Upcoming Events/News/Announcements
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MINISTRY FOR RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUALITY OF PYM
Members of the Ministry for Racial Justice and Equality in the Religious Society of Friends sent letters to Meetings last fall, offering a visit from the group to share about the ministry. They have scheduled visits to Woodstown Meeting (NJ), Third Haven Meeting (MD) and Fallsington Meeting (PA). This Ministry is a PYM working group under the care of the Worship and Care Standing Committee. The group seeks to travel among Friends, with a shared concern for our beloved Religious Society of Friends, to help it be the place of love and care for all who seek it. Visit our website: www.pym.org/pym_wgs/racialjustice_wg.php or search for [PYM Ministry racism]. You can email the group at pym.friendsnrace@gmail.com to arrange a visit.
from Medford Monthly Meeting
8/1/09
- Jim hopes everyone struck by the tornado in Medford & Medford Lakes is healthy and safe.
4/19/09
- Meeting has a Facebook page. Receive updates and event notifications. Search for Medford Monthly Meeting under 'Pages'.
4/12/09
- The Household Committee is now using Fair Trade Coffee and recycle-able paper cups for Coffee Hour.
3/29/09
-Please sign up for Friendly 8s, Sunday, 4/19 @ 5pm. Children welcomed.
3/1/09
-Medford Meeting members have booked the Burlington Conference Center for an intergenerational Gathering in October.
12/14/08
- FDS is collecting contributions for Pennies for Peace
- Ruth is collecting gifts for the women of the Garden Project
11/30/08
- Barry would like to share Maya Angelou's poem, "A Brave & Startling Truth". It is a poem that speaks his mind.
11/16/08
- Laura reminds Friends that a Woolman Cookbook makes a great Holiday gift.
- A Peace Gathering To Fight Violence will take place 1/17/09 in Philadelphia. Flyer can be read here. Contact George for more info.
10/26/08
- Cropwell Meeting will hold their 200th Anniversary this Summer.
All other announcements are on the Home Page.
- 10/19/08
- Joyce asks Friends to sign the FCNL Ban on Torture letters to our Senators. You can send an email from the FCNL & read more here or print your own letter here.
9/28/08
- Peace & Social Committee urges Friends to sign the petition in the foyer for a moratorium against executions sponsored by the Moratorium Campaign. Online petition can be found here.
QUAKER LESBIAN CONFERENCE IN AUGUST
The 33rd Quaker Lesbian Conference will take place the weekend of August 21-23 at the Brinton House at Pendle Hill. The theme is "To Everything There Is a Season: A Time to Gather." For information email QLConf@aol.com or visit http://qlcnews.blogspot.com An announcement from the organizers says, "The Quaker Lesbian Conference exists to be a loving time and space in which self-defined women (including those who are transgendered) who are Quaker or familiar with Quakerism, and who are lesbian, bisexual, or moving towards those identities, can connect with Spirit and with each other. We envision a community in which each woman shares worship, spiritual exploration and loving relationships in an environment that embraces diversity, individual leadings, struggle, and play."
ADULT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES A MEDFORD MONTHLY MEETING RETREAT
Reserve October 16 and 17, 2009 on your calendar! Medford Meeting members and attenders will gather at the Burlington Meetinghouse Conference Center for an overnight retreat. The intergenerational event will begin at dinner on Friday and end at dinner on Saturday. The retreat program will provide stimulating activities, family fun, good food, and an opportunity to better get to know others of our Meeting community. More details about the retreat particulars will become available during the next few months. Meanwhile, circle those dates.
JOIN QUAKER PILGRIMAGE TO ENGLAND IN 2010
PYM's Education Standing Committee invites you to join next year's Quaker Pilgrimage to England, an 8-day trip in late June 2010. Join trip leaders Irene McHenry (Millville Meeting, PA) and Sarah Sweeney-Denham (Germantown Meeting, PA), both staff of the Friends Council on Education, to experience the roots of the Religious Society of Friends. Plans are underway for a 2010 Quaker Pilgrimage, exploring England's "1652 Country" with a guide from Britain Yearly Meeting. We expect the cost for 8-day Pilgrimage to be in the range of $1600-$1800 per person. This includes all room and board, local bus travel to historic sites, guides, site entry fees, etc. It does not include airfare. Some financial aid is available. We will create the schedule, set the fee and open registration by September 2009, at which time participants will reserve a space with a non-refundable deposit of $500 per person. To indicate interest (or to ask questions), please contact Sarah@friendscouncil.org or (215) 241-7245 by May 31, 2009.
from Philadelphia Monthly Meeting
QUAKER INSTITUTE PLANS SUMMER SEMINAR
Quaker Institute for the Future (QIF) is inviting applications for its 2009 Summer Seminar, July 6 to 10 at Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California. The Summer Seminar offers a unique blend of research time and group reflection in a setting of excellent resources. Daily meeting for worship, individual study, and collaborative discernment. Quaker Institute for the Future originated from the work of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting's Earthcare Working Group. For further information contact Shelley Tanenbaum at sheltan@pacbell.net or 510-525-8964.
QUAKER LESBIAN CONFERENCE IN AUGUST
The 33rd Quaker Lesbian Conference will take place the weekend of August 21-23 at the Brinton House at Pendle Hill. The theme is "To Everything There Is a Season: A Time to Gather." For information email QLConf@aol.com or visit http://qlcnews.blogspot.com An announcement from the organizers says, "The Quaker Lesbian Conference exists to be a loving time and space in which self-defined women (including those who are transgendered) who are Quaker or familiar with Quakerism, and who are lesbian, bisexual, or moving towards those identities, can connect with Spirit and with each other. We envision a community in which each woman shares worship, spiritual exploration and loving relationships in an environment that embraces diversity, individual leadings, struggle, and play."
