Some of my fellow Friends (Quakers) have filed a lawsuit against immigration officials performing raids in houses of worship, hospitals, schools, and playgrounds: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/quaker-groups-file-suit-end-policy-restricting-ice-arrests-houses-wors-rcna189471

#nbc #nbcnews #quakers #quakerism #friends #religioussocietyoffriends #immigration #immigrants #ice #immigrantandcustomsenforcement #law #lawsuits #laurastrickler #democracyforward

Big day, #today

I'm officially a Member of the #ReligiousSocietyOfFriends AND some of us #LGBTQIA2S plus folk at my #FriendsMeeting got together to start planning a subcommittee for ourselves.

I also learned that I did not invent the term #QuakerQueernessCommittee - alas. I was really proud of coming up with that.

#Quaker #Quakers

Have any of y'all started #LGBTQIA2S + groups at your #church (or other #religious groups)? If so, advice wanted please!

A few of us from my #FriendsMeeting are gonna do lunch after our Meeting on Sunday to discuss starting one, with the blessing of the Clerk.

So far, I have a notebook with some #queries and brainstorming & have reached out to FLGBTQ.org

Hashtag spam:
#Quaker #Quakers #ReligiousSocietyOfFriends
#QuakerQueernessCommittee #Friends

"The horrors of war…….concern any engaged world citizen. But they are of particular concern to members of the Religious Society of Friends, better known as Quakers.

Quakers arose out of the chaos in the mid-17th century – a “world turned upside down” – as a result of the English civil war.

As a different kind of chaos turns the world upside down today, how can the Quaker philosophy guide us towards peace?”

#quakers #quaker #PeaceTestimony #ReligiousSocietyOfFriends

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/04/how-do-we-bring-about-peace-in-a-world-of-war-and-chaos-quakers-like-me-might-have-the-answer

Hello #Quaker #Friends

I'm working on a rough draft to request membership in a local meeting.

Should I keep it short (like a cover letter), or write something more essay length?

So far it's short and sincere, but shows a little of my sense of humor

* I DO include a link to the online quiz that originally led me to research liberal #Quakerism

* I DON'T ask "and when do I get the cool hat?"

#Quakers #ReligiousSocietyOfFriends

https://www.beliefnet.com/entertainment/quizzes/beliefomatic.aspx

#introduction

Hi Instance! A little about me...

I'm #nonbinary and I live in #Chicago

My beliefs/practices include #ADF #ArnDraiochtFein #chaosmagic #chaosmagick #Hellenismos #hellenicpaganism #quakerism #religioussocietyoffriends

I'm interested in art as magic, performance as ritual, #tarot and #trancework and I'm (slowly) learning more about #herbalism

Other interests include #film #theater #socialism #tabletopRPGs #boardgames #ukulele