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NEWS FROM OUR MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS

 The American Friends Service Committee provides tsunami relief in Indonesia, thanks to an outpouring of generous contributions. Read about it at www.afsc.org/tsunami/Indonesia.pdf.

Friends General Conference's Central Committee has published a minute honoring the spiritual contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and queer Friends. Read about it at www.fgcquaker.org/library/fgc-news/bulletin-2004-11.html.

50th ANNIVERSARIES

Friends Journal arrives at it's golden year. Read more at: www.friendsjournal.org/about/miss_hist.html

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the re-joining of its Orthodox and Hicksite divisions, during this year's annual sessions. Read more at: www.pym.org/pm/comments.php?id=1657_0_3_0_C.


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What are "Quakers"? Quakers are members of the Religious Society of Friends, a faith that began in England in the mid-1600's, and is practiced today, in a variety of forms, in the U.S. and around the world. To members of this religion, the words "Quaker" and "Friend" mean the same thing.

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  • Overview: a description of Quakers as seen from the outside (published by a non-Quaker source).
  • What Quakers believe
  • The different branches of Friends
  • Recommended reading--an introductory booklist
  • The Friends Peace Testimony
  • Finding Friends near you
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    Resources for Deeper Investigation
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    Online Yearly Meeting Disciplines
    FGC's Online Library for Friends and Meetings
    Online historical documents
    Genealogical research . . . and more.

    Quaker History & Exhibits
    Includes Quakers and the Political Process;
    Pennsylvania's 1701 Charter of Privileges; Brotherly Love Festival;
    the 1688 Protest Against Slavery

    Volunteer and Service Opportunities Includes workcamps, internships, camps, other potentially transformational experiences, and some perennial jobs -- Quaker and non-Quaker; short, medium, and long-term; domestic and international

    Current Job Postings An informal compilation of openings with Quaker organizations, Quaker related organizations, and opportunities of interest to Friends.



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    "The Two-Mules Poster" seen in the above photo can be purchased from The Peace Foundation in New Zealand.


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    Updated 25 January 2005