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Details about Past and Coming Events

Snippets of News from the Quarter and Other Places

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Details on Past and Coming Events

• Teen Night at Wrightstown
• Camp Onas Campers - Now's the Time!
• New Year's Day Ice Skating Party at Ice Land Rink in Hamilton, NJ
• Chandler Hall Swim Classes
• School of the Americas: Why It Must Be Closed - A Public Awareness Forum
• New Monthly Meeting & Quarterly Meeting Clerks, Beginning in January
• Children's Friendship Project For Northern Ireland
• Update - Youth Delegation to the Hague!
• Hurricane Relief in Central America
• Bucks Quarter Peace & Service Committee Lays Itself Down
• Reporting Volunteer Hours to PYM
• Snippets of News from the Quarter and Other Places

On Saturday, Jan 16th, get ready for some good music by the group MICKEY FINN, whose players are graduates of Buckingham Friends School. In addition, there will be time out for food & drink, chat, and maybe some games. Bring $2 to help cover costs of food and drink. The music begins at 7:30. Parents' pick-up time is 10 PM.

Camp Onas Campers - Now's the Time!

If you are a Camp Onas camper or interested in becoming one, it's time to register. Returning campers - send in the registration form sent to you in December. New campers - look for brochures in your Meeting or call Sue at 610-847-5858 and she will send you a brochure and answer your questions. Don't delay if you want to be part of the fun this summer. Register now before all the places are filled!

New Year's Day Ice Skating Party at Ice Land Rink in Hamilton, NJ

Friday, January 1, 1999.
Come celebrate the Holiday!
The fun begins at noon and ends at 2 PM.
Skate rental is free! Bring a friend!
Cost is $4.25 per person.
Flyers are in the Meetinghouses.
Information and directions: 860-9747.

Chandler Hall Swim Classes

Chandler Hall will hold swim classes at various times during the week, as well as on weekends and evenings. The winter session begins on January 5th and ends on February 28th. The various swim programs include parent-infant waterplay, swimming lessons for adults and children, stroke refinement instruction for the advanced swimmer, among others. The cost of the 8-week program is $70. Call Chandler Hall for more information. You may register by phone for classes by calling 860-4000, ext. 216.

School of the Americas: Why It Must Be Closed - A Public Awareness Forum

The Bucks County Peace Centers invite Friends to join this informative discussion about The School of the Americas. You will hear about the recent experiences of three Peace Center members who attended the 3-day vigil in November at The School of the Americas. The forum takes place at the Peace Center in Langhorne at 7:30 PM on Thursday, January 21st. Admission is free. For more information call the Peace Centers at 750-7220.

New Monthly Meeting & Quarterly Meeting Clerks, Beginning in January

Children's Friendship Project For Northern Ireland

If you can host two teenagers from Ireland, one Catholic and one Protestant, for six weeks this summer beginning around July 4th, you will give them the opportunity to get to know one another. The Children's Friendship Project urges you to apply sooner rather than later so you can start a correspondence with them before they arrive. Bill & Kate & Nell Daly hosted two girls last summer and plan to do so again this year! Call 493-8511 for information.

Update - Youth Delegation to the Hague!

The deadline has been extended for applicants to join the PYM Youth Delegation to the Hague on May 11-May 15. The new deadline is January 31st. If you're interested it's worth a call to Bev Morgan at 794-8295. She can fill you in on the details. More than 600 organizations will be on hand. Desmond Tutu, Jody Williams, Jose Ramos Horta, and the Dalai Lama are among the leaders of the programs.

Hurricane Relief in Central America

The worst is over and now the clean-up and repair of the infrastructure in Central America has begun. Still needed are the kits: 2 bars of soap, 6 candles, 2 cloth diapers & pins, an article of infant clothing. Pack the articles in a clear plastic ziplock 12" x 12" bag. These can be sent to AFSC, along with $5 to cover costs of shipping:
 

You may also send a contribution to the Friends Church of Southwest Yearly Meeting. They have an long-established presence in Central America.
 

The news media has stopped covering this story. It is estimated that it will take at least twenty years for these countries to get back on their feet. Our continuing support is needed.

Bucks Quarter Peace & Service Committee Lays Itself Down

"On December 7, 1998, the Bucks Quarterly Meeting Peace and Service Committee was laid down by the attending members. At such time as the Monthly Meetings in the Quarter determine a clear sense of purpose for the committee, it may be reconvened. The committee urges that the Bucks Quarterly Meeting of Friends, through its coordinator, actively encourage every Monthly Meeting to form a peace committee in order to respond directly to the concerns of its membership and make an ongoing commitment to the peace testimony of the Religious Society of Friends"--From the BQM Peace and Service Committee

Reporting Volunteer Hours to PYM

Friends who volunteer for Yearly Meeting through their commitments on committees, projects, and concerns groups are asked to report their volunteer hours to Marilyn Trueblood. Call 1-800-220-0796, ext. 7205, or send email to marilt@pym.org

Snippets of News from the Quarter and Other Places

If you missed the last Quaker Couple Enrichment Weekend with Jacob and Gretta Stone, you may want to sign up for the next weekend. The date is April 16-18, 1999, at Camp Onas. Call Jacob and Gretta at 345-0575 for details.

If your Meeting wants to hear about options for retirement living in Friends organizations, or the Overseers Committee wants help thinking about how to help aging Friends who need it , call Betsy Balderston at 241-7226.

Chandler Hall Hospice provides a monthly Family Bereavement Support Program which is for adults and children together and builds on the summer camp bereavement experience. Call Chandler Hall at 860-4000 for more information.

Larry Miller of Doylestown Meeting announces that his book on Clarence Pickett will be published by Pendle Hill and will be available next fall.

Pine Run ElderReach offers support services to seniors in their homes. There are job openings for Caregivers and Hair Stylists. Call Rene Dunlap at 340-7777.

Please note that Quarterly Meeting at Makefield will be on February 21st, not February 14th as listed in the Calendar & Appointments book. BQM Worship & Ministry committee will meet on February 12th, preceding the Ministry, Eldering, & Worship Gathering on February 13th at Newtown Meeting.

The next PYM Mediation Training will be on Jan 20-22 at Friends Center. Cost is $425. Call 241-7234

Kindergarten Application Days at Buckingham Friends School will be on January 15th, 22nd, and 29th. For information call Peter Pearson at 794-7491.

Please note that the Chandler Hall services for January will be provided by Southampton Meeting. Also, the Chandler Hall booklets are being distributed to the Monthly Meetings. Clerks of Worship & Ministry will need at least one.

The Quaker Heritage Celebration Committee laid itself down after a wrap-up session in late October. Please thank the representative(s) from your Meeting who spent over a year and a half on this project. Our Quaker presence in this area has been uplifted as a result of our efforts.

To have your events listed in the February issue, please notify the coordinator by January 18:
 

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