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What's New on the Site

• "To Run Joyfully into the World" A poem by Elsie Standing Kuhn.
• Eighth Month, 2011: The Epistles, from our 2011 Yearly Meeting Sessions, to Friends everywhere, are now posted here as a PDF.
• Seventh Month, 2011: The new Faith and Practice, The Book of Discipline of Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative), Religious Society of Friends was approved at Yearly Meeting sessions. The text, in a preliminary format can be read here as a PDF.

Monthly Meetings and Worship Groups

A map provides a quick glimpse of meeting locations.
Note: "First Day" is Sunday

Iowa: Ames / Bear Creek / Decorah / Des Moines Valley / Iowa City / Paullina / Scattergood School / West Branch / Whittier
Missouri: Penn Valley / Silver River
Nebraska: Lincoln / Omaha
South Dakota: Sioux Falls
Wisconsin: Yahara

Iowa

Ames Monthly Meeting
Worship: 10:30 a.m. First Day
Business: Monthly at 9:30 a.m.
Location: 121 S. Maple, Ames, Iowa
Clerk: Betty Young, 1121 Harding Ave., Ames, Iowa 50010, (515) 292-3801
Web page

Bear Creek Monthly Meeting
Pre-Meeting: 10 a.m. First Day
Worship: 11 a.m. First Day
Business: 1 p.m. 3rd First day
Location: approximately 3 miles north of Earlham, Iowa
Clerk: Jackie Leckband, 19186 Bear Creek Road, Earlham, Iowa 50072, (515) 758-2232
Website: www.bearcreekfriends.org

Decorah Monthly Meeting
Pre-Meeting: 9:30 a.m. First Day, except in summer
Worship: 10:30 a.m. (9:30 a.m. in summer) First Day
Business: Scheduled every six weeks
Location: 603 E. Water Street, Decorah, Iowa
Clerk: Marlene Ahouse, 1775 Silver Creek Road, Waukon, IA 52172, 563-568-3041
Web page

Des Moines Valley Monthly Meeting
Worship: 10 a.m. First Day
Business: 11:30 a.m. 2nd First Day
Location: 4211 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa, (515) 274-4717 (answering machine)
Clerk: Claire Cumbie-Drake
Web page

Iowa City Monthly Meeting
Worship: 10 a.m. First Day
Business: 2nd First Day following worship
Location: 311 N. Linn Street, Iowa City, Iowa, (319) 351-2234 (answering machine)
Clerks: Tim Shipe, Jeff Cox, Karoline Jarr
Website:  http://www.iowacityfriends.org/  

Paullina Monthly Meeting
Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.
Worship: 10:30 a.m. First Day
Business: 9:30 a.m. 2nd First Day
Potluck and discussion follow worship on 4th First Day
Location: on U.S. 59, 3 miles east and 1.25 miles north of Paullina, or 5.5 miles south of Primghar, Iowa
Clerk: Doyle Wilson, 5541 A 400th Street, Primghar, Iowa 51245, (712) 757-3875
Assistant Clerk: Beth Wilson
Web page

Scattergood Friends School
Collection 8:10 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
Worship: 11:00 a.m. First Day
Community Meeting Friday, 3:10 p.m.
Location: 1951 Delta Avenue, West Branch, Iowa 52358, 2 miles east and a half mile south of West Branch, Iowa
All times above are while school is in session.
Please contact the school (319-643-7600 or mainoffice@scattergood.org) to confirm.
Head of School: Christine Ashley
Website: http://www.scattergood.org/  

West Branch Monthly Meeting
Worship: 10 a.m. First Day
Business: 2nd First Day following worship
Location: 317 N. 6th Street, West Branch, Iowa
Clerk:James Cottingham, 1996 Delta Avenue, West Branch, Iowa 52358, (319) 643-5949
Web page

Whittier Monthly Meeting
Worship: 10:30 a.m. First Day
Business: every two months at call of Clerk
Location: 3200 Whittier Road, Springville, Iowa 52336, 3 miles east of Highway 13 on County Home Road
Clerk: Deborah Dakin, (319) 895-8133, or call Mary Mendenhall, (319) 393-6069
Web page

Missouri

Penn Valley Monthly Meeting
Worship: 10 a.m. First Day
Business: 1st First Day following worship
Location: 4405 Gillham Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, (816) 931- 5256, fax (AFSC office) (816) 561-5033
Clerk: Shane Rowse, (816) 241-5821
Website: http://www.kcquakers.org/

Silver River Worship Group
Worship: 10:30 a.m. First Day
Business: Under the care of Penn Valley Friends Meeting
Location: 28408 Frontier Lane, La Plata, MO 63549
Contact:Ethan Hughes, 28408 Frontier Lane, La Plata, MO 63549, (660)332-4094

Nebraska

Lincoln Monthly Meeting
Worship: 10 a.m. First Day
Potluck: after worship and sharing on first First Day
Meeting for Business: following worship on third First Day
Location: 3319 S. 46th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska, (402) 488-4178
Clerk: Jean Eden, 5905 Wolff Lane, Lincoln, NE 68521, (402) 476-4948
Web page 

Omaha Monthly Meeting
Worship: 9:45 a.m. First Day
Business: 11 a.m. 3rd First Day
Location: Please call (402) 553-2211, (402) 391-4765
Clerk: Debbie Galusha, (402) 553-2211
Web page

South Dakota

Sioux Falls Area Worship Group
Worship: 9 a.m. First Day
Business under the care of Paullina Monthly Meeting
Location: Dow Rummel Village Conference Room, 1321 West Dow Rummel, Sioux Falls, across Lake Street from the stadium
Contact: Anna Gieschen, 1101 South West Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57105, (605) 376-8863

Wisconsin

Yahara Monthly Meeting
Worship: 10:30 a.m. First Day
Business: 11:15 a.m. 1st First Day
Location: 953 Jenifer Street, Madison, Wisconsin, (Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center)
Mail: Yahara Friends Meeting, PO Box 14332, Madison, WI 53708-0332
Clerk: Ken Lawrence, (608) 242-9029
Website: http://www.yaharafriends.org/ 

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