IYM Communications Specialist:
Indiana Yearly Meeting is seeking to hire a part-time Communications Specialist for an average of 5 hours a week to work on the bi-weekly Communicator newsletter, keep the IYM website up to date, and prepare and post to IYM Social Media. Interested candidates can send a resume and cover letter to Communications and Publications Clerk, Michelle McNees (mcns1221@gmail.com) by June 1. Click HERE for a job description.
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IYM Prayer Meetings:
We, in IYM, always have so much to be praying for and about. We are organizing some lunch-time Zoom prayer meetings leading into Annual Sessions this year. They will be held at noon on days we send out the bi-monthly Communicator Newsletters. These prayer times will last a maximum of 45 minutes. We will ‘meet’ at noon on each of the following Wednesdays: June 8, June 22, July 20. Click on each date for the Zoom links.
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Barclay College FMT
Barclay College designed the Friends Ministry Training (FMT) Certificate Program to provide a quality educational experience for men and women in the Friends Church who are serving (or who feel called to serve) as pastors, missionaries, church planters, or other church leaders, but do not yet have ministerial education. Preparing church leaders is a natural extension of the mission of Barclay College – to prepare students in a Bible-centered environment for effective Christian life, service, and leadership.
These are the classes we use to equip our Recording Candidates. Contact Damon Seacott if you have any questions.
Click on HERE for more information.
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Pastor’s Short Course
Brochures have been printed and sent for this year’s Short Course. Pastors, please fill out the registration form included in the brochure and send to the IYM office, or call Betty in the IYM office. Dates are July 3-5 at Quaker Haven Camp.
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Are you searching for new possibilities within your career? Josiah White's is hiring! Josiah White's is seeking qualified applicants to serve as Foster Care Advocates in Wabash, Fort Wayne, Greenwood, and South Bend! They are also hiring Family Teachers and Youth Care Specialists to serve youth on their residential campus in Wabash!
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IYM Church News:
Charlottesville Friends is gearing up for their 150th anniversary with a "Hymn Sing" and other highlights in September. Keep watch for further details.
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Bear Creek Friends will dedicate its new “Children’s Ministries” addition on Sunday, May 15, at 10:30 am. Pat Byers will be the special speaker. The 1,200 square foot facility includes a nursery, a mothers’ room, and two new classrooms. The meeting has raised the entire cost of the addition outside of its regular budget. Everyone is invited to attend and celebrate God’s provision for Bear Creek.
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From the Advancement Committee:
We are grateful for churches having "IYM Sunday." This is such a terrific support and encouragement. We thank all of you for your participation. Right now we are almost half way to our goal of raising $120,000 for the 2023 IYM Budget. With May, June, and most of July left for raising these funds, we are praying for our members to continue our generous giving. Please join us in praying for these funds to be raised so we can go about the business of IYM -- serving and training and equiping and leading. Praise the Lord!
From the Christian Service Committee:
Remember to lift up our communities in prayer. Pray for IYM to be light in our communities. Pray for the broken in spirit and body. Pray for our efforts to bring the healing love of Jesus Christ to those around us. Thank you for serving!
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The IYM Advancement Committee is inviting you to an event to say Thank You for all your support to the Advancement effort. The event will take place at Liberty Friends from 3-5 pm on May 15.
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Quaker Haven Camp is looking for a Summer Camp Nurse to oversee the health of the youth campers and staff. They will get to participate with other staff to provide a fun and nurturing environment for the kids. Quaker Haven is a Christian camp and retreat center hosting youth camps, family and church retreats, conferences, and other events on the shores of beautiful Dewart Lake in Syracuse, Indiana. In the past, a nursing student has been the perfect candidate for this role. Candidates should have completed at least their sophomore year, be enthusiastic about working with a range of ages, understand the flexibility of working in a camping environment, and be physically fit enough to meet the demands of the job. Lodging, meals, and weekly salary are part of the benefits provided. For more information call Brandon Dennis at 574-529-2435 or email him at Brandon@quakerhaven.com.
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IYM Annual Sessions will be held at Quaker Haven Camp from July 28-30. The theme will be “A people not yet created” from Psalm 102:18. Dr. Derek Brown, from Barclay College, will be the keynote speaker. IYM Committees are working on putting together informative and inspiring workshops as well! Mark your calendar now! A brochure with all the details will be available soon.
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Upcoming Events:
May 15, Thank You Event, Liberty Friends, 3:00 to 5:00 pm
June 3, Summer Camping Program begins at Quaker Haven
July 28 - 30, IYM sessions at Quaker Haven
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Good Morning,
“…if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
2 Chronicles 7:14
There is a lot we can take away by unpacking this one verse in 2 Chronicles.
Probably the most important piece is prayer. Earlier in this chapter, God heard Solomon’s prayer. The temple had just been dedicated and Solomon prayed and God showed up with fire.
In a voice, audible to Solomon, God said, “I have heard your prayer.”
Then, in verse 14. ‘If my people…called by name…humble themselves…and pray. Then I will hear, not just Solomon’s, but all of their prayers. And, I will bring forgiveness and healing.’
God hears the prayers of His people, when they approach Him in humility.
What could happen if we, the people of Indiana Yearly Meeting, were to take this same posture of humility and pray? Would our land be healed?
Please consider joining the prayer meetings mentioned in an earlier section of this newsletter. And, even if you cannot attend, please pray.
-Pat Byers
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