Special thanks go to the many, many Friends in Bucks Quarter
who have helped make our Quaker art show a big success.
 
OCTOBER 1999
2 Sat 9:30 Eco-theologian John Cobb speaks at Arch Street Meetinghouse.
2 Sat 10-3 Buckingham Friends Autumn Fair.
2 Sat 1-5 Quaker College Fair for parents and prospective students.
5 Tues 7:30 Bucks Quarter Singing Group meets at Solebury Meeting.
9 Sat 10-4 Historic Fallsington Day.
13 Wed 7:30 BQM Outreach Committee meets at Pennswood.
13 Wed-Fri   Friends Conflict Resolution Programs Mediation Training at Frds Center-241-7029.
16 Sat 12-6 Last day of Quaker art show at the Legacy Gallery, 151 N. State St., Newtown.
17 Sun 2-6 Fall Fun at Snipes Farm for Middle School Young Friends.
21 Thurs 9am-8pm  Clothing Sale at Buckingham Friends School.
21 Thurs 7:30 BQM Oversight Committee meets at Doylestown Meeting.
22-24 Fri-Sun   School of the Spirit at Aircastle, Pocono Manor, PA.
23 Sat 7:00 Peter Blood and Annie Patterson sing at Falls Meeting.
24 Sun 2:00 Benefit concert for Vita’s Literacy Center. 
24 Sun 7:00 Quakerism 101 with Jonathan Snipes at Yardley Meeting - 5 Sundays.
27 Wed 9:30-12:30  Open House at Buckingham Friends for year 2000 Kindergarten/1st Grades.
27 - Nov 7     A Quaker Ministry to Persons with AIDS training program at Friends Center.
Looking Ahead
November 5th Middletown Meeting’s picnic supper and auction.
November 5-7 Healing Our Lives, A Quaker Mens’ Gathering, led by Brad Sheeks.
November 19 BQM Worship and Ministry Committee meets at Southampton Meeting.
November 21 Bucks Quarterly Meeting for Worship & Business at Newtown Meeting.

Details about past and future events

Bill Strong Returns to Cuba
Bill Strong (Newtown Mtg) will return to Cuba on Oct 9th-21st. He will work under the auspices of Witness for Peace to find out firsthand the costs of the Cuban embargo on children and people with chronic illnesses. Friends are invited to Newtown Meeting’s adult class on Oct 31st, at 10 AM, to hear Bill’s report on his trip.

A Quaker Ministry to Persons with AIDS
This program offers a unique opportunity to combine a spiritual practice with social action. The training program is on 10/27, 28 (6-10 PM), 30, 31 (9-5 PM) & 11/6 & 7, (9-5 PM) at Friends Center in Philadelphia. The work is simple: come, sit, listen, do what you can, gently leave. For information call Carolyn Schodt at 215-241-7238.

BQM Speakers Bureau
The Bucks Quarter Outreach Committee has established a Speakers Bureau for the purpose of providing speakers to Friends and others in our area. There are many Friends in our Quarter who are able to bring to the Speakers Bureau topics on Quakers and Quakerism which may appeal to the public. In addition, Friends might speak on other topics, such as: the work that we Quakers (or individual Quakers) do in today’s troubled world, how we follow our Quaker Testimonies while working in the world of finance, teaching, the arts, and more. Please consider how you may help with this project. Call Hobie Lunin at 215-949-3565.

Quakerism 101 with Jonathan Snipes
Jonathan Snipes will lead Quakerism 101 classes on Oct. 24, and 31, Nov. 7, 14, 21, at Yardley Meeting at 7 PM. Jonathan will lead the classes with these Queries: Quaker beliefs - the big questions in life: Who are you? From whence did you come? Why are you here? What is your purpose in life? Who/What is God? How does God speak to us? What is the Quaker understanding of Christianity? These questions and your questions will lead us to today’s Quakerism. Call 860-9747 for more information.

Climbing the Walls
Kathryn Gordon (Unity Monthly Meeting) is editor of Climbing the Walls, a magazine for prisoners, their families, and friends. Friends can receive copies of this magazine by subscribing to Climbing the Walls. Kathryn also urges Meetings to buy a magazine subscription for a prison library in our area to help prisoners keep in touch with the outside world. For more information on both of the above, call Kathryn Gordon at 215-423-4115.

Quaker Educational Pilgrimage to England
Now is the time to start thinking about spending your vacation for Summer 2000 by visiting the England where Quakerism started! You will see Pendle Hill, Swarthmoor Hall, the Quaker Tapestry, William Penn’s Meetinghouse, Penn’s grave, and more. Tentative dates are June 30-July 15, 2000. Call Tom Hoopes at 241-7224.

Peaceful Parenting Worshop Series
The Bucks County Peace Center will present this series, "How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk," Wednesday evenings, Sept. 29, October 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov 3, from 7-9 PM at the United Methodist Church at Taft & Maple Avenues in Morrisville. The cost is $30, plus $20 for the manuals. Free child care provided, registration required. Call 215-750-7220 to register or for more information.

