SEYM Faith and Practice

SEYM Faith and Practice

SEYM's Faith and Practice Committee is revising our Discipline, Faith and Practice.
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Last revised 4/17/08

Section	Title	Content	Approved

As printed in F&P 2001	Table of Contents

NEW TOC follows:	Table of Contents

I: Light Within/Mtg for Worship	Friends Experience of the Meeting for Worship		YBM 2006

II. Friends Statements		On Faith, Prayer, Jesus the Inner Teacher, Communion

III. Concerns, Leadings	Concerns, Leadings, & Testimonies	On Equality, Integrity…Military, environment, etc.	YBM 2007

IV. Blessed Community	Blessed Community: Quaker Faith, Practice & Testimonies	On community; individual in community; conflict resolution	YBM 2007

V. Queries & Advices	Queries & Advices	Questions for consideration; SEYM advice	YBM 2005

VI. Mtg for Worship w/concern	Business, the process	Meeting for Worship with attention to Business	YBM 2001

VII. Membership	The Meaning of Membership, Becoming a Friend	How to Become a Member of a Quaker Monthly Meeting	YBM 2003

VIII. Marriage & Committment	Committment & Marriage; Separation & Divorce	assisting a couple, process & support; separation, divorce	YBM 2005

IX. Dying, Death, Bereavement	Dying, Death, and Bereavement	Assisting individual and family w/queries	YBM 2001

X. SEYM Structure	Monthly Meeting, Organization & Structure		YBM 2006

XI. Establishing New Meetings	Establishing New Friends Meetings	Worship Groups, Preparative Meetings, Advices, etc.	YBM 2006

XII. The Yearly Meeting	The Yearly Meeting, Representative Meeting, Monthly Meeting	Old—as modified before 2001 reprint
NEW	YBM, IBM, YM Committees, & YM Representatives		DRAFT 2

XIII. Formation and Revision	Revising	How to revise F&P	YBM 2004

XIV. Friends History	Examining Our Past, Beginnings, Q's in America, Southeast

XV. The Balby Postscript 1656

XVI. Appendices	Recording Ministers

	Dying, Death and Bereavement Forms	living wills, requested assistance/arrangements	YBM 2004

	Nominations for YM tasks

	Nominations to Organizations

	Suggested Form Letters for Dual Membership

	Suggested Form Letter for Certificate of Transfer

	Member Information Form

	Meeting Membership Record

XVII. Glossary of Terms

XVIII. Bibliography

XIX: Index