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about Past and Coming Events| OCTOBER 1998 | |||
| 3-4 | Sat-Sun | Quaker Heritage Celebration | |
| 9 | Fri | 6:30 | Creativity Sharing at Buckingham Friends Meeting. All Friends welcome. |
| 9-11 | Fri-Sun | Young Men’s Quaker Sweat and Wilderness Walk at Snipes Farm. | |
| 10 | Sat | 9:30 | You Can Do It! Teach, Lead, and Clerk at Arch Street Meetinghouse. |
| 10 | Sat | 9-2 | Chandler Hall Flea Market. |
| 13 | Tues | 7:30 | Bucks Quarter Singing Group meets at Makefield. |
| 15 | Thurs | 7:30 | BQM Oversight Committee meets at Doylestown. |
| 16 | Fri | 6:30 | Middletown Meeting’s Annual Auction. |
| 16-18 | Fri-Sun | PYM Middle School Friends Halloween Gathering at Burlington Meetinghouse | |
| 17 | Sat | 7:30 | Teen Night at Wrightstown for Middle School and High School Young Friends. |
| 18 | Sun | 2-6 | Fall Fun at Snipes Farm for Middle School Young Friends. |
| Oct 18-Nov 22 | . | Quakerism 201 classes, led by Howard Cell, at Wrightstown | |
| Oct 23-25 | Reclaiming the Power of the Feminine in Quaker Spirituality at Burlington. | ||
| Oct 30-Nov 1 | PYM Young Friends Halloween Gathering at Burlington Meetinghouse. | ||
| Looking Ahead | |||
| November 14 | Called Threshing Session on Education at Arch Street Meetinghouse. | ||
| November 15th | Bucks Quarterly Meeting for Worship & Business at Doylestown. | ||
Chandler Hall Worship Services
will be organized by:
October - Wrightstown
November - Yardley
December - Buckingham
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.
Arch Street Meetinghouse will have Quakers in Stitchery: A Modern Ministry of Outreach on display from Oct 10 - Feb 10. The exhibit portrays Quaker history in panels of stitchery, some completed and some in progress. The exhibit is open from 10 AM - 4 PM daily except Sunday. There is a one dollar donation. This is your chance to stop by Arch Street and see another terrific exhibit.
This is it, Friends! Our Quaker Heritage Celebration
is upon us. The Coordinator has had calls from far and wide from Friends
exclaiming over our poster and brochures. Many other calls and letters
have come from non-Quakers wanting more brochures and/or information. The
posters and brochures have been sent to Arch Street Meetinghouse, the Quaker
Information Center, FGC, Burlington Meetinghouse, every Monthly Meeting
in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and to all local historical and genealogical
societies, among others. Some 325 brochures were taken away by visitors
to the Grange Fair tent. Friends on the committee and others have put posters
and flyers out all over Bucks County. We will have air time on WDVR from
Sergeantsville, NJ, thanks to Denise Evans of Quakertown Meeting, and TV
time on Lower Bucks Cablevision. Every Meeting will have a banner on its
lawn for at least three weeks. We have had two press packet mailings to
40 different outlets, including newspapers from here to Philadelphia. The
Quaker Heritage Committee has worked hard on this project since January
of 1997. Please do your part in your Meeting to help make this event all
it can be. Friends in the Quarter have sent in small and large donations
to help us meet our budget. (You may still do so if you haven’t yet!)
Quakerism 201 will be offered this year in Bucks Quarter. Howard Cell, member of Yardley Meeting and professor of philosophy at Rowan College, will teach the class. He was also a member of the committee which produced the new Faith and Practice, and it will be the basis for the course. Classes will take place at Wrightstown Meeting on Sunday evenings at 7:00 PM. The dates are Oct 18th and 25th, Nov 1st, 8th, 15th, and 22nd. The cost is $25 with scholarship aid available. For information call 860-9747.
Yearly Meeting Sessions for 1999
March 27 at Arch Street Meetinghouse and July 20-25 at Allentown College are the dates and places for next year’s Yearly Meetings. Sue Makler, clerk of the Planning Group, encourages Meetings and Quarters to send their ideas, concerns, and thoughts on what might be appropriate programs. Two potential topics have been identified: Education of our Children, and The Language We Use to Describe our Spirituality. The Quarterly Meeting Clerks will be meeting with Sue Makler soon. Please forward program ideas or concerns to Janet Braker (968-0115).
