TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER                                                                                        

I           THE QUAKER MOVEMENT                                              

            SUMMARY OF QUAKER HISTORY                                  

                        Bibliography for Summary of Quaker History       

            HISTORY OF IOWA YEARLY MEETING (c)                     

                        The founding of the Early Meetings            

                        Beginning of Iowa Yearly Meeting (c)                    

                        Structure before 1917                                             

                        Bear Creek Quarterly Meeting                               

                        Hickory Grove-West Branch Quarterly                   

                        Educational Endeavors                                           

                        Decline in Numbers                                                 

                        New Growth                                                              

                                    Cedar Rapids                                               

                                    Des Moines                                                  

                                    Ames                                                             

                                    Iowa City                                                       

                                    Lincoln                                                           

                        Developments since 1974                                      

                        Bibliography for History of IYM(C)                          

II           STRUCTURE                                                                       

             ORGANIZATION & PROCEDURES OF OUR MEETINGS                

                        The Monthly Meeting                                    

                                    Meetings for Worship                                  

                                    Meetings for Business                                 

                                    Recording of Ministers                                

                                    Qualifications and Responsibilities of a Clerk        

                        Quarterly Meeting                                                     

                        Mid-Year Meeting                                                    

                        Yearly Meeting                                                          

                                    Representatives to Yearly Meeting                              

                                    Caretakers to Yearly Meeting                                        

                                    Nominating Committee                               

                                    Public Communications                              

                        Interim Meeting                                                         

                        New Gatherings of Friends                                       

                                    Worship Groups                                           

                                    Preparative Meetings                                  

                                    New Monthly Meetings                                

             MINISTRY AND OVERSIGHT                                            

                        The Monthly Meeting Committee                           

                                    Membership                                                 

                                    Functions                                                      

                                    Suggestions for Counseling                       

                                    Traveling Minutes                                         

                                    Yearly Meeting for Ministry & Oversight     

             MEMBERSHIP                                                                     

                        Admission to Membership                                      

                        Personal Application                                               

                        Membership for Children                                        

                        Transfer of Membership                                          

                        Sojourning Membership                                          

                        Termination of Membership                        

                        Suggested Form for Transfer of Membership      

                        Pertinent Topics to Discuss with Prospective

Members                                                       

            MEETING FUNDS AND PROPERTY                               

                        Property                                                                    

                        Property of Individuals                                             

                        Relief                                                                         

                        Scattergood School                                                 

             INFORMATION FOR YEARLY MEETING RECORDS    

III          FAITH AND PRACTICE                                                      

            ADVICES AND QUERIES (revised & approved 1996)   

                        Introduction                                                               

                        Uses                                                                          

1.      Meeting for Worship

2.      Outreach

3.      Meeting for Business

4.      Harmony within the Meeting

5.      Mutual Care

6.      Education

7.      Home and Family

8.      Personal Responsibility

9.      Civic Responsibility

10. Environmental Responsibility

11. Social and Economic Justice

12. Peace and Nonviolence

THE MEETING FOR WORSHIP                                        

PEACE AND SOCIAL CONCERNS                                

            Peace                                                                        

            Militarism                                                                  

            International Relations                                             

            The Quality of Life                                                    

            Investments                                                               

            Human Brotherhood                                    

            Mental Health                                                

            The Elderly and the Handicapped                          

            Civil Government                                                      

            Court Reform                                                

            Criminal Justice                                                       

            Capital Punishment                                                 

SEXUALITY                                                                          

MARRIAGE                                                                          

            Marital Problems                                                      

            Suggested Considerations for Couples

Planning Marriage                                       

                        Procedure                                                                 

                        Marriage Certificate                                                

                        Legal Requirements                                                

                        Marriage Record                                                      

             MEMORIAL SERVICES AND BURIALS                          

                        Procedures                                                               

                        Legal Requirements                                                

                        Suggested Questionnaire                                       

GLOSSARY (of Friends' Terminology)                                          

QUAKER ORGANIZATIONS                                                          

            American Friends Service Committee                              

            Friends Committee on National Legislations                   

            Friends Coordinating Committee on Peace                    

            Friends World Committee for Consultation                      

            Quaker United Nations Office                                             

            Young Friends of North America                                        

            Iowa Peace Network                                                           

            Addresses of Other Friends Organizations                      

            Other Conservative Yearly Meetings                                 

BIBLIOGRAPHY                                                                   

SUGGESTED READING LIST                                               

INDEX