NWYM news

I've been thinking a lot about living a balanced life. Jesus, of course, is our example for all things good and true. Did he lead a balanced life? Not by most definitions. Read the rest of Colin's thoughts

Read our news and ministry updates from March and April. They include a Thanksgiving Offering update, information about discernment training, and our Youth Challenged programs.

West Hills Friends is seeking someone to provide pastoral care and spiritual guidance to our youth. This is a part-time position (24 hrs/week, with health insurance provided). Responsibilities include: - Plan, organize and facilitate regular gatherings for middle school and high school youth. - Meet with youth one-on-one - Provide administrative support [...]

The NWYM library is now available online. You can peruse books according to category, and request them to be mailed to you or your church. Each loan is for four weeks. VHS tapes are currently being converted to DVD, so if you cannot use VHS, check back once you see what is available. You are [...]

Green Plow Coffeehouse, in Redmond, Oregon, is looking for a summer intern interested in learning business skills, sharing in art or community exploits, and assisting with family life. Click here to read letter from the ministry leaders, Pat and Mandy Schmidt, and get a fuller description of the opportunity.

In the spring of 2009 the Board of Youth and Young Adults made the decision to give the current NWYM Friends Youth Exec. (FYE) program a sabbatical year to evaluate the goals of leadership development and programming for NWYM youth. After many months and lots of hard work the board has approved a new structure for our YAF Leadership Development Team (YAF LDT). (A new name was chosen to reflect the significant changes from the previous structure.) Read more and download an application

2nd Street Community Church, a ministry of Friends in Newberg, has an opening for a full-time Student Ministries Director. Supervision would be by Gregg Lamm, lead pastor-teacher. The 2nd Street Community Church Student Ministries Director will be a passionate, visible, authentic follower of Jesus Christ whose vision for the Student Ministries Ministry Plan flows out of their "first-love relationship" with Jesus Christ. Click this link for full details and application information.

The Joy of Clerking is a one-day workshop on May 18 for clerks or people considering being clerks, to provide training and support to help you fulfill this task with an eye on how God is stirring and moving your community. We believe joy and energy can flow from helping people sense the movement of God. Your role as clerk can become one of joyfully and confidently facilitating this process. Join us as we talk about these elements and provide some concrete training. Specific details will be discussed relating to setting an agenda, working through conflict or dissent, hearing the voice of God in the community, presenting the issue and facilitating the discernment process. Read More and Register

Read the announcements and ministry updates, which include, three new church plants, a new Young Adult leadership team, Youth Challenge deadlines, intern possibilities at Greenplow Coffeehouse, and registration information for our men's retreats.

John M. Perkins, president and founder of the John M. Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation and Development and one of the leading evangelical voices to come out of the American civil rights movement, will speak at George Fox University’s annual Woolman Peacemaking Forum Feb. 10-11. The forum’s theme is “Are We Achieving Racial Justice and Reconciliation?” All [...]

Food, water and medical supplies are beginning to flow into Haiti, but the needs are immense. Friends' organizations are not generally at the forefront of disaster relief efforts such as pulling people out of buildings or giving immediate medical assistance, but they have good relationships with those that do. The American Friends Service Committee and Evangelical Friends Church Eastern Region have been using their specialist knowledge of agencies that could put funds to immediate good use. Read further for the details of what these groups are doing, and how to track their ongoing efforts.

Dear Friends, I want to invite you, as surely you have already been, to pray for those in Haiti who have suffered such terrible loss in the earthquake.  Already among the poorest of the poor, margins for survival are very slim in that country. In addition, many of the relief agencies there are devastated, and [...]

Perhaps you've heard of the 7.0 earthquake, killing thousands in Haiti. In Haiti we have about a dozen Evangelical Friends Churches under the direction of Evangelical Friends Church-Eastern Region with 2000-2500 attenders. They are located 30 miles northwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Many in these hills will be unlikely to get aid from other sources anytime soon, according to John Williams, Eastern Region Superintendent. EFM encourages all our Friends churches to take an offering this Sunday for Haiti. read the rest of this post

Twin Rocks Friends Camp is looking for a recently retired individual or couple to serve as volunteer caretaker for its beachfront, 50-bed Harbor Villa Retreat Center. The role of caretaker includes 20-30 hours per week of hosting, housekeeping, and routine maintenance. Housing in a 1-bedroom home is provided, as are many meals and fellowship with [...]

As I learn to go deeper into Christ, joy is what I experience. Not giddy happiness. Not an absence from pain or elimination of real-world suffering. In fact, in terms of a sensitivity to others’ suffering, it seems that the deeper one goes into the Christ life, the more one is aware of how much hurt and how much brokenness is in the world. Joy is an altogether different animal, isn’t it? It may cause you to do all kinds of outlandish things. Consider the parable Jesus told in Matthew 13. In this story, a man out wandering in a field stumbles upon a treasure. Read the rest of the editorial.

News and Announcements: View updates on Latino ministries, ministry transitions, the Thanksgiving offering, Men's and Women's retreats, YCEW, and Peace Month.

Download the December 2009-February 2010 issue In this issue: Patrick Neifert’s update from Israel Peace Through Pieces in the Congo 2009 Retreat photos 2010 Retreat dates A personal testimony – Sharon D. Todd

Woodland Friends Church, a congregation of 60 people in a farming community on a beautiful mesa in central Idaho, is looking for a pastor. Please join us in prayer for this search, and if you are interested or know someone who might be, check out their information sheet.

View the Thanksgiving Offering challenge UPDATE FROM THE FIELD: “We had a very eventful day. We delivered filters out to villages, and schools. When I say villages, that is out under a tree. This is usually a gathering point for the area. At these places the villages will build one of their traditional reed and stick houses [...]

An update today from Del Livingston, delivering water filters in Kenya. This is the sort of thing we’ll help make possible with our Thanksgiving Offering. (Read about it on Facebook or see a slide show of the process on our website.) Del says: Hi, Everyone. The work [...]