Books Available for Purchase
  • The titles listed are published by North Carolina Yearly Meeting, NCYM Publications Board, unless indicated otherwise. 
  • The purpose of this editorial board is to stimulate the writing and publication of educational and historical materials, including Faith and Practice, of North Carolina Yearly Meeting.
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Cover Title/Author List Price  / Description

Battle of New Garden

Battle of New Garden

Algie Newlin

$7.50     

The little known story of one of the most important "minor battles" in North Carolina during the Revolutionary War (March 15, 1781)

Book of Miricles - George Fox

Book of Miracles

George Fox

$17.00  

Edited by Henry J. Cadbury. Forewords by Rufus M. Jones, Jim Pym and Paul Anderson. Over 150 recorded instances of healing by George Fox.   

By Land and By Sea

By Land and By Sea

Hiram Hilty

$13.00

North Carolina Friends experienced slavery from a unique perspective. Accessible to readers of all ages.  

Cane Creek, Mother of Meetings

Cane Creek, Mother of Meetings

Bobbie T. Teague


$13.00
 

Cane Creek meeting (Alamance County, NC) was established in the mid 1700s. It was the mother to seven other meetings in piedmont North Carolina.

Carolina Quaker Experience

Carolina Quaker Experience

Seth B. Hinshaw

$16.00 

An insightful view of the rich history of North Carolina Quakers. Pictures, maps, bibliography, index     

Carolina Quakers (Study Book)

Carolina Quakers (Adult Study Book)

$1.50 

Glimpses of our Quaker Heritage: History in the making. A Study unit of 13 lessons. Study questions 

Deep River Friends

Deep River Friends

Cecil F. Haworth

$7.50

History of meeting in North Carolina (Guilford County) originating around 1753 

Faith & Practice

Faith and Practice - NCYM-FUM
(2012 version)

$9.00 

Sections: Faith and Life, Organization and Business Procedure, General Doctrinal statements. Appendix includes Application for Membership, Removal, Certificate of Marriage and others

Faith Into Action

Faith Into Action


$2.00
 

A program on Christian peacemaking, written by the NCYM Peace Committee. 13 week Sunday school lesson intended for Quaker adults. Seeks to discover the common bonds that unite us all in the goals of peacemaking

Foundations for Membership

Foundations for Membership in a Friends Meeting

$6.50 

A study guide with questions, to be used with those considering involvement and membership in a Quaker meeting

Friends at Back Creek

Friends at Back Creek

Barbara N. Grigg/ Myrle L. Walker

$10.00 

A history of one of the oldest meetings (250 years old)in central North Carolina. Located in Randolph County, early members of this meeting came from Perquimans and Pasquotank counties and from Pennsylvania

Friends and the Sacraments (pamphlet)

Friends and the Sacraments (trifold)

Seth B. Hinshaw

$0.35 

"Friends believe that worship is a personal, positive act of seeking, rahter than performance - that communion is an inner spiritual experience rather than an outward observance."

Friends in the Carolinas

Friends in the Carolinas 
(reprint)

J. Floyd Moore

$4.50 

Brief history of North Carolina Yearly Meeting(s). This revised edition was done as part of the events leading up to the celebration of the 300th session of both yearly meetings in 1997

Friends Worship Today

Friends Worship Today

Seth B. Hinshaw

$6.50 

An overview of similarities among contemporary Friends' worship practices

Greensboro Monthly Meeting of Friends

Greensboro Monthly Meeting of  Friends

Hiram H. Hilty

$7.50 

History of the Greensboro Meeting relates to older Guilford County, North Carolina meetings as well. Illustrations, footnotes, appendices, bibliography, index

Handbook for the Presiding Clerk

Handbook for the Presiding Clerk

David O. Stanfield

$4.00 

Useful how-to manual written by an experienced clerk

Self Supported Ministers "Lest We Forget"

Self Supported Ministers: Lest We Forget

Billy M. Britt

$27.50 

Forty-three individuals who repsonded to the call of the Holy Spirit; North Carolina Quaker pastors of an earlier generation, who often worked long hours in other vocations to support heir families and then spent their "free time" ministering to Friends

Life in the Quaker Lane

Life in the Quaker Lane

Seth B. Hinshaw

$14.00 

The autobiographical story of a descendant of an old, prominent Quaker family in Randolph County, North Carolina. The author is the former Executive Secretary of North Carolina Yearly Meeting (FUM)  

Message and Mission of Friends

Message and Mission of Friends

Seth B. Hinshaw

$1.50 

Opening address for Five Years Meeting 1960, (now Friends United Meeting), given by the Executive Secretary of North Carolina Yearly Meeting (FUM)

New Garden Friends Meeting

New Garden Friends Meeting (revised)

Hiram H. Hilty

$13.00 

History of the oldest monthly meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina. Pictures, index

New Hope Friends Meeting

New Hope Friends Meeting

James K. Thompson

$7.50

Pine Hill's Heritage and Hope

Pine Hill's Heritage and Hope

Melva K. Greene

$20.00 

Before April 1899, Pine Hill Friends Meeting (Surry Co., NC)met in a 'brush arbor', made of vine, logs and brush. This book tells the history of this meeting, about current activities, and has an indexed cemetery listing

