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| | Religious Society of Friends - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Quakerism is often termed a mystical religion, but it differs from other mystical religions in two important ways. | | | Early Quakerism included a strong sense of spiritual egalitarianism, including a belief in the spiritual equality of the sexes—remarkable for that time. | | | Quakers are counted among the historic peace churches, and have congregations scattered across the world. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker
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| | Quakers of Richmond and Wayne County, Indiana |
| | Quaker worship and decision-making are both shaped by a common search for the Truth as revealed by the prompting of the Spirit. | | | In 1887, an important conference was held in Richmond: Quakers from North America and England gathered to create a statement of faith and practice as a basis for unity. | | | Some congregations worship out of silence with members and attenders speaking as they are led by the Spirit, while others, known as "programmed Friends," choose to worship with hymns, scripture readings, a prepared message from a pastor, and other elements familiar to many contemporary Christians. |
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http://www.earlham.edu/Q/brochure1
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| | Society of Friends - Quakers |
| | Quakerism took on certain characteristics such as simplicity in the manner of living, encouraging women to be ministers, spiritual democracy in meeting, absolute adherence to truth, universal peace and brotherhood regardless of sex, class, nation, or race. | | | Because the religion of the Quakers was founded as a completely spiritual belief requiring no physical manifestation, the meetings have traditionally had no prearranged program, sermon, liturgy, or outward rites. | | | Quakerism is a way of life; Friends place great emphasis upon living in accord with Christian principles. |
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http://mb-soft.com/believe/txc/quakers.htm
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| | Pendle Hill Pamphlets |
| | Quakerism is derived largely from the ethical teachings of Jesus, the Christ-mysticism of Paul, and the logos-mysticism and God-mysticism of John. | | | In Quaker Strongholds, as in her other writings, she seems to keep constantly in mind the points of view of those to whom Quakerism is new and strange and of those well-versed in its belief and practice, making a kind of bridge between them. | | | He who appears in the ministry in a Quaker meeting is, at least theoretically a prophet, in the sense that he or she is an instrument through which God speaks to the congregation. |
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http://www.pendlehill.org/pendle_hill_pamphlets.htm
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| | Quakerism, Orthodox Quakerism, Quakers, Orthodox Quakers, What Orthodox Quakers Believe, About Orthodox Quakerism -- ... |
| | The most orthodox Quakers hold to the authority of the Bible, and the book of Genesis--that God created all in less than seven days and less that 10,000 years ago. | | | Most orthodox Quakers believe in direct reward and punishment, heaven and hell, the second coming of Christ, and resurrection of the dead (similar to conservative Christian view). | | | Some Orthodox Quaker churches are very accepting of homosexuality, and others condemn it as contrary to God's will. |
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http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8037_1.html
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| | RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) |
| | As with all large denominations, individual Quakers are religiously diverse. | | | Their belief is that one should tell the truth at all times. | | | Any Quaker who became a soldier was ejected from the community. |
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http://www.religioustolerance.org/quaker.htm
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| | The Quaker Dharma |
| | The Quaker Dharma explores Quaker practice, seeks to share it for the benefit of others, and affirms there are many valid paths to God. | | | Therefore, I want to form an organization dedicated to Quaker Outreach to non-Quakers and the deepening of Quaker spiritual practice. | | | However, I also know that there are many people to whom the Quaker way would speak and bring great joy if only they knew it existed. |
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http://thequakerdharma.blogspot.com
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| | as Way Opens: The Contrarian Quaker |
| | Every so often in the life of the Quaker universe talk comes up about uniformity of belief, foundational beliefs, and the role of that core belief in the minds of the participants of meeting for worship. | | | Considering the fact that one of the original hallmarks of "Quakerism" (a word, because it even ends in "-ism" I have trouble with) is to have no set creed it may seem a bit odd that matters of interpretation of either the Bible or Fox's commentaries have led to splits in the first place. | | | This kind of talk - because it is so usually done in Quaker circles - may even seem to those observing from the outside that it were doctrine amongst us. |
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http://quakerman.blogspot.com
