Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.9, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Friends World Committee for Consultation Section of the Americas ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://fwccamericas.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Sowing Seeds of Justice: Queries for 2027 Global Online FWCC Conference](https://fwccamericas.org/2026/06/04/sowing-seeds-of-justice-queries-for-2027-global-online-fwcc-conference) - From 29 September to 3 October 2027, FWCC is planning a Global Online Conference, Sowing Seeds of Justice. This collaborative, global space for spiritual grounding and discernment will support Yearly Meetings to act upon their 2024 World Plenary Meeting commitments to heal and repair relationships in the light of historic and continuing injustices: “We call - [FWCC joins consultation with organizations focused on Bolivia](https://fwccamericas.org/2025/11/08/fwcc-joins-consultation-with-organizations-focused-on-bolivia) - FWCC participated in a consultation between organizations interested in Bolivia, convened by the Bolivian Quaker Education Fund (BQEF). Goals of this consultation were to 1) Gain a more thorough understanding of the work of Quaker or Quaker-affiliated organizations located in the Global North working in solidarity with Bolivian partners 2) Explore our responses to the - [Hymn Contest Entries](https://fwccamericas.org/2025/10/30/hymn-contest-entries) - We are deeply grateful for the many heartfelt entries we received for our hymn contest. Each song reflected a deep faith and sincere devotion, reminding us of the light and love that inspire our Quaker community around the world. - [Sembrando Semillas de Justicia: Consultas para la Conferencia Mundial en Línea de CMCA (FWCC) 2027](https://fwccamericas.org/2026/06/04/sowing-seeds-of-justice-queries-for-2027-global-online-fwcc-conference) - Del 29 de septiembre al 3 de octubre de 2027, el CMCA está planificando una Conferencia Global en Línea, Sembrando Semillas de Justicia. Este espacio colaborativo y global para el fortalecimiento espiritual y el discernimiento apoyará a las Juntas Anuales a actuar conforme a los compromisos adquiridos en la Reunión Plenaria Mundial de 2024 para - [A Sermon in Wichita](https://fwccamericas.org/2024/11/14/a-sermon-in-wichita) - FWCC representatives from across the Americas– from diverse contexts, perspectives, and languages– met for worship in Wichita Kansas, and listened to a message on Amos 5:18-24 offered by University Friends pastor Charity Sandstrom about the daily work of our faith, which does not change, even as the political circumstances that we find ourselves in in - [FWCC Welcomes Sarah Katreen Hoggatt as Advancement Coordinator](https://fwccamericas.org/2025/02/21/fwcc-welcomes-sarah-katreen-hoggatt-as-advancement-coordinator) - Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) is pleased to announce that Sarah Katreen Hoggatt has joined our team as the Advancement Coordinator. In this role, Sarah will focus on fundraising, communications, and strengthening connections within the global Quaker community. With a deep commitment to Quaker values and extensive experience in communications and nonprofit leadership, Sarah - [Building the Future as Way Opens: Reflecting on our 2025 Section Meeting](https://fwccamericas.org/2025/04/16/building-the-future-as-way-opens-reflecting-on-our-2025-section-meeting) - From March 20–23, 2025, 145 Friends gathered in Scottsdale, Arizona and 30 more connected online for the FWCC Section of the Americas Meeting. We came from all across the Americas and beyond, including the largest Latin America delegation in recent memory. Friends traveled from their homes in Bolivia, Canada, Jamaica, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa - [Loving our Neighbours across the 49th Parallel: Conversation with Friends across our Common Border](https://fwccamericas.org/2025/06/13/loving-our-neighbours-across-the-49th-parallel-conversation-with-friends-across-our-common-border) - As a part of Canadian Yearly Meeting sessions, Glenn Morison of Winnipeg Monthly Meeting and Co-Clerk of the Representative Engagement Program Group of the Friends World Committee for Consultation, Section of the Americas, organized an online Special Interest Group on June 13, 2025 called:“Loving our Neighbours across the 49th Parallel: Conversation with Friends across our Common Border“After - [Young Adult Friends Section Meeting Retreat Report](https://fwccamericas.org/2025/06/17/young-adult-friends-section-meeting-retreat-report) - Young Adult Friends (YAFs, ages 18-35) serve a vital role in the health of the Quaker community. They carry the weighty responsibility of the future of Quakerism. They provide a bridge for Junior Friends to step into the larger Meeting. They bring energy and vibrance to gatherings. They steward what it means to be a - [“As Way Opens” Now Available!](https://fwccamericas.org/2025/10/16/as-way-opens-now-available) - “When the path ahead suddenly clears, will you be ready to step forward?”We are pleased to announce the publication of As Way Opens, a new collection of spiritual reflections born out of the FWCC Section of the Americas meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona, March 2025. This book is the first product of our newly formed partnership with Barclay - [Voices of Young Adult Friends](https://fwccamericas.org/2025/10/24/voices-of-young-adult-friends) - Hazel Guindon (Monteverde Friends Meeting) – Monteverde, Costa Rica As we continue learning how to expand as a faith community while including all voices, I want to express my deep appreciation for all the work being done—both locally and globally—to keep our diverse Quaker community alive. Currently, I am on Vancouver Island, worshiping with friends - [Sostengan en oración a la Junta Anual de Medio Oriente y a la Junta Anual de Cuba.](https://fwccamericas.org/2026/04/02/please-uphold-middle-east-yearly-meeting-and-cuba-yearly-meeting-in-prayer) - Como resultado directo de las decisiones de política y de los actos de guerra de la actual administración estadounidense, las sesiones anuales de dos Juntas Anuales de la Sociedad Religiosa de los Amigos han sido canceladas indefinidamente, lo cual constituye una ofensa directa a la libertad de expresión religiosa. La Junta Anual de Cuba tenía - [Please Uphold Middle East Yearly Meeting and Cuba Yearly Meeting in Prayer](https://fwccamericas.org/2026/04/02/please-uphold-middle-east-yearly-meeting-and-cuba-yearly-meeting-in-prayer) - As a direct result of policy decisions and acts of war by the current US administration, two Yearly Meeting sessions of the Religious Society of Friends have been indefinitely cancelled as a direct affront to freedom of religious expression. Cuba Yearly Meeting planned to meet in February, and Middle East Yearly Meeting planned to meet - [2026 Section Meeting Report](https://fwccamericas.org/2026/04/03/2026-section-meeting-report) - The 2026 Section Meeting, held online on March 21, 2026, brought over 300 Friends together under the theme “Love Your Neighbor.” In a time of division and fear, we started our time by spending time strengthening our community through shared conversation in home groups. Through discernment and careful consideration, we carried forward the business of - [Living Peace at Home and in the World](https://fwccamericas.org/2016/05/16/living-peace-at-home-and-in-the-world) - In the last month, I have had multiple opportunities to examine my privilege, my perspective and how I am working to promote inclusion in the work of the Friends World Committee.The Section of the Americas is vibrant and growing, and covers a broad swath of geography with many different versions of Quakerism. In the course - [Introducing the 2018 Traveling Ministry Corps – Spanish speakers!](https://fwccamericas.org/2017/12/14/introducing-the-2018-traveling-ministry-corps-spanish-speakers) - The Traveling Ministry Corps has named five new members from Central and South America, and they are preparing to serve your meeting or church. In January, the new cohort will meet in the City of Coroico, Bolivia for training.Get to know each of them, and invite them to share with your Yearly or Monthly meeting. - [Informe de la Reunión de Sección 2026](https://fwccamericas.org/2026/04/03/2026-section-meeting-report) - La Reunión de Sección 2026, celebrada en línea el 21 de marzo de 2026, reunió a más de 300 Amigos bajo el tema “Ama a tu prójimo.” En un tiempo de división y temor, comenzamos nuestro encuentro fortaleciendo nuestra comunidad a través de conversaciones compartidas en grupos domésticos. Mediante el discernimiento y la consideración cuidadosa, - [CMCA participa en una consulta con organizaciones centradas en Bolivia](https://fwccamericas.org/2025/11/08/fwcc-joins-consultation-with-organizations-focused-on-bolivia) - FWCC participó en una consulta entre organizaciones interesadas en Bolivia, convocada por el Fondo Cuáquero de Educación de Bolivia (BQEF). Los objetivos de esta consulta fueron: 1) Obtener una comprensión más profunda del trabajo de las organizaciones cuáqueras o afiliadas a los cuáqueros ubicadas en el Norte Global que trabajan en solidaridad con socios bolivianos; - [Un sermón de Wichita](https://fwccamericas.org/2024/11/14/a-sermon-in-wichita) - Mientras tanto, el domingo, representantes del CMCA de todas las Américas, de diversos contextos, perspectivas e idiomas, se reunieron para adorar en Wichita, Kansas, y escucharon un mensaje sobre Amós 5:18-24 ofrecido por la pastora de Amigos de la Universidad, Charity Sandstrom, sobre el trabajo diario de nuestra fe, que no cambia, incluso como lo - [Voces de Jóvenes Adultos Amigos](https://fwccamericas.org/2025/10/24/voices-of-young-adult-friends) - Hazel Guindon (Junta Mensual de Monteverde) – Monteverde, Costa Rica A medida que seguimos aprendiendo cómo expandirnos como comunidad de fe mientras incluimos todas las voces, quiero expresar mi profundo agradecimiento por todo el trabajo que se está realizando —tanto a nivel local como global— para mantener viva nuestra diversa comunidad cuaquera. Actualmente estoy en - [Ver la Tapicería – Videos HablAmigos](https://fwccamericas.org/es/2017/02/28/ver-la-tapiceria-videos-hablamigos) - Los videos “HablAmigos” (QuakerSpeak) patrocinados por el CMCA. Se han producido como un recurso valioso para los Amigos, con el objetivo de conocer las distintas ramas del Cuaquerismo. Escuchando en lenguas: Siendo bilingüe como una práctica Cuáquera Material de Educación Religiosa para “Escuchando en Lenguas” ¿Cuántos Cuáqueros hay en el mundo?Y ¿Dónde están? Material de - [Introduciendo el Cuerpo de Líderes Viajando en el Ministerio](https://fwccamericas.org/es/2017/06/27/introduciendo-el-cuerpo-de-lideres-viajando-en-el-ministerio) - Agustina CallejasDesde mi niñez me incline a la vida Cristiana. Me llevaron a la iglesia LOS AMIGOS donde aprendí muchos valores de hermandad y amor los cuales fundamentaron mi fe en nuestro señor Jesucristo. Participando en La Junta Mensual Nueva Jerusalén de la ciudad de La Paz. En mi adolescencia participe en un evento que - [CMCA y la Sostenabilidad](https://fwccamericas.org/es/2019/06/04/cmca-y-la-sostenabilidad) - ¿Cómo los Cuáqueros Enfocan el Trabajo de la Sostenibilidad? Este video de “HablAmigos” (QuakerSpeak), patrocinado por el CMCA, se enfoca en el trabajo que comenzó con el Llamado de Kabarak y resultó en nuestro Acta de Sostenibilidad de la Plenaria Mundial 2016 en Pisac, Perú.El video está en inglés, pero tiene subtitulos en español. Seleccione - [COVID-19 Recursos para Iglesias y Juntas](https://fwccamericas.org/es/2020/03/13/covid-19-recursos-para-iglesias-y-juntas) - 13 de Junio 2020 INELA Bolivia está organizando un taller en facebook: Las noticias sobre el virus COVID-19 están cambiando cada rato. Le recomendamos que consulte con las autoridades nacionales y locales sobre la situación en su área.Organización Mundial de la Salud (WHO)Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC)Recursos:Varias Juntas Anuales están publicando y compartiendo recursos para - [Oportunidades para adorar y conectar en linea](https://fwccamericas.org/es/2020/03/27/oportunidades-para-adorar-y-conectar-en-linea) - Queremos recordarles que ahora existen muchas oportunidades para adorar con otros hermanos, o con su propia iglesa o Junta Anual, o con hermanos de Juntas diferentes a la suya. Esta oportunidad la tenemos disponible ahora más que nunca en la Web. Las siguientes Iglesias están teniendo espacios de oración, transmitiendo servicios, consejería en tiempos de - [COVID-19 Recursos](https://fwccamericas.org/es/2020/03/31/covid-19-recursos) - Esperamos que encuentran útiles esta información y estos recursos.COVID-19 Recursos para Iglesias y JuntasOportunidades para la adoración en lineaRecursos para el cuidado pastoralInformación en inglés Una oración por nuestro tiempoQuerido Dios,Sabes que hemos sido creados para estar en comunidad, no para el confinamiento. Estamos siendo desafiados en este tiempo de aislamiento. Ayúdanos a encontrar nuevas formas - [Recursos para el cuidado pastoral](https://fwccamericas.org/es/2020/04/15/recursos-para-el-cuidado-pastoral) - La mayoría de los libros de disciplina de los cuáqueros, a veces conocidos como Fe y Práctica, tienen consejos prácticos y espirituales para lidiar con la muerte y el duelo. Es posible que su junta anual ya tenga un comité o grupo que explora cómo prestar servicio en este momento. Busque también recursos de apoyo - [Esperanza en Tiempos de Angustia](https://fwccamericas.org/es/2020/04/30/esperanza-en-tiempos-de-angustia) - ¡Ánimo!, no tengan miedo; soy yo. Mateo 14:27.Un grupo de hombres suben a una barca que repente es sacudida por las olas del mar; en medio de una noche incierta enfrentan el miedo, luego de experimentar el milagro; ahora, experimentan el miedo. El miedo es un sentimiento natural ante la incertidumbre, es una reacción de - [¿Qué es lo que Dios quiere de mí y de ti en esta cuarentena?](https://fwccamericas.org/es/2020/04/30/que-es-lo-que-dios-quiere-de-mi-y-de-ti-en-esta-cuarentena) - Les saludo en La Paz de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo. A todos los Amigos del mundoSé que muchos de ustedes están en un aislamiento preventivo, esto repercute en un tiempo de incertidumbre, quizás estés desesperado por querer salir o quizás la empresa donde trabajas va a quebrar, y ¡No sabes que harás! o tal vez estés en - [Paz en la Tormenta](https://fwccamericas.org/es/2020/05/29/paz-en-la-tormenta) - LECTURA BÍBLICA: JUAN 16:33El Señor Jesús en su ministerio, instruyó a los apostoles en la vida integral. Este pasaje nos ilustra esta verdad, cuando les dijo “En el mundo tendréis aflicción, pero confiad, yo he vencido al mundo”. Esta palabra es de esperanza, dijo para que en mi tengáis paz. En el momento en que vivimos, - [Perseverancia en medio de la Adversidad](https://fwccamericas.org/es/2020/05/29/perseverancia-en-medio-de-la-adversidad) - Mas el que persevere hasta el fin este será salvo. San Mateo 24:13Inmediatamente que terminé de caminar recibí un mensaje que decía !Bien, tu perseverancia es admirable! Llegue a la meta y la felicitación fue muy bien aceptada. Más el que persevere hasta el fin, este será