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
Qualifications and Responsibilities of a Clerk
Representatives to Yearly Meeting
The Monthly Meeting Committee
Suggestions for Counseling
Yearly Meeting for Ministry & Oversight
Suggested Form for Transfer of Membership
Pertinent Topics to Discuss with Prospective
Members
INFORMATION FOR YEARLY MEETING RECORDS
III FAITH AND PRACTICE
ADVICES AND QUERIES (revised & approved 1996)
5. Mutual Care
10. Environmental Responsibility
11. Social and Economic Justice
The Elderly and the Handicapped
Suggested Considerations for Couples
Planning Marriage
GLOSSARY (of Friends' Terminology)
American Friends Service Committee
Friends Committee on National Legislations
Friends Coordinating Committee on Peace
Friends World Committee for Consultation
Young Friends of North America
Addresses of Other Friends Organizations
Other Conservative Yearly Meetings
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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