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New Independent Conservative Worship Group in Central Pennsylvania April 1, 2008 Independent Conservative Friends are launching a new worship group on May 25, 2008. Krebs Gap Run Worship Group will meet for worship the last Sunday of each month at 11 AM, followed by potluck, in McClure, Pennsylvania. Contact Edward Sargent, 570-658-3101 or 215-732-7120, for more information. Unrest in Kenya Concerns Friends January 7, 2008 (last updated January 27, 2008) Results of the Friends Church Kenya Peace Conference Jan. 24-27 are posted at FWCC Kenya News Friends Church Kenya Pastoral Letter now available Kenya Healing - a December 12 report from David Niyonzima, Coordinator, Trauma Healing and Reconciliation Services, Burundi There has been considerable violence and disruption in the aftermath of the recent disputed election in Kenya. Kenya has more Friends than any other country in the world. These Friends are affiliated with Friends United Meeting (FUM). Staffs of FUM and the African Great Lakes Initiative (AGLI) of Friends Peace Teams in Kenya are safe. But many Kenyan Friends are facing difficulties with shelter and basic living supplies due to the unrest. Here are four blogs Friends can watch for frequent updates on the situation in Kenya, with particular attention to effects on Friends and Friends' projects, as well as avenues for Friends elsewhere to help:
January 6, 2008 QuakerInfo.com has learned that Gwinnett Friends Preparative Meeting was recently laid down. The Preparative Meeting was under the care of Atlanta Friends Meeting, a part of the Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association (SAYMA), which is a member of Friends General Conference (FGC). The Preparative Meeting had included some Friends who were committed to faith and practice in line with the Conservative Friends tradition, and other Friends who were more aligned with the FGC approach. The differences in vision between these two groups of Friends ultimately seemed too great for them to continue together. Those Friends who were meeting under the Gwinnett name have now split into two separate worship groups:
January 4, 2008 The Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) Section of the Americas has unveiled an Online Directory of Meetings and Churches in the U.S. and Canada. Meetings and churches may be searched by such criteria as state, zip code or part of a name. This is a comprehensive listing of Friends' congregations from all sectors of the Society of Friends. Never before has such a listing been available online. This online directory has an easy update feature allowing meetings and churches to provide FWCC with updates of their information electronically. This will allow much more current information than a printed directory can provide. The Section of the Americas hopes to publish a printed directory and expand the online directory to include Latin America later in 2008. |
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