salvo. La palabra de Dios es tan segura y - [Participaciones en el concurso de himnos](https://fwccamericas.org/2025/10/30/hymn-contest-entries) - Estamos profundamente agradecidos por las numerosas y sentidas participaciones que recibimos para nuestro concurso de himnos. Cada canción reflejó una fe profunda y una devoción sincera, recordándonos la luz y el amor que inspiran a nuestra comunidad cuáquera en todo el mundo. El himno ganador de este año es de Sandra Elizabeth Espinoza, de El - [Meeting Face to Face](https://fwccamericas.org/2016/03/28/meeting-face-to-face) - The Friends World Committee connects Friends face-to-face and heart-to-heart. We are continually looking for the best ways to do both. Read on for more information about our Traveling Ministry Corps and the next Section Meeting. Both will provide face-to-face opportunities for Friends to learn deeply from one another. Behind the scenes, we are also working - [Top 10 Reasons I Am a Quaker (Video)](https://fwccamericas.org/2016/10/20/top-10-reasons-i-am-a-quaker-video-2) - We are thrilled to share the newest installment of the FWCC Section of the Americas / QuakerSpeak series of videos, “Top 10 Reasons I Am a Quaker.” This video features Gregg Koskela, pastor of the Newberg Friends Church in Newberg, Oregon. Click on the picture to view the video at QuakerSpeak.com.Would you like to use these - [FWCC and Sustainability (Video)](https://fwccamericas.org/2016/12/08/fwcc-and-sustainability-video-2) - The December QuakerSpeak – FWCC partnership video focuses on the work that started with the Kabarak Call and led to our sustainability minute from the 2016 World Plenary in Pisac, Peru.The Kabarak Call for Peace and Ecojustice was approved on April 24, 2012 at the Sixth World Conference Friends, held at Kabarak University near Nakuru, - [Introducing the 2017 Traveling Ministry Corps](https://fwccamericas.org/2017/01/11/introducing-the-2017-traveling-ministry-corps-2) - Congratulations to the inaugural members of the FWCC Traveling Ministry Corps! In the 21st century, inter-visitation is an important way to realize our vision of a thriving and integrated network of Friends woven together in transformative faith.The South American members are Agustina Callejas, Estefany Vargas, and Hector Castro (National Evangelical Friends Church INELA Bolivia). The North - [Are You A Quaker? (Video)](https://fwccamericas.org/2017/01/17/are-you-a-quaker-video-2) - Our newest video is for anyone who has read about Quakers and realizes, “I think I’m a Quaker!” Click on the picture to view the video at QuakerSpeak.com.Share the video on your social media using this link: fdsj.nl/are-you-quakerSample tweet: Think you’re a #Quaker? Watch this video fdsj.nl/are-you-quakerWould you like to use these videos in your church or meeting’s - [Seeing the Tapestry – QuakerSpeak videos and curricula](https://fwccamericas.org/2017/03/08/seeing-the-tapestry-quakerspeak-videos-and-curricula) - Seeing the Tapestry – QuakerSpeak videos and curricula We are pleased to present all five of the QuakerSpeak – FWCC videos collected in one place, along with the Religious Education curricula that go along with each. We are so happy with how these videos turned out, and the success with which they have been greeted, - [Traveling Ministry Corps Prepares](https://fwccamericas.org/2017/04/12/traveling-ministry-corps-prepares) - “We send them forth on wings of love”: The FWCC Traveling Ministry Corps. by Chuck Schobert, Member of the 2016-17 Traveling Ministry Corps. There were seven of us. Four North Americans and three Bolivians. Evangelical and unprogrammed worship styles. Different languages. Cultures. Social attitudes. We spent just over two FULL days together learning about each - [Introducing the Traveling Ministry Corps](https://fwccamericas.org/2017/07/20/introducing-the-traveling-ministry-corps) - Debbie Humphries Prophetic ministryProphetic listeningUnwritten rules of unprogrammed QuakerismSpiritual wrestling practices for QuakersDeepening worship Debbie Humphries grew up Mormon and came to Quakerism in the early 1990s. Since then she has been a member of Ithaca (NY) Monthly Meeting, Charleston (WV) Monthly Meeting; and currently Hartford (CT) Monthly Meeting. She is currently clerk of the - [How a Gift Annuity Can Benefit You and FWCC](https://fwccamericas.org/2018/06/28/how-a-gift-annuity-can-benefit-you-and-fwcc-2) - Many Friends have expressed a desire to increase their financial support of FWCC but are uncertain whether they can afford to make a large gift. A gift annuity through the Mennonite Foundation or Friends Fiduciary Corporation is a great way to help the FWCC Section of the Americas while also securing your own financial future. - [A Tax-Saving Way to Support FWCC](https://fwccamericas.org/2018/08/10/a-tax-saving-way-to-support-fwcc) - If you are 70½ years old or older, you can take advantage of a simple way to support FWCC and reduce your taxable income at the same time, even if you don’t itemize your deductions on your tax return.At the end of 2015, legislation was enacted making the “IRA Charitable Rollover” a permanent gift option. - [Introducing Heather Gosse, New Operations Manager](https://fwccamericas.org/2018/10/11/introducing-heather-gosse-new-operations-manager) - Heather Gosse, our new bilingual Operations Manager, began October 3, 2018! She brings a wide variety of experiences from the business, educational, and Quaker worlds. Heather is a member of Monteverde Friends Meeting in Costa Rica, where she lived for almost ten years and where she was highly involved in the life of the Meeting. - [Search for new General Secretary for the World Office](https://fwccamericas.org/2020/03/09/search-for-new-general-secretary-for-the-world-office) - Gretchen Castle, FWCC General Secretary, steps down after eight years of service. It’s with heavy hearts that we are sharing the news that Gretchen Castle, who has been FWCC’s General Secretary in the World Office in London since 2012, is stepping down.Read Gretchen’s reflection on her time at FWCC to Friends worldwide.Read the FWCC Clerk’s, letter of acknowledgement - [COVID-19 Church and Meeting Resources](https://fwccamericas.org/2020/03/13/covid-19-church-and-meeting-resources) - The COVID-19 news is changing regularly. We advise you to check with your national and local health authorities regarding the situation in your area.CDC resources:GeneralKey FactsReducing StigmaWHO resourcesOpening Up Again:Advices and Queries for Reopening from Wilmington Yearly MeetingWise Steps Forward, thoughts from Jim Le Shana, General Superintendent of Northwest Yearly MeetingGuidance on Gathering In-Person from the Unitarian - [Online Worship](https://fwccamericas.org/2020/03/24/online-worship) - Thinking about experimenting with hybrid or blended MFW? Pendle Hill’s Hybrid Worship Experiment explains how they have set up worship to include both in person and online worshipers.Woodbrooke and Britain Yearly Meeting’s Thoughts on Blending Physical and Online Worship includes many possible options and suggestions.For online worship around the world:FWCC World Office listingEurope and the Middle East Section (languages - [Pastoral Care in the time of COVID-19](https://fwccamericas.org/2020/04/02/pastoral-care-in-the-time-of-covid-19) - Most Quaker books of discipline, sometimes known as Faith and Practice, have practical and spiritual advices for dealing with death and bereavement. Your yearly meeting may already have a committee of Friends exploring how to be of service in this time. Do seek out local support resources as well.Even professionally trained pastors may be overwhelmed - [Planning Online Annual Sessions: Ideas and Resources](https://fwccamericas.org/2020/05/08/planning-online-annual-sessions-ideas-and-resources) - Advice from those who have been there! Kat Griffith and Becky Marty, co-clerks of Northern Yearly Meeting shared this reflection, Toward a Friendly Zoom Liturgy. Thinking somewhat liturgically about our sessions brings out some of the rhythm, richness and depth of our time together. Here are some elements that we included (and a couple that in - [Hurricane Relief Efforts](https://fwccamericas.org/2021/01/13/hurricane-relief-efforts) - The impacts from hurricanes ETA and IOTA continue to affect our Central American neighbors, particularly in Nicaragua, Honduras, and Guatemala. Friends locally have been very active in relief efforts, though they are limited by funds.FWCC has been raising money to pass along to the Yearly Meetings doing this on-the-ground work. As of mid-January, FWCC has - [Communications Task List for December 2018-April 2019](https://fwccamericas.org/2018/12/06/communications-task-list-for-december-2018-april-2019) - The following are opportunities for volunteer service with FWCC Section of the Americas. If you are interested in working on any of the following, please email Robin Mohr, Executive Secretary. Project: Section Meeting Work with Ian Joyce of August Communications to promote the Section Meeting registration campaign on social media, including Facebook, Twitter and other platforms - [Young Adult Development fund applications due January 15](https://fwccamericas.org/2019/12/11/young-adult-development-fund-applications-due-january-15) - Applications to the Young Adult Development fund are due January 15 2020!This Fund was created from Quaker Youth Pilgrimage monies, and the hope is that it will generate similarly powerful experiences of deep spiritual connection and encouragement for Young Adult Friends.Please consider applying for events and projects that benefit and strengthen the network of Young - [Declaration of the Yearly Meeting of the Friends Church (Quakers) in Cuba](https://fwccamericas.org/2021/07/22/declaration-of-the-yearly-meeting-of-the-friends-church-quakers-in-cuba) - Peace is a desire and a necessity for all human beings. It is an essential condition for our personal and communal well-being. For the current moment in Cuba, marked by a crisis situation that affects the most sensitive areas of citizens’ lives, it is becoming something urgent.Quakers, inspired by the teachings of Jesus, also seek - [How to Conduct an Interview](https://fwccamericas.org/2021/08/31/how-to-conduct-an-interview) - 1. Before the interview a) Get your phone up and working and install Smart Voice Recording app.b) Arrange a time and place to meet the one to be interviewed- choose a time when the person being interviewed is most awake/alert if they are elderlyc) Make sure you arrive on time or slightly earlyd) Test the - [2020 US Religion Survey](https://fwccamericas.org/2021/10/20/2020-us-religion-survey) - Have you ever asked, “How many Quakers are there in the world? In the United States? And how do we really know?” Most years, FWCC Section of the Americas asks each yearly meeting in the Americas for their membership statistics. This data is used to produce a statistical map of Friends Around the World every five years. - [Cómo Realizar una Entrevista](https://fwccamericas.org/2021/08/31/how-to-conduct-an-interview) - 1. Antes de la entrevista a) Ponga su teléfono en funcionamiento e instale la aplicación Smart Voice Recording.b) Organice una hora y un lugar para reunirse con el entrevistado; elija un momento en el que la persona entrevistada esté más despierta / alerta si es una persona mayor.c) Asegúrese de llegar a tiempo o un - [Centros para la Reunión Plenaria Mundial del CMCA 2024](https://fwccamericas.org/2024/03/01/hubs-for-the-fwcc-world-plenary-meeting-2024) - La Reunión Plenaria Mundial (RPM) de 2024 se llevará a cabo presencialmente en Sudáfrica y también en línea. (Vea más información general sobre RPM y regístrese aquí) Algunos Amigos se unirán a RPM en línea como individuos y otros en grupos. Describimos a los grupos de personas que se unen al RPM (y las ubicaciones - [Informe del Retiro de la Sección de Amigos Jóvenes Adultos](https://fwccamericas.org/2025/06/17/young-adult-friends-section-meeting-retreat-report) - Los Amigos Jóvenes Adultos (AJA, de 18 a 35 años) desempeñan un papel vital en la salud de la comunidad cuáquera. Tienen la gran responsabilidad del futuro del cuaquerismo. Ofrecen un puente para que los Amigos Jóvenes se integren a la Reunión en general. Aportan energía y dinamismo a las reuniones. Son los guardianes de - [“As Way Opens” ¡Ya disponible!](https://fwccamericas.org/2025/10/16/as-way-opens-now-available) - Cuando el camino por delante se despeja de repente, ¿estás listo para dar el siguiente paso?Nos complace anunciar la publicación de Cuando el Camino se Abre (As Way Opens), una nueva colección de reflexiones espirituales nacida del encuentro de la Sección de las Américas de la FWCC celebrado en Scottsdale, Arizona, en marzo de 2025. - [Lista de Trabajos de Comunicaciones de Diciembre de 2018 a Abril de 2019](https://fwccamericas.org/2018/12/06/communications-task-list-for-december-2018-april-2019) - Las siguientes son oportunidades para el servicio voluntario en la Sección de las Américas del CMCA. Si está interesado en colaborar en alguno de los siguientes, envíe un correo electrónico a Robin Mohr, Secretaria Ejecutiva. Proyecto: Reunión de la Sección Trabajar con Ian Joyce de August Communications para promover la campaña de inscripciones de la - [Solicitudes aceptadas al Fondo de Desarrollo de Amigos Jóvenes Adultos hasta 15 enero](https://fwccamericas.org/2019/12/11/young-adult-development-fund-applications-due-january-15) - ¡La fecha límite para solicitudes al Fondo de Desarrollo de Amigos Jóvenes Adultos del CMCA es el 15 de enero, 2020!Este Fondo fue creado a partir de fondos de la Peregrinación Juvenil Cuáquera, y se espera que genere experiencias igualmente poderosas de profunda conexión espiritual para los Jóvenes Adultos dentro de la Sociadad de los - [Búsqueda para nuevo/a Secretario/a General para la Oficina Mundial](https://fwccamericas.org/2020/03/09/search-for-new-general-secretary-for-the-world-office) - Gretchen Castle, Secretaria General del CMCA, renunciará su puesto después de ocho años de servicio. Con gran pesar compartimos la noticia de que Gretchen Castle, quien ha sido Secretaria General del CMCA en la Oficina Mundial en Londres desde 2012, renunciará su puesto.Están invitados a leer su reflexión sobre su tiempo con CMCA a hermanos - [Reuniones Cara a Cara](https://fwccamericas.org/2016/03/28/meeting-face-to-face) - El Comité Mundial de Consulta de los Amigos conecta a los Amigos cara-a-cara y corazón-a-corazón. Siempre estamos buscando las mejores maneras de hacer ambas cosas. Siga leyendo para obtener más información acerca de nuestro Cuerpo de Líderes Viajando en el Ministerio y de la próxima Reunión de la Sección de las Américas. Ambos crearán espacios - [Transparency in Coverage Rule](https://fwccamericas.org/2022/06/30/transparency-in-coverage-rule) - TRANSPARENCY IN COVERAGE RULE This link leads to the machine-readable files that are made available in response to the federal Transparency in Coverage Rule and includes negotiated service rates and out-of-network allowed amounts between health plans and healthcare providers. The machine-readable files are formatted to allow researchers, regulators, and application developers to access and analyze - [Faithful Always: Transitions and Endings