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On 02 to 07 April 2017, the Central Executive Committee (CEC) met in Kibuye, Rwanda. The opening minute reads: “We gathered by the shores of Lake Kivu, following the four-day Triennial of the Africa Section at the Kagarama Evangelical Friends Church, Kigali, Rwanda. The theme of the Triennial was ‘Stop crying – God has a … Read more…
Following what happened in Manchester, United Kingdom, in July 2017 FWCC received the following message from the Africa Section: Our hearts go out to Friends in the UK, EMES following the disheartening attack on the Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena. We are deeply saddened by loss of innocent lives. Friends in Africa and especially … Read more…
“Save the Date” message from Gretchen Castle, General Secretary of FWCC: 01 October 2017 is #WorldQuakerDay2017: “Hi, I’m Gretchen Castle, General Secretary of Friends World Committee for Consultation. And today I want to remind you to save the date for World Quaker Day which is October 1st. And the theme of it is “Gathering … Read more…
Central European Gathering is meeting 18 to 21 May 2017 in Brno, Czech Republic. Sessions include Identity and Nationality and QVA projects.
Just over a year ago, Friends gathered in Pisac, Peru, for the FWCC World Plenary Meeting. During the Plenary, Friends agreed a minute on Living Sustainably and Sustaining Life on Earth, which asks all Yearly Meetings to: 1. Initiate at least two concrete actions on sustainability within the next 12 months. These may build on … Read more…
In 2017, FWCC will be completely revising Friends Around the World (FAW), the international Friends directory. You can help! Please look at the current text of Friends Around the World*. If you see anything relating to a Yearly Meeting or other organisation you are involved with that needs to be corrected or updated, please click … Read more…
To mark the International Day of Peace, FWCC, QUNO and peacebuilding organisations from around the world have issued a shared statement to UN member states on the importance of embracing the new global framework for peace. Over the last year, states have made significant new commitments to addressing the root causes of conflict and displacement, in … Read more…
Gretchen Castle, General Secretary of Friends World Committee for Consultation, addresses the church where her father, David Castle, served as pastor. She was the keynote speaker at the celebration of the centenary of the naming of Valley Mills Friends Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana. Gretchen reflects on what she learned as a young person attending Valley Mills.
by Gretchen Castle Elizabeth O’Connor, in Call to Commitment writes: The world may be fearful and anxious and weary, but we are not weighted by that world. We are following One who has unfathomable resources and One who makes them available to us and who says, “You must set new norms for life so that … Read more…
To Friends everywhere… At the World Plenary Meeting, I had the distinct feeling that we as Friends are evolving. Someone described our time together in Pisac, Peru as ‘soft’, as an experience of Friends being very open to one another, marked as much by the absence of consternation as by an active longing to simply … Read more…