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	Meeting for Sufferings \| Britain Yearly Meeting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Each meeting is conducted as a meeting for worship for church affairs (this is described in Chapter 3 of Quaker Faith and Practice).
		Agenda papers for Meeting for Sufferings are posted out to members about 10 days before the meeting so they can read them and make any appropriate preparations such as phoning the authors for clarification or consulting members in their meeting.
		Meeting for Sufferings on 3rd March asked Meetings in England and Wales to respond to a paper on charitable organisations by 1st September.
	www.quaker.org.uk /bym/suffers.html (1097 words)

	OYM BOOK OF DISCIPLINE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This meeting appoints a committee to meet with the applicant.
		The simplicity of a meeting for worship is desired in the conduct of funerals.
		Meetings should make due examinations as to the titles of all meeting houses, burial grounds, and other estates which have been vested in Trustees, and held by them for the use and benefit of the Society at large or any of the Meetings.
	www.ohioyearlymeeting.org /discipline.htm (14880 words)

	8.14 - 8.17 \| OTHER STANDING COMMITTEES OF MEETING FOR SUFFERINGS
		The Management Meeting (8.22) is accountable to the committee for the management of the central work of Britain Yearly Meeting within policies determined by Meeting for Sufferings.
		Membership: twelve members of Meeting for Sufferings, appointed from names submitted by its nominations committee for a three-year period beginning and ending at a Yearly Meeting, one third retiring annually though eligible for re-appointment for a second term and exceptionally for a third.
		The clerk and assistant clerk shall be appointed annually by Meeting for Sufferings on the nomination of Meeting for Sufferings Committee from among the appointed members.
	www.quaker.org.uk /qfp/chap8/8.14.html (529 words)

	Glossary of Quaker Terms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Indulged meeting — A newly formed meeting for worship which requests and is granted the care and oversight of a local monthly meeting.
		Men’s meeting — Monthly, quarterly, and yearly meetings for business were held by men and women in separate sessions until the late 1800’s and early 1900’s when men and women gradually began to meet in joint session.
		Representative meeting or committee — is appointed by and given administrative and executive authority to act for the Yearly Meeting between its annual sessions. Earlier names for this body were the Meeting for Sufferings and General Committee.
	www.swarthmore.edu /library/friends/glossary.htm (1200 words)

	Meeting for Sufferings (The Old Discipline) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The said meeting is not to meddle with any matter of faith or discipline, which has not been determined by the yearly meeting.
		To receive from the several quarterly meetings their annual accounts of sufferings, and also such memorials concerning deceased Friends as those meetings may have concurred with: that when examined and approved they may be laid before the yearly meeting.
		To correspond with the meeting for sufferings in London or elsewhere, on the common concerns of the society.
	www.qhpress.org /texts/obod/msuff.html (331 words)

	General Meeting for Scotland (Quakers) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		General Meeting acts on behalf of Britain Yearly Meeting in such procedures as may be required by the Scottish parliament and Scottish legal affairs.
		General Meeting is a member of ACTS (Action of Churches Together in Scotland) to which it appoints representatives.
		A Quaker Meeting for Worship is based on silence, an expectant silence of waiting, in which we seek to come nearer to each other and to God.
	quakerscotland.gn.apc.org /gm (492 words)

	Friends United Meeting: Quaker Life
		There was enthusiasm, joy in persecution, supporting and encouraging one another in meetings that were more than just gathering for worship and socializing.
		Meeting for Sufferings was an active function of community life.
		George Fox preached there, and the Meeting, which first met in the home of John Bowne is famous for defying Peter Stuyvesant and helping to establish the right to religious freedom in the Colonies.
	www.fum.org /QL/issues/0203/valiant.htm (448 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Gregory the Great
		In consequence of this meeting Gregory was so fixed with desire to convert the Angles that he obtained permission from Pelagius II to go in person to Britain with some of his fellow-monks as missionaries.
		This was accordingly done, and the memory of the event is still preserved by the name "Sant' Angelo" given to the mausoleum of Hadrian from the legend that the Archangel St. Michael was seen upon its summit in the act of sheathing his sword as a sign that the plague was over.
		He suffered almost continually from indigestion and, at intervals, from attacks of slow fever, while for the last half of his pontificate he was a martyr to gout.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06780a.htm (7815 words)

