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EVERY VALLEY SHALL BE FILLED, AND EVERY MOU~TAI,_. AND HILL SHALL BE MADE LOW, AND THE CROOKED SHALL BE MADE STRAIGHT, AND THE ROUG ~S MADE SMOOTH. Editor-Manager Among Friends Vinton Deming Associate Editor Kenneth Sutton Traditions, Old and New Assistant Editor Timothy Drake ince 1981 we have often included a staff photo in the December issue. It's one Art Director way of extending our gratitude for your friendship in the past year and our best Barbara Benton wishes for the year ahead. The message remains the same; we have delayed Production Assistant S Alia Podolsky our photo because our coworker Nagendran Gulendran is on leave visiting his family Development Consultant in Sri Lanka. We pray for his safe return from that troubled land and for the return to Henry Freeman health of his mother in Colombo. You may look for our family portrait here early in Marketing and Advertising Manager Nagendran Gulendran the new year. Secretary With or without our holiday photo, there should be no doubt about the approach Cheryl Armstrong of Christmas. Glossy holiday gift catalogs fill mail boxes at home and office. My Bookkeeper friend Stan Banker, whose Hoosier humor frequently graces the pages of Quaker James Neveil Life, has written to me on the subject of LL Bean catalogs. Lately, Stan confesses to Poetry Editor Judith Brown a discovery about himself: "Even Quakers can be caught up in the desires of this Development Data Entry world, especially as Christmas draws closer. My discovery of this fact was Pamela Nelson heightened by the dog-ear I placed on pages 28 and 29 of L.L 's Christmas catalog Intern featuring, to my dismay, a wide array of Scottish tartan plaid shirts. Twelve designs Cat Buckley in all! Hardly a Quaker thing. And, worse yet, I liked them, every one-the Royal Volunteers Jane Burgess, Emily Conlon, Marguerite Clark, Stewart, the Black Stewart, the Dress Stewart, the Muted Dress Stewart, and Carol MacCormack, Jack Mongar, Robert Sutton especially the [Quaker] Gray Stewart. What was happening to me?" Board of Managers In an effort "to save all Quakers from such straying down the road to eternal Irwin Abrams, Jennie Allen, Frank Bjomsgaard, Susan Carnahan, Sue Carnell, Marguerite Clark, damnation or worse," Stan invites FJ readers to contribute to his" 1996 L.L Quaker Barbara Coffin, Emily Conlon, Phoebe Cottingham Catalog," now in early stages of formation. 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7 Meetings for Healing in the Manner 4 Forum of Friends Viewpoint Meny Stanford and Richard Lee 5 This traditional Quaker practice provides opportunities for deep 25 Parents' Corner inward communion. 26 Life in the Meeting 10 On the Inward Seasons of the Church Year 28 Reports Esther Greenleaf Miirer 30 Humor Ifwe closely observe our inward state, the Christian calendar may come to have greater meaning for us." 31 News of Friends 11 The Illumination 32 Bulletin Board Dorothy Norvell Andersen A quiet event provides a meaningful experience of Christmas. 32 Calendar 12 The Challenge of Evangelical 33 Books Friends 37 Resources MarkS. Cary Some fundamental beliefs ofeva ngelical Friends can benefit 39 Milestones liberals who are open to the message. 40 Classified 14 Dramatic Changes in World Quaker 42 Meetings Membership Wallace Cayard The distribution ofm embership is changing as the worldwide Religious Society ofFriends grows. 16 Out of Hitler's Reach: The Scattergood Hostel for European Refugees, 1939-43 Aliza Michael Luick-Thrams Over the course ofth e hostel's four-year existence, 185 individuals found a haven in rural Iowa.

Are Friends more concerned with tolerance than with Truth ? Friends meetinghouse and school, 21 Listening to King Jesus North Pole Batalles, Bolivia Deborah Niedermeyer The inconsistencies and weaknesses ofthe Religious Right are revealed over the radio airwaves. Cover art by Rita Corbin

FRIENDS JOURNAL December 1995 3 Forum

suggesting there is no Inner Teacher, I ask invasion is inadvisable, our CIA arranges Does it exist? him: What brings you to the silence and why tortures, murders, slaughters, and coups. The On Robert Kunkel's Viewpoint do you stay with the Religious Society of end, of course, is to concentrate power in the comments ("It Doesn't Exist," FJ Sept.), let Friends? hands of our ruling elite. If the rest of the me share that the Religious Society of Diane Bonner Zarowin world remains cowed, our predatory rulers Friends (RSF) is religious, is a society, and Staten Island, N.Y. will soon achieve their end- absolute is of Friends everywhere; whether or not control of the planet. "love and unity ... prevail among Quakers." It reminds me of when a history teacher . and a response Joseph M. Mitchener said the Holy Roman Empire was neither Perhaps an analogy will make my point Salinas, Calif. holy, nor Roman, nor an empire. Draw your clearer. Suppose someone claimed to belong own analogy, but it is a literary or language to "the Religious Society of Christians." If problem and you may not want to get stuck you asked just what this Society is, or does, Thank you, Martha on it. I know that in my heart I am a Quaker, would you be satisfied with the answer that it exists because it thinks, or that it is a My story begins in the fall of 1972 at the even ifl may be the last one on earth (a beginning of my tenure as a young pastor of metaphor). Unity organized by the God Who is Other? And if it wert~ added that the only criterion the First Baptist Church of Wildwood, N.J. I Never mind that after the death of Jesus did not know it at the time, but meeting a something called itself the (Catholic or for membership in the Society is that one be a member of some Christian church parishoner during the first weeks at FBC Orthodox) church; and in the middle ages, would alter my life experience profoundly. Holy Mother, the Church; after Fox, the (Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, or what have you), wouldn't it seem fair to ask, "But One of my first pastoral calls was with Religious Society of Friends. Ifthe RSF is Martha Rhoads, a retired home economics an illusion, then so is all oflife. That is why why speak of membership in a mysterious 'Society'? Why not just say you're a teacher. Her husband had died a few years I look to the spirit of the words rather than to earlier. He had been a lifelong Quaker and the letter of the words. Christian who belongs to such and such a church?" I'm not suggesting that there had introduced his wife to his faith journey. Let us get past the semantics and the I noticed a current issue of FRIENDS JouRNAL failure of praxis. Let us respect our couldn't possibly be a satisfactory answer, but what's so strange about the question? on Martha's coffee table and I glanced differences and recognize the very mystery through it. Not being familiar with the of the spirit that makes us come into the publication, I asked if I could borrow it for a world and then leave it. Let us not waste our Robert Kunkel Chapel Hill, N.C. brief time. She suggested I take several back time with intellectual and literary exercises issues and told me to take my good time that divide us. Let us celebrate the life of the Perplexing returning them. Spirit Let us try to be religious every day in Within weeks, I began receiving the and out of our meetings (churches) and in Here is a question for comments by FJ magazine at my home address. My fri end the world. readers: A stranger came to our meeting had given me a gift subscription. Each fall In the life of the Spirit there is no today and during a pre-worship discussion for the next 23 years I would receive a card momentum. We are always at the beginning. asked me (he was very inquisitive and from the FJ indicating that I would again be analytical), "Since God is within people, if mailed this publication in the coming year. Patrick Genna every person were killed would God then be This generous gift has changed my life St. Louis, Mo. nonexistent in this world?" and had a profound effect on my career as a Nelson Babb minister. My attitudes about pacifism, I am confused by Robert Kunkel's W. Suffield, Conn. homosexuality, individual spirituality, words. What exactly is he saying? As I have nuclear arms, military service, and experienced from my first encounter with minorities have been greatly influenced by Friends' worship, there is an organizing Words not heeded your magazine. Issue by issue it has been Unity; Someone is in charge. That Someone Predators do not heed words, true or not. with me as I made significant decisions is the God Who is Other. The One Who They are impressed only by deeds. Theirs is about my ministry and personal life. calls each of us by name from the center of the mugger's ethic. The only questions Early in my ministry, the JoURNAL our hearts and has redeemed us, the God restraining their attack are: I) What is the encouraged me to speak out against the arms who manifests as Light showing us the Way risk (not of being exposed, but of being race and help organize the southern New out of our infatuation with the flesh (in seriously punished)? 2) Is the likely gain Jersey participants in the peace Buddhist terms, with all that is from this attack worth the risk? demonstration in New York City in 1982. impermanent) so that we- in the flesh­ Thus, true words of condemnation · After I moved to Mystic, Connecticut, FJ may abide in timeless Light, where there is penetrate a predator's hide just as far as the articles encouraged me to use the pulpit of no birth, no death; no fear, no anger, no lust, massed stare of a herd of gazelle penetrates the Union Baptist Church to identify HIV/ no ignorance. Just the "peace that surpasses the hide of a lion while it eats one of their AIDS as a community concern not to be understanding." young. A predator is only concerned with irrationally feared or associated only with If Robert Kunkel is suggesting that the the words of its prey when those words the gay community. Prior to Desert Storm, Religious Society of Friends has moved indicate that a great number of prey are our church held nightly prayer vigils to away from our Inner Teacher, I agree with about to gang up on the predator. Even then, discourage the advent of that war. Indeed, him. But let's not beat on ourselves and it fears massed prey like a lion fears massed my rejection of war as a means of solving each other about who is less faithful, who is sheep. Only when the opposition is both world problems was greatly influenced by outside the circle. Let's just get on with the highly numerous and tightly disciplined FJ as I read article after article on the power task of turning toward our Inner Teacher and does fear begin to rise in the predator. of peaceful demonstration by Quakers learning what it may mean to be almost- The United States is just such a predator. worldwide. 21st-century Quakers. Our marines have averaged eight invasions The controversy centered on the If, on the other hand, Kunkel is per decade for over 100 years. Where overt acceptance of the gay community in the life

4 December 1995 FRIENDS JouRNAL Viewpoint Marriage·and Same-Sex Unions in Historical Perspective arriage as we tend to think of it the state of virginity that God gave every man and there is fragmentary evidence of an has only existed for about 400 and woman at birth" (Ambrose), "more dread­ Arabic version. (For details see Same-Sex M years. Attitudes toward relation­ ful than any punishment or any death" Unions in Premodern Europe by John ships, sexuality, gender roles, power, the (Tertullian), and "a polluted and foul way of Boswell, Villard Books, 1994.) status of women and children, inheritance, life" (Tatian). The most important fact to emerge from and legal rights, all aspects of marriage, The church had little to do with marriage a serious historical study is the reality of have varied much more over the centuries for many centuries. Before the 11th century it change. What one age considers an abso­ than most of us realize. was usually at the house of the bride or the lute requirement of marriage changes in In the ancient world, marriage was pri­ groom, or in a common public area. At first the next. The Second Vatican Council of marily about establishing inheritance lines the local priest performed a small role, such 1963, in describing marriage, refused to and controlling property. As such, it was as blessing the union. Later this moved to the use the familiar word "contract" (harken­ an event only for the wealthy, ruling elite. steps ofth e church (with the door closed), and ing back to marriage as a vehicle for prop­ Love was expected to follow from mar­ for the first time began to require the consent erty control and inheritance) and instead riage, not prompt it. Marriage was thus a of the bride. Later it moved inside the church. spoke of it as an "intimate partnership of duty, and one hoped to develop affection It was not until the Fourth Lateran Council of life and love" and "the mutual giving of for one's spouse over time. The lower 1215 that marriage was recognized as a sacra­ two persons." Rather than a contract, mar­ classes generally did not "marry" in any ment. Concubinage was recognized in canon riage is seen as a covenant relationship officially recognized manner, and slaves law up to the 12th century, though not in all embracing the whole of life, of which the (and others) were prohibited from marry­ places. It was not until the 16th century that procreative is an important part, but still ing. In many places the majority ofa popu­ the wedding ceremony looked like our mod­ only a part. lation was not allowed to marry. Infants em customs. Three countries have legally recognized and children were promised to each other The restriction of marriage for procreation same-sex marriage: Denmark in 1989, by their families, and this promise in and stems from Augustine, but marriage, when Norway in 1993, and Sweden in 1995. In of itself was considered a legally binding possible· at all, was not denied to infertile or the United States the expansion of domes­ marriage. Remarriage was common be­ older couples incapable of producing off­ tic partnership rights has the potential for cause of death (men in warfare, women in spring. recognizing same-sex unions as a parallel childbirth, both in plagues). The concept Parallel to the Christian tradition ofat first to marriage, as was true in the ancient of the 50th wedding anniversary is strictly avoiding marriage and then celebrating it for world. The institutions are not the same, modem. reproduction, we know ofthree types ofsa me­ but both are legally recognized. Reading the Bible, one quickly discov­ sex union ceremonies performed in the an­ Quaker meetings have performed ers a variety of marriage customs. Po­ cient world. Strabo describes a ceremony of same-sex unions since 1981. The first to lygamy was common (Gen. 4:19,29:15- ritual abduction establishing a legal relation­ be called a marriage was in Morningside 30, Deut. 21 :15)as wasconcubinage(Gen. ship between male lovers in Crete in the 4th (N.Y.) Meeting in 1987. ln Pacific Yearly 16:1-2). Solomon had 700 wives and 300 century BC and possibly lasting into the Chris­ Meeting I know of five meetings that have concubines (I Kings II :3), and King David tian era. Lucian, in the second half of the first minuted their willingness to do so. had 18 wives (2 Sam. 5: 13). For a typical century, described a ceremony by which In approaching a new understanding I marriage celebration, read about Samson Scythian males established formal, lifelong recommend contemplating the Song of in Judges 14. Nowhere in the Bible is relationships with each other. The third type Songs. I believe that marriages or unions marriage celebrated as a religious affair. It known to Roman law was one which is prac­ should be a covenant between two people is always a secular ceremony. ticed today--collateral adoption where one and God; celebrate sexuality, equality, and Jesus was not opposed to marriage, but man adopts the other (as a brother in ancient service; and promote faithful, loving rela­ a good case can be made that he preferred Rome), which established a legal relationship tionships that are permanent. celibacy. See Matt. 19:12 (and his refer­ and entitled the partner to inherit. Bruce Ames Folsom ence to lsa. 56:3-5), Matt. 19:29; Luke Another surprise: the church itself cel­ San Francisco (Calif.) Meeting 14:26, 20:34-36, 21:23, and 23:29. Jesus ebrated sacramental same-sex unions from also clearly forbids divorce. Paul unques­ prior to the 8th century in a ceremony called tionably favors celibacy as he points out in euche eis adelphopoiesis. John Boswell I Cor. 7:5-7, and opposes divorce (Rom. records at least eight versions of this cer­ 7:2- 3). emony before the 12th century, 17 surviving Surprisingly, many of the Church Fa­ copies during the 12th century, and manu­ thers were violently opposed to marriage, scripts from the 13th-16th centuries. Most calling it "impure and unholy" (Origen), were written in Greek in Italy, Greece, or the "a crime against God because it changed Levant. There are three in Slavic languages, of the American Baptist Churches USA is under the influence of policies restricting currently challenging the basic Baptist individual freedom in our congregations and principle of individual soul freedom in our threatening the autonomy of the local denomination. Many American Baptists are church. FRIENDS JoURNAL consistently concerned that our denomination not fall recognizes the rights of the gay community, Continued on next page

FRJENDS JoURNAL December 1995 5 and this has been helpful to me as I defined there were no Quaker prisoners or ex­ my own position. Our congregation is open A different illustration? convicts. (The introductory editorial by Vint to all who seek to worship with us. There is It is always exciting to receive a copy of Deming tries to set that record straight, but it no implied or direct judgment on personal the JouRNAL with one of my pieces in it. The is physically separated from the other righteousness or sexual orientation. The September issue was no exception. I got a articles.) many FJ articles on gay and lesbian rights great deal from the other articles on the I, like Vint, am both an active Quaker indicate that good intentioned believers can prison/freedom theme and the delightful and a former prisoner. I was arrested and put honor the "inner light" each experiences and short piece, "One Little Sparrow," by Leslie in jail five times between 1964 and I 971. together they can become comfortable with Ann Carroll. Three of these times, including a felony diversity. Indeed, diversity is an But I was very disappointed in the conviction, were for "conscientious indispensable characteristic when believers illustrations selected for the James Nayler offenses" such as disobeying the draft laws seek the will of God, for it protects us from story. Why was it that caricatures ofNayler and demonstrating against the Vietnam War. the tyranny of personal, untested opinions as "The Great Deceiver and False Messiah" I rarely talk among Quakers about the two that often obscure the will of God. were used when the enclosed lithograph, times I was jailed for more common I am currently reading through my 23 also German, was available? I am offenses, once for hitchhiking on an open years of FJback issues and saving the wondering who made those selections? freeway and once for "being knowingly in articles that remain helpful to my ministry. We have had over 200 years of the presence of marijuana" (later plea­ My life has changed dramatically over these demeaning material on this remarkable man. bargained down to "trespassing on private years. During this time I have been amazed I had hoped Friends could begin to see property"). I know these are all relatively at the amount of energy Christians of all James Nayler as Kenneth Boulding did- a nonviolent offenses, but so are many other persuasions expend on insignificant matters. thoughtful man who was misled, suffered things for which people get put in jail. Even It appears that many well-meaning believers for his mistakes, and truly rose above his some violent offenses are only unfortunate can't tell the difference between the sirens suffering. accidents. and the buzzers of life. Martha Rhoads, Prisoners are not a different type of through her insightful gift, has helped me to Rebecca Osborn person from those of us who are not in jail. be attentive to the sirens. Thank you, Bethlehem, Pa. "There but for the grace of God go 1." Look Martha, and thank you, FRIENDS JOURNAL. in the mirror and you will see a potential We found out from an interesting book, G. Kenneth Carpenter prisoner, if certain conditions should happen John Nickalls' Some Quaker Portraits: to change. Mystic, Conn. Certain and Uncertain, that the portrait you Jeff Keith mention (below, left) was a copy ofa Philadelphia, Pa. Learning about Friends Rembrandt painting that was used on the I often wonder what others look for when cover ofa pamphlet about Nayler but almost they read FRIENDS JouRNAL. I always hope to certainly was not a likeness ofhim. Perhaps The September issue with its articles on find something that is inspiring like spiritual we should have used another (right), our prison system was excellent. The one on experiences during regular meetings for thought to be done by Francis Place, who "A Prisoner's Need" (for a Bible) reveals worship or during individual times of probably was familiar with Nayler. how persistent we must be to respond to meditation. human needs. My inner question was "What I also like reports of experiences with Barbara Benton of nonChristians? Are they denied their people who want to know about what FJ Art Director religious texts?" A Friend involved with Friends do in quiet worship. At the time of programs in prison replied, "The Black the peach festival in Moslems certainly see that their Mount Laurel, N.J., I members have the Koran, and they was giving out actively support imprisoned Moslems." literature and I was especially sensitive to the answering questions. articles because I had just finished Many who come to reading Marking Time: Letters from Jean enjoy the ice cream, Harris to Shana Alexander (1991). This cake, and peaches book is a must for anyone concerned have never been to a with our U.S. prison system. Jean writes Friends meeting. well, with wit and humor, some When I say I never bitterness, and with clear descriptions of feel there is time to prison programs she leads with young worship in a planned mothers and, in summer, their children. service, they seem Read her letter refuting the charge that surprised. I want time prisons are like country clubs! Her to pray for others, insider's view includes much an outsider pray for peace, and to wouldn't think of. Fern Stowe seek direction for my Two 'uncertain portraits' of James Nayler life. Sometimes I feel Sandy Spring, Md. moved to share in meeting and there needs to be time for clear direction. Friends and prisons My so-called prison work with the I feel we should look for more ways to I have just read with interest your Quakers is ongoing but not as directly active help others to learn about Friends and September issue with its article on prisons as it has been in other years; i.e., I seldom maybe they will join. and prisoners. However, I felt it reinforced go myself but get others to go. Our ad hoc Joseph T. Lippincott the image that Quakers are "us" and Sandy Spring (Md.) Prison Committee runs Mt. Laurel, N.J. prisoners and ex-convicts are "them," as if Monday evening "services" at the Patuxent

6 December 1995 FRIENDS JouRNAL Institution in Jessup, Md. Meetings . AJ:!oth_er small action in the prison system IS dehvenng old magazines to the Ann Arundel County Detention Center. We used to take magazines to Patuxent (much for Healing nearer), but they had "administrative difficulties" and now can't accept these donations. Next, we took them to the House of Correction, another prison in Jessup (a in the ~eal prison~ind~stry town). When that got mto comphcat10ns, the state librarian suggested Ann Arundel, and they've loved us ever since. Every Monday my wife, Marmer of Peggy, picks up the discards from the Friends House library as she goes to her "sewing circle" in the nursing home. When we get a garage full, we take them to Ann Arundel. Friends The detention center librarian is a real jewel! So many of her "clients" have such poor reading skills that they mostly just by Merry Stanford and Richard Lee " look at the pitchers." She'll go out to garage sales on Saturday mornings and scarf his meeting for healing, up children's books for the prisoners to use held monthly over the for reading practice. Often she'll get the f4eeting for &&'V4~ .Lu past year in our monthly sellers to donate their whole load of books T meeting, is a place for Friends by offering them a tax write-off donation xa>p,Jace for J;"ri•~"lii'Cois receipt from the county. Neat trick! of all stripes to pray together The detention centers offer a GED for each other and for those we diploma progral?' (high school equivalency), love. Many times vocal minis­ but most of the mmates are there for too try is shared, which may take short a time to get the full benefit of it. The the form of prayer, sharing of Sandy Spring Friends elementary and upper insight, song, even information. school libraries have cleared out surplus . In all cases, Friends are brought books and other teaching materials and Eight women and men sit together, silently, in closer together as they surround donated them to this detention center. The the person making the request librarian makes the material available to the the living room of a Friend. They sit close to­ with love and Light. inmates, but she has been forbidden to do gether, almost knee to knee. One Friend is breath­ any tutoring herself. Such is the mentality of ing loudly; all have their eyes closed. A palpable Richard's English Quaker prison administration! sense ofPresence fills the room: an ill friend or grandmother participated with Jack Fogarty relative is being held in the Light. This indi­ Friends in meeting for healing Columbia, Md. vidual has recently experienced a debilitating over many years. In their case accident that has produced terrifYing nightmares. this was a weekly event, held Her injuries are healing slowly, and she is expe­ midweek. Their goal was to hold riencing symptoms for which herphysicians can in the Light any members of find no cause. After some time ofsilence, one of their meeting who were physi­ the women sings a hymn quietly, "Be not afraid. cally ill. They not only per­ I go before you always. " Following another formed this ministry with regu­ larity but with loyalty, holding ~~ngthy period ofs ilence, one ofthe men prays, Help us, God, to encourage this Friend, to individuals in the Light over reflect to her all ofth e love and hopefulness that many meetings until led to dis­ she has given to us in times past. Guide us in continue doing so. It was while visiting this grandmother and loving her well, so that her healing may progress, FRIENDS JOURNAL welcomes Forum con­ and her trust in you deepen. "Silence again fills attending her meeting for wor­ ship and meeting for healing in tributions. Please try to be brief so we the room. Moments later, another Friend speaks: may include as many as possible. Limit ''This may sound unusual, but I am being led to the Cotswolds that Richard first letters to 300 words, Viewpoint to I ,000 share that this Friend may benefit from seeking experienced and learned to Jove words. Addresses are omitted to main­ Quaker worship. He was moved tain the authors' privacy; those wishing the advice ofan osteopathic physician. "Silence returns. After some moments, the convener turns on his return to the United States to correspond directly with authors may to fmd a Quaker community send letters to FRIENDS JOURNAL to be the attention ofthe group to another person who with which to worship in this forwarded. Authors' names are not to be has asked to be held in the Light. used for personal or organizational so­ way. Although he became an licitation. -Eds. Richard Lee and Merry Stanford are members of active member of Red Cedar Red Cedar Meeting in Lansing, Michigan. (Mich.) Meeting and visited oth-

FRIENDS JOURNAL December 1995 7 We have to pray ers througi10ut North America, he was experience. When we all focus on are," from •••lh-~et1irf'.b unable to find any meetings for healing of a specific person and we come to­ the sort he had experienced with his grand­ gether for the distinct purpose of are. We have mother. After experiencing some specially holding that person in the Light, called meetings for healing for Friends we eventually reach a state of le,amed to ask facing acute illnesses, Richard and Merry attunement with each other. It is as decided to co-convene a monthly gather­ though we were instruments in an poldly for ing in Richard's house. orchestra, coming together for the Our experience with this has been purpose of playing a specific piece simple and profound. Some of the deep­ of music. As we settle into each est worship we have experienced has oc­ other's presence, we are "tuned"; curred in these meetings for healing. We our spirits find a common tone and are unsure why this is so, but suspect that play it together. We believe it is the it is the result of two things: sharing love intentional sharing of a clear com­ and sharing common focus with others in mon focus that helps make this pos­ the group. When an individual who is sible. suffering is held in the Light, it is impos­ Some of our Mennonite friends sible to feel anything but tenderness to­ also attend these meetings for heal­ ward that person. This seems to be true ing and have provided fresh awareness of than merely asking for the intercession of even when the person in question is one prayer for those of us who tend to be God to heal a depressed person, we cheer­ whom we may fmd armoying or tiresome. universalist or academically oriented. We fully insist that, if we are to help this Opening up to a person's pain gentles have learned that prayer can be more than individual fmd her sense ofjoy , then we even the most resentful heart. When a a bouncing of supplications off a sky­ must be guided and strengthened. We roomful of people do this together, the dwelling father, or statements oftrust in a pray to be led, to be used well, and to love generated is almost palpable! benign (and painfully impersonal!) uni­ develop the sight, hearing, and courage to Sharing a common focus throughout verse. We have learned to pray "where see, hear, and respond rightly to others' the meeting also seems to deepen the we are," from who we are. Now, rather suffering.

