SEPTEMBER 2000 |
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5 |
Sat |
8-3 |
Yardley Friends Meeting Flea Market. |
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6 |
Wed |
7:30 |
BQM Singing Group meets at Makefield Meeting. |
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8 |
Fri |
7:30 |
Creativity Sharing at Buckingham Meeting. |
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11 |
Mon |
1:30 |
Chandler Hall Auxiliary meets at Falls Meeting. |
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13 |
Wed |
7:30 |
BQM Outreach Committee meets at Pennswood. |
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15 |
Fri |
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Registrations for YouthQuake 2000 due.Call 215-241-7222. |
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16 |
Sat |
10-4 |
Chandler Hall Bake Sale on Centre St. at Friends Home on Newtown Market Day. |
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17 |
Sun |
2-6 |
International Day at the Middletown Grange, Penns Park. |
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21 |
Thurs |
7:30 |
BQM Oversight Committee meets at Newtown Meeting. |
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22-24 |
Fri-Sun |
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PYM Middle School Workcamp in West Philadelphia. Call 215-241-7171. |
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23 |
Sat |
9:30-4 |
PYM Worship, Ministry, and Eldering at Abington Meeting. |
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23 |
Sat |
10-5 |
Eighth Annual Family Ancestry Fair @ Middle Bucks Institute of Technology. |
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23 |
Sat |
12:30-4 |
Cape May Whale Watch trip for young and old! |
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23 |
Sat |
5-9 |
Chandler Hall Auction in the new Community Room. |
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24 |
Sun |
9-2 |
Chandler Hall Flea Market in the Hicks parking lot. |
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24 |
Sun |
5 |
The Peace Center's Harvest Supper & Auction of Your Dreams.. |
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29-30 |
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Forgiveness Workshop, facilitated by John Shuford. |
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29-Oct 1 |
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PYM Friends Institute gathering at Burlington Meetinghouse. (See Aug newsletter) |
Looking Ahead |
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October 15, 2000 |
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A Day Without the Pentagon. |
Details about Past and Coming Events
New Heads of our Schools and Facilities
Peaceful Parenting Workshop Series
Chandler Hall Auxiliary Busy This Month!
Nobel Peace Prize for Sister Helen
Prejean?
How Many More Iraqi Children must Die?
Gathering of Worship, Ministry, &
Eldering
The Peace Center's Harvest Supper &
Auction
Snippets of News from the Quarter and
Other Places
Forgiveness Workshop
This 13-hour workshop will be held at Friends Center on Sept 29-Oct 1.Topics for the workshop are: Personal Exploration, Attitude Transformation, & Skills Building.Call 215-241-7230 or 302-422-2463 for more information.
New Heads of our Schools and Facilities
Friends will want to know of the following changes here in Bucks Quarter.Mary Ann Brooks is now the Administrator for Friends Home and Friends Village.Nancy Starmer replaces David Bourns as Head of George School.The new Clerk of the Corporate Board at Pennswood Village is Jim Clovis.Nyla Carleton is the new Head of School at The Quaker School at Horsham.Craig Sellers replaces Betty Sue Zellner at United Friends School.Call the Coordinator at 215-860-9747 if you need addresses or phone numbers.
Peaceful Parenting Workshop Series
This successful workshop is based on the curriculum "How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk." The workshops will be on Wednesday evenings, Sept. 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18, 15, and Nov 1.Classes will be held at the Langhorne Presbyterian Church from 7 pm - 9pm.The cost is $30 plus $20 for the book.Registration is required.Call the Peace Center at 215-750-7220 for information..
Chandler Hall Auxiliary Busy This Month!
Chandler Hall Auxiliary has invited
Laura Hudson and Cecilia Grover, from Chandler Hall, to speak at Falls Meeting
on the topic of "Intergenerational Learning" on Monday, September
11th, at 1:30.
On Market Day in Newtown (Sat, Sept
16th), the Chandler Hall Auxiliary Bake Sale will be on Centre Street outside
of Friends Home, from 10am-4pm.Stop by and purchase their jellies, baked cakes,
breads, and cookies!
A Support Group for Parents
Parents Helping Parents - A Support Group for Parents meets Monday evenings from 7:30 - 8:30 PM, at the United Christian Church at 8525 New Falls Road in Levittown.There is no cost and childcare is provided.The group meets weekly and gives parents a chance to discuss the problems and stresses of raising children.Meetings are open to all interested parents.Call 215-750-7220.
Nobel Peace Prize for Sister Helen Prejean?
You may recall when Sister Prejean spoke at Arch Street Meetinghouse a few years ago.She has again been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and is a renowned lecturer and best-selling author of Dead Man Walking-An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the U.S.Sister Helen has been tireless in her campaigning for the abolition of the death penalty.IfSister Helen received this award the movement to abolish the death penalty in the U.S. would be substantially enhanced.Write or email the Nobel Committee and encourage theCommittee to give Sister Helen's candidacy serious consideration.The award is announced in October.Address: Chairperson, Norwegian Nobel Committee, Drammensveien 19, N-0255 Oslo, NORWAY.By email to the Committee: postmaster@nobel.no
How Many More Iraqi Children must Die?
Lift Economic Sanctions Now!
