January 2001
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1 |
Mon |
noon-2 |
New
Year's Day Ice Skating Party at Ice Land Rink
in Hamilton, NJ. |
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5 |
Fri |
8:30 |
The
Wizard of Oz film at Arch Street, sponsored by Friends Institute.
215-925-2568. |
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5-6 |
Fri-Sat |
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A Call
to Friends of Native AmericansA Call to Friends of
Native Americans, at Burlington Meetinghouse. |
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10 |
Wed |
7:30 |
BQM
Outreach Committee meets at Pennswood Village. |
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12-14 |
Fri-Sun |
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A Seminar in Quaker Theology at State College Friends
School. |
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13 |
Sat |
9:30-3:30 |
Religious
Ed Concerns Group You Can Do It! Day at West Chester Meeting. |
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13 |
Sat |
10-2 |
Open
House at Wrightstown Nursery School. |
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18 |
Thurs |
7:30 |
BQM
Oversight Committee meets at Makefield. |
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19-21 |
Fri-Sun |
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PYM
Middle School Friends Winter Storytelling Gathering. Call 215-241-7171. |
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20 |
Sat |
7:00 |
BQM Peace Pals meet at Wrightstown Meeting. |
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22 |
Mon |
7:30 |
Pendle
Hill program: Building Social Capital & Growing Civil Society. |
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27 |
Sat |
9-1 |
Monthly
Meeting Treasurers' Meeting at Arch Street. |
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28 |
Sun |
3:00 |
George School
Community Chorus Concert: Brahms - Liebeslieder Walzer. |
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29 |
Mon |
7:30 |
Pendle
Hill: Giving & Getting: Charitable Tax
Exempt Status at the Local Level. |
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31 |
Wed |
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LAST DAY
for Quiet Helpers exhibit at Arch Street. |
Looking
Ahead
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February
8-10 |
Help
Increase the Peace at Burlington Meetinghouse. Call 609-924-5022. |
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February
16-19 |
Quaker Youth Seminar at William Penn House in
Washington, D.C. |
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February
23-25 |
PYM
Young Friends Gathering at Burlington Meetinghouse. |
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March 24 |
One-day
Yearly Meeting Session at Arch Street regarding the budget. |
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April
6-8 |
Religious
Education Weekend at Pendle Hill. Call Michael Gibson 215-561-1700. |
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April
6-8 |
Quaker
Peace Roundtable at State College Friends Meeting. |
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June
30-July 7 |
Friends
General Conference 2001 Gathering of Friends at Virginia Tech. |
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July
17-22 |
Living
Our Faith - Deepening Our Spirit at Residential Yearly Meeting. |
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Details about past and coming
events
WANTED! Quaker Kids 8-13 from BQM
New Year's Day Ice Skating Party
Yoga and Meditation Classes for Beginners
William Penn House Quaker Youth Seminar
Pendle Hill Offerings in January
A Call to Friends of Native Americans
Snippets of News from the Quarter and Other Places
WANTED!
Quaker Kids 8-13 from BQM
Camp Onas,
the Quaker Camp in Bucks county is now registering campers for the 2001 summer
sessions. Look for brochures in your Meeting or call Sue at 610-847-5858 and
she will be happy to send you a brochure and answer any questions. Returning
campers should be sure to return the registration form sent in December. Don't
delay! Camp Onas fills up quickly.
Residential
Yearly Meeting
Plan now
for your summer events, including Residential Yearly Meeting! You will want to
be there!
New
Year's Day Ice Skating Party
Ice Land
Rink in Hamilton, NJ on Monday, January 1st, 2001
Come
celebrate the Holiday!
The fun
begins at noon and ends at 2 PM.
Skate
rental is free! Bring a friend!
Cost is
$4.50 per person
Information
and directions: 215-860-9747
Yoga
and Meditation Classes for Beginners
The
classes are taught by Nathan Iyer, a registered meditation and yoga instructor.
Nathan is a member of Buckingham Meeting. Classes are held in Stockton, NJ. For
more information, call Nathan at 908-996-0772.
William
Penn House Quaker Youth Seminar
Every year
Quaker youth from around the country gather at the William Penn House in
Washington, DC. This year's theme is "The Simplicity Testimony: Quakers and
the Environment." The seminar will be held on Feb 16-19 (President's Day
Weekend). Space is limited to 30 high school juniors and seniors. The cost is
$50, including meals and lodging. Deadline for registration is Feb 1. Call
202-543-5565 or email: dirpennhouse@pennsnet.org
You
Can Do It! Day
Six great
workshops for Religious Ed Committees, First-Day Teachers, Youth Leaders, and
Adult Religious Educators will bring you new ideas. The workshops include Great
Ideas for Adult RE Programs, Creative Teaching Ideas for First-day Schools,
Organizing, Leading & Mentoring Young Friends, Raising Quaker Children in
Popular Culture, Designing and Teaching a First-day School Lesson from Scratch,
and Organizing a Successful Religious Education Program. You Can Do It! Day
will be held on Saturday, January 13th, at West Chester Meeting, 425 N. High
St., West Chester, PA 19380. Register by January 8th. Cost is $10. Call
215-241-7008 for information.
