South Central Yearly Meeting

Dear SCYM'ers:

At Representative Meeting 2022 we informed you that at the end of January, 2023, we'd have a written, rather complete written first draft of the YM's Faith & Practice ready for your feedback.

Some loose ends in that process, however, have turned up.  It now appears that our first draft won't be ready for viewing before the end of February.  We are sorry for this delay, and will keep you informed of our progress.

John Coffin, Committee clerk
Little Rock Friends Meeting

North Texas FCNL Advocacy Workshop

Feb. 25, 2023 • 1:00-4:00 CT
Postponed - Date to be announced
Dallas Friends Meetinghouse, 5828 Worth St., Dallas TX
ALL WELCOME
Learn more at: https://act.fcnl.org/event/advocacy-teams/3037
See and download a FLYER to help promote the workshop to Friends and others who want to learn how to advocate with elected officials about justice and peace issues. 

Spring Lobby Weekend! March 

Sign up for Spring Lobby Weekend, March 25-28, 2023 in-person and online at: https://www.fcnl.org/events/spring-lobby-weekend-2023
​​​​​​​Promote it among young adults in your meeting. Hundreds of young adults...

• SCYM Quaker parent mutual support groups provide a supportive forum in which Quaker parents can talk about their parenting and their faith. Parents celebrate one another’s successes and provide fellowship for one another through difficulties.​
• These groups are open to any SCYM Friend currently raising children under the age of nineteen. They are free. Each group is facilitated by two friends whose children are grown. The groups will meet for one hour every other week for a total of 8 gatherings starting in February 2023 at a time agreed on by the participants. To find out more email Anne Collins at adcollinsq@gmail.com. Sign up here.

Oklahoma/Arkansas Quarterly Meeting celebrated Tina Coffin's long years publishing The Carillon at their Quarterly Meeting this fall. Two members of the Quarter, LaDeana Mullinix and Sue Garzon, wrote new lyrics to a familiar tune to celebrate. 

Tina's Song

Former Houston native and Quaker activist, J.E. McNeil prides herself on her ability to bridge the regional, cultural, and political divides in the United States—the ability, as she puts it, to speak both NASCAR and NPR. So she created a program that teaches others how to communicate with people of different ideological persuasions. As she says, "You can't start persuading people until you're actually communicating." 

Watch the video here.

If you don't already know about Quaker Speak Videos, this is great time to view this one and others. You can find the whole archive of videos here. 

Friends Peace Teams Announcements and Upcoming Events: 

Upcoming Events

• Roots of Injustice (TRR) Online: Jan 22 or Feb 11, Sun 2-4pm Mountain
• Meet the Javanese Team: Fri, Feb 24, 6:30p Eastern for Power of Goodness and 8:30pm Eastern for Visitation.
• Indian Boarding Schools… Online, Mar 14, Tue 9:15pm Eastern 
• FPT Annual Gathering, May 4-7, Westtown Friends School, Register Now! (yes all are welcome)
• Paula Palmer interview

Friends Peace Teams In Ukraine:

FPT has been working with Ukrainians since 2014 supporting internally displaced

To Friends Throughout the United States:  

Greetings in the Spirit of Love.  

We write to share with you an “Urgent Call to the Religious Society of Friends” concerning the current extensive threats to our U.S. democracy. We are led to speak out against the lies, extremist movements, and anti-democratic actions that are the opposite of our Quaker understandings of integrity and Truth.   This Call was prepared by a group of nineteen Friends.

We encourage your prayerful discernment of this “Urgent Call” and ask you as individuals, monthly meetings, yearly meetings, and Friends organizations to consider how you might be called to act with integrity in response to these concerns. 

Read the Urgent Call
Join the Conversation at quakercall.net 

Join Friends in Moscow for Daily Worship for Ukraine

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