Pacific Northwest Quarterly Meeting (PNQM)
If you are interested in mid-week worship scroll down in the list. There are opportunities throughout the week.
If you do not want zoom links posted, but want your worship opportunities listed, include an email address for a person who can provide the zoom link.
During registration you will indicate your desire to join us at Lazy F Camp, or participate online via Zoom.
As always, Quarterly will use a Pay As Led policy permitting people to pay more or less than the suggested amount, based upon their ability or needs.
Donations in excess of the registration cost of the session will go towards supporting Friends who are able to pay less. The remainder will go to the general fund for PNQM.
The costs for providing program and for the use of Lazy F Camp & Retreat Center are both going up. If possible, please consider a small donation to help PNQM continue the "pay as you can" option for all.
We have a few requests from our registrars:
- If you need to change your registration from on-site to online, or vice versa, please let us know at pnqm.registrar@gmail.com so we can adjust housing and work assignments.
- If you need to change your expected arrival time at the last minute, please contact the registrars to set expectations.
- If you will arrive late, please let the registrars know your estimated time of arrival.
- If you need to change your registration in any manner, or make payments, do so by returning to the registration form and use the "Resume" option.
- Registration Deadline is April 10th.
Quarterly will be a mixture of physical presence at Lazy F, and online presence.
Plenary session, meeting for business and community night will be "hybrid" (on-site and online attendance).
One interest group may be "hybrid", others will either be online or on-site only.
Worship Groups will run separate physical and online sessions in "parallel"; those present at Lazy F will be in one set of sessions, while those online will be in a separate set of sessions.
The childrens programs and Junior Friends will only include those present at Lazy F.
We continue to work to remove all accessibility constraints for both physical and online attendance at Quarterly Meeting.
If you have accessibility needs, concerns, or suggestions please address them to the co-registrars: pnqm.registrar@gmail.com. They will share your input with the accessibility committee, and provide answers or thoughts from the committee.
You can also provide accessibility feedback here.
We will attempt to provide links to any presented reports and minutes on the pnqm.org/virtual online access page.
Lazy F will be following the Washington State Covid Guidelines.
PNQM will follow stricter guidelines:
- Everyone over age 5 must be fully vaccinate (2 weeks past 1 shot of Johnson & Johnson, or 2 shots of either Moderna or Pfizer).
- Everyone over age 17 must also be up to date (have at least one booster shot if eligible).
- Minute 2023-02-02: Masks are considered optional and welcome for those who are comfortable wearing them. Small group leaders can require masking based on their own risk assessments and will ask if anyone else in the group is uncomfortable with others not wearing masks. High quality masks are encouraged and will be made available throughout Quarterly. Testing beforehand is encouraged but not mandatory. Rapid antigen tests will be available at Quarterly in case anyone becomes symptomatic. If you are feeling ill prior to Quarterly, even if you do not test positive for COVID, please consider not attending.
Please bring your own masks. N95 or KN94 are recommended.
Send questions to pnqm.registrar@gmail.com.
Use this form to offer an interest group.
Quaker writers
Kristina Bartleson
Do you write poetry, fiction or non-fiction and want to share your work with other Friends who love to write? Let’s get together! Depending on the number of participants we will share a brief selection of our work and then allow time for reflection and response before reading another.
Christian nationalism; a call to action
David Britton with Nancy Britton
Facing the presence of behavior led by Christian Nationalists in our federal, state and local governments, with its chaotic and hurtful consequences, what can and should Friends do? We will review definitions and current varieties of Christian Nationalism, and deeply consider the call to action proposed by C. Scott Holms, addressed specifically to Friends, in his Statement of Faith Toward a Shared Declaration. (online at curtisscottholmes.blogspot.com). Are Friends led to stand in unity with this statement?
Guided Poetry Sharing
Jill Leininger
Let's read a few poems together that explore family-building and relationships, then do a guided writing exercise and share (if you like).
Limit: 10 persons
Qi Gong
Karen Young
Will lead Qi Gong and/or Tai Chi based on the participants interest and previous experience.
Limit: 10 persons
Windy Cooler
Windy Cooler
This interest group asks how best to plant the Friends Incubator for Public Ministry's fellowship program among Friends in the Northwest. The Incubator is an experimental, grassroots project supporting Friends carrying public ministries along with the elders and meetings who hold them accountable, and it tests in practice the old claim that all Friends are ministers; its first cohort is now a year old, with residencies at Pendle Hill and Woolman Hill anchoring the East Coast work. Applications for the new cohorts available throughout the US open in January, with fuller information about the program available then, so this is a chance to hear about it early and help shape how it relates to you, regionally. The questions on the table are Northwest ones: who is already carrying public ministry here, what structures could hold a cohort, which pieces of the existing model on the East Coast travel well and which need rebuilding by the people who will use them here. Participants should expect a short account of what the pilot has taught the Incubator so far, and then open discernment among themselves about what comes next. The group is led by Windy, convener and founder of the Friends Incubator, a public minister and scholar who holds a D.Min. from Lancaster Theological Seminary and is co-authoring a book on Quaker public ministry for the church as a whole with Quaker theologian Christy Randazzo for Fortress Press.
Friends and polyamory
Jana Ostrom with Mackenzie Barton-Rowledge
The goals are to listen to one another's stories and learn about relationship structures that differ from the traditional romantic couple. There will be time for Q&A. This group will be hybrid: both in person and online at Zoom Link Everyone (whether you attend this interest group or not) is invited to bookmark this resource page: link to resource At the 2025 Annual Session of North Pacific Yearly Meeting (NPYM), the Epistle to Friends on Acknowledging Non-Monogamy was introduced, along with a resource document. Epistle: link to epistle Resources: Non-Monogamy Resource List for Friends - Jun 2025.pdf
Peace with Justice in Palestine
Susan Cozzens
This group will give a chance for Friends to share their concerns for peace with justice in Palestine, including updates on the current situation, personal experiences in the region, national advocacy, and local educational and outreach events.
Positive Racial Identity for White People
Jonathan Betz-Zall
For the past six months I've been thinking about how Friends can embrace their racial identities more positively so that we can work more effectively for wholeness as well as justice. This interest group will examine some of the resources I've encountered, including several inspiring videos, and consider what initiatives our meetings might take in the near future.
Limit: 15 persons
Registration is now closed for Spring Quarterly.
For questions, please email the registrars.
Family and Community in the 21st Century
The Quaker testimony of Community asks us to see one another as neighbors across borders, not as strangers divided by nationality or politics. In the Americas—with our shared histories, migration flows, and deep economic ties—building and sustaining community across national boundaries is especially vital.
In turbulent times, connections based on recognizing each other’s dignity and acting together where conscience leads can counter isolation and scapegoating and support those most at risk.
When grounded in the Spirit, community across the Americas becomes both a practical support and a witness to a different way of relating—one that honors that of God in each of us regardless of nationality or legal status. At our plenary we will hear from several Friends about work they are doing to connect us. And have an opportunity to explore whether our own sense of community calls us to connect across borders.
