Continuing Exploration
I don’t know about you but I spend a lot of my time thinking about COVID and doing risk assessment. Should I send my kids to school? Should we cancel the family reunion? Should I stock up on masks, at-home test kits, and toilet paper? The risk assessment feels like a chaotic continuing exploration because…
Continuing Exploration
One of the “Quaker things” that has deep meaning for me is our expectation of continuing revelation. I’ve always resonated with the idea that the Divine and the earthly are in a perpetual state of continuing revelation. I believe that we must pay attention, listen, and be open to transformation if we trust in continuing…
COVID Preparedness and the 2022 Gathering
A special COVID working group has been approved to create a COVID Health and Safety policy for all FGC in-person events, including the Gathering.
A Message from the 2022 Gathering Clerks
Please enjoy this video introducing our Gathering clerks for this year.
Reflections from the 2021 Virtual Gathering
Way Will Open is not a passive thing that happens to us. We must seek it, listen for it, be in relationship with the Divine and with one another, and act faithfully.
A Letter from the Conference Coordinator and Volunteers – June 2021
Living into FGC’s commitment to become an anti-racist faith community, the Gathering’s Workshop Committee co-clerks and Conference Coordinator want to share a stumble we made along the way.
FGC’s Youth Committees are gearing up for the 2021 Gathering
Our High School and Junior Gathering Committees spent much of the summer reflecting on 2020 Virtual Gathering and taking note of areas to grow this year.
The 2021 FGC Gathering will be virtual!
The 2021 FGC Gathering “Way Will Open” will be held online, June 27 – July 3, and not in person.
A Gathering Like No Other: A Reflection by Lori Piñeiro Sinitzky
FGC’s Conference Coordinator Lori Piñeiro Sinitzky describes what it was like to transform the FGC Gathering from an in-person event to a virtual experience.
Watch Valarie Kaur’s Virtual Gathering Presentation for a limited time!
FGC is pleased to announce that for a limited time, Friends can watch Valarie Kaur’s inspiring presentation from the 2020 FGC Virtual Gathering!
The Outgoing Epistle of the 2020 Virtual Pre-Gathering of Friends of Color and their Families
The importance of this Gathering for Friends of Color worshipping in community together cannot be overstated.
FGC Virtual Gathering 2020: Share Your Selfies!
The 2020 FGC Virtual Gathering begins today, and we’re inviting participants to update their profile pictures and share their selfies with us!