What’s Really Going On in Iraq Now? Is Peace Possible?
October 11 Called Session on PYM Structure
Meetinghouse Needs Volunteers to Welcome Tourists
American Friends Service Committee Donations
Conference on the Impact of Prison on Families
Habitat for Humanity of Bucks County
Come sing with us! Pendle Hill Chorus
Fall Fest at United Friends School
The Emerging Majority - Progressive American Radio
10th Annual New Hope Outdoor Arts and Crafts Festival
“The Peace Center Auction of Your Dreams”
Buckingham Friends School Open House, Wed, Oct 1.
Send Sandy your current address
Snippets of News from the Quarter and Other Places
Sing-Along at Doylestown Meeting
Lynette Killen at Chandler Hall
Meeting for Worship at Pennswood Village
Middletown Friends Meeting at Langhorne Worship
Chandler Hall Worship Services
October 2003 |
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Wed |
7:30 - 9 pm |
Pendle Hill Chorus. |
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Sat & Sun |
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10th Annual New Hope Outdoor Arts and Crafts Festival. |
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Sat |
9am-3 pm |
Fall Fest at United Friends School. |
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4 |
Sat |
1pm-5 pm |
Quaker College Fair at Arch Street Meetinghouse. |
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11 |
Sat |
8:30-4 pm |
October Called Session on PYM Structure. |
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11 |
Sat |
4:30-8:00 pm |
“The Peace Center Auction of Your Dreams”. |
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Fri |
7:30-9 pm |
What is the Patriot II Bill? |
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Sun |
7 pm |
What’s Really Going on in Iraq Now? Is Peace Possible? |
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Sat |
12:00 noon |
Chandler Hall Auxiliary at Fisher’s Tudor House Restaurant. |
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Sat |
6:30-11 pm |
Habitat for Humanity of Bucks County. |
Looking Ahead |
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Nov 1 |
American Friends Service Committee celebrates more than 85 years of service. |
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Nov15 |
PYM Meeting for Worship and Financial Stewardship, Meeting House at George School. |
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Nov 23 |
Quakerism in a Nutshell, at Doylestown Meeting. |
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Dec 27, 2003 - Jan 1, 2004 |
Young Friends (14-20) YouthQuake Estes Park, Colorado. Info: 215-241-7222. |
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The Quaker Parenting Project aims to support parents in their efforts to integrate their Quaker beliefs, values, and practices into their family life. Many parents are questioning how to integrate their Quaker faith and values into their parenting efforts. The questions are becoming urgent as parents with young children, many of whom have been raised in other religious traditions, are coming to our Meetings. Info: 1-601-649-7037.
will have an old-fashioned Halloween party with scary games. Please come in costume. If you don’t have a costume, Sandy will let you use some of her costumes for the evening. Call ahead if you want to borrow a costume. We will also have cookies and juice, and you can win a prize for the best costume. If you are coming for the first time, don’t forget to have your parent fill out the permission form on the back of the flyer. Date is Sat, Oct 18, 2003. Peace Pals begins at 7 pm. Parent pickup is 9 pm. $3
Info: 215-598-8566. More Peace Pals needed for ages 4th-8th grade. Come and enjoy the fun!
Join us for an Evening of Reflection, Inspiration, and Truth - Telling. Bishop Gumbleton and Kathy Kelly have traveled to Iraq many times, bringing humanitarian relief.
Kathy has gone to Iraq 22 times and has sent 70 delegations to Iraq with medicine and toys for children. She has been nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Other participants: Rev Alfred Krass and Rev. Sturgis Poorman, Lower Bucks Center for Church and Community. The sponsor is Falls Friends Meeting. Others endorsed:
Info: Falls Friends Meeting: 215-945-7061 or George School 215-579-6500 or Voices in the Wilderness: www.vitw.org, 773-784-8064. Refreshments/Everybody Welcome! The date is Sunday, October 19, 7 p.m. at George School, Route 413, Newtown , PA.
