Quakers have always been deeply persuaded that peace is the way and public violence is something we abhor. The Friends Peace Testimony, an early statement that informs Quaker thinking today, comes from a letter written in 1660 by Margaret Fell to King George II of England: “We utterly deny all outward wars, and strife, and […]
Tom Dudley Fennell
Sadly, our Quaker community lost Tom Dudley Fennell when he contracted Covid in the hospital. Tom and Nancy spent many years in Fort Myers before moving to Sebring to be closer to their son. Although it was a distance, Tom and Nancy made the 2 hour one way trip on a frequent basis, and then […]
Nine Core Beliefs of Quakers
Nine Core Beliefs of Quakers: From Quakerspeak video presented by Arthur Larrabee. 1. There is a living, dynamic, spiritual presence at work and in the world which is both within us and outside of us. 2. There is that of God in everyone. 3. Each person is capable of the direct and unmediated experience of […]
The Spiritual State of our Meeting
We, the community of Friends at Fort Myers strive to deepen our inner relationship with God and to answer to that inner Light within each of us and all others. Meeting for worship – waiting worship – continues to be the center of our community’s life. Members In this past year, we were pleased to […]
Memorial Minute for Larry Scott Butler
The Fort Myers Monthly Meeting grieves over the death while simultaneously celebrating the life of Larry Scott Butler, the last of our Meeting’s founding members. Larry was born Seventh Month 29, 1943 in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. to William and Marion Butler. While in high school he was a circuit lay preacher for small family Methodist churches […]