FWCC is pleased to post Epistles we receive.

An Epistle articulates a collective sense of experience and how God has moved among Friends during a gathering, be it a yearly meeting session or an FWCC Section meeting, or a Young Friends gathering. It is approved by that group during a meeting for business. It is typically shared with yearly meetings so that they might read some of them out in meeting or publish some for people to read. It was historically, and continues to be, an important way for Friends and others to learn about each other in that which is eternal. They help us appreciate that we are part of a world family of Friends.

Epistles have potential to facilitate understanding among Friends, and in this light, we ask that you read Epistles with an open mind and heart.

Please note that each meeting writes its own Epistle, and we do not alter or edit them; Friends with concerns are encouraged to address those directly to the sending meeting.

Here you will find the most recent epistles FWCC has received from each gathering. To read previous epistles, please check the archive.

If your Epistle doesn’t appear here, please send it to FWCC by email.

World Plenary Meeting Epistle 2016 English (19-27 January 2016)

Epístola de la Reunión Plenaria Mundial 2016 Español (19-27 de enero de 2016)

Most Recent Epistles Received

2020

Australia YM Responds to Messages of Concern Following Bushfires (22 January) (.pdf, 177kb)

Epistle of the Yearly Meeting of Aotearoa New Zealand – Te Hāhi Tūhauwiri 2020 (.pdf, 2265kb)

Europe & Middle East Young Friends Summer Gathering (19-26 July) (html)

2019

Alaska Friends Conference (1-4 August) (.pdf, 107kb)

Aotearoa-New Zealand YM (17-20 May) (.pdf, 268kb)

Australia YM (6-13 July) (.pdf, 127kb)

Baltimore YM (29 July 29 – 4 August) (.pdf, 217kb)

Belgium & Luxembourg YM (15-17 November) (.pdf, 94kb)

Britain YM (24-27 May) (.pdf, 210kb)

Canadian YM (2-10 August) (.pdf, 386kb)

Central European Gathering (12-16 April) (.pdf, 58kb)

Cuba YM (24 February) (.pdf, 51kb) (bilingual/bilingüe English/español)

France YM (25-28 October) (.pdf, 143kb)

Friends Church of North Carolina (2-4 August) (.pdf, 225kb)

Friends Church of Uganda (28 August – 2 September) (.pdf, 2.42MB)

FWCC Europe & Middle East Section Annual Meeting (2-5 May) (.pdf, 255kb)

German YM (3-6 October) English (.pdf, 281kb) / Deutsch (.pdf, 200kb) / Français (.pdf, 377kb)

Great Plains YM (30 May – 2 June) (.pdf, 163kb)

Illinois YM (19-23 June) (.pdf, 288kb)

Indiana YM (25-27 July) (.pdf, 81kb)

Intermountain YM (9-16 June) (.pdf, 76kb)

Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) (23-28 July) (.pdf, 136kb)

Ireland YM (25-28 April) (.pdf, 153kb)

Italian Friends’ Gathering (30 August – 1 September) (.pdf, 72kb)

Jamaica YM (9-11 August) (.pdf, 276kb)

Lake Erie YM (25-28 July) (.pdf, 238kb)

Mexico General Meeting (16-17 November) English (.pdf, 69kb) / español (.pdf, 45kb). Photo of the group (.jpg, 616kb)

Monteverde Monthly Meeting (.pdf, 102kb)

Netherlands YM (10-12 May) (.pdf, 99kb)

New Association of Friends (27 October) (.pdf, 85kb)

New England YM / JA de Nueva Inglaterra (3-8 August) (.pdf, 84kb – bilingual/bilingüe English/español)

New York YM (21–27 July) (.pdf, 157kb)

North Carolina Fellowship of Friends (10 August) (.pdf, 143kb)

North Carolina YM (Conservative) (11-14 July) (.pdf, 296kb)

North Pacific YM (17-21 July) (.pdf, 149kb)

Northern YM (24-26 May) (.pdf, 153kb)

Norway YM (.pdf, 70kb)

Ohio YM (5-11 August) (.pdf, 280kb)

Ohio Valley YM (19-23 June) (.pdf, 75kb)

Pacific YM (12-17 July) (.pdf, 235kb)

Piedmont Friends YM (19-21 April) (.pdf, 419kb)

Philadelphia YM (23-28 July) (.pdf, 80kb)

Quaker Religious Education Collaborative, East Africa (16-19 January) (.pdf, 188kb)

Quakers Uniting in Publications (QUIP) (28-31 March) (.pdf, 99kb)

Sierra-Cascades YM (24-26 May) (.pdf, 76kb)

South Central YM (18-21 April) (.pdf, 73kb)

Southeastern YM (17-21 April) (.pdf, 56kb)

Southern Appalachian YM and Association (13-16 June) (.pdf, 122kb)

Sweden YM (30 May – 2 June) English (.pdf, 100kb) / svenska (.pdf, 31kb)

Switzerland YM (7-10 June) English (.pdf, 116kb) / Deutsch (.pdf, 82kb)

Western YM (25-28 July) (.pdf, 658kb)

Wilmington YM (25-28 July) (.pdf, 87kb)

2018

Evangelical Friends of Kitale, Kenya (12-16 December) (.pdf, 23kb)

FLGBTQC (Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Concerns) (summer) (.pdf, 4MB)

FWCC Asia-West Pacific Section Meeting (12-16 September) (.pdf, 203kb)

Friends Association for Higher Education (14-17 June) (.pdf, 208kb)

Pacific Northwest Quaker Women’s Theology Conference (6-10 June) (.pdf, 258kb)

Quaker Council for European Affairs (5-6 October) English (.pdf, 78kb) / Nederlands (.pdf, 79kb) / Dansk (.pdf, 151kb)

Soy YM (22-26 August) (.pdf, 190kb)

2017

Chavakali YM (16-20 August) (.pdf, 102kb)

Japan YM (18-19 November) (.pdf, 115 kb)

Nairobi YM (30 August-3 September) (.pdf, 558kb)

Nordic Gathering (29 June-2 July) (.pdf, 167kb)

Ramallah MM (February) (.pdf, 493kb)

Sierra-Cascades YM (.pdf, 129kb)

Epistle of the “What Canst Thou Say?” Ministers & Elders Colloquium (6-9 October) (.pdf, 184kb)

2016

Baltimore YM (1-7 August) (.pdf, 176kb)

Central and Southern Africa YM (27 April-3 May) (.pdf, 46kb)

Denmark YM (2-3 April) (.pdf, 102kb)

Europe & Middle East Young Friends All-Age Gathering (30 July-6 August) (.pdf, 275kb)

Fellowship of Friends of African Descent Annual Gathering (12-14 August) (.pdf, 137kb)

Tanzania YM (24-28 August) (.pdf, 64kb)

2015

Tanzania USFW (December) (.pdf, 64kb)

2014

Bhopal YM (9 February)

Quaker Youth Pilgrimage 2014 (22 July – 21 August) (.pdf, 255kb)

2013

Alaska YM

Northwest YM (21-25 July)

2012

East Africa YM (4 September)

Epistles archive