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Finance CommitteePittsburgh Friends Meeting is sustained by its members and attenders; spiritually, physically and financially. Within the Meeting, financial contributions support a thriving First Day School and maintain the Meeting House for worship, committee use, and for the greater good of the community. The budget our Meeting has approved also enables us to contribute generously to the following organizations. Pittsburgh Friends Meeting is grateful for all of the support, financial and otherwise, which it receives. Finance Committee prepares the budget each year, supports the treasurer, sets financial procedures with approval from business meeting, and reports to business meeting. Organizations Friends Meeting SupportsAmerican Friends Service Committee AFSC is a practical expression of the faith of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Committed to the principles of nonviolence and justice, it seeks in its work and witness to draw on the transforming power of love, human and divine. Central Committee for Conscientous Objectors CCCO supports and promotes individual and collective resistance to war and preparations for war. CCW works to defend and extend the rights of conscientious objectors. The Center is committed to supporting all those who question participation in war, whether they are U.S. citizens, permanent residents, documented or undocumented immigrants--or citizens in other countries. Founded in 1971, Contact Pittsburgh offers immediate emotional support by telephone volunteers trained to help people of all ages who may be suicidal, in emotional distress, or in need of reassurance, information or referral services. Friends School in Detroit is guided by Quaker values and a commitment to nonviolence. The school curriculum stresses academic excellence, creative problem solving, and respect for the individual and the community. EECM is an interfaith coalition of 47 congregations, parishes and institutions united to serve human needs of Pittsburgh's East End residents. EECM serves the frail, the homebound elderly, the hungry, the homeless and children and youth. Earlham School of Religion is a Christian graduate theological school in the Quaker tradition. ESR prepares women and men for leadership that empowers and for ministry that serves. This mission grows out of our Christian belief that God calls everyone to ministry. Using a transformative model of education, ESR encourages students to explore the intellectual, spiritual, and practical dimensions of their calls to ministry. Friends Committee on National Legislation A Quaker lobby in the public interest, FCNL is the oldest registered ecumenical lobby and the largest peace lobby in Washington, DC. FCNL staff and volunteers work with a nationwide network of tens of thousands of people from many different races, religions, and cultures to advocate social and economic justice, peace, and good government. FGC provides resources and opportunities that educate and invite members and attenders to experience, individually and corporately, God's living presence, and to discern and follow God's leadings. FGC reaches out to seekers and to other religious bodies inside and outside the wider Religious Society of Friends. Friends Journal serves the Quaker community and the wider community of spiritual seekers through the publication of articles, poetry, letters, art, and news that convey the contemporary experience of Friends. Friends World Committee for Consultation FWCC is an international Friends organization which works with all of the Yearly Meetings of Quakers worldwide. FWCC facilitates loving understanding of diversities among Friends while working to discover common spiritual ground and to facilitate full expression of Friends testimonies in the world. FWCC's work is primarily among the many Yearly Meetings of Friends worldwide. A nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing organization building simple, decent, affordable housing in partnership with people in need. A Center for Action Against Hunger is a membership organization which promotes economic justice and works to influence public policy and to educate, empower, and mobilize the citizens of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania communities toward the elimination of hunger. Olney Friends School is a co-educational college preparatory Quaker boarding school, located in Barnesville, Ohio, whose mission is to challenge students to grow, celebrate intellectual rigor, provoke questions of conscience, and nurture skills for living in community. At Pendle Hill, education is envisioned as the transforming of people and society. Pendle Hill's programs offer the resources and time for integrated spiritual, intellectual and personal learning. Pendle Hill was founded in 1930 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and is open to people of all faiths. Quaker Bolivia Link seeks to alleviate rural poverty among the indigenous people of the Bolivian Andes by funding and administering small-scale community development projects. Quaker Earthcare Witness is a spiritually-centered movement of Quakers and like-minded people seeking ways to integrate concern for the environment with Friends' long-standing testimonies for simplicity, peace, and equality. Working for peace and GI rights since 1969 and addressing issues such as truth in recruiting, explaining enlistment documents to individuals and parents. The Thomas Merton Center is comprised of people from diverse philosophies and faiths who find common ground in the nonviolent struggle to bring about a more peaceful and just world. TMC works to raise the moral questions involved in the issues of war, poverty, racism, and oppression. Three Rivers Community Foundation The mission of the Three Rivers Community Foundation is to fund and encourage grass roots organizations in Southwestern Pennsylvania that work to bridge persistent divisions in society around issues of race, economic status, gender, sexual identity, and disability. William Penn House promotes the Quaker vision of a peaceful and just society by providing educational seminars, opportunities for dialogue, and simple, inexpensive lodging for those who come to Washington, DC to learn, lobby, or serve. |
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