70th Anniversary Program

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September 14, 2007, Friday evening, Haverford College

7:00–9:00 pm Reception at Magill Library, Haverford College
  Welcome by Haverford President Dr. Stephen G. Emerson

September 15, 2007, Swarthmore Friends Meeting

9:00 am Arrivals and informal gathering
9:30 Welcome by Nancy Irving, General Secretary of FWCC and
Margaret Fraser, Executive Secretary of FWCC Section of the Americas
9:40 Introductory talk by Tom Hamm, Indiana YM
Questions to Tom Hamm, moderated by Max Carter, North Carolina YM (FUM)
10:45 COFFEE BREAK
11:15

PANEL 1: The need for FWCC’s ministry
Devout souls are everywhere of one religion, and when death takes off the mask, they will know one another. — William Penn

Moderator

Thomas Taylor, Lake Erie YM

Speakers Doug Gwyn, Indiana YM
Alvin & Lucy Anderson, Evangelical Friends Church-Eastern Region
Betsy Cazden, New England YM
T. Canby Jones, Wilmington YM
12:30 – 2:15 LUNCH AND TOURS OF FRIENDS HISTORICAL LIBRARY DISPLAY
2:30

PANEL 2: Voices of Friends in the World
I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations. — Isaiah 42:6

Moderator

Marjorie Nelson, Lake Erie YM

Speakers Roland Kreager, Ohio Valley YM
Asia Bennett, North Pacific YM
Brewster Grace, New England YM
3:45 TEA BREAK
4:00

PANEL 3: Everyone has a place at the table
Behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it. — Rev. 3:8

Moderator

Benigno Sánchez-Eppler, New England YM

Speakers Manuel Guzmán, General Meeting of Mexican Friends
Max Carter, North Carolina YM (FUM)
Hermógenes Méndez, Evangelical Friends Church-Eastern Region

 

5:30 Worship in music, led by the Philadelphia Hispanic Friends Church
Prayer led by Elser Gálvez Leiva, Evangelical Friends Church–Eastern Region
6:00 DINNER
7:30

PANEL 4: The face of Friends in the future
Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. — Col 3:14

Moderator

Trayce Peterson, Western YM

Speakers Cathy Habschmidt, Ohio Valley YM
Wilson Shivachi Shikali, Nairobi YM
Nancy Irving, North Pacific YM
Rachel Stacy, Baltimore YM

 

  Closing worship

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