Bucks Quarterly Meeting At Fallsington Friends Meeting
Pebble Hill Church & The Peace Center
Regional Gathering of Quaker Educators
United States Foreign Policy after September 11th - for a Changed
World
Pendle Hill Monday Night Forum
Meeting for Worship and Financial Stewardship
Newtown Friends School Open House
Notes from Threshing Session at Gwynedd Regarding September 11th
Snippets of News from the Quarter and Other Places
Chandler Hall Worship Services
Number of seekers visiting this page.
November
2001
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3 |
Sat |
9:00 |
BQM
Budget & Nominating Committee meets at Makefield Meeting. |
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3 |
Sat |
9-3:30 |
Care in
the Meeting Community: Balancing Compassion, Responsibility & Resources. |
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3 |
Sat |
10-12 |
The
Family Peacemaking Workshop at Pebble Hill Church on Edison-Furlong Rd. |
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3 |
Sat |
1:30 |
American
Friends Service Committee’s Annual Public Gathering at Friends Center. |
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3 |
Sat |
3 pm |
The
Peace Center - United for Peace at 1:00 pm. |
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3 |
Sat |
7:30 |
The Peace Concert at Langhorne Presbyterian
Church in Langhorne. |
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4 |
Sun |
3-5 |
Admissions
Open House at Newtown Friends School. |
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5 |
Mon |
7:00 |
United
States Foreign Policy After September 11-For A Changed World at Pennswood. |
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10 |
Sat |
9-12 |
PYM
Meeting for Worship and Financial Stewardship. |
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10 |
Sat |
1:30-5 |
Special Called Session of Philadelphia Yearly
Meeting. |
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13 |
Tues |
7:30 |
BQM
Singing Group meets at Makefield Meeting. |
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14 |
Wed |
12-2 |
PYM
Pension Fund Committee with Alan Crosman, Clerk, at Friends Center. |
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14 |
Wed |
7:00 |
Paul
Simon speaks on Election Reform at Pennswood Village. |
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14 |
Wed |
7:30 |
BQM
Outreach Committee meets at Pennswood. |
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15 |
Thurs |
7:30 |
BQM
Oversight Committee meets at Buckingham. |
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16 |
Fri |
6-8:30 |
Regional
Gathering of Quaker Educators at Lehigh
Valley Meetinghouse. |
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16 |
Fri |
6:00 |
BQM
Worship & Ministry meets at Quakertown. |
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17 |
Sat |
7:00 |
BQM
Peace Pals meet at Wrightstown. |
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18 |
Sun |
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Bucks Quarterly Meeting at Falls
Meeting. |
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22 |
Thurs |
9:30 |
Plumstead
Worship Group hosts potluck brunch on Thanksgiving Day. |
Looking
Ahead
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December
1 |
Tuition
aid for Quaker children at Friends Schools. |
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December
8 |
42nd
Annual Nazareth to Bethlehem Christmas Peace Pilgrimage. |
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January
12 |
First
Annual Gathering of Quaker Public Educators. |
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This next
session is called with an intent to address the question of Friends response to
the events and aftermath of Sept. 11th. How do we find our voice and a sense of
leading as Friends to speak and and act clearly and forthrightly? What are the
particular ways in which Friends of PYM might be able to make a contribution to
building a more peaceful and just world? The agenda and discussion will be
informed by the ideas and reflections arising from the ten Threshing Sessions
held in different parts of PYM on the 30th of September. Time: 1:30-5pm at 1515
Cherry, Nov 10th. Childcare provided for infants thru middle school. Call Mary
Anne Crowley at 215-241-7221, or email: maryc@pym.org. Carpooling is suggested.
Note that both of the above can flow from one to the other.
November
18, 2001
Join
Friends from the Quarter for a day of worshipful sharing, business, and fun!
Fallsington
Friends are preparing three workshops that emphasize how we
communicate
our beliefs, share our memories, and support each other in times of crisis.
(See flyer)
Dee
Gardiner will lead the program “Creative Cooperation - Theater Skills,
Improvisation, and More.” Bring your imagination and a favorite hat. At home,
think about the plays you have been in at school, and plays you saw on Broadway.
On Sat, Nov 17th the fun begins at 7 and ends at 9:30. Cost is $3 each. Peace
Pals meet at Wrightstown Meeting. If you don’t know how to get there, call
Sandy at 215-860-9747. You won’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.
James
Twyman travels world-wide performing his “Peace Concert” in countries including
Northern Ireland, Israel, and Iraq. On Sat, Nov 3rd from 10am-12pm he will
present a workshop for parents and children called “The Family Peacemaking
Workshop,” held at Pebble Hill Church, 320 Edison-Furlong Rd, Doylestown. Fee
is $25 for one child and adult as a pair. $10 for additional adult & $5 for
additional child. On Sat, Nov 3rd from 2-4pm is a workshop for adults, entitled
“The Mystical Teaching of the Prayer of St. Francis,” held at Pebble Hill
Church. Fee is $35. On Sat, Nov 3rd James will perform The Peace Concert at
Langhorne Presbyterian Church on Bellevue & Gillam Aves. in Langhorne, PA.
