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If somehow we could pack up our sorrows,
And lay them by a stream,
We would lose them, our fear and confusion
And let our spirits dream.
Welcome to
Come to Willamette Quarterly Come home to your Friendly family
May 2-4, 2025, at Camp Lutherwood Oregon
As always, the residential weekend creates space for reuniting, talking, walking, singing, playing, hiking, relaxing, worshipping, communing with nature, attending to business, and roasting... marshmallows, that is.
This year we will deepen our beloved community in a new way. From the core of harmony and love, we are creating a program to help one another to find faith, hope, guidance, unity and strength in these challenging times - to be the Quakers the world needs now.
Friends are asking, and we are responding with three experiences to ...
- Find faith and hope in troubled times
- Come together as Friends for unity, courage and strength
- Reach out into the world to let our Light shine ~ to make a difference
... wherever you are starting from, at every age or circumstance, and as you are led.
What's in store? When? Open the attached schedule
What do I need to know? What should I bring? Open the attached fact sheet
What is Camp Lutherwood like? How do I travel? Open the attached Lutherwood photos
Questions? Contact the Registrar, Laura Arcidiacono:
larcidiacono2000@yahoo.com
971-275-6019
Or the WQM Coordinator, Bob Ward:
Corvallisfriends@gmail.com
541-908-7598
Willamette Quarterly Meeting (WQM), established in 1958 as Oregon Quarterly Meeting, has as its constituent groups the Monthly Meetings, Preparative Meetings and Worship Groups in Oregon and SW Washington, as well as Boise Valley Monthly Meeting (Idaho) and interested persons in the region isolated from any established Friends group. WQM is one of three Quarterly Meetings within North Pacific Yearly Meeting (NPYM). A history of WQM is available from the WQM Clerk.
Purposes of Quarterly Meeting
The purposes of WQM are:
- to nurture the spiritual life of Friends of all ages and to provide fellowship within the Quarter;
- to encourage inter-visitation among the Monthly Meetings, Worship Groups, Preparatory Meetings and Isolated Friends;
- to share State of Society Reports from the constituent groups at the Spring meeting;
- to provide an ex-officio member to NPYM Outreach and Visitation Committee; and an ex-officio member to NPYM Friend-in-Residence Committee;
- to hear concerns from Meetings or individuals, forwarding those approved to the Clerk of the Annual Session and/or the appropriate NPYM standing committee Clerk;
- to nurture new gatherings of Friends; to consider requests for Monthly Meeting status from Preparative Meetings and Worship Groups; to consider requests from Monthly Meetings to be laid down or united with another Meeting; and
- to provide a forum for committees to meet as needed during Quarterly Meetings.