NOTE TO FRIENDS: This is revised version of material to replace Chapter 3 in the 1993 Faith and Practice, pp. 11-13, there titled “Friends’ Beliefs.” An earlier version circulated among NPYM Friends in winter 2014/spring 2015.
NOTE TO FRIENDS: This is the draft for a new appendix to NPYM’s Faith and Practice, in response to requests for advice and guidelines about “staying Quakerly” in the use of certain communication technologies.
NOTE TO FRIENDS: This draft is a revision of parts of chapters 4, 5, and 6 of the 1993 NPYM Faith and Practice, according to the new outline which gathers all material about a topic (description, quotations, advices, queries) into the same place in the book.
Some parts of this chapter are new to Faith and Practice, as requested by NPYM Friends: prayer, silence, ministry, creativity, and the material on individual discernment.
Comments or questions about specific additions, deletions, or changes appear in [[italics in double square brackets]]. These comments will not appear in the final version of Faith and Practice.
We ask that you review these documents and respond to us with your comments by March 15, 2015. Please let us know your reactions to what you see in these revised sections: how well do they match your understanding of our history and our faith? Is anything missing that we should add? We value all feedback, especially from monthly meeting groups that gather to review our work.
NOTE TO FRIENDS: This is a re-draft of Chapter 3 in the 1993 Faith and Practice, pp. 11-13, there titled “Friends’ Beliefs.”
NOTE TO FRIENDS: This document is a proposed revision of pages 125-128 of the 1993 NPYM Faith and Practice. Comments on these definitions and suggestions for additional terms to define will be very welcome; please contact the Committee on the Discipline.
