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Cultural context remains in descriptions. Titles now uniformly use the practice name without prefixing the culture, country, religion, or people. e.g. 'Quaker Meeting for Worship' -> 'Meeting for Worship', 'Moroccan Jmaa Village Assembly' -> 'Jmaa Village Assembly', 'Aboriginal Yarning Circle' -> 'Yarning Circle'. 43 titles updated across the seed library.
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id: quaker-clearness-for-membership
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title: Clearness for Membership
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description: >-
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A Quaker process where a small committee meets with a person seeking
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membership in the meeting to discern their leading and readiness. A
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specific application of the clearness committee practice to membership
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in the Religious Society of Friends.
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source: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, "Faith and Practice"
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source_url: https://www.pym.org/
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tags: [quaker, membership, clearness, discernment]
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forked_from: null
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image: null
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steps:
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- headline: Request clearness
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description: >-
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The applicant writes to the meeting requesting membership and shares
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a written account of their spiritual journey and what draws them to
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the meeting.
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- headline: Appoint a clearness committee
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description: >-
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The meeting appoints a small committee of members to meet with the
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applicant for discernment, not examination.
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- headline: Meet in worship
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description: >-
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The committee and applicant meet in worship, asking honest questions
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about the applicant's journey, understanding of Quaker practice, and
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readiness for membership.
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- headline: Report to meeting
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description: >-
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The committee reports to the monthly meeting whether clearness was
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reached — that is, whether the applicant and committee discern unity
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that membership is right at this time.
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- headline: Meeting decides
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description: >-
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The monthly meeting acts on the report in its business meeting,
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welcoming the new member or holding the matter for further
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discernment.
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outcome: >-
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Membership is discerned communally rather than applied for and approved,
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with both the applicant and the meeting clear about the step.
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practice: >-
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The committee is not a vetting panel. Its work is discernment with the
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applicant, not examination of them. The written spiritual journey is
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the substance; honour it. |