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Judy Maurer, Camas, (clerk)

Nikai Sherlock, Camas

Val Stoehr, Camas

This committee works closely with yearly meeting clerks to coordinate the efforts of all our committees and working groups. If your meeting is interested in joining Sierra-Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends, please email the committee: coordinating@scymf.org

Bethany Lee, West Hills

Judy Maurer, Camas

Ruba Byrd, Eugene

Liaison member: Dave Cundiff, (clerk of Finance Comittee)

Ex-officio members: Erin Wilson, Norma Silliman, (presiding clerks)

An Epistle provides a collective sense of experience and how God has moved among Friends during a gathering. It is approved by that group during a meeting for business.

Janet Grove, Camas
Julie Peyton, West Hills

This committee, empowered to act for equity and inclusion, encourages Friends across Sierra-Cascades Yearly Meeting to prayerfully reflect on the following queries:

1) Are our meetings places of safety and welcome for people of color?

2) How are the structures within our monthly meetings, quarterly meetings, and yearly meeting addressing systemic racism?

3) What are ways your meeting can actively promote racial justice in your local community? Are there other local organizations or activists already doing the work with whom your meeting could partner with and support?

4) Am I living a life that testifies to the evil of white supremacy? Am I willing to learn from past mistakes, omissions, and ways I’ve noticed racism within myself?

If you have questions or suggestions for the Committee or would like resources or support around Equity and Inclusion, email us: equity@scymf.org

Joann Boswell, Camas

Andrew Franklin, Camas

Anna Knierim, West Hills

Anna Scott-Hinkle, Eugene

Our collective direction to the Faith & Practice Committee is that we would like to be a yearly meeting with a Faith & Practice as a living document, which is descriptive, aspirational, and procedural, leading us toward wholeness and reconciliation.

Derek Lamson, Eugene
Jade Rockwell, Camas (co-clerk)
Jedidiah Abdul Muhib
Carosaari, North Seattle
Johan Maurer, Camas
Amy George, West Hills (co-clerk)

This committee commissions regular financial reports from the treasurer, receives budget requests from committees and working groups, and makes recommendations to the larger yearly meeting.

Lynette Cortez, Silverton
Dave Cundiff, direct member (clerk)

Willow Githens, Eugene
David Peyton, West Hills
Tim Rochholz, Eugene

This committee facilitates logistics and planning for our large group gatherings, so that the Coordinating Committee doesn’t have to handle the details. As time permits, each gathering could have several elements: worship, community-building, business, spiritual development / education, creativity, and play. Our early gatherings may have a lot of decisions to deal with, so the business component may be more prominent. Since we are early in the process of learning who we are and want to be as a body, the community-building and envisioning piece is also essential. As we get more organized, there may be more educational content around Quaker process and values, as well as some experiential spiritual development activities, creative exploration, and fun.

Lynette Cortez, Silverton
Rachel Hampton, West Hills
Mike Meskel, Camas

Meg Rice, West Hills (clerk)
Vicki Stave, Eugene