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This index gives the significant Handbook references to the terms given and incorporates the most common acronyms. See also Notes on Language and Glossary, which are not covered in this index.
Principal references are given in bold. Use of the term within such a section or part of a section is so common that it should be consulted as a whole.
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INDEX
| Advices & Queries | 1.5; 2.1.10; 3.2.1; 4.9.1; 6.2 | |
| Affirmation & Reconciliation statement | App 1 | |
| Annual report | 4.6 | |
| Aotearoa New Zealand Friends Newsletter | 4.12; 5.7.3 | |
| Applying for membership | 2.2.4; 4.9.2 | |
| Appointments | 4.2.1d; 4.2.3f; 4.3; 4.8; 5.2; 5.7.2; 5.7.3; 5.7.4; 6.1.1 | |
| Archivist | 4.12; 5.7.3 | |
| Asia West Pacific Section of FWCC (AWPS) | 5.7.3; 5.9 | |
| Attenders | 2.2; 2.2.2; 2.2.4; 2.2.6; 2.4.3; 4.1.4; 4.4.2; 5.4.6; 5.6; 5.7.3; 6.3 | |
| Australia Yearly Meeting | 5.7.3; 5.9 | |
| Balby epistle | 1.5 | |
| Bicultural | See Treaty issues. | |
| Children | 1.2.3; 1.5.B5; 1.5D12; 2.1.14; 2.4.6; 4.2.1b; 4.2.3a; 5.6; 5.7.3; 5.8.2; 6.2h; 6.3e; 6.3g; 6.3h; 6.3p | |
| Civil disobedience | 1.5.E4; 2.3.4 | |
| Civil Union | See Marriage. | |
| Clearness Meetings | 2.2.4; 2.3.2; 4.9.2; 4.10.1; 4.10.3; 4.10.4; 6.4; App 2 | |
| Clerk | 2.3.5; 3.2.1; 3.2.2; 3.2.4; 3.2.6; 3.3.2; 3.3.3; 3.4; 3.5; 4.1.4; 4.1.5; 4.2; 4.2.1; 4.3; 4.4; 4.6; 4.7; 4.8.2e; 4.9.2; 4.9.3; 4.9.4; 5.6.2; 5.7.2; 6.2c; 6.3o; App 2 | |
| Clerk, Yearly Meeting | 1.2.5; 3.1.2; 4.1.4; 4.2.1; 4.2.3; 4.6; 4.8.2g; 5.2.1; 5.3; 5.4.1; 5.4.2; 5.4.3; 5.5.1; 5.5.2; 5.7.1; 5.7.2; 5.7.3; 5.9; 5.10.1; 5.10.3 | |
| Climate Emergency Correspondent | 5.7.3 | |
| Concerns | 1.2.4; 2.3; 2.4.10; 3.1; 3.1.3; 3.3.2; 4.2.1g; 4.2.3c; 4.2.3ck; 4.2.4 e; 5.1; 5.7.1; 5.7.3; 6.4.5a; 6.4.5f; App 1 | |
| Continuing Committees | 4.3; 5.2.1; 5.4.1; 5.7 | |
| Continuing revelation | 2.2.7; 2.4.2 | |
| Death | 1.5D19; 4.4.1e; 4.7.3; 4.9.4c; 4.11; 4.12; 6.3o; 6.3s | |
| Decision making | 1.5C; Section 3; 5.5; App 1 | |
| Discernment | 1.5A8; 3.1.2; 3.3.1; 3.3.4; 3.4.4; 3.4.5; 4.4.1; 4.7.1; 4.10.2; 6.4.2; 6.4.4 | |
| Documents in Advance | 4.2.4f; 4.6; 5.4.1-3; 5.6.1; 5.7.1; 5.10.1 | |
| Documents of Yearly Meeting | 5.4 | |
| Diversity | 1.4; 1.5E1; 3.1.4; 4.9.1; App 1 D2; App 1 E1 | |
| Ecumenism | 1.2.5; 1.5E11; 5.10.3; 5.10.4; App 1 F | |
| Elders | See Spiritual Care. | |
| Enquirers | 2.2.5 | |
| Environment, environmental sustainability | App 1 E | |
| Epistle | 5.2.1; 5.4.5; See also Balby. | |
| Equality | 1.3.1; 1.5E7; 2.4.3; 2.4.9; App 1 B1; App 1 C | |
| Finance, Treasurer | 4.2.1d; 4.2.1e; 4.2.3h; 4.3; 4.5; 4.9.1; 5.2.1; 5.5.2; 5.6; 5.7.1; 5.7.3 | |
