Quaker Process for Friends on the Benches

Quaker Process for Friends on the Benches  You often hear, "should be on every meeting's library shelf,"but thisone REALLY should be in every library, and more than that, in every member's hand. A comprehensive look at all our Quaker meeting practices and procedures, how they came to be, what they are intended to do, and above all, great explanations and tips on how to do them well -- such as"How to give a budget report without everyones eyes glazing over." It's all here, marriages, nominating, elders, business, community, etc., in clear concise, readable and well organized form with today's email era taken into account. A truly important book. Quaker Process for Friends on the Benches is the most thorough survey to date of the nuances of Quaker process and practice. This book provides historical context to how Quaker process has evolved, shares common practices and variations used by contemporary Friends, and gives real-life examples of model Quaker process in action. Readers will fin