News

We are delighted to share the news that we have found our new Associate Secretary for Development – Faith Josephs!

Gretchen “found God at the top of my to-do-list” following a family tragedy.

Resources and materials in the Spiritual Deepening Library for Small Groups are being revised and enhanced on 2019 to include new ways to explore communion with the community and the divine.

As a child, the impulse to blow through the straw to create bubbles in your chocolate milk is a great analogy to describe the sensation of emotions I experience when I’m called to do ministry work in my community.

Two years after Friends General Conference’s governing body approved the initiation of an institutional assessment on systemic racism, a full report and summary with recommendations are now available.

General Secretary Barry Crossno discusses Quaker decision making.

This summer, Vanessa Julye, the Coordinator of FGC’s Ministry on Racism program, delivered an honest, inspirational keynote address to Friends at North Pacific Yearly Meeting.

This fall, FGC welcomes Shaina Robinson as our Quaker Voluntary Service (QVS) Fellow for the 2019 service year and Lori Piñeiro Sinitzky, who is our first Spiritual Deepening Program Fellow!

After 13 years of dedicated service to Friends, our Junior Gathering Coordinator Patsy Arnold Martin is retiring in October.

The next phase of our work has begun: analyzing and summarizing data, crafting recommendations, and planning our presentation for the fall Central Committee.

FGC is excited to announce that Holly Baldwin has been hired as our part-time Welcoming Friend Project Assistant!

The FGC Institutional Assessment on Racism survey completed on July 31, 2018 – with 1,168 respondents!