Updates

December 16, 2024

The Public Universal Blend

We’re excited to announce that we are partnering with Fireweed Coffee to bring you the Public Universal Blend!

The proceeds from this coffee will go to support Public Friends and Thee Quaker Project—two nonprofits working to ensure the future of Quaker ministry in North America.

This blend is in honor of the Public Universal Friend, an early queer preacher who, after a near-death experience, emerged as a genderless prophet deeply influenced and shaped by the Quaker tradition.

Give it as a gift or keep it for yourself!

Do good. Do well. Drink coffee.

Order the Public Universal Blend here

December 1, 2024

Public Friends in the Daily Quaker Message

Public Friends Executive Director, Ashley M. Wilcox, was invited to be the guest editor for the Daily Quaker Message for the week of November 25 - December 1. The Daily Quaker Message is an online devotional featuring Quaker voices and themes.

The query for this week is: How can we prepare the way for powerful ministry? This is a query I have been living into in my own life. I recently founded a nonprofit called Public Friends; the mission of Public Friends is ensuring the future of Friends in North America by supporting and developing Quaker ministers to a professional standard. My hope is that Public Friends will prepare the way for powerful ministry.

September 3, 2024

Public Friends Featured in Friends Journal

Friends Journal featured Public Friends as a new initiative supporting Quaker public ministers:

Through the initiative, Wilcox intends to respond to longstanding emotional and practical needs.
“I feel like this is something people have been waiting for,” said Wilcox.

We appreciate that Friends Journal is spreading the word about Public Friends! Thanks to everyone who has reached out in response.

This article is available online now and will be in the October issue of Friends Journal.