Contacting the Coordinator

Events This Month plus Last-minute updates

Looking Ahead

Chandler Hall Worship Services

Details about Past and Coming Events

From the Clerk's Corner (comments by Janet Braker,
Clerk of Bucks Quarterly Meeting)

Snippets of News from the Quarter and Other Places

Quakerphrenalia Archives

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

Chandler Hall Worship Services will be organized by:

October - Solebury
November - Southampton
December - Wrightstown

• Fallsington Day
• Sacred Grounds Coffee House at Falls
• Peaceful Toy & Craft Fair
• Fall Fun at Snipes Farm
• Teen Night at Wrightstown
• Buckingham Friends School Open House
• Chandler Hall Flea Market
• Quaker Couple Enrichment Weekend
• Friends Home 100th Anniversary
• Bucks County UNA United Nations Day
• Middletown Meeting’s Auction
• Makefield Sewing Group Needs Stitchers
• Autumn Fair at Buckingham
• Young Adult Friends Gathering
• Linda Horton's real address
• Grace for the 21st Century

Fallsington Day is on Saturday, October 11th, from 10 AM - 4:30 PM. This special day will feature tours of historic private homes, colonial re-enactments, native American dancing, shows, music and crafts, both traditional and contemporary. You won’t want to miss the jugglers, Morris dancers, story-telling, militia re-enactments, good food and special children’s events. There will be an 18th century period fashion show at Falls Meeting. You MAY win the Quilt Raffle if you buy a chance on the Star pattern quilt for $1. The cost of admission is $6.

Get ready for the next Coffee House! It will take place at Falls Meeting on Friday, October 10th, at 7:30 PM. Music and poetry will be the highlights. Bring your own musical instrument and poetry. Snacks will be provided along with juice and coffee. Friends of all ages are encouraged to attend. Admission is $5. For information call Jody Guokas at 968-3775.

The Bucks County Peace Centers will be having their annual Peaceful Toy & Craft Fair and Silent Auction on November 9th at George School. Crafters may rent tables and donated items are needed for the auction. Call now for more information at 750-7220, and mark your calendar..

It’s that time of the year again! Time for Middle School Friends to gather at Snipes Farm for an afternoon of miniature golf, wagon rides, a picnic, and the fun house at Snipes Nursery. Plan to meet at the farm at 1 PM on Sunday, October 19th. Pick-up is at 6 PM. The cost for this event is $2. Invite other Middle School Friends in your meeting along if they’ve never come before. If you have questions call Sandy at 860-9747.

Join the Halloween fun at Teen Night at Wrightstown from 7:30 - 10:30 PM on Saturday, October 25th. Wear a costume (if you want to) and bring something to share. Invite a friend too!

Buckingham Friends School is holding an Open House for prospective families and students on Tuesday, October 21st, from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM. The school is currently accepting applications for 1998 kindergarten and first grade classes. There are also limited openings for the 1997-98 school year. Call 794-7491 for information.

Chandler Hall’s Flea Market will be on Saturday, October 18th from 9 AM - 2 PM, at Chandler Hall. The flea market includes a residents’ craft table and a bake sale. Don’t miss this chance to pick up that certain item you have been looking for since last year! All types of vendors will be there. You or your Meeting could be one of them. Call Leigh Opper at Chandler Hall (860-4000, ext. 247) for a space or for more information. Your participation as a vendor or browser helps sustain our excellent Bucks Quarter facility.

Couple Enrichment workshops help couples celebrate the joys and strengths of their relationship, and learn new ways of working on rough or neglected areas. Jacob and Gretta Stone of Doylestown Meeting will lead this workshop. Since 1995 they have led workshops at the FGC Gathering, monthly meetings, and a Friends boarding school. Jacob and Gretta have been married for 30 years.

The workshop will be held at Camp Onas on the weekend of October 24-26, beginning at 7:00 PM Friday until noon on Sunday. The cost for the weekend is $150 per couple which includes all meals, private accommodations, use of Camp Onas facilities, and 15 hours of couple enrichment programming. A deposit of $75 is due by October 1st. For more information call Gretta and Jacob Stone at 345-0575. The workshop is limited to eight couples.

Come join with Friends from throughout the Quarter for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Friends Home on Sunday, October 5th, from 3 PM - 5 PM. Festivities begin with the dedication of Paxson, Palmer and Parry Houses, followed by a tour of the grounds, and a Victorian tea party.

To celebrate this year’s United Nations Day on October 24th, the Bucks County Chapter of the United Nations Association-USA, and the League of Women Voters, has invited some of the 18 George School students who visited Vietnam to share their experiences. The group went on a 2-week community service mission and made history by becoming the first American high school students to stay with Vietnamese families. Program at is Pennswood Village, at 7:15 PM, on October 24th; information 968-2913.

Middletown Meeting is having its annual auction on Friday, October 24th. The picnic supper (free) begins at 6:30 PM. Call Bea Carson at 357-8964 for reservations. The auction begins at 7:30 PM. Crafts, food, and other treasures will be auctioned off at this fundraiser. You might find something you didn’t know you needed!

The Makefield Sewing group meets every Wednesday from nine to noon to make quilts. If you can sew at all, they would enjoy your help and company. Help with transportation is possible. Call 493-9406 for more information.

