APRIL 2000 |
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Sat |
9:30 |
Membership Development Support Fund program at Arch Street Meetinghouse. |
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1 |
Sat |
7:30 |
Sacred Grounds Coffeehouse at Falls. |
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8 |
Sat |
6:30 |
Wrightstown Friends Nursery School Auction at Wrightstown Meeting. |
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9 |
Sun |
3:00 |
Benefit Concert for Children's Friendship Project for Northern Ireland. |
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12 |
Wed |
7:30 |
BQM Outreach Committee meets at Pennswood Village. |
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16 |
Thurs |
7:30 |
BQM Oversight Committee meets at Solebury. |
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19 |
Wed |
7:30 |
BQM Singing Group meets at Makefield Meeting. |
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23 |
Sun |
9:30 |
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28-30 |
Fri-Sun |
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Quaker Couple Enrichment Weekend at Camp Onas. |
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29 |
Sat |
9:00 |
BQM Budget & Nominating committee meets at Makefield Meeting. |
Looking Ahead |
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May 3 |
Luncheon and card party at Middletown Meeting. |
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May 6 |
Chandler Hall Auxiliary: mystery theater comedy & luncheon @ Fisher's Pavilion. |
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May 14 |
Million Mom March at Washington's National Mall. |
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June 3 |
Flea Market at Middletown Meeting. |
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June 21-July 30 |
Summer Arts Camp at Buckingham Friends School. |
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June 24-30 |
Consultation/training on Quaker Service at Earlham College. |
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July 1-Aug 9 |
People's Campaign for Nonviolence in Washington, DC. |
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Aug 6-20 |
Friends Work Camp Program hosts an international workcamp. (see March article) |
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Event Details
Vendors Wanted for Flea Market At
Middletown Meeting
Wrightstown Nursery School Auction
Sacred Grounds Coffeehouse at Falls
PYM Young Friends Mexico Work Camp
Quaker Couple Enrichment Weekend
Friendship in Peacemaking-Peace
Camp 2000
Pamela Miller's Art at
Coryell Gallery
Chandler Hall Hospice Seeks
Volunteers
Join the Million Mom March on May
14th
PYM Membership Development Support Fund
Program
Summer Arts Camp at Buckingham
Friends School
Funds for Post-Secondary School
Education
Creativity Sharing at Buckingham
Snippets of News from the Quarter
and Other Places
Vendors Wanted for Flea Market At Middletown Meeting
Friends are invited to participate in a Flea Market to benefit the Children's Friendship Project for Northern Ireland. Rent a table for $20 and bring your own chair(s), set up those collectibles, and enjoy the day! The flea market is on Saturday, June 3rd, from 8 am-1 pm, on the lawn at Middletown Meeting, 453 West Maple Ave. (Route 213) in Langhorne. For more information call Kate Daly at 215-757-3303.
Wrightstown Nursery School Auction
The auction will be held on April 8th, at 6:30 pm. Everyone is welcome to come and bid. Donations of goods, services, and gift certificates are appreciated. Call 968-9900 for information or to arrange drop-off of items.
Sacred Grounds Coffeehouse at Falls
On Saturday, April 1st, Sacred Grounds Coffeehouse will present "Dirty Ernie" in concert at Falls Meeting. This is Dirty Ernie's second show at Sacred Grounds. The band plays in the tradition of the Dead and Phish. Come early to get seats as there were 180 people at the last coffeehouse. Music begins at 7:30 PM and admission is $5. Proceeds benefit the City Kids Camper Fund which sends inner-city kids from Trenton, NJ to Camp Onas. For more information call George Price at 215-295-1560.
PYM Young Friends Mexico Work Camp
The YF Mexico Work Camp is scheduled for June 27th-July 10th, for participants who are currently in 9th grade through age 20. Young Friends will go to Casa de los Amigos in Mexico City and San Luis Coyotzingo in Puebla. If you do not speak Spanish, every effort should be made to learn as much simple Spanish as possible. The cost for the trip is $815, plus your personal expenses. Scholarship money will be available from the Sergei Thomas Memorial Fund. There will be an application and selection process for this work camp. Completed applications must be in Cookie's hands by May 1st. Call Cookie to find out what you need to do to go on this trip. His number is 215-241-7222 or email to cookiec@pym.org.
Quaker Couple Enrichment Weekend
There are still a few places open for April 28-30. Call Gretta & Jacob at 215-345-0575.
Easter Egg Hunt at Plumstead
Friends at Plumstead Worship Group invite Friends in the Quarter to an Easter Egg Hunt and potluck brunch on Easter Sunday, April 23rd. Children will hunt for Easter eggs during Meeting for Worship, beginning at 9:30. The potluck brunch will follow immediately afterwards. For information call Beth Taylor at 215-822-2299.
Children's Friendship Project
On Sunday, April 9th, at 3 PM, Gerry Timlin, Irish folksinger extraordinaire will give a benefit concert for the Children's Friendship Project for Northern Ireland. Gerry's beautiful voice coupled with his wit and humor provides an unforgettable program. The benefit will be at the Lower Makefield Township Building, 1100 Edgewood Rd., Yardley. Donation is $12 and there will be a raffle of goods donated by local merchants, and free refreshments. Your participation in this event helps pay airfares for the teens to visit our country. If you have not done so yet, consider hosting a pair of girls or boys for six weeks. You and they will be richer for the experience. Call 215-493-8511 for information.
