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about Past and Coming Events| SEPTEMBER 1998 | |||
| 5-7 | Fri-Sun | Young Adult Friends Gathering at Pendle Hill. | |
| 7 | Mon | 7:30 | BQM Peace and Service committee meeting at Pennswood Village. |
| 11 | Fri | 7:30 | Creativity Sharing at Buckingham Friends Meeting. Everyone is invited. |
| 11-13 | Fri-Sun | Religious Education: Ideas that Work, at Pendle Hill. | |
| 14 | Mon | 1:30 | Chandler Hall Auxiliary Meeting at Chandler Hall. |
| 17 | Thurs | 7:30 | BQM Oversight Committee meets at Buckingham Meeting. |
| 19 | Fri | 7:30 | Teen Night at Wrightstown. Bring a friend! |
| 25-27 | Fri-Sun | PYM Young Friends Whaling Trip Weekend. | |
| 25-27 | Fri-Sun | PYM Middle School Friends Weekend Workcamp. | |
| 26 | Sat | 5:30 | Chandler Hall Fall Auction at Chandler Hall. |
| 27 | Sun | 11:30 | Sr. Elizabeth Gnam, chaplain at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, will lead a discussion on the death penalty at Quakertown Monthly Meeting |
| Looking Ahead | |||
| October 3rd & 4th | Quaker Heritage Celebration in Bucks Quarter. | ||
| October 10th | You Can Do It! Teach, Lead, and Clerk at Arch Street Meetinghouse. | ||
| October 18-Nov 22 | Quakerism 101 classes, led by Howard Cell, at Wrightstown. | ||
| October 23-25 | Couple Enrichment Retreat at Camp Onas with Gretta & Jacob Stone | ||
New Chandler Hall Format for Sundays The new format for Friends who help with Chandler Hall Sundays:
| 10:30-11:00 AM | Quaker worship for Chandler Hall Quakers in Room 420. |
| 11:00 - 11:30 AM | Adult Day interdenominational Meeting for all residents in Adult Day room. |
Thanks to Friends in the Quarter for making worship possible for Chandler Hall residents.
There are currently six positions available at Philadelphia Yearly Meeting:
Persons who oppose war and preparation for war currently
face a dilemma: if they obey their conscience and refuse to pay taxes which
support the military, they must disobey the law. Under the Peace Tax Fund
Bill, the federal taxes of conscientious objectors would go into a trust
fund which would be used for non-military purposes only.
PYM is offering a free two-hour guided discussion/consultation
on managing change and difficulties in the life of the Meeting. Discussions
will be led by Caroline Packard, PYM’s Conflict Response Specialist, and
include how to effectively and lovingly deal with changes, difficult decisions,
and disagreements in your meeting. What does your Meeting do when a family
is breaking up? when a committee is bogging down? when one member is seen
as difficult? How does your meeting handle major decisions about whether
to build an addition? what to do about your Friends school? right use of
financial resources? Call Caroline Packard at 1-800-220-0796, ext 7029.
This is the 25th anniversary of the Chandler Hall Fall
Auction! Everything from a condo in Vail to gift baskets will be up for
auction. The auction will be held at Chandler Hall on September 26th and
benefits Chandler Hall Hospice. The fun begins at 5:30 PM for the silent
auction and 7 PM for the live auction. Please RSVP by September 17th. Friends
in the Quarter are also asked to donate items, particularly antiques. Call
860-4000.
Pendle Hill and Friends General Conference are sponsoring
this weekend on religious education on September 11th-13th. There will
be three intensive workshops: Teaching Techniques for Beginning Teachers,
Making Quaker History Come Alive, and Teaching the Bible to Quaker Middle
and High School Youth. Evening sessions will have creative activities for
a wide range of ages. The cost for the workshop is $180/double or $210/single.
For more information call 1-800-742-3150.
Friends in the Quarter are invited to Yardley’s Annual
Flea Market on Saturday, September 12th, from 8 AM - 3 PM. (Raindate is
September 19th.) The flea market will include the white elephant stall,
lunches of hot dogs, hamburgers, turkey salad sandwiches, vegetarian dishes,
and homemade desserts. Close to 100 vendors will be on hand offering antiques,
furniture, arts & crafts, collectibles and jewelry. Young trees and
plants will be for sale as well.
The next meeting of the Chandler Hall Auxiliary will be
on Monday, September 14th, at Chandler Hall. After the election of officers,
Dan Lex and George Shaw will speak on "Resident’s Reactions to Music."