Economic sanctions were imposed on Iraq in 1990 as an alternative to military intervention after Iraq invaded Kuwait.Today they are a failed policy.In 1991 the U.N. decided to continue the sanctions to prevent the production of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, but the sanctions themselves have become a weapon of mass destruction targeting innocent Iraqis and inflicting inhumane levels of suffering.Three senior U.N. administratiors of Iraqi relief aid have resigned to protest: Denis Halliday, Hans von Sponek, & Jutta Burghardt. Friends are encouraged to join with Pax Christi USA in a New York Times sign-on ad.Write to Pax Christi USA, 532 West 8th St., Erie, PA16502-1343 with your signature & donation by Sept 15th.
Chandler Hall Hospice Auction
Chandler Hall will have its Ninth Annual Auction on Sept. 23, from 5-9 PM, which will be held in the new Community Room.Help Chandler Hall help others by: being a sponsor, donating a service or item, and attending the auction.Contact Leigh Opper (215-860-4000, X6) for more information.
Gathering of Worship, Ministry, & Eldering
The gathering will be held on Sept 23 at Abington Meeting from 9:30 am - 3 pm.This gathering is open to all Friends who feel called to ministry, eldering, or the spiritual nurture of individuals or their meeting. There will be extended worship in the morning.In the afternoon, Friends will explore whatever topic or theme the Spirit calls forth from the group.Bring a bag lunch.Child care will be provided if there is at least one week's notice.For more information call 215-951-2300 or 215-635-3734.
The Peace Center's Harvest Supper & Auction
The Harvest Supper & Auction of Your Dreams will be held on Sunday, Sept 24 at 5 PM at the Middletown Country Club in Langhorne.Auction items include vacation homes, bed & breakfasts, resort stays, tour of the Nation's Capital with Jim Greenwood, behind the scenes tour of NPR with Marty Moss Coane, original artwork, and more.The cost is $45 per person.Reservations required by Sept 18th.Call 215-750-7220 for more information.
International Day
The Children's Cultural Center of Bucks County is sponsoring International Day, on Sunday, September 17th at the Middletown Grange Fairgrounds on Penns Park Road in Wrightstown, PA.The time is 12-6:00 pm.This celebration of cultural and ethnic diversity in Bucks needs your help.The objective is to bring together performers, ethnic foods, musicians, craftspeople, artists and others who can demonstrate some aspect of their culture.Also needed are participants who can put on children's events and educational sessions about their particular country.Admission is free.Parking is $5.Call 215-230-0160 for more information.
Yardley Friends Flea Market
Yardley's annual Flea Market has over 100 vendors featuring antiques, art, and craft items.Homemade luncheons and desserts include vegetarian fare.The Flea Market, on Saturday, Sept. 9th, begins at 8 am and ends at 3 pm.Rain date is September 16th.Call 215-295-1678 for information or to be a vendor.
Whale Watch Trip to Cape May
Saturday, Sept 23rd, is the date for this year's Whale Watch Trip.Please be at the Cape May Whale Watch and Research Center by 12:30 PM sharp.The boat leaves at 1 PM, travels the New Jersey coastline, and returns at 4 PM.The cost is $19 for adults and $10 for children ages 7-12.Bring your binoculars, hats, camera, sunscreen and warm clothes.You will see lots of wildlife as we cruise the back bays and get out onto the ocean.Kids and adults of all ages love this relaxing afternoon.Registrations must be in by September 18th.Call 215-860-9747 for information.
Volunteer Tutors Needed
Vita Education Services is again offering volunteer tutoring training sessions beginning in September. You canhelp an adult improve literacy and decision-making skills, improve reading and writing skills, get a GED, learn to speak, read & write English.Tutors work one-to-one with adults and help students open doors to getting a better job, continuing their education, or experiencing the joy of being able to read to their children.Call 215-345-8322.
Snippets of News from the Quarter and Other Places
Middletown Meeting's Peace and Social
Concerns committee raised $250 to purchase a water buffalo for The Heifer
Project.
Nell Daly (also Middletown Meeting)
went to a work camp in Mexico, sponsored by PYM's Standing Committee on
Education and led by Cookie Caldwell.She didn't know anyone on the trip but
found new Friends, worked hard, and had a wonderful time.
The Quaker School at Horsham now has a
Quakerism program for all students.Friends Council on Education provided
seventy-five new books that reinforce Quaker values and heritage.Joanna
Robinson, teacher, runs the program.
The Chandler Hall Flea Market will be
held on September 24th, at the Hicks parking lot from 9am-2pm.Bring your
goodies for sale.Or stop by and pick up a goodie.(Call Chandler Hall if you
want a space: 215-860-4000.)
The Friends and Education newsletter
reports that Gail Roth (Wrightstown) has led a "signature quilt" of
living Quakers activity with the First Day School.Children have written an
array of well-known Quakers and asked for their signatures andinformation about
their lives and work.
Friends will want to purchase the new
33 cent Dr. Martin Luther King stamp which celebrates Dr. King's historic March
on Washington.
The Quaker Information Center seeks a
young adult Quaker as a full-time, 11-month intern from September 2000, to
August 2001, with $280/week stipend,
medical coverage, assistance in finding housing.The Director will be away from
Aug 17 - Sept 8.Send your letter to Quaker Information Center, 1501 Sherry St.,
Phila, PA 19102, or send email to: quakerinfo@afsc.org.
Friends Institute, young adult friends
ages 18-40, it's time to sign up for the weekend at Burlington. Call
908-206-1484.