Forum Notes

Friends Meeting of San Antonio frequently offers forums on various topics. We will use this page to post PDFs of the presentations and other materials that attenders express a wish to review. 

Click the links to see the information.

SHORT COURSES

1) Seminars for Seekers, 2024

• October 13: What does it mean to be a Quaker?
  READING: Edmund Hillpern: “The Minimum Quaker”

• October 27: Worship: why silence?
  READING: Steve Chase: “Silent Worship and the Inner Teacher”
                     Brent Bill: “Holy Silence” (excerpt from 159p book))

• November 10: It’s not about belief, it’s about right behavior
  READING: AFSC Booklet: “An Introduction to Quaker Testimonies”.

• November 24: What do Quakers believe?
  READING: Robert Griswold: “No Creed is Not the Same as No Theology”
                           ”      : “Creeds and Quakers” (Pendle Hill Pamphlet 377)

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MISCELLANEOUS FORUMS

1) Forums on Quaker History & Practices

• Quakers and Non-Violent Resistance
  Wednesday, Nov 11, 2020 — Presented by Oliver G.

2) Forums on Quaker Activism and Peacekeeping

• “Talking Through Political Disagreement: Is It Even Worth It?”
  with Karen Tibbals and Val Liveoak: 
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aSUvih_0Lc
  Thanks to Friends Committee on National Legislation (https://fcnl.org/) for sponsoring this June Quaker Changemaker event.

• Forum on “Maintaining Spiritual Connection while in Pursuit of Service”.  Oct 24, 2021, led by Peace and Social Concerns.  Click HERE to read the forum’s handout “Guidelines for Mutual Support Groups”.

3) Forums on Spirituality

• Worship Sharing on the Query: “What does it mean for thine eye to be single?”
  Wednesday, Apr 14, 2021 — Led by Gary W.

4) Forums on Current Social Issues

• On the “Rural Health Modernization Act” — by Gretchen H.