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| | soc.religion.quaker Answers to Frequently Asked Questions |
| | This traditional Quaker Universalism does not say that all religions are completely true, let alone that they are equally true. | | | Subject: (7) Speech mannerisms Subject: (7.1) Thee and Thou (archaic) Among early Quakers it was traditional to call everyone and anyone thee and thou, including royalty and church officials, who were to be referred to in the plural in deference to their official Holier than Thou position. | | | One explanation for this confusion is the image on the Quaker Oats(tm) logo (See (1.4) Oatmeal, Motor Oil...); another is the traditional refusal of Friends to rise or doff their hats to figures considered to be in authority. |
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http://www.faqs.org/faqs/Quaker-faq
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| | Quaker Groups and Organizations - FCNL |
| | AFSC's work is based on the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) belief in the worth of every person, and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice. | | | CFSC's work is built on the foundation of Quaker belief that there is value and the essence of God in every person, and is dedicated to peace, equality and simplicity. | | | Friends General Conference (FGC) is an association of fourteen yearly meetings and regional groups and seven directly affiliated monthly meetings in the unprogrammed tradition of the Religious Society of Friends. |
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http://www.fcnl.org/links.htm
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| | Introduction to "Quakers in Brief" - DM Murray-Rust |
| | The main idea of the chapter is to give some idea of the great diversity of people who were attracted to the Quaker movement. | | | (An over-view of the Quaker movement from 1650 to 1990) | | | A comment on the 17th Century as a time of revolutionary ideas and of "dissent". |
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http://people.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/~ubcg09q/dmr/intro.htm
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| | QUAKER LESBIAN CONFERENCE |
| | One weekend will be open to all women who are Quaker or familiar with Friends, who were born and raised as women, and who are lesbian, bisexual or moving towards those identities. | | | The 2004 conference will be open to women who are Quaker or familiar with Friends, who were born and raised as women, and who are lesbian, bisexual or moving towards those identities. | | | We envision a community in which each woman shares worship, spiritual exploration and loving relationships in an environment which embraces diversity, individual leadings, struggle, and play. |
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http://qlc.quaker.org
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| | Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre |
| | Quakers believe that everyone may have a direct experience of God and that there is 'that of God in everyone'. | | | It is based in the former family home of the local chocolate maker, George Cadbury, himself a Quaker, and has, since 1903, provided education for those of any faith or none from around the world. | | | Education has always been based around exploring Quakerism and the themes of interest to Quakers, such as Peace and Reconciliation, Quaker History and Spiritual Journeys. |
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http://www.woodbrooke.org.uk
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| | Pendle Hill Home Page |
| | Pendle Hill was founded in 1930 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and is open to people of all faiths. | | | Reasons for coming to Pendle Hill vary, including having time for study leave, wanting to learn more about Quakerism, seeking an experience of community living, wanting to deepen prayer and spiritual life, or being at a point of transition in life and needing to discern a future direction. | | | Whatever your reason and whatever your spiritual or religious background, you are welcome here. |
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http://www.pendlehill.org
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| | Quaker Finder : Finding local Quakers & Quaker Meetings |
| | Everyone is always welcome at a Quaker meeting for worship. | | | Unprogrammed meetings not affiliated with FGC are identified as "Independent" (generally universalist or Christian universalist), or "Conservative" (traditional Quaker, Bible-based). | | | Children are also welcome to join meeting for worship. |
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http://www.quakerfinder.org
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| | New England Yearly Meeting of Friends |
| | They feel free to reject much of the ecclesiastical structure of the times, including priests, church dogmas, outward sacraments, and external authority in religion, because they feel that for them these do not serve the life of the spirit. | | | Quaker Earthcare Witness (formerly Friends Committee on Unity with Nature) | | | Your donation helps strengthen Quaker community and Quaker witness throughout New England. |
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http://www.neym.org
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| | Digital Quaker Collection |