Both Dan and George are volunteers in music for residents of Chandler Hall.
The Coatition for Peace Action seeks a part-time (25 hrs/week)
Associate Director to work in the Princeton Office. The starting salary
is $13,000, with health, dental & life insurance. Send resume with
three references to: Search Cmttee, 40 Witherspoon St., Princeton NJ 08542.
Invite your friends and neighbors on October 3rd and 4th.
We’ve been here for over 300 years and we’re celebrating! Events include
quilt appraisals, genealogy, art exhibits, re-enactments, theatrical productions,
programs on the environment, conservation and Edward Hicks, an Instant
Museum, carriage rides, potlucks, pony rides, corn husking, and more!
This special day is for First-day teachers, those active
in Religious Ed, clerks and committee members, youth leaders, clerks of
Monthly and Quarterly Meetings. The conference
will be held on Saturday, October 10th at Arch Street Meetinghouse. The
program includes coffee & registration, workshops, lunch, more workshops,
and closing time with drinks, snacks, etc. Childcare will be provided.
The cost is $7 per adult, $3.50 per child with family maximum of $15. Registration
and prepayment due by October 2nd. No registrations for children will
be accepted after October 2nd. A limited number of adult registrations
at the door will be accepted. There will be no guarantee of a choice of
workshop. For more information, call 1-800-220-0796, ext. 7008.
Middle School Friends are invited to the Friends Workcamp
Center for a weekend of fun, fellowship, and work on September 25th-27th.
There will also be a visit to a great playground, a tour of Philadelphia
neighborhoods and Quaker history, and worship on Sunday. The cost is $40.
Call 1-800-220-0796, ext 7171, for more information.
Sr. Elizabeth Gnam, chaplain at New Jersey State Prison
in Trenton, will lead a discussion on the death penalty at Quakertown Monthly
Meeting at 11:30 am on Sunday September 27, 1998. Sr. Elizabeth is actively
involved in the abolitionist movement against the death penalty and is
a founding member of the Trenton Colloquia now known as the New Jersey
Interfaith Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. Her work at the prison
includes ministering to the inmates on death row.
More than fifty Friends enjoyed acovered dish dinner and singalong at Buckingham Friends School on August 8th. For Friends who couldn’t make it this time we will do it again this winter! Quakertown Meeting has aBirthday Bash the first Sunday of every month to celebrate Friends’ birthdays.
Tom and Margaret Richie (Buckingham Meeting) have
permanently protected their historic property on Byecroft Road through
the sale of a conservation easement to the township. The twenty-one acre
property is part of anoriginal
grant of land by William Penn to the Bye family in 1699.
David
Berger (Falls Mtg) and Chad Brophy (Solebury Mtg) started acar
washing business this summer. They do cleaning, washing, and detailing.
The cars are washed and waxed at the owner’s property or they pick them
up and do the work at their own homes. Call 741-5902 or 579-2676 if you
need help with your car.Yearly
Meeting needs more yarn for the afghans which get sent all over
the world. If you have spare yarn to share, please call Amy Kurkjian at
241-7214.
As most of you know,Kenya
has the highest concentration of Quakers in the world. The Friends
World Committee for Consultation received a report from Ecumenical News
International in which it was suggested that the US Embassy should
be relocated away from the center of the city. One person wrote about the
walking dead — people were walking away from the direction of the American
Embassy who had been cut completely open with the internal organs showing.
A copy of this report is available through the coordinator’s office. Call
860-9747.
Clerk’s Corner -
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Friends gathered for a lovely day for Bucks Quarterly Meeting at Falls on August 16th. The morning program had something for everyone whether you wanted to indulge the intellectual, spiritual or playful sides of your personality. I found great joy in International Folk Dancing so early on a First Day. The Irish girls who stayed with the Daly family this summer were happy for their American experiences but sobered by the realization that they were returning to a hometown devastated by a senseless bombing the previous day. Let’s hold them and their neighbors in the Light.
During Business Meeting it was gratifying to hear of the vibrancy, love and work that we do so diligently.
To encourage Monthly Meeting input on the upcoming Threshing Session on our schools on November 15th we hope to obtain the questions in advance and distribute them to the Monthly Meetings and then come together as a Quarter in some format for discussion.
Janet Braker, Clerk
To have your events listed in the September issue, please notify the coordinator by September 12:
Coordinator Box 4477 George School Newtown, PA 18940 Phone: 215 860-9747
bucksqtr@libertynet.org
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