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Chapter five focused on the gift of Ministry.  This section covers the gifts of Eldership and Oversight.  It also compares the relationship between all three gifts. A complete list of our podcasts ,  organized into topics, is available on our website. We will be publishing video interviews with Conservative Friends on YouTube.  See our YouTube channel .  The first interview is with Susan Smith.  T...

Henry starts with a quick review of several  topics: fear of the Lord, Inward/Outward, the Kingdom of God. and true Repentance. He then reads the 15th proposition from Robert Barclay's Apology for the True Christian Divinity .  This was followed by an excerpt from a work by William Temple. Finally there follows by a reading of the tract A C oncise A ccount of the Religious Society of Friends...

Henry starts out with a quick summary of the first six sessions.  This includes:  the fear of the Lord,  the inward Kingdom of God, true repentance, and taking up the Inward Cross.   This is followed by a reading from Robert Barclay's Apology for the True Christian Divinity , the Fifteenth Proposition which distinguishes certain aspects of Friends’ beliefs from those of other denominations. ...

This session returns to and focuses on Mark 8:34 to Mark 8:38.  The meanings of the words follow, deny, self and awe are examined.   Some historical context concerning physical crucifixions are presented, followed by a discussion of “taking up the inward cross”.  There is also discussion on the creation of Adam, the garden of Eden and on sin. An important point is made, however, that Friends have...

Click here for OYM discussion group opportunities. This session includes readings and discussions on the following sections from Mark: ·         Mark 8:22-26 The healing of a blind man  ·         Mark 8:27-30 “Who do you say that I am” ·         Mark 8:31-33 Jesus Predicts His Death ·         Mark 8:34-38 Jesus’s call to deny ourselves. Translations and meanings of the following words are consider...

This episode includes both sections  The Advices and Queries and  Spirit Led Teachers. The Advices and Queries section provides historical context by Carole Edgerton Treadway (from The Journal of the north Carolina Yearly Meeting, #2 Winter 2003 )  and also readings of Advices and Queries from the Ohio Yearly Meeting Book of Discipline . Spirit-Led Teachers presents a reading from Robert Barclay, ...

This section is a reading from Susan S. Smith's "Clerking in the Spirit of Christ"  Sound, Sound Abroad You Faithful Servants! A call to True Quaker Ministry  (a New Foundation Fellowship publication). A complete list of our podcasts ,  organized into topics, is available on our website. We will be publishing video interviews with Conservative Friends on YouTube.  See our YouTube ch...

This episode includes both sections The Church Visible and Invisible and The Place of the Individual in the Body of Christ . The Church Visible and Invisible includes readings from Robert Barclay, Apology for the True Christian Divinity Prop X.   The Place of the Individual in the Body of Christ includes a reading from William Penn, True Spiritual Liberty. A complete list of our podcasts ,  organi...

Information on Ohio Yearly Meeting’s 2021 session can be found at ohioyearlymeeting.org/events/ . Henry starts out with a review of true Repentance and a reading from Robert Barclay’s Apology for the True Christian Divinity .  He discusses the measures necessary for entering into the Kingdom of God.  He also describes the three remaining Conservative Friends’ Yearly Meetings today, asking what it...

Please note that the Conservative Friends Gathering will be held June 11-13.  Contact either Nanquakernh@gmail.com or philandsharon04.01@sbcglobal.net for a full agenda including Zoom link information.  Also see: https://ohioyearlymeeting.org/programs/wider-fellowship-of-conservative-friends/ This fifth session starts out with a review of the previous four sessions.   While examining the last sess...

This episode presents Robert Barclay definition of a true Christian.  A complete list of our podcasts ,  organized into topics, is available on our website. We will be publishing video interviews with Conservative Friends on YouTube.  See our YouTube channel .  The first interview is with Susan Smith.  To learn more about Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conservative) of the Religious Society of Friends (Quak...

This episode includes both sections The Traveling Ministry and Visiting Families and Examples of the Nature of Ministry from Quaker History The Traveling Ministry and Visiting Families  covers... The beginning of traveling Ministry and visitation Testing a prompting to travel Traveling companions Examples of Traveling Ministers Examples of the Nature of Ministry from Quaker History  contains two e...

