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In Faith and Practice we read:
Ministry and Counsel drafts annually a report which assesses the Meeting's spiritual condition and needs. The Monthly Meeting should thoughtfully consider this draft and give it final approval. The report should be prepared with reference to the Queries and should cover such matters as:
  • Spiritual condition of the Meeting; strength and failings;
  • Nature of meetings for worship during the year. Quality of the silence, content and quality of the spoken ministry;
  • meetings for business during the year. Range of concern considered, attendance of members, implementation of the Meeting's decisions;
  • Contributions of Peace and Social Order, Religious Education, Ministry and Counsel, Overseers, and other committees;
  • What is most needed to deepen the spiritual life of the Meeting and to strengthen its witness in behalf of Friends' testimonies to the world.

We have received reports from the following Meetings:

The Spiritual State of the Meeting Reports for 2004 are still available here.


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Christ in Catastrophe, Emil Fuchs


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Manual of Procedure 2006 [PDF]
Interim Meeting 3/2008 [PDF]
Yearbook 2007 [PDF]
State of the Meeting Reports
Sandy Spring Prison Journal
Proposed Voices, Advices and Queries


Upcoming Events 2008


Apr 21-25
Understanding Islam
Anthony Manousos, Iftekhar Hussain and others
Pendle Hill program
Apr 25-27
Interfaith Peacemaking
Anthony Manousos, Iftekhar Hussain and others
Pendle Hill program
Apr 25-27
Clerking: Serving the Community with Joy and Confidence
Arthur Larrabee
Pendle Hill program
Apr 26
“How Can I Make This Work?”
A Retreat for Working Moms with Young Children
Bon Secours Spiritual Center
Apr 26-27
Opequon Work Weekend,
David Hunter
Apr 26
Spring Work Day
Friends Wilderness Center
May 2-4
JYF Gathering
Sandy Spring
Please submit your registration and medical forms.
May 2-4
James Nayler and the Lamb’s War
Pendle Hill program
May 3-4
Shiloh Camp Work Weekend,
David Hunter
May 3
Nature Journaling
Friends Wilderness Center
May 4
Monthly Pot-Luck and Dialogue
William Penn House, DC
May 5-7
Foundations of Appreciative Inquiry
William Penn House, DC
May 5-9
Re-discovering Elias Hicks
Pendle Hill program
May 9-10
Third Gerald May Seminar
Cynthia Bourgeault
Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation
May 9-11
Five Spiritual Principles
Pendle Hill program
May 12-16
The Unifying Legacy of Rufus Jones
Pendle Hill program
May 16-18
Tales of the Hasidim
Pendle Hill program
May 17
Annual Open House
Friends Wilderness Center
May 17-18
Catoctin Work Weekend,
David Hunter
May 18
Warrington Quarterly Meeting;
Frederick Monthly Meeting
May 19-23
Give Us This Day
Pendle Hill program
May 23-26
Young Adult Friends Conference
Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana
May 23-26
Nurturing Faithfulness
Pendle Hill program
May 23-26
FCRP Conference
Anneville, PA
May 31-June 1
Opequon Work Weekend, David Hunter
June 1
Monthly Pot-Luck and Dialogue
William Penn House, DC


More Events in 2008



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