OCTOBER 2000 |
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6 |
Fri |
7:30 |
Thom Jeavons speaks on Spiritual Outreach at Wrightstown. |
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7 |
Sat |
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Buckingham Meeting's Peace
Fair. |
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11 |
Wed |
7:30 |
BQM Outreach
Committee meets at Pennswood. |
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13 |
Fri |
7:30 |
Creativity Sharing at Buckingham Meeting. |
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14 |
Sat |
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Fallsington Day in Falls Township; activities for young
& old. |
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14 |
Sat |
9-3 |
United Friends School Annual Fall Festival at Richland Friends Meeting. |
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14 |
Sat |
10-2 |
BQM Gathering of Monthly
Meeting Overseers. |
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15 |
Sun |
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17 |
Tues |
7:30 |
Bucks Quarter Singing Group meets at Makefield Meeting. |
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19 |
Thurs |
7:30 |
BQM Oversight Committee meets at Solebury Meeting. |
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21 |
Sat |
7:30 |
Peace Pals at Wrightstown
Meeting.. |
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21-22 |
Sat-Sun |
12-9 |
Pumpkinfest 2000 at
Moravian Pottery and Tile Works. |
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22 |
Sun |
2-6 |
Fall Fun at Snipes Farm - rain
date on the 29th. |
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22-Nov 19 |
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7:00 |
Quakerism 201 classes led by
Gretchen Castle. |
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25 |
Wed |
9-12 |
Open House at Buckingham Friends School. |
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27-29 |
Fri-Sun |
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PYM Young Friends Halloween Gathering at Burlington. Call
Cookie at 241-7222. |
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28 |
Sat |
9:00 |
BQM Budget & Nominating Committee meets at Makefield. |
Looking Ahead |
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November 9 |
Denis Halliday speaks on Iraq at Pennswood Village. |
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April 6-8, 2001 |
Quaker Peace Roundtable at State College Friends Meeting. |
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Details about Past and Coming Events
United Friends School
Annual Fall Festival
Buckingham Meeting's
Peace Fair
Chandler Hall Hospice
Seeks Volunteers
Spiritual Outreach:
Specific Approaches
Gathering of Monthly
Meeting Overseers
Snippets of News from
the Quarter and Other Places
United Friends School Annual Fall Festival
October 14th is the date for United Friends School's Fall
Festival. There will be food, activities, crafters, a flea market and more. The
Festival will be held on Richland Friends Meeting grounds at Main and Mill
Streets, just off Route 309. The Festival is open from 9am-3pm. Call 538-1733
for more information.
Buckingham Meeting's Peace Fair
Buckingham Meeting's Peace Fair promises to offer something
for all ages. Included will be workshops, live music, poetry readings,
delicious food, children's arts & crafts and noncompetitive games.
Peter Blood and Annie Patterson, Faith
& Practice, the Reformation Lutheran Church Chancel Choir, Bruce Pollock
Johnson, and Marty Rogers will provide music all day.
Other peace groups include the American
Friends Service Committee, A Woman's Place, Bucks County United Nations
Association, Million Mom March Foundation, NOVA, Teen Task Force, Forty Assets,
Health Care Options, Peace Corps, The Peace Center, ProNica, VITA, SADD,
Community Action Against Racism, and others.
There will be mouth-watering food
available, including barbecued chicken platters with corn bread & salad,
vegetarian fare including hummus, grilled vegetables & salad, and soup,
home-made baked goods, and beverages.
Walter Tsou, Health Commissioner of
Philadelphia, will talk about societal violence and its affect on children at 1
pm in the Meetinghouse.
Lynn Levin, Poet Laureate of Bucks
County, will read from her work. Other Bucks County poets will participate.
The interactive music program for
children beginning at 10am includes Jeff Dershin providing a musical
performance of the Underground Railroad titled "Wade in the Water."
Jeff is an Artist-in-Residence for Bucks & Hunterdon County School systems.
Families will be entertained by
Sparkles the Clown, Peter Blood & Annie Patterson, and the Story Vine.
Children are invited to craft gifts for Habitat for Humanity homes, enjoy the
little train, get their faces painted, and more.
The Peace Fair is on from 10 am to 4 pm
on Saturday, October 7th, at Buckingham Friends Meeting & School.
Quakerism 201
How does Quaker understanding inform our choices? How do the
Testimonies bring meaning to our actions? How does our spiritual understanding
rise up to inform our lives? In this 5 week session you will explore how
Quakerism moves from history and belief into the real and daily movement of our
days. The group will discuss the Testimonies, business practices, personal
leadings, and other topics relevant to the group's experiences. Gretchen
Castle, a trainer and facilitator for 15 years and Clerk of Doylestown Meeting,
will lead the group in participatory reflection and discussion. There will be
some reading and reflection between sessions with an effort to balance serious
religious thought with good-hearted humor. Quakerism classes at Doylestown
Meeting will be from Oct 22 thru Nov 19, at 7 PM. The cost is $30. Make your
check payable to Bucks Quarterly Meeting and send it to Sandy Langhart, Box
4477 George School, Newtown, PA 18940.
Chandler Hall Hospice Seeks Volunteers
Chandler Hall Hospice is offering a five week hospice
volunteer training program beginning Oct 2nd, from 6:30-9 pm every Monday and
Wednesday. This educational series will prepare volunteers to work with people
faced with terminal illness as well as their families. The content of the
program includes the hospice concept, family dynamics, sympton control,
interdisciplinary team functions, and bereavement. Volunteers are the backbone
of the program assisting patients with errands, visits, recreational pursuits,
personal care, and chores. Call 860-4000-1410.