8 December 1995 FRIENDS JoURNAL Our goal is healing, not curing. It is not suffering. There are times when we fail to one in the Light, to do nothing less than to our aim to eradicate all physical, emo­ learn, or are unable to learn, from our help transform that person's suffering into tional, and spiritual suffering from our pain. At those times we need the support something beautiful. The wonder of the midst. Our own experience tells us that of people who love us, people who can experience is that, in doing this, we our­ pain can serve a useful pwpose, raising nurture, listen, physically care for, or pray selves gradually are transformed into the red flag that something is out of kilter for us. In this way they help us transform people who are increasingly loving and and needs our attention. But there are our pain, just as the pain of childbirth is increasingly patient with the imperfec­ times in everyone's life when pain seems transformed into an exquisitely precious tions of others. l:l to compound pain, and suffering begets infant. It is our goal, when we hold some-

t!!P! Two or more Friends gather individual's situation outside of the Someone may stand behind the together with the intention of meeting for healing. individual. The standing Friend is meeting for worship for healing linked to others and places her During worship, the convener presents under the care of the Inner Light. t!!P! palms on the individual's shoulders. each person's name, in tum, out of the t!!P! The intention is to help someone silence. ~ Frequently, the individual who wants to be helped. It is requesting help is not physically Each individual is held in the Light important to have the individual's t!!P! present at all, but has made the separately, and the amount of time spent permission. request through a friend or relative. is as the Spirit moves (as discerned by t!!P! The intention is to hold a meeting the convener). The time tends to vary. ~Friends may wish to picture the for worship for healing, rather than a recipient as being held within The convener position may rotate or it meeting for despair, grief, or anger. t!!P! shimmering, healing, loving light. may be that a gifted Friend is a Participants may be under stress, Friends sometimes experience consistent convener. Try to let the Spirit worried, and concerned and lose specific vivid images. It is usually lead. sight of the power of love. While it helpful to share these in the meeting may be useful and healing for the t!!P! Vocal ministry may or may not come for healing. individual in question, or a relative concerning an individual. It is not ~The meeting for healing may or friend, to express despair, grief, unusual to spend much if not all of the take on a concern such as healing or anger in the accepting company hour in silence. the earth or healing a conflict. of the meeting, it is best if the tenor Vocal ministry may take such forms of the meeting as a whole continues t!!P! as prayer, sharing of insight as to how to be one of quiet, unrelenting, and These words may find a home in transformative love. healing may progress, song, sharing potentially helpful information, and Friends seeking a focus for healing t!!P!We suggest that you sit fairly empathic statements. ministry. We are available to help close together in a circle, perhaps you find your way through the t!!P!Most importantly, keep it simple, in even with hands or knees touching. initial processes of convening a true Quaker fashion! meeting for healing. We would also t!!P! We have found that in a meeting love to correspond with those for healing lasting approximately an willing to share their experiences hour to an hour and a half, it is best Those who have requested to be held with healing in the traditional to focus on five to eight folks for in the Light may or may not be present manner of Friends. If there are healing concern. Selecting more during the meeting for healing. The enough of us, we may even be than eight people is considerably following arrangements have been used motivated to start a small tiring, and seems to dilute the effect in a variety of contexts. Of most newsletter. You can write to or of the meeting for those involved. importance is creating a trustworthy e-mail us: situation for everyone involved. Please t!!P! Briefly provide pertinent do not force hands-on experiences Merry Stanford, 936 Green Street, information regarding each where they are not anticipated with Lansing, Michigan 48906 or individual before worship. We stress delight, and do not deny such [email protected] that people generally do not like to experiences where they are yearned for. have their pain bandied about Richard Lee, 1201 Walsh Street, conversationally, so information t!!P! Those asking to be held in the Light Lansing, Michigan 48912 or should be kept to a minimum, shared may be present. They may sit as part of [email protected] respectfully, and held strictly the circle or sit or lie in the center of the confidential. We discourage each circle. They may or may not desire to be other from discussing the linked by holding hands or other touch.

FRIENDS JoURNAL December 1995 9 The voice ofone crying out in the wilderness: "Prepare the way ofthe Lord, make his paths straight. Every valley shall befilled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth; and allflesh shall see the salvation ofGod. " -Luke3:4-6 On [Isaiah 40:3-51 the I SEASONS ofthe Church Year by Esther Greenleaf Miirer which John spoke them, and by his burning, the inward reality for which the forms shining light, which is sent from God. For by had become a substitute. They did not n all four gospels Jolm the Bap­ that Spirit their crooked natures might be made reject concepts of the sacred; rather, they tist quotes from Isaiah 40 to pro­ straight, and their rough natures smooth, and internalized them. D claim the imminent corning of the exacter and violent doer in them might be Thus Friends' historic refusal to keep Christ. These verses are part of the tradi­ thrown out, ... and their mountain of sin and days means not that days are meaningless tional reading for Advent, which in the earthliness might be laid low in them, and but rather that they are within. If this is their valley exalted in them, that there might Christian calendar covers the four weeks true of Advent, what of the other seasons before Christmas. be a way prepared for the Lord in them; and then the least in the kingdom is greater than of the Christian church year-Christmas, The seasons of the church year, like John. But all must first know the voice crying Epiphany, Lent, Easter, Pentecost? Might many classical Christian terms, are largely in the wilderness, in their hearts, which through they represent a universal cycle each of foreign to my Midwestern Unitarian up­ transgression were become as a wilderness. us goes through again and again-at a bringing; I have Friends to thank for much pace set not by the calendar but by God? of the meaning they do hold for me. The Pondering Fox's words, I realized that In his book Encounter with Silence, Isaiah text remained impenetrable until I ever since I came to Friends, the crooked John Punshon describes "the spiritual came upon this passage from George and the rough in me had been growing progression of the classical Quaker expe­ Fox's Journal: steadily straighter and smoother-even rience": though the role of Jesus in my life re­ And I saw that none could read John's words mained (and remains) obscure. In short: From notional or habitual religion we are aright and with a true understanding of them, Advent had been my inner state for some but in and with the same divine Spirit by called by the light to a convincement, which time. · in tum must give rise to a conversion of life. Esther Murer is a member of Central This discovery was followed by oth­ The aim and ideal of faithfulness is that of a Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting. Her article also ers. A major breakthrough came when I perfect obedience, so the doctrine ofperfection appears in the December issue of Quaker saw that in refusing outward forms, early came to be the crown of Quakerism. As the Life. Friends were not denying but affirming early Friends used to say, what is the use of

10 December 1995 FRIENDS JOURNAL being saved in sin? Christ came to save us from it. Like most modem Friends, I have trouble with the Quaker doctrine of per­ THE IllUMINATION fection. The idea, as I understand it, is that the Light that shows us our sin will by Dorothy Norvell Andersen also show us the way to overcome it. God never calls us to do something without e ga~ered ~the west room, age, brought it with him from Ger­ making available the power to do it. Per­ a qmte ordmary space used many." Then he slowly brought forth fection is not something we attain once for potlucks, First-day a rather dark picture of the manger and for all but something we have "in school, and such familiar events. scene and gave it to two more named measure;" there is always room for fur­ Chairs for old and young were ar­ volunteers to hold. A third child was ther testing and further growth. "Live up ranged around an oval rug. In one given the solemn task of moving two to the light that thou hast, and more will segment of the circle there was a wooden pieces at the bottom of the be given thee." That is Holy Obedience. plain wooden screen with three pan­ frame into position so the picture If this is so, one might fairly regard the els. In front of one panel, and par­ would stand alone when set on the classical Quaker model ofspiritual growth tially enfolded by the other two, was table. Yet another little volunteer was as a spiral- as cyclical rather than linear. a small table. needed to tum on the lamp. Viewed in this light, the inward seasons Gery said quietly that this morn­ There were quiet ohs and ahs of of the church year might look something ing we would do several things-we wonder as the dark picture, encircled like this: would be quiet for a time to listen to by evergreen boughs, suddenly Advent- inner purgation. The crooked God, we would see a picture called glowed with light. is made straight, making room in our hearts an illumination, we would sing, we Gery asked, "Do you feel like be­ for would play a game, and we would ing quiet?" "Yes," said a little girl, Christmas-the germination ofthe Seed, have a snack. And all the time we "We're listening." "But no one is say­ the Inward Christ. would be learning each other's names. ing anything," said another. "That's Epiphany- recognition of the Light All these announcements were stated because baby Jesus is too small to talk within; convincement. Rapid growth of simply, but his tone was so earnest yet," said the first. connections on the plane of verbal under­ that a peaceful and expectant atmo­ With the illumination glowing in standing. sphere began to develop. the background, the mystical drama Lent- the attempt to practice the testi­ After the silent worship Gery said, continued. There was singing, with monies of peace, simplicity, equality, in­ "First we will need six volunteers to large-lettered song sheets in the form tegrity, and truth in all of one's affairs. go out to the porch and bring in the ofbanners, held by children who were Inward struggles as well as growing con­ branches of evergreens and put them named; the game, led by children who flict with the world lead to experiences of on the rug." He chose six children of had learned it last week; and the snack crucifixion. varying ages from the many raised of satsuma oranges, peeled and di­ Easter- resurrection; the experience of hands. (No one seemed even to think vided by four older children, and being empowered in the face of power­ of saying "Me, me, choose me!") He served by three little ones. lessness. Realization that Truth cannot be thanked each one by name. During the closing silence a grown­ killed, giving strength for Then two volunteers were needed up came in, leaving the door slightly Pentecost-ongoing trust in, and obedi­ to hang a pole across the screen over ajar. A boy about nine years old qui­ ence to, the leadings of the Spirit. the table; one little one to cut equal etly closed the door to keep out the Advent-dark night of the soul. Recog­ lengths of cord to make loops for the chatter of older Friends whose meet­ nition ofone's failures in obedience. More pole; several to bring branches to put ing had ended before ours. I think he, purgation; cycle begins anew. on the pole, on the table, and under and all of us, wanted nothing to in­ Were we to observe these seasons in a the table; and one to get a certain trude upon this experience of deep truly Quaker spirit, as the Light directs, lamp and check to see whether it reverence. D we might reclaim deeper meanings to would light and then put it on the point the way past sectarian Christianity table unlit. Except for the request for and strengthen the Church Universal. For workers and the recognition of each Friends, membership in that Church is volunteer by name, silent expectation marked not by beliefs about the nature of continued. Jesus but by growth in obedience to Christ Gery rested an old, flat, cardboard the Inward Teacher. It is this universalist box on his knees and said, "I was the insight that early Friends found expressed age of you little ones when I first saw in Colossians 2: 16-17: this picture that you are going to see. My father, when he was about your Therefore do not let anyone condemn you in matters of. .. observing festivals, new moons, or sabbaths. These are only a shadow of what Dorothy Norvell Andersen is a member is to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. of Pima (Ariz.) Meeting, sojourning at Eugene (Oreg.) Meeting. D

FRIENDS JOURNAL December 1995 11 Right: Newberg (Oreg.) Friends The Challenge of Church, affiliated with Evangelical Friends Evangelical Friends International by Mark S. Cary

am a liberal Friend, a member of an tated for a moment, and then said gently, cheerfully. Evangelicals do the former, unprogrammed meeting. For many "Mark, have you considered reading the hoping for the latter as their reward. I years I didn't even know evangelical Bible?" Evangelicals believe liberals tend to Friends existed, much less what they were. I considered it, and then it hit me. The distort other passages in order to put the I certainly didn't know that three­ Bible is the original "Quaker classic." primacy of the individual over that of fourths ofall Friends have pastors, four in This is the book all the Seekers were God. For example, Margaret Fell's report ten live in Africa, and that, all in all, many reading in 1652. George Fox could quote of George Fox's teaching is often quoted more Friends consider themselves evan­ extensive passages. William Penn read it; as "Christ saith this and the apostles say gelical than not. We liberals are the mi­ John Woolman read it too. The Bible is this, but what canst thou say?" leaving off nority in the worldwide family ofFriends. the single most widely read book in the the rest of the quote, which is "Art thou a I had to learn fast when I took a job world, ever. child of Light and hast walked in the with Friends World Committee for True, it is good to read other classics. Light, and what thou speakest is it in­ Consultation (FWCC). Our central mis­ Evangelicals are partial to George Fox's wardly from God?" sion is to strengthen the spiritual life of Journal and Barclay's Apology. But the Evangelicals and liberals often cite dif­ the Religious Society ofFriends with wor­ Bible, read with the Light of the Holy ferent quotes entirely. Liberals prefer quo­ ship, intervisitation, study, and confer­ Spirit, is the central Quaker classic. Cer­ tations like "The humble, meek, merciful, ences. I was thrust into substantial con­ tainly we should not avoid teaching the just, pious, and devout souls are every­ tact with very serious evangelicals. Bible to our children simply because we where of one religion" (William Penn) Evangelicals are a challenge for liber­ find it controversial. and "There is a principle, which is pure, als, and we for them. They violate some placed in the human mind, which in dif­ of our most sacred beliefs. They stand ferent places and ages hath had different firm on some different Truths than we do, Read the entire names" (John Woolman). Evangelicals yet they are descendants of the same early passage tend to cite quotes like "There is one, Friends as we. They evangelize and be­ even Christ Jesus, that can speak to thy I always suspected fundamentalists and lieve that Christianity is the single best condition," or "You are my friends if you evangelicals picked Bible quotes out of religion, the Truth, even if there is some do what I command." context to support their views. They may spark of the Christ Spirit in other relig­ at times, but we liberal Friends do too. ions. Many openly discriminate against For example, in a widely quoted pas­ gays and lesbians, women as pastors, and Cluist died for us toral letter, George Fox gave this advice people who are divorced. They view cer­ to Friends: Whether you believe that Christ was tain liberal practices as almost satanically the Son of God or just a confused young inspired. They differ in culture, with pas­ Let all nations hear the word by sound or Jewish man (as some liberal Friends do tors who lead loud joyous services that do writing. Spare no place, spare not tongue nor believe), one thing is clear: Jesus went to not resemble our quiet and often totally pen, but be obedient to the Lord God and go his death for us. He knew he was going to silent meetings. After spending time through the world and be valiant for the Truth die for us. He reminded us to remember among them, I feel evangelicals have upon earth; tread and trample all that is con­ him when we ate and drank, to incorpo­ taught me at least eight points on which trary under.... Be patterns, be examples in all rate what he stood for into ourselves. we liberals are challenged. countries, places, islands, nations, wherever Jesus wanted to show us how much God you come, that your carriage and life may loves us; he showed us in a dramatic and preach among all sorts ofpeople, and to them; memorable fashion. Read the Bible then you will come to walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in every Some liberals have not had a direct When I first started myjob with FWCC, one. experience of Christ Jesus in their per­ I asked Anna Baker, FWCC's western sonal lives, although they have experi­ field staffperson and an evangelical Friend Note that George Fox did not direct us enced the Christ Spirit in other ways. from Northwest Yearly Meeting, which in this passage to ''walk cheerfully over Being people of integrity, they are not Quaker classics I should read. She hesi- the world, answering that of God in every going to lie about it, mouthing beliefs that Mark S. Cary, a member ofSwarthmore (Pa.) one." That version leaves out the "then." are not truly theirs. Evangelicals gener­ Meeting, is associate secretary of Friends He said that if we proselytized, were val­ ally have had that experience. They sing World Committee for Consultation, Section iant for the Truth, were patterns, and their joyous praise music because what ofth e Americas. preached, then we will come to walk God did is worth praising.

12 December 1995 F RIENDS JouRNAL reincarnation" or "search­ day make just a bit more than that. ing with the spirits of en­ Our "unprogrammed" worship is not dangered animal species to totally unprogrammed. How long has it keep the organic cloak been since meeting went more than five which covers the world minutes over? Many unprogrammed from unraveling" are any meetings have some programming, such less a "fairy tale." as singing before meeting, Christmas plays, Easter celebrations, and Bible awards. Testimony outweighs Truth outweighs distinctives diversity Liberals sometimes say, For some liberal Friends, tolerance and "How can they be Quak­ diversity have become goals in them­ ers? They have paid minis­ selves. A liberal's workshop on theologi­ ters and programmed wor­ cal differences may refuse to directly dis­ ship. This is not Quaker." cuss these differences on the grounds that As Johan Maurer (head experience with God is ultimately per­ of Friends United Meeting sonal, and each one is equally valid. Lib­ and formerly FWCC staff eral Friends believe there is something for the Right Sharing pro­ beyond theology, beyond words, and the gram) noted in his talk to differences fall away when we worship the FWCC Triennial, "We together in the presence of the Spirit. slip into presenting the tra­ Evangelicals are more likely to point ditions that were originally to Fox's admonition to "be Valiant for the intended to serve the cause Truth upon Earth; tread and trample all ofChrist's gathering people that is contrary under.... " Tolerance and and teaching and empow- diversity have a place, but we are not ering them himself, but we called to be tolerant of sin or evil. Cer­ now want people to love the tradition and tainly George Fox and early Friends Respect the Great not Christ." showed an amazingly strong commitment Commission Our traditions, or "distinctives" as the to the Truth. Fox was called "stiff as a evangelicals call them, have a purpose; board." People are in different stages of Fulfilling the Great Conunission is the they are not empty forms. When the pur­ transition and growth, and we should have defming feature of an evangelical, to "Go pose is past, the tradition can change. tolerance for this. But, outside these lim­ therefore and make disciples of all na­ Using numbers for the names of the its, people need to renounce their sins and tions.. ."(Matthew 28: 19-20). Evangeli­ months and the days of the week was to the lies they have believed. Evangelicals cal Friends take seriously Fox's admoni­ protest pagan names like Sunday, mean­ view the liberals' permissive tolerance tion to "Let all nations hear the word ...." ing Sun's day, or Friday, meaning Friga's for diversity "at all costs" as naive at best Early Friends were evangelists, traveling day. Have we ceased to be Quakers be­ and sinful at worst. widely and preaching. cause many of us use the pagan names for Liberals sometimes say that Quakers Mary Fisher made a trip to the Sultan the days of the week? Evangelicals find have no creeds, quickly concluding that ofTurkey. Liberal Friends often cite Mary our use of "First Day," a protest against Quakers have no firm beliefs. Sometimes Fisher because she was a strong woman. paganism, to be inconsistent with our al­ a new attender will say, erroneously of Evangelical Friends cite her because she lowance of animistic and pagan elements course, that "Quakers can believe any­ was a missionary. In this tradition, evan­ in some of our gatherings. thing." One experienced liberal Friend gelical Friends today are making serious Our unprogrammed meetings were a has pointed out that seeking diversity efforts to convert Islamic areas to Chris­ reaction, to some degree, to the rigid theo­ sometimes produces a "Quaker minimal­ tianity. Evangelicals are the mairi reason logical hierarchies of George Fox's time. ism," the lowest conunon denominator we have Quakers in places like Kenya, Early Friends needed the lack ofstructure acceptable to everyone. Burundi, Guatemala, Bolivia, Peru, and in order to have a one-to-one relationship Evangelicals take strong issue with this, Nepal. with God, but today is not 1652. Our often quoting George Fox's letter to the Many evangelicals believe that when society is less hierarchical, lay leadership Governor of Barbados. This letter, which the Word is preached in all nations, Jesus has increased in many denominations, and some liberals believe Fox didn't write, will return, the material world will pass small face-to-face worship groups with­ spelled out what Friends believe quite away, and the dead will rise and bejudged. out "hireling ministers" are even the glue clearly. For example, "we own and be­ Some liberals say this sounds like a fairy that holds many evangelical churches to­ lieve in Jesus Christ, His beloved and tale to them. Evangelicals will look at the gether. Must we now insist that paid min­ only-begotten son, in whom he is well Friends General Conference Gathering isters are bad? Even Barclay allowed pleased; who was conceived by the Holy and wonder how workshops on "gather­ Friends in the ministry to be paid food Ghost, and born of the Virgin Mary . ..." ing the light of your past lives through and clothing. Many Friends' pastors to- In regards to the Holy Scriptures, Fox

FRIENDS JoURNAL December 1995 13 wrote that "We believe they are to be Satan be personal. One ex­ read, believed, and fulfilled ...." plained to his children that the reason they got into a fight with each other while he was Evil is real out bringing people to Christ Liberal Friends generally do not want was that Satan wanted to in­ to believe in evil. We would prefer to terfere with his work. One believe that people are much more good view is that Satan has assigned by nature than bad, and that evil enters a fallen, evil angel to person­ from outside, from society, culture, poor ally attack pastors and mis­ upbringing, deprivation and poverty, and sionaries with illness, despair, the like. and temptation. George Fox was much clearer about seeing evil as well as good in people; there was that of Satan in people as well Prayer works as that of God. I have come to see that Some evangelicals believe in an active prayer works best on the per­ Satan and in "spiritual warfare." Just as son who is praying. Evan­ Jesus is personal in their lives, so can gelicals have a form of ser-

United Meeting in 1994 are Dramatic considered mostly moderate. Altogether the developing countries' increase of 33 per­ Changes in cent in the proportion of the world's Quakers can be di­ vided into a gain of 13 per­ World cent for evangelical Friends and 20 percent for moderate Friends. There are very few Quaker liberal Friends in developing • countries. The corresponding de­ p 33 percent change in distribution can be crease of 33 percent in the proportion of attributed to more rapid population growth the world's Quakers among developed By Wallace Cayard in developing countries. countries can be divided into three theo­ According to the statistics of Friends logical groups: a loss of 6 percent for the he worldwide growth in mem­ World Committee for Consultation, be­ evangelicals, 14 percent for the moder­ bership of the Religious Soci­ tween 1970 and 1994 membership in the ates, and 13 percent for the liberals. About Tety of Friends from 195,000 in four largest Quaker countries followed half of the decrease in liberals is from 1970 to 304,000 in 1994 comprises a the sam'e patterns of decline and growth. developed countries other than the United large increase in Latin America and In 1970 the largest Quaker country was States, such as Britain, Canada, and Aus­ Africa and a significant decrease in the United States, with about 120,000 tralia. There are few moderate or evan­ North America and Europe. Mem­ members, while Kenya, with about 34,000 gelical Friends in developed countries bership in economically developing members, was second. By 1994 Kenya's other than the United States. The loss of countries grew from 49,000 to Quaker membership had grown to about moderate and evangelical Friends in de­ 177,000, while membership in eco­ 105,000, larger than that of the United veloped countries has been almost en­ nomically developed countries de­ States, which declined to second with tirely in the United States. creasedfrom 146,000to 127,000. This about 103,000 members. Similarly, be­ In the United States, yearly meetings dramatic change in the distribution of tween 1970 and 1994 Britain declined that are considered mostly evangelical world Quaker membership means that from the third largest Quaker country to · are the five affiliated in 1994 with Evan­ between 1970 and 1994 the propor­ fourth, and Bolivia grew from fourth to gelical Friends International, Southwest tion of Friends living in developing third. Yearly Meeting (now also affiliated with countries increased from a minority In some developing countries Friends EFI-eds) and Central Yearly Meeting. of 25 percent to a majority of 58 meetings are mostly evangelical in their Yearly meetings in the United States re­ percent. Only about 5 percent of the theology, as in Bolivia; and in other de­ garded as mostly moderate are the six Wallace Cayard is a member of Pitts­ veloping countries meetings are mostly affiliated in 1994 with Friends United burgh (Pa.) Meeting and emeritus profes­ moderate in their theology, as in Kenya. Meeting only and the three Conservative sor of philosophy and religion at West The seven yearly meetings in Africa and yearly meetings. Yearly meetings desig­ Liberty (W.Va.) State College. Latin America affiliated with Friends nated mostly liberal are the seven affili-

14 December 1995 FRIENDS JoURNAL vice called a "Concert ofPrayer," in which bor the desire to convert others. I must often experienced the retreat to "Quaker they break into triads or small groups and admit that when the kettle drum roll be­ rninimalism" and the safety of the silence. openly pray on designated themes. gan and the brass section kicked in at We can, however, be open to others, Evangelicals use vocal prayer to commu­ Rose Drive Friends Church in Yorba aware that their practices are the results of nicate both with God and with one an­ Linda, California, I had the involuntary their experiments with Truth. Being open other, and this prayer has powerful ef­ thought: this is not Quaker. However, it to others means trying to experience the fects on their lives; experiencing it had a was very Southern California. When I way they think, being willing to experi­ powerful effect on mine. got back to my meeting, I noticed the ence their form of worship and their theol­ piano in the meeting room and realized ogy. Personal face-to-face visitation with ouglas Steere suggested four ways that, by the same criterion, the piano was others is the most powerful way to experi­ we can respond to the diversity in not Quaker either. If we can have a pi­ ence their faith. When we visit, we need to Dthe Religious Society of Friends: ano, they can have kettle drums. Perhaps be ourselves and honest, but also to be • travel within our circle, indifferent to they could tum down the sound system a open to being changed by the other. When other people's ways; bit. On the other hand, no one complains visiting, the goal is to listen, not to talk. • we're correct; they need to be con­ they can't hear, the most common com­ While there are no easy answers to the verted; plaint in the meeting where I belong. challenges posed by our differences, visi­ • meld the paths into one composite way; My greatest concern is the spiritual tation itself is easy. Get your Bible, get • keep to our path, but be open to others. warfare. If Satan exists, I am sure our your calendar of yearly meetings and the Probably all Friends, even liberals, bar- already existing tendencies toward divi­ FWCC Meeting and Churches Directory, siveness are being used to divide us fur­ and hit the road. Q ther. It is so easy to see Satan in people Page 14: Bolivian Friend Salome we fear or dislike; I think Satan would ated with Friends General Confer­ Huarino de Bartalama; below: encourage that. Yet I admire the ence, the four jointly affiliated with Cynthia Taylor (left) of evangelicals for their commitment to the FGC and FUM, and three indepen­ Intermountain Yearly Meeting Truth, to a willingness to labor with oth­ dent yearly meetings, Pacific, North and Jessicah Mayodi of Nairobi ers for that Truth. Perhaps I have too Yearly Meeting. Pacific, and Intermountain. With the large proportional in­ crease of moderate and evangelical meetings in developing countries came a corresponding increase of membership in programmed meet­ ings. In 1970 a minority of all mem­ bers in programmed meetings lived in developing countries. By 1994 their proportion had increased to a clear majority. Combining developing and devel­ oped countries, we see that the over­ all picture of world Quakerism has changed considerably. One example of the change is an increase of mem­ bers in programmed meetings from 64 percent in 1970 to 79 percent in 1994. Another example is the decline of members in theologically liberal meetings from 32 percent to 19 per­ cent. The different Quaker groups in the world family of Friends can en­ Support for Visitation rich each other, whether the mem­ You might consider attending the annual meeting of Friends World Committee for bership in a particular group is grow­ Consultation, Section of the Americas, held every March. We try to bring together ing or declining; African or North Friends from many places and traditions, from North, Central, and South America. The American; programmed or unpro­ 1996 meeting will be in Miami, Florida, hosted by an unprogrammed, English­ grammed; liberal, moderate, or evan­ speaking meeting and a pastoral, Spanish-speaking Evangelical Friends Church. We gelical. As each group has a clearer have open, unprogrammed, expectant waiting; loud, programmed worship with joyful picture of the global Quaker family, singing; and even a sermon or two at times. The preacher may cite Revelations and call it can better understand and carry out you back to Christ, as Gregg Lamm (pastor at George Fox College) did at the Triennial. its unique contribution to Quakerism When you visit, you will be changed, for you will have been open to the work of God and to the welfare ofthe human fam­ within you. ily and the natural world. Q For more information about visitation or the FWCC annual meeting, contact FWCC, Section of the Americas, 1506 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102, telephone (215) 241-7250.

