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FEBRUARY 2001 |
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Thurs |
7:00 |
Back
from the Brink lecture at Pennswood Village. |
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2 |
Fri-Sat |
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All Night at the Franklin Institute for Middle
School Friends.. |
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2 |
Fri |
8:30 |
Grey
Gardens film at Arch Street, sponsored by Friends Institute. 215-925-2568. |
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3 |
Sat |
10-4 |
PYM
Worship, Ministry & Eldering gathering at Atlantic City Meeting.
215-843-1860 |
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8-10 |
Thurs-Sat |
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Help Increase the Peace at Burlington
Meetinghouse. Call 215-379-0328. |
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9-11 |
Fri-Sun |
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PYM
Friends Workcamp. Call 215-241-7236. |
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16 |
Fri |
6:00 |
BQM Worship & Ministry committee meets at
Middletown Meeting. |
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16 &
17 |
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8:00 |
GS Drama
Department’s Taming of the Shrew. |
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16-18 |
Fri-Sun |
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Couple Enrichment: A Weekend with
Jacob & Gretta Stone, at Pendle Hill. |
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16-19
Fri-Mon |
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Quaker
Youth Seminar at William Penn House in Washington, D.C. Call 202-543-5565. |
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17 |
Sat |
7-9:30 |
BQM Peace Pals: Van Gogh’s Cafe - An Evening in Paris! |
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18 |
Sun |
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Bucks Quarterly Meeting at Yardley
Friends Meeting. |
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21 |
Wed |
9-3 |
Conference/training
day for Pennsylvania’s 1701 Charter of Privileges. |
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23-25
Fri-Sun |
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PYM
Young Friends gathering at Burlington Meetinghouse. Call 215-241-7222. |
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Looking Ahead |
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March 24 |
One-day
Yearly Meeting Session at Arch Street regarding the budget. |
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March 31 |
Buckingham
Friends School Annual Auction. |
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April
6-8 |
FGC
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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April
20-22 |
Spring
Women’s Retreat at Burlington Meetinghouse. |
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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
Details about past and coming events
Camp
Onas Campers - Now’s the Time!
BQM
Worship & Ministry Meeting
Bucks
Quarterly Meeting for Worship and Business
Pendle
Hill Offering in February
All
Night at the Franklin Institute
Couple
Enrichment Weekend at Pendle Hill
Caretaker
Wanted at Solebury Meeting
Chandler
Hall Worship Services will be organized by:
Snippets
of News from the Quarter and Other Places
Camp Onas Campers - Now’s the Time!
If you are
a Camp Onas camper or interested in becoming one, NOW is the time to
register. Returning campers - make sure you send in the registration form
we sent you in December. New Camp Onas
campers - look for brochures in your Meeting or call Sue Neiger @
610-847-5858.
BQM
Worship & Ministry Meeting
Middletown
Friends will lead us in a discussion dealing with the propriety of secular
ministry in our Meetings for Worship, and the collateral issue of whether we as
a religious society ought to apply a litmus test of belief in God as being a
qualification for membership in the Society of Friends. Date is Feb 16th, 6:00 pm at Middletown.
Help
Increase the Peace
The next
Help Increase the Peace program will be held at Burlington Meetinghouse in
Burlington. The program will start at 6
pm on Thursday evening and end at 4 pm on Saturday. Cost is $70.
Information: 215-379-0328.
Back from
The Brink
Kathy
Guthrie, FCNL representative on the “Back from the Brink” National Coalition to
take nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert will be speaker, announcing
National Call-In Days to the White House on February 5th & 6th. This program at Pennswood Village is on Feb
1st, at 7 pm in Penn Hall.
Bucks
Quarterly Meeting for Worship and Business
Yardley
Meeting
February 18, 2001
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Developing
a Peaceful Agenda: Current Issues and World Politics |
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9:30 - 10:00 am |
Registration,
Singing Group, coffee, and munchies. |
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10:00 -
11:00 am |
Adult
Meeting for Worship. |
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11:15 -
12:15 am |
Developing
a Peaceful Agenda: Current Issues and World Politics. (Includes First Day School & Young
Adults.) |
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12:30
- 1:30 pm |
Brown
Bag lunch. Desserts and beverages
available. |
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1:30 -
3:30 pm |
Meeting
for Worship for Business. |
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First
Day School & Young Adults programs: |
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10:00 -
10:45 am |
First
Day School & Young Adults program. |
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10:45 -
11:00 am |
First
Day School & Young Adults worship with Adult Meeting for Worship. |
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1:30 -
3:30 pm |
Make
bird feeders with Jeff Bishop. |
Pendle Hill
Offering in February
How to
Improve the Performance of Your Board will be led by Tom Holland. The program will speak to common practices
and innovative alternative approaches to governance that increase the value a
board adds to an organization. Date is February 5th. Lecture begins at 7:30 pm in the Barn Meeting Room. There is no
charge.
