Dear Friends,  

I would like to suggest that we respond to Friends World Committee on Consultation's (FWCC) request for responses on their Global Change Consultation project to learn what impact "global change" is having on Friends around the world. The phrase "Global Change" refers to a huge, interconnected phenomenon that includes economic and societal changes, climate disruption, and other environmental changes, the advent of agribusiness, urgent migration and immigration concerns. etc. We know Global Change is happening and we are asked to discern together about what we are experiencing. per Mary Gilbert in BeFriending Creation, May-June 2010. Here's the FWCC web address Mary gave: http://fwccawps.org/globalchange/global_change.php The "awps" is the Asia/West Pacific section of FWCC.

The 6 queries are below and I would be happy to facilitate a response to them at PFG next year.

Alice M. Wald  

FWCC queries on Global Change

Think about whether you or your Meeting might host a cluster sometime in the next 18 months (starting now) at which you could hold worship-sharing around one or more, or all of these queries. FWCC is eager for responses from diverse Friends and encourages such responses as notes, audio, and even video recordings.

1. How has Global Change affected our communities and ourselves?

2. What actions have we taken in response to Global Change as experienced in our area, to express our responsibilities toward all creation? In what ways have my own activities or those of my community contributed to positive or adverse local and global change?

3. How do changes around us affect our relationship with God? How does my relationship with God affect my responses to the changes around us? What role does my faith have in my life and in the life of my community? In what ways do I and my Friends Church or Meeting community bear witness to our testimonies in our daily lives.?

4. What stories or experiences from past times of catastrophic happenings--perhaps from scripture, perhaps from the record of local or regional events--might inspire us to respond to the changes the world is facing today?

5. How can we bear witness to the abundance God offers us and testify to the world about ways in which justice, compassion, and peace may address significant disruptions, stress, and tensions?

6. How can we support one another in rekindling our love and respect for God's creation in such a way that we are messengers of the transforming power of love and hope?

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