September 2004. 1

Looking Ahead. 1

37th Annual Yardley Meeting Flea Market 2

The BQ Peace and Concerns Committee. 2

Chandler Hall Art and Antique Appraisal 2

Camp Dark Waters Needs Our Help. 2

New Cooing Additions. 2

From Pendle Hill 2

Arch Street Meeting House Wants You! 3

Yard signs Available. 3

WANTED: Conscientious Objectors to tell their stories. 3

Earlham School of Religion and PYM Observe International Day of Peace. 3

Kathy Kelly to Speak at Buckingham Friends School 3

Snippets of News from the Quarter and Other Places. 3

Gift Cards Featuring Quaker Quilts on Display at Chandler Hall 3

Meeting for Worship is at Pennswood Village. 3

Middletown Friends Meeting at Langhorne has mid-week Worship. 4

Doylestown Meeting Friends continue their vigil for peace. 4

Chandler Hall Auxiliary. 4

Thanks to Grange Fair Greeters. 4

Chandler Hall Worship Service Organizers. 4

Contact the Coordinator 4

 

 

 

37th Annual Yardley Meeting Flea Market

This is not your garden variety flea market! Over 100 vendors will be offering very reasonable prices on antiques, collectibles and crafts.  Plants, fresh baked goods, gently used clothing, furniture and much more will also be for sale and let’s not forget about those White Elephants! There will  be space for local non-profits. Free parking is next to the meetinghouse and paid parking on the grounds of the meetinghouse will also be available. Funds raised are for unbudgeted outreach needs as they arise throughout the year. Contact Kim Fulton at 215-295-1678 with questions regarding space rental.

The BQ Peace and Concerns Committee

will meet at Fallsington Meeting on Sept 19 at the rise of Meeting for Worship. Caroline Packard who is a mediator/ facilitator from PYM will also be attending. Issues have arisen as a result of Friends walking in the Doylestown Memorial Day parade. Some local residents and Veterans took offense to our participation carrying banners that read, “Peace is Patriotic.”  Although in general, the BQ group was welcomed and appreciated, we need to find a common ground to open constructive dialogue with those who oppose our participation in the parade.

Chandler Hall Art and Antique Appraisal

Bring your treasures for valuation and support this great fundraiser. Proceeds benefit the Chandler Hall Auxiliary Assistance Fund. Contact your Meeting’s Chandler Hall representative or Edwina Asch at 215-946-6080 for more information. Ask your CH  representative appointed by your Meeting about membership and activities of the Auxiliary. New members are always welcome!

 

Camp Dark Waters Needs Our Help

Down in the southern half of New Jersey lies another Quaker Camp, Camp Dark Waters. Some of us spent many wonderful weeks in the shade and cedar water of Camp Dark Waters (hence the name). As many of you recall the Medford NJ area was devastated by flood waters on July 12. Camp Dark Waters suffered severe flood damage as it is located along the creek. Three cabins were floated off of their foundations. Two other cabins and the dining hall suffered foundation damage. Water rose five feet inside the lodge and all office equipment and records appear to be lost. The balance of summer sessions were cancelled. The counselors made a sign, “In the midst of devastating disaster, create something.”  Camp Dark Waters will do just that and it  will conquer the obstacles currently  placed before it,  however  they need our help. Many supplies are needed and a list is posted on the website at http://www.campdarkwaters.org, if you are able to donate any of the items listed please send an email to: mailto:mhelpdarkwaters@yahoo.com. A disaster relief fund has been established for those who can offer monetary support. Please send you tax deductible donation to Camp Dark Waters, Inc. Relief Fund P.O. Box 9921 Phila., PA 19118.

New Cooing Additions

Middletown Meeting welcomes Hayley Elizabeth Gessner and Yardley Meeting welcomes Leonard Roger Edens. Please send all celebrations and announcements of new lives and lives passing to the coordinator. All Meeting members are part of the larger family of Bucks Quarter, let us embrace and share our in each other's life stories.

From Pendle Hill

Shirley Dodson and John Meyer want us to know that Pendle Hill has scholarship funds available to match grants from Friends Meetings or other religious communities; anyone interested may contact Steve Jackson at 610-566-4507 or mailto:m registrar@pendlehill.org.

Arch Street Meeting House Wants You!

Volunteer greeters and guides are needed at Arch Street Meetinghouse. There are a variety of shifts available 10am-4pm as well as shorter shifts of 10-1 and 1-4 Monday through Saturday. Contact Lyle Jenks at 215-241-7225 or mailto:mlylej@pym.org.

Yard signs Available

There is No Way to Peace, Peace is the Way: Yard signs are available through the BQ Peace and Concerns Comm. for $10.00. Contact your Meeting representative, or Beth Taylor at 215-822-2299 or by email at mailto:mhuldahliz@aol.com.

