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WELCOME!
Agate Passage Friends Meeting is a silent Quaker Meeting centered on
Bainbridge Island across Puget Sound from Seattle, Washington.
Our Meeting was formed in 1981 as the
Indianola-Bainbridge Island Friends Worship Group. John and Annie Hanson
moved to Indianola in the late '70's, having lived on San Juan Island
where they participated in a Quaker group. Families in Indianola started
gathering 'in the manner of Friends' as a result, but our Meeting didn't
actually take root till 1981. We came 'under the care' of University
Friends Meeting of Seattle in 1985. There were various other Quaker
efforts on the Island at different times, but they had no connection
with this particular Agate Passage Meeting.
Our Meeting is dedicated to
sustaining traditional Quaker values and practices, and includes those of many spiritual paths, united in the Quaker belief that
"there is that of God" in everyone.
All
are welcome to Meetings
for Worship,
held weekly on Sunday at 10
a.m. at Seabold Community
Center on Bainbridge Island.
A fellowship period follows our silent meeting from 11 AM
'til Noon. Please see our meeting
schedule. Meeting for Business Minutes are also available
to members and regular attenders.
Please call (360) 697- 4675 for more information.
(REMEMBER!
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War
is the ultimate rejection of God’s creation
"We
know from experience and faith that violence cannot overcome
violence,
and that cycles of hatred can be interrupted by acts of creative
nonviolence, conflict resolution, and courageous love.
Let us all follow the healer’s rule: “First, do no harm.”
Let us use the preeminent power of the
United States
to change our direction and reject
violence, building up international institutions that promote
economic and political justice.
In this way, the lives of our children and grandchildren
– and their contemporaries the world over – can be liberated
from the terror and threat our present generation is
enduring."
FCNL
— Executive Committee
September 19, 2002 |

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