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| 1 | Sun | 11:15 | Howard Cell will do a walk-though of Faith & Practice at Southampton Mtg. |
| 7 | Sat | 9:00 | BQM Budget & Nominating Committee meeting at Makefield. |
| 7 | Sat | 1:30 | AFSC Annual Public Gathering at Friends Center; Daniel Schorr, speaker. |
| 8 | Sun | 2-4 | Admissions Open House at Newtown Friends School. |
| 8 | Sun | 3:00 | Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors gathering at Friends Center. |
| 9 | Mon | 5:30 | Meeting of Friends Historical Association: "Quakers and Nazis." |
| 13 | Fri | 5:30 | Buckingham Friends School Lasagna Dinner at the school. |
| 13 | Fri | 6:00 | BQM Worship and Ministry meeting at Wrightstown; note date change. |
| 13 | Fri | 7:30 | Creativity Sharing at Buckingham Friends Meeting |
| 14 | Sat | 9-4 | Called Threshing Session on Education at Arch Street Meetinghouse. |
| 15 | Sun | 9:30 | Bucks Quarterly Meeting for Worship & Business at Doylestown. |
| 19 | Thurs | 7:30 | BQM Oversight Committee meeting at Doylestown. |
| 21 | Sat | 9:00 | PYM Budget Conference at Arch Street Meetinghouse. |
| 21 | Sat | 7:30 | Teen Night at Wrightstown. |
| 20-22 | Inquirers' Weekend at Pendle Hill. Call 1800-2200-PYM, ext. 7182. | ||
Looking Ahead |
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| Dec 6 | Bucks County Peace Centers' 10th Annual Peaceful Toy Fair and Holiday Festival | ||
Chandler Hall Worship Services
will be organized by:
November - Yardley
December - Buckingham
January - Southampton
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.
YOU did it, Friends! You did the planning and hard work in your meeting. Our visitors came from all over. Some dropped in and others had specific goals. Every meeting went all out to provide something special. Most meetings saw new visitors on the following First Day. For many meetings it was delightful to see members who had not attended in years! The press was good to us. We had coverage all over the county. We have reminded our Bucks County neighbors that we're still here and alive and well and doing our good works as always, following the Spirit within each of us.
Bucks
Quarterly Meeting for Worship and Business at
Doylestown Meeting
| Global Friend-Ship | |
| 9:30 | Registration (refreshments, collection of AFSC kit materials) |
| 10:00 | Meeting for Worship |
| 11-12 | Martin Garate, Director, International Division, American Friends |
| Service Committee: Crucial AFSC Programs Around the World. | |
| 12:00 | Brown bag lunch with drinks and dessert provided by Doylestown |
| 1:00 | Quarterly Meeting for Business |
| Children's Program: | |
| 10:15 | All children will meet together to assemble AFSC kits and talk about who will receive them |
| 1:00 | During Meeting for Business the school-aged children will go to the Mercer Museum, as Doylestown Meeting's guests. Preschoolers will play in the Meetinghouse lower level. |
Doylestown Meeting asks that Friends bring the following items to be included in AFSC Friend-Ship School Kits. Each kit will include:
Friends Historical Association will meet on Monday, November 9th, at 5:30 PM, at Arch Street Meetinghouse. Hans Schmitt will talk on "Quakers and Nazis: Lessons, Second Thoughts, Challenges and New Questions." Request registration material by calling 610-896-1161 or by email at: fha@haverford.edu
Friends General Conference Job Openings
FGC is looking for a Bookstore Manager and four other support positions. Call Anita Kohler at 561-1700 for information. Interviews end of Oct & beginning of Nov.
PYM is looking for a Director of Business & Information Services. He or she will give attention to computer and other office systems, administration of personnel policies, benefits & salaries, oversight of PYM properties. The salary range is $38,000 - $43,000, with benefits. Call 241-7230 and slowly give your name and mailing address. You will be sent a job description and more information. It is hoped the position will be filled before December 1998.
Young Friends aged 18-30 are encouraged to apply to be part of a Youth Delegation to the Hague for a Citizen's Peace Conference on May 11-16. A major component of the conference will be on the elimination of nuclear weapons. The general theme of the conference is how to implement a culture of peace and international justice for the 21st century. Call Charles Peterson at 968-0127.
New attenders or members are encouraged to attend the next Inquirers' Weekend on November 20-22, at Pendle Hill. This is a weekend gathering on basic Quakerism, led by Elaine Crauderueff and Brian Drayton. Cost is $190 for double, $235 for single. Call 610-566-4507, ext. 127.
Open House at Newtown Friends School
Newtown Friends School will host an Admissions Open House for prekindergarten through eighth grade on Sunday, November 8th, from 2-4 PM. There will be student-led tours through the school, opportunities to speak with teachers and administrators, as well as an information session. Admission and application forms will be available. Children are welcome. Call Betsy Rendall at 968-2225, ext. 236 for more information.
Your children need rides to Teen Night. Help them meet other Quaker teens for games, food, conversation, a good movie. Plan a carpool. The next Teen Night is Saturday November 21st, 7:30-10 PM. Call Mary Lou McCandless at 672-4594 for more information.
This is the 50th anniversary of the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors. There will be a "Speak Out" gathering at Friends Center on Sunday, November 8th, at 3 PM. For more information call Alex Doty at 563-8787.
BQM Worship & Ministry Meeting
The next meeting of the BQM Worship & Ministry Committee will be held at Wrightstown Meeting on Friday, November 13th, at 6 PM. All Friends in the Quarter are invited to this covered dish dinner and meeting. The program is: How Are We Called to the Ministry Through Worship? Definition wanted: Nurturing? Ministry? Eldering? Worship? Others? Bring your thoughts and ideas to this program.
Buckingham Friends School Lasagna Dinner
Friends and families are invited to the Lasagna Dinner at Buckingham Friends School on Friday, November 13th, from 5:30-7:30 PM. Bring the whole family for delicious lasagna, salad, and great garlic bread
Quaker History in Stitches at Arch Street
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.
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).
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
Thanks to Bill Sharp (Wrightstown Meeting) for putting the Quaker Heritage Brochure out on our website, along with all the other changes and additions he makes. Did you know that you can read all of the past newsletters there? Visit our website at :www.libertynet.org/~bucksqtr
Newsman Daniel Schorr will give the keynote address at the Annual Public Gathering of AFSC at 1:30 PM, Saturday, November 7th, at Friends Center. The theme for the gathering is "Let Justice Roll Down." Call 241-7057 for information.
Sam Snipes won first place out of eight contestants for the old-timers' two-horse plowing contest at Howell's Living History Farm near Lambertville!
The two Irish girls, Melanie Faulkner and Hilary Murphy, who stayed with Bill, Kate, and Nell Daly (Middletown Meeting) enjoyed their 6-week visit in our country. The Daly's took them to many places in our area. Perhaps your Meeting might consider sponsoring two teens from Northern Ireland next year.
Tom Hoopes has been hired by PYM as the new coordinator of educational programs. He looks forward to being invited to our schools and our Monthly Meetings. Please feel free to call him at 241-7224 to set up a time and date.
The Albertson Fund offers grants to Friends who need help at home, such as shopping, cooking, helping with bathing. It can also pay for home-delivered meals or an emergency response system. Call Betsy Balderston at 241-7226 to apply for a grant.
NOVA (Network of Victim Assistance), which offers services to victims of crime in Bucks County, is seeking volunteers over the age of 18 for staffing its crisis Hotline. Call 1-800-675-6900 to volunteer.
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 December issue, please notify the coordinator by November 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 |