Author Archive | Deb Wood

Is our meeting for business held in worship in which we seek divine guidance?How do we sustain prayerful consideration of all aspects of an issue and address difficult problems with […]

INVITATION FLYER Westtown Monthly Meeting is inviting Western and Concord Quarter Meeting Friends to join us in: Transforming Meeting for Worship for Business practice by expanding our equity-centered meeting design […]

With great thanks to Elizabeth Croce and Alix Vallery, Youth Program staff for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and of course our meeting families, we had children for the first time since […]

for 16 October, 2022 Quarterly Meeting Grounding for Transformed Lives: Peace and Alternatives to Violence How do we help each other face conflicts with patience, forbearance and openness to healing? […]

Deepening Our Faith: Meeting for Worship Deepening Our Faith: Meeting for Worship Are our meetings for worship held in stilled, expectant waiting upon God? As we worship in the living […]

How does our meeting communicate Friends’ presence and principles to the wider community? How does our meeting join with other faith communities in worship, in spiritual dialogue and in social […]

PYM Monthly Meeting Leadership Meeting 2021-10-19 Over 60 people gathered online. Some of us are first time clerks, some are returning clerks, some are seeking to support their meeting. Christie […]

Grounding for Transformed Lives: Equality and Justice How does our meeting benefit from established patterns of prejudice, exploitation and economic convenience? What are we doing to change this? How and […]

Nurturing Our Community: Stewardship of Resources How does our meeting accommodate ecological, economic and social justice in its uses of property and money? Does our meeting engage its members in […]

For the Meeting – How does the meeting encourage the use of spiritual practices that deepen our faith, enhance the excitement of shared religious discovery and increase the possibility of […]