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about Past and Coming Events| FEBRUARY 1998 | |||
| 2 | Mon | 7:30 | BQM Peace & Service Committee meets at Pennswood. |
| 7 | Sat | 9:00 | A Called Meeting About Drugs at Friends Center. |
| 9 | Mon | 7:30 | Quaker Heritage Committee meets at Pennswood. |
| 11 | Wed | 7:30 | Bucks Quarter Singing Group meets at Newtown. |
| 13 | Fri | 6:00 | BQM Worship & Ministry Committee meets at Yardley. |
| 13-15 | Fri-Sun | Young Adult Friends Fourth Annual Joint Conference at Burlington: 241-7182 | |
| 14 | Sat | 8:00 | February Sweetheart Dance sponsored by United Friends School. |
| 15 | Sun | 9:00 | Bucks Quarterly Meeting for Worship and Business at Bristol Meeting. |
| 19 | Thurs | 7:00 | Conventional Arms & Deadly Conflict discussion at Pennswood Village. |
| 19 | Thurs | 7:30 | BQM Oversight Committee meets at Buckingham. |
| 20-22 | Fri-Sun | PYM Young Friends Peace Gathering at Burlington; call Cookie at 241-7222. | |
| 21 | Sat | 9-12 | Primary and Elementary Religious Ed Roundtable Discussion at Makefield. |
| 21 | Sat | 7:30 | Teen Night at Wrightstown. |
| 21-22 | Sat-Sun | 5:00 | All-Night at the Franklin Institute for Middle School Friends. |
| 22 | Sun | 2-4 | Admissions Open House at United Friends School (10th Street building). |
| Looking Ahead | |||
| Mar 6 | Middle School and Young Friends Volleyball All Night fund-raiser at George School. | ||
| Mar 26-29 | Philadelphia Yearly Meeting at Arch Street Meetinghouse. | ||
| 10:30-11:00 AM | Quaker worship for Chandler Hall Quakers in Room 420. |
| 11:00 - 11:30 AM | Adult Day interdenominational Meet- ing for all residents in Adult Day room. |
There will be an exhibit of Quaker dolls at Arch Street Meetinghouse from Feb 24 - May 12. If you are willing to lend a doll or dolls, call Sandy Sudofsky at 627-2667.
If you are a Camp Onas camper or interested in becoming one, now is the time to register. Returning campers: make sure you send in the registration form we sent you in December. New Camp Onas campers: look for brochures in your Meeting or call Sue at 610-847-5858 and she will send you one. Register now before all the places are gone!
Don’t forget to attend the discussion on Conventional Arms and Deadly Conflict at Pennswood Village on Feb. 19th at 7 PM. This program is sponsored jointly by the League of Women Voters and the United Nations Association of Bucks County. The purpose is to provide Friends with opportunities to propose ways to address problems of arms control. Four presenters will provide background for audience participation. The seminar is free. For information call Elizabeth Huberman at 968-2913.
PYM needs volunteers to assist Religious Ed leaders with the children’s programs at Yearly Meeting. If you or someone in your meeting can help call 241-7239.
The new clerk at Southampton is Glo Goldenberg. Jane Peters
is the Assistant Clerk.
| Glo Goldenberg | Jane Peters |
| 2982 Marlin Rd. | 725 Covered Bridge Rd |
| Huntingdon Valley PA 19009 | Holland PA 18966 |
| 947-2089 | 357-1000 |
A Called Meeting of Friends About Drugs: Spiritual, Political, Social & Personal Implications will be held on Saturday, Feb 7th, from 9 AM-4 PM, at Friends Center. Topics to be considered include: the militarization of and drug interdiction at the borders, mandatory minimum sentencing, racism in drug imprisonment, and the power of addiction. For information call Jim Cummings: 476-4758.
There will be an "open meeting" on Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Wastes on Saturday, Feb 21, from 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM at Arch Streeting Meeting. Hal Feiveson and Ted Taylor will speak from personal experience and scientific knowledge about the difficulties and opportunities we face.