FRIENDS JoURNAL December 1995 15 The Scattergood Hostel fOr European Rej"ugees, 1939-4.3 OUT OF HITLER'S REACH by Aliza Michael Luick-Thrams

pen the pages ofany serious news­ seaboard's immigration hubs and inte­ vide assistance. The original proposal of paper and a dismaying array of grating them into the Midwest. The hope­ a short-term summer workcamp involv­ O disheartening headlines jump out, ful young Quakers suggested cosponsor­ ing some 10 to 15 German or Austrian somehow confirming the worst of popu­ ing an AFSC summer workcamp consist­ refugees was commandeered and con­ lar suspicions about the "true" nature of ing of people from around the United verted into the impetus for a bigger, longer­ human beings. It too often seems as if States and recent arrivals from Europe. term refugee program intended for 30 or there are scarcely any redeeming stories They thought such a project could be more displaced persons from numerous Nazi-occupied countries. On January 7- 8, 1939, AFSC repre­ sentatives attended a joint meeting ofcon ­ servative and programmed-worship Quak­ ers in West Branch, Iowa, a village two miles northwest of the school site. The conference proved significant not only because it gave birth to a structure that would facilitate the opening of the former school as a refugee hostel, but because it brought together two subsets of Quakers who had had little to do with each other since their division over theological dif­ ferences some five decades earlier. Response was immediate and almost exclusively positive. By the end of the month both branches oflowa Friends had committed themselves to the project, with the conservatives agreeing to "rent" the of positive, inspiring acts of kindness or based at the closed Scattergood School, property to the AFSC for $1 per year, as selflessness on a large scale, anywhere in an IYM-owned boarding school that had well as to refurbish the physical plant, the world. ceased operation in 1931 due to the dev­ and programmed Friends promising to This sobering state of affairs is exactly astating Depression. Beyond this, their furnish the interiors of the buildings. Lo­ why the legacy of the Scattergood Hostel ideas remained mostly unarticulated, yet cal clergy, the village's mayor and post­ for European Refugees (193~3) pro­ they were keenly committed to finding master, a doctor, and others gave active vides us world-weary modems with re­ some means of action. AFSC secretary encouragement. Jewish organizations or freshing reason for hope. Unfortunately, Leslie Schaffer attended the conference individuals in the state capital, Des few people in the United States, and vir­ and reported: "In considering the social Moines, and in nearby cities such as tually no Europeans, know about the and economic problems of the times, [the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City eagerly of­ unique events that took place on the Iowa Young Friends] became very enthusiastic fered financial support. The idea of help­ prairie some half-century ago. about doing something to help." ing in tangible ways those in need in In August 1938 a youth conference of Their unexpected offer appeared at the faraway lands struck a resounding chord Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) pro­ AFSC headquarters at a precipitous mo­ in many Midwestern hearts. With funds duced a Jetter proposing that local Quak­ ment, for the organization's executive sec­ and many hands provided to effect much ers cooperate with the American Friends retary, Clarence Pickett, was just return­ work, the first refugees were able to ar­ Service Committee in bringing refugees ing from a fact-finding tour of Nazi Ger­ rive a mere 12 weeks later and occupy away from the crowded Eastern many. Then, only two days after one of former schoolrooms that had been empty Pickett's assistants responded to their of­ for eight years. Originally from afarm near Clear Lake, Iowa, fer, Hitler unleashed the brutal Initially, the AFSC selected five men­ Aliza Michael Luick- Thrams now lives in Ber­ two Germans, two Austrians, and a lin, Germany, where he is writing a disserta­ Kristallnacht pogrom ofNovember 9-l 0. tion about the Scattergood Hostel. Anyone The immediacy of the threat posed to Czech- to continue the extensive reno­ with information or material to contribute to German Jewry- as well as other non­ vation thought necessary before women his continuing research is welcome to contact Jewish victims of the Brown Shirts' re­ and families could live comfortably at him c/o Wolfgang Wagner, Frankelufer 28, gime--only accelerated action undertaken Scattergood. Four ofthe five, plus a young 10999 Berlin, Germany. by Quakers in the United States to pro- Quaker, John Kaltenbach, drove in a bar-

16 December 1995 FRIENDS JoURNAL Clockwise from page 16: The Scattergood Hostel, guests help with hostel chores, a resident Friend harvests com, an English lesson at the hostel

began to reflect more closely automatically transferable nor their ad­ the AFSC's goal of providing vanced ages an incentive for quick hiring. a place where refugees "could Scattergood Hostel provided job place­ go for a few weeks or months ment services and in some cases mild to recover from the effects of professional retraining, yet practical con­ their recent experiences, re­ siderations were not always the most gain their confidence, im­ prove their English, learn to drive a car, and, if need be, start retraining themselves for some new line of work be­ fore seeking a permanent rowed station wagon from Pennsylvania place in American society." True to the ~ to Iowa, only to be greeted by four car­ Quaker aversion to organized hierarchies, ~ loads of reporters and photographers. "So from the beginning attempts were made 0 many press men that we couldn't fmd our to run the project as consensually as pos- ~ friends at first," complained Kaltenbach, sible, with continual input from those be- ~ the chaperone of the group and acting ing helped. This unorthodox style of man- Jl director for 15 months. agement had the desired effect of helping ~ The first morning at the site found all the uprooted Europeans feel as if they ., of the men busy at repair work, while once again deserved human respect and ~ weekends found floods of volunteer work had some power over their own destinies. crews, reporters, visiting local and out­ Over the course of the hostel's four­ pressing ones. Many of the guests had of-state Quakers, and curiosity seekers year existence, 185 individuals ranging in suffered great emotional trauma before washing across the shores of the young age from infancy to over 60 found a ha­ reaching the safe shores of the United community's common life. Because the ven. Except for the 23 or so children who States. Several were known to pace the hostel's organizers intended from the start passed through Scattergood's doors, most upstairs hallway of the main building late that it should be as self-supporting as ofwhom attended the West Branch school, at night, most eagerly scoured the news­ possible, as time allowed an extensive all of the guests took turns between tutori­ papers or radio bulletins for news from garden took shape on part of the 12 acres als to make the hostel run on a minimal "home," and a few were seen "wolfing that Scattergood occupied. The hostel budget and with considerable efficiency. their food" at mealtimes or even taking eventually acquired an assortment of hens Even light garden work, however, was lard from the pantry after bedtime, hav­ and sheep, as well as ponies for the chil­ foreign territory for most of these urbane ing too intimately made acquaintance with dren to ride, dogs, cats, and pigs. folks. As was true also for men in the hunger in one of Nazi Germany's con­ At the same time, the number of staff United States, the European men were centration camps. Numerous guests lost grew from a handful to up to 15. While unaccustomed to lifting a dish towel or relatives to the gas chambers, and even refugees would stay at the hostel for three folding laundry; many of the women had more had their own tales of narrow es­ to four months on average, staff members enjoyed the help of paid servants in the cape to recount. tended to stay for either short stints, par­ old country. The loss of a bourgeois Still, the journal entries, letters to ticularly in the summer, or for a year or lifestyle and social status proved a chal­ friends and family, in-class reports, and more. The staffconsisted mostly ofyoung , lenge for both men and women. Staff other documents left behind attest to the Quaker volunteers. All were under 30 members reported that especially men suf­ generally positive, relaxed atmosphere of except for later-director Martha fered from this de facto demotion, as many Scattergood Hostel. Most of the guests Balderston, less than half a dozen short­ of them had been wealthy, well-known were extraordinarily grateful, not to men­ term teachers, and Walter and Sara judges, doctors, or other professionals in tion relieved, to have a quiet refuge where Stanley- the middle-aged Quaker couple Europe, and their credentials were not they might reassemble fragments of their who had been caretakers of the former road-worn lives. Testi­ school and stayed on through the entirety monials written at the of the Hostel's existence. Only the core time of the hostel's clos­ staff were paid, and that at sub-existence ing in March 1943 and levels, with some of the ''volunteers" even afterwards contain vivid, paying for their food and lodging! heartfelt words of thanks By July of 1939, Scattergood Hostel to Scattergood Hostel for seemed settled enough for the frrst family offering them, as one to arrive. By August the targeted popula­ grateful man wrote, a tion of30 "guests" (the term used in pref­ "place of peace in a erence to the more loaded "refugees") world of war, a haven and 10 or so staff was mostly in place. At amidst a world of ha­ that point, daily life at Scattergood Hostel tred." 0 fRIENDS J OURNAL December 1995 17 FRIENDS AND

By H. Otto Dahlke addition, to transform the world into the Woolman of actuality. He admitted that Gospel Order. I believe contemporary he had a sardonic tongue, and one of his o be nice, we are inclined to be­ Friends would shudder if they encoun­ tribulations was curbing it. He was un­ lieve, is a virtue. It is a pretty word tered such behavior today, and I am sure compromising in his stance on slavery with a sweet array ofcharming syn- th~y would disavow it. and wealth. What middle ground could onyms. How different from a defiant word Look at the disputations of George there be on slavery or his strictures on such as confrontation! Nice suggests a Fox with established clergy, wherein Fox wealth? Even though his approach on the sort of reasonableness, a no-offence-to­ knew he had the truth and they did not. topics was through "I" statements and anybody quality. Agreement is so much He argued them down and wrote them example, I am certain that Quaker slave more cozy than disagreement. Better to off. He was tossed out of the steeple houses owners as well as wealthy Quakers would be affable than critical; better to be well­ by irate parishioners who objected to his have been rather tense, upset, and resis­ mannered and diplomatic than forthright interrupting the sermon. The custom was tant. After all, he was attacking their and rough. Feelings ought not to be too that after a sermon, members in the con­ wealth and property as well as confound­ powerful: nothing as abhorrent as anger. gregation could respond to it. Fox often ing them in their spiritual leanings. How Beliefs should not be too strongly held could not and would not wait until the would such a challenging, spiritual gad­ and expressed, as that may offend others sermon was ended. In his zeal he would fly be received today? whose beliefs are different. These no­ interrupt to set the record straight. He had Our Quaker predecessors were Scrip­ tions are au courant with Friends. They the truth and felt impelled to state it. His ture saturated, as the many images and point to the niceness syndrome. disruptive and argumentative conduct, metaphors in their writings show. The These attitudes are manifested in par­ from the point of the congregation, was language patterns of the Old Testament ticular modes of thought. The first is: obviously not appreciated, and so he was prophets must have subtly infiltrated their avoid either-or thinking; use the concilia­ booted out. The flavor of Fox's zeal is modes. of feeling and thinking. This lan­ tory both-and formula instead. The sec­ seen in the following exhortation: guage has a rather intemperate quality: ond is: there are only shades of grey. "He hath made my mouth like a sharp Conclusion: avoid all extremes. Corollar­ Let all the nations hear the word by sound or sword" (Isaiah 59:3). To awaken people ies are: don't put any strong demands on writing. Spare no place, spare no tongue nor to their transgressions may take strong anybody; keep your feelings in check; pen, but be obedient to the Lord God and go language: don't rock the spiritual boat. These admo­ through the world and be valiant for the truth on earth; treat and trample all that is contrary Thus said the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will nitions can be subsumed under the value under. oftolerance. The outcome of these thought send upon them the sword, with famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile patterns is to blur distinctions, to gloss No reticence here. over differences, to relativize meanings, figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. ... Neither was Margaret Fell backwards and will deliver them to be removed to all the to make sure there is no "absolutistic" when it carne to setting a record straight. kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an thinking- an absolute in itself. Here is what she had to say about the astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, The niceness syndrome is at odds with Ranters, a competing far-out sectarian among all the nations whither I have driven the notion that Friends can be outspoken, group: them. (Jeremiah 29:17,18) unequivocal, and uncompromising. Quaker history is different. Early Friends You dark blind sot. You are in your carnal The prophets often had a doomsday were fiercely engaged in the religious apprehensions and so neither knew the good rhetoric. Their forthrightness was often nor the evil. ...You are in our old sins and old controversies of their time. They were too much. As a consequence, they were true believers. They labelled themselves filthiness yet. ...The sword of the Lord shall cut you down, root and branch, who are the persecuted. I doubt whether we would "Friends in the Truth." They were "Pub­ cursed tree, that cannot bring forth good fruit. listen to such hot and angry exhortations lishers of Truth." As Howard Brinton In the sight of God, you are filthy, polluted, if they were spoken today. We would, points out: "the primitive Quakers called unclean, who to you is a consuming fire. doubtlessly, respond by labeling them ex­ their doctrine the Truth. A Quaker was tremists, and thus not worth our attention. defined as one 'who professes the Truth.' " No shades of grey in this statement. In addition, we would likely pin psycho­ With this certainty they engaged in the From the niceness point of view even logical labels o~ them to show they were Lamb's War. Instead of compromising the redoubtable Woolman is an eccentric sick or abnormal and in need of therapy. and adapting, they had an incredible mis­ extremist, nice to read and talk about but The niceness syndrome points to a sionary zeal to spread their gospel and, in not to emulate. He did challenge people much deeper problem. It seems to me that in a variety ofcircumstances without alien­ what has infiltrated Friends' thinking are H. Otto Dahlke is a member of Richmond ating them. That is one reason we see him the ideas that all beliefs are conventional (Va.) Meeting. He is an author and a retired as such a saintly person. However, the and that one belief is as good as any other. university professor. Woolman in the journal may not be the This stance is secular as well as individu-

18 December 1995 FRIENDS JouRNAL "After this Major Desborow came to the Castle-green and there plaid Bowles with the .Justices and others. And Friends were moved to go to him and admonish him and them of their alistic. It is a worldly form of Ranterism. Spirit any idea spending their Time so vainly, bidding A statement in the May 1993 issue of they had or any them Consider, That though they Baltimore Yearly Meeting's Interchange action they en­ professed themselves to be suggests an awareness of this problem: gaged in was right Christians, yet they gave themselves and sanctified. up to their Pleasures and kept the Our unprogrammed tradition runs the risk of That is the ulti­ Servants of God meanwhile in Prison." losing all sense of corporate commitment, one mate individual­ -George Fox, Journal of our cardinal values, in favor of an unfet­ ism, which is in- tered individualism ... . In our sustained rejec­ compatible with tion of required consent to creedal statements, any church discipline as well as with the The Baltimore Yearly Meeting state­ which we hope wi ll never weaken, we can corporate nature of the Friends meeting. ment does not go far enough. The stance drift into a kind of individualism, which makes As a consequence of this individualism of the Ranters poses a real problem for a no demands on us.... Is it possible that our tolerance of one another's sincerely held opin­ and the psychologizing ofi ssues and prob­ central concept in Friends' theology, that ions has become more important to us than the lems, the "blessed" community erodes of experience, or as Fox would put it, challenge within our large corporate body to for lack of accepted standards. Indeed, knowing something "experimentally." The seek the truth?" nowadays any form of. eldering, not to Ranters appealed to their experience to think of disownment, is frowned upon as justify their actions, as did Friends. Both To seek the truth means that some opin­ intrusive and abusive. It is seen as au­ doubtlessly felt their experience was genu­ ions are valid and others are invalid. Propo­ thoritarian and as an imposition on the ine and real. Yet Fox, Fell, and Barclay sitions are true or false. In value state­ individual. In Barclay's words:"When attacked the Ranters as apostates. How is ments some things are better or worse, they are reprimanded for their unruliness, that possible? My experience is my expe­ useful or impractical. Discernment pre­ they cry out, 'Breach of liberty!' 'Op­ rience and your experience is your expe­ cisely means being able to come to valid pression!' 'We will not be governed by rience; if we appeal only to experience distinctions factually and valuationally. you!' 'We will follow the light of our and they contradict, there is not only no The niceness syndrome holds that any consciences, and be subject to no other!' " search for truth, but no universe of dis­ opinion is as valid as any other insofar as Barclay and early Friends did not find course, no common ground. Further, if it is asserted by an individual. That is not these objections reasonable or acceptable. the experience is ineffable, then by defi­ truth seeking. The Ranters thought that On the other hand, these protestations do nition nothing can be said about it. The because they were filled with the Holy have a rather modem sound to them. experience is simply encapsulated within

FRIENDS JouRNAL December 1995 19 the person. The outcome is nihilism if not From the view of the niceness syn­ They pointed towards new directions and solipsism. drome, to claim that these guides are to new forms of conduct. If we really If we look at the experience of early more than religious or social platitudes immerse ourselves in these parables and Friends and notice their outpouring of and demand a new life consonant with take them to heart, we should become books, pamphlets, and broadsides, we see the leadings of the Inner Light would be rather tense and uneasy unless we are they had plenty to say. As soon as there is seen as expressions of authoritarianism saints already. Perhaps this is too much public discourse, the personal experience and telling people how to lead their lives. for our comfortable lives, yet as Martin has been translated. What these accounts The conclusion would seem to be that Luther King points out: "I am not afraid show is that the difficulties involving ex­ persons can pick and choose according to of 'tension' .... There is a constructive, perience, aside from trying to articulate it, their needs, wishes, and desires. What nonviolent tension which is necessary for lie in the interpretations and the conclu­ could being a child of the Light and walk­ growth." sions derived from them. The problem ing in the Light mean from this point of We need not act like a bull in a china that Barclay saw is the same that Balti­ view? What is the meaning of the testi­ shop. We can easily succumb to the temp­ more Yearly Meeting sees and is reflected mony of integrity when we ignore or tation of self-righteousness and spiritual in the title of his treatise: "The Anar­ pride. Confrontation does not necessarily chy of the Ranters and Other Liber­ mean being hateful; we should and can tines." Barclay2s refutation of the "On the Market-day I went• •• speak the truth in love as well as in jus­ Ranters was Scripture-centered and and there declared unto them, tice. I am aware of the beam-mote par­ That the day of the Lord was coming upon all their deceitful able and those without sin casting the first Ways and Doings." stone; however, the niceness syndrome stands in the way of facing squarely the -George Fox, Journal fact of evil in our world. It leads to a kind of impotent "accentuate the positive" compromise our principles for stance. If we believe in a prophetic, apos­ the sake of niceness? tolic succession, as was true of early We suffer from too much po­ Friends, we need to express a much more liteness and niceness. We suffer forthright critique of whatever we feel from the image we want to attacks and questions our basic values present, something like the nice, and leads to a world that is ripping itself old codger on a Quaker Oats box. apart in one destructive action after an­ Our icons are those of the past. other. The Lamb's War and Gospel Or­ They have no relation to how der are not just historic oddities. Friends appear today. We suffo­ The niceness syndrome is compounded cate on our misunderstandings. by our hesitations, uncertainties, and scep­ If we are going to be engaged in ticism about our Christian as well as a principled stance in this world, Quaker heritage. If we repudiate our ori­ we have to get rid ofthe niceness gins and traditions as if we had to start syndrome. We have to be the everything from scratch, as some seem to kind ofde stabilizing element that think, I do not see how we can survive as early Friends were. Not that they the Religious Society of Friends. It was did this with deliberate intent, Christ who spoke to Fox's condition as but as a consequence of being well as to all the early Friends. The children of the Light and walk­ Anabaptist reformation that preceded most based on the experience of Friends as a ing in the Light. Their testimonies were Quaker beliefs and convictions rested on corporate body. shocking and destabilizing in their im­ the Sermon on the Mount, a sermon not In our contemporary corporate life, pact, socially, politically, and ecclesiasti­ simply to be understood but to be put into what do books of Faith and Practice re­ cally, and a personal affront to many of practice. Living in and through Christ has ally mean to Friends? Are they simply their contemporaries. Living out the Spirit, been the spiritual foundation for the de­ guidelines you can take or leave at will? they were undeterred in their conduct by votional and social practices of many re­ If there is a commitment, does that mean the opposition that was evoked. ligious groups. there is deeper meaning and significance? I suspect we would frown on Jesus' To deal with the sophisms that have Are they obligatory for members of the harsh expressions of rebuke and anger. crept into our Society, Friends must ac­ Society? Further, do they point to a mode His rough and tough clearing ofthe temple knowledge and affirm the meeting com­ of being that we should embody, and of the money changers and other mer­ munity as a corporate body in its struc­ make real in our conduct-the word made chandisers certainly would seem the tural, disciplinary, and spiritual dimen­ flesh, the Gospel Order? What of the epitome of intolerance. Indeed, where sions; affirm the covenant relation with peace testimony, integrity, simple living, was the love and respect for God in ev­ God; and substantiate the Gospel Order and the outreach to others through a con­ eryone? What was the matter with Jesus as God's creation. With such affirmations, cern? Unless one affirms and commits anyway? Though we tend to treat them wherein hopefully the inward and out­ one's self in a whole-hearted and whole­ on the level of Aesop's fables, the thrust ward journeys become as one and wherein souled manner to their embodiment in ofChrist's parables is similar. They ques­ the testimony of integrity is accepted and our lives, are these testimonies just so tioned existing beliefs and standards of practiced, the niceness syndrome may be much spiritual hot air? conduct. They were a kind ofmoral jujitsu. overcome. • D

