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  2. List of Friends schools - Wikipedia

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    Friends schools are institutions that provide an education based on the beliefs and testimonies of the Religious Society of Friends, known as Quakers.. Friends schools vary greatly, both in their interpretation of Quaker principles and in how they relate to formal organizations that make up the Society of Friends.

  3. Yearly Meeting - Wikipedia

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    Yearly Meeting is an organization composed of constituent meetings or churches of the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers, within a geographical area.The constituent meetings are called Monthly Meetings in most of the world; in England, local congregations are now called Area Meetings, in Australia Monthly Meetings are called Regional Meetings.

  4. Friends Committee on National Legislation - Wikipedia

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    The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan Quaker organization. As a 501(c)(4) advocacy organization, FCNL and its network lobby Congress and the administration to promote peace, justice, and environmental stewardship. It was founded in 1943 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

  5. Quaker Quick Take: Ballot issue, facilities meeting dominate ...

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    New Philadelphia City Schools will have a 10-year operating levy renewal on the ballot of Nov. 7. Quaker Quick Take: Ballot issue, facilities meeting dominate fall schedule Skip to main content

  6. Friends General Conference - Wikipedia

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    Friends General Conference (FGC) is an association of Quakers in the United States and Canada made up of 16 yearly meetings and 12 autonomous monthly meetings. [1] "Monthly meetings" are what Quakers call congregations; "yearly meetings" are organizations of monthly meetings within a geographic region. FGC was founded in 1900. [2]

  7. Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting - Wikipedia

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    Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting is a Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). [1] It is one of the seven bodies that represent the five different branches of the Society of Friends in Ohio. [2] It is affiliated with Friends General Conference and encompasses 20 monthly meetings in Southwest Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. [3]

  8. Monthly meeting - Wikipedia

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    In the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), a monthly meeting or area meeting [1] is the basic governing body, a congregation which holds regular meetings for business for Quakers in a given area. The monthly meeting is responsible for the administration of its congregants, including membership and marriages , and for the meeting's property.

  9. Indiana Yearly Meeting - Wikipedia

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    IYM established Earlham College in 1847 as the Friends Boarding School, a boarding high school for the religious education of Quaker adolescents. [3] It also established White's Institute (first a home for Native Americans , then an orphanage, and later a home for delinquent youths) in 1850, Quaker Haven Camp in 1926, and Friends Fellowship ...