Pioneers in Quaker Education

Pioneers in Quaker Education

Mary Edith Hinshaw

$12.00 

Biography of John W. Woody. At the beginning of the Civil War he walked from NC to Indiana. Afterwards he was instrumental in the founding of six colleges. Written by his granddaughter

Quaker Adventures

Quaker Adventures (children's study book)

Mary Edith Hinshaw

$1.50

A study unit for young Friends. History, suggested activities. North Carolina Friends 1665 to about 1970

Quaker Funeral

Quaker Funeral

$1.50 

A Service of Worship. Thinking in advance, when terminal illness must be faced, when death occurs in the membership, Quaker ideals in a funeral service

Quaker Influence on American Ideals

Quaker Influence on American Ideals

Seth B. Hinshaw

$1.50 

The influences and contributions that Quakers have made in relation to the spiritual ideals of the United States. Religious and political freedoms, justice for the oppressed, equality, democracy, peace, education, honesty in the marketplace, simplicity in worship, national policy

Quaker Quimericks

Quaker Quimericks

Seth B. Hinshaw

$3.00

Quakers have multitudinous foibles. Except me and thee. It is good for us to laugh at ourselves once in a while. Other people do. Let's join, and be a little happier -- Seth Hinshaw  

Quaker Trivia

Quaker Trivia

Linda R. Willard

$6.00 

Trivia questions with cited answers and bibliography. Quaker women, Quaker men, British Friends, North Carolina, General

 Quakers in the Carolinas

Quakers in Carolina

Free  traveler’s guide

Questions Quakers Are Asking

Questions Quakers Are Asking

Seth B. Hinshaw

$1.50  

A Discussion Guide for Inquiring Friends. 13 study sessions written for Young Adults. Essentials of faith, Quaker worship, peace testimony, real authority of the Bible, and others

Refreshings

Refreshings (collection of writings)

$9.95 

A book of meditations and devotions written by members and attenders of Quaker meetings from both NC Yearly Meeting (FUM) and NCYM Conservative. Personal feelings and experiences that brought to each writer a feeling of spiritual renewal.

Simon's Gold

Simon's Gold

Bobbie T. Teague

$12.00 

Simon's Gold is an exciting tale about the search for a cache of gold lost during the Revolutionary War at Simon Dixon's Mill in Alamance County, North Carolina. Two 12 year old Quaker boys work together to solve the mystery of the lost gold.

Sojourners No More

Sojourners No More

Damon D. Hickey

$20.00 

The history of North Carolina Yearly Meeting from after the US Civil War (1860-65) to 1920, through the recovery time after the war and the acceptance (by some) of pastoral ministry.

Songs for Worship: Quaker Hymnody

Songs for Worship: Quaker Hymnody

Carroll S. Feagins

$10.00 

The 13 pages of text explaining the author's concept of a 'Quaker hymnody' are a cultural perception of Quakers and music. Carroll Feagins wrote or adapted most of the music and his wife, Mary, in many cases is the poet whose words give further life to the music.

 

Spoken Ministry Among Friends

Spoken Ministry Among Friends

Seth B. Hinshaw

$9.00 

This book provides an overview of vocal ministry among Friends as it has changed and developed during the past three centuries. Special attention is paid to the work of pastoral ministers and to North Carolina Yearly Meeting (Friends United Meeting) of which the writer is a lifelong member

Unforeseen Joy

Unforeseen Joy

Damon D. Hickey

$2.00 

Serving a Friends Meeting as Recording Clerk. Instructional manual with examples of situations and how to record minutes of such occurences

       (OUT OF PRINT) - 
Copyable by NCYM OFFICE

Walk Cheerfully Friends

Walk Cheerfully Friends

Seth B. Hinshaw

$5.50 

Subtitle: the essential optimism of the Quaker faith. Quaker experience through the centuries provides many delightful stories

Wedding after the Manner of Friends

Wedding after the Manner of Friends

Seth B. Hinshaw

$3.00 

Questions concerning procedure and Quaker ideals are discussed. Relevant sections from North Carolina Yearly Meeting (FUM) Faith and Practice are quoted. Revised 2000

White Plains Friends Meeting

White Plains Friends Meeting

Frederic R. Crownfield

$6.00 

History of North Carolina Yearly Meeting in Surry County, North Carolina. Pictures, notes, index

Who Are the Friends

Who Are the Friends

Seth B. Hinshaw

$0.35 

A brief statement: historical background, beliefs, organization, what Friends are doing today. Updated                  

Titles No Longer Available
Carolina Quakers, 1672-1972
Friends "at the Spring"
Friendly Procedures - Seth Hinshaw   (1978) -           Copyable by NCYM office
Guidelines for Monthly Meeting Committees (1981) - Copyable by NCYM office
Handbook for Pastors (1981) -                                   Copyable by NCYM office
Membership in a Friends Meeting (1971) -                 Copyable by NCYM office
Quaker Women of Carolina (NCUSFW)
Queries in Preparation of Marriage
Study Guide for Ministry and Counsel - (1989) -        Copyable by NCYM office

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