MEMBER
AND AFFILIATED QUAKER ORGANIZATIONS
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- The
New England Yearly Meeting
Monthly Meetings meet each month to worship to conduct business, and gather
in Quarterly Meeting groups during the year. All members of the 69 monthly
meetings in New England are members of the New England Yearly Meeting of
the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), which meets yearly in August
to worship and conduct its business.
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- Friends
General Conference
The Friends General Conference is an association
of 14 Quaker regional yearly meetings in the United States,
including the New England Yearly Meeting. Some of the monthly
meetings in these fourteen yearly meetings are completely
unprogrammed;
some are unprogrammed in part. "Unprogrammed" means
that meetings do not have a pastor to program the weekly
meeting for worship.
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- Friends
World Committee for Consultation
The Quaker community circles the globe, spanning
a rich diversity of regional cultures, beliefs and styles
of worship. Friends World Committee for Consultation programs
unites Friends around the world through Spirit-led fellowship.
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| LOCAL
AFFILLIATIONS |
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- Windham
Area Interfaith Ministry
Storrs Friends Meeting is an active participant
in the Windham Area Interfaith Ministry (WAIM).
The mission
of WAIM is to uplift and unite the Windham area
community by providing caring service and resources
to meet our neighbors’ needs
with dignity and respect. Without the support of its member faith
communities, the Windham Area Interfaith Ministry could not provide
all of its
current services.
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| QUAKER
RESOURCES ON THE WEB |
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Peace
and Social Concerns |
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- American
Friends Service Committee
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization
that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social
justice, peace and humanitarian service. Its work is based on the
principles of
the Religious Society of Friends, the belief in the worth of every
person, and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice.
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Public
Affairs Advocacy |
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- Friends
Committee for National Legislation
The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) fields the largest
team of registered peace lobbyists in Washington, DC. Founded in 1943
by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), FCNL staff
and volunteers work with a nationwide network of tens of thousands of
people from many different races, religions, and cultures to advocate
social and economic justice, peace, and good government. FCNL is nonpartisan.
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- Quaker
United Nations Office
The Quaker United
Nations Office, located in Geneva and New York, represents
Quakers through Friends World
Committee for Consultation (FWCC). Since the founding
of the United Nations in 1945, Quakers have shared
that organization's
aims and supported its efforts to abolish war and promote
peaceful resolution of conflicts, human rights, economic
justice and good governance.
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Information
About Quaker Spirituality, Organizations and Blogs |
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- The
New England Yearly Meeting
Monthly Meetings meet each month to worship to conduct business, and gather in
Quarterly Meeting groups during the year. All members of the 69 monthly meetings
in New England are members of the New England Yearly Meeting of the Religious
Society of Friends (Quakers), which meets yearly in August to worship and conduct
its business.
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Bookstores
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