Your
Christmas Stamps
This is a
great time of the year to re-cycle stamps that came on your Christmas greeting
cards. Save all the white edges of the stamps when you snip an envelope's
corner. Keep a whole envelope if you receive a letter from outside the USA.
Entire postcards are also requested. All money is given away to exciting
projects, including the African Great Lakes Initiative. Send your cancelled
stamps to Karen Shaudys at 871 Dolington Rd., Newtown, PA 18940.
Pendle
Hill Offerings in January
On January 22th sociologist Jon Van Til asks:
"Will the dialogue over the apparent decline in "social capital"
and "civil society" provide an opportunity for Quaker values of
connected community life to rebound? Isn't this a good time to let the world in
on some of our ways of building social capital and growing civil society?"
On January 29th Pamela Leland speaks to the
tension in the relationship between local units of government and charitable
nonprofit organizations.
Lectures
begin at 7:30 pm in the Barn Meeting Room. There is no charge.
Recycle
Your Greeting Cards
Used
greeting cards can be sent to St. Jude's Ranch for Children, where the children
make new cards from the old ones, receiving fifteen cents per card made. This
gives them some savings and some pocket money. Send used cards to: St. Jude's
Ranch for Children, 100 St. Jude's St., Boulder City, NV 89005-1618
A
Call to Friends of Native Americans
The first
northeast regional gathering of Friends Working on Native American issues will
be held at Burlington Meeinghouse on January 5th & 6th. The gathering will
begin with supper on Friday, Jan 5, and end with supper on Saturday, Jan 6. The
cost is $70 and covers meals, accommodations, bed linens and towels, and
written materials. This is our call as Friends who share a commitment to
securing justice for Native Americans. Info: 215-843-4827.
Peace
Pals
January
seems to be the right time for the Peace Pals CHALLENGE NIGHT! This will be a
series of activities in working together. Are you up to the challenge? These
fun games will really see if you can do it because you'll be working together
with other kids. Peace Pals Challenge Night will be at Wrightstown Meeting.
The fun
begins at 7:00 and ends at 9:30. Cost is $3 each. You don't need another
permission form if you were there previously. If you're coming for the first time
don't forget to have your parent fill out the permission form on the back of
the flyer. We will keep the permission forms on file for you so you won't have
to fill out a form each time. Call Sandy at 860-9747 for information.
A
Seminar in Quaker Theology
Chuck
Fager and Ann Riggs will facilitate this non-technical introduction to
theological terms and ideas, and the application of these ideas to contemporary
issues in Quaker theological. The seminar will be held at State College, PA, on
Jan 12-14 (Martin Luther King Weekend). For more information send email to: mailto:mquest@quaker.org.
Snippets of News
from the Quarter and Other Places
In order
to be eligible for Tuition Aid from PYM, families must first make application
for financial aid from their Meetings. Deadline for submission of all
application forms to Friends Schools is February 15. Thanks to the generosity
of past and current supporters the grant will be $1100 per child. For
information: 1-800-220-0796, ext. 7223.
Local
groundskeeper needed for year-round employment in the Yardley area. Good pay
and good benefits. Call Carole Wicker for more information at 215-493-9406.
Pennswood
Village will host "Back from the Brink" on Thurs, Feb 1, at 7 pm in
Penn Hall. FCLN representative, Kathy Guthrie, will speak on the "Back
from the Brink" National Coalition to take nuclear weapons off
hair-trigger alert, and urges Friends to call the White House on Feb 5th &
6th to make their voices heard.
Michael
Wajda, clerk of PYM Worship and Ministry, asks our Worship & Ministry
clerks to send their annual reports to Michael at 1162 School House Lane, West
Chester, PA 19382, by April 15th.
Friends
are invited to meet David Ludwig, the new Executive Director at The Peace
Center in Langhorne, on Thursday, January 11th from 5 - 7 pm. Refreshments will
be provided. RSVP by Jan 5th at 215-750-7220.
The Bucks
county Health Department has an ongoing need for an emergency supply of infant
formula. During the winter months some families have difficulty paying for
heating costs and clothing for their children. Often the infants have not
gained weight because the parents have diluted the formula to stretch the
supply. Your Meeting's contribution of formula can be picked up or be left at
any Bucks County Health Department office. Call 215-345-3340 for information.
Quaker
artists who are members of the Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts may submit art
no later than Feb 1st for the exhibit at the Seitz Gallery in Harrisburg.
Deadline for delivery of artwork is Feb 15th. Info: FQA, PO Box 58565,
Philadelphia, PA 19102 or email at mailto:mfqa@quaker.org.
Parents
Helping Parents meets Monday evenings from 7:30-8:30, at United Christian
Church, 8525 New Falls Rd., Levittown. Cost is free and childcare provided.
Call the Peace Center for more information at 215-750-7220.
Wrightstown
Friends Nursery School's Open House is for children ages 3 & 1/2 yrs to 5
yrs old. Visit and see/hear the good news about the current classes. Find out
more about the wonderful programs. Call 215-672-0435 for information.