Annual Sessions Dates – 2025
Visit Quakers and attend Annual Sessions! Annual Sessions are a time to gather for Quaker business and fellowship. Friends General Conference shares the following information for Annual Sessions in 2025.
FGC’s 2024 Impact Report
Memorable Gatherings, retreats, worship and connections helped us do the important work of Building Resilient Community.
FGC Staff Attend 26th Annual White Privilege Conference
The 2025 White Privilege Conference drew 500 attendees, including four FGC staff and 19 other Friends.
Covid Supplies Sign-Out Sheet
FGC staff use this link to sign out Covid supplies (2025).
Staying centered with Quaker community.
“My Quaker faith definitely keeps me centered,” Kira says. For many years she’s participated in FGC’s Gathering, Ministry on Racism retreats, and online Spiritual Deepening eRetreats.
Update from the Quaker Coalition for Uprooting Racism
A behind-the-scenes look at some of the brave, collaborative work of the Quaker Coalition for Uprooting Racism.
Help young Friends bring their gifts to our faith community.
The High School Gathering Co-Clerk shares about the spiritual impact of the Gathering.
Help keep Friends visible to spiritual seekers.
For thousands of Quakers, for hundreds of years, our shared reality and our lived experience continues to affirm one core truth — that the seed of God lives in everyone. We are guided by a love of community that helps us peel back the layers of our individual views and seek ongoing revelation. We are…
Dreaming Sanctuary Retreat Draws 50 Friends
Friends General Conference and Pendle Hill cosponsor an intergenerational LGBTQ+ retreat space.
We met the Gathering Together Campaign Goal!
We are thrilled to share wonderful news! Thanks to your generous support, that of many Friends, monthly and yearly meetings, and grant partners we met the $2.4M goal of the Gathering Together campaign! Thank You Thank you so much to everyone who made this campaign a success: We are filled with joy and gratitude for…
Give the Gift of Presence
In the preface to his new biography, Dancing with History, Quaker activist and author George Lakey states, “I find there is something deeply human about wanting to show up—to be as Latin American activists might say, ‘presente!’ One way I think of my life’s mission for peace, justice, and equality is to make it right…
Yearly Meeting News Update for October 25, 2023
…apply is August 30. Illinois Yearly Meeting Virtual Meeting for Worship: There is a yearly-meeting-wide virtual meeting for worship every month on the 10th of the month. It’s held at…