Enjoy your swing favorites from Gershwin, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin with the Vance Camisa Jazz Quartet. Date is Oct 4, 7 pm at Centenary United Methodist Church 108 North Union St, Lambertville NJ. Info: 1-609-397-2468
The Peace Vigil at the Liberty Bell that began in 1999 continues each First Day afternoon between 4-5 pm. This is a meeting for worship in the manner of Friends that lasts for an hour. Usually, it’s a handful of people. Last week, with a concerted effort, Friends from three states swelled the ranks to 60. John Andres Gallery, of Chestnut Hill Meeting articulates that this vigil is “for prayer, and for peace.” His reflections appear in Pendle Hill Pamphlet #358: Reflections from a Prayer Vigil for Peace.
Recommendations for adjustments to the structure of PYM will be considered at a Called Session on Sat, Oct 11, at Fourth and Arch Street Meeting. Childcare available if reserved by Oct 3rd, 215-241-7221. Plan to arrive at 8:30 for registration and refreshments. Meeting begins at 9 am. Lunch will be served in the Meetinghouse. The Meeting will end at 4:00 pm.
Philadelphia’s new Constitution Center will open July 4, 2003. We can only guess the impact it will have on the number of visitors to the Fourth and Arch Street Meetinghouse. We need you to help as volunteer guides.
Our Quaker heritage is a gift from the past that the tourists want to experience and explore. They treasure what it stands for: A way of life based on religious freedom, the founding of a nation, etc.
Tour guides and school groups are finding the Arch Street Meeting House a significant addition to their tour of Philadelphia. They don’t have to wait in long lines or go through metal detectors. They get to sit down and share in the dialogue. Last spring over 25,000 visitors came to the meetinghouse (over 1,000 on one day!).
The Quaker message needs to be told and Arch Street Visitors Program needs your help to do it. Call Sandy Sudofsky at 215-627-2667.
We will have another meeting of our Peaceful Hands group tonight. Please join us if you can. A group of us with similar concerns are welcoming others to join us for an evening of peace related conversation. All are welcome to bring your hand crafts, your bills to pay - anything you would normally do with your hands on a Tuesday evening - or just spend the time with us, dialoguing about ways to direct our common energies toward our community, and the world at 7 pm. Childcare is available. Friends will meet on the second Tuesday of each month at Quakertown Friends Meeting, Rt 579 & White Bridge Road, Quakertown, NJ 08868. Call for directions: 1-908-537-2719
Needed:
Donors are encouraged to include $5 for each kit to help pay shipping costs. Send to AFSC, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102-1479.
Friends Transition Support Services is planning a conference for Friends who have now, in the past or are facing having a family member or other loved one in prison. The conference will be Sat, Oct 25, at Haddonfield Meeting.
Info: Priscilla Adams 1-609-835-4285
High school students are invited to meet with admissions representatives of Quaker colleges across the United States at the Quaker College Fair on Saturday, Oct 4th, at Fourth and Arch Street Meetinghouse in Philadelphia. This event comes once every two years and is sponsored by PYM and Friends Association for Higher Education. The fair runs from 1 pm-5 pm. Former PYM Workcamp Coordinator Michael Van Hoy, an alumnus of Haverford College, will open the fair with a keynote speech. Info: 215-241-7223.
Habitat for Humanity of Bucks County is having a Ball ... a Masked Ball, that is! This annual event is a wonderful opportunity to visit with friends and neighbors, support the important work of Habitat in your own community, and have a great time! Date is Saturday, October 25, at Spring Mill Manor, Ivyland, PA. Info: www.habitabucks.org or call 215-348-2204, ext. 303.
Bring a desire to sing, a commitment to Wednesday evening rehearsals and to one performance. No audition necessary. Starts Wed, Oct 1, 7:30 - 9:00 pm. Performance: Wednesday, December 10. We will sing a variety of holiday music. Here’s your chance to sing even if you’ve never been in a chorus before. Info: Call Jackie Coren 215-843-5254 .
Chandler Hall Auxiliary is having a dinner at (12 noon) and theater (the show “Dead End” put on by the Peddler Village Mystery Theater group) on Saturday, Oct 25th, 2003, at Fishers Tudor Restaurant. Tickets are $31.00; $20.00 covers a 3 course meal, tip and tax. The $11.00 goes to the Auxiliary for its projects. We hope each Meeting will give their support to this by selling tickets. Our goal is to sell at least 80 tickets. It will be good food and lots of fun. Info: Laura Clappison, 215-968-4785.
