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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…
Friends World Committee for Consultation International Representatives Meeting held during The World Plenary Meeting at Royal Inka Hotel Pisac, Peru 19-27 January 2016 Wednesday, 20 January 2016 IRM 16 – 01. Welcome and Introduction of CEC. The opening business session of the 2016 World Plenary Meeting gathered with open worship. Due to the indisposition … Read more…
Se contenta el Corazón ensanchándose de amor; todos a una voz a Dios gracias damos. ¡Bienvenidos Amigos! To all Friends Everywhere, We send loving greetings to you from Pisac in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. We were blessed with both sunshine and rain. As we gathered together we lifted our eyes to the mountains … Read more…
Four Consultations: FWCC World Plenary Meeting 2016 At the world Plenary Meeting in Peru, each person chose one of four consultations in which to participate. These will help develop a vision for 2037, FWCC’s 100th anniversary. They are: Ministry and leadership: developing the leaders we need, encouraging living ministry, generating new ideas for a pilgrimage … Read more…
“We are going, Heaven knows where we are going, but we know within. We will get there, Heaven knows how we will get there, but we know we will.” The young adult Friends from across the world who gathered in Pisac, Peru, met twice to consider the needs and leadings of those gathered. Our sessions … Read more…
“Living the Transformation: Creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God” Plenary Worship — Thursday, January 21, 2016 Melinda Wenner Bradley (Philadelphia Yearly Meeting) Good morning, Friends. I greet you this morning as brothers and sisters in the world family of Friends who gather to worship, work, and play together … Read more…
Viviendo la transformación ROMANOS 8:19 Hola a todos, mi nombre es Cesar Estuardo Nufio Vargas, soy miembro de la Iglesia Evangélica Amigos de Guatemala, y mes es un honor y un placer estar al frente de ustedes y poder saludarles, y sobre todo con todo mi corazón compartir lo que Dios a puesto en mi … Read more…
Julia Ryberg Buenos dias, Amigos y Amigas! Good morning, Friends! I have been asked to introduce unprogrammed Quaker worship by sharing with you something of my experience. I imagine my parents going to Meeting for Worship each Sunday as I was being formed in my mother’s womb. My first excursion as a 6-week-old was to … Read more…
Settling silence Rosie Remmerswaal – introduction and NZ Maori song Kia ora, I am Rosie Remmerswaal from Aotearoa New Zealand. We appreciate your presence in this silent worship. To offer you a sense of the diversity within the asia- west pacific section we bring you offerings from friends in six countries, which will lead into … Read more…
Living the Transformation; Creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God. (Romans 8:19) By Churchill Malimo (East Africa) But we ask, is there space?? Gratitude: Allow me to echo these words that I got from the internet: I am proud of my heart, it’s been played, cheated and broken but … Read more…
