The below information is about the 2023 FGC Gathering.
For information about the 2024 FGC Gathering at Haverford College, check back in late fall, 2023
Each evening at the Gathering, Friends gather for speakers, performances, or to explore topics in depth. These Evening Programs will be at the 2023 Gathering at Western Oregon University in Monmouth, OR.
Miguel Angél Costop Bala, Ellany Kayce, and Rev. Dr. Randy Woodley
Listening to the Earth – A Cross-cultural Conversation
Date: Monday, July 3, 2023
Time: 7:00pm
Interest Groups
Date: Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Time: 7:00pm
Spend the evening exploring a topic of your choice!
Want to lead an Interest Group? Learn more!
Lauren Brownlee
Listening as a Prerequisite for Solidarity
Date: Wednesday, July 5, 2023
Time: 7:00pm
Lauren Brownlee is Friends Committee on National Legislation’s inaugural Associate General Secretary for Community & Culture and the leader of the new FCNL Community & Culture team. She supports FCNL’s Quaker engagement, young adult program, and Friends Place on Capitol Hill and helps to steward FCNL’s shared anti-racism, anti-bias, justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion commitments.
Margery Post Abbott, Cherice Bock, and Gretchen Castle
Abiding Together in the Life and Power
Date: Thursday, July 6, 2023
Time: 7:00pm
Gretchen Castle, Dean of Earlham School of Religion, Cherice Bock who is a recorded minister and founding co-clerk of Sierra Cascades Yearly Meeting, and Margery Post Abbott, an author and Released Friend under the care of Multnomah Monthly Meeting, bring differing life experiences and engagement in varied traditions of Friends to a conversation on where we find life among Friends.
Music Under the Oregon Sky
DJ OHLA
Date: Friday, July 7, 2023
Time: 7:00pm
Friday Night will be an evening of music and dancing for all ages!
Want to know more about the 2023 Gathering? Visit the links in the sidebar or view the schedule!