20 December 1995 FRIENDS JouRNAL Listening to King Jesus North Pole by Deborah Niedenneyer right-wing activist preacher from Anchor- violence in his emotionally overheated age, Alaska, who for some reason merits fans. It is important to understand how a half-hour spot every afternoon. While such anger is sown and cultivated. hirty below is not unusual here in other preachers featured on the station Maddox makes free use of the "not Fairbanks, Alaska. As the new obviously worked hard to mold their ser- suitable for children" technique of draw- Tparent of a baby son, I was clearly mons into an effective, un- ing -in an audience. A re- destined to spend a lot of time inside at dulating form, circling quest to ''please remove home last winter. To the astonishment of round and round be- L..JtZ..~z======~~~~ your children from the my friends, who wondered if this time I tween biblical quo- room" (not "please hadn't really lost it, I took advantage of tation and modern turn off the radio if my indoor winter by monitoring as much illustration, often young children are as I could tolerate of our local Religious relying on well- present") is the Right radio station KJNP (aka "King Jesus honed humor for KJNP signal for lis- ~ North Pole"). transition, Prevo's teners to turn up the ~ Though my friends might tell you I preaching seemed volume for the re- ~ct simply suffer from a slight case of mas­ nothing more than ally juicy stuff ,g ochism, from my own perspective I chose an angry, random about the " gay ""' to do the project out of a desire, even a collection of Bible verses, disconnected lifestyle" or the sexual perversity of TV need, to better understand a large seg­ commentary, and flat jokes. I found him talk shows. The material that follows this ment of my community, one which, like intolerable. warning usually more than fulfills the similar segments elsewhere, often suc­ The rest of it I listened to. implicit promise to titillate. I do not watch ceeds in setting the terms for discussion KJNP programming relies heavily on a lot of television, but I, at least, have on our school board, in our local elec­ nationally syndicated call-in talk and ad- never seen the tube discuss individuals' tions, and in our university classrooms. vice shows. The callers, their comments, sexual proclivities with such prurient fas- By the time I finally turned the station off, and their problems were real, contempo- cination. thinking, "That's enough for awhile," I rary, often poignantly ordinary. In listen- I must agree that Marian Maddox is had gained a deeper understanding ofboth ing, I assumed these people were more or unsuitable for children, but not primarily the motivations of and the internal con­ less representative of the religious radio because of subject matter. I had to declare flicts experienced by those who identify audience nationwide, including KJNP's my Maddox research at an end when I with the Religious Right. audience in the Fairbanks area. If KJNP saw that my sensitive toddler was becom- Much of what I heard was predictable, is in any way distinct from "lower 48" ing disturbed by the Maddox sounds com- socially retrograde, right-wing ranting, but religious stations, the difference probably ing from the radio. Maddox's voice is much else was completely amazing, even lies only in its refreshingly unprofessional, angry, petulant, belittling. Even a one- bizarre, both from a theological and a sometimes disorganized, announcers and year-old can tell that this guy is bad news. political perspective. Sometimes the pro­ programming. KJNP's very lack of slick- On the theological front, Maddox is gramming was downright shocking. ness frames the syndicated national shows one queer bird. Furthermore, a disingenu- Sometimes it was simply unlistenable. with a sincere, shoestring community ra- ous pretense that all his listeners both I could not listen to the music. As far dio sound worthy of attention. understand and agree with him makes it as I could tell, KJNP passes over the One of the national shows set in this difficult to follow whatever analyses lead entire spectrum of great and inspirational frontier frame is Point ofVi ew with Marian to Maddox's unconventional doctrines. Christian religious music, from Bach to Maddox, a daily call-in broadcast hosted With the caveat that Maddox's intentional Mahalia Jackson, in favor of what ap­ by a Rush Limbaugh wannabe with a lack of clarity makes it impossible to re- pears to be a religious broadcasters' top chip on his shoulder. Maddox is sarcastic ally pin him down, below is my best at- 40 of whiney crooners accompanied by without Limbaugh's humor, mocking with tempt to reconstruct the essence of some rhythm-track Wurlitzer. My masochism none of Limbaugh's goofiness. A rigid, of his weirder teachings. only goes so far. When KJNP turned to shrill hate monger, Maddox works to pro- On economics: Satan is currently mak- music, I turned off the radio. voke his audience into giving social and ing final preparations for his rise to power I also could not listen to Jerry Prevo, a political expression to their resentment of as the apocalyptic Beast ofthe Bible. This Deborah Niedermeyer is an attender at Chena gays, feminists, environmentalists, demo- takeover will be based on an enormous, Ridge Meeting in Fairbanks, Alaska. She has crats, family planning clinics, and worldwide computer system to track been involved in electoral state and local nonevangelicals in general. Maddox's people and their money. The devil has politics. She is currently taking a parenthood callers demonstrate the effectiveness of already begun to extend his tentacles by sabbatical. these inflammatory tactics. He is a dan- arranging for satanic symbols to be im- © 1995 Deborah Niedermeyer gerous man, easily capable of inspiring printed in U.S. currency; the devil is also

FRIENDS JouRNAL December 1995 21 / Much of what / I heard was behind the U.S. Treasury the automobile. In fairness, men do admittedly sometimes get out of Department's decision, predictable, such jarring juxtapositions are line in the workplace, and they should disguised as an anti­ indicative of KJNP's appar­ definitely not do that, the notion ofsexual counterfeiting measure, to socially ent openness to rethinking harassment of women is entirely over­ place computer codes into retrograde, Point of View with Marian blown. The real sufferers are in fact men newly printed currency. Maddox. At one point the sta­ who are ''victimized by the provocative Social Security numbers right-wing tion asked listeners to call in dress" of their female coworkers. Simi­ are part of the devil' s their . opinions regarding larly, he explained, pornography is bad groundwork as well; like­ ranting, but whether Maddox should be because it victimizes men by unrealisti­ wise credit cards. The eliminated and instituted a cally raising their expectations about the progress of the diabolic much else was fund drive specifically to fi­ sexual attractiveness of women's bodies. scheme can be seen even completely nance the show. There are fre­ In the same way that they are not im­ now in the replacement of quent reminders that if the sta­ mune to social change, KJNP listeners school lunch tickets by caf­ amazing, even tion doesn't get enough dona­ are at least as vulnerable as everyone else eteria account numbers. tions earmarked for Maddox to social problems. The call-in lines are Soon Satan will arrange for bizarre. to cover the cost, the show crowded with bullied wives, frustrated the U.S. government tore- will go. husbands, and divorced parents. These quire that citizens have Although Point of View people seek help from radio authorities magnetic bar code strips permanently em­ may be the source of the most vivid con­ who, while teaching that wives must sub­ bedded into their wrists. Christians who tradictions to be heard on KJNP, it is the mit to their husbands "as unto the Lord," intend to be "raptured" into heaven must family living shows Midday Connection nevertheless have been enough influenced refuse this demand at all costs, as the and Focus on the Family in which the by modem feminism to believe that sub­ wrist implants will be the definitive "Mark contradictions become poignant. These mitting to battery may be going too far of the Beast." shows, which from time to time refer and who, in any event, know they would On heresy: Mormons and Jehovah's approvingly to each other (and also to lose all credibility if they took such a Witnesses promote bizarre doctrines Maddox), all take the position that a hus­ position. Faced with the need to reconcile which stray greatly from the Christian band must be the priest, prophet, and king doctrine with reality, the family shows path and take advantage of many well­ in his home. He must lead his wife, and pour out doublespeak, urging husbands to meaning but naive people. These danger­ she must submit to his leadership in all assert kingly authority over their families ous cultists must be exposed. things. His role is to provide money and while simultaneously instructing them to On the environment: By dividing the authority; hers is to take excellent care of form a partnership with their wives. Mean­ acreage of the earth's land mass by the home and children. All the shows spend while, wives are told that while physical number of humans now alive, we can enormous amounts of energy trying to abuse may justifY moving out, it is the plainly see that there is more than enough hammer the square peg of this family husband's prerogative to drive the family room for everybody and that world popu­ ideal into the round hole of modem real­ into bankruptcy. Curiously, the wife is lation could double many times over be­ ity. allocated the task of family bookkeeping fore we run out of space. The notion of Despite theseleachings, it is clear from and charged with carefully documenting overpopulation is therefore patently ri­ KJNP's call-in programs that, whatever the downslide. Such internally inconsis­ diculous. Moreover, it is a clear scientific their religious leaders instruct, the station's tent directives from the self-proclaimed truth that the earth's resources are limit­ female listeners do work outside the home custodians ofthe divine blueprint for chain Jess. People who say resources must be and want respect and faH- treatment as of command within the family must be conserved are not only scientifically they do it. This fact sends the keepers of painfully confusing to their obviously wrong, they are dangerous pagans who the. doctrine into paroxysms of cognitive troubled listeners. worship the earth as God and sinfully dissonance. If they tell women it is im­ The family life shows are internally deny the biblical requirement that hu­ moral to take on such a role, the irresist­ contradictory with regard to more public mans multiply and dominate the earth. ible force of social change toward issues as well. One particularly dissonant The entire environmental movement is women's equality sweeps away almost Focus on the Family broadcast (October thus antibibilical and morally corrupt; it half their listenership. If they tell women 18, 1994) featured a call from a single must be denounced wherever it appears. they are indeed entitled to fair, respectful woman who had not found an appropriate While KJNP rouses its listeners with treatment as human beings, whatever they mate but craved motherhood. The woman Maddox's inspiring vehemence, the sta­ do in life, the keepers undermine the en­ was considering putting her beliefs about tion also serves up some startling juxta­ tire social structure they are struggling to the immorality of abortion directly into positions. For example, on March 6, An­ preserve. practice by becoming a single mother drea Farber, host of the nationally broad­ The dilemma ofhow to appease women through adoption. Rather than praising castMidday Connection show, which im­ while keeping them in their place leads to her willingness to live out her faith, Dob­ mediately precedes Maddox, lamented the twisted analyses such as were presented son lectured the caller regarding the sup­ proliferation of cars and freeways, the on the November 13, 1994, Focus on the posedly great likelihood that adopted chil­ need to commute to work, and the general Family show. There the psychologist/host dren will present discipline and other prob­ degradation of quality of life caused by James Dobson told listeners that while lems and advised the woman to satisfy

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her maternal urges by continuing to teach Sunday school. When family problems are not plagu­ I ing a caller, money problems, or more specifically, debt problems, often are. Larry Burkett's daily half-hour show, Money Matters, is devoted to solving this problem. In contrast to Marian Maddox, whose voice makes my one-year-old fussy, Burkett's listeners occasionally mention that his voice lulls their children into their naps. My son, who is politically opposed to all sleep of any kind, ever, is unfortunately not one of these children, but his mother agrees that Burkett's voice is soothing and, more importantly, that his show is for the most part gentle and nonjudgmental. Though clearly in the right-wing camp, taking the position that mothers should stay home if possible, abortion should be crirninalized, school prayer instituted, and most business regu­ lation eliminated, Burkett is not shrill and does not belittle his opponents. Besides, he doesn't dwell on political issues. What he dwells on is the evil of debt and the materialism that causes it. Burkett's main theme is that it is not material goods that make us happy but God. Going into debt for material things cannot buy happiness. It also ties us to making money in a way that may prevent us from fulfilling God's plan for our lives, whether that be staying home to raise children or taking a lower paying but spiritually productive job in "His minis­ try." Burkett supports his theme with simple, sensible money management and budgeting advice, which he claims is based on biblical principles. He is faithful to his beliefs. People call up to ask him whether to buy a new couch. He tells them to throw an attrac­ tive cover over the old one. He tells them no new car until the old one is a candidate for the junkyard. Regardless of the depth of the caller's financial foolishness, Burkett dispenses this tough advice with respect and sympathy. In spite ofhis stance for a left-wing Quaker. This is precisely card debt. Their sob stories make it clear against business regulation, Burkett's anti­ the contradiction Burkett's show presents that consumerism, not Christianity, has materialism makes him something of a de to the KJNP ·audience. Money Matters been the driving force in their lives; their facto environmentalist. Moreover, he op­ engages in little or no religious double­ implicit complaints that such fmancial poses state lotteries on the grounds that speak. Instead it directly challenges its troubles should not happen to patriotic, ticket purchases come primarily from listeners' most deeply cherished materi­ U.S., church-going Christians such as those on the lowest economic rungs. Lot­ alistic goals and values. themselves make these people doubly un­ teries unconscionably "steal from the Many of Burkett's callers are desper­ attractive. Burkett gently reads these mis­ poorest in our society," he said on March ate. A significant number call specifically creants the spiritual riot act. No, they 7. If you didn't know you were listening because they are facing bankruptcy due can't have all the toys they want; and yes, to KJNP you might briefly take Burkett to a combination of car loans and credit they are going to have to give back the

FRJENDS JoURNAL December 1995 23 new car. They might also have to sell the ings into practice. DELAWARE VALLEY house and rent a smaller place. Most of KJNP's internal inconsistency, like that FRIENDS ScHooL all, they need to take a Serious, biblical ofthe entire Religious Right, grows out of Morris & Montgomery A venues look at the values that got them into this the head-on collision of religious doctrine Bryn Mawr, Pa. fix. In the context of U.S. consumer cul­ with social reality. This collision has al­ For Students with ture, Burkett is an absolute radical. ready caused erosion of the most extreme Learning Differences What's more, as soon as bankruptcy is fundamentalist doctrines. For example, no longer a factor, Burkett is adamant reality and the contemporary feminist re­ College preparatory, Grades 7-12 about the obligation to tithe. All money sponse to it has forced the right-wing Summer School comes from God and ten percent of it preachers and teachers to concede a Come to an Open House must go back to "His Church," no ex­ woman's right at least to be respected by (610) 526-9595 for info & video, cuses, no ifs, ands, or buts. This is tough her husband and free of physical abuse at "Learning with a Difference" advice for callers who have just come his hands. Though true believers every­ into an inheritance, just sold their home at where are famous for their ability to swal­ a profit, just received a raise. Burkett low contradictions whole, as internal con­ One pathway to peace sticks to his principles and the callers tradictions in religious/political doctrine leads right through the hang up with a whispered, disappointed, become increasingly painful, they also crushed "Thank you." But they do appear must become more recognizable for those halls of Congress to take Burkett's tough advice to heart. who try to follow the teachings of KJNP Part of Burkett's insistence on tithing and its ilk. In response, the Religious Right comes from his understanding of the is likely to continue to slowly back away power ofa community that has both spiri­ from its radicalism in order to avoid de­ A5k how you can h~lp tual and economic bonds. In addition to fections of the kind KJNP contemplates bring Fri~nd5' conc~m for tithing, Burkett strongly encourages right­ from Marian Maddox. Those fundamen­ p~ac~ andju5tic~ to Capitol Hill wing Christians to hire, work for, and do talists for whom the contradictions too FRIENDS COMMITrEB ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION business with other right-wing Christians, quickly become too hurtful to ignore could 245 Second Street N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002-5795 as much as possible. Like left-oriented well find more solace in the Religious organizers before him, Burkett knows that Left than in the fundamentalist Right. such an economically interwoven com­ Money Matters gives a glimpse of how CREMATION munity can be a formidable, organizable this might happen. However unintention­ Friends are reminded that the political force. To the extent that right­ ally, Larry Burkett has successfully intro­ Anna T. Jeanes Fund will reimburse cremation costs. wing Christians are taking Burkett's ad­ duced the ideas of the Religious Left into (Applicable to members of vice, he is creating a powerful rightist the heart of the fundamentalist Right. By Philadelphia Yearly Meeting only.) army. demonstrating the spiritual emptiness of for information, write or ttltphont At each station break KJNP touts itself U.S. consumerism, Burkett effectively SANDY BATES S3SO Knox Street as "your Full Gospel Radio Voice of the promotes the frugal, antimaterialist, Philadelphia, PA 19144 North," reassuring its listeners that they community-oriented, and essentially en­ have come to the right place for the au­ vironmentalist values usually associated thoritative fundamentalist party line; this with Quakers, Catholic Workers, Men­ notion of theological and political cor­ nonites, and other stalwarts of the Relig­ rectness is reinforced by the cross­ ious Left. Oakwood School referencing among KJNP's various pro­ Andrea Farber's heartfelt criticism of grams. The careful listener has little diffi­ the automobile on the very day Marian Grades 7-12 and Postgraduate culty determining that the party line is a Maddox devoted his show to the gospel Friends Boarding and Day School chimera and that KJNP in fact presents of antienvironmentalism is another ex­ several competing and contradictory lines ample of a perhaps inadvertent openness Emphasis on: of thought on virtually every topic the among KJNP listeners to more liberal • College Preparatory Curriculum station takes up. However, the fact that religious ideas. A faux pas like Farber's, • Challenging Senior Program these contradictions are broadcast consis­ stemming from the simple, sincere re­ · Learning Center tently over time strongly indicates that sponse of a devout woman to the social · Personal Growth neither the station's management nor its and environmental conditions of modern · International Program audience are listening carefully, let alone life, amounts to an accidental sneak at­ • Visual and Performing Arts critically. tack on the Religious Right from within • Sports Program Some KJNP listeners couldn't care less the movement itself. There are chinks in about contradictions, ofcourse. Those who the fundamentalist armor. If the Relig­ For a tour and more information accept KJNP's invitation to take the ious Left, conscious of the opportunities contact: station's mixed message as close to gos­ created by confusing, even painful, mixed Oakwood School pel while failing to appreciate its internal messages and doctrinal inconsistencies, 515 South Road contradictions must necessarily be left were to approach members of the funda­ Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 with an aching sense of unresolved con­ mentalist Right with the same sympathy Telephone:(914) 462-4200 fusion and perhaps personal inadequacy. and respect Larry Burkett shows his call­ Fax:(914) 462-4251 No one can perform the impossible task ers, Burkett might be alarmed by the re­ of putting all the conflicting KJNP teach- w~ Q

24 December 1995 FRJENDS JOURNAL Parents' Corner Learning to Meditate by Anne Hosking

The following is extracted from the article, set to explain to her why j The next night "A Child of Light," printed in The Friends' witches cannot exist when .., Janet went to bed Quarterly, April 1988. It is a beautiful ex­ something (God? Why ~ early and asked for ample of how parents can use difficult peri­ not?) made me stop. Hers ·~ the candle game ods during their children's growing years to was an irrational fear that a again. This time she help them find the peace within, their Inner couldn't be met by rational 'co described a different Resource. means. I had to give her .g candle, which led to something good, some­ ~ other variations in e moved to Germany when Katya thing brighter than the ~ the meditation, and was six years old, and it was, not witches in the dark, some- 5~· ~ my "punchline" was Wsurprisingly, very hard for her. We thing inside her, available about an ocean of realize now that we should have seen her fear to all- so I asked her to imagine a light flowing over an ocean of darkness. On of volcanoes and earthquakes as an expres­ subsequent nights we talked of how people' s sion of her anxiety, but we thought we knew I want you to imagine a candle.. . . What is eyes light up when they are happy and loving; how to deal with scientific questions. We it like? ... What does the holder look like? .. . of Jesus' love and how he's often depicted Is it on the shelf, or on the table? ... Now, I'm borrowed books from the library that explained with light around him, and much more. In going to light it. Keep your eyes shut, keep why Germany had no live volcanoes, and we looking at it in your mind's eye ... . Tell me fact, we explored this great religious symbol proved that earthquakes couldn't happen about the flame .. . . Make your hands like a and theology of the inner Light until three there-but the nightmares continued. flame .... Keep looking at your candle .. . . Can weeks later, when Janet said, "I don't need Then when our other daughter, Janet, was the darkness put it out? . . . It's only a little the candle game any more, I can play it by six years old, we moved again, to London, candle, but there's nothing strong enough to put myself whenever I want to." 0 England. She also was afraid to go to sleep, out its light. ... afraid of the witches in the shadows. I was all Janet, with her mother's guidance, had It wasn't until I left her 20 minutes later, begun to learn how to meditate and to dis­ Anne Hosking is on the staff of the Quaker just awake but deeply peaceful, that I realized cover the deep peace that meditation can Home Service Committee of the Religious we had shared a meditation. That's what we provide. Society of Friends in England. should have done in Germany! - Harriet Heath

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ven small monthly meetings need to be other's lives, and I hope we are supporting least, there will be some for whom she has involved in peace work. When there is each other in living as Friends. created a small, lifelong place in the mind and Esome terrible event like the Gulf War, For me, at least, some of the greatest ben­ spirit where there is peace and where they we can usually count on Friends all over the efits have been the recognition and affirma­ know that they are loved. Could there be more country responding, writing letters, leading tion of our attempts to live in that Spirit which important work for peace? When our Friend protest vigils or marches or joining with other takes away the occasion of shares with us, she enriches protesters, and drawing together in meeting war and the sense that the us; I only hope we can make for worship to hold the combatants in the work of individuals for her feel affirmed in her Light and to pray for peace. Those who are peace is the work of the work. moved to go to their nation's capitol, to a meeting. The meeting feeds fran my eye A longtimeattenderwho peace camp in a far-off country, or to the this work, and the work, in does a great deal of work terrible conditions ofa refugee camp can count tum, nourishes the meeting. down our with the Alternatives to on Friends to give them all the support they A Friend in our meeting Violence Project also has can for what is clearly Friends' work. teaches kindergarten in the an ongoing group wi th In between these crises, what do we do? poorest and most violent meeting list, whom she meets in the My answer to that is, more than you might part of town, where many prison for women, where think, but not as much as we could. Many of the children come to her andfoundit 1994 was a particularly dis­ Friends take seriously the admonition to live abused and neglected, some­ turbed and violent year, as in that Life that takes away the occasion of times barely able to talk be­ exciting to many of us in Canada have war; we may be able to take a job or follow a cause no one has bothered seen on o ur television career that seems to provide the opportunity to talk to them, unable to do realize what a screens. Previously, prison­ to promote peace or true justice, or we may the most basic things for ers there were able to re­ see ways in which we can promote peaceful themselves. It is a common­ power for good ceive-under strict super­ relations in whatever job we have, or we may place that many are heading vision- small gifts at do volunteer work in our spare time, or we for the prisons that abound Christmas from their dis­ may work full-time on leading our children in our region, where some was there. tant fami lies and friends; and family in the path of peace. will be inmates, some this past Christmas none When we do any of these things, as often guards. Some of the parents were allowed. Our Friend as not we do it by ourselves, not discussing or are seriously disturbed; our Friend has been asked her friends inside what they would have philosophizing about it, just doing it. And physically threatened (at one time, by a father liked to have for Christmas. Each named some­ when we go to meeting for worship, there we who claimed she was deliberately infecting thing: some good notepaper, a pair of slip­ all are, very ordinary individuals who would his child with head lice! But not a laughing pers, a pretty toilet bag, a scarf, some soap or be hard put to answer the question, what does matter; he was violent and he meant it). Too shampoo--all very small gifts. Our Friend it mean to be a Friend? rarely, our Friend shares some of her experi­ brought the list to a meeting for worship. The If the meeting can share and support one ence with us. She does not teach the children half-dozen of us who were there had no diffi­ another during times of public or private cri­ to tie their own shoelaces; she teaches them to culty dividing up the needs among ourselves sis, can we not do more in so-called ordinary tie each other's. Months into the year, she and arranging to get them to our Friend in times? This is a two-way street; Friends have comes to meeting lit up with joy because a short order, each gift-wrapped and with a to bless the meeting by sharing their concerns small boy has spoken his first few words, or personal gift card, so she could take them in and the decisions or deserts that face them in she has taken the class out on a trip in the rain the following week. The recipients, some of their lives as well as being prepared to under­ and one of them, whose horizon has been whom have been at the receiving end of few stand those faced by others. limited for most of his life to four dirty walls, kind words, let alone acts, in their whole A number of small meetings and worship has been astonished by the wonder and beauty li ves, were delighted. But some of us were groups now set aside a time at the rise of of an opening umbrella. left wondering if it were not ourselves who meeting for those present to bring out any­ Our Friend has these children for two years, had received the greater gift in being allowed thing that has come to their mind during wor­ in junior and senior kindergarten. The senior to take part in this small gesture of love. ship, but has not insisted on being spoken class, which moved on at the end of last We have other members whose work or during that time, or anything that has occurred school year, had been so disturbed on entry as voluntary service is easily recognized as a during the week that they would like to bring to cause consternation throughout the school. part of peace work. We usually have at least to Friends, or anything in their own lives that Two years later, when they were almost ready one Friend serving on Canadian Friends Serv­ they would like to share. In our meeting, the to leave kindergarten, a visitor who spent a ice Committee; a new member is a counselor results of doing this have been several. We morning with them said, " I can't believe what in prisons; a Friend serves on the board of yet know each other better, there is more trust I'm seeing in your class-l've never seen another project for outreach to prisoners and among us, the quality and the quantity of children so kind to each other!" ex-prisone rs; another has worked for a spoken ministry during worship have been There are always several children in the women's shelter; a Young Friend, still in high enhanced, we feel more involved in each class with serious disabilities. For our Friend school, has a part-time job with developmen­ these are perhaps the most lovable of all; not tally handicapped adults. The meeting needs Jo Vel/acott serves as recording clerk ofThou­ only that, but she clearly sets a climate where to know of this work and to hold it in the sand Islands Meeting in Kingston, Ontario, they are beloved of their classmates. Our Light. and is active with Canadian Friends Service Friend will never know what changes she has But this is not all. A Friend who has been Committee. made in the lives of the children. At the very anxiously seeking work for a long time re-

