Pacific Northwest Quarterly Meeting (PNQM)
If you are interested in mid-week worship scroll down in the list. There are opportunities throughout the week.
If you do not want zoom links posted, but want your worship opportunities listed, include an email address for a person who can provide the zoom link.
During registration you will indicate your desire to join us at Lazy F Camp, or participate online via Zoom.
As always, Quarterly will use a Pay As Led policy permitting people to pay more or less than the suggested amount, based upon their ability or needs.
Donations in excess of the registration cost of the session will go towards supporting Friends who are able to pay less. The remainder will go to the general fund for PNQM.
The costs for providing program and for the use of Lazy F Camp & Retreat Center are both going up. If possible, please consider a small donation to help PNQM continue the "pay as you can" option for all.
We have a few requests from our registrars:
- If you need to change your registration from on-site to online, or vice versa, please let us know at pnqm.registrar@gmail.com so we can adjust housing and work assignments.
- If you need to change your expected arrival time at the last minute, please contact the registrars to set expectations.
- If you will arrive late, please let the registrars know your estimated time of arrival.
- If you need to change your registration in any manner, or make payments, do so by returning to the registration form and use the "Resume" option.
- Registration Deadline is April 10th.
Quarterly will be a mixture of physical presence at Lazy F, and online presence.
Plenary session, meeting for business and community night will be "hybrid" (on-site and online attendance).
One interest group may be "hybrid", others will either be online or on-site only.
Worship Groups will run separate physical and online sessions in "parallel"; those present at Lazy F will be in one set of sessions, while those online will be in a separate set of sessions.
The childrens programs and Junior Friends will only include those present at Lazy F.
We continue to work to remove all accessibility constraints for both physical and online attendance at Quarterly Meeting.
If you have accessibility needs, concerns, or suggestions please address them to the co-registrars: pnqm.registrar@gmail.com. They will share your input with the accessibility committee, and provide answers or thoughts from the committee.
You can also provide accessibility feedback here.
We will attempt to provide links to any presented reports and minutes on the pnqm.org/virtual online access page.
Lazy F will be following the Washington State Covid Guidelines.
PNQM will follow stricter guidelines:
- Everyone over age 5 must be fully vaccinate (2 weeks past 1 shot of Johnson & Johnson, or 2 shots of either Moderna or Pfizer).
- Everyone over age 17 must also be up to date (have at least one booster shot if eligible).
- Minute 2023-02-02: Masks are considered optional and welcome for those who are comfortable wearing them. Small group leaders can require masking based on their own risk assessments and will ask if anyone else in the group is uncomfortable with others not wearing masks. High quality masks are encouraged and will be made available throughout Quarterly. Testing beforehand is encouraged but not mandatory. Rapid antigen tests will be available at Quarterly in case anyone becomes symptomatic. If you are feeling ill prior to Quarterly, even if you do not test positive for COVID, please consider not attending.
Please bring your own masks. N95 or KN94 are recommended.
Send questions to pnqm.registrar@gmail.com.
Use this form to offer an interest group.
Quaker Writers
Gillian George
zoom host , leader Gillian George
show descriptionDo you write poetry, fiction, or non-fiction and want to share your work with other Friends who also love to write? Let's get together and share our work with each other. Depending on how many of us there are we will share a brief selection of our work then allow a brief time of reflection and response before another shares.
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Scientific Approaches to Spirituality for Friends
John Etter
zoom host , leader John Etter
show descriptionWhat happens internally when we experience a gathered meeting, sense trouble, pray, send healing energy, etc? Have scientists identified the Inner Light? After introductory comments on related research there will be short worship discussions for Friends to briefly share personal experiences and insights.
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Limit: 15 persons
REGISTRATION DEADLINE is Friday, April 10th !!
Connecting Communities Across the Americas
The Quaker testimony of Community asks us to see one another as neighbors across borders, not as strangers divided by nationality or politics. In the Americas—with our shared histories, migration flows, and deep economic ties—building and sustaining community across national boundaries is especially vital.
In turbulent times, connections based on recognizing each other’s dignity and acting together where conscience leads can counter isolation and scapegoating and support those most at risk.
When grounded in the Spirit, community across the Americas becomes both a practical support and a witness to a different way of relating—one that honors that of God in each of us regardless of nationality or legal status. At our plenary we will hear from several Friends about work they are doing to connect us. And have an opportunity to explore whether our own sense of community calls us to connect across borders.
