Quakerphernalia

The Newsletter of Bucks Quarterly Meeting of Friends

Contacting the Coordinator

Events in August 1996

Updates to this Month's Quakerphernalia

Looking Ahead

Chandler Hall Worship Services

Quakerphenalia Archives

Just in case you forgot to write down a phone number, etc.

More Information about coming events:

August 1996

3 Sat 7:00
Folk Duo, Trout Fishing in America; call 538-3202 for tickets.
3 Sat 12-5
Young Adult Friends picnic at Swarthmore Meeting, call 241-7221.
6 Tues 7:00
Hiroshima/Nagasaki commemoration at Mt. Carmel church, Doylestown.
13 Tues 7:30
BQM Family Weekend Camp Committee meets at Pennswood.
14 Wed 7:30
BQM Singing Group at Makefield. All Friends welcome.
15 Thrs 7:30
BQM Oversight Committee at Solebury Meeting.
16 Fri 6:00
BQM Worship & Ministry meeting at Bristol; bring a dish to share.
15-17 Thrs-Sat
BQM outreach exhibit at Middletown Grange Fair.
15-18 Thrs-Sun
FGC Religious Educators' Institute; information call 561-1700.
18-24 Sun-Sat
PYM Young Friends summer gathering at Camp Onas; call Cookie 241-7222

Looking Ahead

Sept 1
Bucks Quarterly Meeting at George School (see below).
Sept 7
Yardley Meeting's Flea Market.
Sept 8
Interfaith prayer service for Liberian friends & neighbors at Wrightstown.
Sept 28
Bucks Quarter Family Whale Watch off Cape May.
Sept 28
Chandler Hall Auction & Gala at Chandler Hall.

Chandler Hall Worship Services will be organized by:

July - Doylestown
August - Falls
September - Makefield

Bucks Quarterly Meeting at George School - Living the Testimonies
Sunday, September 1, 1996

8:30 AM
Registration, coffee and muffins at Main lobby.
9:15
Adult Workshops:
Jesus and the Testimonies: Carol Wicker
Walt Whitman and the Universal Light.: Jacob Stone
Quakers and Vegetarianism: Nancy Culleton
Singing Workshop: Jonathan Snipes
11:00
Meeting for worship.
Noon
Covered dish lunch. (Bring your dish with you when you register.)
1:15
Meeting for Worship for Business.
3:15
Closing Session: Friends Living the Testimonies in Friends Schools.
5:30
Dinner provided by George School; $5 each, $20 cap per family.
7:00
Quaker Follies.
(Please pre-register by mail as we need a count for the kitchen.)
Very young children will have childcare with Charlie Thomforde and his assistants.
School-age children will enjoy a variety of activities including swimming, crafts, etc.
Middle School Friends will go on an all-day canoe trip in Pemberton, NJ. They will meet at George School promptly at 9:00 AM. Cost is $7.50. Flyers in the mail. Float Plan prepared by Troop 145 of Richboro, PA
Young Friends will begin with a sweat lodge and overnight at Snipes' farm on Saturday night. On Sunday they will go to George School for meeting for worship and a program in the afternoon entitled "The Blues Testimony" with Allen Nelson. Flyers in the mail.
Middle School and Young Friends must register by mail in order to receive permission forms for the events.
Bucks Quarter Singing Group Up and Running (oops! Singing)
Friends in Bucks Quarter met on June 18th and July 17th at Makefield meetinghouse to enjoy two evenings of singing. The singing group is open to everyone in the Quarter and is not a formal event. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, August 14th, at 7:30 at Makefield.
BQM's Outreach Exhibit at the Middletown Grange Fair
Friends are invited to visit and/or help at BQM's tent at the Middletown Grange Fair on August 15th, 16th, and 17th from 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM. The colorful quilts of the Makefield Meeting quilters and Ann D'Silva's face-painting for kids should catch the attention of those passing by. The tent will contain chairs and ice water for the tired and thirsty. There will be a map showing the locations of meetings in Bucks Quarter. The Quarter will provide a display of outreach materials, printed matter from our schools and institutions, and old photos, flyers, and newsletters. Monthly meetings are sending their outreach materials to the Coordinator to display at the Grange Fair. It is hoped that our presence will assure visitors that Quakers are alive and well and living in their midst, with their hearts and doors open to new-comers.
Midweek Meetings for Worship
For Friends who often miss First Day worship during the summer months, Middletown Meeting offers meeting for worship on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 PM, and Makefield holds meeting for worship on Thursdays at 7:30 PM on a year-round basis.
Bucks Quarter on the World Wide Web
Bucks Quarterly Meeting now has a page on the World Wide Web, thanks to the efforts of Bill Sharp and Dave Comley, both of Wrightstown Meeting, and Bill Daly of Middletown Meeting. The web page offers information on Quakers and Quakerism, as well as a separate screen for each meeting in the Quarter with a picture, information about the meeting, and the location of the meetinghouse as well as the time for meeting for worship. In addition, our newsletter, Quakerphrenalia, is available, along with updates that were too late for the publication deadline. If you have access to a computer with web browser capability, the address is: http://www.libertynet.org/~bucksqtr. Suggestions are welcomed by the coordinator.
Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration
Friends from the Quarter are again invited to attend the Hiroshima/Nagaskai Commemoration at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Doylestown. Our contribution to the program will be an except from the "Statement on Peace" from New Zealand Yearly Meeting read by Irene Fisher, David and Marian Hepburn, and Mary Fuges. The commemoration begins at 7:00 PM.
BQM Worship & Ministry Committee Meeting
The Worship and Ministry Committee of Bucks Quarter will meet at Bristol Meeting on Friday, August 16th, at 6:00 PM. All Friends are invited for a covered dish dinner followed by worship.
Quakerism 101 and 201 Offered in October-November
This is a reminder to Friends that Quakerism 101 and 201 will again be offered in Bucks Quarter this Fall. The dates are Sunday evenings Oct. 13, 20, 27, and Nov. 3, 10, 17. Howard Cell will teach Q101 and Charlie Peterson Q201. Save the dates on your calendar! Details will follow.
Yardley Meeting's Flea Market
Yardley Meeting survived the flood! Thanks to the many Friends from throughout the Quarter who helped clean benches, dry out cushions, mop floors, remove the silt from the yard and sent donations. In spite of the set-back Yardley Meeting will still hold its annual flea market on Saturday, September 7th, from 8AM-3 PM. The rain date will be the following Saturday.

To have your events listed in the September issue of Quakerphernalia, please notify the Coordinator by August 9:

Coordinator
Box 4477
George School
Newtown, PA 18940
Phone: 215 860-9747
bucksqtr@libertynet.org