	A precious patchwork: Britain Yearly Meeting's Book of Christian Discipline
		At our first meeting in the autumn of 1986 we were joined by a member of the previous revision committees whose work had resulted in Christian faith and practice (1961) Advices and queries (1964) and Church government (1967).
		Then Meeting for Sufferings received minutes from two Monthly Meetings and one central department, and the process of considering then undertaking revision was set in train by appointing a Memorandum Group to report to Yearly Meeting in 1986.
		Then in 1990, with drafts of chapters prepared, the committee regrouped to work on 'coverage and balance', on church government, on Advices and queries (to be edited after the experience of living with Questions and counsel), and on introductions, which of course needed to be written last.
	www.quaker.ca /cfriend/cf3-98-2.html (945 words)

	Meeting for Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		When the clerk feels she has the sense of the meeting, she stops recognizing standing Friends and, with the help of the assistant clerk, begins to write the minute.
		No meeting, except the Meeting for Sufferings which met all day, lasted more than two hours, and minutes were written and approved as they arose.
		This may or may not be a model for meetings for business in North America, but we still need to respond to the query that asks if our meetings for business are held in a spirit of worship.
	www.qis.net /~daruma/vogel.html (394 words)

	The Quaker Jargon Buster
		The Friend will probably bring their concern to their business meeting to be tested, that is to see if it is a true concern or simply a notion.
		It can be as shorthand for meeting for worship, or it can refer to a meeting of Quakers that has gathered for business and administrative matters, for example: preparative meeting, monthly meeting, Six Weeks Meeting and yearly meeting.
		Overseer - a member of a meeting charged with responsibility for the general welfare of the members of that meeting.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /pdaniels/qjargon.html (1598 words)

	Wider Quaker World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Beverley Preparative Meeting is one of the constituent meetings of of Pickering and Hull Monthly Meeting.
		For some purposes, monthly meetings are grouped into general meetings which provide joint facilities for a wider region.
		All members of monthly meetings in Britain are members of Britain Yearly Meeting which, as the name suggests, meets in session once per year.
	www.langdale.karoo.net /widerqworld.html (302 words)

	Haverford College Libraries - Special Collections - Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Meeting for Sufferings and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Meeting for Sufferings was established in 1756.
		As the Yearly Meeting grew larger in size, the responsibilities of the Meeting for Sufferings widened to embrace all general operations of the Yearly Meeting, including the supervision and dissemination of religious publications; maintenance of statistical information on meetings and membership; and administration of bequests from Friends and trust funds from discontinued meetings.
		In general, all boxes of miscellaneous papers include minutes from other meetings, rough copies of minutes of Meeting for Sufferings, drafts of letters, epistles, petitions, memorials, addresses, lists of members, reports from committees and from trustees of various funds.
	www.haverford.edu /library/special/aids/mtgsuff (2900 words)

	BRITAIN YEARLY MEETING
		My most radical suggestion is that Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) should be divested of direct responsibility for what is now called Quaker Peace and Social Witness (QPSW), the main part of which was formerly called Quaker Peace and Service and prior to that Friends Service Council (FSC).
		Those whose constituents feel a need to continue to meet should be encouraged to do so but their status would be similar to that of recognised special interest groups.
		I have served as a Clerk to a Monthly Meeting (Orlando, Florida) as an Overseer and an Elder and as Clerk to the Premises Committee of a busy Meeting House (Westminster), on a Central Committee, on Meeting for Sufferings and as a representative of BYM on FWCC.
	home.clara.net /spetter/sp/struct8.htm (2980 words)

