Resources for Local Churches
Using the nwfriends.org website
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The Sower’s Fund
Dedicated to the growth and vitality of NWYM–both now and into the future.
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Leadership Development
- Local Elders’ Handbook (as a letter-sized PDF file) or statement-sized booklet
- Values for Healthy Leadership Among Friends – Colin Saxton
- Handbook for Recording Candidates
Local Church Assistance
- $250 Christian Ed Grant Application Form (PDF to download and mail)
- Christian Ed Grant Application Form Christian Ed Grant Application Form (as a Word doc to fill out and email)
- Natural Church Development
- Share Call
- Faith and Practice (2009 update) with clickable links for the index and cross-references
- Mental Health Care Worker Definitions
- Refering to A Good Counselor – worksheet from Congregational Care Board
- Explanations for archiving materials about your church’s history. What comes to the YM Office and what stays with you? What is worth keeping, and what needs to be thrown away?
Essays from the Friends Center
- Check out the growing library of essays regarding Quaker theology and practice written by students of the Friends Center at George Fox Evangelical Seminary.
Fraternal Organizations
- Barclay Press
- Estate Planning
- Evangelical Friends Mission
- Friends Center
- Friends Church Extension Fund
- Friendsview Retirement Community
- VOW (Volunteers on Wheels)
- Yearly Meeting Foundation
Forms
- Annual Report Forms for 2009
- Child Protection Policy
- Recording of Ministers
- Nominating to NWYM Boards
Lending Library Catalog
- Our lending library is now online. View it and request resources.
