The Many Faces of Outreach at Wilton Monthly Meeting

Submitted by LeilaA on Tue, 07/17/2018 - 1:55pm

The Many Faces of Outreach at Wilton Monthly Meeting 

by Pete McCaughan
Wilton Meeting

 

Wilton Friends are finding that outreach has many forms and that it is best accomplished as a shared activity across our meeting. A Long Range Planning Process, combined with the work of an active Advancement and Outreach Committee has brought us through some major changes to a heightened focus on outreach. Here a few major ports on our outreach journey.

 

Using Social Action for Community Outreach

Submitted by LeilaA on Tue, 07/17/2018 - 1:49pm

Using Social Action for Community Outreach 

by Barbara Ransome
Conscience Bay Meeting

 

Our meeting is in unity about the importance of outreach, but, as a small Meeting with limited resources, we are challenged with expanding our membership and letting the outside world know about our very existence. We are finding that involvement with local organizations, including the opportunities provided by NYYM’s Quaker Outside the Lines program, is a good avenue for pursuing community outreach.

Quaker Presence at a Street Fair

Submitted by LeilaA on Tue, 07/17/2018 - 1:44pm

Quaker Presence at a Street Fair 

by Judith Fetterly
Albany Meeting

 

Our Outreach Committee had a busy year. We removed a hedge to create a more welcoming entrance to our Meeting House. We sponsored a series of programs on Quaker Faith and Practice. We participated in NYYM’s Outreach Practitioners’ Circle. But our biggest project was participating in the Upper Madison Avenue Street Fair that took place September 24.