Healing Our Lives: A Quaker Mens’ Gathering
Brad Sheeks (Central Philadelpia Meeting) will lead this gathering on November 5-7, at the Temenos Retreat Center in West Chester, PA. The gathering begins with dinner on Friday and ends with lunch on Sunday. The cost is $175 for room, meals, and leadership. Limited scholarships are available. The retreat is a time for personal healing and spiritual renewal. Information: 215-349-6959

Quaker College Fair
Students and parents have an opportunity to meet recruiters from Quaker Colleges at this event. Max Carter, of Guilford College in North Carolina, will give the keynote address at 1:15 PM. Written information, including financial aid, will be available from all Friends colleges. Fourteen colleges will be represented. This free event will be held at Friends Select School in Philadelphia, on Saturday, Oct 2nd, from 1 - 5 PM. Call Tom Hoopes (241-7224) for information.

Fall Fun at Snipes Farm
Bucks Quarterly Meeting’s Middle Schoolers are invited to Snipes Farm for an afternoon of miniature golf, wagon rides, a picnic, worship, and time in the funhouse at Snipes Nursery. The fun begins at 2:00 PM and ends at 6:00 PM. Bring $2 and a friend. For more information, call Sandy at 215-860-9747. (Sandy appreciates help from parents!)

Peter Blood & Annie Patterson at Falls
Peter Blood and Annie Patterson, who conceived, developed & edited the Rise Up Singing songbook, will give a concert at Falls Meeting on Saturday, October 23rd, at Falls Meeting. The evening will start with dessert at 7 PM for all those attending. This concert is for children and adults. The evening is a fundraiser for Annie and Peter’s trip to Australia and New Zealand, where they will take their music to Friends Meetings and other places. There will be a contribution basket available. For more information, call Barbara Snipes at 295-2040.

BQM Outreach Committee
Newtown Meeting has offered to have a pancake breakfast fundraiser at the next Quarterly Meeting in November. Thom Jeavons will be the speaker in the morning. You won’t want to miss both of the above, and you can help the Outreach Committee continue its efforts to attract more potential Friends to our Monthly Meetings by enjoying the pancake breakfast! Sign-up sheets will be at the Meetings so the pancake bakers will know how many are coming.

Transforming Our Relationship with the Earth
The PYM Environmental Working Goup invites Friends to this open meeting on the environment on Saturday, October 2nd, from 9:30 am to 12 noon, at Arch Street meetinghouse. Theologian John Cobb, a respected eco-theologian, Methodist minister, and author of more than 20 books, will facilitate the meeting. There will be two interactive sessions with a break. For more information, call Ed Dreby at 609-261-8190.

The School of the Spirit Silent Retreat
The School of the Spirit’s silent retreat weekend will be on Oct 22-24, at Aircastle, Pocono Manor, PA. The silent retreat is like an extended meeting for worship with time for community and individual worship as well as quiet walks in the woods. Call Nancy Berchtold: 215-295-3369.

Anna T. and Joseph Jeanes Granting Group
The Jeanes Granting Group is in need of additional members. The group makes grants to the Friends boarding & nursing homes within PYM. With the help of Betsy Balderston, the group administers 12 funds. Meetings held the first Monday morning of May and November at Arch Street. If you are interested in being a member of the Granting Group call Janet Heist at 610-696-9099, or Betsy Balderston at 215-241-7226.

Falls Meeting on Historic Fallsington Day
In addition to the puppet show, jugglers, crafts, Indian arts, an antique car show, and more, Falls Meeting will be a presence at Historic Fallsington Day with a genealogy display, a carriage, wagon & sleigh display of 19 vehicles dating from 1880, and more. Historic Fallsington Day is on Saturday, October 9th, from 10 am - 4 pm.

Buckingham Friends Autumn Fair
This annual fair offers used and new books, crafts, music, used treasures for your home, plant sale, bake table, games & wagon rides for children, delicious lunches, and the Instant Museum of old and not-so-old artifacts and quilts. The Fair is open from 9:30 am - 4 pm. If you’re interested in being a vendor call Tom Tippett at 609-771-4259.

Hicks Celebration In Langhorne
The Edward Hicks Tours in Langhorne will encompass the houses in Langhorne in which Hicks worked or lived, including Middletown Meeting, his place of worship. Nelson Camp will impersonate Hicks while guiding visitors through Langhorne on Oct 3, 17, & 24, including Middletown Meeting. Tours begin at the Richardson House on Maple Ave at 2 PM. Cost is $5. Information: 757-3768.

Teen Night at Wrightstown
will be held at George School’s Marshall Center on Saturday, October 23rd, from 7:30-10 pm. The Mickey Finn Band will again provide music for listening and dancing. Information: 860-9747 or 968-8675.