June 2008

Monthly Archive

State of the Society Report to Northern Yearly Meeting, May 2008

Posted on Jun. 30, 2008 | Tagged as: Conversations, News, State of Society

Twin Cities Friends Meeting State of the Society Report, May 2008
to Northern Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
-The Cloud of Unknowing, 14th c.
 
Surveying the various reports on the state of society submitted by Ministry and Counsel, Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business and the First Day School Committee, we find Meeting to [...]

The Q-Horn: An Aid To Speaking Passionately Without Frightening One Another Too Much?

Posted on Jun. 26, 2008 | Tagged as: Clerk's Blog

At our last Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business I introduced the “Q-horn.”
I suggested how it might be used. After some uncertainty, people began trying it out, using it in the spirit I had suggested, and then expanding and improving on my suggestions.
What people seem to have taken the Q-horn to signify:
“I believe I [...]

An epistle from the Ministry & Counsel Committee of Twin Cities Friends Meeting

Posted on Jun. 25, 2008 | Tagged as: Archived

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