for Quaker Meetings](https://fwccamericas.org/2022/11/03/faithful-always-transitions-and-endings-for-quaker-meetings) - DOWNLOAD DOWNLOAD RESOURCES AND CONSULTATIONS WITH EMILY PROVANCE - [Declaración de la Junta Anual de la Iglesia Los Amigso Cuáqueros en Cúba](https://fwccamericas.org/2021/07/22/declaration-of-the-yearly-meeting-of-the-friends-church-quakers-in-cuba) - La paz es un anhelo y una necesidad para todos los seres humanos. Es una condición imprescindible para el bienestar personal y de los pueblos. Para el momento actual de Cuba, marcado por una situación de crisis que afecta las áreas más sensibles de la vida de los ciudadanos, se torna en algo urgente. Los - [Abriendo Caminos, Construyendo Destinos: Reflexionando sobre nuestra Reunión de la Sección 2025](https://fwccamericas.org/2025/04/16/building-the-future-as-way-opens-reflecting-on-our-2025-section-meeting) - Del 20 al 23 de marzo de 2025, 145 Amigos se reunieron en Scottsdale, Arizona y 30 más seconectaron en línea para la Reunión de la Sección de las Américas del CMCA. Vinimos de todaslas Américas y más allá, incluyendo la delegación más grande de América Latina en los últimosaños. Los Amigos viajaron desde sus - [Informe de trabajo CMCA-COAL y Right Sharing of World Resources](https://fwccamericas.org/2022/06/09/fwcc-coal-report-on-working-with-right-sharing-of-world-resources) - by Karen Gregorio de Calderon, Coordinadora COAL-CMCADurante la fecha del 23 al 29 de mayo 2022, estuvo de visita en Guatemala, la organización cuáquera Right Sharing of World Resources (Compartiendo Justamente los Recursos del Mundo). Con el objetivo de empezar a trabajar proyectos en Latinoamérica. Guatemala podría ser uno de los países para ser tomado - [Como el aceite de Getsemaní](https://fwccamericas.org/2023/05/02/as-oil-from-gethsemane) - Sobre la Amistad, y «Convirtiéndonos en los cuáqueros que el mundo necesita» Un mensaje pronunciado por Noah Merrill en la Reunión de la Sección Américas de la FWCC 2023 Descargar pdf imprimible en inglés o español Buenas tardes, Amigos,Me han dicho que poco después de yo nacer, mi madre me trajo a mi primera reunión - [Anuncio del Nuevo Secretario Ejecutivo del CMCA Sección de las Américas!](https://fwccamericas.org/2024/07/08/fwcc-americas-announces-new-executive-secretary) - “Me siento honrado por esta oportunidad de continuar sirviendo a la Iglesia de los Amigos a nivel internacional, comprometiéndome nuevamente a ser responsable, fiel y tener principios en la búsqueda de revelación continua juntos en nuestra familia global.” Evan WelkinJunta Anual del Pacifico Norte El Comité Mundial de Consulta de los Amigos, Sección de las - [Strengthening our Community of Friends: Visit to the Yearly Meetings of Bolivia](https://fwccamericas.org/2022/02/11/strengthening-our-community-of-friends-visit-to-the-yearly-meetings-of-bolivia) - By Karen Gregorio de Calderon, Coordinator of Latin American Programs In the month of January, God allowed us the privilege of making a visit to the affiliated yearly meetings of Bolivia, with the objective of strengthening our community and sharing the love of God that unites us. It was a wonderful experience to be able to - [Update on U.S. Religion Census](https://fwccamericas.org/2022/02/25/update-on-u-s-religion-census) - By Gilbert George, Operations Manager Every 10 years the American Association of Religious Statisticians takes a census of all the religious bodies in the United States. FWCC collects data on Quaker Meetings and Friends’ churches so that our presence, in all its multifaceted beauty, can be accurately included in the religious landscape. We want to thank - [FWCC-COAL Report on Working with Right Sharing of World Resources](https://fwccamericas.org/2022/06/09/fwcc-coal-report-on-working-with-right-sharing-of-world-resources) - by Karen Gregorio de Calderon, Coordinator for COAL-FWCCRight Sharing of World Resources (RSWR), a Quaker nonprofit, came to Guatemala from May 23-29, 2022 to investigate the potential for doing projects in Latin America and using Guatemala as a pilot project. For FWCC-COAL, it was beneficial for us to be a part of the working process - [Bogert Fund Announces 2022 Grant Recipients for Christian Mysticism Programs](https://fwccamericas.org/2022/07/13/bogert-fund-announces-2022-grant-recipients-for-christian-mysticism-programs) - “…I found the guidance and the shared times of reflection and silence profoundly reached me and recalled me to the recognition of the presence of the divine which is around me, within me always. This has been a lasting influence.” Pendle Hill Participant “…I learned to leave aside striving and to accept that simply being - [FWCC Census of Friends Shows Declines, but More Research is Needed](https://fwccamericas.org/2022/09/07/fwcc-census-of-friends-shows-declines-but-more-research-is-needed) - The Friends World Committee for Consultation collects membership data from yearly meetings around the world. Initial research from the most recent 2021 census suggests a decline of 24% in the number of Friends meetings and churches in the United States between 2010 and 2020. In addition, in that 10 year period there was a 12% - [Interactive World Quaker Map Project](https://fwccamericas.org/2022/10/17/interactive-world-quaker-map-project) - Current Project Status: Seeking ProposalsWe are accepting proposals in order to find a qualified source to provide a touch screen and mobile-friendly map of all countries where Friends are present, with statistics and stories and the locations of Quaker meetings and churches (and potentially other Quaker institutions), that would be cloud-based and accessible on screens - [Now Hiring: Quaker Census Data Researcher – Remote Worker](https://fwccamericas.org/2023/04/17/now-hiring-quaker-census-data-researcher-remote-worker) - Update: This work is completed. Thanks for your interest! The goal of this grant funded project is to analyze data on Quakers in the US collected in the 2020 US Religion Census in order to find Meetings/Churches that have closed since 2010 (or which may have been erroneously not included in the census data), correct - [Hubs for the FWCC World Plenary Meeting 2024](https://fwccamericas.org/2024/03/01/hubs-for-the-fwcc-world-plenary-meeting-2024) - The 2024 World Plenary Meeting (WPM) will take place on site in South Africa and online. (See more general information about the WPM and register here) Some Friends will join the WPM online as individuals, and others in groups. We are describing groups of people joining the WPM (and the locations they are joining from) as hubs. Everyone who plans to - [FWCC Americas announces new Executive Secretary!](https://fwccamericas.org/2024/07/08/fwcc-americas-announces-new-executive-secretary) - “I am honored for this opportunity to continue to serve the Religious Society of Friends on an international level, recommitting myself to be accountable, faithful and principled in seeking continuing revelation together in our global family.” Evan WelkinNorth Pacific Yearly Meeting The Friends World Committee for Consultation, Section of the Americas—the global fellowship association for - [Friends World Committee for Consultation Receives $1.125 Million Grant for Quaker Connect](https://fwccamericas.org/2024/05/21/friends-world-committee-for-consultation-receives-1-125-million-grant-for-quaker-connect) - The Friends World Committee for Consultation, Section of the Americas—the global fellowship association for the Religious Society of Friends—has received a $1.125 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Thriving Congregations Initiative to help establish Quaker Connect, a program designed to reinvigorate the Quaker movement. FWCC Americas recently hired Jade Rockwell as the program director. Jade - [A Midwest Regional Gathering](https://fwccamericas.org/2022/10/12/a-midwest-regional-gathering) - by Luanne HageeFriends, if there is one thing I have learned the last two and a half years is that I must be patient (near impossible for me) and that patience pays off.It was way back in March of 2019 during the FWCC-SOA Section Meeting near Kansas City, Missouri members of the Midwest Region (Illinois - [#GIVEQUAKER this Giving Tuesday](https://fwccamericas.org/2022/11/10/givequaker-this-giving-tuesday) - Every Friend knows or is involved with a Quaker nonprofit. This Giving Tuesday, we’re asking Quaker organizations to come together and raise awareness of all Quaker nonprofits that need fundraising support.If you are involved in a Quaker nonprofit, please ask them to post on their social media feeds a message of either giving to the - [Conservative Quakers Raise Cattle Sustainably in Bolivia](https://fwccamericas.org/2016/12/13/conservative-quakers-raise-cattle-sustainably-in-bolivia-2) - We met Neva and Grant Kaufmann at World Plenary of Friends in Peru and were fascinated by their story. The Kaufmans have lived in Bolivia for several decades but they are not typical Bolivian Friends. They are Conservative Friends who moved to Bolivia from Iowa twenty years ago and became cattle ranchers. They live as - [As Oil from Gethsemane](https://fwccamericas.org/2023/05/02/as-oil-from-gethsemane) - On Friendship, and “Becoming the Quakers the World Needs” A message given by Noah Merrill at the FWCC Americas 2023 Section Meeting Download printable pdf in English or Spanish Good evening, Friends.Just after I was born, I am told, my mother brought me to my first meeting for worship. She used to say that I had attended many ## Pages - [Friends World Committee for Consultation, Section of the Americas](https://fwccamericas.org/) - Friends World Committee for Consultation, Section of the Americas connects Quakers across cultures and traditions through worship, dialogue, and shared witness. - [Comité Mundial de Consulta de los Amigos, Sección de las Américas](https://fwccamericas.org/) - El Comité Mundial de Consulta de los Amigos — Sección de las Américas conecta a los cuáqueros a través de culturas y tradiciones mediante la adoración, el diálogo y el testimonio compartido. - [Guía de Reuniones Anuales Cuáqueras | Encuentra Amigos cerca de tí](https://fwccamericas.org/yearlymeetings) - Explora las reuniones anuales cuáqueras en América del Norte, Central y del Sur. Encuentra comunidades de Amigos, conecta con otros cuáqueros y participa en la vida espiritual compartida. - [Quaker Yearly Meetings Guide | Find Friends Near You](https://fwccamericas.org/yearlymeetings) - Explore Quaker Yearly Meetings across North, Central, and South America. Find Friends communities, connect with local meetings, and discover opportunities for worship, collaboration, and spiritual growth. - [Make a Difference – Donate to FWCC Americas Today](https://fwccamericas.org/donate) - Support the powerful work of the Friends World Committee for Consultation – Section of the Americas. Your donation fuels Quaker peacebuilding, fellowship, global connection, and spiritual enrichment. Give now to empower community, nurture unity, and help transform lives across the world! - [Discover Quakerism | Friends World Committee](https://fwccamericas.org/explore) - Discover what Quakers believe and how Friends connect across the Americas. Explore Quaker faith, worship, testimonies, and global community through FWCC Americas. - [Quaker Thought & Reflections | Faith, Worship & Insights](https://fwccamericas.org/thought) - Explore Quaker thought through spiritual reflections, faith perspectives, and insights from Friends across the Americas. Discover inspiration for worship, personal growth, and deeper connection. - [Ask a Friend a Question–Connect with Quaker Wisdom & Support](https://fwccamericas.org/ask) - Have burning questions about Quaker faith, community, or spiritual practice? Ask a Friend a Question and receive thoughtful, caring answers from volunteers at the Friends World Committee for Consultation – Section of the Americas. Connect heart-to-heart, explore Quaker life, and deepen your understanding today! - [FWCC Americas Leadership – Dedicated to Community & Service](https://fwccamericas.org/leadership) - Meet the passionate leadership team of Friends World Committee for Consultation – Section of the Americas — committed to guiding Quaker fellowship, peacebuilding, and global connection. Learn about the dedicated people behind our mission and be inspired by their service, vision, and heart. - [Quaker Glossary | Friends Terminology Explained](https://fwccamericas.org/glossary) - Explore key Quaker terms and definitions in the FWCC Americas glossary. Learn the meaning of common Friends vocabulary, faith practices, and Quaker traditions in English and Spanish. - [Eventos de la comunidad Cuáquera: expande tu espíritu y tus conexiones](https://fwccamericas.org/events) - ¡Explore los próximos eventos, encuentros, talleres y conferencias cuáqueras con el FWCC Américas! Conéctese con Amigos de toda la región para la renovación espiritual, la comunión y la acción significativa. Encuentre fechas, lugares y oportunidades inspiradoras para crecer, aprender y celebrar la comunidad. La información del Comité Mundial de Consulta de los Amigos se encuentra en nuestra página de Noticias. - [Quaker Community Events – Expand Your Spirit & Connections](https://fwccamericas.org/events) - Explore upcoming Quaker events, gatherings, workshops, and conferences with FWCC Americas! Connect with Friends across the region for spiritual renewal, fellowship, and meaningful action. Find dates, locations, and inspiring opportunities to grow, learn, and celebrate community. - [Encuentre publicaciones Cuáqueras | Libros, PDF y materiales de estudio](https://fwccamericas.org/publications) - Explore una amplia biblioteca de publicaciones cuáqueras, que incluye libros, folletos y archivos PDF descargables. Realice búsquedas por tema, idioma, autor y año para encontrar recursos para el estudio, la adoración y el crecimiento espiritual. - [Pensamiento y reflexiones Cuáqueras | Fe, culto y reflexiones](https://fwccamericas.org/thought) - Explora el pensamiento cuáquero a través de reflexiones espirituales, perspectivas de fe y visiones de los Amigos de todo el continente americano. Descubre inspiración para la adoración, el crecimiento personal y una conexión más profunda. - [Acerca del FWCC de las Américas – Misión, visión y corazón Cuáqueros](https://fwccamericas.org/about) - Conozca el Comité Mundial de Consulta de los Amigos – Sección de las Américas, una vibrante organización cuáquera dedicada a unir a los Amigos a través de culturas, tradiciones y regiones, desde el Ártico hasta los Andes. Nuestra misión se fundamenta en responder al llamado de Dios al amor universal, reuniendo a los cuáqueros en la adoración, la comunicación y la consulta para expresar su herencia compartida y profundizar la comunión espiritual en todo el hemisferio. - [Últimas noticias e historias cuáqueras – Actualizaciones de FWCC de las Américas](https://fwccamericas.org/news) - Manténgase conectado con las últimas noticias, historias y actualizaciones cuáqueras del Comité Mundial de Consulta de los Amigos – Sección de las Américas. Explore artículos inspiradores sobre iniciativas de paz, eventos de la comunidad global, reflexiones espirituales, proyectos de gran impacto y las voces de Amigos que están marcando