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CARL & KRISTIN CURTIS ture garden for children Box 136, NEWFOUNDLAND, PA 18445 (which won an award) Phone: (717) 689-7552; 3911 and a professional coun­ selor to aboriginal uni­ versity students. I can't think of any who is doing a job where .... ·~·. .. there is no space for .. peace work and Quaker witness. I think we do • have to examine our con­ sciences from time to time to make sure that 150 the work we are engaged Celebrating 150 years in is not harmful; some­ times we have to make of dynamic Quaker sacrifices rather than be­ Education. tray our principles, and we should not become (215) 951-2346 smug and self-satisfied. We are not all called to do spectacular kinds of peace work, but we are all called to do the work we have in a way that NEW RELEASE furthers those things we FROM believe in. In addition, I believe Friends rightly BARCLAY PRESS cently hesitated to tell us she had found a job. count on each other for support in the way She hesitated because it was not the profes­ they live their lives, in and out of the work A Quaker Religious Thought sional social service work for which she is situation. Often Friends say that the attrac­ Monograph trained, and it did not seem to her to be work tions of the Religious Society of Friends for of deep social significance. Another Friend them have been the sense of shared values, (the present writer) commented inappropri­ comfort in simple, noncompetitive living, will­ SPEAKING ately that she could save the world in her ingness to listen, acceptance of a variety of spare time; but the real contribution was made lifestyles, and understanding of each other's AS AfJUEND by another Friend who pointed out that the imperfections. new field she was entering-that of public At present, our meeting is not large enough, relations and receptionist work at a resort­ and the individuals in it lead too full lives, to would bring her into contact with countless support any major meeting project. We find people, on all of whom she could bring to bear opportunities for doing some things together­ an influence for good. No action is without attending a worship service at Kingston Peni­ meaning. I ran my eye down our meeting list, tentiary was a moving experience for those and found it exciting to realize what a power who came. For several years we have had a for good was there: we have people who are stall at the annual Gifts that Give sale, raising bringing up their children in the ways ofpeace; a little money for Canadian Friends Service members engaged in work of integrity in art, Committee, and we are particularly interested music, and writing; others studying or prac­ in one CFSC project. I think, too, that any ticing medicine or occupational therapy; an monthly meeting that can maintain a sense of attender who is lovingly doing massage supportive and worshipful community (and therapy; a couple who live and work among we still have a long way to go) provides a S12 plus postage and handling Friends in Costa Rica for half of every year; a center where a leading to specific peace work, available from: young couple whose work in martial arts train­ should it come to an individual or the group, Barclay Press 800/962-4014 ing commands great respect and is an influ­ will not go unheard. AFSC Bookstore 818/791-1978 ence for good among some troubled people; There is a spring of fresh water in every one whose work in her trade union may con­ meeting; how to draw on it and cherish it and Friends General Conference tribute as much to peace education as her strengthen it will vary from meeting to meet­ 800/966-4556 voluntary prison service does; one whose work ing. By one means or another we need to Pendle Hill Bookstore 800/742-3150 in medical sales gives him wide contacts; an share in, respect, and affirm one another's Quaker Hill Bookstore 800/537-8838 aboriginal attender who is both the designer work, helping each other to tum our lives into of a splendid, imaginative adventure and na- work for peace. Cl fRIENDS JOURNAL December 1995 27 Reports

"Quakerism is really being tested." When we has resulted in the intimidation, torture, and Friends Association for come together at FAHE, by sharing the Light assassination of their fellow citizens. Higher Education within ourselves, we can renew our vision, This year, in addition to our regular strengthening each other as we return to our children's program, we created a structured Members and attenders of Friends Asso­ vocation : teaching the culture of peace. middle-school program and saw nearly triple ciation for Higher Education met June 22- 25 the number ofyo ung Friends in that age group. at Haverford College, Haverford, Pa., where -Jonathan Collett, Sally MacEwen, We were deeply moved by three young Friends soft, cool rains and warm hospitality helped Ron Rembert, and Susanne Wei/ who participated in the 1994 Youth Pilgrim­ us relax into new ways of seeing our voca­ age. They told us of their excitement about tions. We appreciated the leadership of silent communication in worship and the depth Haverford College President To'm Kessinger North Pacific Yearly of new fri endships formed through their life­ and enjoyed the generous co-sponsorship of Meeting changing adventures together. the Haverford Corporation and the Friends Through this time of retreat, reflection, Council on Education. We were free to con­ Friends in North Pacific Yearly Meeting and the seeking of God's leadings for us indi­ template our conference theme, "Education gathered July 20-23 for our 23rd annual ses­ vidually and as a corporate body, we were and the Culture of Peace: Insights on Learn­ sion, surrounded and nurtured by cool forests touched by the messages you have shared in ing and Decision-Making." As educators, we on the campus of Evergreen State College in your epistles. May God be with you. can transcend traditional academic bound­ Olympia, Wash. More th~n 360 adults and aries in our classrooms, our institutions, and 150 youths worshiped, worked, and played - Margaret Sorrel, Presiding Clerk ourselves to create a culture of peace. together and, in spite of the presence of other David Mallery whisked us out of tradi­ groups on campus, experienced moments of tional conference structures on our first transformation into a "Blessed Community." Intermountain Yearly evening. He rotated us through a series of In a serendipitous departure from our usual small groups to answer questions about what "Friend-in-Residence" format, we were chal­ Meeting philosophies and practices enabled us as teach­ lenged by a nonQuaker theatrical group. The In sight of snow-capped peaks, and under ers to "soar" and to take our students with us. Growth and Prevention Theater from Seattle, a brilliant blue sky, we assembled for Inter­ In his Friday morning address, Michael Wash., presented a powerful and stimulating mountain Yearly Meeting at Fort.Lewis Col­ Sheeran challenged us to see ourselves as performance about the pervasive presence of lege, Durango, Colo., June 21- 25. It was our seekers, striving to give students tools with racism in our society, entitled "The Hurt of 2 I st gathering; we were nearly 330 strong. which to tackle moral problems. He further One Is the Hurt of All." Through their minis­ Many wise and familiar faces were in our challenged us to find form s of governance try and the sharing time that followed, we saw midst, and we joyfully welcomed 90 fi rst­ within our institutions consistent with such a clearly the difference between prejudice (a time participants. In our second year of the mission. In response, Elise Boulding articu­ personal belief system) and racism (prejudice theme "Living the Community of Faith," we lated a key concern for us as Quaker educa­ supported by institutionalized power), and how needed to be mindful of the responsibilities of tors: How can we engage in formation of our inaction helps to perpetuate racism. We a growing community by slowing down and values if such formation can, in some con­ struggled with the realization that much of sharing our history and process. The 60 Se­ texts, be construed as illegal? our Quaker faith and practice is cultural and nior Young Friends (ages 15 to 21) provided We queried how we could promote a cul­ were encouraged to stop assuming we are us with a set of perspectives, ministries, and ture of peace through our pedagogy itself: Do culturally neutral. Finally, we witnessed the spiritual energies that gladdened our hearts. we practice methods that share our knowl­ power of truth and our ever-present opportu­ They shared well-seasoned wisdom in our edge with students as a gift, a key to lifelong nity and responsibility to create a future where meetings for worship for business and pro­ learning? On Saturday, Mary Rose O'Reilley all are honored. These insights and revela­ vided our children of all ages with care and outlined, with a simplicity both Zen-like and tions carried into our worship-sharing times companionship. Quakerly, techniques to help us achieve that when, in addition to acknowledging the hurt Yearly meeting scholarship money has goal. that still lives among us, we wrestled with been well used this year, enabling our numbers Perhaps most striking was the way the how "The Honor ofOn e Is the Honor of All." techniques we pondered began to shape the Our State of the Meeting reports took on conduct of the conference: standard question life and feeling as we heard of growth, the joy and answer followups were replaced by si­ of building community, and the struggle to lence out of which participants shared re­ come together over long distances. We recog­ sponses as they felt moved. The effect was a nized that by nurturing the life of the spirit powerful transcendence of typical format, within ourselves and our meetings, we obtain moving us into a conference that was truly, to the strength to witness to the way of peace in borrow Parker Palmer's phrase, a "meeting our communities and the world. Our sense of for learning." Thus, the practice of this year's community deepened in our remembrance of FAHE embodied the kind of classrooms we Friends who recently died, illuminating the g long to create-classrooms in which our teach­ truth that "there is neither time nor space in ] ing takes seriously not only that of God within the life of the Spirit." .._. our students, but within ourselves and within Two seasoned concerns led to the approval f.,.; each other as colleagues. of minutes to be sent in the name of the yearly E This sense of the conference was deep­ meeting. The first was a heartfelt expression § ened by the participation of Friends Council of regret for our country's action 50 years ago ~ on Education members, whose contributions in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Philadelphia Yearly Meeting helped us see all levels of education as the Nagasaki, Japan. A second minute called for attenders enjoy fellowship, place where, in Friends Council on Education the closure of the School of the Americas, books from the PYM library, and Executive Director Kay Edstene's words, where military training of foreign nationals an art show by local Quakers.

28 December 1995 FRIENDS JoURNAL to grow with our sense of community. Large worship-sharing groups dotted the green, Est. 1689 grassy campus. Friends faithfully participated, WillJAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL Kindergarten through being sensitive and tender with one another. 306 Years of Quaker Education Twelfth Grade Interest groups covered a range of topics, Operated under Charter issued by William Penn. The William Penn Charter including Quaker work and women's issues School is a Quaker college-preparatory school committed to nurturing in girls at the UN, Latin American policy issues, and boys the education of the mind, the quickening of the spirit, and the American Friends Service Committee joint deveJopment of the body. Penn Charter stresses high standards in academics, service projects, gay and lesbian concerns, the arts, and athletics. speaking the truth to Quakerism, and many more. A panel of five Friends shared their Friends are encouraged to apply both as students and as teachers. unique experiences in Quaker community. Earl J. BaiiiD, Head of School We are a yearly meeting in transition: from 3000 W. School House Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19144 an unabashed source ofsimple fellowship to a (215) 844-3460 more formal, structured gathering. Speaking out of the silence from different places on the continuum, Friends were respectful and mind­ ful of the Light in one another. Quaker pro­ cess is ever a learning experience. Our keynote speaker, Loida Fernandez, FRIENDS HOME AT WOODSTOWN came to us from Friends World Committee for Consultation, Section of the Americas, in A Quaker-Sponsored Retirement Facility Mexico. She envisions community as inter­ twined with communion and commitment. • One-bedroom Woods Court • 60·bed Medicare & Medicaid "Each Friend has something to offer in Apartments for People over 60 Certified Nursing Home monthly or yearly meeting. The collaboration • Residential facility with • Pastoral Setting and participation of each one is important. community dining • Caring, supportive staff Our meetings should be places not to hide but • Delicious, nutritious meals to enhance the demands God makes on us. There, if we come with our hearts and minds open, miracles happen in the corporate si­ P.O. Box 457, Friends Drive • Woodstown, NJ 08098 • (609) 769-1500 lence." Citing Moses' need to remove his sandals when entering holy ground, she chal­ lenged Friends to consider what we must take off, in the spirit of humility and simplicity, to have communion with God and each other. We carefully considered how to nurture and support those who serve the yearly meet­ ing and struggled with the mechanism of bud­ getary structure. We listened with our hearts to reports about Quaker work in a world that Scattergood offers a rigorous college preparatory program for approximately 60 faces more tragedy than we can imagine. We students, grades 9 through 12, in a caring, close-knit community of boarding are sobered and challenged by the amount of work there is to be done. students and resident staff living and working together in a beautiful rural setting. It is in the wider community of Friends and the gift of our shared inner Light that we • Coeducational find strength and hope. May we each, in our • Graduation requirements include own way, share these with the world. Quaker Studies and an off-campus community service project - Bill and Genie Durland, Co-Clerks • Strong programs in the arts • Four-year Spanish language program with work-camp Philadelphia Yearly experience in Mexico Meeting • Daily campus and farm work crews • Outdoor and wilderness programs Philadelphia Yearly Meeting has come to • Cooperation emphasized over a new place, both physically and spiritually. competition For the first time in 3 15 years, we gathered in a residential setting on the peaceful campus • More than one-third of students and of Allentown College of Saint Francis de staff have Quaker backgrounds Sales in Center Valley, Pa., July 18-23. Both new and seasoned Friends found themselves To learn more about Scattergood, or to arrange a visit, conlact the Director ofAdmissions, woven into the body ofyearly meeting. Young Scattergood Friends School, 1951 Delta Avenue, West Branch, Iowa 52358-8507, Friends nourished the wider community's phone(319}643-7638,FA0r(319}643-7485. spiritual life while never missing one beat of Under the care of Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends (C) since 1890 their own joyous dance.

FRIENDS JoURNAL December 1995 29 During this past year the work of our faith leading many of us to look again at the well­ to take you in." It is a place where one is never community was carried out in called sessions springs of our faith, returning to the vision of alone, even when one needs to be. This meet­ of yearly meeting dealing with finances and prophetic ministry claimed by our Quaker ing is our home; we can open the windows the revision of our book of Faith and Prac­ forbears. and let the light and air in; we can answer the tice. Our work continued in residential ses­ We are sharing more openly the details, children's questions, or try to. We are all still sions, which included the meaning of mem­ difficulties, and differences of our individual growing, .whether we want to or not. Change bership, memorial meeting for worship, focus spiritual journeys, and we now know our com- . and growth are an essential part of life. Our on young people, financing our yearly meet­ panions more intimately. We humbly recog­ family is changing as it testifies to the life and ing, transmitting our values, sharing ways of nize the need for much more to be done, and power moving among us. Friends are will­ putting beliefs into practice, and a report from we pray we may continue to listen to and ingly sharing one another's burdens and joys. the committee examining structure and work­ accept one another in careful tenderness and We found in the sessions of our first resi­ ings of the yearly meeting. understanding. "We must look to ourselves, dential yearly meeting, as Isaac Penington We held some meetings under a tent, which to speak of our lives and Jet our lives speak. wrote: "Our life is Jove, and peace, and ten­ engendered biblical images. One such repeated Above all we must look to the Truth .. .. derness; and bearing one with another, and image was an altar. We were encouraged in When we know what we have to do, how to forgiving one another, and not laying accusa­ ministry to come to our inward altar. There is do it will come" (Meeting for Sufferings, Lon­ tions one against another; but praying one for great ferment among us. The challenges laid don Yearly Meeting, 1992). another, and helping one another up with a upon us by God over several years Jed us to We know what makes a meeting, just as tender hand." reexamine and deeply question the basic in­ we know home when we get there. Home, we stitutional structures of our yearly meeting were reminded, is not just "where they have -Arthur M. Larrabee, Clerk operations. The ferment is not purely intellec­ tual, for the Spirit is moving in our midst,

Say What? A recent issue of Corrections Alert re­ ports that according to an unusual study done by William Geary, a criminal justice professor at Mount Mercy College, every U.S. citizen will be in jail by the year 2096. By taking the percent rate increase in federal and state prison population for each year from 1972 to 1993 and using the average as a constant figure to extrapolate that amount into the future, Geary used the study to show his class that more pris­ ons are not the long-term answers to crime. For more information or to obtain a copy of the study, contact Professor Geary at you did not have to sit on a hard wooden different cultural and faith backgrounds, Mount Mercy College, 1330 Elmhurst Dr. bench in order to be a good Quaker and they as is usual at a Quaker wedding. Many NE, Cedar Rapids, lA 52402-4797, tele­ proposed to the business meeting that cush­ were attending a Friends silent meeting phone (3 19) 363-8213. (From The Visi­ ions be ordered for all of the benches. Others for the first time. tor, Spring 1995) felt that our money could be better used for I struck up a lively conversation with worthy social causes. The discussion took up one guest who had brought her camcorder Annals of Scarsdale a large part of the meeting and unity eluded to videotape the meeting. A part of that us. One who spoke most strongly against conversation follows: Friends Meeting wasting our money on creature comforts was Wendy: Did you tape the entire hour? Over the years, Scarsdale (N.Y.) Meeting Walter Ludwig. After he had spoken, an older Camcorder Carrier: No, I was afraid I'd has struggled to find unity on many seri­ Friend quietly said, "But Walter, thee is sit­ run out of battery power, so I kept having ous issues. When the first part ofthe meet­ ting on the cushion." The new cushions were to tum it on and off. I regret that I missed inghouse was built in 1949, the meeting approved. (From the Jan. 1994 Scarsdale a lot of what was said. It was so spontane­ was able to obtain old benches from meet­ [N.Y.] Meeting Newsletter) ous that it was impossible to predict when ings that had been laid down. Some came words would be spoken. from Philadelphia, Pa., and some from the -Gardiner Angell Wendy: Yes, I know what you mean. Lafayette Avenue (N.Y.) Meetinghouse Camcorder Carrier: Ideally, I would like in Brooklyn. The meeting grew rapidly, to have let the camcorder run for the and in 1952 an addition was built which One Wedding Attender's entire hour and afterwards, on the tape, I doubled the size of the meeting room. The could have just edited out the silence. builder made new benches to fill the space. Conundrum (From the Milwaukee [Wis.] Meeting, None of the benches, old or new, had Many of us from Milwaukee (Wis.) Meeting Shareletter, Aug. 1992) cushions, except for a single cushion four were privileged to attend the wedding ofNick or five feet long. Some members felt that and Joslyn. Gathered were folks of many -Wendy Henning

30 December 1995 FRIENDS JOURNAL News of Friends ~~.... ~ Friends celebrated the completion of the Burlington (N.J.) Meetinghouse conference ., Friends ¥tRiP~ .6. I center on Aug. 27 with a day full of activi- ~ celebrate HAVERfORD ~ ties. The new meeting room was filled be­ Bwlington 851 Lane Pre-Schooi-G!llde VI yond capacity with nearly 500 worshipers in ~ (N.J.) Haverford, PA Coeducational the morning. A picnic lunch in the afternoon ~ Meeting· (610)-642-2334 Extended Day was followed by dedication ceremonies, mu- ~ house's Friends School is devoted exclusively to sical entertainment, horse and carriage rides, .., new d~~~~ooMthm~isoo an art exhtbit,. and tours o f the new ~.aci lity. ~~ overnight acOOcmi.c excellence and Quaker values The original meetinghouse, built in 1783, has Cl: facility. F;u.w Sdo>olwc~ 11wk11U ofMJ ,_ been restored and a new addition was rtlitio

FRIENDS JOURNAL December 1995 31 Bulletin Board ANew Quaker •Concerns about violence in Melly, The Friends Board Mystery for Reading computer games for chil­ Training and Support dren have prompted Chris­ Project, 320 Spencer Rd., and Giving tian Peacemaker Teams to Devon, PA 19333. compile a list of nonviolent by Chuck Fager software options. CPT, a • Do you want to reduce program of Mennonite, the amount of unwanted A concerned Quaker came to Capitol Hill General Conference Men­ direct-mail advertisements to do good ... But it was MURDER that nonite, and Church of the and telephone sales calls did very Brethren congregations, has to your home? The Direct well worked for the past two Marketing Association indeed. years to promote nonviolent provides both a Mail Pref­ toys and encourage local erence Service that re­ groups to raise general moves your name from 80 awareness of war toys and percent of the national di­ " ... the their message to children. rect-mail advertisers' lists, quintessential The software list and other and a Telephone Prefer­ Quaker resources about nonviolent toys are available ence Service that withholds names from tele­ investigator is from CPT, P.O. Box 6508, Chicago, IL 60680- phone marketing agencies. To request these A Quaker Mystery back in free services, contact The Direct Marketing By Chuck Pager print. .. " 6508, telephone or fax (312) 455-1199, e­ mail [email protected]. Please indicate your Association, II West42nd St., P.O. Box3861, FLGC interest in software information, a general New York, NY 10163. Requests must in­ information packet on nonviolent toys, or clude name, address, and telephone number "How to plan an Alternative Toy Fair." with area code. Because lists are compiled quarterly, junk mail and junk calls may con­ •The Friends Historical Association is ac­ tinue for three to six months. The services Order now cepting papers on any aspect of Quaker his­ will not affect mail and telephone calls from at the mail order tory for the II th biennial meeting of the Con­ local businesses that do not use national mar­ of $9.95, plus $2.00 ference of Quaker Historians and Archivists, keting lists. shipping from June 21 - 23, 1996, at Oakwood Friends Kimo Press, School, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. One-page ab­ P.O. Box 1771 stracts must be submitted by Dec. 31 to Charles Media, PA 19063 L. Cherry, Dept. of English, Villanova Uni­ Or by phone from versity, Villanova, PA 19085. Calendar Pendle Hill Bookstore Still available: DECEMBER 1 (800) 742-3150 Murder Among Friends •Chattanooga (Tenn.) Meeting has floor space Visa and Mastercard Chuck Fager's first available for Friends traveling to the 1996 25-Pemba Yearly Meeting, Chake Chake, Pemba, accepted for phone suspenseful Quaker Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga. Simple ac­ Tanzania. Contact Friends Church, P.O. Box I 00, orders. mystery. commodations are available for up to five Chake Chake, Pemba, Tanzania. Special Offer: people each night. For more information or to Both books for $18.95, reserve space, contact Peter Cottingham, 335 26-Jan. I, 1996--Bolivia Yearly Meeting, Amigos plus $2.50 shipping. Crestway Dr., Chattanooga, TN 37411 , tele­ Santidad. Contact Casilla 13980, La Paz, Bolivia. phone (615) 629-2580. 29- Jan. I, 1996--Celebrate the New Year at Pendle "Chuck Fager is a a born storyteller. There is no Hill in Wallingford, Pa., with "Playing in the Street," higher complement a reader can bestow... . So just •"Beyond Management: Friendly Govern­ a street theater program led by Steve Gulick; sit back in your reading chair and deduce that you ance" is a conference scheduled for Jan. 19- "Sounds of Silence," a poetry workshop led by will enjoy reading Un-Friendly Persuasion for a Henry Taylor; or "Centering Prayer," a mostly 21, 1996, at Pendle Hill in Wallingford, Pa., silent retreat exploring the methods of centering couple of relaxing hours. It will be worth it" for board, trustee, or oversight committee Bob Nissenbaum, owner prayer with Chris Ravndal. In keeping with Pendle Mystery Books, Bryn Mawr PA" members as well as staff heads of Friends Hill tradition, the three workshop groups will share "I warmly recommend Murder Among Friends to. .. organizations. Participants will identify meals and evenings of fun and celebration. The readers who like history with their mystery." Quaker beliefs, practices, and decision­ weekend will culminate with a candlelight meeting Mystery Books, Bryn Mawr, PA making processes that assist or hinder the for worship to welcome in the New Year. Cost for governance of Friends organizations. The the weekend, including room and board, is $240. "To anyone who knows their 300-year-old Contact Pendle Hill , 338 Plush Mill Rd ., tradition of rejecting violence ... 'a Quaker workshop will explore both the concept of leadership and its place in governance, and Wallingford, PA 19086-6099, telephone (61 0) 566- Mystery' is a delightful oxymoron." 4507 or (800) 742-3150. The Huntsville News, Huntsville, AL the qualities of a healthy and effective gov­ " ... curious about the plot or thoughtful about the erning body. The Friends Board Training and 29-Jan. I, 1996--Powell House's Annual New issues raised here... once you've begun ... a Support Project is cosponsoring the weekend Year's Celebration. The extended weekend will difficult book to put down. as part of its continuing series of training include worship to bring in the new year, The Canadian Friend events for Quakers and nonQuakers serving intergenerational activities and games, worship sharing, and singing, dancing, and relaxing. Pro­ Friends organizations in a governing role. grammed childcare will be provided. Costs for The Project also maintains a lending library , adults range from $130-$175, depending on the KIMO of training resources, assesses current prac­ number of days of participation. Discounts and tices, and identifies encouraging people who work exchanges are available to reduce costs. Con­ PRESS might serve Friends organizations. For more tact Powell House, 524 Pitt Hall Rd., Old Chatham, information or to register for the workshop, NY I 2136-9746, telephone (5 I 8) 794-8811.

32 December 1995 FRIENDS JouRNAL Books Small classes, strong FRIENDS academics in a The Hunger Year in the The stories of relief and reconstruction SELECT supportive, caring workers tend to be buried in the archives of environment French Zone of Divided organizations and in the journals and letters of SCHOOL emphasizing Quaker conscientious objectors. Growing interest in values. Germany 1946-194 7 peace studies, the training of peace teams, and the use of voluntary agencies to help • Pre-K thru 12th By Joel Carl Welty. Beloit College, Beloit, ' Day School Wis., 1993. 352 pages. $8/paperback. official and intergovernmental efforts for ' peacemaking now call for a review of older e • After School Program The 50-year celebration ofthe end ofWorld • Summer Day Camp War II in Europe and Asia has brought re­ case studies that may help in healing and in building preventive processes for the future. newed debate on the moral and human issues 17th & the Parkway A professor of biology at Beloit College, that arose during and at the war's close. We Philadelphia, PA are reminded that political judgments affected J. Carl Welty was on sabbatical leave to work (215) 561-5900 military decisions and the massive bombings with the AFSC in the French Zone of Divided of innocent populations. The end of the war Germany during the "hunger year," 1946-47. brought such relief that the continuing moral This remarkable personal account is a de­ dilemmas in peacetime received relatively little tailed vignette of what was happening for attention. However, today's world of con­ several years after the war in the four occu­ flicts, atrocities, and the abuse ofhuman rights pied zones of Germany. Although perhaps in various areas has brought renewed atten­ not typical of all areas, his story of Koblenz tion to war crimes and their prosecution by depicts the suffering of the German people international tribunals. and the diverse returning refugees: the severe Still neglected are the cruel dilemmas con­ cold, the lack of protective housing, and the fronting Quakers and others who devoted years inadequate food supplies. • Quality care in the Quaker tradition. of volunteer effort to rebuilding societies tom Welty reveals the common moral dilem­ asunder by years of fighting. Bitter hatreds mas of post-war for the Quaker teams: whom • 42 apartments for independent liv­ would persist unless healed by creative and to save, how to live simply but healthfully in ing, 60 private personal care rooms, loving service and a shared effort at rebuild­ the midst of starving children, how to maneu­ 120 nursing home beds. ing. Young Friends sent abroad by the Ameri­ ver around the layers of bureaucracy (mili­ can Friends Service Committee and other tary, occupation forces, and the reorganized • Peace of mind. Supportive medical peace groups to war-ravaged areas discov­ German officialdom), how to discriminate and social services throughout your ered that it was not easy to bring reconciliation among former Nazis and their surviving op­ stay. and forgiveness along with food and clothing. ponents, and how to improvise with inad­ Yet they recognized that future peace might equate equ~ment and facilities. • An active lifestyle in a beautiful, depend on their good will and wise judgment The published letters to his wife, amaz­ graceful sening. in their work. ingly frequent in the face of postal inadequa- • Meals, housekeeping, transporta­ tion, cultural and social activities.

