At our May 7 Meeting for Business, Easton Monthly Meeting endorsed the following Friends General Conference Minute:
“Just as there is that of God in every person, there is that of God in every relationship that calls upon God.”
–New York Yearly Meeting Faith and Practice.
It is our direct experience that the gifts of the Spirit are bestowed without consideration of gender, race, age, disability or sexual orientation—that there is “that of God” in everyone.
Dear Melanie-Claire [Mallison, clerk of Nurture Coordinating Committee] and Committee Members:
At Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business on April 9, 2006, the Friends of Albany Meeting approved sending a copy of the attached Minute to you in response to your mailing dated February 2, 2006. We found the Minutes and statements from other Meetings and especially from Junior Yearly Meeting to be interesting and inspiring and we will distribute copies and plan to have further discussion of the topic.
