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Dear Friends,
The end of the academic year is rapidly approaching. On behalf of the graduating class of 2008, I would like to extend to you a warm invitation to Arts Festival and Commencement, to be held here on the Scattergood campus Saturday, May 31st and Sunday, June 1st. A schedule of the weekend's events can be found here. We welcome friends of the school to join us as we celebrate the hard work of our community, and to send off the graduating class with well wishes and blessings.
If you have any questions regarding the schedule or the weekend, please feel free to contact the Main Office at mainoffice@scattergood.org or 319-643-7600.
Sincerely,
Margie Figgins
Director of Development
Position Open
Santa Fe Friends’ Meeting is seeking Resident Friend(s) to live in garden cottage in historic Canyon Road district and join in Meeting fellowship. Free rooms and utilities in exchange for about 15 hours per week scheduling use of guest apartment and care of Meetinghouse. Starting date to be determined, but no later than September 1, 2008. One-year term with option to renew by mutual agreement after six months. Letters of interest and resumes to: sfresident@desertgate.com. For current information about the possible opening, the Meeting, and Resident’s duties: http://santa-fe.quaker.org.
The Low Impact Living website (http://www.lowimpac
FCNL: If war is not the answer, what is? Read responses here.
Nine interpretations of the violence in Kenya
Minutes of 2007 Annual Sessions
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| Scattergood Arts Festival and Commencement | 5/31/08 - 6/1/08 | At Scattergood Friends School near West Branch, Iowa |
| Gathering of Conservative Friends | 6/20/08 - 6/22/08 | Stillwater Meetinghouse, Barnesville, Ohio (more...) |
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Annual Sessions |
7/29/08 - 8/3/08 |
At Scattergood Friends School near West Branch, Iowa |
1. As Friends, we believe in the Divine Light within each person, and we include the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals among us. State by state, the rights of these individuals are being eroded. We cannot bear to remain silent when fellow human beings are being used as scapegoats to divert people’s attention from our country’s ills. We wish to affirm that the life of Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) has been enriched and strengthened by the spiritual gifts of all Friends, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. We stand with people of faith across the United States against recent legislation that bans same gender marriages, partnerships and civil unions. Approved
2. IYM(C) strongly supports the proposed Quaker conference focusing on our responsibility as Quakers to address the issue of torture from our spiritual center. We believe it important that all of us lend our voices to break the silence on this issue. Torture is abhorrent. Torture can never be excused or justified. We support John Calvi’s leading to make this conference a reality. We endorse the goal to strengthen laws and policies banning torture. The rehabilitation of both victims and perpetrators must occur to stop the cycle of violence. Approved
Discipline (1974) (thanks to the Discipline Revision Committee)
Queries and Advices with selected responses. A compilation of the selected responses from the past 6 or 7 years is included with each of the queries and advices PDF version Microsoft Word version
Coffee The Peace and Social Concerns committee reported concerns about the deregulation of the coffee market. (more..)
ConservativeQuakers.com is an unofficial website related to Conservative Quakers, which includes a forum that allows you to read and respond to a variety of topics.
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| North Carolina Yearly Meeting (Conservative) |
| Ohio Yearly Meeting |
| ConservativeQuakers Unofficial website |
| AFSC American Friends Service Committee |
| FCNL Friends Committee on National Legislation |
| Friends Journal 215-563-8629 e-mail: info@friendsjournal.org |
| Friends General Conference |
| Pendle Hill |
| Digital Quaker Collection |
| Friends Council on Education |
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Contacts |
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| Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) | Deborah Fisch, clerk |
| 1080 45th Street | Deborah Fink, assistant clerk |
| Des Moines, Iowa 50311 | |
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Contact Deborah Fisch (Iowa Yearly Meeting (C) Clerk) or Jeff Kisling (Publication Committee convener) for comments or to add information.
This website was authorized by Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) in session at Scattergood Friends School near West Branch, Iowa, on Seventh Month 27, 2006
05/05/2008