| Financial contributions | 4.5; 4.9.1; 4.9.4b | |
| Financial support | 2.3.3; 5.6.2 | |
| Fox, George | 1.1.2; 1.5; 3.1.1 | |
| Friends Mutual Assistance Fund | 5.6.2 | |
| Friends Settlement | See Quaker Settlement. | |
| Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) | 5.7.3; 5.9 | |
| Funerals | 4.2.3e; 4.7.3; 4.11; 6.2d | |
| Gay & Lesbian concerns | See Rainbow Quakers. | |
| Gold Papers | 5.4.2 | |
| Handbook Revision Ctee | 5.7.3 | |
| Historical documents | 4.4.2e; 5.7.3 | |
| History of Friends in Aotearoa/NZ | 1.2 | |
| Honesty | See Integrity. | |
| Integrity | 1.5E3; 1.5E7; 2.4.6; 2.4.7; App 1 A1; App 1 D1 | |
| John Holdsworth Endowment Fund | 5.6.3 | |
| Junior Young Friends (JYFs) | 5.7.3; 5.8.2 | |
| Leading(s) | 1.5A1; 1.5D16; 2.1.5; 2.1.10; 2.1.13; 2.1.14; 2.2.7; 2.3.1; 2.3.2; 2.3.4; 3.1.1; 3.1.2; 3.3.1; 3.3.3; 3.3.4; 3.4.1; 6.4.5; App 1 E | |
| Letter of introduction | 2.3.5; 4.2.3c; 4.4.1i; 5.3 | |
| Library | 4.2.1b; 5.7.3 | |
| List of Meetings, Members & Attenders | 2.2.4; 4.4.2; 5.4.6 | |
| Māori name | See Te Hāhi Tūhauwiri. | |
| Māori-Pākehā Issues | See Treaty Issues. | |
| Marriage and Civil Union | 4.2.3d; 4.4.1f; 4.4.1g; 4.10; 6.2d; 6.3o; 6.3s; 6.4.3; App 1 C; App 2 | |
| Meeting for Worship | See Worship. | |
| Meeting for Worship for Business | 1.1.3; 1.2.2; 1.5C; 2.2.2c; 2.3.5; 2.4.3; Section 3; 4.1.1; 4.1.4-5; 4.2; 4.4; 4.7; 4.9.2g; 5.1; 5.2.1; 5.3; 5.4.3; 5.5.1; 6.2c; 6.3d; App 1 B2 | |
| Meeting Houses | 1.2.1; 1.2.2; 4.2.2; 4.5; 4.11.1; 5.6.2 | |
| Meeting House Building Fund | 5.6.2 | |
| Members | 1.2.4; 2.2; 2.4.3; 3.2.6; 4.1.4-5; 4.2.3; 4.4.1g; 4.4.2; 4.7.1; 4.8.2g; 4.9; 4.10.3; 5.1; 5.3; 5.4.4; 5.4.6; 5.6.2; 5.8.1; 6.2; 6.2.1m; 6.3p; 6.3s | |
| Membership | 2.2.1; 2.2.2; 2.2.4; 3.2.6; 4.1.1; 4.1.3; 4.2.3b; 4.4.1ce; 4.4.2; 4.9; 4.10.3; 5.3; 5.4.6; 5.6.1; 6.2.1m; 6.3.3p | |
| Memorial Meetings | See Funerals. | |
| Minutes | 2.3.5; 3.1.2; 3.4; 3.5; 4.1.3; 4.2.1c; 4.2.1i; 4.2.3c; 4.2.3f; 4.2.4e; 4.4; 4.7.1; 4.7.2; 4.9.1; 4.9.4; 5.2.1; 5.4.2; 5.4.3; 5.4.4; 5.4.5; 5.5.1; 5.5.2; 6.3o; App 2 | |
| Ministry - general | 1.2.2; 2.2; 2.2.6; 2.4.2; 2.4.3; 3.5; 4.3; 4.9.1; 5.7.3; 6.2g; App 1 C | |
| Ministry in worship | 1.5B; 2.1.5-2.1.14; 2.1.17; 3.1.3; 3.2.1; 3.4.5; 3.5; 4.11.3; 6.2b; 6.2d | |
| Monthly Meetings (MMs) | 1.2.2; 1.2.4; 2 note; 2.1.1; 2.1.5; 2.2.1; 2.3.2; 2.3.5; 3.1.2; 3.1.3; Section 4; 5.3; 5.4.1; 5.4.2; 5.4.6; 5.5.1; 5.5.2; 5.6.1; 5.6.2; 5.7.2; 5.7.3; 5.10.1; 6.1.1; 6.1.3; 6.1.4; 6.2a; 6.2f; 6.3.3f; 6.3.3n; 6.3.3p; 6.3.3q; 6.3.3u; 6.4.3; App 2 | |
| National Centre for Peace & Conflict Studies | 5.10 | |
| National Church Leaders | 1.2.5; 5.10 | |
