About Camas Friends
We are a programmed Quaker meeting in Camas Washington and are a part of the Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends. We meet every Sunday morning at 10:45am for worship in song, prayer, discussion and silence. And welcome you to visit us or contact us for more information. We are a church committed to following the way of Jesus who is Lord of the cosmos and we take seriously our Quaker tradition and its practices. We see living the way of Christ as being connected to and flowing out of our faith tradition. We seek to learn how to truly be “friends of Jesus” in our world today and to live as a contrast community in light of the Kingdom of God here and now. We believe that God moves within, speaks to, calls, and loves all people. We also recognize that each person’s spiritual life is a journey filled with many questions, thus faith is less about being right and having everything figured out and more about learning and living out faith with fear and trembling.
Camas Friends Church Goal Statement:
To bring people to Christ,
To develop an ever-deepening
Relationship with Him, and
To meet the needs of others.
Camas Friends Church Purpose Statement:
To love God and love people.
Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends Vision Statement:
God would have Friends in the NWYM model, encourage, teach and facilitate the growth of deep spiritual communion with the Spirit of Christ in people of all ages.
As this spiritual communion transforms our hearts into the image of Christ, His compassion will be expressed to the lost, wounded and disenfranchised of the world.
To grow up into Christlikeness and to live out that Christlikeness in the world.
About the Pastor: C. Wess Daniels
C. Wess Daniels was born in Canton, Ohio and is the oldest of nine siblings. He has a BA from Malone College in Bible and Theology, a Master of Arts in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary and is currently working on his PhD in the School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller. He loves to write and teach when he has the chance. He has been happily married since 2001 and has two daughters.His family moved to Camas in May of 2009 and have really enjoyed living in the Northwest. Among Wess’ many interests are dancing with his daughters, reading philosophy and theology books, biking, hiking, eating at the food carts in Portland, drinking coffee (cafe piccolo, stumptown and paper tiger are some favorites), and when he can get away, visiting Powell’s bookshop.
You can contact him at wess[at]camasfriends[dot]org
Find him on facebook – facebook.com/c.wess
Or read his blog – gatheringinlight.com
Our Secretary: Helen May
The Clerk of Our Meeting: John Twyman
Clerk of Elders: Carolyn Myers
Clerk of Education: Evelyn Myers
Evelyn Myers had an interest in education from an early age, enjoying books and stories of others who came from distant places. Fulfilling her dreams, she taught children in Sunday School and public school for 30 years. She now serves on the Board of Education and Discipleship for Northwest Yearly Meeting.
Clerk of Stewards: Joy Williams
Clerk of Outreach: Ron Myers
Clerk of Hospitality: Leslie Cole and
