Events
This Month plus Last-minute updates
Events
This Month plus Last-minute updatesChandler
Hall Worship ServicesDetails
about Past and Coming Events| DECEMBER 1998 | |||
| 1 | Thurs | 7:00 | Chandler Hall’s annual tree lighting ceremony and memorial. |
| 4-6 | Fri-Sun | PYM Middle School Friends’ Games & Music Gathering at Burlington. | |
| 6 | Sun | 12-4 | Bucks County Peace Centers 10th Annual Peaceful Toy Fair & Holiday Festival. |
| 8 | Tues | 7:30 | Bucks Quarter Singing Group meets at Friends Village. |
| 11 | Fri | 7:00 | Buckingham’s Candlelight Christmas service. |
| 12 | Sat | 11:30 | Christmas Peace Pilgrimage from Nazareth to Bethlehem. |
| 13 | Sun | 10:00 | Solebury Worship followed by packing cookies for shut-ins |
| 19 | Sat | 7:30 | Teen Night at Wrightstown. |
| 20 | Sun | 8:30 | Buckingham’s Pancake Breakfast; Meeting for Worship follows. |
| 20 | Sun | 9:45 | Falls’ children’s play "Where Love is There God is Also," followed by worship. |
| 20 | Sun | 10:00 | Worship and "Holidays, Service & Celebration" program at Doylestown. |
| 20 | Sun | 10:00 | Worship followed by Christmas Program at Quakertown. |
| 20 | Sun | 10:00 | Mitten Tree program, children’s pageant, worship, covered dish at Solebury. |
| 20 | Sun | 10:00 | Yardley worship followed by "Sharing the Spirit of Christmas" for young & old. |
| 20 | Sun | 10:00 | Meeting for Worship followed by Children’s Christmas program at Wrightstown. |
| 20 | Sun | 10:15 | Middletown’s First Day School Christmas program; worship with harp music. |
| 20 | Sun | 10:30 | Carols, followed by Meeting for Worship and brunch at Newtown. |
| 20 | Sun | 7:00 | Candlelight service, readings, singing at Southampton; all welcome. |
| 20 | Sun | 7:30 | Candlelight Carol Sing at Wrightstown. |
| 24 | Thurs | 5:30 | Christmas Eve Meeting for Worship at Doylestown. |
| 24 | Thurs | 7:30 | Christmas Eve worship at Yardley. |
| 24 | Thurs | 7:30 | Plumstead’s Christmas Eve singing and worship. |
| 27 | Sun | 11:00 | Makefield’s Christmas Brunch after Meeting for Worship. |
| 27 | Sun | 10:00 | Homecoming Lunch after Meeting for Worship at Wrightstown. |
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.
UNA-USA will hold it annual business meeting on Monday, December 7 at 7 PM. On Wednesday, December 9 at 7 PM there will be a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with a short play and a talk on Human Rights today. Both events will be at Pennswood Village. Information: 968-2913.
Peaceful Toy Fair at Bucks Peace Centers
This year’s Toy Fair will have an international flavor featuring "holidays from around the world." The Fair provides an opportunity for families to learn about creative and cooperative games and toys that are alternatives to violent toys. Toy vendors will feature the latest toys. In addition, there will be face painting, juggling, storytelling, live entertainment, refreshments and 35 craft vendors. Admission is $3/person or $5/family. Call 750-7220.
Director of Development Position
Buckingham Friends School has an immediate opening for a full-time Director of Development. Responsibilities include annual fund drive, public relations, grant-writing, publications, capital campaign. Send resume & letter to Peter Pearson, BFS, PO Box 159, Lahaska, PA 18931
Local AFSC Office in Philadelphia?
Groups of Friends throughout the Yearly Meeting are considering the possibility of a local AFSC office to serve the needs of our neighbors in the Philadelphia area. The Philadelphia office would be under the care of the Mid-Atlantic Regional AFSC office. Friends are asked to consider what the focus of the new local chapter might be. What would our part in this be or become? What is our vision for this? What kind of support might be asked of us? This issue was discussed at Quarterly Meeting. It is hoped that Monthly Meetings will discuss this. For information call our contact, Jonathan Snipes, at 736-1856.
The 39th(!) Annual Peace Pilgrimage from Nazareth to Bethlehem on Saturday, December 12th, will begin at 11:30 AM conclude with speaker George Lakey’s talk at 6:30 PM. Meet in the parking lot at 520 E. Broad St. in Bethlehem. Information & directions: 610-258-7313
This is it! Cookie baking time again! Get ready to roll up your sleeves and make lots of delicious Christmas cookies. Bring dough & decorations, or fixings. The cookies go to shut-ins in the area. In addition, ping pong, music, dancing, conversation will fill up the evening. Bring a friend or two. And don’t forget: bring some snacks or beverages or $2. For information call 672-4594. Flyers are now sent out monthly to all Middle School and Young Friends. Parents need to do their part by helping our teens get to Teen Night.
