Faith & Practice Revision Feedback Form: Elders & Eldering

Faith & Practice Revision
Elders & Eldering
Feedback Form for Meetings

Note: The Monthly Meetings and various committees of Pacific Yearly Meeting have been invited to participate in a consultation process to consider texts prepared by the Faith & Practice Revision Committee. If you are interested in participating in this process, please talk with your Meeting Clerk or email faithandpractice@pacificyearlymeeting.org

When your Meeting or group meets to consider and discuss the text and queries, please take note of the following:

Number of Friends who participate and the number of sessions.
Who is participating (e.g. seasoned Friends, newcomers, members, attenders, younger Friends, older Friends, etc.).
The group’s responses to the queries and any other relevant comments or notes.

Complete and submit the form below after your Meeting or group has met.

Please direct any questions about this form or the Faith & Practice Revision process to faithandpractice@pacificyearlymeeting.org

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Number of Friends who participated

Number of sessions

Describe, briefly, the group that participated

(e.g. mostly members with some attenders; mainly seasoned Friends; seekers or newcomers, etc.)

Query #1: What is your reaction to the specific text or its parts? What should be changed, added or deleted?

Query #2: How does this represent part of your meeting’s spiritual life?

Query #3: How do you address issues of inappropriate behavior by an individual? And how do you support the well-being of the meeting community as well as the individual’s spiritual development?

Query #4: What additional roles do elders have in serving the well-being of our community and its individuals beyond what is written in this section?

Query #5: How does your meeting appoint elders? Are there elders in your meeting without formal appointment that simply add to the spiritual growth of your meeting and its individuals? Does this work fall on members of a committee, and if so, which one?

Additional notes or comments