Resources and Information

Friends' Organizations

Lake Erie Yearly Meeting

Lake Erie Yearly Meeting is an organization of Quaker meetings and worship groups in Ohio, Michigan, and western Pennsylvania. Granville Friends Meeting is a part of LEYM.

LEYM Spring Bulletin 2024 

The Spring issue of the LEYM Bulletin has been released. In it you’ll find the Clerk’s message, a report on Representative Meeting, information on small LEYM worship groups and how you can visit them, and lots of material on the 2024 Annual Meeting. The issue provides a broad overview of the coming Annual Meeting, registration instructions, and full descriptions on the dozen wonderful workshops on offer this year. Registration opens April 1st. https://leym.org/spring-2024-bulletin/

Friends General Conference

Friends General Conference, with Divine guidance, nurtures the spiritual vitality of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) by providing programs and services for Friends, meetings, and seekers. https://www.fgcquaker.org/

American Friends Service Committee

AFSC works for a just, peaceful, and sustainable world free of violence, inequality, and oppression. AFSC joins with people and partners worldwide to meet urgent community needs, challenge injustice, and build peace. https://afsc.org/

Friends Committee on National Legislation

The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) is a national, nonpartisan Quaker organization that lobbies Congress for peace, justice, and environmental stewardship. We bring together tens of thousands of people—Quakers and friends—who share a belief in the power of relationship-building to advance the world we seek.  /https://www.fcnl.org/

Friends in Print and Online

Friends Journal

Friends Journal is an independent publication of Friends Publishing Corporation, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its mission is "to communicate Quaker experience in order to connect and deepen spiritual lives." The magazine publishes poetry, news about Quaker affairs, letters, information about Quaker meetings, and book reviews  https://www.friendsjournal.org/

EarthQuaker: The Magazine of  Living Witness

EarthQuaker is a community discerning  and nurturing our spirit-led response to the unfolding climate and ecological crises, and offers a Quaker perspective on environmental issues. 

https://livingwitness.org.uk/earthquaker/

 

Faith and Practice

Faith and Practice includes advice on procedures within the faith, membership, current practice for conducting meeting business and numerous quotations from Friends on belief, worship, concerns, leadings, and testimonies. GFM has copies to borrow, or it can be purchased at Quaker Books. https://quakerbooks.org/