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FRIENDS JoURNAL December 1995 33 WESlTOWN SCHOOL cies, are full of human interest and personal reference, but understandably repetitious and not primarily analytical. They do record occu­ OPEN HOUSES pation attitudes of reprisal and revenge and some new exploitation of the German people. Monday, Dec. 11 - Lower & Middle School Finally, the letters give abundant evidence Monday, Jan.15- Lower & Middle School of appreciation from the people served, for the material assistance provided and for the Monday, Feb. 19- All School friendships that were built. This account by 9 a.m.- 11 a.m. J. Carl Welty should encourage other such reports to be recovered, edited, and published for comparative analysis-to study lessons learned and to renew appreciation for the highly motivated post-war service of a gen­ eration of youthful peace builders. - Lewis M. Hoskins

Lewis M. Hoskins served in the Friends Am­ bulance Unit, /945-48, in China; was execu­ tive secretary ofAFSC throughout the 1950s; We invite you to discover the value and later taught at Earlham College and ad­ ofa Westtown education - a 200-year-old tradition. ministered the International Programs Of flee. He is a member ofSalem (Oreg.) Meeting. Westtown School is a Quaker, coed school, offering a day school in grades pre-K through 10 and boarding in grades 9 through 12. Pre-K class starts at age 4-112 with extended day available. All Her Paths Are Peace: Please contact the Admissions Office Women Pioneers in Westtown School, Westtown, PA 19395 • 610-399-7900 Peacemaking By Michael Henderson, with a foreword by the Dalai Lama. Kumarian Press, West Hartford, Conn., 1994. 172 pages. $14.951 paperback. As you read about these women from India, France, Cambodia, Eritrea, Japan, New HEAD OF SCHOOL Guinea, Northern Ireland, Guatemala, Argen­ tina, Burma, Egypt, Israel, Kenya, Russia, Sandy Spring Friends School and the United States, three threads begin to Sandy Spring, Maryland emerge. The first is a very Quakerly one-the em­ phasis on quiet listening in order to determine A 450 student pre-K-12 day and boarding co-ed Friends school what is the right thing to do and to be. The second is an emphasis on forgiveness, seeks Head to start July, 1996. The School, located on a 140 and on asking for forgiveness, as a way to acre campus 15 miles North of Washington, D.C., seeks an break down walls. It would be nice to think that this, too, is a Quakerly attribute. administrator with experience and interest in community and The third is a little more difficult-it is a spiritual development, fundraising, financial oversight, educa­ connection to the Moral Rearmament move­ tional theory and application, and promotion. The Head should ment of Frank Buchman, which has had mixed reviews over the years and against which this be committed to academic excellence, a strong sense of reviewer discovered some inner, unconscious, community, and Quaker principles and practices. Previous and probably unworthy prejudices. The movement, from which Alcoholics experience with Friends education is particularly desired. Send Anonymous is a spin-off, seems to have done cover letter and resume to: much good work in peace and justice since its establishment in 1938. These 19 women, most ofwhom rose to national prominence in coun­ Sally Eller, Clerk tries where women were usually neither seen nor heard, are admirable role models for Search Committee women everywhere, rising against tremen­ dous odds to establish what one of them calls Sandy Spring Friends School "a positive life-style in a hostile environment." Sandy Spring, MD 20860-1199 Many of these women met through Moral Rearmament, and inspired and encouraged one another. They have not been content to

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Avl•r.t'Je Annu.ll R.tiP of Return Ten·Year Total Return for P1•r•oll 1-nchllfl 6!30/9~ $25868 1 Veer: 18.91% "When I point my finger at my 5 Years: 7.68% neighbor, there are three more 10 Years: 9.97% pointing back at me." 15 Years: 11.54% -Daw Nyein Tha address a single issue, says the author; they have been willing to take on the world. Some examples of their thinking: Abeba Tesfagiorgis of Eritrea says, "If people of responsibility have wars in their hearts, the battle to acquire peace is only half won." Irene Ratushinskaya of the former Soviet Union adds that ifyou start to hate, it's hard to stop. "To hold onto your personality, to keep your common sense, even to survive, you have to kill hatred immediately." And Irene Laure of France says, "If one The books you've wants freedom for oneself, one must be ready to give it to others. It is the only way to preserve one's own freedom." been looking for! -Teddy Milne § Religion Teddy Milne is a former clerk of FGC Publi­ cations Committee, an author and columnist, § Psychology and a member of Northampton (Mass.) Meeting. § Quakerism § Feminism Peace Education in § Family America, 1828-1990: § Meditation Sourcebook for Education § Children's Books and Research By Aline Stomfay-Stitz. The Scarecrow Press, Lexington, Mass., 1993. $19.95. Call or write for your free catalog! Aline Stomfay-Stitz has written a valuable history ofpeace education in the United States, a subject little known and scarcely researched. I The Pendle Hill Bookstore This book is full of ironies. The reader can be encouraged to hear that many leading intel­ 1-800-742-3150 lectuals-Jane Addams, Mortimer Adler, John Box F · 338 Plush Mill Road· Wallingford, PA 19086 Dewey, Albert Einstein, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Havinghurst, Horace Mann,

FRIENDS JoURNAL December 1995 35 Has your time come to strengthen the James Michener, and Maria Montessori­ have urged the adoption of peace education. spiritual basis of your ln spite oftheir advocacy, the history of peace work in the world? education in the United States can be discour­ aging. As Stomfay-Stitz points out, it has rarely been tried in schools, In addition to these popular figures, Pendle Hill Stomfay-Stitz provides an important chronol­ ogy of lesser known pioneers-Fanny Fern Scholarship Andrews, George Beckwith, Elise Boulding, William Carr, Leonard Kenworthy, Betty Opportunities Reardon, and Douglas Sloan-who have struggled ta promote educational reforms > Henry J. Cadbury Scholarship­ >Wilmer Young Scholarship­ based upon the principles of peace. People interested in the valiant struggle to make this for a Quaker scholar doing research for persons working for peace and country peaceful will welcome her valuable related to the Society of Friends. social justice. discussion of these contributions to the field. > Helen Hole Scholarship- for an > Kenneth L. Carroll Scholarship­ The author raises the interesting question, educator who is Quaker or working for Quakers pursuing biblical and can schools stimulate a serious public discus­ in a Friends' school . Quaker studies. sion on the conditions for peace? The answer has to be "no," judging from the violent soci­ >Vail Leadership Grants-for > Student internships and some ety we now inhabit and the historical record. leaders or potential leaders in the general financial aid are available Although there has been a consistent thread Society of Friends. as well. of peace education reform efforts in the past 150 years, wars continue to erupt, defense Scholarship applications are now being accepted for 1996-1997 (due March 15) budgets dominate spending priorities, and vio­ lent behaviors prevail in civil society. Peace ~ PENDLE HILL. A QUAKER CENTER FOR STUDY AND CONTEMPLATION educators have neither entered the center stage • 1-8oo-742-3150 ·Box F · 338 Plush Mill Road· Wallingford, PA 19086 of debates about educational reform nor the mainstream of social discourse about how society could be structured to promote peace­ making, mediation, conflict resolution, or ne­ gotiation. Stomfay-Stitz does a good job of pointing out how conservatives throughout the past Quaker Inner City School two centuries have discredited peace educa­ tors as radicals. The failure of peace educa­ Endowment Fund tion comes not so much from the inadequacy of its reform proposals but rather from the We're trying to help a small group of well integrated Quaker opposition by rulers in this country who have been threatened by its social justice agenda. schools that are doing a terrific job in inner city environments Peace Education in America spells out gain sufficient endowments to provide long-term financial sta­ how peace education curricula have changed bility. For more information write or phone hnogene Angell, 150 from avoiding war in the I 9th century to Kendal at Longwood, Kennett Square, PA 19348. (610) 388-0935. focusing on conflict resolution in the last half of the 20th century. The book focuses mostly on elementary and secondary peace educa­ tion efforts, ignoring many attempts to de­ velop peace education on college campuses. It also fai ls to mention school-based violence Quaker Education Since 1784 prevention programs in central cities which are the focus of many current peace education efforts. Stomfay-Stitz does an excellent job of • Residential and Day Programs putting current peace education reforms into • Nursery Through Grnde 12 historical and political perspective. Although peace education has seen a rapid growth in • Coed Student Body of no the past 30 years in the United States, this • Inquiries from students and teadlers encouraged. book demonstrates that this is not a recent reform effort but rather has strong roots within American Utopian traditions. - Jan M. Harris

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36 December 1995 FRIENDS JoURNAL Resources CONTINUING QUAKER VALUES IN •Souls are Made of Endurance: Surviving HElPING "PERSONS DEPRIVED OF Mental Illness in the Family explores the TilE USE OF lHEIR REASON" causes, stages, treatments, and repercussions Friends Hospital continues to apply the of a mental disease from the viewpoint of a principles of moral treatment supported loving, devoted father. The author, Stewart D. by our Quaker founders in the provision Govig, paints a powerful picture of his afflict­ ed son Jay and those close to him that shows of outpatient, partial hospital, residential, the emotional and mental anguish schizophre­ home health, and inpatient services for nia inflicts on all it touches. The Ill-page adults, adolescents, and older adults with book is available for $12.99/paperback, from emotional and mental disorders. We also Westminster John Knox Press, l 00 have special programs for eating Witherspoon St., Louisville, KY 40202-1396. disorders, substance abuse, and stress and chronic pain. . •Where do prejudices begin? Changing Child­ ~ hood Prejudice: The Caring Work of the ~£t.li.l(~~&.. Schools by Florence H. Davidson and Miriam 4641 Roosevelt Blvd. M. Davidson addresses the issue of child­ FRIENDSH P T A L Philadelphia, PA 19124 hood prejudice, its history, causes, and effects 0 5 1 Women from a fishing 215•831•4600 on children of all races. The authors studied cooperative in Haiti, from the various children's behavior, beliefs, and opin­ 1996 AFSC wall calendar ions at different stages of their development from age 6 or 7 through their late teens. The cems. The booklet is available for $3 through " book offers theories and explanations for a Spontaneous Combustion, 130 I Himmel Ave., wide variety of racial phenomena, with refer­ Redwood City, CA 94061-3507, telephone ences to work by other researchers on the (415) 366-1818. same subject. Available for $55/hardcover, 223 pages, from Greenwood Publishing •The 1996 American Friends Service Com­ ~~e ce~c1pcaas Group, 88 Post Rd. West, P.O. Box 5007, mittee wall calendar features black and white • Westport, CT 06881. photographs of Quaker service throughout the • aw~s •1f2SCJZ1pc1ons • world, favorite quotations, and notations of • 51~c12 announcemencs • •The Plough and the Pen explores Hutterian major religious holidays. The 8 1/2" x II" • c;~eecmq ca£0 bes1c;ns • culture with a complete history of their sect of calendar costs $11, but is available to Quaker •1T2V1C3Ctons • sqroJ.J.s • Anabaptism dating from 1528 to the present organizations at discounted prices so volun­ day. This book, by Vance Joseph Youmans, teers can sell them to raise funds. For more illustrates through an influential minister, Paul information or to place an order, contact .91anzt:f:T""esr S. Gross, basic Hutterian life and customs of a Martha Henderson, AFSC Pacific Mountain 609-786-lSZ+ small Hutterian community as well as relig­ Region, 1611 Telegraph Ave., Suite 1501 , ious beliefs and principles, and how they dif­ Oakland, CA 94612, telephone (510) 238- fer from other sects of Bretheren. Available 8080. for $25/hardcover, 146 pages, from Parkway Publishers, P.O. Box 3678, Boone, NC 28607. •"Witness," a program started by The Law­ yers Committee for Human Rights, musician •The thick tangles of politics and violence Peter Gabriel, and the Reebok Foundation, affecting Srebs and Croats alike unwind in provides fax machines and video cameras for the book Yugoslavia 's Ethnic Nightmare, ed­ nongovernmental organizations that are will­ ited by Jasminka Udovicki and James ing to impartially record human rights viola­ Ridgeway. Personal accounts of events lead­ tions. For more information, contact Witness, A Quaker Conference Center ing up to the present situation in the former Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, 330 340 HIGH STREET Yugoslavia, as well as its long history of Seventh Ave., lOth floor, New York, NY P.O. BOX246 BURLINGTON, ethnic conflict, are related by this book's ten 10001 , telephone {212) 629-6170, fax (212) NEWJERSEY08016 authors. 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($14.95 for Institute members), plus $3 ship­ ping, from Bread for the World Institute, 1100 Call Nancy Nelson at Wayne Ave., Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 1~1377 20910, telephone (301) 608-2400, fax (301) I 228 College Avenue, Richmond, Indiana 47374 608-2401 , e-mail [email protected]. 38 December 1995 FRJENDS JOURNAL Milestones Births ... an fflucaho1t for oi!J;mts Adair-Laura Borton Adair, on March 26, to Melissa Lovett-Adair and Christopher Adair, of Tahoe Celebrating a tradition o£150 years of (Utah) Worship Group. excellence in academics .with respect for AngeU- Daniel Pennigton Angell, the individual, community service in all on June 15, to Jean Simon Angell and Sam Angell, of Buffalo (N.Y.) grade levels, a strong commitment to a Meeting. diverse student body, an:d outstanding Askonas-£/ise Joy Jones college placement. Askonas, on Aug. 17, to Carla Askonas and Chuck Jones, both Friends' Central School, Wynn~wood, PA members of Chattanooga (Tenn.) Grades Pre-K- 12 • Call (610) 649-7440 Meeting. Bridges--Cassidy Ward Bridges, on April 16, to Nancylynn Ward Bridges and Byron Bridges, of ~ Alexandria (Va.) Meeting. ~ ------~--~--~~----u Crook-Caroline Ann Crook, on (> May 21, to Ann and Michael ~ Crook, of Annapolis (Md.) ~ Meeting. ~------Doll-Amelia Alyce Doll, on May 16, to Fredericksen-Dickinson--Sarah Faith Kimberly Hubble Doll and Richard Doll, of Dickinson and Annie Fredericksen, on July 15, Independent Living and Personal Care · Baltimore, Stony Run (Md.) Meeting. under the care of Butternuts (N.Y.) Meeting. Cotwenient to shops, businesses, and rultJ.Jrol opportunities Dunn--Ryan Patrick Dunn, on Aug. 3, to Linvili-Dole-Randy Dole and Nancy Linvi/1, on Deborah Passmore Dunn and Albert Dunn, of Reasonable • Not{or-Pro(it June 24, at and under the care of Providence (Pa.) Founded and opemted by Quakers Gunpowder (Md.) Meeting. Meeting, of which both Randy and Nancy are Gillespie-Devin Bur Gillespie, on June 14, to birthright members. @ 400 North Walnut Street Sarah Bur and Gary Gillespie, of Baltimore, Michener-Strickland-Wi//iam Charles West Chester, PA 19380 (610) 696-1536 Homewood (Md.) Meeting. Strickland and David Charles Michener, on Aug. Haney-Claire Alexandra Haney, on Aug. 16, to 26, under the care of Ann Arbor (Mich.) Meeting. Hillary and Steve Haney, of Live Oak (Tex.) Mueller-Procknow-Deb Procknow and Janet Meeting. Mueller, on Aug. 5, under the care of Milwaukee Coming to D.C.? lngel-Benjamin lngel, on June 3, to Martha and (Wis.) Meeting, of which Deb and Janet are Stay with Friends on Capitol Hill Robert lngel, of Alexandria (Va.) Meeting. members. Passmore-A/icia Moore Passmore, on July 3, Rosenberg-Kelly-Janis Carol Kelly and to Carole Passmore and Andrew Passmore Ill, of Eleanor Lois Rosenberg, on Aug. 12, under the WILLIAM PENN HOUSE Gunpowder (Md.) Meeting. care of Ithaca (N.Y.) Meeting. 515 East Capitol St. SE Rizvi--Lavinia Mumtaz Rizvi, on May 8, to Correction: In the October Milestones, the Washington, DC 20003 Rebecca and Shazad Rizvi, of Langley Hill (Va.) Marriages/Unions listing for Mast-Hooton Meeting. should have read John Hooton and Dee Mast, on July I, within care of Heartland (Mont.) Meeting. Individuals, Families and Groups Rogers-Rebecca Rogers, on Aug. 2, to $25 to $40 Meredith Steward and Randall Rogers, of Alexandria (Va.) Meeting. Deaths Seminars on Current Issues Schwenke-/an Lucas Schwenke, .on May 4, to Depp--Carole Hope Depp, 56, on July 7, at home for Schools, Colleges, and Meetings Christine Lucas and Stephen Schwenke, of in Doswell, Va., of liver cancer. Carole was born (202)543-5560 Langley Hill (Va.) Meeting. and raised on the south shore of Long Island, N.Y. [email protected] She attended Hofstra University where she met Terry-Kershner-Lucas Gabriel Terry­ Kershner, on March 15, to Cyndi and Tad Terry­ and married her husband, David Depp. Carole later received a BA and MSW from Virginia Common­ Kershner, of Grass Valley (Calif.) Meeting. wealth University. Carole worked during the 1960s Voss-Jason Michael Voss, on Sept. 18, to Lynn as a Headstart teacher, and she taught nursery Display Ad Deadlines Simon Voss and Michael Voss, of Buffalo (N.Y.) school and gave music lessons in a "free school" Meeting. she and her husband started in 1970. She also . Reservations are required for display Walker-Sarah Walker, on Aug. 25, to Francine played the organ for various churches from her ads in FRIENDS JouRNAL. and Peter Walker, of Purchase (N.Y.) Meeting. teenage years until her death. Carole was a social worker for seven years with the Children's Home February issue: Reserve space by Dec. 4. Wilson--Samuel Leroy Wilson, on April26, to of Virginia, where she helped facilitate adoptions. Ads must be received by Dec.ll. Joan Piasecki and Chuck Wilson, of Mountain Carole committed herself to antinuclear campaigns, March issue: Reserve space by View (Calif.) Meeting. efforts to stop the Vietnam War, a group promot­ ing equal housing opportunities, and leading Al­ Jan. 9. Ads must be received by Jan. 16. Marriages/Unions ternatives to Violence workshops in conjunction Ad rate is $28 per column inch. with the Richmond Peace Education Center. She Crease-Falvey-Brian J. Falvey and Fray A. Call (215) 241-7279 now with your also did volunteer work in Virginia's Prison for reservation or questions. Crease, on May 13, under the care of Abington Women. Her abhorrence of violence led her to (Pa.) Meeting, of which Fray is a member. limit her taxable income and resist paying federal

FRIENDS JOURNAL December 1995 39 taxes for military purposes. A member of Rich­ daughters, Mary Ruth Crawford and Kathy Smith; lege. In 1957 Bill began working at Swarthmore mond (Va.) Meeting, Carole served that meeting as a son, Kip; and seven grandchildren. College in Swarthmore, Pa., where he was Director clerk and on a variety of committees. She also Stanton- William Macy Stanton, Jr., 76, on Sept. of Physical Plant from 1958 until retirement in served as clerk of Virginia's Half-Year Meeting. 29, in Philadelphia, Pa. Born in Lansdowne, Pa., 1984. Bill was an active member of Middletown Carole quietly promoted the idea that people should Bill attended Lansdowne Friends School and (Pa.) Meeting and Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. balance their lives between their spiritual quests Westtown School, and received a BA from the He was a past president and member of the and their community activism. For the last three University of Wisconsin. In 1945 he worked with Swarthmore Rotary Club, and served on the years she attended Ashland (Va.) Meeting. Carole the American Friends Service Committee in France Swarthmore Borough Council for eight years. Bill loved traveling, flower gardening, walking and to retrain Spanish refugee young people. Bill met chaired the Friends Center Board in Philadelphia, jogging in the woods, and music. She gave piano Lois V. Plumb, also an AFSC volunteer, in Paris, Pa., and was a board member of the Senior Citizens lessons until three weeks before her death. Carole France. They worked together on a program build­ Centers of Delaware County. Bill was preceded is survived by her husband, David; a son, David ing neighborhood centers in Germany and were in death by a son, John Stanton. He is survived by Carter; three daughters, Tasha, Trista, and Cara; a married in 1947. The couple returned to the United his wife, Lois; a daughter, Linda Stanton Lange; a grandchild; and a brother, Ted. States in 1948, and Bill took a job at Earlham son, William M. Stanton III; six grandchildren; a College in the Buildings and Grounds department. sister, Susanna Montgomery; and six nieces and Fatula-Dian M. Fatula, 59, on Jan. 10, in Phila­ nephews. delphia, Pa. Born in New York City and raised in In 1953 the Stantons moved to Parkville, Mo., Chappaqua, N.Y., Dian graduated from Brown where he became business manager of Park Col- University and attended Union Theological Semi­ nary in New York City. From 1961 to 1964 she served in the American Friends Service Quaker principles. For information call (212) 673-1 730. Classified We also have overnight accommodations. Committee's Voluntary International Service As­ Quaker House, Managua, Nicaragua. Simple hospitality; signment program as a volunteer and as a field For Information call (215) 241-7279. shared kitchen. Reservations: 011-505-2-663216 (Span­ director. ln 1964 she returned to the United States 55¢ per word. 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Box 318, Westport, NY As You Like It Bed & Breakfast Association of New 12993. singing voice and a love for poetry and music. She York. Accessible, affordable, attractive accommodations available throughout Manhattan. Apartments and guest met Gilbert Kilpack in 1931 and the couple were rooms. (212) 695-3404. Quaker Life, ten issues annually, $19.95. News of Friends married in 1935. From 1940 to 1942 they lived in worldwide; encouragement in Christ; energy for evange­ lism; peacemaking, faithfulness in the Holy Spirit, and Oberlin, Ohio, where she fi rst came into contact VIsiting Britain or Ireland? Home Exchange can con­ renewal; discussion of issues important to Friends' fu­ with Friends. In 1942 the couple studied for two nect you with Friends and others for exchange of homes ture. For a free sample, Friends United Meeting, 101 or hospitality. Home Exchange, P.O. Box 567, Quaker Hill Drive, Richmond, IN 47374. (317) 962-7573. years at Pendle Hill in Wallingford, Pa., before Northampton, MA 01061. (413) 268-Q219. moving to Baltimore, Md., and becoming involved Books-Quaker spiritual classics, history, biography, Wa shington, D.C., sojourners welcome in Friends' home and current Quaker experience, published by Friends in Baltimore (Md.) Meeting, Stony Run. In 1949 in pleasant suburbs nearby. By day, week, or month. For United Press, 101-A Quaker Hill Dr., Richmond, IN 47374. they returned to the Philadelphia, Pa., area and details call (301) 270-5258. Write for free catalogue served on the staff at Pendle Hill. The couple Big Island Friends invite you into their homes for mutual separated in 1958 and Ruth took a job with the Quaker sharing. Donations. HC1, Box 21-0, Captain Quaker Books. Rare and out-of-print, journals, memori- American Friends Service Committee in Philadel­ Cook, Hl96704. (808) 328-8711 , 325-7323, or 322-3116. als, histories, inspirational. Send for free catalogue or phia. In 1960 Ruth and her children moved to Chicago-Affordable guest accommodations in historic specific wants. Vintage Books, 181 Hayden Rowe St., Friends meetinghouse. Short- or long-term. Contact: As­ Hopkinton, MA 01748. Richmond, Ind., where she did secretarial work at sistant Director, Quaker House, 5615 S. Woodlawn Earlham College and assisted the International Pro­ Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637. (312) 288-3066, p-nugent@ grams Office. While at Earlham College Ruth uchicago.edu. andAFSC varied .-oo selection..-wo""" of books not' '"""" found earned her teaching degree, and in 1966 she taught Coming to London? Friendly B&B just a block from the in most retail bookstores: Quaker, Peace, British Museum and very close to London University. A * Children's, Women's and Men's Stud- at Media Friends School in Media, Pa. She was a member of Providence (Pa.) Meeting, and later of central location for all tourist activities. Ideal for persons ies, African American, Middle East, Latin traveling alone. Direct subway and bus links with Heathrow America, and many others. Write or call Concord (Pa.) Meeting. During the Vietnam War Airport. The Penn Club, 21 Bedford Place, London WC 1B for a book list. Order by mail or by phone. her sense of urgency for social change and her skill 5JJ. Telephone: (0171) 63&-4718. Fax: (0171) 636-5516. Visa and MasterCard. American Friends Service Com- as a writer began to merge and she left teaching to NYC-Greenwich Village Accommodation. Walk to 15th mittee Bookstore, 980 N. Fair Oaks Avenue, Pasadena, Street Meeting. One-four people; children welcome. (Two CA 91103-3097. Telephone: (818) 791 -1978 Ext. 123 work for Friends Suburban Project, a program of (Mon.-Fri., 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m.). Fax: (818) 791-2205. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. She was the editor of cats in house.) Reservations: (212) 924-0520. the project's newsletter, The Friendly Agitator, Hawaii-Island of Kaual. Cozy housekeeping cottages. Peace, palms, privacy. $60-$80/nightly. 147 Royal Drive, New 1995-96 FGC Bookstore catalog-An annotated and later served as editor of FRI ENDS JOURNAL from Kapaa, HI 96746. (808) 822-2321. list of over 500 Quaker titles fcir adults to children. Free from Friends General Conference Bookstore, 1216 Arch 1977 to 1980. After retiring, she moved to San Looking for a creative living alternative in New York Bernardino, Calif., to be with her lifelong friend, Street 2B, Philadelphia, PA 19107. Open Monday-Friday, City? Penington Friends House may be the place for you! 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Call or visit to consult about religious Anton McEwen, whom she married in 1989. Ruth We are looking for people of all ages who want to make a education materials. (800) 966-4556. is survived by her husband, Anton McEwen; two serious commitment to a community lifestyle based on

