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"" Communications | Newsletters
The latest newsletter is available here. It is still in prototype using a simple format  that will hopefully make it easier for volunteers to compile in the future. Back issues are listed below. There was no newsletter published from November 2004 to August 2006.
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Copies of the newsletter are available by clicking below. The files are stored in Adobe Portable Document Format (.PDF), a popular format that does require you to have a program installed on your computer called the Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Issues from 2006
December 2006 Newsletter
Committee activities, BYM Woman's Retreat, New ad-hoc committee (the CIA?)

December 2006
November 2006 Newsletter
Committee activities, Notes from the Thrifty quaker, Quaker Forum

November 2006
October 2006 Newsletter
Committee activities, August 2006 Minutes from Meeting for Business, Information on 'Marriage Amendment'

October 2006
September 2006 Newsletter
Committee activities, report from Thrifty Quaker, Quaker Forum, FCNL Legislative Priorities, July 2006 Minutes from Meeting for Business, Spiritual State of the Meeting report 2005

September 2006
Issues from 2004  
October 2004 Newsletter
"Quakerism 101", "TQ OK!", "Queries about Membership", "Book Club 2004 Reading List"

October 2004 issue
June 2004 Newsletter
"Spiritual State of the Meeting" report, "Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act", "Friendly Eights", "Book Club List", "Caring with Others", "If You Paint It, They Will Come", "Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness", "Major Quaker Testimonies"

June 2004 issue
April 2004 Newsletter
"Peace Weekend March 19-21", "Zen Meeting for Nurture", "IRAQ One Year Later", 2004 Committees and Clerks, "Caring for Others - Cuts in Domestic Programs"

April 2004 issue
February 2004 Newsletter
"AFSC Speakers Feb 8", "Queries on Racism", 2004 Committees and Clerks, and 2004 Operating Budget, "2004 Quaker Camps"

February 2004 issue
Issues from 2003  
November 2003 Newsletter
"Living Simply", "Pondering Peace and Playing Pool", Job postings, "FAP Workshop"

November 2003 issue
September 2003 Newsletter
"Meeting for Fun and Sundaes", "Friendly Excursions Celebration", "Proposed RE changes", "Library News", "Wool Gathering"


September 2003 issue

July 2003 Newsletter
"Meeting for Fun and Games", "Book Group Schedule", "Tis a Gift to be Simple", "Friendly Excursions Fundraiser"


July 2003 issue

May 2003 Newsletter
"Young Adult Friends Peace Gathering", "Quaker Camps Need Kitchen Manager", "Parenting Group Forming", "Clerk's Concerns (on peace and war)"


May 2003 issue

March 2003 Newsletter
"Friendly Excursion Workshops", "Financial Commitment Increases", "Parenting Group Forming", "2003 Committees and Clerks"


March 2003 issue

January 2003 Newsletter
''A Great Charity to Recommend', 'Expectations and Recommendations on the 2003 Budget', Proposed 2003 Annual Budget, 2003 Clerks and Committees


January 2003 issue

Issues from 2002  
January 2002 Newsletter
'Letting Go of the Past', MFM Budget for 2002, the 'Four Faces of Quakerism' article


January 2002 issue

April 2002 Newsletter
Letter from the new editor; Meetinghouse Fund Raising Kickoff; Annual budget for 2001; Membership roster; Memorial for Lawrence Pemberton.


April 2002 issue

June 2002 Newsletter
MFM Seeking Program Manager for Friendly Excursions, 'Wake Up Your Spiritual Thinking' article on summer 2002 programs, Quaker Testimony on Simplicity


June 2002 issue

August 2002 Newsletter
Announcement of 'Create Joy' workshop in October, What's New at the TQ, MFM Vision of Community statement reprinted


August 2002 issue

October 2002 Newsletter
Announcement of 'Create Joy' workshop in October, Epistle on Love and Unity, Meetinghouse News, 2002 Committees and Clerks


October 002 issue

December 2002 Newsletter
Questions for the Conscientous Objector, November Meeting for Business minutes, BYM Woman's Retreat, Silent Vigil for Peace


December 2002 issue

Issues from 2001  
January 2001 Newsletter
Quakers and Jesus; Letter from Diana Farmer; Meeting for Worship; Silence


January 2001 issue

March 2001 Newsletter
Letter from the new editor; Meetinghouse Fund Raising Kickoff; Annual budget for 2001; Membership roster; Memorial for Lawrence Pemberton.


March 2001 issue

May 2001 Newsletter
Meetinghouse news; Article on non-violence; Reflections of Junior Young Friends; Chrysalis article

May 2001 issue
July 2001 Newsletter
Clearing update; Book group news; Approval for fundraising committees; Getting the most out of worship; Annual State of Meeting report

July 2001 issue
September 2001 Newsletter
"Way to Peace is Open"; Quaker website gets hits; Religious Education report 2000-2001.

September 2001 issue
November 2001 Newsletter
Meetinghouse news update; Press release on Sept. 11; List of Committees and Positions; "A Place of Miracles: the Thrifty Quaker"

November 2001 issue
December 2001 Newsletter
Spicy Christmas gifts recipes, "Meeting for Business and the Quaker Experience", Budget for 2002, Tips for Creating a Simpler Christmas

December 2001 issue
Issues from 2000  
September 2000 Newsletter
Gifts of Being Present; 1999 State of the Meeting Report; The Scriptures; Church Lady Chimes


September 2000 issue

November 2000 Newsletter
Fundraiser for Meetinghouse; Quakers and Mysticism; Conscientous Objections; Religious Education


November 2000 issue


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P.O. Box 1003, Midlothian, VA 23113
(804) 598-1676