November Quarterly Meeting Program: Creating Spiritual Autobiographies
Bucks Quarterly Meeting of Friends met virtually for their November Quarterly Meeting on Sunday, November 20th. Before meeting for worship, lunch and meeting for business, Lehigh Valley Friends presented a program featuring member Joyce Hinnefeld entitled: Creating Spiritual Autobiographies in Partnership with Incarcerated Women: A Lehigh Valley Monthly Meeting Project.
In the spring and early summer of this year, several Lehigh Valley members and attenders participated in the writing of spiritual autobiographies, drawing on exercises in Dan Wakefield’s book, The Story of Your Life: Writing a Spiritual Autobiography, and Mary Pipher’s, Writing to Change the World.
Facilitated and guided by Joyce, they shared poems, drawings, and portions of their autobiographies with incarcerated women at Pennsylvania’s Muncy State Correctional Institution, communicating via U.S. Mail and/or the prison messaging system, and invited their partners to produce and share similar work.
During the presentation, participants in the group discussed their discoveries gleaned through writing their own spiritual autobiographies and through sharing stories and experiences with their incarcerated partners. Complete spiritual autobiographies can be found on the Lehigh Valley Friends Meeting website.
To view the full program, click the YouTube link below.