| National Dialogue for Christian Unity | 1.2.5; 5.10 | |
| Newsletter | See Aotearoa New Zealand Friends Newsletter. | |
| Nominations | 4.2; 4.3; 4.8; 5.7.2; 5.7.3; See also appointments. | |
| Oral Historians | 5.7.3 | |
| Outreach | 5.7.3 | |
| Overseers | See Pastoral Care. | |
| Pastoral Care | 4.1.1; 4.2; 4.3; 4.4.2; 4.9.2; 4.9.3; 4.10.1; 4.10.8; 4.11.2; 5.2.1; 5.3; 5.6.2; 5.7.3; Section 6 | |
| Peace | 1.2.4; 1.3.1; 1.5E7; 1.5E10; 1.5E11; 1.5E12; 2.1.2; 2.4.4; 2.4.5; 2.4.9; 2.4.10; 4.11; 5.6.2; 5.7.3; 5.10.2; 5.10.5; App 1 A1; App 1 A2; App 1 B1; App 1 B2; App 1 B3 | |
| Peace Movement Aotearoa | 1.2.4; 2.4.10; 5.10.5 | |
| Penal Reform | 2.4.10; 5.7.3 | |
| Property | 1.2.1; 1.2.2; 1.2.3; 4.2.2; 4.5; 5.6 | |
| Quaker Book Sales | 5.7.3 | |
| Quaker Education Fund | 5.6; 5.7.3 | |
| Quaker Learning & Spiritual Development | 5.7.3 | |
| Quaker Lecture | 5.7.3 | |
| Quaker Peace & Service Aotearoa NZ (QPSANZ) | 1.2.4; 5.6; 5.7.3 | |
| Quaker Peace & Service Trust | 5.6 | |
| Quaker Settlement | 1.2.3; 5.6.1; 5.6.2; 5.7.3 | |
| Quaker Tapestries | 5.7.3 | |
| Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) | 5.7.3; 5.9 | |
| Questions & Counsel | See Advices and Queries. | |
| Rainbow Quakers | App 1 C | |
| Recognised Meetings | Section 2 note; 3.1.2; 3.1.3; Section 4; 5.4.1; 5.4.2; 5.7.3; 5.10.1; 6.1.3; 6.2a | |
| Records | 3.3.2; 4.2.3f; 4.4; 4.7.2; 4.9.1; 4.9.3; 4.9.4; 4.10.6; 4.12; 5.2.2; 5.4.6; 5.5.1; 5.7.2b; 5.7.3; 6.3o; 6.3t; App 2; See also Archivist. | |
| Registering officer | 4.3; 4.4.1f; 4.10; App 2 | |
| Religious Society of Friends Aotearoa New Zealand Trust Board ('Trust Board') | 4.2.2; 4.2.3g; 4.8.2g; 5.6.1; 5.6.2; 5.7.3 | |
| Religious testimonies | 1.1.3; 1.5; 2.2.2b; 2.2.7; 2.4; 4.9.2 | |
| Resource Centre | See Library. | |
| Respect & Safety | 5.7.3; 6.3q; 6.3u | |
| Rights & responsibilities of being a Quaker | 2.2 | |
| Same-sex relationships | See Rainbow Quakers. | |
| Sense of the meeting | 1.1.3; 1.5; 3.1.1; 3.1.3; 3.3; 3.4.4; 3.4.5; 4.4.1; 4.7.1 | |
| Summer Gathering (SG) | 5.7.3; 5.8.1; 6.3e | |
| Silence in worship | See Worship. | |
| Simplicity | 1.5E7; 2.4.6; App 1 D2; App 1 E1 | |
| Social Concerns | 1.3.1; 1.5E1; 1.5E8; 2.4.3; 2.4.4; 2.4.7; 2.4.10; 5.6.2; 5.7.3; App 1 B1; App 1 B2; App 1 B3; App 1 D1; App 1 D2 | |
| Social justice | See Social concerns. | |
| Social testimonies | 1.1.3; 1.5; 2.2.2b; 2.2.7; 2.4; 4.9.2 | |
| Social life of Friends | 2.1.17; 4.3; 5.8; 5.10.5; 6.2j; 6.3f | |
| Special meetings for worship | 4.1.5; 4.4.1b; 4.13; 6.2d | |
| Spiritual care | 2.1.14; 2.2.6; 4.1.1; 4.2; 4.2.1b; 4.3; 4.4.2d; 4.9.2; 4.9.4; 4.10.1; 4.10.4; 4.10.5; 4.10.8; 4.11.1; 4.11.2; 5.2.1; 5.6.2; Section 6 | |