WANTED: Conscientious Objectors to tell their stories

BQ Peace and Concerns Comm. is compiling a photo/narrative display of C.O.’s in the Bucks County area. The exhibit will be on display at the Peace Fair.

Earlham School of Religion and PYM Observe International Day of Peace

On September 20 and 21, Friends are planning to celebrate United Nations International Day of Peace in Philadelphia. The event will open on Monday evening September 20 at 7:00pm, with a panel discussion; “Pacifism In the Age of Terrorism,” at Arch Street Meetinghouse, 4th and Arch Streets. On Tuesday the 21st, at 10:00am there will be a bell ceremony by Quaker schoolchildren at Independence National Historic Park-Visitors’ Center Balcony. Following the bell ceremony, there will be a luncheon at 11:30 held at the Downtown Club featuring 1976 Nobel Peace Prize winner Betty Williams of Northern Ireland. All Friends are invited to attend the two day celebration. There is a $10.00 registration fee for the panel discussion and the cost of  the luncheon is $50.00 for adults and $15.00 for students. Please call Jay Marshall 800-432-1377 with any questions. Send registration and/or luncheon payments to the attention of Janelle Williams at Earlham School of Religion 11350 N. Meridian Street, Suite 100, Carmel, Indiana 46032.

Kathy Kelly to Speak at Buckingham Friends School

September 24, 7-9pm

Kathy Kelly (MA Theology) of Chicago, Ill helped initiate Voices in the Wilderness, a campaign to end the sanctions against Iraq. They organized 70 delegations to visit Iraq between 1996 and March 2003. In October 2002, Kathy joined Iraq Peace Team Members in Baghdad where they maintained a presence throughout the invasion. Her most recent trip to Iraq was December 21, 2003 to January 8, 2004. Kathy has been the recipient of many peace awards.

Kathy was recently sentenced to three months in Pekin Federal Prison Camp for her participation in a nonviolent protest at the School of the Americas, which is in Ft Benning, GA. The School of the Americas, now renamed “Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation” (WHINSEC). The former SOA now WHINSEC trains Latin American soldiers in combat, counter-insurgency, and counter-narcotics. SOA graduates are responsible for some of the worst human rights abuses in Latin America.

Snippets of News from the Quarter and Other Places

Gift Cards Featuring Quaker Quilts on Display at Chandler Hall

Need a hostess gift, holiday stocking-stuffer or a thoughtful thank-you gift? Chandler Hall has lovely gift cards featuring the Quaker quilt on display at CH which depicts events in Quaker history. They are $1.00 each and sales benefit the CH Auxiliary in its mission of aiding Friends at Chandler Hall. Contact your Meeting representative if you would like some of these lovely cards.

Meeting for Worship is at Pennswood Village

Meeting for Worship is at Pennswood Village every first day morning at 10:30 am at Barclay Lounge.  All Friends in Bucks Quarter are welcome to join in Worship.

Middletown Friends Meeting at Langhorne has mid-week Worship

Middletown Friends Meeting at Langhorne has mid-week Worship from 7-8 pm every Wednesday.  The third Wednesday is Worship Sharing.

Doylestown Meeting Friends continue their vigil for peace

Doylestown Meeting Friends continue their vigil for peace, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. every Tuesday, at the corner of State and Main Street, and invite members from other meetings to participate.

Chandler Hall Auxiliary

Chandler Hall Auxiliary will meet on Monday September 13, 1:30 at Friends Home (50 Congress Street, Newtown). Come meet Florence Fortino, registered Dietician and Consultant on Nutrition for Chandler Hall. The Annual Meeting for elected officials and refreshments will follow.

Ask your Chandler Hall Representative appointed by your Meeting about membership and activities of the Auxiliary. New member are always welcome!

Thanks to Grange Fair Greeters

Thank You  to all who helped as greeters for the Quaker tent at The Middletown Grange Fair. This informational exhibit is a fantastic way for us to reach out to the wider community proving that Quakers are far from extinct!!

Chandler Hall Worship Service Organizers

September - Buckingham

October– Doylestown

November– Fallsington

Contact the Coordinator

Is calling the coordinator a toll  call for you and you don’t have email??

There is another choice, if you live in the central or upper end of Bucks County or in the

Lehigh Valley, you may reach Holly directly at the BQ office in Sellersville at 215-453-7358. All calls to 215-860-9747 are forwarded to the Sellersville number.

 

George School, under the typical space constraints of all schools, needed to reclaim the office space which they had generously offered to BQ for so many years. They are graciously continuing to offer to us the use of the Post Office Box. Thank You GS!