	Glossary - Encyclopedia of Authentic Hinduism
		It is also called raganuga bhakti and is the means of entering into Golok or Vrindaban abode.
		Faithful association with a Saint in any way: having his darshan, having a personal meeting with him or attending his discourses.
		Such devotional meetings and services are also called satsang where there is a discourse, or chanting of the Divine names, forms, leelas and virtues with pure devotional motivations and on the guidelines of a Saint.
	encyclopediaofauthentichinduism.org /glossary.htm (4289 words)

	Genealogical Society of America Reference Notes
		Meeting for Sufferings - Originally set up to keep track of those who were in prison and to organize support for them and their dependents.
		Twenty-five of the monthly meetings are in Ohio, four are in Pennsylvania, and one is in Michigan.
		Ohio Yearly Meeting was established in 1813 by Baltimore Yearly Meeting and took jurisdiction over all meetings in Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and Indiana.
	friscia.rootsweb.com /genea/ref-notes.html (2033 words)

	Fager-Elon-02
		To take one obscure but apposite historical example: in 1705, the Quaker Mother Church was a body called London Yearly meeting; and its executive committee was called the Meeting for Sufferings.
		Meeting for Sufferings took awhile to respond; were its members squirming?
		The basis of the generals’ unease was that the region presents many difficulties and traps for a military mission; I believe the word "quagmire" has been mentioned.
	www.quakerhouse.org /elon-02.htm (2064 words)

	A Brief Synopsis of the Principles and Testimonies of the Religious Society of Friends
		At a Conference of Representatives from the Meetings for Sufferings of the Yearly Meetings of the Religious Society of Friends in America, in correspondence with each other; held at Stillwater, near Barnesville Ohio, the 27th of Ninth Month 1911; with delegates present from five of these Yearly Meetings.
		The document is referred to the Meeting for Sufferings for publication, in conjunction with the other meetings for Sufferings, if approved by all the yearly Meetings within the circle of our correspondence, with authority to make such emendations, as they may deem proper.
		At Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends, held at West Branch, Cedar County, Iowa, commencing with a meeting for worship on the 16th, and that for business on the 17th of the tenth Month, and continuing by adjournments to the 21st day of the same, inclusive, 1912.
	www.snowcamp.org /brief/brief.html (4708 words)

	Pollard
		In March 1941 Frank spoke at Meeting for Sufferings in Leicester, on the BBC and Liberty; he spoke at Meeting for Sufferings in York in April, and again in July, on India.
		Though he was suffering with angina, and developed a bit of a cough while he was there, when he got back he was suddenly taken much worse, and he died at about 9:00 p.m.
		In July 1829 Horsham overseers informed the meeting that James Pollard had been "guilty of a criminal connection with a young woman who lived with him as a servant"; he admitted his guilt, and when the meeting was informed, in September, that the young woman was in fact pregnant James was disowned.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /benjaminbeck/pollard.html (14229 words)

	the Friend - Independent Quaker journalism since 1843
		I have valued the title Meeting for Sufferings as it reminds me that the sufferings of ordinary Friends used to be reported and recorded.
		I first heard about the Healing of Memories workshops in the summer of 2003 when I was in South Africa collecting stories for an exhibition called, 'The F Word: images of forgiveness'.
		So it was good to leave on an upbeat Meeting for Sufferings, with so many positive references to the excellent work being done by our central committees, several bi...
	www.thefriend.org /articledisplay-rss.asp?articleid=1191 (854 words)

	The True Quaker Yellow Brick Road.
		I was led to a deeper insight into Quaker procedures when it was announced to our Meeting that the Clerk (=Chairman) of Meeting for Sufferings had been 'led to write to Harry and William'.
		This led me to realise the great goodness of god, who realised that to wait for the authorisation of an assembled Meeting for Sufferings would mean that the letter arrived too late for their hour of grief.
		Through gnosis, that is, through the direct line from god, which clerks of meetings have in most abundance, through their apostolic succession, thinking and research which is clearly not leading the Right Way, can be pre-empted.
	www.electromagnetism.demon.co.uk /XIKYELLC.htm (1359 words)