la diferencia en toda la región. - [Intervisitación Cuáquera | Ministerio itinerante por las Américas](https://fwccamericas.org/traveling) - Descubre el ministerio itinerante cuáquero y cómo los Amigos visitan, apoyan y fortalecen comunidades en las Américas. Conecta a través del culto compartido y el acompañamiento espiritual. - [Haz una pregunta a un Amigo — Conecta con la sabiduría y el apoyo cuáqueros.](https://fwccamericas.org/ask) - ¿Tienes preguntas urgentes sobre la fe, la comunidad o la práctica espiritual cuáquera? Hazle una pregunta a un Amigo y recibe respuestas reflexivas y afectuosas de parte de voluntarios del Comité Mundial de Consulta de los Amigos – Sección de las Américas. ¡Conecta de corazón a corazón, explora la vida cuáquera y profundiza tu comprensión hoy mismo! - [Glosario Cuáquero | Terminología de los Amigos explicada](https://fwccamericas.org/glossary) - Explora términos y definiciones clave del cuakerismo en el glosario del FWCC Américas. Aprende el significado del vocabulario común de los Amigos, las prácticas de fe y las tradiciones cuáqueras, tanto en inglés como en español. - [Haz un impacto: formas de colaborar con la Comunidad Cuáquera](https://fwccamericas.org/getinvolved) - ¡Descubre formas poderosas de involucrarte con el Comité Mundial de Consulta de los Amigos – Sección de las Américas! Únete a actividades cuáqueras significativas, oportunidades de voluntariado, iniciativas de paz y proyectos comunitarios que inspiran conexión, servicio e impacto global. ¡Emprende acciones que marcan la diferencia y crece junto a los Amigos hoy mismo! - [Liderazgo de la CMCA en las Américas – Dedicado a la Comunidad y al Servicio](https://fwccamericas.org/leadership) - Conozca al apasionado equipo de liderazgo de la CMCA – Sección de las Américas — comprometido con guiar la fraternidad cuáquera, la construcción de la paz y la conexión global. Descubra a las personas dedicadas detrás de nuestra misión y déjese inspirar por su servicio, visión y corazón. - [Descubre el Cuáquerismo | Comité Mundial de los Amigos](https://fwccamericas.org/explore) - Descubre qué creen los cuáqueros y cómo se conectan los Amigos a lo largo de las Américas. Explora la fe, el culto, los testimonios y la comunidad global cuáquera a través del FWCC Américas. - [Conéctese con Amigos Cuáqueros de todo el mundo – Directorio de FWCC Américas](https://fwccamericas.org/findfriends) - Encuentra reuniones cuáqueras y comunidades de Amigos en las Américas. Conecta con cuáqueros cerca de ti y descubre oportunidades para el culto, la comunidad y el crecimiento espiritual. - [Trabaja con corazón: únete al equipo de FWCC de las Américas](https://fwccamericas.org/jobs) - ¡Explore oportunidades profesionales significativas en el Comité Mundial de Consulta de los Amigos – Sección de las Américas! Únase a un equipo impulsado por una misión, dedicado a la hermandad cuáquera, la conexión global, la construcción de la paz y el impacto comunitario. Encuentre empleos que alineen su pasión con un propósito y ayuden a fortalecer la vida cuáquera en todas las Américas. - [Marca la diferencia: done hoy a FWCC Americas](https://fwccamericas.org/donate) - Apoye la poderosa labor del Comité Mundial de Consulta de los Amigos – Sección de las Américas. Su donación impulsa la construcción de la paz, la comunión, la conexión global y el enriquecimiento espiritual cuáqueros. ¡Done ahora para empoderar a la comunidad, fomentar la unidad y ayudar a transformar vidas en todo el mundo! - [About FWCC Americas – Quaker Mission, Vision & Heart](https://fwccamericas.org/about) - Learn about the Friends World Committee for Consultation – Section of the Americas, a vibrant Quaker organization dedicated to uniting Friends across cultures, traditions, and regions from the Arctic to the Andes. Our mission is rooted in answering God’s call to universal love by bringing Quakers together in worship, communication, and consultation to express shared heritage and deepen spiritual fellowship across the hemisphere. - [Legacy Society | Planned Giving & Quaker Impact](https://fwccamericas.org/legacysociety) - Join the FWCC Legacy Society through planned giving and leave a lasting impact on Quaker connections across the Americas. Support future generations through faithful, meaningful giving. - [Quaker Visitation | Traveling Ministry Across the Americas](https://fwccamericas.org/traveling) - Learn about traveling in the Quaker ministry and how Friends visit, support, and connect with communities across the Americas. Explore opportunities for spiritual connection and shared worship. - [Our Impact | Quaker Work Across the Americas](https://fwccamericas.org/impact) - Discover the impact of FWCC Americas in connecting Quakers across cultures and countries. See how Friends are building community, fostering unity, and living out their faith in action. - [QuakerSpeak Videos | Quaker Beliefs & Stories Explained](https://fwccamericas.org/quakerspeak) - Watch QuakerSpeak videos to learn about Quaker beliefs, worship, and daily life. Hear real stories and perspectives from Friends across the world and explore the Quaker faith. - [Find Quaker Publications | Books, PDFs & Study Materials](https://fwccamericas.org/publications) - Browse a rich library of Quaker publications, including books, pamphlets, and downloadable PDFs. Search by topic, language, author, and year to find resources for study, worship, and spiritual growth. - [Latest Quaker News & Stories – FWCC Americas Updates](https://fwccamericas.org/news) - Stay connected with the latest Quaker news, stories, and updates from the Friends World Committee for Consultation – Section of the Americas. Explore inspiring articles about peace initiatives, global community events, spiritual reflections, impactful projects, and the voices of Friends making a difference across the region. - [Explore Quaker Heritage & Impact – FWCC Americas Legacy](https://fwccamericas.org/legacy) - Explore the rich and inspiring legacy of Friends World Committee for Consultation – Section of the Americas, where generations of Quakers have worked together to build bridges of peace, unity, and global fellowship. This page celebrates the history, vision, and enduring impact of Friends who have dedicated their lives to connecting Quaker meetings, fostering spiritual deepening, and amplifying a faith-rooted commitment to justice and community. - [Work With Heart – Join the FWCC Americas Team](https://fwccamericas.org/jobs) - Explore meaningful career opportunities at Friends World Committee for Consultation – Section of the Americas! 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Este es un tiempo para conectarnos en comunidad, compartir conversaciones y continuar con - [Section Meeting 2027 - Syracuse, Indiana](https://fwccamericas.org/event/section-meeting-2027-syracuse-indiana) - Save the date! Friends from across the Americas are warmly invited to gather in-person and online for the 2026 Section Meeting at Quaker Haven Camp in Syracuse, Indiana, USA from March 18-21, 2027. This is a time to connect in community, share conversation, and carry forward the business of FWCC as we listen deeply to - [Día Mundial Cuáquero](https://fwccamericas.org/event/world-quaker-day-2) - Reserva la fecha para el Día Mundial Cuáquero. El tema para el Día Mundial Cuáquero, el domingo 4 de octubre de 2026, será Que la paz esté entre nosotros. En tiempos en los que la crisis ambiental y el conflicto, las falsedades y la injusticia parecen dominar, veamos qué puede hacer la paz, tanto a - [World Quaker Day](https://fwccamericas.org/event/world-quaker-day-2) - Save the date for World Quaker Day! The theme for World Quaker Day, Sunday, October 4, 2026, will be Let Peace Be Among Us.In times when environmental crisis and conflict, untruths and unfairness seem to dominate, let us see what peace can do – both through our words and as ‘doers of the word’ (James 1:22). - [Reunión de amigos adultos jóvenes - diciembre del 2025](https://fwccamericas.org/event/december-2025-young-adult-friends-gathering) - INVITACIÓN ESPECIAL PARA LOS AMIGOS JÓVENES! El día Sábado 6 de Diciembre se tiene programada la segunda reunión virtual para jóvenes! Este es un espacio, creado para compartir un momento de adoración, conversación y reflexión para todos los Amigos Jóvenes Adultos de la Sección de las Américas. Si usted tiene entre 18 a 35 años, - [Encuentro de Jóvenes Amigos (En línea)](https://fwccamericas.org/event/march20256young-adult-friends-gathering-online) - ¿Eres un joven adulto o conoces a algún Joven Amigo que disfrutaría un tiempo de conexión con otros JAF de nuestra Sección?El sábado 21 de marzo, los jóvenes adultos se reunirán para un tiempo de adoración y conversación inmediatamente después de la Reunión de Sección (utilizando el mismo enlace en línea). Este es un grupo - [Young Adult Friends Gathering (Online)](https://fwccamericas.org/event/march20256young-adult-friends-gathering-online) - Are you a young adult or do you know a young adult Friend who would enjoy a time of connecting with other YAFs around our Section?On Saturday, March 21, young adults are gathering together for worship and conversation directly after Section Meeting (using the same online link). This is a group that has been meeting - [Reunión de sección (solo en línea)](https://fwccamericas.org/event/section-meeting-online-only) - Reunión de la Sección de las Américas de la CMCA en líneaFecha: sábado, 21 de marzo de 2026Hora: 16:00 (UTC) Haga clic aquí para consultar su hora local. CHaga clic aquílick here to find your local time.Pacífico (EE. UU.): 9:00 a. m.Zona horaria de las Montañas Rocosas (Estados Unidos), Ciudad de México y Guatemala/El Salvador/Costa - [Section Meeting (Online Only)](https://fwccamericas.org/event/section-meeting-online-only) - FWCC Section of the Americas Online Section MeetingDate: Saturday, March 21, 2026Time: 4:00 pm (UTC) Click here to find your local time.Pacific (US): 9:00 amMountain (US), Mexico City, and Guatemala / El Salvador / Costa Rica: 10:00 amCentral (US/CAN): 11:00 amEastern (US/CAN) & Bolivia: 12:00 pmAtlantic (CAN/Caribbean): 1:00 pmArgentina / Chile / Uruguay / Brazil - [December 2025 Young Adult Friends Gathering](https://fwccamericas.org/event/december-2025-young-adult-friends-gathering) - SPECIAL INVITATION FOR YOUNG ADULT FRIENDS The second virtual meeting for young adult friends is scheduled for Saturday, December 6th! This is a space created to share a moment of worship, conversation, and reflection for all Young Adult Friends across the Americas. If you are between 18 and 35 years old, we invite you to check the - [Presentación y recorrido del Glosario Digital](https://fwccamericas.org/es/event/presentacion-y-recorrido-del-glosario-digital) - Miércoles, 17 de diciembre de 2025Alaska: 3:00 PMPacífico: 4:00 PMMontaña: 5:00 PMCentral / América Central / Ciudad de México: 6:00 PMEste / Colombia / Perú / Ecuador / Cuba: 7:00 PMTerranova: 8:30 PMAtlántico / Caribe / Venezuela / Bolivia: 8:00 PMArgentina / Chile / Uruguay / Brasil (UTC-3): 9:00 PM¡Únete a nosotros para celebrar el lanzamiento oficial de nuestro nuevo Glosario Digital Español–Inglés! Tras - [Día Mundial de los Cuáqueros 2025](https://fwccamericas.org/event/world-quaker-day) - El tema del Día Mundial de los Cuáqueros, el domingo 5 de octubre de 2025, será Amar a tu prójimo con el pasaje bíblico de apoyo Gálatas 5:14: “Porque toda la ley en este solo mandamiento se resume: “Ama a tu prójimo como a ti mismo”. En tiempos en que la crisis ambiental, los conflictos, - [Culto Mundial en Línea – Sección de las Américas](https://fwccamericas.org/event/global-online-worship-section-of-the-americas) - 11 octubre 2025 Tema: “Ama a tú prójimo” Gálatas 5:14 15:30 h Pacífico USA 16:30 h Centroamérica/CDMX-México/Montaña USA 17:30 h Centro USA/ Jamaica 18:30 h /Bolivia/Cuba./ Este USA Le invitamos cordialmente a que se una con nosotros a celebrar Un servicio Mundial, el sábado 11 de octubre de 2025, organizado por la Sección de las - [Culto Inaugural de la Jornada por los 125 años del cuaquerismo cubano](https://fwccamericas.org/es/event/culto-inaugural-de-la-jornada-por-los-125-anos-del-cuaquerismo-cubano) - Culto Inaugural de la Jornada por los 125 años del cuaquerismo cubano.Tiempo no sólo de contar la historia, sino de hacer Historia.Este domingo, en la amada Junta Mensual de Holguín, daremos inicio a la Celebración por los 125 años del Cuaquerismo cubano Fecha : 9 Noviembre Hora : 10 a.m (Cuba) Plataforma : YouTubeEstamos convidando a la comunidad - [Reunión de amigos adultos jóvenes](https://fwccamericas.org/event/young-adult-friends-gathering-on-zoom) - El día Sábado 6 de Diciembre se tiene programada la segunda reunión virtual para jóvenes! Este es un espacio, creado para compartir un momento de adoración, conversación y reflexión para todos los Amigos Jóvenes Adultos de la Sección de las Américas.Si usted tiene entre 18 a 35 años, le invitamos a consultar el horario para - [World Quaker Day](https://fwccamericas.org/event/world-quaker-day) - The theme for World Quaker Day, Sunday 5 October 2025, will be Love your neighbor with the supporting Bible passage Galatians 5:14: ‘For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”’ In times when environmental crisis and conflict, untruths and unfairness seem to dominate, let us see what - [Global Online Worship- Section of the Americas](https://fwccamericas.org/event/global-online-worship-section-of-the-americas) - October 11, 2025 Theme “Love Your Neighbor” 3:30pm Pacific 4:30pm Mountain/Central America 5:30pm Central USA/ Jamaica 6:30pm for Eastern/Bolivia/Cuba. You are warmly invited to a special worldwide worship gathering on Saturday, October 11, 2025, hosted by the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) Section of the Americas. No matter where you live or how you - [Young Adult Friends Gathering on Zoom](https://fwccamericas.org/event/young-adult-friends-gathering-on-zoom) - Young Adult Friends from the Section of the Americas are gathering virtually to worship together and get to know each other across borders as well as discern work we can accomplish as a community. This event will occur on Saturday, September 6th and begins at:11AM Hawaii12PM Alaska1PM Pacific Standard Time2PM Mountain Time/Arizona3PM Central Time/CDMX4PM Eastern/Bogotá/Lima5PM La Paz/San Juan/Santiago6PM ## Publications - [La Intervisitación](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/la-intervisitacion) - Mensaje dado en la Reunión Anual del CMCA-Sección de las Américas de 2008. Habla de cómo la intervisitación impacta nuestra vida y la de nuestras juntas mensuales. - [There is a Spirit: the Nayler Sonnets/Hay un Espiritu: los Sonetos de James Nayler](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/there-is-a-spirit-the-nayler-sonnets-hay-un-espiritu-los-sonetos-de-james-nayler) - Bilingual edition of the well-known Nayler Sonnets by Boulding, with short essays about who K. Boulding and J. Nayler were./Edición bilingüe de los Sonetos de James Nayler por Kenneth Boulding, con ensayos breves que dicen quienes fueron K. Boulding y J. Nayler. - [There is a Spirit: the Nayler Sonnets/Hay un Espiritu: los Sonetos de James Nayler](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/there-is-a-spirit-the-nayler-sonnets-hay-un-espiritu-los-sonetos-de-james-nayler) - Bilingual