| | The selected documents detail Quaker theology, spirituality, history, and practice since the inception of the religion in the mid-17th century. | | | DQC is a digital library containing full text and page images of over 500 individual Quaker works from the 17th and 18th centuries. | | | [Visited Dec'04] The Earlham School of Religion, a graduate theological school for the Society of Friends (Quakers), has provided access to a wealth of journals, letters, and monographs at this site. |
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http://esr.earlham.edu/dqc
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| | Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Library Booklist: Quaker Fiction - Anecdotes and Folk Tales |
| | Sequel to I Take Thee, Serenity, with a continuation of the marriage of Peter and Serenity entertwined with a new romance of a couple in their 70's. | | | A psychological novel about dark undercurrents brought forth in two sisters whose antagonism toward each other went unresolved in their childhood. | | | Based on letters written in plain speech by the author's grandmother in the 1870's. |
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http://www.pym.org/library/lists/quakquak.htm
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| | Brooklyn Quaker |
| | Thoughts on Quaker Faith and Practice as they appear to me. Topics and Concerns: Christianity and Quakerism, Pacifism and Quakerism, Social Justice and Quakerism, Truth-telling and Quakerism, Plainness and Simplicity. | | | For example, there are plenty of contemporary Friends who have had exposure to other religions and still choose to identify with the Judeo-Christian tradition as not only the "history" of Friends, but as a very much living part of the Quaker identity and practice. | | | But the centrality of Jesus in Quakerism is - to my mind - much more fundamental than that. |
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http://brooklynquaker.blogspot.com
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| | Quaker Information Center |
| | Quakers are members of the Religious Society of Friends, a faith that began in England in the mid-1600's, and is practiced today, in a variety of forms, in the U.S. and around the world. | | | To members of this religion, the words "Quaker" and "Friend" mean the same thing. | | | New book, Friends Peace Witness in a Time of Crisis available from Friends World Committee, Section of the Americas. |
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http://www.quakerinfo.org
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| | Quaker Universalist Fellowship Homepage |
| | The Quaker Universalist Fellowship is an informal gathering of persons who cherish the spirit of universality that has always been intrinsic to the Quaker faith. | | | Quaker Universalists, Their Ministry Among Friends and In The World by Dan Seeger | | | Quakerism: A Mature Religion for Today by David Hodgkin |
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http://www.universalistfriends.org
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| | Online Texts at Quaker Heritage Press |
| | Margaret Fell (1614-1702), "Women's Speaking Justified, Proved, and Allowed of by the Scriptures, All such as speak by the Spirit and Power of the Lord Jesus" (ca. | | | Solomon Eccles (17th century), "A Musick-Lector" (1667 tract in the form of a dialog between an Anglican musician, a Baptist, and a Quaker ex-musician; also shows the participants' views of many aspects of each other's religions) | | | John Toldervy, 1656 debate with James Nayler about the strange spiritual experiences he had before leaving Quakerism |
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http://www.qhpress.org/texts/index.html
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| | Quaker United Nations Office |
| | The Quaker movement began in England in the 1650s, when its founder, George Fox, gathered together those who sought to live and worship in accordance with the living spirit of Christ. | | | ‘Quakers’ started as a nickname — they call themselves the Religious Society of Friends or Friends Church — but they are now generally known as Quakers or Friends. | | | Their commitment to non-violence in thought, word and deed is based on living out the word of God, as known in the life and teachings of Jesus, as well as from the word of God known in their own hearts and demonstrated in the lives of others. |
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http://www.geneva.quno.info
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| | The Religious Society of Friends |
| | Earlham School of Religion has scanned many texts which are free of copyright restrictions and made them available online in their Digital Quaker Collection. | | | Margaret Fell's essay "Women's Speaking Justified, Proved, and Allowed of by the Scriptures, All such as speak by the Spirit and Power of the Lord Jesus. | | | Eden Grace has a paper explaining Quaker decision-making practice and its theological presuppositions. |
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http://www.quaker.org
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| | Quaker -- Beliefnet.com |
| | Main Tenets: Quaker beliefs include the emphasis on plain speech and dress; opposition to slavery and war; and the refusal to swear oaths, which Quakers believe undermine the daily mandate for truth-telling. | | | Fox held that the “Inner Light,” the inspiring presence of God in each person, stands above Scripture and creed. | | | Quakers, who often met persecution for their beliefs, have also been champions of religious freedom. |