	DG111FrMtgVtChil.html
		Friends Meeting for Sufferings of Vietnamese Children (MSVC) had its begin the Friends General Conference, held in June 1966 at Cape May, New Jersey.
		The escalation of fighting in Vietnam, particularly the bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong and the plight of the Vietnamese civilian population, led a group of Friends attending this conference to convene and discuss ways in which action might be taken.
		The records (1966-1969) of Friends Meeting for Sufferings of Vietnamese Children found in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection contain the organization's minutes (1966-1968), newsletters (1967-1969), and other mailings.
	www.swarthmore.edu /Library/peace/DG100-150/DG111FrMtgVtChil.html (945 words)

	Minutes of CYM, 2000, August 17, Morning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		If they are truly tested in a gathered meeting we shall find that the strength and the courage for obedience are given to us.
		We ask Toronto Monthly Meeting to appoint a Committee of Care for Keith in his community chaplaincy activities, either as a volunteer or an employee.
		Continuing Meeting of Ministry and Counsel is asked to discern those Friends who have the gift to prepare draft material for this section.
	www.quaker.ca /minutes/00minutes17morn.htm (743 words)

	RECAST - REpresentation, Communication, & Accountability in our STructures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		RECAST is the working party on representation, communication and accountability in the structures of the Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in Britain.
		Bolton Preparative Meeting’s Response to the RECAST ‘Emerging Proposals’ This has been sent to the Recording Clerk and our MM and GM, but I was asked also to put it on this website.
		More consultations are scheduled before it goes to Meeting for Sufferings in December All meetings are encouraged to engage in the dialogue and send comments to the Recording Clerk by 10 September 2004 so that the final report can take them into account.
	www.recast.quaker.org.uk (974 words)

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		There is some sense of disappointment that the Yearly Meeting as a whole has not embraced our expression more fully.
		They told us that the small group of people present at the March meeting has led to the need to have a feasibility study to see whether there is enough interest within Europe to actually carry out the large planning tasks required.
		A comment in Meeting for Sufferings during its consideration of the status of Listed Informal Groups prompts us to clarify our status as a General Meeting.
	yfgm.quaker.org.uk /documents/minutes-2001-05.txt (1452 words)

	Haverford College Libraries - Special Collections - John Wilbur Papers, 1831-1873
		He was an Elder in his meeting at age 28 and was a Minister ten years later in 1812.
		Page 1 of ALS of John Wilbur, 3 mo. 21, 1842, Hopkinton, RI, addressed to "My dear children," in which Wilbur writes of the Gurneyites' personal visits and letters to him, hoping to change his position and that he senses a crisis ahead.
		Meeting for Sufferings in London sent out circular prohibiting Friends in England from receiving JW as a minister
	www.haverford.edu /library/special/aids/wilbur (2722 words)

	[No title]
		This week's installment of the 19th-century discipline is about Meeting for Sufferings, an institution which later become known as Representative Meeting.
		In general to represent this yearly meeting, and to appear on its behalf in any cases where [the cause of Truth, or] the interest or reputation of our religious society may render it needful.
		[the 1843 Philadelphia Hicksite discipline adds here "or otherwise be returned to the respective Quarterly meetings for their revisal or correction."] [1810 New York YM discipline omits "annual accounts of sufferings" from this item.] Fifth.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /~kuenning/olddisc/part20.txt (497 words)

	CAC Manuscripts: MS 492 mf
		The Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Quaker) records, located at Malone College, Canton, Ohio, were transferred for microfilming to the Center for Archival Collections in April 1987, with the assistance of Malone College personnel.
		The Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends, Mt. Pleasant/Damascus, Ohio (now Evangelical Friends Church, Eastern Region) collection (1760-1965) provides the researcher with a great quantity of statistical information on membership activities such as births, marriages, removals, transfers, and death.
		Administrative information is available through the minutes of the various meetings held by the Friends, including the Women Friends, Preparative, Select Preparative, Monthly, and other meetings.
	www.bgsu.edu /colleges/library/cac/ms0492.html (574 words)

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