Saturday, Oct 17, at 7:30, is the date for the next Teen Night at Wrightstown. Bring a friend, some food to share or $2, and enjoy the new pool table, bean bag chairs, etc!
Oct 10, 9AM-2PM - Chandler Hall Flea Market at Chandler Hall. You may rent space for $15. Or you can come and shop ‘'til you drop!
Oct 21-22, 9AM-5PM - Chandler Hall will be participating in the Age Expo at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The convention is open to the public, with lots of free samples and materials given out to visitors.
Call Lee Opper at 860-4000, ext. 9247, for both events.
Robert Smith, former headmaster of Sidwell Friends School, has written a book which observes the virtues of simplicity, service, and common sense in his personal testament to the rewards of Quaker living. Robert Smith will be at Barnes & Noble in Oxford Valley on Thursday, October 29th, at 7:30 PM to talk about his book, A Quaker Book of Wisdom. Friends are invited. Many of you may have heard his interview on National Public Radio.
In addition, this event will be a Writers’ Harvest fundraiser to fight hunger and poverty. More than 600 authors from all over the country do book-readings in bookstores, communities, colleges and universities to help with this project. For more information call Lari Robling at 269-0450.
Middle School Young Friends - take note! Sunday, October 18th, from 2-6 PM, is this year’s date for Fall Fun at Snipes Farm. Come enjoy wagon rides, miniature golf, a barbecue, and games. The cost is $2 for the afternoon. Rain date is the following Sunday. You may want to bring a friend. You must register when you arrive. Questions? Call Sandy at 860-9747.
Quaker Couple Enrichment Retreat
The Fall Quaker Couple Enrichment Retreat at Camp Onas is already full. There will be another in the spring which is now half full! Your Meeting can also sponsor a retreat, either at the meetinghouse or another site. Call Jacob or Gretta Stone (345-0575) for information on the above.
Quaker Sweat and Wilderness Walk
Sponsored by PYM’s Family Relations Concerns Group, this weekend (Oct 9-11) at Snipes Farm for young men will address the question of how to find one’s path through the teens to young adulthood. George Price and Brad Sheeks will lead the weekend. Call George at 295-1560 for more information.
Middletown’s Annual Auction, an evening of fine food and great items for auction is on Friday, October 16th. Enjoy a free picnic supper at 6:30 PM, followed at 7:30 PM by the auction of homemade foodstuffs, handicrafts, and other items. It’s a fun evening for all ages!
You Can Do It! Teach, Lead, and Clerk
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 cost is $7 per adult, $3.50 per child with family maximum of $15. Please take note: your registration and prepayment are due by October 2nd. For information, call 1-800-220-0796, ext. 7008.
Called Threshing Session on Education
Monthly Meetings are asked to consider the queries for the threshing session at Arch Street on Nov 14th:
Snippets of News from the Quarter and Other Places
The next Quarterly Meeting for Worship and Business will be at Doylestown Meeting on Sunday, November 15. Please do not hold special events at your Meeting. Doylestown has planned great programs for young and old alike!
October 9-11 is the National Weekend of Faith In Action On the Death Penalty. For information on what you can do, call the Faith in Action Hotline at 1-800-AMNESTY, ext. 508.
Jane Fox urges the Monthly Meetings in Bucks Quarter to give Chandler Hall the outreach pamphlets that your Meeting gives to visitors and attenders. Those materials will be made available to families and visitors to Chandler Hall who will learn more about Quakers and our Meetings in Bucks Quarter.
Twining Village (an adult retirement community) is looking for adults and teens for part time positions in the food service department. For information call 322-4732.
Bill Strong, of Newtown Meeting, will speak on Quaker Non-Violence at Chandler Hall on Thursday, Oct 22, at 2PM. Friends in the Quarter will remember Bill and his trip to Nicaragua 3 years ago. Everyone is welcome to this program.
Wrightstown Meeting is having Friendly Bible Study, led by Judy Joseph, at the rise of meeting (11:15) each First Day. Friends in the Quarter are invited to drop in to this on-going discussion. Bring your Bible.
Allen Reeder, editor of PYM News, welcomes articles about activities and issues in your meeting. You may send in color or black and white photos with your news. Call Allen at 241-7215 to discuss possibilities for your story.
To have your events listed in the November issue, please notify the coordinator by October 9:
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Coordinator
Box 4477 George School Newtown, PA 18940 |
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(215) 860-9747 |
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bucksqtr@libertynet.org |