Friends travel to Peru for Peru Yearly Meeting's 50th Anniversary Fourteen friends from around NWYM, including 4 former missionaries, will journey to Peru, October 6-25, 2011. Near the mid-point of the three week trip there will be a celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the formation of Peru Yearly Meeting. NWYM was instrumental in the planting of Peruvian Friends churches. They partnered … [Read more...]
by Allyn and Holly Dhynes, West Hills Friends A teeming Cairo with all its traffic, commotion, and dusty air has long been considered a place of refuge for my wife and I during our work in the Middle East. But for the majority of its residents its harsh, degrading, and deprived conditions have taken its toll. The unanticipated massive protest against the government in Egypt was … [Read more...]
Latin American Civil Responsibility . . . by Hal Thomas, North Valley Friends Church, Newberg. Hal and Nancy are currently serving with the Latin American Leadership Development Program ("PRODOLA" in Spanish). Most recently, they were in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and experienced the unrest there firsthand. Wednesday, September 10, while Nancy and I were walking downtown in Santa Cruz, … [Read more...]
A goal of the NWYM Global Outreach Board is to highlight NWYM folks who serve with other mission or relief agencies. ~ Linda Byrd, Member at Newberg Friends What type of ministry is the most effective means for reaching the most receptive hearts? Christian camping! I can still smell the pitch and feel the autumn sunshine of a redwood grove, where years ago I attended a seminar taught by … [Read more...]
A goal of the Global Outreach Board is to highlight NWYM folks who serve with other mission or relief agencies. Since 2002, Kim and Andrew Stave (North Valley & Eugene Friends) have been serving at LCC International University (formerly Lithuania Christian College). LCC is an English-speaking Christian liberal arts university that educates nearly 600 students from 21 different countries … [Read more...]
Since this issue of Connection is themed around the topics of stewardship and simplicity, I wondered what particular impact living in another country has on these issues. So I asked some questions of our overseas workers. Below are a few of their responses. Remember to pray for all our workers as they wrestle each day with how to best live out the Gospel in the places and with the people to whom … [Read more...]
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 past six months or so has been regarding my worldview, … [Read more...]
“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. She believes that even now—especially … [Read more...]
