Pacific Northwest Quaker Women's Theology Conference

2010 Details:

DATE:
June 16-20, 2010 at Seabeck Conference Center in Seabeck, WA

THEME:
Walk With Me: Mentors, Elders, and Friends

QUOTES:

From: 2 Timothy 1:5-7

I'm reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois, then in your mother Eunice, and now, I'm certain, in you as well. That's why I want to remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God didn't give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love, of self-discipline.

From: Martha Paxson Grundy, Tall Poppies: Supporting Gifts of Ministry and Eldering in the Monthly Meeting, p. 27, Pendle Hill Publications.

"Many Friends today are crying out for spiritual mentors, for ministers and elders who are lovingly steeped in our tradition. Some Friends hunger for a deeper relationship with God, for a connection with a divine power that heals and empowers. We long for wise and loving role models and examples."

From: Patricia Loring, Listening Spirituality Vol. II, 1999.

"As meetings became settled, elders performed a variety of functions, according to their gifts and leadings. . . . [A]ll gifts and ministries were for building up the spiritual life of the meeting and the Society: directing and re-directing people to the Spirit of God, to the Inward Christ, the Light, the Inward Teacher, the Guide, the one true Priest and Shepard. It was clearly understood that any member of the meeting might be called to some part of this service, but that some were specifically led by the Spirit at any given time."

PROGRAM:
Details to come!