfort, Reedwood Friends Early this year, when conversations were centered around the economy and what could be done to help struggling families both in our community and beyond, the idea of a community garden took root. This was one idea that quickly bore fruit (puns intended!). Not far from our main church facility, [...]
By Ron Mulkey, Metolius Friends Seven years ago, close friends came together with a dream of starting a community garden on unused church property at Metolius Friends Church. Their hope was to give back to the community something tangible and God-breathed, a community garden that would eventually be embraced and sustained by the community of [...]
by Mike Kelly, Netarts Friends . This garden grew in my heart and mind a year ago. The reason for the garden is not easy to define, something like: Sunday school children going to the garden to eat peas from really cool organic packaging… a ministry of learning. Linda (my wife) teaching people the many [...]
Download the September-November 2009 issue In this issue: Friends Celebrate 75 Years in Burundi An Editorial Confession (Reta shares a youthful adventure) Rachel Henley’s Service Abroad Rwandan English Teachers 2009-2010 Special Projects Columns from our Presidents . .
. . . Cris Roberts lives in the small, coastal community of Netarts, Oregon. She spends her days playing in the dirt as a professional gardener. Among her personal treasures are her three young-adult children, Jonathan, Mark, and Becca. . . Once upon a real time, in a real town, at a real cross, an [...]
. . . Howard Macy, husband to Margie and both a father and grandfather, attends Newberg Friends Church and is part of the religion department at George Fox University. He has several books published by Barclay Press. . . Some jerks just don’t deserve to be shown any love and respect. Or forgiveness. They’ve messed [...]
. . . Colin Saxton is Superintendent of Northwest Yearly Meeting. . . “Are you at peace with one another?” It is not uncommon for elders in some Mennonite fellowships to put this soul-rattling question before the congregation in the weeks leading up to the celebration of a communion service. Behind this query is the [...]
. . . Pat and Mandy Schmidt, along with their children, Micah, Juliana, and Kjersten are working to create a “third-space” (neither church nor work) to build a spiritual community: Green Plow Coffee Roasters coffeehouse. (Originally named “Plowshare” but the name was changed to avoid copyright infringement). . . . Years ago, while leading a [...]
