Learn about three ministries born out of Northwest Yearly Meeting churches for prisoners and those out of prison on parole.

• • Maurice Roberts - Hayden Lake Friends Church, Idaho
  • Susie Oberg - House of Ruth at Whitney Friends, Boise, Idaho
  • Mike Slothower - River of Life Friends, Post Falls, Idaho

Also in this issue:

• Roberts Reflections - Reading the Bible in Public Worship
• One More Thought - Jonathan Fodge

Download the July 2008 Connection here in the PDF format.

The Connection is also available in Spanish! Get it here.

Congregational Care! What a wonderful name for a yearly meeting board! It brings a vision to my mind of a group of people who symbolically put our arms around every congregation in the yearly meeting. We want to help congregations reach their God-given potential. Download the newsletter to read more

Also in this issue:

• Roberts’ Reflections - Arthur Roberts
• One More Thought - Joel Bock
• News & Notes:
  • The Journey
  • Friends Center Graduates

Download the June 2008 Connection here in the PDF format.

The Connection is also available in Spanish! Get it here.

We are Publishers of Truth

Five Northwest Yearly Meeting truth publishers share their stories

Also in this issue:

• Roberts’ Reflections - Arthur Roberts
• One More Thought - Dan McCracken

  Download the May 2008 Connection here in the PDF format.

  The Connection is also available in Spanish! Get it here.

Additional articles in this are:

• Well Project in Kenya ~ Retha McCutchen
• How to Pray for Kenya ~ Jeff & Christine Stanfield
• Roberts Reflections: Some Nights I worry ~ Arthur Roberts

Continue to read or download the April 2008 Connection here in the PDF format.

The Connection is also available in Spanish! Get it here

Articles in this issue are:

• “And Away We Go!” by Sherry Macy

You’ve probably noticed some hubbub as our yearly meeting implements the reorganization of its structure. We’re off! Queries and job descriptions and interviews and above all seeking God’s guidance have resulted in the influx of fresh faces and ideas at Northwest Yearly Meeting’s office. At midyear board meetings in February, General Superintendent Colin Saxton introduced our five new staff members. As I met them individually, here’s the heart of what they shared…

• “One More Thought” by Laura Goodfellow

Several times lately I’ve found myself asking my nephew not to do something because it was too messy. Most recently it was “Please don’t take the plastic off the winter squash to explore the icky neat feeling that the seeds and innards make on your fingers because it will make a mess in the car.”

Continue to read or download the March 2008 Connection here in the PDF format.

The Connection is also available in Spanish! Get it here.

Rex wears shiny dark brown cowboy boots with jagged stripes of lighter leather around the tops. His handlebar mustache, red and yellow western shirt, and blue jeans complete his outfit. He makes and repairs cowboy footwear. In our meetinghouse he usually sits over on the right side of the circle of benches. I had little realized the depth of experience and extent of his spiritual journey.

Continue to read or download the February 2008 Connection here in the PDF format.

Download the January 2008 Connection here in the PDF format.

Articles in this issue are:

• Providing Support for Christian Education by Laurie Conant
• One More Thought by Karen Oberst
• New NWYM Ministry Staff introduced

Download the December 2007 Connection here in the PDF format.

Articles in this issue are:

• NWYM Vision Statement by Ken Beebe
• One More Thought by Dick Hendricks
• Need Assistance in Estate Planning?

Download the September 2007 Connection here in the PDF format.

Articles in this issue are:

• Yearly Meeting 2007 Epistle
• Living with Joy—My Steps Toward Jesus by Tim Engle

The daily ritual begins again. I pick up my stack of mail and begin to sort it into two piles: a stuff-to-read pile and a larger junk pile. I’m always amazed by the promises offered in the stuff I label junk: “Important,” Timely,” and even “Life Changing.” Somewhere in my training I learned to ignore such promises. The senders of junk mail don’t know me apart from my name on some demographic list. They might pretend to show interest in me specifically, but they really only want me to join their program or buy their product. Of course I will ignore these promises, despite the senders’ claims to want to help me.

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