Outreach as a Quaker Practice

Outreach as a Quaker Practice 

by Arlene Johnson
Co-convener, Outreach Working Group

 

Two years ago, when several of our members felt led to think about nurturing outreach in our meeting, our first impulse was to create advertisements for our meeting and to upgrade our website. In retrospect, we realize now that, while we were not wrong in this impulse, we were seeing outreach primarily as a campaign, a series of activities, and a number of tasks to get done.

 

The Many Faces of Outreach at Wilton Monthly Meeting

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

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.