The FGC Gathering – Where I Find my Quaker Community
Regina Renee Ward describes how the experiences of the 2013, 2016, and 2019 FGC Gathering have shaped her understanding of Quaker community.
“On Vocal Ministry”: Read the new Pendle Hill Pamphlet by Barry Crossno and J. Brent Bill
FGC’s General Secretary Barry Crossno and Quaker author J. Brent Bill have collaborated on a new Pendle Hill pamphlet that examines the spiritual process of vocal ministry.
FGC Newsletters: November 2019
Each month, FGC distributes two monthly digital newsletters to share updates and information about FGC and QuakerBooks – Vital Friends and Book Musings.
FGC Newsletters: October 2019
Each month, FGC distributes two monthly digital newsletters to share updates and information about FGC and QuakerBooks – Vital Friends and Book Musings.
Welcome to FGC: Olivia Pandolfi
This Fall, FGC welcomed Olivia Pandolfi as its Ministry on Racism Program Fellow.
Vital Friends: A Letter from the Co-Clerk of the Institutional Assessment Working Group
I am pleased to write with a sense of joy and grace to Friends everywhere that the Implementation Group has been fully formed and is ready to take this work forward.
Vital Friends: November 2019 Report from the Institutional Assessment Implementation Group
The Institutional Assessment Implementation Group recently gathered at Pendle Hill for our first annual face-to-face meeting.
Vital Friends: Getting Your Work Noticed
J. Brent Bill is a Quaker who’s been publishing articles and books since 1983. In that time, he’s learned a thing or three about getting his work published.
Vital Friends: My Experience with the Welcoming Friend Project
After Joe Rockey of Lake Forest Friends Meeting felt a leading to serve as a greeter at Meeting for Worship, he decided to participate in the Welcoming Friend Project.
Vital Friends: Why do we need to keep talking about the Institutional Assessment on Racism?
A lot needs to be done to become a truly welcoming and inclusive association of Quaker meetings and churches.
Ida Trisolini
Ida Trisolini attended her first FGC Gathering with her children in 2008.
Vital Friends: “Youth showed their joy and happiness fully” at the 2019 FGC Gathering
One hundred youth participated in FGC’s Junior Gathering and High School Program in Grinnell this summer.