2011 PALMETTO FRIENDS GATHERING
(864) 836-6392
100 Look Up Lodge Rd.
Travelers Rest, SC 29690
March 25-27, 2011
At this gathering Friends will take up a challenge from Friends Committee on Consultation (FWCC) Section of the Americas entitled,
Mending the World: A Broken Covenant? Friends' Responses to Global Change.
In response to an ever-growing concern about global change from Friends in many different countries, the FWCC Central Executive Committee - the world-wide governing body of Friends World Committee for Consultation - is embarking upon a programme to discern the merits of a more coordinated Friends’ response and a deeper understanding of the spiritual underpinnings of Friends’ witness in relation to global change and its myriad facets.
After first coordinating a series of regional cluster conferences, FWCC will convene a worldwide Consultation on Global Change specifically to address this question of the broken covenant between humanity and God that is triggering planetary change.
Background information on these planned consultations can be found on a dedicated web page provided by FWCC's World Office. This website will also provide links to a wide variety of information and resources on the issue of Global Change in general, and Friends' work in particular.
- -http://www.fwccamericas.org/events/global_chng.shtml
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Palmetto Friends Gathering is a fellowship of Quaker meetings in South Carolina that follows the unprogrammed manner of worship. The meetings include Aiken Worship Group, Charleston Monthly Meeting, Columbia Monthly Meeting, Five Rivers Monthly Meeting, and Greenville Monthly Meeting. Unprogrammed meetings traditionally meet in silence until someone in the group rises to speak, usually for a short message. After a period of about an hour, the clerk of the meeting closes the silent worship by welcoming everyone. People then greet each other, announcements are made, and people visit, return home, or continue with subsequent planned activities.
The Gathering meets annually each Spring for a weekend of worship, programs, and fellowship. The location of the gathering moves around the state from year to year.
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Faithful Security: a Faithful Response to the Complex 2030 Proposal
The administrations plan to develop new nuclear weapons must be stopped. Under the Complex 2030 plan, up to 125 new plutonium pits would be produced every year, posing a threat to public health and creation. In addition, the renovation of the nuclear weapons complex is expected to cost upwards of $150 billion dollars. It is immoral to spend our resources on unnecessary weapons when there are so many other human needs left unmet. We should partner with other nations to eliminate nuclear weaponsnot build more! Join thousands of religious Americans who oppose nuclear weapons in perpetuity by singing the statement below.
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