United Friends School will be holding it’s annual Fall Fest at the Richland meeting grounds (Mill & Main St) in Quakertown on Saturday, October 4th, from 9 am-3 pm. All are welcome to come and enjoy this fun filled day. The Fall Fest will feature artisans, crafters, book/video sale, children’s flea market, baked goods, homemade foods, petting zoo, kid’s activities and entertainment. Crafters are welcome. Info: 215-538-1733.
Be part of The Emerging Majority every Friday between 1 and 2 PM on WBNW am 1120 and WPLM am 1390 (Boston). Ben and Dennis Tafoya were members of Doylestown Meeting. Their new show aims to create an on air community for people who are passionate about economic democracy, peaceful foreign policy and human rights. Info: 1-617-953-2530.
There will be 170 juried artists from around the country with fine art, pottery, jewelry, photography and more. Date is Sat is Oct 4th, 11 am-6 pm & Oct 5th, 11 am-5 pm. Info: 215-862-5880.
Date is October 11, 2003, from 4:30-8 pm. The program will be at the Wright Meeting Hall at Chandler Hall in Newtown, at Barclay Street, Newtown. Cost is $35 for Peace Center member. Non-member is $45. The auction will offer items that will “feed your body and soul.” It will feature several weekend or weeklong stays at resorts and vacation homes, bed and breakfast getaways, spas, fine dining and entertainment gift certificates, original art of local artsts and much more. The Silent Auction starts at 4:30 pm, accompanied by hors d’oeuvres. At 6:30 there will be dessert and Live Auction. Please reply by October 3rd. To make reservations for further information, call the Peace Center at 215-750-7220.
Meet teachers, current students and parents, and learn about this Friends School for grades K through 8. Time is 9 am to noon. Please call 215-794-7481 to register or for more information. BFS web site is www.bfs.org
What are its rumored and likely provisions? Why has the Attorney General labeled librarians as “hysterical” when they object to it? Why has it pitted local governments against the federal government? To what degree will it diminish personal privacy? How are the legal rights of non-citizen residents affected? Is it a prudent and reasonable response of a government with duty to protect its citizens?
Explore these and other questions on Friday, October 17, from 7:30 to 9:00 PM at the Meetinghouse on the George School campus at a public symposium sponsored by the Peace and Social Concerns Committee of Wrightstown Monthly Meeting. The program will be moderated by David A. Smith, the next Clerk of Bucks Quarter, and will feature a panel of experts on law and constitutional rights, including Jan Ting, Professor of Law at Temple University, Jan O’Rouke, representing local library professionals, and others. In addition to presentations by the panel, the audience will be encouraged to submit questions for discussion. Info: email wds_at_ieee.org or call 215-598-8566. Click here for more information.
If you are planning to move, send me your current address and then your NEW address. Info: Sandy Langhart at 215-860-9747 or 215-598-8246.
BQM Singing Group will meet at Makefield Meeting on Oct 29 at 7:30 pm. Dave Kashoff will play the piano.
BQM Outreach Committee will meet at Pennswood Village at 7:30, Oct 8th. Info: Kellie Schussel Edens.215-428-0196.
BQM Oversight Committee meets at Buckingham Meeting on Thursday, Oct 16th.
You’re Invited to a Sing-Along at Doylestown Meeting on Saturday, October 18, 2003, from 7:30 until ? Bring yourselves, your significant others, friends, (Children are particularly welcome at this event!) - anyone who likes to sing. Bring musical instruments if you would like to provide some of the music. A copy of Rise Up Singing is available if you don’t have one. Refreshments provided. Info: call Gretta or Jacob Stone at 215-345-0575.
Lynette Killen takes top post at Chandler Hall. Killen’s career has been devoted to advocating for the aging and elderly. She brings a myriad of experience in nursing home, hospice care, home health care, and more. Info: 215-860-4000.
Meeting for Worship is at Pennswood Village every first day morning at 10:30 am at Barclay Lounge. We would like other Friends in Bucks Quarter to join with us in Worship.
Middletown Friends Meeting at Langhorne now has midweek Worship from 7-8 pm every Wednesday. The third Wednesday is Worship Sharing at 7 pm.
Doylestown Meeting Friends continue their Silent Vigil for Peace at the corner of State & Main Streets, and invite members from other Meetings to participate as well. The Meeting has added the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons to the Peace Vigil Message. The Vigil is from 6 pm-7 pm every Tuesday.
Chandler Hall Worship Services will be organized by:
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