| Spiritual experience | 1.4; 1.5A7; 1.5B3; 1.5B11; 1.5D1; 1.5D5; 2.1.1; 2.1.4; 2.1.5; 2.1.9; 2.1.10; 2.2.1; 2.2.2; 2.2.5; 2.2.7; 2.3.2; 2.4.6; 2.4.7; 3.3.4; 3.4.4; 4.2; 4.2.1c; 4.7.1; 4.9.1; 4.9.2; 4.9.4; 4.10.1; 4.10.2; 4.10.4; 4.10.8; 5.4.5; 5.6.2; 5.7.3; App 1 C; App 1 D1; App 1 E; App 2 | |
| Standing Committee | 4.9.4b; 5.3; 5.5.2; 5.6.1; 5.6.2; 5.7.3 | |
| Statements of Yearly Meeting | 1.3.1; 2.4.5; 2.4.10; 5.7.1; 5.7.3; App 1 | |
| Sustainability | 2.4.5; App 1 D2; App 1 E | |
| Tapestry (Quaker) | 5.7.3 | |
| Te Hāhi Tūhauwiri | 1.3.2; 5.7.3; App 1 | |
| Te Tiriti (Treaty of Waitangi) | 1.3.1; 1.5E9; 2.4.3; 2.4.9; App 1 B1; App 1 F | |
| Testimonies concerning deceased Friends | 4.2.3e; 4.12 | |
| Testimonies fund | 5.6.2 | |
| Travelling minute | 2.3.5; 4.2.3c; 4.4.1i | |
| Treasurer | See Finance, Yearly Meeting Treasurer. | |
| Treaty Issues, Treaty Relationships | 1.4.10; 5.7.3; App 1 B1; App 1 B2; App 1 B3; See also Te Tiriti. | |
| Trust Boards | 5.6.2 | |
| Urgent Submissions | 5.7.3 | |
| Website | Contents note; 3.4.5; 4.2.1j; 4.2.3l; 4.9.1; 4.9.3; 4.9.4; 4.12; 5.2.1; 5.4.6; 5.7.3; 5.9; 6.3u; App 2 | |
| Website oversight | 5.7.3 | |
| Website technical services | 5.7.3 | |
| Whanganui Educational Settlement Trust (WEST) | 5.6.1; 5.6.2 | |
| White Papers | 5.4.2; 5.4.3 | |
| Wider Quaker Fellowship | 5.7.3 | |
| Worship | 1.1.3; 1.2.1; 1.4; 1.5B; 1.5C1; 1.5C2; 1.5D1; 1.5D11; Section 2; 3.1; 3.2; 3.3; 3.4; 3.5; 4.1.1; 4.1.3; 4.1.6; 4.2; 4.4.1; 4.7.1; 4.7.2; 4.9.1; 4.9.2; 4.10.1; 4.10.3-8; 4.11; 4.13; 5.1; 5.4.1; 5.4.5; 5.4.6; 5.9; 6.2; 6.3; 6.4.1; App 1 C; App 2; See also Meeting for Worship for Business, Worship Groups. | |
| Worship Groups | 1.2.2; Section 2 note; 2.1.1; 2.1.5; 2.3.2; 3.1.2; 3.1.3; 4.1; 4.2; 4.3; 4.5; 4.6; 4.8.1; 4.9.2; 4.10.3; 4.10.8; 5.4.1; 5.7.3; 5.10.1; 6.1.1; 6.1.3; 6.2; 6.3 | |
| Young Friends (YFs) | 1.2.4; 5.2.2; 5.6.2; 5.7.3; 5.8.1; 5.8.2; 5.9 | |
| Young people | 1.5B; 2.1.15; 2.4.6; 4.2.1b; 4.2.3a; 4.7.1.10; 4.8.2; 5.7.3; 5.8.1; 5.8.2; 6.2.2h; 6.3.3e; 6.3.3g; 6.3.3j | |
| Yearly Meeting (YM) | 1.2.2-5; 1.3.1-2; 1.4; 1.5; 2.1.5; 2.1.10; 2.2.2d; 2.2.3; 2.3.3; 2.4.5; 2.4.9; 2.4.10; 3.1.2; 3.1.3; 4.1.1; 4.1.3; 4.1.4; 4.2.1; 4.2.3i; 4.2.3j; 4.2.3k; 4.2.3l; 4.2.4f; 4.4.2; 4.7.3; 4.8.1; 4.8.2g; 4.8.2h; 4.9.1; 4.9.3; 4.9.4b; 4.10.4; 4.12; Section 5; 6.1.4; 6.3e; 6.3u; App 1; App 2 | |
| Yearly Meeting Clerk | 4.6; 5.2.1; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.7.1; 5.7.2; 5.7.3; 5.9; 5.10.1; 5.10.3 | |
| Yearly Meeting Treasurer | 5.2.1; 5.5.2; 5.6; 5.7.1; 5.7.3 | |
| Yearly Meeting Statements | 1.3.1; 2.4.5; 2.4.10; 5.7.1; 5.7.3; App 1 | |
| Yearly Meeting & Summer Gathering Co-ordinating Ctee | 5.7.3 |