| MAY 1999 | |||
| 1 | Sat | 9:00 | BQM Budget & Nominating Committee meeting at Makefield Meeting. |
| 1 | Sat | 7-1 | Middletown's Flea Market to raise funds for Irish Children's Friendship Program. |
| 1 | Sat | 6:00 | United Friends School's Annual Spring Auction at Perkasie fire hall. |
| 2 | Sun | 10:00 | Wrightstown Meeting for Worship followed by lunch, Michael Wajda speaking. |
| 3 | Mon | 7:00 | Creative Hands at Buckingham Meeting. Call 862-5692. |
| 5 | Wed | noon | Middletown Meeting's Women's Group luncheon and card party. Call 757-2107. |
| 7&8 | Fri-Sat | 8:00 | Fiddler on the Roof at George School. |
| 8 | Sat | 9-4 | Conference for Monthly Meeting librarians at Moorestown Meeting. Call 241-7219 |
| 11 | Tues | 9:00 | Admissions Open House at The Quaker School at Horsham. |
| 12 | Wed | 7:30 | BQM Outreach Committee meeting at Pennswood. |
| 14 | Fri | 6:00 | BQM Worship and Ministry Committee meets at Bristol. |
| 14 | Fri | 7:30 | Creativity Sharing at Buckingham. Friends in the Quarter invited. |
| 15 | Sat | 7:30 | Teen Night at Wrightstown. |
| 16 | Sun | 9:00 | Bucks Quarterly Meeting for Worship & Business at Lehigh Valley Meeting |
| 17 | Mon | 7:00 | Creative Hands at Buckingham Meeting. Call 862-5692. |
| 20 | Thurs | 7:30 | BQM Oversight committee meets at Solebury Meeting. |
| 21-23 Fri-Sun | PYM Young Friends Campout at Tohickon Valley Park. | ||
| 25 | Tues | 7:30 | BQM Singing Group meets at Makefield Meeting. |
| Looking Ahead | |||
| June 7 | Chandler Hall Auxiliary covered dish meeting and speaker at Middletown Meeting. | ||
| June 13 | Friends gather at Trenton Thunder baseball game! | ||
War on Drugs Program
at Solebury Meeting
On Sunday, May 23rd, Ray Bentman of PYM's Drug Concerns
Working Group will lead a discussion on drugs & exploring ways in which
Friends work towards finding peaceful solutions to the War on Drugs. Ideas
include education, research into causes of drug addiction, and political
alliances to change government policy. Worship is at 10 AM, program following
immediately afterwards.
United Friends School
Spring Auction
"Around the World in 80 Days" is the theme for this year's
United Friends School Auction on Saturday, May 1st, at the Perkasie Fire
Hall on 5th Street in Perkasie. There will be a cash bar and scrumptious
hors d'oeuvres. The Faith & Practice music ensemble will be
on hand with their great repertoire of songs. The live auction will follow.
Doors open at 6 PM. Admission charge of $10 with $5 purchase rebate. Call
538-1733 or 215-538-0468.
Fiddler On the Roof
at George School
George School music department students will perform
the well-known musical, Fiddler On the Roof on Friday & Saturday,
May 7th & 8th, at 8 PM, in Walton Auditorium on the George School campus.
Admission is free.
Michael Wajda at Wrightstown
Meeting
Wrightstown Meeting invites Friends in the Quarter to
hear Michael Wajda speak on Sunday, May 2nd. Meeting for Worship begins
at 10 AM, followed by "meet and eat" - a covered dish luncheon. Michael
Wajda will speak at the luncheon. Information: call Paul Zorn at 598-7480.
Arch Street Meetinghouse
Requests
Helen File and Sandy Sudofsky of Arch Street Meetinghouse
are appealing for volunteer guides at the meeting house. They are particularly
busy at this time of year. Some 34,000 visitors visit annually. Scheduling
is flexible.
Quakers and the American Indian exhibit will be on from October thru May. The loan of your Indian artifacts will be appreciated. Call 627-2667 for both requests.
Middletown Meeting's Flea
Market
This flea market on Saturday, May 1st, is to help raise
funds for the Children's Friendship Project for Northern Ireland. Friends
are invited to rent a table for $20 and sell their wares, keeping the proceeds
(bring your own chair). Donations of goods for sale are also welcome, including
things like used books, puzzles, videos, household items, etc. There will
be a bake sale, entertainment, and lemonade stand. The flea market begins
at 7 AM and ends at 1 PM, approximately. Come early to set up. For information
call Kate Daly at 757-3303.
Teen Night at Wrightstown
The next Teen Night at Wrightstown will be on Saturday,
May 15th, at 7:30 PM. Laurel and George Mueller will teach swing-dancing
- bring your dancing shoes! And $2.00! There will also be games, video,
time for chat. Parent pick-up is 10:00 PM.
BQM Worship & Ministry
Meeting
Friends in the Quarter are invited to the Worship &
Ministry committee meeting at Bristol Meeting, on Friday, May 14th, at
6 PM. Bring a dish to share. The program will follow.
Trenton Thunder Baseball
Game
It's that time of year! Friends in the Quarter will again
go to to see the Trenton Thunder baseball game on Sunday, June 13th, at
1:05 PM. The gates open at 12 noon. Cost of tickets is $8.00.
There is a Friend in each Meeting who is signing up those who want to go to the baseball game. Check at your Meeting for that person and sign up. Wally Evans has ordered 300 tickets for us. He must send in the final count by May 4th. Get on board NOW!
For information call Wally Evans at 610-828-2674.
| 9:00 AM | Coffee & refreshments. |
| 9:30 AM | Meeting for Worship. |
| 10:45 AM | Program: Dealing with Difficult People in a Friendly way: Quakers, co-workers, family, and neighbors. |
| 12 noon | Lehigh Valley Meeting provides lunch. |
| 1:30 PM | Meeting for Worship for Business. |
| Children's program: | |
| 9:30-9:50 AM | Meeting for Worship with parents. |
| 9:50-10:30 | First Day School classes for all age groups: World Religions |
| 10:30-noon | Snack and supervised activities. |
| 12 noon | Children meet with families for lunch. |
| 1:30-3 PM | Eight years & younger stay at meeting house. Nine years & up hike in park. |
| There will be alternatives in case of bad weather. | |