One Book, One Yearly Meeting
Making connections through books.
2010: We Make The Road By Walking
How are we called to be prophetic in our witness?
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- An opportunity for PYM meetings, quarters and members of ALL AGES to connect and grow in the Spirit through one shared experience.
- A contemplative way to carry Sessions work forward.
- A chance to deepen connections among Friends across theologies, experiences, age groups and meetings.
- Each year's book is selected based on the Annual Sessions theme.
2010 One Book Selection:
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Quaker Witness as Sacrament
By Daniel Snyder
Dan Snyder writes about his struggle between the inward call to a spiritual life of contemplation and an outward call to respond to the problems of the world. He found that these two calls are parts of a single whole that must be joined if we are to be faithful to either.
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2010 One Book Companion, appropriate for all ages:
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Lighting Candles in the Dark
By Quaker Press of FGC
A "classic" Quaker book of short stories for children, youth, and multi-generational groups. The 45 stories are true or based on actual events and highlight "courageous people who used nonviolent and creative action in difficult and dangerous situations." |
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