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http://www.beliefnet.com/index/index_10122.asp
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| | Quaker Electronic Archive |
| | Excerpt from a letter on Quakers by Voltaire | | | Quaker Faith & Practice: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (1997: PDF format) (link to PYM) | | | Quaker Faith & Practice: Britain Yearly Meeting (1995) (link to Norwich) |
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http://www.qis.net/~daruma
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| | Gary Sandman: Common traits of Quaker art |
| | Friends have come to understand that instead of a spiritual danger to people, art can be a spiritual harmony with God. | | | And for those Friends who have not retained silent worship, Quaker commitment to the personal experience of the Spirit of God serves much the same purpose. | | | They’ve also noted the parallel between Quaker worship and the creative process, and this has helped them to be more aware of creativity. |
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http://fqa.quaker.org/types/t07-sandman.html
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| | Andria Fiegel Wolfe |
| | They did not use names for days of the week or months of the year since most of these names were derived from the names of pagan gods. | | | Even though the Gregorian Calendar was adopted in 1582, as mentioned above it was 1752 before the change was universally accepted. | | | When recording dates found in Quaker records, it is preferred practice to copy them as they are found and to record the source. |
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http://www.illuminatrix.com/andria/quaker.html
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| | Quaker Theological Discussion Group |
| | 87 Quaker Theological Discussion Group; Religion and Ethics in the Thought of Richard Ullmann, T. Vail Palmer Jr. | | | On the Folly of Seeking the Quaker Holy Grail, H. Larry Ingle | | | 80 Christ Jesus the Covenant of God: Two Views of the Quaker Doctrine of the Light, Lucy Davenport; |
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http://theo-discuss.quaker.org
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| | Friends Historical Association |
| | consists of illuminating articles on Quaker contributions to issues such as social justice, education and literature. | | | The conference invites proposals for papers on any aspect of Quaker history. | | | Founded in Philadelphia in 1873, FHA has become an organization that is international in membership and interests and which anyone, Friend or not, is invited to join. |
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http://www.haverford.edu/library/fha/fha.html
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| | FGC Quaker Library: Welcome to Quakerism |
| | An outsider's look at Quaker worship, history and practice. | | | We invite you to joing with us in our continuing search for Divine leadership in our lives. | | | FGC has produced a series of pamphlets about various facets of Quaker faith: |
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http://www.fgcquaker.org/library/welcome
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| | Cyndi's List - Quaker |
| | Personal diaries, letters, and detailed records of monthly and yearly meetings reveal the lives of thousands of Quaker men and women. | | | Religious Archives at the University of Hull - Quakerism | | | The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. |
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http://www.cyndislist.com/quaker.htm
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| | Quaker Books from FGC (Quakerbooks.Org) |
| | Resources which describe the faith and practice of the meeting community, including books on meeting for worship and YM books of discipline. | | | Many titles to deepen your faith community through adult religious education. | | | Curricula and resources for teaching about Quakers and our testimonies for First Day School. |
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http://www.quakerbooks.org
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| | Quaker Pamphlets Homepage |
| | Out of the convincement of the northern “seekers” he secured Swarthmoor Hall as the center of his mission, and sixty highly qualified “Publishers of Truth” to assist him in proclaiming the Quaker message. | | | John Yungblut, in looking forward to the Quakerism of the Future, exhorts us to continue this tradition: | | | Five years later, in 1652, he found in the neighborhood of Pendle Hill, “a great people to be gathered”, and an immense convincement followed, which marks the birth of Quakerism as a successful movement. |
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http://pamphlets.quaker.org
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| | Welcome to Quaker Center |
| | Our own schedule of Quaker Center Programs focused on Quakerism, spiritual growth, and social justice. | | | It is a sacred place for friends to gather, offering: | | | Quaker Center extends a special hand of support to low-income community groups working for: |
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http://www.quakercenter.org
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| | Friends General Conference: Quakers in the unprogrammed tradition |
| | FGC provides resources and opportunities that educate and invite members and attenders to experience, individually and corporately, God's living presence, and to discern and follow God's leadings. | | | Friends General Conference: Quakers in the unprogrammed tradition | | | Find out about FGC's publications program, the new and forthcoming titles and look over our publications catalog. |