40 December 1995 FRIENDS JouRNAL The Friendly Vlrginians-America's First Quakers, their Friends House in Rosehill Service community, lnnisfree Village. Volunteers live rise and progress, pioneering and adventures. A never· Friends House In Rosehill, a new 5Q-unil residential and work with adults with mental disabilities on a farm in before-told engaging account by Jay Worrall. 590 pages, community for people with AIDS, seeks a Director, a the Blue Ridge Mountains. Must be 21 , able to stay one illustrated. $29.95 at your bookstore or Iberian Publish­ Chief Residence Manager, and a Clinical Services year. Receive room, board, medical benefits, and $160/ ing Co., telephone: (800) 394-8634. Coordinator. This three-person team will be chosen on month. Recruiting, lnnisfree, Rte. 2, Box 506, Crozet, VA the basis of commitment to the organization's housing 22932. For Sale and supportive service mission, background in person­ Chorus Director for Friends Music Camp: someone ally serving people with AIDS or histories of mental illness with experience, who will challenge this group of 10- to Bible Software Clearance. Entire Bible: 8 versions + and homelessness, and experience in organizational de­ 18-year-olds to realize its potential and who'd enjoy be­ reference library, $19 & up. DOS/MAC/Windows/CD-ROM. velopment and community building. Friends House will ing part of our month-long, Friendly community experience. (800) 991·3004, ext. 510. Harvest Ministries, P.O. Box be operated in accord with Friends' convictions about Write or phone FMC, P.O. Box 427, Yellow Springs, OH 6304, Olympia, WA 98502. individual divinity, dignity, self-determination, and group 45387. (513) 767-1311. determination. Women and members of minority groups Marketplace available to you! Commemorative items, are encouraged to apply. Direc tor, Friends School of Minnesota: A 75-student Quaker dolls, coffee mugs, and more. Send for FREE The Director will be responsible for the overall operation Quaker elementary school that provides children of all brochure. Quaker Heritage Showcase, P.O. Box 35637, of Friends House, ensuring that all residents receive backgrounds with an education that enables them to Tucson, Arizona 857 40-5639. appropriate and professional care in keeping with Friends develop to their fullest potential while learning how to House's missions. She/he will be responsible for all ad­ become responsible world citizens. The school provides ministrative functions, in cluding fiscal affairs, inclusive education through its conflict resolution and Opportunities development, personnel, contract and regulatory compli­ diversity initiatives. Salary: $30,00()-$34,000 + benefits. ance, and for the quality of the physical facility and social Starting time: July 1996. If you are excited about and Travel-Study in 1996 for the Socially Concerned programs. skilled in: consensus-building, progressive education. Join Quaker educator, Robert Hinshaw, on anthropol­ The Chief Residence Manager will be responsible for budgeting and fundraising, Quaker principles, academic ogy-focused tours to Guatemala (winter), Scandinavia the physical environment of the Friends House building and administrative leadership, please send resume, cover (June), Peruvian Amazon and Andes (August), or Nova a nd the provision of housing, food service, and security letter, and statement of educational philosophy by Janu­ Scotia (September). Wr~e or call Hinshaw Tours: Box for the residents. She/he will establish and oversee house ary 5th, 1996, to: Search Committee, Friends School of 412, Allenspark, CO 80510; (303) 747·2658. ru les and act as liaison among residents, staff, and the Minnesota, 3244 34th Avenue South, Minneapolis, Min­ community, holding meetings to promote communication nesota 55406. Quaker House intentional community seeks res1dents. and mediate grievances. She/he will manage response to Share living and meal arrangements in historic Friends medical, personal, and building emergencies. · Winthrop Center Friends Church, a small programmed meetinghouse. Common interests in spirituality, peace, The Clinical Services Coordinator will be responsible meeting in south central Maine near the state capitol, and social concerns. One- or two-year terms. Directors, for the provision of social and health services including seeks a full-time pastoral minister. The position is avail­ Quaker House, 5615 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL the assessment and monitoring of each resident's indi­ able September 1, 1995. Send resume to William 60637. (312) 288-3066, [email protected]. vidual social service needs and the social interaction of Rosenbaum, Clerk, 28 High Street, Winthrop, ME 04364. Consider a Nicaragua/Costa Rica Study Tour. Febru­ the entire community. She/he will be responsible for all Illustrator, proofreader (Quaker) sought for books. Re­ ary 10- 22, 1996. Write Roy Joe or Ruth Stuckey, 1182 individual and group counseling and referrals. sume to FRIENDS JOURNAL, Box 200. Hornbeam Road, Sabina, OH 45169, or call or Fax (513) Education and experience in a related field is preferred for all positions. Qualified professionals should send a 382·2869. Friends Music Camp staff positions, summer 1996. Pos­ resume and letter of interest to: sibly needed: instrumental, voice, p iano, chorus James D. Morgan, President, Friends Quarters HDFS, 15 instructors. FMC, P.O. Box 427, Yellow Springs, OH Performing Arts & Music Rutherford Place, New York, NY 10003. 45387. (513) 767-1311 . Songs that build community. Free catalog of songbooksl Friends United Meeting seeks Friends for these posi­ reco rdings. Kids' music, environmental songs, Pete tions, starting on or after January 1, 1996: Rentals & Retreats Seeger, group singing resources. 50% discounts on Rise Assistant Secretary for World Ministries to work with Up Singing by carton. Lively singalong concerts for your the Associate Secretary in all aspects of World Ministries Quaker-based, rural, desert community invites indi­ meeting, school, YM, or community. Annie and Peter work: administration of FUM missions. development of viduals, families, or small groups. We rent homes to Blood-Patterson, 22 Tanguy Road, Glen Mills, PA 19342. new missions, peace and social concerns, missions edu­ prospective community members and space for modest (61 0) 39S.0684. cation, promotion, donor relations, field staff evaluation. retreats. Write Satya, Friends Southwest Center, McNeal, and placement. AZ 85617. Royale Musicke-Renaissance and Baroque music for Assistant Secretary for Outreach to work with the New your wedding, party, or special occasion. Classical guitar Meetings Committee (evaluating and mentoring Friends A Friendly Maui vacation on a Quaker family organic and recorder/flute duo. (609) 858-9374. involved with starting new meetings, working with yearly farm. 20 minutes to local beaches. New stone and cedar and monthly meetings' church-planting programs) and building with large octagonal room, skylight, ocean view, Personals with World Ministries (representing World Ministries to walk-in closet, and private bath. Full kitchen, organic local meetings, recruiting field staff and volunteers, vegetable garden, and hot tub. Bed and breakfast or bed organizing work teams and study tours). and supper: $70 per day. Weekly and monthly rates Graphic Artist to serve as art director for Quaker Life available. Write or call Henrietta & Wm. Vitarelli, 375 and Friends United Press and provide desktop publishing Kawelo Road, Haiku, HI 96708. Telephone: (808) 572- Concerned c5tneks_ services for Friends United Meeting programs; familiarity 9205. Fax: 572-6048. with word processing and Pagemaker software required. Concerned Singles Newsletter links compatible, so­ (Position available immediately.) cially conscious singles who care about peace, social Inquiries to Johan Maurer, Friends United Meeting, 101 justice, civil rights, gender equity, and the environment. Quaker Hill Drive, Richmond, IN, 47374-1980, USA. Retirement Living Nationwide. All ages. Since 1984. Free sample: Box444- FJ, Lenox Dale, MA 01242, or (413) 445-6309. Monteverde Friends School seeks K- 12 teachers to begin August 1996. English-dominant, bilingual school Single Booklovers, a national group, has been getting with multi-graded classes in Costa Rica's rural moun­ FRIENDS HOMES unattached booklovers together since 1970. Please write tains. Salaries low; experience rich. Simple housing Box 117, Gradyville, PA 19039, or call (610) 358-5049. included. Write Monteverde Friends School, Aportado San Jose, Costa Rica. Telephone/fax: (506) 645-5302 West asking for Director or Assistant. Friends Homes West, the new continuing care retire­ Positions Vacant ment community in Greensboro, North Carolina, is now St. Jude Catholic Worker House, offering daily soup open. Friends Homes West is owned by Friends Homes, Head of School. A strong, growing Quaker preschool kitchen and hospitality for 14 guests, needs two or three Inc., specialists in retirement living since 1968. Friends and elementary school seeks an experienced administra­ live-in workers. Modest stipend, health care. Part-time Homes West includes 171 apartments for independent tor with leadership skills, a vision for Friends education, work possible. University community. Write P.O. Box living and on-site health care services in the 28 private and a strong commitment to Quaker values. A committed 1612, Champaign, IL 61824-1612. rooms of the Assisted Living Unit or the 40 private rooms School Committee, under the care of Goshen Monthly Youth Directors Sought For Conference Center. of the Skilled Care Nursing Unit. Enjoy a beautiful com­ Meeting, along with teachers and parents, is just com­ Powell House is the New York Yearly Meeting Confer­ munity in a location with temperate winters and changing pleting a new long-range plan. A talented, dedicated, and ence and Retreat Center,located in rural Columbia County, seasons. For more information, please call (910) 292- experienced staff provides an exciting program for 185 about 25 miles east of Albany, New York. Programs are 9952, or write Friends Homes West, 6100 West Friendly students that engenders enthusiasm for learning and offered for both adults and young people. The Youth Road, Greensboro, NC 27410. growing and responding creatively to all of life's joys and Program offers 20 or more events to youth in grades 4 challenges. Goshen Friends School serves the greater through 12. During these weekend programs Quaker Foxdale VIllage, a Q uaker life-care community. West Chester, Pa. . area and welcomes a d iversity of staff values are affirmed, and self-esteem, spiritual growth , Thoughtfully designed cottages complemented by attrac­ and students. Send resume and letter to Search Commit­ and a spirit of community are nurtured. Powell House is tive dining facilities, auditorium, library, and full medical tee, 814 North Chester Road, West Chesl er, PA 19380 seeking a married couple to serve as Co-Directors of the protection. Setting is a wonderful combination of rural by December 15, 1995. Youth Program. The Youth Directors are responsible for and university environment. Entry fees from Quaker Intern. Year-long, Philadelphia-based, paid in­ the spiritual and administrative work required to plan and $40,00(}-$140,000; monthly fees from $1 ,164-$2,354. ternship with Friends World Committee for Consultation, lead youth conferences, and for guidance and support to 500 East Marylyn Avenue, Department F, State College, Section of the Americas, starting AugusUSeptember 1996. young people who attend. This work is done under the PA 16801 . Telephone: (800) 253-4951 . Work includes editing the newsletter, processing dona­ direction of the Powell House Director. All members of tions, and assorted office work along with a one-year the small staff cooperate to support the work of the whole intern project developed in consultation with you. Write, Center. Schools call, or fax for application-Attention: Associate Secre­ The positions of Youth Directors become available in The Meeting School: a Quaker alternative high school tary, FWCC, 1506 Race St., Philadelphia, PA 19102, summer 1996. For further information please contact: for 30 students who want an education and life-style USA. Phone (215) 241-7251, Fax (215) 241-7285. Appli­ Ann Davidson, Director, 524 Pitt Hall Road, Old Chatham, promoting Friends testimonies of peace, equality, and cations should be in by April 1, 1996. NY 12136. (518) 794-8811 . simplicity. Students live in faculty homes, sharing meals,

fRIENDS JOURNAL December 1995 41 campus work, silence, community decision making. Char· acteristic classes include: Conflict Resolution, Native Socially Responsible Investing Meetings American Studies, Ecology, Human Rights, Alternative Using client-specified social criteria, I screen invest· Housing, Mythology, Quantum Physics. College prepara· ments. I use a financial planning approach to portfolio A partial listing of Friends tory and alternative graduation plans. Wooded rural setting management by identifying individual objectives and de­ meetings in the United States near MI. Monadnock; organic garden, draft horses, sheep, signing an investment strategy. I work with individuals poultry. Annual four-week intensive independent study and businesses. Call Sacha Millstone; Raymond, James and abroad. projects. The Meeting School, 56 Thomas Road, Rindge, & Associates, Inc., member NYSE, SIPC. (202) 789- MEETING NOTICE RATES: $13.50 per line NH 03461 . (603) 899-3366. 0585 in Washington, D.C., area, or (BOO) 982-3035. per year. Payable a year in advance. No Junior high boarding school for grades 7, 8, 9. Small, Wedding Certificates, b1rth testimonials, poetry, gifts all discount. Changes: $8 each. academic classes, challenging outdoor experiences, com­ done in beautiful calligraphy and watercolor illumination. mun~y service, consensus decision making, daily work Book early for spring weddings. Write or call Leslie projects in a small, caring, community environment. Arthur Mitchell, 2840 Bristol Rd., Bensalem, PA 19020. (215) BOTSWANA Morgan School, 1901 Hannah Branch Road, Burnsville, 752·5554. GABORONE-Kagisong Centre. 373624 or 353552. NC 28714. (704) 675-4262. General Contractor. Repairs or alterations on old or CANADA Olney Friends School, a wholesome residentiallearnmg historical buildings. Storm and fire damage restored. HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA·(902) 461..0702 or 477-3690. community in the manner of Conservative Friends, pro· John File, 1147 Bloomdale Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19115. OTTAWA-Worship and First-day school10:30 a.m. viding excellent college preparation for grades 9-12 (215) 464·2207. 91 A Fourth Ave. (613) 232·9923. through integrated academics, arts, worship, work, sports, Buying or selling a home in Montgomery Co., Bucks TORONTO, ONTARIO-Worship and First-day school 11 and service, grounded in Quaker principles of Divine Co., or Philadelphia area? Call Fran Oldynski of John N. a.m. 60 Lowther Ave. (North from cor. Bloor and Bedford). guidance and respect for the good in every person. Weiss, Inc. Realtors at (215) 379-2002 (0) or (215) 745· 61830 Sandy Ridge Road, Barnesville, OH 43713. (614) 7061 (H). Sixteen years experience. Member Abington COSTA RICA 425-3655. Monthly Meeting. MONTEVERDE·Phone 645·5207 or 645-5036. A value-centered school for elementary students with Family Relations Committee's Counseling Service SAN JOSE-Unprogrammed meeting, 11 a.m. Sunday. learning differences. Small, remedial classes, qualified (PYM) provides confidential professional counseling to Phone: 224-4376 or 233·6168. staff, serving Philadelphia and northern suburbs. The individuals and couples in most geographic areas of Quaker School at Horsham, 318 Meeting House Road, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. All counselors are Quakers. EGYPT Horsham, PA 19044. (215) 674-2875. All Friends, regular attenders, and employees of Friends CAIRO-First, third, and fifth Saturday evenings, August Westbury Friends School-Safe, nurturing Quaker en­ organizations are eligible. Sliding fees. Further informa· through June. Call Ray langsten, 357-6969 or 712-696. vironment for 90 children, nursery"ijrade 6, on beautiful tion or brochure, contact Steve Gulick, 1501 Cherry St., 17-acre grounds. Small classes and dedicated teachers. Philadelphia, PA 19102. (215) 988·0140. FRANCE PARI5-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. Sundays. Centre Music, art, computers, Spanish, and gym. Extended-day, Celo Valley Books: Personal attention to all phases of vacation-holiday, and summer programs. Half· and full­ Quaker International, 114 Rue de Vaugirard, 75014 Paris. book production (25 to 5,000 copies). Typing, editing, day nursery, preK. Brochure: Westbury Friends School, Phone: 45-48·74·23. Office hours: Wednesday 2:30·5. layout, final delivery. Free brochure. 346 Seven Mile 550 Post Avenue, Westbury, NY 11590. (516) 333·3178. Ridge Road, Burnsville, NC 28714. GERMANY John Woolman School. Rural California, grades 9-12. HAMBURGH-Unprogrammed meeting 10:30a.m. Sundays. Preparation for college and adulthood, small classes, Winterhuder Weg 98 (Aitenhof). Phone (040) ·2700032. caring staff, work program, service projects; board, day. HEIDELBERG-Unprogrammed meeting. First and third 13075 Woolman lane, Nevada City, CA 95959. (916) ~ tud;os Sundays. Call Brian Tracy: 06223·1386. 273·3183. Lansdowne Friends School-A small Friends school for GUATEMALA boys and girls 3 years of age through 6th grade, rooted in Marriage certificates, Announcements, Invitations, etc. GUATEMALA-Unprogrammed. First and third Sundays. Quaker values. We provide children with a quality aca· Do justice to your event with our calligraphy and award· Call Trudie Hunt: 0343686, Nancy Espana: 0392461. demic and a developmentally appropriate program in a winning graphic design. (800) 763-0053. nurturing environment. Whole language, thematic educa· MEXICO tion, conflict resolution, Spanish, after-school care, Moving to North Carolina? Maybe Dav1d Brown, a Quaker CIUDAD VICTORIA, TAMAULIPA5-Iglesia de los Amigos, summer program. 110 N. lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, real estate broker, can help. Contact him at 1208 Pine· Sunday 10 a.m.; Thursday 8 p.m. Matamoros 737 2-29-73. PA 19050. {610) 623·2548. wood Dr., Greensboro, NC 27410. (910) 294-2095. MEXICO CITY-Unprogrammed meeting, Sundays, 11 a.m. Sandy Spring Friends School. Five- or seven-day board· Casa de los Amigos, Ignacio Mariscal132, 06030, ing option for grades 9-12. Day school preK through 12. Forum Travel Mexico 1, D. F. 705..Q521. College preparatory, upper school AP courses. Strong Quaker-owned-and-managed travel arts and academics, visual and performing arts, and agency. Friendly, experienced service; NICARAGUA team athletic programs. Coed. Approximately 400 stu· domestic and international; overnight de­ MANAGUA-Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m. each Sunday dents. 140-acr e campus less than an hour from livery. (800) 888-4099. at Centro de los Amigos, APTDO 5391 Managua, Washington, D.C. International programs. Incorporating Nicaragua. Telephone first: 66-3216 or 66·0984. traditional Quaker values. 16923 Norwood Road, Sandy Friendly financial services. Let me help you prepare for UNITED STATES Spring, MD 20860. (301) 774-7455, ext. 158. retirement or work out an estate plan. Socially respon· United Friends School: coed; preK-7; emphasizing in­ sible investments are my specialty. Call Joyce K. Moore, Alabama tegrated, developmentally appropriate curriculum, Joyce K. Moore Financial Services, at (610) 258-7532. A THEN5-Limestone Co. worship group (205) 230-3006. including whole language and manipulative math; serving (Securities offered by Washington Square Securities, BIRMINGHAM-Unprogrammed meeting. 10 a.m. Sundays. upper Bucks County. 20 South 1Oth Street, Quakertown, 1423 N. 28th St., Allentown, PA 18104. [610]437·2812.) Creative Montessori School, 1650 28th Court South, PA 18951. (215) 538-1733. Marriage Certificates. Fine calligraphy in traditional plain Homewood. (205) 592..0570. Stratford Friends School provides a strong academic styles or decorated with beautiful, custom-designed bar· FAIRHOPE-unprogrammed meeting 9 a.m. Sundays at program in a warm, supportive, ungraded setting for ders. Also family trees for holiday gifts, births, Friends Meetinghouse, 1.2 mi. east on Fairhope Ave. Ext. children ages 5 to 13 who learn differently. Small classes anniversaries, family reunions. Call or write Carol Simon Write: P.O. Box 319, Fairhope, AL 36533. and an enriched curriculum answer the needs of the Sexton, Clear Creek Design, 820 West Main Street, Rich· whole child. An at-risk program for five-year-aids is avail· mond, IN 47374 (317) 962·1794. HUNTSVILLE-Unprogrammed meeting 10 a.m. Sundays in able. The school also offers an extended day program, various homes. Call (205) 837-6327 or write P.O. Box tutoring, and summer school. Information: Stratford FRIENDS J OURNAL Typesetting and 3530, Huntsville, AL 3581 0. Friends School, 5 Llandillo Road, Havertown, PA 19083. Design services. Our professional ROYAL (Blount County)-Worship group. (205) 429-3088. (61 0) 446-3144. expertise is available to you at reason­ able rates. We combine decades of Alaska Services Offered experience with up-to-date technology. ANCHORAGE-Call for time and directions. (907) 566..Q700. Consider using FRIENDS JOURNAL if you FAIRBANKs-Unprogrammed, First Day, 10 a.m. Hidden Friends, are you receiving monthly payments on a are publishing a newsletter, brochure, Hill Friends Center, 2682 Gold Hill Rd. Phone: 479-3796. Mortgage/Trust Deed and need cash for any reason? I book, poster, or other printed work. We JUNEAU-Unprogrammed. First Day 9 a.m. 325 Gold can help you sell all or a portion of the payments to give Iare happy to give estimates on any job-large or small. Street. Phone (907) 586-4409 for information. you the cash you need. Call Richard Butler collect at FRIENDS JOURNAL, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA (303) 530..2156. 19102·1497. (215) 241-7282. Arizona Guide To Unconventional Colleges. Free info rmation: FLAGSTAFF-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school Victor Campbell, 811 23rd Street, Dept. F, Sacramento, 10 a.m. 402 S. Beaver, 86001 . CA 95816. McNEAL-Cochise Friends Meeting at Friends Southwest Center, 7 1/2 miles south of Elfrida. Worship 11 a.m. Still looking for a book? Free search. Sperling Books, Phone: (602) 642-3894 or (602) 642-3547. 160 E. 38th Street, 25-EFJ, New York, NY 10016. PHOENIX-Worship and First-day school1 0 a.m. 1702 E. Glendale, Phoenix, 85020. 943-5831 or 955-1878. We are a fellowship, Friends mostly, seeking to enrich and expand our spiritual experience. We seek to obey PRESCOTT-Worship group (602) 778-5971 or 445-7619. the promptings of the Spirit, however named. We meet, TEMPE-Unprogrammed, First Days, 10 a.m., childcare publish, correspond. Inquiries welcome! Write Quaker provided. 318 East 15th Street, 85281. Phone: 968-3966. Universalist Fello wship, 121 Watson Mill Road, TUCSON-Pima Friends Meeting (unprogrammed). 10 a.m. Landenberg, PA 19350..9344. 931 N. 5th Ave. Information: (602) 625..0926.

