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January 19, 2022

Winter Sneak Teen Retreat: The annual Winter Sneak teen retreat will be held at Quaker Haven Camp from February 4-6. This is a 7^th-12^th grade event. Registration for the Winter Sneak youth retreat is open, but it is not online yet. Please call Quaker Haven (574-834-4193) to get signed up. Cost is $120.

The Christian Education committee is setting up a Zoom entitled Coffee and VBS for anyone to join to talk about collaboration amongst IYM churches when it comes to VBS Programs. Contact CE member, Nikki Drage (ned120608@live.com) with any questions.

Church News: Wabash Friends is praising God that they are able to sponsor all 57 children at the Emmanuel Hostel in India. With new and more strenuous guidelines for any Christian input into India's society, this need to help the children is urgent.

Sycamore Friends hosted musician Matt Gerhard in concert on January 16. They enjoyed an evening of inspirational music.

Kaleo Academy, since it began, has been funded by a Lilly Grant. They are raising funds to match the current grant that will end in 2023 and to sustain the ministry past the grant period. Click HERE for more news and insights from this vital program.

Friends Ministry Training (FMT):

Barclay College is now enrolling students in their Spring 2022 session. Following are the FMT courses that they have listed for that time period:

Session 10: None scheduled

Session 20: ONT102 - NT Survey (2/14 - 3/27/22)

Session 30: OPM101 - Intro to Pastoral Care and Counseling (3/28 - 5/8/22)

Session 40: None scheduled

There is opportunity to add courses if we need them.

Barclay College continues to support our training efforts. If you have questions regarding FMT, please contact Damon Seacott at dseacott@gmail.com or call 517-204-5348.

From the IYM Advancement Committee:

2022 is rolling right along. We hope you are having good and productive days. IYM ministries continue to be vital. We are grateful for how we serve around the state, region, country, and world. The Advancement Committee is here to answer any questions you have about how our fundraising efforts support the mission of IYM. For the 2023 budget, we have raised $42,432.68. This puts us over a third of the way to reaching our fundraising goal. You all are amazing!

Give Damon a call at 517-204-5348 if there's anything you need to know.

From the Christian Service Committee:

In the next few weeks we will be preparing for our upcoming IYM webinar. If you have any questions about our webinars, just give Damon a call at 517-204-5348. As your church serves your community, please share with us through the Communicator of what adventures you are creating in your communities.

Plans are coming together for the youth summer camping season at Quaker Haven Camp. Registration will be open soon. If you have questions, contact Ross Smedley at mfcfamilyministry@gmail.com.

Quaker Haven is hosting a Volunteer Day Saturday, January 29, to build, paint, and hang new shower doors in the bathhouses. This is traditionally the men's groundhog retreat weekend, but this event is open to all. For those that come on Friday, January 28, we will have pizza and activities. On Saturday, January 29, we will do the work needed. We have reserved Friendship Lodge, Oak Haven, and Red Cottage for those who volunteer and want to lodge. We will provide breakfast and lunch for all the volunteers on Saturday.

Anyone interested can contact Emily at Quaker Haven Camp if they plan to attend. Reserve meals and lodging at 574-834-4193 or email: contact@quakerhaven.com.

Please pray for the pastors and spouses who will be attending the Mid-Winter Pastor and Spouses retreat from January 28-30. The event will be held at the Clifty Inn on the grounds of the Clifty Falls State Park, near Madison, Indiana.

Upcoming Events:

January 28-30, Mid-Winter Pastor and Spouses Retreat at Clifty Inn

January 29, Volunteer Day at Quaker Haven

February 4-6, Winter Sneak Teen retreat at Quaker Haven

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Good Morning!

Wayne Cox, a long-time friend of mine and a long-time Friend in IYM, recently stopped in my office to talk about some healing he had experienced. The following is a piece of his story.

“This journey started 3 years ago on December 13, 2018. I was a teacher at Dennis Middle School in Richmond when we had a school shooting. Through the prayers and support of others I found much healing during those three years. However, a teacher in my building was hit by a student in October of this past year, and that triggered some feelings/memories. God told me to seek counseling at the Wabash Friends Counseling Center, because it was my time for healing.

He also led me to a ministry called Wellsprings of Freedom. The Wellsprings ministry is a deliverance/inner healing ministry. Through that ministry, a group of people gathered around me (called a Freedom Session) and prayed with the purpose of discerning how Satan had attacked and wounded me. I’ve had two Free Sessions, and the Holy Spirit has moved mightily, and miraculously healed me! I have joined a Wellspring team to pray for others.

The model the Wellspring team uses reminds me of the Clearness Committee. Friends gather around a person in need to pray and ask for God’s guidance. My heart stirred at the thought of including inner healing as a reason to have a clearness committee. What if Friends would gather around each other with the purpose of praying for each other to find inner healing?”

Are you familiar with the practice of a Quaker Clearness Committee? Perhaps God is nudging you the same way He nudged Wayne to find the healing only He can offer. Perhaps this old practice of a Clearness Committee can be an avenue to that healing.

-Pat Byers

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