Saturday, October 4th, is the date for Buckingham’s Autumn Fair. Do visit the fair and take advantage of the baked goods, attic treasures, produce and cut flowers, and used books. Be sure to visit the Instant Museum of Quaker quilts and other antique items on display. There are lots of activities for children, including a fish pond, miniature train rides, and lunch. The fair is open from 10 - 4.

Young Adult Friends are invited to the Friends Institute/Young Adult Friends gathering on October 31-November 2 at Haverford Meeting, in Haverford, PA. Call Gennyfer Davenport at (609) 698-2551, or Shirley Dodson at 215-241-220-0796, ext. 7182, for more information or to put your name on the mailing list.

Middletown Meeting is having its annual auction on Friday, October 24th. The picnic supper (free) begins at 6:30 PM. Call Bea Carson at 357-8964 for reservations. The auction begins at 7:30 PM. Crafts, food, and other treasures will be auctioned off at this fundraiser. You might find something you didn’t know you needed!

The Makefield Sewing group meets every Wednesday from nine to noon to make quilts. If you can sew at all, they would enjoy your help and company. Help with transportation is possible. Call 493-9406 for more information.

Saturday, October 4th, is the date for Buckingham’s Autumn Fair. Do visit the fair and take advantage of the baked goods, attic treasures, produce and cut flowers, and used books. Be sure to visit the Instant Museum of Quaker quilts and other antique items on display. There are lots of activities for children, including a fish pond, miniature train rides, and lunch. The fair is open from 10 - 4.

Young Adult Friends are invited to the Friends Institute/Young Adult Friends gathering on October 31-November 2 at Haverford Meeting, in Haverford, PA. Call Gennyfer Davenport at (609) 698-2551, or Shirley Dodson at 215-241-220-0796, ext. 7182, for more information or to put your name on the mailing list.

Linda Holton is the new clerk at Solebury Meeting:. Correct addresses below:

Bless the unseen hands that bring us our daily food:
The black and brown hands of the steaming fields of South Florida,
The dirt-caked hands of Salinas and Castroville,
The hands of migrants living in the out-of-sight camps down dusty roads in New Jersey,
The injured hands of meat-packers in Iowa.

We thank you for this bounty.

"Food for thought" from Charles Woodford of Quakertown Meeting.

Dear Friends,

PYM will hold a Budget Conference on November 22nd to begin the budget process for the 1998-99 Fiscal Year. Representatives from BQM who attend the conference need to have a sense of unity and understanding as to the level of support we can reasonably commit to PYM. The next meeting of the BQM Budget & Nominating Committee is on November 1st. Monthly Meetings’ committee members or alternates should confirm their intentions to attend this meeting by calling Sandy Langhart at 860-9747. It would be helpful if there were a Minute from each Monthly Meeting by the next Quarterly Meeting at Yardley on November 16th, stating whether the Monthly Meeting feels that it can reasonably expect to maintain, increase or decrease the level of support that was pledged for the 97-98 fiscal year. Monthly Meetings might also cite specific questions, areas of concern about or support for issues to be addressed by PYM in formulating its next budget if they are important to the Meeting. Please make sure these matters are addressed within your Monthly Meeting to guide Bucks Quarter accordingly at the PYM budget conference. PYM is asking for the input and involvement of Friends to better serve the Monthly and Quarterly Meetings. - - Janet Braker, Clerk

• Bristol Meeting thanks
• Quakertown Meeting will present "A Clear Leading"
• Lehigh Valley Meeting sponsoring a Bosnian student
• Barbara Snipes recovering
• Ad in local paper
• Please Touch Museum exhibit

Bristol Meeting thanks Janet Braker for the books and Roz and Al Hernandez for the computer they donated to the mentoring program that is starting up soon. If you have materials which might be useful, call Sandy at 860-9747 and she will pick them up from you and get them to Bristol.

Quakertown Meeting will present "A Clear Leading," written and performed by Rich Swingle, on Sunday, October 26th, at 3:30 PM. This is a one-man play based on an incident in the life of John Woolman. "A Clear Leading" is appropriate for Friends of all ages. Refreshments will be served after the play. For information call Conny Stover at 908-782-0953.

Lehigh Valley Meeting is sponsoring Milot Rukiqi, a Bosnian student who will begin his studies at Allentown College in September. This project came to Lehigh Valley via the Fellowship of Reconciliation.

Barbara Snipes would like Friends to know that she is at home recovering from spinal surgery. She has non-Hodgkins lymphoma which will be treated with chemotherapy. She particularly likes prayers and healing groups.

Did Friends see the "Quaker Meetings in Bucks County" ad in the Core Creek International Day Festival section of the locals papers in September? It was made possible by an anonymous donor from Bucks Quarter.

Don’t miss the "Kid to Kid" exhibit at the Please Touch Museum beginning on October 3rd. It highlights art work created by Vietnamese children and their George School visitors. For more information call Maureen Lloyd-Kirby at 428-1099.

To have your events listed in the November issue, please notify the coordinator by October 10:

Coordinator
Box 4477
George School
Newtown, PA 18940
Phone: 215 860-9747

bucksqtr@libertynet.org