Friends and non-Friends gathered at Barnes and Noble on
October 29th to hear Robert Lawrence Smith talk about his book, A Quaker
Book of Wisdom. He wrote, "The most valuable aspect of religion is
that it provides us with a framework for living. I have always felt that
the beauty and power of Quakerism is that it exhorts us to live more simply,
more truthfully, more charitably." Mr. Smith is the former headmaster of
Sidwell Friends School. His book is a combination of stories of his life
and Quaker philosophy. It is a sincere, charming and peaceful read.
The Bucks Quarter Singing Group will be at Friends Village on Tuesday, December 8th. Come join the fun of singing Christmas carols and songs from Worship in Song. Bring a Friend who might not otherwise be able to get there. Singing starts at 7:30 PM and refreshments will be served during the break. Questions? Call 860-9747.
Sabbath Sense:
A Spiritual Antidote for the Overworked
This workshop is your invitation to pack your spiritual baggage and move to the neighborhood called enough: enough time, enough rest, enough play. Donna Schaper will lead the workshop at Pendle Hill on December 4-6. The cost is $190 for double, $235 for single. For more information call 1-800-742-3150.
AFSC has set up a Caribbean Hurricane Relief Fund to collect donations for the victims of Hurricane Georges. This is one of the worst natural disasters to ever hit the Caribbean region. Hundreds of thousands have been left homeless. You may send contributions to AFSC, 1501 Cherry St., Philadelphia, PA 19102.
Chandler Hall’s annual lighting ceremony and memorial will be held on Tuesday, Dec 1st, at 7 PM at Chandler Hall. The candlelight memorial includes reading the names of people in the Chandler Hall community who died during 1998. The tree-lighting also serves a fund-raiser for hospice. For information call 860-4000, ext. 209.
If you want to make a difference this Christmas you may want to help women and children of domestic violence by donating items to the Woman’s Place shelter. The items help the survivors while they stay at the shelter. The list is long and includes large tote bags, laundry detergents and baskets, a vacuum cleaner, trash bags, hair products for women of color, shirts, pots and pans, alarm clocks, 3-ring binders, lunch boxes, blankets, crib sheets, silverware, large diapers. For more information call 343-6375.
New Year’s Day Ice Skating Party!
Ice Land Rink in Hamilton, NJ - from Noon to 2 PM
Bring your family and friends!
Cost is $4.25 Directions & Info: 860-9747
Attention All Quaker Kids 8-13!
If you are already a Camp Onas camper, you will receive
a special registration form in December. Send it back right away to reserve
your spot in the session you want. If you want to be a camper, check for
brochures in your meeting. Call Sue for information: 610-847-5858.
As most Friends know, Bristol has a mentoring program for local students in need of academic help. The program needs some Young Friends interested in being mentors. If you can are able to give one or two evenings a week call Jean Leonard at 781-6355.
The Coordinator asks that Monthly Meetings give her the names and addresses of new attenders so that they may be added to the mailing list for the newsletter. A phone call will do (860-9747).
On Saturday, December 5th, from 10 AM-5 PM, Newtown Meeting will be part of the Annual Newtown House Tour. Don’t forget to visit while on the tour!
There are many job opportunities at Pine Run Community in Doylestown. These positions are available on full-time or part-time basis. Many Friends live at Pine Run and enjoy it. Call 340-5145 for more information.
Friends Home residents will be at Clemens Market in Newtown on December 9, 10, & 11 to ring the bell for the Salvation Army. Why not drop in and see some old Friends while helping the Salvation Army?
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting has put out another call for Friends to join the Skills Bank. Possibilities include anything from office skills to pastoral care to financial planning to public relations, and much more. Call Phil Mullen at 241-7235.
The prologue to Robert Smith’s book, A Quaker Book of Wisdom, is now posted on the Bucks Quarter website. [Well, not quite yet. Anyone got a scanner and some OCR software and a burning desire to donate some effort to a worthy cause?--webclerk] If you want to see a sample of his writing, you may want to visit the site: www.libertynet.org/~bucksqtr
The 50th Anniversary on November 15th of the renewal
of Doylestown Meeting was a wonderful event, including a history of
the Meeting in a time-line, worship, lunch, discussion by elders of its
new beginnings, music and singing!
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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 |
mailto:bucksqtr@libertynet.org
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