edition of the well-known Nayler Sonnets by Boulding, with short essays about who K. Boulding and J. Nayler were./Edición bilingüe de los Sonetos de James Nayler por Kenneth Boulding, con ensayos breves que dicen quienes fueron K. Boulding y J. Nayler. - [Today Was the Future Yesterday](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/today-was-the-future-yesterday) - Talk given to Ohio Valley YM, August, 1989. Historical context and reflections on the Quaker movement in both the 1600s and the 20th century. - [Spreading the Kingdom of God, Without Words/Extendiendo el Reino de Dios, sin palabras](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/spreading-the-kingdom-of-god-without-words-extendiendo-el-reino-de-dios-sin-palabras) - Talk given at the World Conference of Friends in Honduras in 1991; the story of a man who came to Christ and' had his life transformed in many ways. - [William Penn and the Poetry of Sorrow](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/william-penn-and-the-poetry-of-sorrow) - An essay on grief as expressed by Penn. Written by a Friend who was chosen to become the tutor of the crown prince of Japan, the now-emperor Akihito. - [Crystals and the Breath of God](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/crystals-and-the-breath-of-god) - Astronomer recalls with awe a spectacular natural event that happened when he was a schoolboy. - [In Prison--Yet Free](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/in-prison-yet-free) - A German Friend who was imprisoned by the Nazis for not cooperating with their hateful laws describes how the women in her prison tried to encourage each other and be kind. - [Righteousness & Self-Righteousness](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/righteousness-self-righteousness) - Talk by Friend from Ohio Valley YM to North Pacific YM in 1994. A meditation on righteousness, and how many religious people confuse it with self-righteousness; we all need to be more loving in our spiritual life and witness. - [Military Service and Conscientious Objection](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/military-service-and-conscientious-objection) - Friend from Baltimore YM and the Center on Conscience and War in Washington describes what conscientious objection to war is and gives a historical perspective extending into the 21st century. - [Drawing on Sources Eternal](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/drawing-on-sources-eternal) - Lectures given on the occasion of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Religious Society of Friends in 1947 - [Drawing on Sources Eternal](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/drawing-on-sources-eternal) - Lectures given on the occasion of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Religious Society of Friends in 1947 - [The Riches That Are Possible](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/the-riches-that-are-possible) - Talk given at Northeast Regional Gathering in 1991; a native Canadian, Inuit, from Eastern Canada speaks about her life and culture. - [Let Us Then Try What Love Can Do...at the UN?](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/let-us-then-try-what-love-can-do-at-the-un) - Description of the work of QUNO, mostly from a New York office perspective. - [To Do Nothing](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/to-do-nothing) - In “To Do Nothing,” Tina Coffin reflects on moments when she ignored spiritual promptings to act compassionately, only to realize later that inaction itself can be a form of harm. The essay emphasizes listening to the Spirit’s nudges and courageously responding, even when social discomfort or self-doubt makes action difficult. - [Peacemaking: Public & Private](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/peacemaking-public-private) - British Friend speaking at a university in Canada in 1978, about working for peace and justice in the world at large and in our own lives, families, and so on. - [Finding the Prophetic Voice---](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/finding-the-prophetic-voice) - Talk at FWCC Triennial in Ireland (2007). Looking for guidance in the Bible for how Friends in the 21st century can stay faithful, witness to our faith, and work to make the world better. - [The Workings of Jesus Christ in the Life of R.M.E.](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/the-workings-of-jesus-christ-in-the-life-of-r-m-e) - A British Friend who moved to South Africa and married there describes her spiritual journey to live according to Christ's teachings and oppose racism and apartheid. - [God's Presence in Trauma](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/gods-presence-in-trauma) - Article from Quaker Life. Friends pastor from Indiana YM who works with prisoners describes when her home was invaded by an escaped prisoner and how she stayed spiritually centered. - [Variations on a Theme by Fox](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/variations-on-a-theme-by-fox) - Talk given at New England YM in 1994; Mexican Friend, long-time staff member of FWCC, describes Latin American Friends, gives a little of their history, and particularly appreciates the music in their worship services. - [Tribute to a Peacemaker/WaitingintheLight.blogspot.com: Selected entries from Tom Fox's Blog](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/tribute-to-a-peacemaker-waitinginthelight-blogspot-com-selected-entries-from-tom-foxs-blog) - Selections from the web log of Tom Fox, who was killed in Iraq while serving with Christian Peacemaker Teams. Introduced by Florence Fullerton. - [Teach Me Your Way, Oh Lord](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/teach-me-your-way-oh-lord) - Bible study presented at Sunday morning worship at the 21st Triennial of FWCC in New Zealand; looking for lessons in the Bible on how to be faithful witnesses to our faith in the 21st century. - [Instruments of Peace and Love in the Hands of God](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/instruments-of-peace-and-love-in-the-hands-of-god) - Chapter from book "Walk Worthy of Your Calling." Cuban pastor's short history of what life was like in Cuba YM in the 1960s and 70s and how he came to the ministry. - [On the Way to Harmony: The Spiritual Disciplines of a Christian Reconciling Ministry](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/on-the-way-to-harmony-the-spiritual-disciplines-of-a-christian-reconciling-ministry) - Keynote Address to FWCC-SOA Annual Meeting, Greensboro, 2001. Friend from New England YM describes her work with the World Council of Churches, seeking common ground with other Christians from around the world. - [Conversations from the Heartland](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/conversations-from-the-heartland) - Friends Journal article: Midwestern "liberal-type" Friend who home schools her children describes her communication with other home-schooling mothers who are fundamentalist Christians, and efforts to find common spiritual ground. - [To Each Is Given the Manifestation of the Spirit for the Common Good](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/to-each-is-given-the-manifestation-of-the-spirit-for-the-common-good) - Message given at FWCC Section of the Americas Annual Meeting, 2006, Chiquimula, Guatemala on a theme from Romans chapter 12 about varieties of spiritual gifts. - [Kicked by God](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/kicked-by-god) - Korean Friend describes his life and his conversion to Christianity and then Quakerism. - [Swallowing Fenceposts: Some Lessons from the Quaker Past](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/swallowing-fenceposts-some-lessons-from-the-quaker-past) - [The Gift of God Which Is Within Thee](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/the-gift-of-god-which-is-within-thee) - Reprints from three Friends publications. Inspirational stories about how Friends live out their faith and help others. - [Darkness Is as Light with Thee](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/darkness-is-as-light-with-thee) - An Australian Friend living in the UK became blind and describes how his faith sustains him through the experience. - [Self-Giving Love](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/self-giving-love) - Talk given at World Conference of Friends in The Netherlands in 1991. Japanese Friend gives example of how we can live in Christian-type "self-giving love." - [Conversations on the True Harmony of Mankind and How It May Be Promoted](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/conversations-on-the-true-harmony-of-mankind-and-how-it-may-be-promoted) - One of Woolman's last writings; fantasy conversations between a "laborer" and other men who are rich, mostly demonstrating the testimonies of simplicity and living with integrity. - [Encounter with the Taproot](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/encounter-with-the-taproot) - Plenary address to Lake Erie YM in 1997. Friend from North Carolina YM (Conservative) offers perspectives from the Bible and Quaker history on the nature of God and the best way for human beings to express the divine will in our lives. - [Why Do You Still Read That Old Thing?](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/why-do-you-still-read-that-old-thing) - Bible study given at Pendle Hill in 1996. Friend from North Carolina YM (Conservative) tells what the Bible means to him and how it is relevant to his work to make the world a better place at the end of the 20th century. - [The Mother of the Sons of Zebedee](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/the-mother-of-the-sons-of-zebedee) - One of the author's series of stories about women who knew Jesus; this one fantasizes that the mother of the disciples James and John became a faithful Christian along with her sons. - [The Crone](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/the-crone) - One of the author's series of stories about women who knew Jesus; this one fantasizes that the woman who anointed Jesus in Mark ch. 14 could also be the midwife who had delivered him in Bethlehem. - [The Cool Green Hills of Earth](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/the-cool-green-hills-of-earth) - "Sermon preached at Mohawk Mountain House in New Paltz, NY." Friend from New England YM pleads for human beings to show respect for God and the planet and to live more ecologically centered lives. - [Friends' Peace Witness in a Time of Crisis: A Report from the FWCC Conference…](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/friends-peace-witness-in-a-time-of-crisis-a-report-from-the-fwcc-conference) - Summary of the final panel discussion from the Friends World Committee for Consultation Peace Conference of 2003. - [John Woolman, Quaker Saint](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/john-woolman-quaker-saint) - Talk given to a class on Quakerism in 1980; short biography of John Woolman with emphasis on his work for social justice and peaceful relations between white Americans, African Americans, and Native Americans/Indians. - [Transforming the Visible: A Contemplative Among Activists](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/transforming-the-visible-a-contemplative-among-activists) - Canadian Friend in the UK who cannot do social action because of illness reminds us of the need to keep prayer and spiritual balance as the grounding of all of our action. - [The Witness of Conservative Friends William and Frances Taber](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/the-witness-of-conservative-friends-william-and-frances-taber) - A glimpse of the witness of Conservative Friends from the autobiographical perspective of the Tabers. - [On Listening: To God and to Each Other](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/on-listening-to-god-and-to-each-other) - Talk given by Friend from Philadelphia YM at a spiritual retreat in 1983. Thoughts on listening to the voice of God in our hearts and in those around us. - [Wrestling with the Peace Testimony: In Spirit and in Truth](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/wrestling-with-the-peace-testimony-in-spirit-and-in-truth) - Talk given at FWCC Peace Conference in NC, 2003; Canadian Friend offers insights on the so-called "War on Terror" from one of the neighbors of the USA. - [Practicing the Gospel of Hope in the Nuclear Age](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/practicing-the-gospel-of-hope-in-the-nuclear-age) - A Friend from New York YM sees the film "Gandhi" and makes observations about efforts to transform the world using violent and nonviolent means; he includes examples from the Bible, Quaker history, and other sources. - [Learning to Go in Peace](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/learning-to-go-in-peace) - Keynote talk at sessions of Philadelphia YM in 2008, by pastor from Northwest YM, exploring the peace testimony and its Biblical basis and how we can live it in the 21st century. - [No Doubt](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/no-doubt) - A Friend from Philadelphia YM whose daughter is disabled offers thoughts on seeing her daughter as a gift from God. - [Islam from a Quaker Perspective](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/islam-from-a-quaker-perspective) - Friend from Pacific YM describes how he reached out a hand of peace to Muslims in his community after the events of Sept. 11, 2001. - [Quaker Contributions for the New Millenium](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/quaker-contributions-for-the-new-millenium) - Quaker Lecture at Western YM, Aug. 1999. Dean of Earlham School of Religion gives thoughts on what Quakers have to offer the world as it enters the third millennium after Christ. - [Friends' Struggles Through the Years](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/friends-struggles-through-the-years) - Part of panel at 2003 Friends World Committee for Consultation Peace Conference, about the spiritual basis of the Friends' peace testimony. - [One Body with Many Parts](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/one-body-with-many-parts) - Talk given at FWCC 50th Anniversary. A South African Friend describes Quakerism in her country and what it was like for Black South Africans living under apartheid. - [Religious Social Concern: A Quaker View](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/religious-social-concern-a-quaker-view) - Friend from Iowa Conservative and Pacific Y.M.s describes the Christian spiritual basis of his concerns for peace and justice. - [Why I Deeply Love FWCC](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/why-i-deeply-love-fwcc) - The author tells about a time in her life when she had lost her faith in a God who would guide her life. - [Leading and Being Led](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/leading-and-being-led) - The first third of a Pendle Hill pamphlet with the same name. An exploration of how we can know when the Holy Spirit is leading us to do something. Contains examples from Quaker history. - [Connected to the