Epistle

The 318th New York Yearly Meeting

Summer Sessions - July 21 - 27, 2013
Silver Bay, New York

To Friends Everywhere:

Our plenary speaker, Whatwehni:neh (Freida J. Jacques), Clanmother of the Turtle Clan of the Onondaga Nation of the Haudenosaunee, opened with a prayer of thanksgiving. With her we say:

Epistle from New York Yearly Meeting

Religious Society of Friends

Seventh Month/July 22-28, 2012 – Silver Bay, NY

To Friends Everywhere:

We were called to focus on Integrity. Many of us have felt a great sense of Presence, of miracles large and small. In worship with attention to business, we repudiated the Doctrine of Discovery, which justified genocide and enslavement in Christ’s name. We also approved seasoned queries and advices on earthcare witness for inclusion in Faith and Practice.