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For Members and Attenders:
Pacific Northwest Quartery Meeting, 25-27 4th Month 2008
Friends General Conference Gathering of Friends, 28 6th Month - 5 7th Month 2008
North Pacific Yearly Meeting Annual Session, 17-20 7th Month 2008
Pacific Northwest Quarterly Meeting, 26-28 9th Month 2008
Pacific Northwest Quarterly Meeting (Silent Retreat), 30 1st Month - 1 2nd Month 2009
BELLINGHAM FRIENDS MEETING
Meeting for Worship & Children's Program, 10
a.m. First Days (Sundays)
Creekside
Building, 1701 Ellis Street (in Explorations
Academy)
P. O. Box 30144 Bellingham, 98228-2144
(360) 752-9223
Monthly Meeting Schedule
Week |
First Hour |
Second Hour |
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First |
Meeting for Worship |
Potluck and Socializing (second week for the 5th Month) |
| Second | Meeting for Worship | Meeting for Worship for Business (first week for the 5th Month) |
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Third |
Singing, 9:45 - 10 a.m. |
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| Fourth | Meeting for Worship | |
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Fifth (as appropriate) |
Meeting for Worship |
Query for the Fourth Month
When you are feeling preoccupied and distracted during Meeting, let wayward and disturbing thoughts give way quietly to your awareness of God's presence among us and in the world. Receive the vocal ministry of others in a tender and creative spirit. Reach for the meaning deep within it, recognizing that even if it is not God’s word for you, it may be so for others. Remember that we all share responsibility for the meeting for worship whether our ministry is in silence or through the spoken word.. (London Yearly Meeting, Advices and Queries #12)
Query for the Fifth Month
Forthcoming
Minute on the War in Iraq
The Bellingham Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) affirmed the following statement on 2005-09-10 at our Meeting for Worship for Business.2005 North Pacific Yearly Meeting
Call for Withdrawal of U.S. Troops from Iraq
The North Pacific Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers),
standing in the 350 year tradition of Friends’ opposition to war, calls
for the immediate, orderly termination of the military occupation of Iraq by
the United States. We believe we are called to live in that love and power
that takes away the occasion of all war. We are anguished by the deaths of
over 100,000 Iraqis and by the deaths and lasting scars inflicted on another
generation of soldiers and their families. We accept the moral and legal obligations
of our country to help reconstruct Iraq, in concert with the international
community and the people of Iraq. We acknowledge our own obligations to remove
the seeds of war that are embedded in the ways we live our daily lives. We
call for renewed efforts to prevent our nation from engaging in similar conflicts
in the future. We hold in our prayers the people of Iraq, the troops of the
United States as well as those from other nations, the humanitarian workers
in Iraq, the families of all in harm’s way, the leaders of Iraq and of
the United States, and all others affected by this war.
Implementing Actions
(1) As a practical step toward ending this war and recognizing Iraqi self-determination,
we join the Friends Committee on National Legislation in calling for the adoption
of a Congressional resolution stating: “It is the policy of the United
States to withdraw all U.S. military troops and bases from Iraq.”
(2) We encourage Friends of the North Pacific Yearly Meeting—in Idaho,
Montana, Oregon, and Washington—to consider the adoption of similar minutes
in their meetings, and we urge them to convey these statements to our fellow
citizens through the news media, and to our Senators and Representatives in
the Congress.
(3) We encourage Friends and our fellow citizens of other faith communities
and of diverse persuasions to utilize the educational resources of the American
Friends Service Committee (AFSC), the Friends Committee on National Legislation
(FCNL), and the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO); to add their voices to
this call for terminating the U.S. occupation of Iraq; and to endorse the FCNL
resolution and similar Congressional legislation as steps toward ending the
present conflict.
Approved by Friends of North Pacific Yearly Meeting on this 17th day of the
7th month, 2005, in annual session gathered, at Pacific Lutheran University
in Tacoma, Washington.
Started by Kathy
Sheehan, maintained by Matthew Liao-Troth
1st day of the Fifth Month, 2008