Spiritual Outreach: Specific Approaches
Does your Meeting want to grow? The Bucks Quarterly Meeting
Outreach Committee has invited Thom Jeavons, General Secretary of PYM, to speak
on Spiritual Outreach. There will also be time for interactive discussion.
Bring your ideas and questions. Refreshments will be served. The program will
be held at Wrightstown Meeting's social room on October 6 at 7:30 pm.
AFSC's Bus Ride Kits for Kids
Falls Meeting Friends plan to give the Kits to children who
must take long bus rides (sometimes as long as five hours!) in order to visit
their mothers in prison. The kits will contain pens, pencils, color crayons, an
activity book and a book to read. Friends in the Meeting will donate their
teddy bears & other tiny stuffed animals. Susan Snipes-Wells will take the
children shopping for materials, and the children will help by putting the kits
together. Call Marge Schier at 945-7061 for more information.
Buckingham Friends School
Buckingham Friends School invites families to an Open House
on Wednesday, October 25 from 9am - 12pm. If you are interested in knowing more
about the School you will want to be there with your questions. Applications
for Kindergarten 2001 will available. Call 215-794-7491.
A Day Without the Pentagon
October 15th is the date for A Day Without the Pentagon.
"We can change the priorities of this country by refusing to fund the war
machine. We can feed the hungry; house the homeless; provide quality health
care, education and job training, repair the environment and mass
transit." For more information: 212-228-0450, email: wrl@igc.org or write
to War Resisters League at 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 to find out
more.
Fall fun at Snipes Farm
Middle School Friends are invited to Fall Fun at Snipes
Farm. This is an afternoon of miniature golf, carriage rides, picnic food,
short worship, and playtime in the funhouse. Date is Sunday, Oct 22nd, rain
date Oct 29th. The fun begins at 2 pm and ends promptly at 6 pm. Bring a friend
and $3. Parents will need to fill out permission forms upon arrival! Call
860-9747 for more information.
Pumpkinfest 2000
Pumpkinfest 2000 will be held at the Moravian Pottery and
Tile Works at Fonthill Park in Doylestown, on October 21st & 22nd. There
will be family activities, food, plus fun, games, pony rides, & petting zoo
for kids. Visitors can watch twenty-three artists carve awesome pumpkins which
will be lit from dusk until 9pm. Call 345-6644.
Peace Pals
Teen Night at Wrightstown has changed its name!! After some
discussion at the September gathering the new name is now Peace Pals. We will
still meet at Wrightstown Meeting. If you missed the last one, don't stay away
for this one. There'll be a bonfire, storytelling, and graveyard walk. Costume
is optional. The fun begins at 7:00 and ends at 9:30 pm. Bring a friend. Cost
is $3 each. You don't need another permission form if you were there last
month. 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. Call Sandy at 860-9747 for questions or more
information.
Gathering of Monthly Meeting Overseers
BQM Monthly Meeting Overseers will meet at Solebury Meeting
on Saturday, Oct 14, from 10am-2pm. They will discuss challenges and practices
that work. Bring a covered dish, problems, and ideas. Call Janet Braker at
215-968-0115 for more information.
New General Secretary at AFSC
Mary Ellen McNish assumed the role of General Secretary at
American Friends Service Committee on September 11th. She is impressed with the
depth and quality of AFSC's programs of service, community development, social
justice and peace education conducted in 22 foreign countries and 43 location
throught the U.S. Mary Ellen is committed to shaping a common vision for AFSC.
She is a member of Byberry Meeting.
Snippets of News from the Quarter and Other Places
Special thanks go to Southampton
Friends for a wonderful two-day event at Camp Onas in August. Friends young and
old played games, swam in the pool, ate delicious food, danced, had a great
ecology program & more. Our hats are off to you! And . . . Southampton
Friends thank the many people in the Quarter who helped in so many ways.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness
Month. Contact A Woman's Place at 343-6375 for speakers, posters, and resources
for your Meeting.
If you attended the Companions Along the Way Conference at
George School two years ago you may want a copy of the recently published book based
on the presentations at the conference. You can get your free copy by calling
241-7182. Other copies will cost $15 each.
Have you got an old suitcase or duffel bag or backpack you
don't use anymore? Suitcases For Kids is working to help children in foster
care throughout Bucks County. Many foster care children carry their belongings
in black garbage bags as they move from home to home. Each child averages seven
moves while in foster care. Call 345-6644 for information.
BARC (The Bucks Association for Retired Citizens) is
looking for individuals willing to volunteer a few hours a month to visit with
one of their residents. A visit, a phone call, a walk in a park, a birthday
card helps our Senior Citizens. For information call Murry Selkow at 794-0800,
ext. 325.
There will be two dates in October for PYM's Friends
Workcamps, October 6-8 and 20-22. If you're interested in participating, call
215-241-7236. Ask for information on financial assistance and family rate. The
cost is $45.
Gretta Stone Returns! As many know,
Gretta Stone flew to the West Coast with her bicycle and rode it alone from
there to the East Coast. She visited many Friends on her travels. Gretta says
"It was an amazing journey." We welcome her back. Your Meeting might
want to invite Gretta to speak about her experiences. Gretta is a member of
Doylestown Mtg.