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The 2005 FUM Triennial promises to be a great event for learning and inspiration. Short workshops will be held on Thursday afternoon and longer workshops will be held on Saturday afternoon. The confirmed workshops with their descriptions follow:
Thursday afternoon
Where Words Come From
Brent Bill
Brent Bill is the author of 15 books, including Holy Silence: The Gift of Quaker Spirituality (May 2005: Paraclete Press), Imagination and Spirit: A Contemporary Quaker Reader, and 40 Days and 40 Bytes: Computers and Your Congregation. He has written more than 100 fiction and nonfiction articles and is a writing instructor and coach.
Does Your Meeting Need a Bill of Rights?
Joshua Brown
Joshua Brown, with Friends for over 25 years, currently serves as pastor of West Richmond Friends Meeting in Richmond, Indiana. He served on the General Board of FUM for 12 years, and his column, “Leadings,” appeared for many years in Quaker Life.
Meeting with a Concern for Healing
Ann Davidson
Relating with Difficult Youth
David Holm
Dave combines his life experience as a parent and pastor with 13 years as chaplain and Director of Spiritual Life at Quakerdale to glean a handful of relational tools helpful in successfully interacting with today’s youth. A list of recommended resources will be available.
Friends Disaster Service: Serving in Jesus’ Name
Dean & Freeda Johnson
• Secret insider information and trade secrets for establishing local and yearly meeting FDS units.
• Question and answer time.
• Will have handouts.
Prayer as Vocation
Ann Kendall
Ann Kendall is a lifetime Friend of both programmed and unprogrammed persuasions. She volunteers in her meeting (Indianapolis First Friends), for FUM, AFSC, FWCC, USFWI, FGC, Earlham, ESR and Western Yearly Meeting. She has managed a retail business, taught school, and has two sons, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Rejoice Africa!
Kelly Kellum
Kelly inherited his grandparents’ 16mm movie films. Much of the footage is of their work and travels in Kenya and beyond. “Rejoice Africa” is a video project in memory of them and in honor of other Quaker missionaries, past and present, who serve in Kenya.
Developing Healthy Meetings to Impact our World
John Key (North American Ministries)
Other Thursday workshops which will be highlighted in the Quaker Life March issue are:
• Called, Chosen and Faithful—Don Farlow
• Being a New Testament Church in a Time of War—
Ben Richmond and Bill Medlin, with J.E. McNeil
• Training Youth Leaders—Ric Garrison
Saturday afternoon
Tips on Clerking: Preventing Secular Practices from
Taking over Your Committee and Business Meetings
Spee Braun
Listening in Community
Kathryn Damiano
Kathryn Damiano is a member of Heartland Monthly Meeting in Wichita, Kansas. She is called to a life of prayer, spiritual direction and teaching spiritual life studies.
Visiting Among Friends: Staying Connected
in Troubled Times
Carol Holmes
Carol Homes is a member of New York Yearly Meeting and the FUM General Board
Marriage as Covenant
Joan and Rich Liversidge & Edith and Samson Wakesa
Joan and Rich Liversidge (BYM) have led marriage enrichment events for 20 years among Quakers. Edith and Samson Wakesa (EAYM-Kaimosi) counsel couples preparing for marriage and minister to married couples in Kenya.
Friends Alive and Well in the City
Steve and Marlene Pedigo
Steve and Marlene Pedigo have been in ministry in the inner city of Chicago for over 29 years. Marlene has a D.Min. from McCormick Seminary in Chicago, IL. Steve has a M.Div. from North Park Seminary in Chicago, IL. Both are Recorded Ministers of Western Yearly Meeting.
Other Saturday worships which will be featured in the March issue of Quaker Life magazine:
• Children and the Trauma of War—Diana Abdel Nour
• Lindi Project, Nairobi, Kenya—AQUAVIS
• Ministry to Young Adults—Darrin Allen
• New Vision and New Beginnings for Global Ministries—
Colin South & Field Staff