Quaker House of Fayetteville NC

Last week during Friends General Conference at Haverford College, Friends from many Quaker organizations gathered together to get to know each other better. Friends talked about the intersections of their work and how they might be able to collaborate in the future. Organizations represented in this picture include:

Abington Quarter, Beacon Hill Friends House, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, American Friends Service Committee, Baltimore Yearly Meeting, Friends Committee on National Legislation - FCNL, Friends Fiduciary, Friends General Conference, Friends Publishing Corporation, Friends Wilderness Center, World Council of Churches Climate Justice Commission, Friends World Committee for Consultation - FWCC World Office, Friends World Committee for Consultation Section of the Americas, Quaker Call to Save Democracy, Quaker Earthcare Witness, Quaker House of Fayetteville NC, Quaker Voluntary Service, Right Sharing of World Resources, Thee Quaker Podcast, Friends Journal, and South Jersey Quakers.

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Tell It Slant -- With Lemonade: A Book Launch at Haverford

Tell It Slant — With Lemonade: A Book Launch at Haverford - A Friendly Letter Adapted from Tell It Slant, by Emma Lapsansky-Werner, with Chuck Fager: For most of the three-plus centuries since the founding of Quakerism, Quakers had viewed the arts as snares and “distractions” from listening to the Word-of-the-Divine within. George Fox threw down the marker as early as 167...

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FGC wants to give a HUGE thank you to the organizations who have helped to sponsor the 2024 Gathering! These include: American Friends Service Committee, Everence Financial, Foulkeways At Gwynedd, Friends Committee on National Legislation - FCNL,
Quaker House of Fayetteville NC, and Arch Street Meeting House. Your support helps to bring together hundreds of Quakers who live together in spiritual community!

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U.S. military members discuss seeking conscientious objector status over support of Israel in Gaza Two Air Force enlistees are requesting to become conscientious objectors over U.S. support of Israel, a decision they said was emboldened by the ongoing war in Gaza.

May 15 is International Conscientious Objector Day. Quaker House is active in teaching young adults about understanding conscientious objection as well as the organizations and meetings that support them. We have published a Resource Guide for working with young adults on discerning whether they are led in this direction and, if so, how to create a file of documentation. Please contact Quaker House if you are interested in any of our resources.

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Discharge Upgrades: Fact Sheet ❮ Resources ❮ GI Rights Hotline: Military Discharges and Military Counseling If you are not satisfied with the discharge or characterization of service that you received from the military, you have the option of applying for an upgrade.  An upgrade can change your characterization of service, the reason for the discharge, and your re-enlistment code.  It can also change yo...

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Holding the Line - Continued Housing Horrors for Military Members and Families Despite Decades of Broken Promises
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Holding the Line - Extemism in the Ranks
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Suicides Among Military Participants (Past and Present) Continued to Rise in 2022

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Holding the Line - Military Branches Report Big Recruiting Shortfalls
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Fall 2023 News from the HomeFront Extending Quaker House, GI Rights Boot Camp, Holding the Line, Sexual Assult Awareness, and a Quaker Chuckle Can You Find a Way to Extend Quaker House to Your Community? by Wayne Finegar, Quaker House

Today Wayne Finegar II and Michelle Downey visited with Virginia Beach Friends Meeting to celebrate with them. Michelle was representing North Carolina Yearly Meeting-Conservative.

It was a joy to worship, visit, and potluck with them.

Quaker House joins with people everywhere to celebrate the International Day of Peace.

Spent last Saturday with Palmetto Friends Gathering. Always a joy to be with them, but it was also the end of 2023 annual gathering visits for Quaker House. Spent time with Piedmont Friends Yearly Meeting and Fellowship, Friends General Conference, North Carolina Yearly Meeting - Conservative, Baltimore Yearly Meeting, and Friends Churches of North Carolina.

Visited with Richmond Friends Meeting, Sandy Spring Friends Meeting, Friends-Multnomah Meeting, South Mountain Friends Meeting, and visited with new and old f/Friends.

Plus got to see redwoods!