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		<title>A poem for environmental  concerns.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RAPIDS OF CHANGE
Hal Mead
We are living through rapids of change
Strong emotions, feelings, conflicts &#8211; stir us up
Loud voices yell
We must do this,
We must do that
I am right, you are wrong &#8211;
Go this way &#8211; No go that way
Draw those lines sharp and
Don&#8217;t ever cross them
Anger, fear, loud voices
create noise
then more noise
-  NO ONE IS [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://evanstonquakers.com/environmental-concerns/a-poem-for-environmental-concerns/</link>
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		<title>2010 QUAKER INQUIRERS GROUP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you a new attender who is somewhat intrigued by Friends although not quite sure what we’re all about?  If you have been around awhile, do you still have hazy notions of some Quaker beliefs or practices?  Have you been an Inquirer before but missed a few sessions?  If you answer “yes” [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://evanstonquakers.com/general-information/2010-quaker-inquirers-group/</link>
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		<title>Building a Whole Earth Economy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This book is in Evanston Friends library.
A review of: &#8220;Right Relationship&#8221; By Peter Brown
written by Hal Mead

 Moving from Wrong to Right Relationship
A pursuit of wrong relationship is the prevailing trend of our times. The signs are now well known: climate change, over population, loss of top soil and freshwater, increasing rates of species extinction, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://evanstonquakers.com/environmental-concerns/building-a-whole-earth-economy/</link>
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		<title>Documents &amp; Downloads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Follow the links below to retrieve a document
Our Library Collection of Books &#8211; sorted by author
Our Library Collection of Books &#8211; sorted by title

2008 State of Society Report
2007 State of Society Report
2006 State of Society Report

Request form to use the Meeting Hall
2008 EFM Handbook
Silent Retreat Registration Form

&#8220;When Friends Attend to Business&#8221; by Thomas S. Brown
&#8220;An [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://evanstonquakers.com/odds-and-ends/documents-downloads/</link>
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		<title>Potluck Dinner Instructions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have an asterisk by your name it means you are responsible for contacting the rest of the group. If you cannot keep this commitment please find someone to substitute for you, but please let us know if you have done so.
Your Responsibility:

Bring a dish to share
Set up for potluck
Serve dishes provided by attenders
Clean [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://evanstonquakers.com/odds-and-ends/potluck-dinner-instructions/</link>
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		<title>Sunday Breakfast Instructions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for agreeing to prepare First Sunday Breakfast on Working with you will be:

If you have an asterisk by your name, it means you are responsible for contacting the rest of the group and arranging for supplies. If you cannot keep this commitment please find someone to substitute for you, but please let us [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://evanstonquakers.com/odds-and-ends/sunday-breakfast-instructions/</link>
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		<title>Policies for use of Evanston Friends Meetinghouse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Quaker organizations, committees of Evanston Friends Meeting, committees of other Friends’ Meetings in the Chicago metropolitan area, and other nonprofit organizations with which the Meeting or a member of Meeting is affiliated may request use of our Meetinghouse for special events. Because approval by EFM’s Committee of Trustees is needed, requests must be received at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://evanstonquakers.com/odds-and-ends/policies-for-use-of-evanston-friends-meetinghouse/</link>
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		<title>Peace &amp; Social Concerns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2001, the Peace and Social Concerns Committee revised its purpose statement and information for the handbook. The revisions were approved by the Meeting. In 2004, the committee proposed further revisions of their purpose statement. These revisions consisted primarily in the incorporation of Earth Care Concerns into the name and mission of the committee. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://evanstonquakers.com/general-information/peace-social-concerns/</link>
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		<title>Causes we support</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recipients of Budgeted Donations from Evanston Friends Meeting Criteria:
Evanston Friends  Meeting donates to Quaker bodies as well as to compatible organizations in which at least one of our members is  actively involved. Our donations are not intended to substitute for or replace  gifts from individuals and families. Additional personal gifts to these [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://evanstonquakers.com/general-information/causes-we-support/</link>
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		<title>Links</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Quaker Organizations

The Religious Society of Friends
Friends General Conference
Illinois Yearly Meeting
Western Yearly Meeting
Friends United Meeting 
Pendle Hill 
Camp Woodbrooke 
Friends World Committee for Consultation,
Section of the Americas
General Quaker Information

Friends General Conference Book Store
Pendle Hill Book Store 
Other Quaker Meeting Sites

To Find a Quaker Meeting in North America
Northside Friends Meeting
Oak Park Friends Meeting 
Lake Forest Meeting
57th Street [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://evanstonquakers.com/general-information/links/</link>
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