October 2008
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Articles:
Welcome to a New Era of Connection
This is the first issue of Northwest Yearly Meeting’s newest tool for connection and challenge. Read more of our hopes and the future topics. >> read more and comment…
Picky About Principles. By Howard Macy
If young George Fox hadn’t been so picky about principles, we might never have enjoyed Quaker Oats. The oats folks, who weren’t Friends, stole the Quaker name because it stood for integrity. (And we all want honest mush.) But it was Fox who made it possible by insisting that Christians should “possess what they profess.” It drove his own spiritual search, and it shaped Friends as people of integrity, people of principle. Following Jesus, they intended their yes to mean yes, their no to mean no, and their lives to match their words. >>read more and comment…
Clerking and Discernment at Youth Yearly Meeting. By Tim Engle, 2008 YYM Recording Clerk
Working with the senior high Youth Yearly Meeting was a privilege; we certainly heard from God this summer in our collective worship. However, the process of discernment was something I admit I underestimated, and something that proved to carry much more gravity than I ever would have expected. >> read more and comment…
Keeping Current with Local Outreach: Giving a Hand Up, Not a Hand Out. By Kim Felton, North Valley
“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 now—she has purpose. >> read more and comment…
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Keeping Current with Global Outreach: Poor Me… And You. By Shawn McConaughey, NWYM Supt of Global Outreach & 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, especially my view of the poor. >> read more and comment…
Global Outreach Spotlight ~ Micah Lehman, Greenleaf to Montenegro
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 of the Orthodox Church is considered a soul-stealing sect. I never pictured myself as the church -planting type… >> read more and comment…
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- Gar Mickelson’s Tidbits Update
- Local outreach ministries at Metolius Friends and in Redmond, Oregon.
- Updates on Vancouver, New Life, Woodland, and The Springs
- Youthworkers Training Conference website
- Area Gatherings web page
- Bible Quizzing website
Elders Prayer Emphasis. By Vivian Thornburg, Newberg
Jesus knocks at my heart’s door in order to move me to pray. Prayer is more than asking for help with whatever my need may be. >> read more and comment…
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Out of My Mind. By Colin Saxton, NWYM Superintendent
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… >> read more and comment…
Update on Ministries
The River Ministry Point, Sower’s Fund, Young Adult Camping, Redmond Coffeehouse, New NWYM Ministry Field, Share Calls >> read the updates
NWYM News and Announcements
Recent Pastoral Changes, Samuel School 1, Youthworkers’ Training Conference, Area Gatherings, NWYM Thanksgiving Offering, Bible Quizzing, Calendar of Events >> read the announcements
Here’s the entire Connection newsletter as a PDF download
Themes for upcoming issues of Connection Please take a look at these and feel free to contact us about writing for a specific topic, or recommending someone to write!Write to us at: info AT nwfriends.org
