Author Archive | Deb Wood

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 […]

– notes from the December 2 Religious Education Conversation Circle As with any activity, think about why you do it, then consider how you can meet that aim. It may […]

On October 28 Concord Quarterly Meeting hosted a program on how local groups are helping during Covid-19.  There was a great panel from three area foundations doing work during these […]

What is our meeting doing: To become aware of systemic legal, economic and political injustices in our local community? To build relationships with other faith communities around common concerns? To […]

On Sept. 9th, I attended a meeting led by the Chester County Hospital (CCH) Pastoral Care Committee for faith-based community leaders. Since Covid related restrictions went into place, the committee […]