Vine](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/connected-to-the-vine) - Talk given at World Gathering of Young Friends in Britain in 2005; African-American Friend describes her spiritual journey through several different types of Christianity to end up as a Friend in Philadelphia YM. - [Carrying the Quaker Message Today](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/carrying-the-quaker-message-today) - Talk by the General Secretary of the World Office of FWCC to the 50th Anniversary Gathering in Toronto, Canada, in 1987. She suggests ways that Quakers have special insights to offer to the Christians of the world. - [Can Love Really Overcome Violence and Hate?](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/can-love-really-overcome-violence-and-hate) - Speech given at the Annual Meeting of FWCC, Section of the Americas, Philadelphia, 2002. As the USA entered a new period of warmaking, a Friend from Baltimore YM offered a vision of how we could work for peace, with quotes from the Bible and Quaker history. - [Being Faithful Witnesses to our Friends Peace Testimony: Serving God in a Changing World](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/being-faithful-witnesses-to-our-friends-peace-testimony-serving-god-in-a-changing-world) - Panel presentation from 21st Triennial of FWCC in New Zealand in 2004: Friends from three different countries talk about working for peace and justice in their countries and the world. - [Be Prepared to Give Reasons for the Hope That Is Within You](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/be-prepared-to-give-reasons-for-the-hope-that-is-within-you) - Talk given at North Pacific YM sessions in 2002 by the pastor of Freedom Friends Church in Salem OR. Lessons from the life of Peter and his efforts to express his faith in Jesus Christ. - [An Orientation to Prophecy](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/an-orientation-to-prophecy) - Talk given at FWCC Triennial in Ireland, 2007; a British Friend calls for more prophetic ministry among Friends in the 21st century. - [A Treasure the World Knows Not Of](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/a-treasure-the-world-knows-not-of) - Excerpts from "Some Fruits of Solitude" and two other works by Penn, one being advice on spiritually centered family life. - [A Quaker Declaration of War](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/a-quaker-declaration-of-war) - Adaptation of talk given at Illinois YM in July, 2003; Quaker peace worker urges Friends to speak out more strongly for justice and peace in the world. - [A Bridge of Love/Un Puente de Amor](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/a-bridge-of-love-un-puente-de-amor) - Keynote address given by a Cuban pastor to New England Yearly meeting in 1991 - [A Blessed Exchange](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/a-blessed-exchange) - Friend from Mid-America YM and the Friends of Jesus Ministries in Kansas describes how she stays spiritually centered while she does her work. - [Nourishing the Spiritual Life: Finding Companionship](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/nourishing-the-spiritual-life-finding-companionship) - Friend from Ohio Valley YM offers insights into the meaning of community, including respecting difference while we look for commonalities between people. - [La adoración abierta](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/la-adoracion-abierta) - Un folleto preparado para los Amigos pastorales de la Iglesia Reedwood, JA del noroeste, sobre la manera en que los Amigos en un culto basado en el silencio se quedan centrados espiritualmente, con los corazones abiertos para escuchar los mensajes de otros y discernir cuándo uno mismo debe compartir un mensaje recibido. - [Instrumentos de Paz y Amor en las Manos de Dios](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/instrumentos-de-paz-y-amor-en-las-manos-de-dios) - Capítulo del libro "Walk Worthy of Your Calling;" un pastor cubano da una historia breve de como era la vida para la J.A. de Cuba en los años 1960s-70s, y como él vino a hacerse pastor. - [El Escribir como Ministerio](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/el-escribir-como-ministerio) - Dos narraciones fruto de los talleres para escritores cuáqueros latinoamericanos celebrados en 2008 y 2009 en Centroamérica. - [Creemos que únicamente Dios crea](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/creemos-que-unicamente-dios-crea) - Petición de un grupo de líderes pacifistas (Amigos, Menonitas, y otros) en Honduras, pidiendo que su gobierno reconozca la objeción de consciencia al servicio militar. - [Conversaciones sobre la verdadera armonía de la humanidad y cómo se puede promoverla](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/conversaciones-sobre-la-verdadera-armonia-de-la-humanidad-y-como-se-puede-promoverla) - Una de las últimas escrituras de Woolman; conversaciones imaginarias entre un "obrero" y otros hombres que son ricos, sobre todo demostrando los testimonios de la simplicidad y de vivir con integridad. - [Amigos Públicos: un ministerio para el Siglo XXI](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/amigos-publicos-un-ministerio-para-el-siglo-xxi) - Capítulo de "Walk Worthy of Your Calling," por un pastor de los Amigos bolivianos; estos son unas memorias de su formación como pastor y Amigo público. - [Un Puente de Amor/A Bridge of Love](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/un-puente-de-amor-a-bridge-of-love) - Discurso pronunciado por un pastor cubano ante la Junta Annual de Nueva Inglaterra en 1991 - [To Make Us Whole and Free: A Memorial Tribute](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/to-make-us-whole-and-free-a-memorial-tribute) - Four excerpts from the writings of a British Friend who moved to India and worked with the Gandhian movement. The titles are "Discipline," "Sharing Our Faith," "Growing Into Saints," and "Judgment--A Quaker View." - [Reflections of Light: Quaker Poets of Today*](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/reflections-of-light-quaker-poets-of-today) - Contemporary poetry by two Friends - [Border Crossings/Cruzando Fronteras](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/border-crossings-cruzando-fronteras) - The author suggests aspects of Quakerism he feels are relevant to Hispanics living in the U.S. - [Que hablen nuestras vidas](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/que-hablen-nuestras-vidas-2) - Un discurso por una Amiga keniana a la Reunión Mundial de los Amigos Jóvenes en 1985. Da observaciones sobre varios testimonios cuáqueros, con ejemplos de la hostoria cuáquera desde John Woolman hasta el presente. - [Hay un Espiritu: los Sonetos de James Nayler/There is a Spirit: the Nayler Sonnets](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/hay-un-espiritu-los-sonetos-de-james-nayler-there-is-a-spirit-the-nayler-sonnets) - Edición bilingüe de los Sonetos de James Nayler por Kenneth Boulding, con ensayos breves que dicen quienes fueron K. Boulding y J. Nayler. Bilingual edition of the well-known Nayler Sonnets by Boulding, with short essays about who K. Boulding and J. Nayler were. - [La Esperanza en Medio de una Cultura de Terror](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/la-esperanza-en-medio-de-una-cultura-de-terror) - Discurso principal de la Reunión Annual del CMCA, Sesión de las Américas, 2003, poco después de los eventos del 11 sept. 2001 y del comienzo de la guerra en Irak. Un pastor de la Junta Unida de los Amigos describe su juventud como joven Cuáquero en Richmond, Indiana, enfrentado por varios estreses, y procede a - [Cruzando Fronteras/Border Crossings](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/cruzando-fronteras-border-crossings) - El autor comparte los aspectos del cuaquerismo que cree son los que más hablan a los latinos que viven en los EE UU. - [Extendiendo el Reino de Dios, sin palabras/Spreading the Kingdom of God, Without Words](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/extendiendo-el-reino-de-dios-sin-palabras-spreading-the-kingdom-of-god-without-words) - Un mensaje dado a la Conferencia Mundial de Amigos, en Honduras en 1991; la historia de un hombre que vino a Cristo y vio su vida transformarse en muchas maneras. - [Veamos, pues, lo que puede hacer el amor...¿en las Naciones Unidas?](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/veamos-pues-lo-que-puede-hacer-el-amor-en-las-naciones-unidas) - Una descripción del trabajo de la Oficina Cuáquera ante la ONU, principalmente desde la perspectiva de su oficina en Nueva York. - [El reto de un mundo hecho pequeño: Extractos](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/el-reto-de-un-mundo-hecho-pequeno-extractos) - Discurso dado por un pastor de la JA del Suroeste a la Conferencia Mundial de Amigos Jóvenes en Carolina del Norte en 1985. Describe algunos problemas sociales y espirituales en el mundo y sugiere cómo nosotros como cuáqueros podemos acercarnos a estos. Conferencia impartida por un pastor de la Asociación de Iglesias Amigos del Suroeste - [Paz a Vosotros: un estudio de la base espiritual del testimonio cuáquero de paz](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/paz-a-vosotros-un-estudio-de-la-base-espiritual-del-testimonio-cuaquero-de-paz) - Un estudio de la base espiritual y bíblica del testimonio de paz de los Amigos. - [Variaciones sobre un tema de Fox](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/variaciones-sobre-un-tema-de-fox) - Discurso dado a la J.A. de Nueva Inglaterra en 1994; una Amiga mexicana, personal del CMCA por largo tiempo, describe los Amigos latinoamericanos, da un poco de su historia, y aprecia sobretodo la música en sus cultos. - [Las otras feministas: La mujer cuáquera](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/las-otras-feministas-la-mujer-cuaquera) - Una Amiga de Madrid, España, presenta biografías breves de tres Amigas del siglo 19 que eran activistas por varias causas del mejoramiento de sus países. - [Uno hay, y es Jesucristo: Fragmentos de los Escritos de Jorge Fox](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/uno-hay-y-es-jesucristo-fragmentos-de-los-escritos-de-jorge-fox) - 'Selecciones de los escritos de Jorge Fox y otros de los primeros Amigos, con un ensayo breve sobre la vida de Jorge Fox. - [La Reunión Mundial de Amigos Jóvenes](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/la-reunion-mundial-de-amigos-jovenes) - Extractos de reportes sometidos por varios jóvenes latinoamericanos que asistieron a la Reunión Mundial de Amigos Jóvenes - [Perspectivas sobre el Metodo Cuaquero*](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/perspectivas-sobre-el-metodo-cuaquero) - Consejos y principios Cuáqueros sobre el buen orden en la toma de decisiones. Un grupo de fragmentos de varias obras de Amigos modernos y antiguos. - [Meditación en el Santuario Guadalupano](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/meditacion-en-el-santuario-guadalupano) - El autor busca fortalecer su fe para entender y vivir en el espíritu, dentro de la Basílica de Guadalupe - [Rumbo a la Harmonía](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/rumbo-a-la-harmonia) - Discurso principal a la Reunión Annual del CMCA, Sección de las Américas, en Greensboro en 2001. Una Amiga de la JA de Nueva Inglaterra describe sus experiencias con el Consejo Mundial de las Iglesias, buscando cosas en común con otros cristianos de todo el mundo. - [Lecturas en el Libro del Eclesiastés](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/lecturas-en-el-libro-del-eclesiastes) - Capítulo del libro (en inglés) The Quaker Bible Reader; un estudio de Eclesiastes. - [Pero a Cada Uno le es Dada la Manifestación del Espíritu para Provecho.](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/pero-a-cada-uno-le-es-dada-la-manifestacion-del-espiritu-para-provecho) - Mensaje dado en la Reunión Annual del CMCA- Sección de las Américas, en 2006 en Chiquimula, Guatemala sobre el tema de Romanos capítulo 12, de las variedades de dones espirituales. - [La realidad de la presencia de Dios](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/la-realidad-de-la-presencia-de-dios) - Folleto viejo con un mensaje cristocéntrico alabando las gloriosas creaciones de Dios - [Revisando Principios](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/revisando-principios) - Traducción de "Rethinking Quaker Principles," un capítulo de un libro publicado por Pendle Hill en 1952. Jones traza la historia de los primeros Amigos, y por qué querían conocer más bien el espíritu detrás de la Biblia que todos los versos literales de la Biblia en sí. - [Los Amigos - Un Pueblo Llamado a Escuchar](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/los-amigos-un-pueblo-llamado-a-escuchar) - Mensaje principal a la Sesión Trienal del CMCA, 2000, en New Hampshire, EE.UU. Un Amigo irlandés da perspectivas irlandesas sobre los testimonios cristianos y la contestación a las llamadas de Dios. - [¿Puede Realmente el Amor Conquistar la Violencia y el Odio?](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/puede-realmente-el-amor-conquistar-la-violencia-y-el-odio) - Mensaje a la Reunión Anual del CMCA, Sección de las Américas, Filadelfia, 2002. Mientras los EEUU entraba en otro período de guerra, una Amiga de la JA de Baltimore ofreció una visión de cómo podíamos trabajar por la paz, citando la Biblia y la historia cuáquera. - [Nuevas Misericordias](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/nuevas-misericordias) - Mensaje dado en la Reunión Anual del CMCA-Sección de las Américas de 2008. Estudio Bíblico basado en Lamentaciones 3: 22-23 - [Sua primeira vez num encontro de Quakers?](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/sua-primeira-vez-num-encontro-de-quakers) - Uma explicação como ele a adoração 'Quaker' - [Lucrecia Mott: Lo que dijo](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/lucrecia-mott-lo-que-dijo) - Algunas de las escrituras de Lucrecia Mott, redactadas y con una breve biografía por M.H. Bacon. - [Una visión profética del Reino de la Paz](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/una-vision-profetica-del-reino-de-la-paz) - "[Esta] visión profética salió del "Taller sobre el Reino de la Paz" de la JA de Nueva Inglaterra en 1980…" - [El gozo de haber hallado a Dios](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/el-gozo-de-haber-hallado-a-dios) - Unos extractos de un panfleto de Pendle Hill. (1) El gozo de Penington de tener a Dios en su vida. (2) Una breve biografía de Penington, por Ricart. (3) Una breve biografía de Ricart. - [Shalom es mucho más que paz](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/shalom-es-mucho-mas-que-paz) - Una análisis del concepto bíblico de "shalom" y como contiene no solamente la paz (la ausencia de violencia) sino también otros conceptos como la justicia y la igualdad de todas las personas. - [La sombra y la esencia](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/la-sombra-y-la-esencia) - Un artículo de la revista "The Evangelical Friend" (El Amigo Evangélico).'Ensayo sobre la perspectiva cuáquera respecto a los sacramentos externos. - [El Pacifismo Activo](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/el-pacifismo-activo) - Discurso