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How to Serve on a Quaker Clearness Committee

How do Friends get support in discernment? It often involves a Quaker clearness committee. More videos on this topic ➡️ https://fdsj.nl/quaker-clearness ⇒⇒Find out more about Quakers: Become a Friends Journal subscriber for only $28 http://fdsj.nl/FJ-Subscribe Learn more about the life and ministry of New England Quakers http://fdsj.nl/qs-neym Find out how Quakers are assisting military personnel across the US http://fdsj.nl/qs-quaker-house Learn about the rich diversity of Quakers worldwide http://fdsj.nl/qs-fwcc Work with Quakers for peace with justice http://fdsj.nl/qs-afsc ⇒⇒QuakerSpeak links & credits: Listen to the QuakerSpeak Podcast http://fdsj.nl/QS-Podcast Like us on Facebook   / quakerspeak   Filmed and edited by Jon Watts: http://jonwatts.com Music from this episode: http://jonwattsmusic.com ⇒⇒Transcript: Chris Mohr: Very few people have an experience like Saul on the road to Damascus where we just get blown over by the Holy Spirit and, suddenly, everything’s changed. So we have to listen to nudges and leadings and little quiet steps. So my experience is of feeling small nudges that feel like they are from God and that I need to pay attention to, and if I stop and slow down and have others sit with me to reflect on those nudges, I can sense whether they’re really something pushing me in a direction I need to go, or is it just a momentary fancy? How to Serve on a Quaker Clearness Committee Greg Woods: Clearness committees are formed when an individual, a couple, a group comes to a Quaker body and says, “We are wrestling with this issue and we want to discern the way forward.” Robin Mohr: It’s important to know how to help people do their discernment because it’s not something that we learn automatically in our society. It’s not always something that we learn at home. So it’s a skill that can be learned, but we have to practice. Preparing for a Clearness Committee Ashley Wilcox: The prep work for the committee is to hold the person in the light and be prepared for the questions that may come up, and read the writing in advance to be prepared for holding this person in the committee meeting. Greg Woods: Before the meeting, I find a grounded place and I would pray for that person, or, to use the Quaker saying ‘hold them in the Light.’ And, for me, holding people in the light, I visually try to see them being surrounded by a halo of light. Listening Robin Mohr: The first thing I would say is just to let the person talk. And I find that often, we don’t have a space to be able to talk about the things that really matter to us, and so just holding a space where somebody actually just gets to tell you the whole story—and why it’s important to them—is a gift. Margaret Webb: So when you serve on a clearness committee, the first piece of that is listening deeply to the person who is requesting a clearness committee. So the first piece is to listen deeply and not just to listen deeply to that individual and to their story, but also to listen deeply for the still, small voice—that of God in that person—and how the Spirit might be moving. AJ Mendoza: We’re all listening to the same Source; the same God is speaking to all of us. So, if I’m saying that, like, there is a leading that is coming from God that is telling me to do something, I have no doubt at all that another Friend, would be able to, like, with enough listening, totally hear that. More ⇒ http://fdsj.nl/support-clearness ___ The views expressed in this video are of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of Friends Journal or its collaborators.