This episode includes both sections Speaking during Worship  and Advice to Ministers. Speaking during Worship covers... Pursue Love, desire to prophesy  (1 Cor. 14:1) Watch and Wait (Charles Marshall's epistle) Advice to Minister contains a reading from Samuel Bownas's To the Meetings of the Ministers at Kendal in Westmoreland. A complete list of our podcasts ,  organized into topics, is...

This episode includes both  The Call To Ministry and  Woman Ministers. The Call to Ministry covers... Who Ministers How Ministers are made Spiritual challenges of Ministers Woman Ministers   explores Quakers' commitment to and justifications for women in the ministry.   Margaret Fell's arguments are examined. A complete list of our podcasts ,  organized into topics, is available on our w...

Henry starts out by reviewing the last session.  As part of that review, Proposition 15 from Barclay’s Apology is read.  The conclusion of the Apology is also read.  These readings are translated into modern English and commented on. The focus of this episode is repentance .  Henry explains that repentance is not so much an exercise in remorse or regret as it is a change or transformation of one’s...

This chapter discusses our Silent Unprogrammed Meetings for Worship. It begins by discussing Christ In our midst and then quotes from several Friends writings . A complete list of our podcasts ,  organized into topics, is available on our website. We will be publishing video interviews with Conservative Friends on YouTube.  See our YouTube channel .  The first interview is with Susan Smith.  To le...

In this session, Henry focuses on the “Inward” vis-a-vis “Outward" aspects of all reality.  He starts out quoting Philippians chapter 2, verse 5.  This verse calls us to think as Jesus did.  He then goes on to read an episode from Luke, chapter 17:20-21.  This is the incident where Jesus explains where the Kingdom of God is to be found.  Many current English translations of this story will us...

In a review of the previous episode, Henry discusses the quote from Isaiah 7:6.  He then proceeds with the story of the healing of a Gentile woman’s daughter and explains where the event occurred in relation to Palestine.  The meaning of the word unclean is considered.  The difference between a demon and an unclean spirit is discussed.  Our contemporary views of healing in comparison to those of b...

Jesus' going off to pray in silence is a foreshadow of our silent worship.   Henry points out the frequent use of the word “euthus” - “immediately” in the Gospel of Mark.  When the disciples saw Jesus walking on the water, were their hearts hardened or were their minds closed?  Why did either happen?  What does Jesus mean when he says, “take heart”?   Healing could occur simply with the faith...

This section presents two topics from George Fox's Journal The Day Star. Temples of God. A complete list of our podcasts ,  organized into topics, is available on our website. We will be publishing video interviews with Conservative Friends on YouTube.  See our YouTube channel .  The first interview is with Susan Smith.  To learn more about Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conservative) of the Religious...

This section presents George Fox's letter to Lady Claypole. A complete list of our podcasts ,  organized into topics, is available on our website. We will be publishing video interviews with Conservative Friends on YouTube.  See our YouTube channel .  The first interview is with Susan Smith.  To learn more about Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conservative) of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers),...

This episode recounts Margret Fell's experience and convincement. A complete list of our podcasts ,  organized into topics, is available on our website. We will be publishing video interviews with Conservative Friends on YouTube.  See our YouTube channel .  The first interview is with Susan Smith.  To learn more about Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conservative) of the Religious Society of Friends (Qua...

This section discusses how to know when a leading is true.  It covers some Quaker history and presents four tests for discerning a true leading.  Moral Purity Patience Consistency with others Consistency with the Bible A complete list of our podcasts ,  organized into topics, is available on our website. We will be publishing video interviews with Conservative Friends on YouTube.  See our YouTube...

This section covers the following topics... The experience of Christ Jesus, for Quakers, is direct, immediate, and intimate.  Such an experience can happen among worshippers assembled together for worship and through the individual experience of Christ's presence in daily life. Communion in meeting for worship. Ceremonial communion. Love feasts A complete list of our podcasts ,  organized int...

This section covers the famous quote from George Fox that is central to Quakerism. A complete list of our podcasts ,  organized into topics, is available on our website. We will be publishing video interviews with Conservative Friends on YouTube.  See our YouTube channel .  The first interview is with Susan Smith.  To learn more about Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conservative) of the Religious Society of...