dado en un seminario evangélico cubano en 1957; una llamada para que los cuáqueros sigan las enseñanzas de Jesús y trabajen para más paz y armonía en el mundo. - [La base cristiana de la preocupación social de los Amigos](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/la-base-cristiana-de-la-preocupacion-social-de-los-amigos) - Un discurso dado a la Reunión General de los Amigos en México en 1982; Ricart describe como vino al cuaquerismo en España durante la Guerra Civil y aprendió más sobre el Sermón en el Monte y otros sermones donde Jesús hace llamadas para la justicia y el hacer la paz en el mundo. En una - [Los Amigos y la Adoración](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/los-amigos-y-la-adoracion) - Ensayo por un Amigo muy conocido en Norteamérica, sobre la tradición de adoración abierta entre los Amigos. - [Cascos mineros en una iglesia](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/cascos-mineros-en-una-iglesia) - Historia de una iglesia de Amigos en La Paz, Bolivia que ayudó a un grupo de mineros hambrientes durante una huelga. - [Respondiendo al Amor de Dios: Viviendo Nuestros Testimonios](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/respondiendo-al-amor-de-dios-viviendo-nuestros-testimonios) - Discurso principal por una Amiga keniana en la Trienal del CMCA de 1997 en Birminham, Inglaterra. Si de veras aceptamos el amor de Dios, entonces debemos compartir ese amor ayudando a los otros seres humanos. - [Una visión para el tiempo señalado](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/una-vision-para-el-tiempo-senalado) - Dos mensajes a la Reunión Annual de 2009 del Comité Mundial de Consulta de los Amigos, respondiendo al tema sobre la visión - [Como he sido instrumento de paz](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/como-he-sido-instrumento-de-paz) - Mensaje dado en la Reunión Anual del CMCA-Sección de las Américas de 2008 - [El Culto de Meditación Cuáquera](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publication/el-culto-de-meditacion-cuaquera) - La autora, una cuáquera Japonesa, habla sobre la reunión cuáquera de silencio - [Light from the Darkness](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/light-from-the-darkness) - Dutch Friend in the UK writes about involvement in prison ministry in the UK and the USA, including befriending men who were later executed. - [Light from the Darkness](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/light-from-the-darkness) - Dutch Friend in the UK writes about involvement in prison ministry in the UK and the USA, including befriending men who were later executed. - [Simple Riches: Reflections on the Work of the Quaker Parent](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/simple-riches-reflections-on-the-work-of-the-quaker-parent) - Michener Lecture to Southeastern YM, 1995; A married couple from Philadelphia YM share about their family's life living the testimony of simplicity. The husband grew up Roman Catholic and used to be a monk. - [Simple Riches: Reflections on the Work of the Quaker Parent](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/simple-riches-reflections-on-the-work-of-the-quaker-parent) - Michener Lecture to Southeastern YM, 1995; A married couple from Philadelphia YM share about their family's life living the testimony of simplicity. The husband grew up Roman Catholic and used to be a monk. - [Belief Into Action](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/belief-into-action) - Historian from Philadelphia YM tells about Quakers witnessing for peace through the centuries, describing both spiritual and political aspects. - [Belief Into Action](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/belief-into-action) - Historian from Philadelphia YM tells about Quakers witnessing for peace through the centuries, describing both spiritual and political aspects. - [Remembering Agnes: A lesson in Nonviolence](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/remembering-agnes-a-lesson-in-nonviolence) - Quaker historian and author recounts a remarkable experience she had while working in a mental hospital with her husband, who was a conscientious objector during the Second World War. - [Remembering Agnes: A lesson in Nonviolence](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/remembering-agnes-a-lesson-in-nonviolence) - Quaker historian and author recounts a remarkable experience she had while working in a mental hospital with her husband, who was a conscientious objector during the Second World War. - [Mysticism and Activism: Learning from John Woolman](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/mysticism-and-activism-learning-from-john-woolman) - Michener Lecture to Southeastern YM.Earlham professor describes John Woolman's prophetic ministry in the 1700s. - [Mysticism and Activism: Learning from John Woolman](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/mysticism-and-activism-learning-from-john-woolman) - Michener Lecture to Southeastern YM.Earlham professor describes John Woolman's prophetic ministry in the 1700s. - [Identity, Authority and Community: The Experience of Two Friends at the Woodbrooke Consultation on Identity, Authority and Community](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/identity-authority-and-community-the-experience-of-two-friends-at-the-woodbrooke-consultation-on-identity-authority-and-com) - Article from Friends Journal & Quaker Life, from talk at Willamette QM of North Pacific YM, report back from Woodbrooke consultation before FWCC Triennial of 1997--exploration of "What Is a Friend?" - [Identity, Authority and Community: The Experience of Two Friends at the Woodbrooke Consultation on Identity, Authority and Community](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/identity-authority-and-community-the-experience-of-two-friends-at-the-woodbrooke-consultation-on-identity-authority-and-com) - Article from Friends Journal & Quaker Life, from talk at Willamette QM of North Pacific YM, report back from Woodbrooke consultation before FWCC Triennial of 1997--exploration of "What Is a Friend?" - [On Prayer for Others-and Ourselves (and) Walking with God](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/on-prayer-for-others-and-ourselves-and-walking-with-god) - Two articles from Friends Journal; (1) Thoughts about intercessory prayer; (2) thoughts about the nature of the Divine or God and what it means when we pray to that being. - [On Prayer for Others-and Ourselves (and) Walking with God](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/on-prayer-for-others-and-ourselves-and-walking-with-god) - Two articles from Friends Journal; (1) Thoughts about intercessory prayer; (2) thoughts about the nature of the Divine or God and what it means when we pray to that being. - [How I survived my Halo](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/how-i-survived-my-halo) - A Friend tells how she drew on both religious and psychological resources after major surgery and a lengthy hospital stay. - [How I survived my Halo](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/how-i-survived-my-halo) - A Friend tells how she drew on both religious and psychological resources after major surgery and a lengthy hospital stay. - [The Roots of Peace in Conflict](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/the-roots-of-peace-in-conflict) - Conflict provides opportuntity for learning. Friends might think of themselves as being in a lifelong training process for creative conflict management. - [The Roots of Peace in Conflict](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/the-roots-of-peace-in-conflict) - Conflict provides opportuntity for learning. Friends might think of themselves as being in a lifelong training process for creative conflict management. - [Hope in a Culture of Fear](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/hope-in-a-culture-of-fear) - Keynote address at FWCC-SOA Annual Meeting in 2003, soon after the events of Sept. 11, 2001 and the start of the Iraq war. Friends pastor from FUM describes growing up in Richmond IN and facing stressful situations as a young Friend, and proceeds into lessons about peace for the 21st century. - [Four Prayers from In The Manner of the Lord's Prayer](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/four-prayers-from-in-the-manner-of-the-lords-prayer) - Poems, prayerful meditations, using structure and imagery from the Lord's Prayer. The author is a recorded minister from Iowa (FUM) Yearly Meeting, currently living in Ohio. - [Through My Enemy's Eyes](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/through-my-enemys-eyes) - Reprinted from Yes! Magazine, Winter 2001-02; a man serving 60-90 years for murder describes his process of healing and religious conversion and trying to stay spiritually centered in prison. - [Quakers Working Together for Peace and Reconciliation in the Africa Great Lakes Region](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/quakers-working-together-for-peace-and-reconciliation-in-the-africa-great-lakes-region) - Writings by three Quaker women on peace & reconciliation efforts in Burundi & Rwanda following the 1990s genocides. - [God's Earth, Our Choices](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/gods-earth-our-choices) - A panel presentation by four Friends on 'The Light Of God's Creation," at the 1994 FWCC Triennial held at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. - [Friends Initiatives for Peace in the Great Lakes Region of Africa](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/friends-initiatives-for-peace-in-the-great-lakes-region-of-africa) - Observations on how African Friends and Friends from outside Africa have worked together to bring peace to the Great Lakes Region. - [Workplace as Spiritual Classroom](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/workplace-as-spiritual-classroom) - Lessons learned in the workplace. - [In Search of Pendle Hill and George Fox](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/in-search-of-pendle-hill-and-george-fox) - 1998 Friends Journal article by a Presbyterian from New Mexico, upon visiting "the 1652 country" in England. - [Quest (Five): Personal Religious Thought](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/quest-five-personal-religious-thought) - Observations on staying spiritually centered; she ends with nine prayers of varying lengths. - [Intervisitation: Travel Under Religious Concern: Quaker Heritage and Present Need](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/intervisitation-travel-under-religious-concern-quaker-heritage-and-present-need) - Friend who had been a representative to Friends World Committee offers observations about intervisitation among Friends and the need for better understanding between various Christian or Friends groups. - [In Spirit and In Truth](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/in-spirit-and-in-truth) - Studies in preparation for the Fifth World Conference of Friends. Includes information about Friends in the host countries, Bible studies and a reflection on the World Conference theme. - [What Can Love Do?](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/what-can-love-do) - Story of Hector and Susie Black's decision to speak against the death penalty for the murderer of their daughter. - [Bringing Business into the Light](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/bringing-business-into-the-light) - Author sets forth real-life examples of challenges faced and choices made in the workplace. - [Proclaiming Peace: Lives That Speak](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/proclaiming-peace-lives-that-speak) - Joffee: British writer summarizes the life of a man imprisoned for violent IRA activities who later had a change of heart and became a Christian pacifist; Deming: interview with mixed-race Catholic man in South Africa who was working for peace and justice in the 1980s. - [In Quietness and Confidence](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/in-quietness-and-confidence) - Friend from Philadelphia YM offers thoughts on centering down spiritually and learnng to pray. - [William Penn: A Twentieth-Century Perspective](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/william-penn-a-twentieth-century-perspective) - Biography of William Penn, describing his upper-class environment and his efforts to live out Friends testimonies. - [Nonviolent Resistance: The Third Way](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/nonviolent-resistance-the-third-way) - Article originally in Yes! Magazine with title, "Can Love Save the World?" Thoughts on pacifism after Sept. 11, 2001, from a Christian perspective. - [What Jesus Means to Me: Jesus the Liberator](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/what-jesus-means-to-me-jesus-the-liberator) - Backhouse Lecture to Australia YM in 1981. British Friend describes how the life and message of Jesus has influenced his work for peace and justice, mainly through work with the UN. - [A Call to Quakers for Stepped-up Evangelism](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/a-call-to-quakers-for-stepped-up-evangelism) - Talk given at FUM Triennial in Kenya in 2002. Kenyan Friend's perspective on mission work, appreciating how some Christians have brought a message of peace. - [Answering the Love of God: Living Our Testimonies](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/answering-the-love-of-god-living-our-testimonies) - Keynote speech by a Kenyan Friend at 1997 FWCC Triennial in Birmingham, England. If we truly accept God's love, then we must use the spirit of love to help our fellow human beings. - [Beauty from Ashes, Strength and Joy from Sorrow](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/beauty-from-ashes-strength-and-joy-from-sorrow) - Spiritual perspectives on life and death, with references to Jesus, by a Friend from Philadelphia YM. - [In Deed and Word: Excerpts from 'The Vocation of Witness' in The Company of the Committed](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/in-deed-and-word-excerpts-from-the-vocation-of-witness-in-the-company-of-the-committed) - A chapter from his book. Professor from Earlham School of Religion and Indiana YM urges us to boldly declare our Christian faith and let our lives show it. - [Open Worship](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/open-worship) - Pamphlet prepared for pastoral Friends of Reedwood Friends Church, Northwest YM, about how Friends in silent meetings stay spiritually centered with listening hearts to hear the messages of others and decide when they have received a message that needs to be shared. - [Learning to Learn: The Journey of a Cross-Cultural Public Friend](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/learning-to-learn-the-journey-of-a-cross-cultural-public-friend) - Chapter from book "Walk Worthy of Your Calling." Friend from Northwest Y.M. describes her missionary work in Bolivia, with vivid descriptions of initial culture shock and slowly getting to feel at home. - [Resurrect My Voice](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/resurrect-my-voice) - Poems by the Evangelical Friends