Tania: The Need for older and younger Friends in meeting

Tania: The Need for older and younger Friends in meeting. It came to my mind that a Meeting functions best when there’s a strong segment of older Friends and a strong segment of younger Friends as well. Meetings are like a body of water: we need the depth of older Friends to keep us grounded in Spirit and the current of younger Friends to prevent stagnancy.

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Comment by Christine Manville Greenland on 8th mo. 22, 2010 at 6:05pm
Thanks, Tania. Had it not been for older Friends in several meetings, I might not have stuck it out through a lot of interesting transitions. 40 years later, I still recall their counsel at the time of some difficulties.

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