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Oswego Worship GroupThe Oswego Worship Group is alive! Meetings for worship are held every Wednesday evening at Hall Newman Center, 36 New St., Oswego, N.Y. Friends gather at 6:45, and meeting for worship is from 7:00 to 8:00 P.M. For further information contact the Yearly Meeting office.Young Quakes Conference 2006This FGC conference for high school–age Friends, a project of the FGC Religious Education Committee, will take place October 6–9, 2006, at the C .A. Vines Arkansas 4-H Center, Little Rock, Arks. The theme is Honoring Our Faith. The presenters are Hope Braveheart (Baltimore YM), Aaron Fowler (Great Plains YM), and Elizabeth Lyzenga-Waterman (New England YM).
For further information contact Michael Gibson, Religious Education coordinator, Friends General Conference, 1216 Arch Street #2B, Philadelphia PA 19107; michaelg [at] fgcquaker.org; 215-561-1700. Dan Seeger to Speak at FWCC Regional GatheringDan Seeger, former director of Pendle Hill and former executive secretary of the New York Region of the American Friends Service committee, will be the keynote speaker at the Northeastern Regional Gathering of Friends World Committee for Consultation, Section of the Americas, Oct. 13–15, 2006. Friends from New York, Philadelphia, New England, and eastern Canada are invited to gather at Purchase Meeting to focus on the theme Being a Friend in Today's World. (One does not have to be associated with FWCC to participate.) Additional discussion leaders will be Laura Rediehs of St. Lawrence University, assistant clerk of the Friends Association for Higher Education, and Newton Garver of Buffalo Meeting, a member of the FWCC/SOA Executive Committee. Local Friends will be asked to provide overnight hospitality. Childcare will be available. The cost of the weekend is $70 for adults, $40 for children under 12.The Regional Gathering is hosted on a rotation basis by the FWCC committees of the four Yearly Meetings in the Region. For more information, contact Judith Inskeep, rjiskeep [at] earthlink.net; Newton Garver, garver [at] acsu.buffalo.edu; or Fred Dettmer, fdettmer [at] aol.com. Art against War/Art against TortureWitness Coordinating Committee has formed a Torture Awareness Working Group. The working group's first decision is to hold an art show at Summer Sessions 2007. We are inviting everyone of any age to contribute art of any kind: visual, verbal, written, needle, paint, pen, photo, poster. For more information contact Anita Paul, 518-374-2166; anitalouisepaul [at] juno.com.Children's Education online newslettersThe Children's Education Committee of Pacific Yearly Meeting has begun posting their newsletters on the Web. The April and August 2006 issues are currently online at www.pacificyearlymeeting.org. Check them out!Friends Meeting of Washington Seeks Administrative SecretaryThe Friends Meeting of Washington, D.C. (FMW), is seeking an administrative secretary. The administrative secretary should be a member of the Religious Society of Friends with substantial experience in one or more monthly meetings and an understanding of Quaker practice and procedure. The quality of the FMW community will be of major interest.To apply, send a résumé and a letter describing how your past experience and personal qualifications address the requirements for the position. Please also submit two letters of reference, or have your references submit the letters by the deadline, September 15, 2006, to Friends Meeting of Washington, Att.: Robin Appleberry, Personnel Committee, 2111 Florida Avenue NW, Washington DC 20008-1912. For further information see www.quaker.org/fmw/adminsecr.html or e-mail Robin Appleberry, robinappleberry [at] aya.yale.edu. Powell House Events(For detailed information visit www.powellhouse.org, write to Powell House, 524 Pitt Hall Rd., Old Chatham NY 12136, or call 518-794-8811.)
Youth Conference Program Descriptions & Information
Help Us to Serve You!One of the ways Yearly Meeting staff serves meetings, worship groups, committees, and individual Friends and attenders is to publicize meetings and events throughout the Yearly Meeting. We need for meetings and committees to notify us of their events and activities, so they can be posted on the Web site and published in Spark and InfoShare. We also urge you to send us information after your events and activities, so we can let others know how your Light is shining.Send your information to Paul Busby, paul [at] nyym.org, or mail c/o NYYM, 15 Rutherford Pl., New York NY 10003. | |||||||||