missionary, some in the form of prayers for guidance and insight into what God's will is for her life. - [On Confirming the Deepest Thing in Another](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/on-confirming-the-deepest-thing-in-another) - Friend from Philadelphia YM offers thoughts on how Quaker schools can be spiritually centered, and what such centering is, with examples from Christianity and other religions. - [You Are Your Brother's Keeper---The Divine Imperative](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/you-are-your-brothers-keeper-the-divine-imperative) - Keynote talk given at FUM Triennial sometime in the early 1980s. Pastor from Kenya urges us to live with integrity and peace, rather than becoming enmeshed in materialistic things. - [The New Holy Family](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/the-new-holy-family) - Reprint of 1943 article from "The American Friend." Quoting Jesus who said that his followers were his new "family," Jones suggests we look at the whole spiritual family of Christians and work on healing the differences in this large "family." - [The Quaker Discovery; Room for the Infinite](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/the-quaker-discovery-room-for-the-infinite) - Chapter from Kelly's book "The Eternal Promise," about early Friends, particularly George Fox, and the vision they had about spiritual insights coming directly from God. - [The Simplification of Life](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/the-simplification-of-life) - Chapter from "A Testament of Devotion," about the busyness of modern life in North America and Europe, with suggestions for how to simplify our lives and be more centered spiritually. - [Worship](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/worship) - Talk given at FWCC Triennial; a South African Friend offers thoughts on the meaning of worship and prayer and how these may lead us to work to help others in our communities. - [The Top Ten Reasons I'm Quaker](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/the-top-ten-reasons-im-quaker) - A pastor from Northwest YM tells what he particularly loves about Quakerism--- things like lack of hierarchy and the listening directly to what Jesus tells us in our daily lives. - [Christ and Jesus in Early Quakerism](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/christ-and-jesus-in-early-quakerism) - Author writes about understanding the distinctly Quaker approach to Christianity. - [To Save From Fear](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/to-save-from-fear) - From a lecture that was on BBC radio. A British Friend comments on how to live lives of courageous Christian witness to the world. - [Despairing](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/despairing) - Chapter from Macy's book "Rhythms of the Inner Life." Thoughts about how Christians can cope with the presence of evil, apparently unjust, situations in the world and not give up in despair. - [Being Truthful](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/being-truthful) - Michener Lecture, Southeastern YM, 2003. Lifelong Friend active in FWCC gives observations on the Friends testimony of integrity, with references to the Bible and Friends history. - [A Prophetic Vision of the Peaceable Kingdom](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/a-prophetic-vision-of-the-peaceable-kingdom) - "[This] prophetic vision of the Peaceable Kingdom came out of the 1980 New England Y.M. 'Peaceable Kingdom Workshop'…" - [The Work of QUNO in New York](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/the-work-of-quno-in-new-york) - Story of QUNO New York work with the United Nations, with accompanying article about Quaker House at the U.N. - [This I Have Longed For & Of a Growth in Grace Amidst Distressing Exercises of Spirit](https://fwccamericas.org/publication/this-i-have-longed-for-of-a-growth-in-grace-amidst-distressing-exercises-of-spirit) - Short writings by Mary and Isaac Penington describing their spiritual life in the 1600s. 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[Poetry](https://fwccamericas.org/pub-keyword/poetry) - [Peace](https://fwccamericas.org/pub-keyword/peace) - [Witness](https://fwccamericas.org/pub-keyword/witness) - [Family](https://fwccamericas.org/pub-keyword/family) - [Prayer](https://fwccamericas.org/pub-keyword/prayer) - [Psychology](https://fwccamericas.org/pub-keyword/psychology) - [Spirituality](https://fwccamericas.org/pub-keyword/spirituality) - [Community](https://fwccamericas.org/pub-keyword/community) - [History](https://fwccamericas.org/pub-keyword/history) - [John Woolman](https://fwccamericas.org/pub-keyword/john-woolman) - [Mysticism](https://fwccamericas.org/pub-keyword/mysticism) - [Simplicity](https://fwccamericas.org/pub-keyword/simplicity) - [Conscientious Objection](https://fwccamericas.org/pub-keyword/conscientious-objection) - [Nonviolence](https://fwccamericas.org/pub-keyword/nonviolence) - [Relationships](https://fwccamericas.org/pub-keyword/relationships) - [Social Concern](https://fwccamericas.org/pub-keyword/social-concern) - [Nobel Prize](https://fwccamericas.org/pub-keyword/nobel-prize) - [Prison](https://fwccamericas.org/pub-keyword/prison) ## Author Country - [Kenya](https://fwccamericas.org/es/author-country/kenya) - [Canada](https://fwccamericas.org/author-country/canada) - [UK](https://fwccamericas.org/es/author-country/uk) - [USA](https://fwccamericas.org/es/author-country/usa) - [Bolivia](https://fwccamericas.org/es/author-country/bolivia) - [Cuba](https://fwccamericas.org/es/author-country/cuba) - [Burundi](https://fwccamericas.org/author-country/burundi) - [Rwanda](https://fwccamericas.org/author-country/rwanda) - [Tanzania](https://fwccamericas.org/author-country/tanzania) - [Ireland](https://fwccamericas.org/es/author-country/ireland) - [Honduras](https://fwccamericas.org/es/author-country/honduras) - [Guatemala](https://fwccamericas.org/es/author-country/guatemala) - [Mexico](https://fwccamericas.org/es/author-country/mexico) - [Spain](https://fwccamericas.org/es/author-country/spain) - [Jamaica](https://fwccamericas.org/es/author-country/jamaica) - [El Salvador](https://fwccamericas.org/es/author-country/el-salvador) - [South Africa](https://fwccamericas.org/author-country/south-africa) - [Various](https://fwccamericas.org/author-country/various) - [Korea](https://fwccamericas.org/author-country/korea) - [Germany](https://fwccamericas.org/author-country/germany) - [Australia](https://fwccamericas.org/author-country/australia) - [Japan](https://fwccamericas.org/author-country/japan) - [India](https://fwccamericas.org/author-country/india) - [Greece](https://fwccamericas.org/author-country/greece) - [Aotearoa-New Zealand](https://fwccamericas.org/author-country/aotearoa-new-zealand) - [USA](https://fwccamericas.org/author-country/usa) - [UK](https://fwccamericas.org/author-country/uk) - [Cuba](https://fwccamericas.org/author-country/cuba) - [Kenya](https://fwccamericas.org/author-country/kenya) - [Ireland](https://fwccamericas.org/author-country/ireland) - [Bolivia](https://fwccamericas.org/author-country/bolivia) - [Jamaica](https://fwccamericas.org/author-country/jamaica) - [Mexico](https://fwccamericas.org/author-country/mexico) - [UK](https://fwccamericas.org/author-country/uk) - [USA](https://fwccamericas.org/author-country/usa) ## Publisher (original) - [WQF](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/wqf) - [Friends Quarterly](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/friends-quarterly) - [Friends Journal](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/friends-journal) - [Southeastern Yearly Meeting Publications](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/southeastern-yearly-meeting-publications) - [Quaker Life](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/quaker-life) - [Friends Publishing Corporation](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/friends-publishing-corporation) - [Pendle Hill](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publisher/pendle-hill) - [Friends Family Service Publications](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/friends-family-service-publications) - [FWCC](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publisher/fwcc) - [Yes! Magazine](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/yes-magazine) - [Various: AGLI Newsletter and unction.org](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/various-agli-newsletter-and-unction-org) - [What Canst Thou Say?](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/what-canst-thou-say) - [World Gathering of Young Friends (1985)](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publisher/world-gathering-of-young-friends-1985) - [Tract Association of Friends](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publisher/tract-association-of-friends) - [Europe & Middle East Section](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publisher/europe-middle-east-section) - [various](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publisher/various) - [Revista Diálogo Sur/Norte, una publicación del Servicio de Paz y Justicia (SERPAJ)](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publisher/revista-dialogo-sur-norte) - [FCNL](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/fcnl) - [Friends House](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publisher/friends-house) - [Quaker Home Service, London](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/quaker-home-service) - [London](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publisher/london) - [Comité de los Amigos Latinoamericanos](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publisher/comite-de-los-amigos-latinoamericanos) - [JA de Nueva Inglaterra](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publisher/ja-de-nueva-inglaterra) - [Evangelical Friend](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/evangelical-friend) - [Wilmington College](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publisher/wilmington-college) - [COAL](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publisher/coal) - [Colección Heberto M. Sein](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publisher/coleccion-heberto-m-sein) - [William Kaufmann Inc.](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/william-kaufmann-inc) - [Friends of Jesus Ministries Newsletter](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/friends-of-jesus-ministries-newsletter) - [Friends Bulletin](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/friends-bulletin) - [Friends Intelligencer](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/friends-intelligencer) - [The Earlhamite](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/the-earlhamite) - [Christian Science Monitor](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/christian-science-monitor) - [Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Book and Publications Committee](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/philadelphia-yearly-meeting) - [The Religious Society of Friends in Australia Inc.](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/the-religious-society-of-friends-in-australia-inc) - [HarperCollins Publishers](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/harpercollins-publishers) - [Friends United Press](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/friends-united-press) - [The Barclay Press](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/the-barclay-press) - [Woodbrooke College, Birmingham, and Sessions of York, England](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/woodbrooke-college) - [Crossroad Publishing Company](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/crossroad-publishing-company) - [Friends United Meeting](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/friends-united-meeting) - [Harper & Row](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/harper-row) - [Publishers](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/publishers) - [Friends World News](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/friends-world-news) - [Southern Africa Quaker Newsletter](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/southern-africa-quaker-newsletter) - [Barclay Press](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/barclay-press) - [Quaker Monthly](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/quaker-monthly) - [New England YM](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/new-england-ym) - [London YM of the Religious Society of Friends & Assn of Friends for the Diffusion of Religious and Useful Knowledge.](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/london-ym-of-the-religious-society-of-friends-assn-of-friends-for-the-diffusion-of-religious-and-useful-knowledge) - [Michael Pennock](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/michael-pennock) - [Twayne Publishers, Inc.](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/twayne-publishers) - [American Friend](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/american-friend) - [FWCC](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/fwcc) - [Evangelical Friend](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publisher/evangelical-friend) - [Friends Journal](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publisher/friends-journal) - [Friends Journal](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/friends-journal) - [Friends Publishing Corporation](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/friends-publishing-corporation) - [Quaker Life](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/quaker-life) - [Southeastern Yearly Meeting Publications](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/southeastern-yearly-meeting-publications) - [The Nobel Foundation & University of Toronto Press; WQF/AFSC](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publisher/the-nobel-foundation-university-of-toronto-press-wqf-afsc) - [Friends Quarterly](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/friends-quarterly) - [Various](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/various) - [WQF](https://fwccamericas.org/es/publisher/wqf-espanol) - [WQF](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/wqf) - [The Nobel Foundation & University of Toronto Press; WQF/AFSC](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/the-nobel-foundation-university-of-toronto-press-wqf-afsc) - [The Nobel Foundation & University of Toronto Press; WQF/AFSC](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/the-nobel-foundation-university-of-toronto-press-wqf-afsc) - [Tract Association of Friends](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/tract-association-of-friends) - [Pendle Hill](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/pendle-hill) - [Pendle Hill](https://fwccamericas.org/publisher/pendle-hill) ## Language - [English](https://fwccamericas.org/pub-language/english) - [Español](https://fwccamericas.org/pub-language/espanol) - [Português](https://fwccamericas.org/pub-language/portugues) - [Spanish](https://fwccamericas.org/pub-language/spanish) ## Media Folders - [Publications](https://fwccamericas.org/?taxonomy=rl_media_folder&term=publications)