Liberty Friends has laid down their meeting. As they are in the process of selling their property, they are making some items available for sale. Contact Janis Sizelove (email: janissizelove@gmail.com) if you have questions or interest in making a purchase.

Friends Theological College Principal Robert Wafula invites Friends to connect to FTC through their website at https://friendstheologicalcollege.org. Friends Theological

College has been a vital piece of the Friends ministry in Kenya, Africa, since its founding in 1942 (then known as Friends Bible Institute). Many pastors and ministry leaders have gotten sound, ministry training through FTC. Today, FTC operates programs on the main campus in Kaimosi and at satellite campuses in Lugulu, Nairobi, Samburu, and Lugari.

Evangelical Friends Mission’s 2023 Easter Offering is now available at https://friendsmission.com/easter/. Jesus’ Passion for the world takes center stage during Holy Week. In the week between Palm Sunday and Easter, Jesus guaranteed the fulfillment of his famous words, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” His passion was clear. 

For 60 years, Evangelical Friends Mission has partnered with Friends Churches across the U.S. You may be aware that together we have sensed the Lord leading us to embrace a next expression of John 3:16. Together, we have recently kicked off year three of our Five-Year Goal that is fueled by the Luke 10 Initiative. Our goal is to send ten new missionary households to five new fields by 2025. We are grateful to the Lord for this. Generous support from God’s people is fueling this progress. This Easter season, we invite you to join us in celebrating and advancing Jesus’ passion. First, consider using the resource “Jesus’ Passion, Our Passion!” This resource, updated from last year’s edition, is intended as a guide to help God’s people to take a deep dive into the beauty of Holy Week. Receive it as an expression of gratitude for your support. You can download more copies at the link above. Also, prayerfully consider propelling the Luke 10 Initiative forward through an Easter offering. Your gifts will help us fuel the movement that was the essence of Jesus’ passion – that all would

experience the transforming power of the Resurrection.

The Disbursement Board is a sub-group within the IYM Stewardship and Finance Committee that manages the disbursement of designated funds to retired pastors. This is not a traditional pension, but a gift to honor faithful service. To qualify, recipients must be a member of the Society of Friends and have served for no less than 10 years as a full-time minister within Indiana Yearly Meeting (including ministry in the mission field) or be a spouse of a qualifying minister. The applicant must be at least 65 years of age, or in poor health as certified by a medical doctor, or in clear and present need as determined by the Disbursement Board and approved by the Stewardship and Finance Committee. The monthly amount disbursed to each recipient varies based on need.

Anyone who believes they or someone they know may be eligible should contact the IYM office or Dane Carter (dane.carter@gmail.com) for an application.

IYM Sunday 2023 will be on April 30th. This is a time where IYM asks the churches and meetings to highlight the work God is doing with us, together in IYM and celebrate that work. And, some churches use this as an opportunity to take up a special offering to put towards the IYM

fundraising efforts. If that date does not work for your church, feel free to choose another Sunday (please let the IYM office know about these changes). If your church would like to invite a special IYM speaker for IYM Sunday, please let us know this as well. A virtual packet of

information, including a new video for IYM Sunday, will be available soon.

Please add the following information about an upcoming Youth Mission Trip to Kenya into your Sunday bulletin:

Eric Dale (IYM Missions Director) and John Muhanji (Africa Ministries Director of FUM) will be leading a team of Indiana and Kenyan youth on a unique and powerful missions experience in Kenya this summer. Expected trip dates are July 28-August 8. The trip is open to youth ages 14-22, as well as adult chaperones. Visit the IYM missions page at https://www.iym.org/page/missions to learn more and complete an application! Application deadline is April 16.

Do you know who this is?

Hint: He is an IYM pastor. Email iyminfo@iym.org with your answer. We will reveal his name in the next Communicator. Please pray for him and his ministry.

The next Pastor Gathering will be held at Farmland Friends on Thursday, March 16th from 10 to 11:30am. Keith Huffman will be sharing a bit about his recent trip to India. We will also be talking about prayer...how we pray, how God may or may not respond in those prayers, how we deal with that and how we can encourage others in their prayer lives. Pastors who are coming are encouraged to come in the third entrance at the south end of the building (the one without a drive through). We'll be meeting in the kitchen and other doors will likely be locked.

The last IYM/FUM Discussion meeting will be held at Lynn Friends on March 23rd, 6:30 pm.

YGB Camp (You're Getting Better not Older) hosted by Western Yearly Meeting (a +55 retreat) will be held Monday, May 22 - Thursday, May 25, at Quaker Haven, $250 per person. All the activities (except for meals) will be in Friendship Lodge so we can’t guarantee that all couples will have a room together, we may have to have dormitory-style rooming. The speaker will be Jane Howard, a former Quaker, and now attends the largest Nazarene Church in North America. She will lead us in devotions and also encourage us in our personal bible study and personal devotion techniques. There will also be worship every morning and every evening and a whole afternoon of free time! Mark Tope will be worship leader. For more information or to sign up, please contact Mark Tope at 336-226-9586 or at k9chester@gmail.com.