Dear Zac,
Greetings!
Transformation and growth are unfolding processes. We grow in the spirit when we are known and our gifts are nurtured. Pastoral Care Committees that take a Spirit-Led approach to affirming and nurturing gifts of members foster creativity and build community. This issue of the Pastoral Care Threadletter focuses on how to nurture and receive the gifts of the Spirit among us.
Peace is with you,
George Schaefer
Care and Aging Coordinator
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Message from the Field
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Nurturing Gifts, Knowing Lives!
 Members of Care and Oversight Committees need to offer to Friends the gift of being known. When Friends and their spiritual journeys are known, most people are willing to engage in and serve the life of the meeting. This is a powerful way of providing support and eldering.
Learn more about Spirit-Led Eldering.
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Resource
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Spirit-Led Process to Connect Gifts & Service
 Strawberry Creek Meeting in Berkeley, CA, has developed a Spirit-Led process for nominations which starts from a sense of abundance; raising up the gifts of members rather than focusing on the scarcity of those willing to serve.
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Pastoral Care Newsletter Archive
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Nurturing the Meeting Community
 Most often when we think of pastoral care within our meetings, we think of those times of special need or transition when we have offered the support of the meeting to an individual, couple or family. This issue of PNC calls attention to the need for pastoral care to the meeting-as-a-whole. Download Nurturing the Meeting Community.
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Bulletin Board
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Share news,  events and resources. To suggest a posting send details to Programs@pym.org. Spirit-Led Eldering
Integral To Our Faith And Practice – Php 392
By Margery Mears Larrabee
Eldering is a process of assisting one another, from a centered place, to stay true and faithful to the Spirit in all aspects of our lives.
In the Life and Power of God: On the Spiritual Journey with Early Friends. May 11-15, Pendle Hill
FGC Gathering of Friends. June 29-July 5, California University, south of Pittsburgh, PA. Taste the vibrancy and the variety that is available by immersing yourself in a large community of Friends from across the continent for a week. Registration opens April 2.
PYM Annual Sessions. July 23-27, Muhlenberg College
Friends of every age from every one of our 103 meetings are encouraged and welcome to come together for five days of worship, fellowship and business. Registration opens April 30.
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Thank you Friend!
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PYM Pastoral Care is published bi-monthly to help strengthen our faith community through communication, connections and relationships.
Please forward this newsletter to friends and families in your meeting so that information about the Yearly Meeting programs can reach them directly. Just click the Forward to a Friend button in the column to the right of this message.
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Lunchtime Pastoral Care Webinar
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Meaningful Retirement
PYM Webinar:
Meaningful Retirement
Thursday, May 15
12:15-1 pm
Online
(participants only need
a computer and
internet access)
Learn about the issues facing retirees and how to support Friends facing retirement.
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The Threadletter
Family
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Pastoral Care Threadletter
is a member of a family of e-newsletters. There are additional threadletters for Friends who care for the following concerns:
Youth Programs
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Friends Education
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Peace & Social Concerns
Finance
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