Recent Events

2010 Quaker Youth Pilgrimage

NOW CONCLUDED
July 15-August 12, 2010
Northwestern United States
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Northeast Regional Gathering

NOW CONCLUDED
May 21-24, 2010
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
The World Turned Right Side Up, with Marilyn Keyes Roper, Patricia "Ellie" Perkins, Imelda Perlye, Geoffrey Garver, Keith Helmuth and Jane Orion Smith.
Held in conjunction with the Atlantic Friends Gathering of Canadian YM

Midwest & Lower Great Lakes regions combined gathering

NOW CONCLUDED
October 30-November 1, 2009
Ann Arbor, MI
Living our Quaker Faith Today, led by Patricia Thomas

Northeast Regional Gathering

NOW CONCLUDED
May 15-17, 2009
New Hope, PA

Nearly 60 Friends - adults and children - almost equally balanced between Evangelical Hispanic Friends and unprogrammed Friends, gathered at a rustic camp in New Hope, PA May 15-17, 2009 for FWCC's Northeast Regional Gathering. Participants came from New England, New York, Philadelphia, Ohio and Southern Appalachian Yearly Meetings, and from the two Hispanic Friends Churches in Philadelphia, which are members of Evangelical Friends Church - Eastern Region.

They shared each others' cuisine and music, worked to prepare food and clean up, participated in small group discussions and shared in childcare. A team of volunteers interpreted the entire program which included keynote talks on Peace Within Us, Peace With God, Peace with our Neighbor, by Mary Lord (Baltimore YM) and César Nufio (National Evangelical Friends Church of Guatemala.) The program concluded on Sunday morning with three hours of extended worship which moved seamlessly between planned music and messages and expectant waiting.

 

Lower Great Lakes Regional Gathering

NOW CONCLUDED
September 26-28, 2008
Theme:Being a Peace Church in the 21st Century
Location:Crieff Hills Community, Puslinch, Ontario, Canada

 

2008 Quaker Youth Pilgrimage

NOW CONCLUDED
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Southeast Regional Gathering

NOW CONCLUDED
January 2-7, 2008, St James, Trelawny, St Ann and St Mary parishes, Jamaica
Jamaican and U.S. Friends shared worship, community and learning. They explored the contribution of Quakers to the history of Jamaica and participated in Alternatives to Violence training. They saw first-hand the damage to crops and meetinghouses caused by recent hurricanes, and the extensive fire damage to two buildings at the Swift-Purcell Boys' home.

 

Northeast Regional Gathering

NOW CONCLUDED
October 19-21, 2007, at the Mercy Center at Madison, in Madison, CT
A weekend of relaxation, fellowship by the sea, and a multifaceted exploration of THE LIVING WATER
Speakers:

• Dick Kelly, on ‘Water in Biblical Texts’
• Mary Gilbert, on ‘The Water of the World’
• Denise Hart, on ‘Protecting Water as a Spiritual Leading’
• Jeffrey Hipp, on ‘Quaker Experiences of Baptism”

 

Midwest Regional Gathering

NOW CONCLUDED
September 28-30, 2007 at First Friends Meeting, Richmond, Indiana
Theme: Finding The Prophetic Voice For Our Time: "Make love your aim, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy." -1 Corinthians 14 :1

 

FWCC 70th Anniversary Celebration

NOW CONCLUDED
Date: September 14-15, 2007
Location: Haverford College & Swarthmore Friends Meeting

 

22nd FWCC Triennial

NOW CONCLUDED
Date: August 10–19, 2007
Location: King’s Hospital (a boarding school), Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Theme: Finding the Prophetic Voice for our Time. Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy (1 Corinthians 14:1, NRSV). It is love, then, that you should strive for. Set your hearts on spiritual gifts, especially the gift of proclaiming God’s message ( 1 Corinthians 14:1, TEV-Good News for Modern Man).

 

The Basics of Consecutive and Simultaneous Interpretation

NOW CONCLUDED
Date: May 20–25, 2007
Location: Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana
Theme: A workshop for bilingual (English/Spanish) Friends in the Section of the Americas

 

Pacific Northwest Regional Gathering
NOW CONCLUDED

Yearly Meetings: Western Canadian, North Pacific, Alaska, Alaska Friends Conference, Northwest
Date: March 2-4, 2007
Location: Reedwood Friends Church, Portland, OR
Theme: Poverty, Compassion and Economic Justice

Southeast Regional Gathering
NOW CONCLUDED

Yearly meetings: Baltimore, North Carolina (FUM), North Carolina (Conservative), Southern Appalachian, Southeastern, Jamaica
Date: September 22–24, 2006
Location: Jamestown Friends Meeting, Jamestown, NC
Theme: Quakers Responding to Militarism at Home and Abroad

 

Lower Great Lakes Regional Gathering
NOW CONCLUDED

Yearly meetings: Lake Erie, Ohio, Wilmington, Central Canadian, Evangelical Friends Church Eastern Region
Date: September 29–October 1, 2006
Location: Quaker Heritage Center, Wilmington College, Wilmington, OH           

 

Northeast Regional Gathering
NOW CONCLUDED

Yearly meetings: Philadelphia, New England, New York, Eastern Canadian
Date: October 13–15, 2006
Location: Purchase Friends Meeting, Purchase, NY
Theme/Speaker: Being a Friend in Today’s World, addressed by Dan Seeger.  Dan is well known from work in many Friends’ organizations, and will draw on his notable experience working with FWCC

 

2006 Quaker Youth Pilgrimage
NOW CONCLUDED

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The next pilgrimage will take place summer 2008 in Europe.
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Quaker Conference Against Torture

Date: June 2-4, 2006
Location: Guilford College, Greensboro, NC
Offered by the Quaker Initiative to End Torture (QUIT)
Co-sponsored by FWCC and its Peace Issues Working Group
The purpose of the conference was to address concerns about torture by providing information and creating action for change.

 

21st Triennial, New Zealand

Date: January 16–25, 2004
This is the main decision making body for FWCC, worldwide. Representatives from all affiliated Yearly Meetings are eligible to participate, together with observers from other Friends organizations.