9th mo. 2022 Blog Posts (3)

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Quakers in the Cascadian Northwest

Google Earth model of Multnomah Meeting by Lew Scholl (link)

(former Masonic Temple on the right -- used during the 2nd major remodel)

For those wishing to catch up on all the changes in our region among the many churches and meetings, I recommend this…

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Added by Kirby Urner on 9th mo. 27, 2022 at 5:30pm — No Comments

What is a Quaker?

I initially posted this on Facebook and then my blog that no one reads (ha).  I thought I'd share it here.

 When I tell people I'm a Quaker, some of my friends ask me "What's Quaker?" The tendency is to go into history. We were colonizers who had a different but still problematic relationship with the Natives and who sought to establish a different, tolerant colony in the New World. I could point to how we differed on the holding of slaves but eventually came to…

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Added by Kevin-Douglas Olive on 9th mo. 4, 2022 at 1:33pm — 2 Comments

Gifts of ministry

This was my reply to a post in Friendly Letter about recorded ministry.  Many think Friends don't have ministers but that's a modern development. We used to have them.  They weren't pastors but they did serve the meeting. The meeting had…

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Added by Kevin-Douglas Olive on 9th mo. 4, 2022 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

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