Friendship in Peacemaking-Peace Camp 2000
Active messages, murals, & cooperative games are all part of Peace Camp 2000. The Peace camp is open to children entering grades 2-6 in September. The cost for each one-week session is $75 per child. The three sessions are: July 17-21, July 24-28, July 31-Aug 4. Register now to reserve a place(s) for your children. Info: 215-750-7220.
Pamela Miller's Art at Coryell Gallery
Pastels & Poetry, A Farewell to my Favorite Field by artist Pam Miller (Solebury Meeting) will be at the Coryell Gallery in Lambertville. The opening reception is on April 9th, from 3 - 6 PM. The show runs through May 21st. Pam likes to "compose landscapes defined by intense color and the changing light of day." For this exhibit she combines the work of Emily Dickinson and her paintings. For more information call Pam at 215-862-5465. Tom Chesan, another guest artist, will display his recent works.
Chandler Hall Hospice Seeks Volunteers
Chandler Hall will offer a 5 week hospice training program beginning April 3, from 6:30-9 pm every Monday & Wednesday. The series prepares volunteers to work with people faced with terminal illness. Call 860-4000 for info.
Join the Million Mom March on May 14th
Earlier this year a local mother whose children attend Newtown Friends School died in a senseless shooting in a K-Mart parking lot. Gun violence now permeates every walk of American life. Mothers across America are organizing this trip to Washington. Buses will leave early on Mother Day, May 14th. To sign up for local bus transportation or for more information, call Jeanine Moser at 1-888-989-MOMS or send email to J9Moser@aol.com or visit the website at www.millionmommarch.com
PYM Membership Development Support Fund Program
Out from under a Bushel! Sharing our Good News through a Day of Celebration and Empowerment is the title for this one day program of the Membership Development Support Fund. Registration and refreshments begin at 9:30 am, followed by opening remarks from Thom Jeavons & success stories from three grantees. Following a stretch break, there are 4 workshops, including Use of 20th Century Media, Websites-21st Century Media, Joining in Outreach with Neighboring Meetings, and The Nuts and Bolts of Planning Events. From 12:15-12:30 is the Membership Development Application Form: How to Apply. Bring a brown bag lunch and choose another of the above workshops in the afternoon from 1-2 pm. Wrap-up & worship from 2-2:30 pm will end the program. For information call Doug Meaker at 908-995-2276.
Summer Arts Camp at Buckingham Friends School
This summer camp has three sessions of two weeks each, beginning on June 21 and running through July 30. Camp hours are from 9am-3pm. For an additional fee campers can receive before-camp care from 8:30-9am, and afternoon care from 3-5:45pm. Call camp director Sydney Fox at 215-794-7491, ext. 116, for more information.
Funds for Post-Secondary School Education
The Mary Jeanes Loan Fund and the Anne Townsend Grant Fund are accepting applications for financial aid for post-secondary school education for the year 2000-2001. The loans and/or grants will average about $1000. The deadline for application is May 1, 2000. For information call 215-241-7223.
Creativity Sharing at Buckingham
Celebrate National Poetry Month at Buckingham Meeting on April 24th at 7:30 pm. David Mook will read from his recently published book, Each Leaf. This book includes poems written by his daughter, Sarah, who died suddenly on December 14, 1995. In addition, everyone is invited to read his or her poems and/or poems by a favorite poet. Other forms of creative expression are welcome including music, photography, story telling, and woodworking.
Snippets of News from the Quarter and Other Places
Buckingham Friends School is looking for substitute teachers. Call the school at 215-794-7491 if you are interested.
Wrightstown Nursery School has openings in the three-day program for children approximately four years old. Call Marty Severn at 215-968-9900 for more information.
Jim Fine (Falls Meeting) has written a moving article in Quaker Life (Jan-Feb 2000) about his trip to Iraq. The title of the article is "The Iraq Sanctions Generation - Sanctions and Suffering in Iraq." Friends are urged to read this article. Jim describes his conversation with some shoeshine boys who were impressed that he spoke Arabic. In the course of the conversation Jim thought that the boys were ten or twelve years old, but when he looked carefully he realized they were 14 or 15 or 16 years old. The sanctions on food and medicine had stunted their growth.
The next Quarterly Meeting for Worship and Business will be at Solebury Meeting on May 21st. Save that date! Bring the children from your Meeting.
The deadline for submission of applications for Grants for Friends Teaching in Public School for the school year 2000-2001 is March 31, 2000. This is a correction from the previous flyer which was sent to Monthly Meetings. For more information call 215-247-4385 or 215-241-7223 or send email to janetn@pym.org
The Peace Center's Third Annual Wine Tasting and Feast for the Senses will be on Sunday, April 9, from 4-7 pm at the Michener Art Museum in Doylestown. You will enjoy gourmet cheeses, delicious hors d'oeuvres and desserts, along with bountiful wines, music, and floral arrangements. Call the Peace Center at 215-750-7220 for reservations.
Find the person in your Meeting with the baseball list for the Trenton Thunder vs. New Haven Ravens baseball game - and sign up! Tickets are $8 for adults and children. The game starts at 1:05 PM on June 4th. Call Wally Evans at 610-825-0337 for more information.
Chandler Hall Auxiliary's Mystery Theater comedy and luncheon will be held on May 6th, at 1 pm, at Fisher's Tudor House, 1858 Street Rd., Bensalem. The luncheon is chicken marsala or London broil. Tickets are $20 per person all inclusive. Order tickets immediately at 215-757-2107, as half of them have already been sold!
The Bucks Quarter Singing Group will meet at Makefield Meeting on April 19th at 7:30 PM. Friends in the Quarter are invited to this delightful evening of music and munchies! Bring a friend who likes to sing.