A free lecture by Harvey Gillman will be on Mon, Feb 9th, in the Barn meeting room at Pendle Hill, at 8 PM . Harvey is the outreach secretary for Quaker Home Service in England. He will speak on Spiritual Hospitality. If you’ve not heard Harvey speak before you won’t want to miss him.
United Friends School invites interested parents to an Admissions Open House on Sunday, Feb 22nd, from 2-4 PM, at the 10th Street campus. Information: 538-1733.
Middle School Friends will visit the Franklin Institute
again this year on Sat & Sun, Feb 21st-22nd. Grab your sleeping bag
and get ready for adventures! Enjoy a whole new IMAX, visit the observatory
and see the stars, check out the Robot Zoo! We will leave from the parking
lot near the meetinghouse at George School promptly at 5:00 PM, have dinner
at the Institute at 6:00 PM, and head off to the exhibits. On Sunday morning
we will have breakfast, visit more exhibits, and go to Central Philadelphia
Meeting for worship. We will return to George School about 1:30-2:00 PM.
Flyers will be out in the mail. If you don’t get one, call Sandy at 860-9747.
Many Friends in the Quarter will enjoy hearing TRIBE I again. For Friends who haven’t yet heard them, come listen to the joyous music!
| 9 - 10 AM | Registration, refreshments, and socializing. |
| 10 -10:20 | Frank Marks speaks on The Quaker History of Bristol. |
| 10:30 -11:30 | TRIBE I performs its special music, leading Friends into Worship. (Jonathan Snipes is a member of this group.) |
| 11:30-12:30 PM | Worship (children leave at 12 noon). |
| 12:30 - 1:30 | Bring your brown bag lunch. Beverages and desserts available |
| 1:30 - 3:30 | Meeting for Worship for Business. (Children go skating at Grundy Rink. Cost is $7, including skates.) |
Primary and elementary religious education for Quaker children will be the topic of discussion at Makefield on Sat, Feb 21st, from 9 AM-noon. Anyone who is, has been, or aspires to be a religious ed teacher is invited to this roundtable brainstorming, along with parents, Religious Ed committee members, and other Friends. Put together your list of things that work and things that don’t, things we need from PYM, behavior and attendance problems in your meeting. Plan to discuss curriculum and program materials from FGC. Be prepared to help PYM with suggestions for First Day School materials. This is everyone’s chance to teach and learn! Call Carole Wicker, clerk of Religious Ed at Makefield Meeting, with questions: 493-9406. (Snow date is Feb 28th.)
Trout Fishing in America, the duo of Ezra Idlet and Keith Grimwood, will be coming to our area in March under the auspices of Buckingham Friends School. Get ready!
Makefield Meeting is starting a Young Adult Friends class for the 18-40 year old group. They will discuss single parent issues, Faith and Practice, and Quaker spirituality.
Thom Jeavons, of PYM, will the the guest speaker at the BQM Worship & Ministry committee meeting on Friday, February 13th. The covered dish dinner at Yardley Meeting begins at 6:00 PM. Come and meet Thom!
Middletown Meeting has changed its schedule on First Day mornings. The Singalong begins at 10:45 AM and Worship begins at 11:15 AM.
Thanks go the many Meetings who have helped with the Mittens and Milk project through AFSC. The project sends mittens and milk to cold and hungry children in North Korea.
Help support the United Friends School scholarship fund by attending their Sweetheart Dance at the Perkasie Fire Hall (5th and Market streets in Perkasie) on Saturday, February 14th, from 8 PM til midnight.
The Zane Center, an adult
day program located at 149 Old Cranbury Road in East Windson, is now operated
by Chandler Hall. The program is designed for adults with memory challenges
and other chronic illnesses.
To have your events listed in the February issue, please notify the coordinator by February 13:
Coordinator