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http://www.fgcquaker.org
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| | The Gene Pool: JTR's Colorful Family History |
| | Daniel Boone was captured by the Indians and taken to Chillicothe. | | | The family tree I have shows SEVEN sons which I am assuming are Rebecca's brothers. | | | This observation from Faragher's book about Daniel Boone "one consequence of the love for the woods was a neglect of book learning" would also apply to Thomas Beals and his family. |
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http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/bealsexp.htm
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| | PlanetMurphy.Org: |
| | Machtley says there is some doubt about John England’s religion, maybe none, but we do know that Elizabeth was a member of Three Forks Baptist Church. Mrs. | | | Machtley says she lived down the road from the land of Goshen Quaker meeting house and cemetery.” | | | The following are the children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren of Silas Morphew and Elizabeth England (more concise dates are needed and inaccuracies need to be identified.) As the genealogical framework of names, dates, locations, and census records develops, hopefully their stories will come forth. These Morphews move frequently, which makes tracing them more difficult. |
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http://www.planetmurphy.org/pagebuild.php?pagebody1=MorphewSi3.htm
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| | The Quaker Tapestry, exhibitions, workshops and guided tour of this historical tapestry |
| | She had the vision of a number of large tapestry panels telling something of the Quaker story and beliefs. | | | The Quaker Tapestry is quite unlike any other contemporary embroidery in its style, scope, content, method of execution and consequent effect on many of those who took part. | | | The Quaker Tapestry accepts no responsibility for the contents of any site to which hyperlinks from this site exist. |
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http://www.quaker-tapestry.co.uk/the_tapestry.htm
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| | Religion--Quaker |
| | I was surprised that I found such a spiritual home as a Quaker, but I have. | | | For now, I can provide some pointers to other Quaker sites. | | | Friends' Committee on National Legislation Contains `alerts' about pending legislation and suggestions to encourage our representatives to take Friends' concerns into account during their deliberations. |
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http://www.lehigh.edu/~dlj0/religion.html
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| | The Quaker Corner |
| | Many of JTR's ancestors were of the Quaker faith. | | | This site was created by Joanne Todd Rabun | | | The Quaker Corner has been on-line since August of 1995. |
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http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers
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| | the Friend - Independent Quaker journalism since 1843 |
| | Quaker Meetings & sex offenders, prefer not to say | | | Students from the Quaker schools have again found inspiration, tracing the roots of Quakerism in the footsteps of George Fox. | | | The Southern Schools' Pilgrimage (known affectionately as Foxtrot) took place from 22-26 September attended by pupils from L... |
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http://www.thefriend.org
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| | FGC: 2006 Gathering of Friends |
| | Come experience the powerful spiritual energy that infuses every aspect of an FGC Gathering, from the youngest Junior Gathering group to High Schoolers, Adult Young Friends, Adult and Senior Friends. | | | Rooted in a century of tradition we will transplant a Gathering community for the first time ever to western soil. | | | For children and teens especially, the Gathering is often the unique occasion when they are embraced by a large community of Quaker peers. |
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http://www.fgcquaker.org/gathering
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| | Street Corner Society - A Quaker page |
| | (Quakers are also known as the Religious Society of Friends) | | | Using the 'frames' capability of the web-browser, these pages will provide direct access to a sampling of passages in the texts at this site. | | | Some maps of the early "seedbed" area of Quakerism, of the areas of growth in the early 1650s, and of England and Wales generally. |
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http://www.strecorsoc.org/quaker.html
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| | Bright Acres Quaker Parrots |
| | Quaker Parrots (Myiopsitta monachus) are also known as Quaker Parakeets, Monk Parakeets, Grey-breasted Parakeets, and Quaker Conures. | | | Although some books list them under Conures, they really are not Conures. | | | In addition to raising Quaker Parrots, my family and I also raise Water Buffaloes and the following other kinds of parrots: Congo African Grey, Eclectus, Red-bellied, and Senegal. |
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http://www.intersurf.com/~rdclay/quakers.html
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