Clear Creek Friends Meeting News

Do you endeavor to live in harmony with nature, avoiding pollution and the destruction of our environment?  What are you doing about your use of the world’s irreplaceable resources?  Are you concerned for family and population planning so that future generations will be able to live on the resources available to them?

Stewardship
We are called upon to be stewards not only of the Divine Spirit which God has implanted within us, but also of the rich provision which the Creator has made for the sustenance of all life on earth.  If we are true followers of Jesus, we must ever be seeking to bring conditions of life in this world into conformity with the purposes of God

From Britain Yearly Meeting Faith and Practice 2.50…It’s not easy for the parents to believe that their child’s gurglings actually help the meeting rather than interrupt it.  Nonetheless that is true, and you shouldn’t give way to the temptation to take a happily babbling child out of meeting (though howling is something different!)”

Twelfth Query
Do you regard your possessions as given you in trust and do you part with them freely for the needs of others? Are your means of livelihood in keeping with your ideals as Friends? Are you concerned that your business be primarily a service to people? What are you doing to foster upright practices in business relations? Do you maintain strict integrity in all business transactions? Do you bear a faithful testimony against all forms of gambling?

Stewardship; Business Relationships:
Friends should consider how our ways of spending money affect others. We should endeavor to share our advantages and should guard against pursuing modes of life that minister only to our comforts. When we live in the Life which is attuned to nature and which finds joy and satisfaction in human relationships and personal growth, we will be less dependent on material possessions and more protective of our environment.