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Mission Statement:
Our purpose is encouraging, loving, and supporting a diverse group of people who gather to deepen their experience of the inner light of God. We direct this inner light outward in service to others to share the love of Christ.
**Following the teachings of the Living Christ, we are an open, loving, and affirming community.
We believe that God’s Light is inherent within all people. There are no exceptions.**
Author Archives: maggiemax15
Yom Kippur
Today is the day of our visitation. Barclay, later in his Apology, reminds us that while the day of our own visitation lasts there is never a time that God is not near us and his Spirit is not wrestling … Continue reading →
Tenant Evaluation
It is too easy to point toward the Pharisees and shake our heads. Perhaps this talk of vineyards and slaves and owners is about once upon a time instead of here and now. Such a strange story seems a long … Continue reading →
Yes and No
September 28, 2008 In preparing this week I couldn’t shake the way these very different scripture passages seemed to coalesce. The focus is always on the character of God as trust worthy. The refusal to repent is simply a … Continue reading →
Mine, Mine, Mine, Mine…
Matthew 20:1-16 September 21, 2008 Our Gospel reading for today tells us that there were labor disputes in Jesus’ day. Just like today there were problems between labor and management like the recent teachers strike in Bellview and Boeing’s … Continue reading →
A Hard Lesson to Learn
The word forgive comes from a Greek word with a rich constellation of meanings that extend to financial, relational, and physiological matters. It can mean to remit, to give up a debt, to keep no longer. We can translate it … Continue reading →
Qualifications for Service
“They were changed men themselves before they went about to change others. Their hearts were rent as well as their garments, and they knew the power and work of God upon them….And as they freely received what they had to … Continue reading →
The Good, the Acceptable and the Perfect
“…let nothing be wanting among you. Then all is well and will be well. Encourage one another to seek out the poor, sick, fatherless, widows and imprisoned and make up their necessities and wants. Then there will be nothing … Continue reading →
Breaking with Tradition
The expectancy that hopes great things of God is the passport to the kingdom. Jesus didn’t heal the child – he said it was the woman’s faith that brought healing. It is only within that welcome that Christ can work … Continue reading →
In the Dark Times
Like Jesus, facing the dark times in our lives may require going alone into solitude, into the presence of God, to pray. And like to his disciples, in the darkest moments of our lives Jesus says to us: “Take heart, … Continue reading →
Reflections on Yearly Meeting
Scripture Reading Matthew 14: 13-21 Reflections on Experiences at Northwest Yearly Meeting’s annual sessions recently held in Newberg, Oregon. The following persons from Spokane Friends attended Yearly. Bruce Williams, Leann Williams, Sarah Peterson, Keith Sellers, Kitty Bendixen-park, Norm Pasche, Martha … Continue reading →
Spokane Friends Meeting 
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