Tickets are $35. Space is limited and events are expected to sell out. For
tickets call the Peace Center at 215-750-7220 or peace@comcat.com
This
gathering is for networking, resource-sharing, and fellowship. Quaker educators
will come together at Lehigh Valley Meetinghouse on Fri, Nov 16th, from
6-8:30pm. Topics include: dealing with current world events in our schools, how
can we be of help to each other as Quaker pacifists in our public schools,
& more. Call 610-821-8086.
Dr. Craig
Eisendrath will speak on the above on Monday, Nov 5th, at 7 pm in Penn Hall at Pennswood
Village. Program is sponsored by UNA-USA. Call 215-968-2913.
November
5th: Terrorism and the Quaker Peace Testimony with Thom Jeavons
November
12th: Quaker Service in Response to Sept 11th with Mary Ellen McNish
(AFSC)
November
19: Practical Options from the Field of Nonviolent Action with George Lakey
November
26: A Muslim Woman’s View of War and Religious Suppression-with Tahija Vikalo
December
3rd: Ethical Responses and Moral Dilemmas: A Peace-builder’s View of the
Current Global Crisis with Paul Green
All of the
above will be held at Media Friends Meeting,
125 West
3rd St., Media, PA. For more information call Pendle Hill at 610-566-4507, Ext.
120 or 137. (The Coordinator did not receive the October dates until recently.)
The
purpose of this meeting is to learn about the 2002-2003 PYM budget, to hear the
Quarterly Meeting reports on Monthly Meeting covenants with PYM, and to advise
the Financial Stewardship Committee. Registration & light refreshments:
8:30-9am. Presentation and Discussion: 9-12pm. Any Friend with a concern for
the Yearly Meeting’s Financial Stewardship is invited. The meeting will be at
Friends Center at 15th & Cherry Sts on Nov. 10th.
BARC
advocates for people with developmental disabilities and is celebrating its
50th anniversary in 2001. Barc has produced a video showing the evolution of
services to people with disabilities during the past fifty years. BARC provides
support to over 700 individuals and families through early intervention,
residential, employment, and respite services. If your Meeting is interested in
the video and/or a speaker, call Peggy Groschopp at 215-794-0800.
Newtown
Friends School will have its Admissions Open House on Sunday, Nov 4th, 2-4. No
reservation required!
For Bucks
County community members seeking support to deal with the Sept 11th tragic
events, call 1-888-344-4595. Included are victim services, support counseling,
information & referrals, debriefing of community groups such as employees,
schools, etc. If you or a friend of yours needs these services, don’t hesitate
to call the number above.
Small
group responses: disbelief/numbness, terror, horror, anger, grief, sense of
common humanity, sadness, new era in history, threat to civilization,
awakening, pain, envy, arrogance, security, justice, fear of U.S. retaliation.
Ways to
respond either personally or corporately: support our young people who are
subjected to peer pressure to retaliate, provide medical, social or
psychological support, receive education from the Muslim faith, teach
Alternatives to Violence programs, avoid demonizing, be steadfast in our Peace
Testimony, increase monetary support to FCNL, AFSC, QUNO. (With thanks to Holly
Olson)
Friends
may want to go to www.beliefnet.com. Click on
Religions and find Quaker. Included are basic history, main tenants, and
organizations. Among other things there is a Quaker Discussion Board. It’s
interesting! (Thanks to Norval Reece.)
Wrightstown
Friends children baked apple pies to give as a peaceful symbol of America to
the Turkish Islamic Mosque in Levittown, sent cards to police and fire
personnel working in NYC, and participated in a neighborhood bake sale which
raised over $200 to benefit the Red Cross.
The Fellowship
of Quakers in the Arts is asking for artists to design a new T-shirt design.
Keep the design to about 10”x10.” Use more than one, but not too many colors.
Include the words “Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts” in or around the design,
in letters readable from several feet away. Send full-color, full-size version
to Types & Shadows, Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts, Philadelphia Yearly
Meeting, PO Box 58565, Phila, PA 19102. Outrageous or humorous ideas welcome.
Deadline: December 1, 2001. Artist whose design is selected will be awarded an
honorarium of $100 and two free shirts.
American
Friends Service Committee’s Annual Public Gathering will be held at Friends
Center (15th & Cherry Streets) on Saturday, November 3rd, at 1:30pm. Panels
include
“Globalization:
the Meaning and Impact of this
“New
Power”
“Working
with Youth: Building Peace in Times of Conflict and Oppression ”
“Building
for the Future.”
The
Meeting is free and open to the public. Also, AFSC will give $20,000 to help
Afghan refugees in Pakistan, and an additional $20,000 to support refugee work
in Iran. To help, send your donation to: No More Victims-Afghan Relief, AFSC,
at 1501 Cherry St., Philadelphia, PA 19102. All donations are tax deductible.
Information: www.afsc.org or 215-241-7000.
Buckingham
Friends School received many emails regarding September 11th from teachers and
students who had been part of exchange programs over the past several years in
Russia, Australia, South Africa, India & Ecuador. Those teachers and
students were horrified by what happened on September 11th.
Chandler
Hall Food Service Department has started to cater events (weddings, parties,
etc.) in the Wright Meeting House.
Chandler
Hall Worship Services will be organized by:
November -
Newtown December - Solebury January – Southampton
