Below is a list of the various committees at the Fayetteville Friends Meeting.

Ministry and Oversight Committee

Purpose:To foster and strengthen the spiritual growth of the Meeting community. The first responsibility of its members is to deepen their own lives and their preparations for worship, confident that the power of God may work though all persons in the Meeting and beyond. The committee seeks to strengthen the lives of the individuals in the Meeting by encouraging our varied gifts for ministry and service. These gifts may be nurtured through the use of vocal ministry, teaching, counsel, or through aesthetic, social, and practical ways of expression. Purpose: To foster and strengthen the spiritual growth of the Meeting community. The first responsibility of its members is to deepen their own lives and their preparations for worship, confident that the power of God may work though all persons in the Meeting and beyond. The committee seeks to strengthen the lives of the individuals in the Meeting by encouraging our varied gifts for ministry and service. These gifts may be nurtured through the use of vocal ministry, teaching, counsel, or through aesthetic, social, and practical ways of expression.

Ministry and Oversight is further charged with oversight of the corporate management of the Meeting. Consideration of membership, marriage, arrangements at the time of death, visitation, and counsel are also responsibilities of this committee.

Peace and Justice Committee

Purpose: To encourage, support, and assist the Meeting and individuals of the Meeting in undertaking recommended peace and service projects approved by the Monthly Meeting. The committee may provide programs to highlight awareness of peace and justice issues and concerns, share peace activities and encourage corporate action on proposed minutes. A primary focus is education: the sharing of information on a variety of social concerns that individuals of the meeting are interested in, as well as suggested methods to address those concerns and issues.

Finance Committee

Purpose: To develop the Meeting budget and recommend allocations to meet that budget. The Finance Committee advises and assists the Treasurer as needed. This committee is not the decision-making body that shapes the goals of the Meeting, but rather reflects and supports the goals that rise from the Meeting as a whole.

Spring Quarterly Coordination Committee

Purpose: To plan, coordinate, and facilitate Spring Quarterly Meeting for the Arkansas-Oklahoma Quarterly meetings. The purpose of Quarterly Meeting is to strengthen the life and fellowship of Meetings and other Friends groups in the area and to provide a link in transmitting business and other information to and from Yearly Meeting. Quarterly Meeting provides an opportunity for considering and acting upon concerns from individuals and meetings and forwarding those approved to Yearly Meeting, via Representative Meeting.

Hospitality Committee

Purpose: Committee for friendly hospitality and greeting newcomers.

Education Committee

Purpose: To nurture the religious education of Friends of all ages. The committee may hold workshops and interest groups providing opportunities for individuals of the Meeting and the Meeting as a whole to gain greater knowledge and experience of Quaker beliefs and practices.

Earth Care Witness Committee

Purpose: Includes integrating into the beliefs and practices of Fayetteville Society of Friends the Truths that God’s Creation is to be held in reverence in its own right, and that human aspirations for peace and justice depend upon restoring the earth’s ecological integrity; Calling attention to what fosters or harms earth’s exquisite beauty, balances and inter-dependencies;Guided by Spirit, working to translate this understanding into sustainable ways of living that reflect our responsibility to one another, to the greater community, the whole interdependent community of life on earth, and to future generations.

Communications Committee

Purpose: To facilitate communication between Friends within the local Meeting and between the Meeting and others by providing email lists, a newsletter, a Web page, printed materials, blogs, and other means of communication, expression, and debate.