All
Night at the Franklin Institute
Grab your
sleeping bag, toothbrush, etc. We will explore the Franklin Institute. Included in this year’s program: The Sports
Challenge: Work Out Your Brain & Your Body, Gear Up in the 3D Theater:
Interactive Show and Effects. Tutleman IMAX Theater: Athletes Push to the
Extreme. Fels Planetarium:
Sunlight-Moonlight Space Adventure. The date is Saturday, February 2nd. We will meet at the George School parking
lot opposite the Meeting House. We will
leave at 4:30 pm. Campers can be picked up on Saturday at 11:00 am at George
School. Cost is $45.00. Flyers are in the mail. For information: 215-860-9747.
Couple
Enrichment Weekend at Pendle Hill
This
workshop on February 16-18 includes worship, worship-sharing, and experiential
exercises in a group atmosphere of trust.
The couples only workshop is enrichment of the relationship, not
therapy. Jacob and Gretta Stone will
lead the program. The cost is $410 per
couple. Call to make reservations at
1-800-742-3150 or 610-566-4507 or email
to: registrar@pendlehill.org
Peace
Pals
The next
Peace Pals event is Van Gogh’s Cafe - An Evening in Paris! Bring your poetry and read it. Bring your art work and talk about it. Bring
your stories and read them. Bring your musical instruments and play them. Bring any other talents. Talk about your hobbies and talents. Wear your beret. Dress like an artist. Be prepared to paint your own masterpiece if
you desire. Paints and brushes will be
provided. Bring your CD’s so we can
have background music (appropriate to Van Gogh). Hot chocolate, biscotti, and chocolate chip cookies will be
available.
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.
Caretaker
Wanted at Solebury Meeting
Duties
include maintaining and cleaning Meetinghouse, building, grounds, lawns &
graveyard. Compensation and housing is
available. Working Agreement and
Responsibilities will be conducted in the manner of Friends. Position is available April, 2001. Send letter of interest, qualifications, and
references to: Stuart Wisse, House & Grounds Clerk, 219 Lambertville
Headquarters Rd., Stockton, NJ 08559; call 609-397-3319, or for email:
Parents
Helping Parents
Parents
Helping Parents meet on Monday evenings from 7:30-8:30pm at the United
Christian Church, 8525 New Falls Rd., Levittown. Program is free and so is child care. Call the Peace Center for information at 215-750-7220.
Chandler Hall
Worship Services will be organized by:
February -
Solebury March - Southampton April - Wrightstown
Snippets of News from the Quarter
and Other Places
The
Bucks Quarter Singing Group
Introduction
to Quakerism: An Oral History of Fallsington Friends Meeting
Clerk
of the Outreach Committee
Pennsylvania’s
1701 Charter of Privileges
Pennswood
Villagers raised $7000
Homebound volunteers
Homebound
and visually impaired residents of Bucks County now receive books on tape and
CD’s from the Doylestown Library.
Homebound volunteers are already delivering the tapes and CD’s. If you know of someone who could benefit
from this program, call the Homebound Coordinator, Sue Brodish, at
215-348-2274. There is no charge for
this service.
Herb Marsch
Herb
Marsch, a longtime member of Makefield Meeting, died in Boca Raton, Florida, on
December 10th. He is survived by his
wife, Sue, and two sons, Jeffrey and Scott.
Mr. Marsch was on the Board of Newtown Friends School for many years.
The Bucks Quarter Singing Group
The Bucks
Quarter Singing Group will again be part of Lower Bucks Center for Church and
Community’s Festival of Sacred Music on Sunday evening, on April 29th at 7:00
PM, at St. Francis Cabrini Church.
Peter Yeomans
Peter
Yeomans will be going to Rwanda this winter as a volunteer for the Alternatives
to Violence Project. He would like to
make presentations of this project to Meetings in our area. Call 215-438-0917 to set a date with Peter.
Introduction to Quakerism: An Oral
History of Fallsington Friends Meeting
On January
14, 2001, Patrick Sweeney and Marge Schier presented to Barbara and Sam Snipes
the first copy of the Meeting’s new book, Introduction to Quakerism: An Oral
History of Fallsington Friends Meeting.
The book is dedicated to Barbara and Sam.
Clerk of the Outreach Committee
Carol
Smith-Roach has stepped down as Clerk of the Outreach Committee. Lois Wilson will assume the Clerk’s position.
Pennsylvania’s 1701 Charter of
Privileges
Friends
will want to be part of the conference/training day given by the Quaker
Information Center to learn about Pennsylvania’s 1701 Charter of
Privileges. This conference is the
kick-off event for an array of activities that will take place from March
through October, celebrating the anniversary of the Charter. The date is Wednesday, February 21st, at
Arch Street Meetinghouse, from 8:30 am - 3 pm.
Cost is $10. For more
information: 215-241-7241.
Pennswood Villagers raised $7000
Did you
know that Pennswood Villagers raised $7000 to benefit Vita Education Services
that provide free literacy services to Bucks County adults?
The Quaker Peace Roundtable
The Quaker
Peace Roundtable, hosted by State College Friends Meeting, will be on April
6th-8th, 2001. Confirmed presenters
include, Joe Volk (FCNL), Max Carter (Guilford College), David Jackman &
Bridget Moix (Quaker United Nations Office), and more. See the website at: www.quaker.org/qpr or send letter to
Quaker Peace Roundtable, c/o State College Meeting, 611 E. Prospect Ave., State
College PA 16801.