42 December 1995 FRIENDS JouRNAL Arkansas 701 East Boulder Street, Colorado Springs, CO. Tel: (719) JACKSONVILLE-Meeting for worship, First Days. For 685-5548. Address: Colorado Springs Friends Meeting, location and time phone (904) 768-3648 or 733-3573. FAYETTEVILLE-Unprogrammed (501) 521-8657 or267-6822. P.O. Box 2514, Colorado Springs, CO 80901-2514. HOPE-Unprogrammed. Call: (501) 777-5382. KEY WEST-Worship group Sunday 10:30. 618 Grinnell DENVER-Mountain View Friends Meeting, 2280 South Street in garden. Phone: Sheridan Crumlish, 294-1523. LITTLE ROCK-Unprogrammed meeting, discussion Columbine St. Worship and adu~ religious education LAKE WALES.Worship group, (813) 676-2199. 10 a.m., worship at 11 a.m. at Grace United Methodist 9 a.m. Worship and First-{jay school10:30 a.m. Worship at Church, 1601 S. Louisiana. Phone: (501) 663-1439. 12100 W. Alameda, Lakewood 10 a.m. Phone: 777-3799. LAKE WORTH-Palm Beach Meeting, 823 North A St. 10:30 a.m. Phone: (407) 585-8060. DURANGO-Unprogrammed worship 10 am., First -{jay California MIAMI.CORAL GABLES.Meeting 10 a.m. 1185 Sunset ARCATA-11 a.m. 1920 Zehndner. (707) 677-0461. school and adult discussion 11 a.m. Call for location, 247-4550 or 884-9434. Dr., 661-7374. Clerk: David Landowne, (305) 661-4847. BERKELEY-Unprogrammed meeting. Worship 11 a.m., OCALA· tO a.m. ad hoc First-{jay school. 1010 N.E. 44 Ave., 21 51 Vine St. at Walnut. 843-9725. ESTES PARK-Friends/Unitarian Fellowship. Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m. Phone: (303) 586-5521. 32670. Lovely reasonable accommodations. (904) 236-2839. BERKELEY-Strawberry Creek, 1600 Sacramento. P.O. FORT COLLINS.Meeting for worship and First-{jay school ORLANDO-Meeting and First-{jay school 9:30 a.m. Box 5065. Unprogrammed worship 9:30a.m. 524-9186. 316 E. Marks St., Orlando, 32803. (407) 425-5125. CHIC0-10 a.m. singing; 10:30 unprogrammed worship, 10 a.m., 2222 W. Vine. (303) 491-9717. children's class. 2603 Mariposa Ave. 345-3429. NORTH METRO DENVER-Unprogrammed worship 10 ST. PETERSBURG-Meeting, First-{jay school, and a.m., conversation after. Children welcome. Colorado Teen Group 10:30 a.m. 130 19th Ave. S.E. CLAREMONT-Worship 9:30a.m. Classes for children. Phone: (813) 896.0310. 727 W. Harrison Ave., Claremont. Piedmont Meeting, (303) 254-8123, Internet [email protected]. SARASOTA-Worship 9:30a.m., discussion 10:30 a.m., DAVIS.Meeting for worship, First Days, 9:45 a.m. TRINIDAD-Unprogrammed worship, 10 a.m. every First Cook Hall, New College. For directions, call 362-9549 or 345 L. St. Visitors call 753-5924. Day, 605 W. Pine St., Trinidad, CO. Clerk: Bill Durland, Marie Condon, clerk, 355-2592. FRESNO-Unprogrammed meeting. Sunday 10 a.m. Child­ (719) 846-7480. STUART-Worship group. October-May. (407) 335-0281. care. 1350 M Street, Fresno, CA 93721. (209) 486-8420. TALLAHASSEE· Worship Sunday 10 a.m. 2001 Magnolia GRASS VALLEY-Meeting for worship 9:45a.m., Connecticut HARTFORD-Meeting and First-{jay school tO a.m. Dr. South. Unprogrammed. Potluck first Sunday. discussion/sharing 11 a.m. John Woolman School (904) 878-3620. campus, 13075 Woolman Ln. Phone: (916) 265-3164. discussion 11 a.m. 144 South Quaker Lane, West Hartford. Phone: 232-3631. TAMPA-Meeting and First-{jay school tO a.m. HEMET-Meeting for worship 9:30 a.m., 26665 Chestnut Dr. MIDDLETOWN-Worship 10 a.m. Butterfield Colleges, Unit 11215 N. Nebraska Ave., Suite B-3. Phone contacts: Vis"ors call (714) 925-2818 or 927-7678. (813) 989-9261 and 977-4022. LA JOLLA-Meeting 10 a.m. 7380 Eads Ave. Visitors call A, corner of High and Lawn Avenue in Middletown. 456-1020. NEW HAVEN-Meeting and First-{jay school, Sundays, WINTER PARK-Meeting 10 a.m. Alumni House. Rollins 10:30 a.m. Worship sharing Wednesdays 7:30p.m. 225 College. Phone: (407) 894-8998. LONG BEACH-I 0 a.m. Orizaba at Spaulding. (310) 514-1730. East Grand Ave., New Haven, CT 06513. (203) 453-3815. Georgia NEW LONDON-Meeting for worship and First-{jay ATHENs-Worship and First-{jay school 10 to 11 a.m. LOS ANGELES.Worship 10:45 a.m. with Westwood, 5353 school 10 a.m., discussion 11 a.m. Friends Meeting W. Third St. Mail to meetinghouse, 4167 So. Normandie Sunday; 11 to 12 discussion. Athens Montessori School, Ave., L.A., CA 90037. (213) 296-0733. House, Oswegatchie Rd., off the Niantic River Rd., Barnett Shoals Rd., Athens, GA 30605. (706) 353-2856 or Waterford, Conn. 536-7245 or 889-1924. 548-9394. LOS ANGELES. Third Street Friends worship group (L.A. NEW MILFORD-Housatonic Meeting. Rte. 7 at Lanesville and Westwood) 10:45 a.m., Whittier Law School, 5353 W. Rd. Worship 10 a.m. Phone: (203) 746-6329. ATLANTA-Worship and First-{jay school tO a.m. Third St. (213) 296-0733 01 (310) 472-1137. Mail: 1777 701 W. Howard Ave., Decatur, GA 30030. David Thurman, Stone Canyon Rd., L.A., CA 90077. STAMFORD-GREENWICH-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. clerk, (404) 377-2474. 572 Roxbury Rd. (corner of Westover), Stamford. MARIN COUNTY-10 a.m. 177 East Blithedale Ave., (203) 637-4601 or 869-0445. AUGUSTA-Worship 10:30 a.m. at Meetinghouse, Mill Valley, CA. Phone: (4 15) 382-1226. 340 112 Telfair St. (706) 736-8036 or (803) 278-5213. MONTEREY PENINSULA-Friends meeting for worship, STORRs-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Corner North Eagleville and Hunting Lodge Rds. Phone: 429-4459. ST. SIMONS ISLAND-Weekly meeting for worship in Sundays, 10 a.m. Call (408) 649-8615 or homes, 10:30 a.m. Call (912) 638-1200 or 437-4708. (408) 373-5003. WILTON-Worship and First-{jay school tO a.m. Visitors welcome. OJAI-Unprogrammed worship. First Days 10 a.m. 317 New Canaan Rd., Rte. 106. (203) 762-5669. Call 646-4497 or 646-3200. WOODBURY-Utchfield Hills Meeting (formerly Watertown). Hawaii Woodbury Community House, Mountain Rd. at Main St. HONOLULU-Sundays, 9:45a.m. hymn singing; 10 a.m. ORANGE COUNTY-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Harbor Worship and First -{jay school 10 a.m. Phone: 263-3627. worship and First-{jay school. 2426 Oahu Ave., 96822. Area Adult Day Care Center, 661 Hamilton St., Costa Overnight inquiries welcomed. Phone: (808) 988-2714. Mesa, CA 92627. (71 4) 786-7691. Delaware MAUl-Friends Worship Group. Contact: John Dart PALO ALTO-Meeting for worship and First-{jay classes for CAMDEN-Worship 11 a.m., (10 a.m. in June, July, Aug.), children 11 a.m. 957 Colorado. First-{jay school tO a.m., 2 mi. S. of Dover, 122 E. (808) 878-2190, 107-D Kamnui Place, Kula, HI 96790; or (808) 572-9205 (Vitarellis). PASADENA-Orange Grove Monthly Meeting, 520 E. Camden-Wyo Ave. (Ale. 10). 284-4745, 697-6910. Orange Grove Blvd. First-{jay school 10 a.m., meeting for CENTRE-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. 1 mile east of Idaho worship 11 a.m. Phone: (818) 792-6223. Centreville on the Centre Meeting Rd. at Adams Dam Rd. BOISE-Boise Valley Friends. Unprogrammed worship, REDLANDS.RIVERSIDE·SAN BERNARDINO-Inland HOCKESSIN-First-{jay school tO a.m., worship 11 a.m. 9:30a.m. First Day. (208) 345-2049. Valley Friends Meeting. Unprogrammed. Call (714) 682- N.W. from Hockessin-Yorklyn Rd. at first crossroad. MOSCOW-Moscow-Pullman Meeting, Campus Christian 5364 or 792-7766. NEWARK-First-{jay school9:30 a.m., worship 10:30 a.m. Center, 822 Elm St., Moscow. Unprogrammed worship SACRAMENTO-Meeting 10 a.m. Stanford Settlement, Newark Center for Creative Learning, 401 Phillips Ave. 11 a.m. Sunday. Childcare. (208) 882-3534. 450 W. El Camino near Northgate. Phone: {916) 446-6822. (302) 456-0398. SANDPOINT-Unprogrammed worship group at Gardenia SAN DIEGO-Unprogrammed worship, First Days, ODESSA-Worship, first Sundays, 11 a.m., W. Main Street. Center, 4 p.m. Sundays. Various homes in summer. Call 10:30 a.m. 4848 Seminole Dr. (619) 287-4127. WILMINGTON-Worship 9:15a.m., First-{jay school Elizabeth Willey, 263-4290. SAN FERNANDO VALLEY-Unprogrammed worship, First 10:30 a.m. Alapocas, Friends School. Illinois Days, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; 15056 Bledsoe, Sylmar. WILMINGTON-Worship and First-{jay school 10:30 a.m. 360-7635. BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL-Unprogrammed Sun. 4th & West Sts. Phone: 652-4491. 11 a.m. Sept.-May, Campus Religious Center, 210 W. SAN FRANCISCO-Meeting for worship and First -{jay Mulberry, Normal. Summer-homes. (309) 886-2704. school, 11 a.m., Sundays. 65 9th Street. (41 5) 431·7440. District of Columbia WASHINGTON-Friends Meeting, 21 11 Florida Ave. NW CHICAG0-57th St., 5615 Woodlawn. Worship 10:30 a.m. SAN JOSE-Worship and First-{jay school 10 a.m .• Monthly meeting follows on third Sunday. Phone: discussion 11 :30 a.m. 1041 Morse St. (408) 251-0408. (north of Dupont Circle Metro, near Conn. Ave.). (202) 483- 3310. Unprogrammed meetings for worship are held at: 288-3066. SANTA BARBARA·Marymount School (above the Mis­ FLORIDA AVE. MEETINGHOUSE-Worship at 9 a.m. CHICAGO-Chicago Monthly Meeting, 10749 S. Artesian. sion), 10 a.m. Children's program and childcare. P.O. Box Worship 11 a.m. Phones: 445-8949 or 233-2715. 40120, Santa Barbara, CA 93140-0120. Phone: 965-5302. and •tt a.m. Sundays, also 7 p.m. Wednesdays. First­ day school at 11 :20 a.m. CHICAGO-Northside (unprogrammed). Mailing address: SANTA CRUZ-Meeting 10 a.m., Louden Nelson Center. QUAKER HOUSE·2121 Decatur Pl., adjacent to 1456 W. Leland, Chicago, IL 60640. Worship 4 p.m. at Clerk: Terry Thiermann, (408) 336-2160. Meetinghouse. Worship at ·10 a.m. 3344 N. Broadway, Chicago (Broadway United Methodist SANTA MONICA·First-{jay school and meeting at 10 a.m. •interpreter for the hearing impaired at 10 and 11 a.m. Church), lower level. Phone: (312) 929-4245. 1440 Harvard St. Phone: 828-4069. FRIENDSHIP PREPARATIVE MEETING-at Sidwell DECATUR-Worship and First-{jay school, 10 a.m. at Friends Upper School, 3825 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Kogod DOVE, 788 E. Clay. Phone: 877.0296 or 423-4613. SANTA ROSA-Redwood Forest Meeting. Worship 10 a.m. Arts Bldg. Worship at 11 a.m. 1647 Guerneville Rd. Phone: (707) 578-3317. WILLIAM PENN HOUSE WORSHIP GROUP-515 E. DOWNERS GROVE-(West Suburban Chicago) Worship and First-{jay school10:30 a.m. 5710 Lomond Ave. SEBASTOPOL-Apple Seed Friends. Worship 10 a.m. Capitol St., SE. (202) 543-5560. Worship at 9:30 a.m. 167 No. High Street, P.O. Box 1135. (707) 823-7938. (3 blocks west of Belmont, 1 block south of Maple). Phone: Florida 966-3861 or 852-5812. VISALIA-Worship 10:30 am. 17208 Ave. 296, Visalia. CLEARWATER-Clerk: Priscilla Blanshard, 8333 Seminole EVANSTON-Worship 10 a.m. 1010 Greenleaf, 864-8511. (209) 739-7776. Blvd. #439, Seminole, FL 34642. (813) 397-8707. GALESBURG-Peoria-Galesburg Meeting. 10 a.m. in WHITTlER-Whitleaf Monthly Meeting, Administration DAYTONA BEACH-Sunday 10:30 a.m. in homes. Please homes. (309) 343-7097 for location. Building, corner Painter and Philadelphia. Worship call (904) 677-6094 or 734-3115 for information. 9:30a.m. P.O. Box 122. Phone: 698-7538. LAKE FOREST-Worship 10:30 a.m. at meetinghouse. FT. LAUDERDALE-Worship group. (305) 977-6311. West Old Elm and Ridge Rds. Mail: Box 95, Lake Forest, Colorado FT. MYERS.Meeting at Lee County Nature Center Days at 60045. Phone: (708) 234-841 0. BOULDER-Meeting for worship 8:30 and 10 a.m. Childcare 10:30 a.m. Telephone: (813) 334-3533, 489-3531 ; or in McHENRY COUNTY-Worship 10 a.m. (815) 385-8512. available. First-{jay school tO a.m. Phone Mary Hey at Naples, 455-8924. (303) 442-3638. McNABB-Clear Creek Meeting. Unprogrammed worship GAINESVILLE-Meeting and First-{jay school 11 a.m. 11 a.m., First -{jay school 10 a.m. Meetinghouse 2 miles COLORADO SPRINGS. Meeting Sunday at 10 a.m. at 1921 N.W. 2nd Ave. 462-3201 . south, 1 mile east of McNabb. Phone: (815) 882-2214.

FRIENDS JouRNAL December 1995 43 OAK PARK-Worship 10 a.m. (with FirsHlay school and 9 a .m. Phone: (207) 338-4476. FRAMINGHAM-Worship 10 a.m. First-day school. Year childcare) at Oak Park Art League, 720 Chicago Ave. round. 841 Edmands Rd. (2 mi. west of Nobscot traffic BRUNSWICK-Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m. lights). Wheelchair Aocessible. (508) 877-1261. Mail Address: P.O. Box 3245, Oak Park, IL 60303-3245. 333 Maine St. 833-5016 or 725-6216. Phone: (708) 848-1892. GREAT BARRINGTON-South Berkshire Meeting, Blodgett EAST VASSALSBORO-Unprogrammed meeting for PARK FOREST-Worship 10 a.m. (708) 748-2266. House, Simon's Rock College, Alford Rd. Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m. (9 am. summer). Childcare. Friends 10:30 am. Phone: (413) 528-1847 or (413) 243-1575. QUINCY- Friends Hill Meeting. Unprogrammed worship meetinghouse, China Road, George R. Keller, clerk. 10 a.m. 223-3902 or 222-6704 for location. (207) 872-2615. MARTHA'S VINEYARD-Unprogrammed 10:30 a.m. Hillside Village, Edgartown Rd. (508) 693-1834 or 693-0512. ROCKFORD-Meeting for worship, First Days, 10:30 a.m., MID-COAST AREA-Unprogrammed meeting for worship, Friends House, 326 N. Avon. (815} 962-7373, 963-7448, or First-day school, 10 a.m., Friends meetinghouse, NORTH SHORE-Worship and First-day school1 0 a.m. 964-<)716. Damariscotta. Coming from the south on Rt. 1, turn left at Glen Urquhart School, Beverly Farms, Mass., Clerk: Bruce URBANA-CHAMPAIGN-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. 714 the blinker light onto Belvedere Rd., right if coming from Nevin, 281-5683. W. Green St., Urbana. Phone: (217) 328-5853 or 344-6510. the north. (207) 563-3464 or 582-6615. NORTHAMPTON-Worship 11 a.m., adu~ discussion 9:30; childcare. Smith College, Bass Hall, room 210. ORONO-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 10 a.m. Indiana Orono Community Center. 989-1366. (413} 584-2788. BLOOMINGTON-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. Moores SANDWICH-East Sandwich Meetinghouse, Quaker PORTLAND-Unprogrammed worship, First-day school, Pike at Smith Road. (812) 336·5576. Meeting House Rd. just north of Ale. 6A. Meeting for 10:30 a.m. 1845 Forest Ave. (Ale. 302). Call (207) worship Sunday 11 a.m. (508) 747-0761. EVANSVILLE-Worship 11 a.m. Sundays at Patchwork 797-4720. Central, 100 Washington Ave. WELLESLEY-Meeting for worship and Sunday school WATERBORO-Unprogrammed worship, First-day school 10 a.m. at 26 Benvenue St. Phone: (617) 237-0268. FORT WAYNE-Friends Worship Group meets for 9 a.m. Conant Chapel, Alfred. (207) 324-4134, 625-6034. discussion and unprogrammed worship. Phone Vincent WEST FALMOUTH-CAPE COO-Meeting for worship, Reddy (219) 424·5618 for time and place. WHITING-Cobscook Friends Meeting. Meeting for worship, Sunday, 11 a.m. Ate. 28A. (10 a.m. starting July 1994.) First Days, 10 a.m. Walter Plaut, clerk. (207) 733-2191. HOPEWELL-Unprogrammed worship 9:30a.m., discussion WESTPORT-Meeting, Sundays, 10:00 a.m. Central 10:30 a.m. 20 mi. W. Richmond; between 1-70, US 40; 1-70 Village. 638-4963. exit Wilbur Wright Rd., 1 1/4 mi. S., 1 mi. W. 478-4218. Maryland ADELPHI-Worship 10 a.m. Sunday. Sunday school WORCESTER-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 11 a.m. INDIANAPOLis-North Meadow Circle of Friends, . 10:20 a.m. (1 0 a.m. fourth Sun.). Adult 2nd hour 901 Pleasant St. Phone: 754-3887. 1710 N. Talbott. Unprogrammed, worship 10 a.m. Children 11 :30 a.m. 1sV3rd/5th Sun. Nursery, 2303 Metzerott, near Michigan welcome. 928-7657. u. of Md. (301) 445-1114. INDIANAPOLIS.Valley Mills Friends Meeting. 6739West ALMA·MT. PLEASANT-Unprogrammed meeting 10 a.m.; ANNAPOLIS.351 Dubois Rd. Worship 11 a.m. Thompson Road. Catherine Sherman, pastor. Call (317) discussion 11 a.m. Clerk: Don Nagler, (517} 772-2421 . Phone: (41 0) 573-0364. 856-4368 for meeting times. ANN ARBOR-Meeting 10 a.m., adu~ discussion 11:30 a.m. BAL TlMORE-Stony Run: worship 9:30 and 11 a.m. except RICHMOND-Clear Creek, Stout Memorial Meetinghouse, Meetinghouse, 1420 Hill St.; guest room reservations, 8:30 and 10 a.m. July and August. 5116 N. Charles St. Earlham College, unprogrammed, 9:15 a .m. Clerk: George (313) 761-7435. C

44 December 1995 FRIENDS JoURNAL Nebraska QUAKERTOWN-Worship and First-day school10:30 a.m. HUDSON· T aghkanic-Hudson Friends Meeting. Box 502, Quakertown 08868. (201) 782-0953. LINCOLN-Unprogrammed worship 10:30 a.m. 3319 S. 46th. Unprogrammed meeting for worship every 1st and 3rd Phone: 488-4178. RANCOCAS.First-day school 10 a.m., meeting for worship First day at 10:30 a.m. Telephone: (518) 392-9502 or 11 a.m. (518) 672-7267. OMAHA-Unprogrammed worship 11 a.m.; University Relig. Ctr., 101 N. Happy Hollow. 289-4156,558-9162. RIDGEWOOD-Meeting for worship and First-day school ITHACA-Worship 11 a.m., Anabel Taylor Hall, Oct.-May, 11 a.m. 224 Highwood Ave. (201) 445-8450. worship 10:30 a.m., Hector Meeting House, Perry City Rd., June-Sept. Phone: 273-5421. Nevada SALEM-Meeting for worship 11 a.m., First-day school LAS VEGAS.Unprogrammed worship got..p. 9:45a.m. July and Aug. worship 10 a.m. East Broadway. LONGISLAND(QUEENS, NASSAU, SUFFOLK COUNTIES)-Unprogrammed meetings for worship, 11 a.m. Call (702) 898-5785. SEAVILLE-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. (July/Aug. 10 a.m.) First Days, unless otherwise noted. RENo-unprogrammed worship, for information call: 747-4623. Main Shore Rd., Ate. 9, Seaville. (609) 624-1165. SHREWSBURY-Meeting for worship and First-day school PECONIC BAY-Southampton; Administration Building, New Hampshire 10:30 a.m. Ate. 35 and Sycamore. Phone: (908) 741-4138. Southampton College. (516) 287-1713 or (516) 283-4591. FARMINGDALE·BETHPAGE·second and fourth First CONCORD-Worship 10 a.m. Children welcomed and cared SOMERSET/MORRIS COUNTIES.Somerset Hills Meeting, Days, preceded by Bible study, 10:30 a.m. for. Merrimack Valley Day Care Center, 19 N. Fruit St. Community Club, E. Main St., Brookside. Worship held FLUSHING-Discussion 10 a.m.; First-day school 11 a.m. Phone: (603) 783-4921. 10:30 a.m. Sept.-May. (908) 234-2486 or (908) 876-4491. 137-16 Northern Blvd. (718) 358-9636. DOVER.Unprogrammedworship 10:30a.m., 141 Central SUMMIT-Meeting for worship and First-day school 11 a.m. JERICHO-Old Jericho Tpke., oft Ate. 25, just east of Ave. Clerk: Charlotte Fardelmann, (603) 436-7652, or (July, Aug., 10 a.m.). 158 Southern Blvd., Chatham intersection with Rtes. 106 and 107. write: P.O. Box 98, Dover, NH 03820. Township. Visitors welcome. LOCUST VALLEY- MATINECOCK-1 0 a.m. all year, GONic-Programmed Worship 2nd and 4th Sundays. TRENTON-Meeting for worship and primary First-day FDS Sept.-June. Duck Pond and Piping Rock Ads. 10:30 a.m. Maple St. Clerk: Evelyn Lang. school 10 a.m. Hanover and Montgomery Sts. Children MANHASSET-Adult class 10 a.m., FDS 11 a.m., Winter. Phone: (603) 895-9877. welcomed and cared for. (Worship 10 a.m. June- August.) (516) 365-5142. HANOVER-Worship and First-day school, Sundays, ST. JAMES-CONSCIENCE BAY-Friends Way, off TUCKERTON-Uttle Egg Harbor Meeting. Left side of Moriches Rd. Adult discussion, First-day school, and 10 a.m. Friends Meetinghouse, 43 Lebanon St. (next to Ate. 9 traveling north. Worship 10:30 a.m. singing. (516) 862-6213. high school). Clerk: Anne Baird, (603) 989-3361. WOODBURY-First-day school 10 a.m., meeting for SHELTER ISLAND EXECUTIVE MEETING-10:30 a.m. LANCASTER.Unprogrammed meeting at the Episcopal worship 11:15 a.m. 140 North Broad St. Telephone: Summers: Circle at Quaker Martyr's Monument, Rectory nearly every Sunday evening at 5:30. Check for (609) 845-5080, if no answer call 845-9516. Sylvester Manor. (516) 749-0555. Winters: time. (802) 962-5290. WOODSTOWN-First-day school 9:45a.m., worship 96 Hempstead St., Sag Harbor. (516) 324-6557. NORTH SANDWICH-10:30 a.m. Contact: Webb, 11 a.m. July and Aug., worship 10 a.m. N. Main St. WESTBURY-550 Post Ave., just south of Jericho Tpke. (603) 284-6215. Phone: (609) 358-3528. at Exit 32-N, Northern State Pkwy. (516) 333- 3178. PETERBOROUGH-Monadnock, Meeting at Peterborough/ MT. KISCO-Croton Valley Meeting. Meetinghouse Road, Jaffrey Une on Rt. 202. 10:30 a.m., 9:30a.m. in July and New Mexico opposite Stanwood. Worship 11 a.m. Sunday August. (603) 924-6150, or Stine, 878-4768. ALBUQUERQUE-Meeting and First-day school10:30. (914) 666-8602. WEARE-10:30 a.m., Quaker St., Henniker. Contact: Baker 1600 5th St., N.W., (505) 843-6450. NEW PALTZ· Worship, First-day school and childcare (603) 478-3230. LAS CRUCES.10 a.m. worship, childcare. 2610 S. Solano. 10:30 a.m. 8 N. Manheim. (914) 255-5678. 522-0672 (mach.) or 521-4260 (Anne-Marie & ISRNI). WEST EPPING-unprogrammed. 10 a.m. on 1st and 3rd NEW YORK CITY-At 15 Rutherford Place (1 5th Street), First Days. Friend St. directly off Rt. 27. Clerk: Fritz Bell, SANTA FE-Meeting for worship, Sundays 9 and 11 a.m. Manhattan: unprogrammed worship every First Day at (603) 895-2437. Olive Rush Studio, 630 Canyon Rd. Phone: 983-7241. 9:30a.m. and 11 a.m.; programmed worship at 10 a.m. on New Jersey SILVER CITY AREA-Gila Friends Meeting. 10 a.m. Call: the first First Day of every month. Earl Hall, Columbia 388-3388, 536-9565, or 535-4137 for location. University: unprogrammed worship every First Day at ATLANTIC CITY AREA-Worship 11 a.m., 437A, S. Pitney 11 a.m. At 110 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn: Rd. Near Absecon. (609) 652-2637. SOCORRO-Worship group, first, third, fifth Sundays, unprogrammed worship at 11 a.m. every First Day. Phone 10 a.m. Call: 635-0013 or 835-0277. CAMDEN-Newton Friends Meeting. Worship First Day (212) 777-8866 (Mon.-Fri., 9-5) about First-day schools, 10:30 a.m. Cooper & 8th Sts. (by Haddon Ave.). New York monthly business meetings, and other information. Information: (609) 964-9649. OLD CHATHAM-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. Powell ALBANY-Worship and First-day school 11 a.m. CAPE MAY-Beach meeting mid-June through Sept., House, Ate. 13. P/1one 794-6811. 727 Madison Ave. Phone: 436-6812. 8:45 a.m., beach north of first-aid station. (609) 624-1165. ONEONTA-Butternuts Monthly Meeting. Worship CINNAMINSON-Westfield Friends Meeting, Ate. 130 at ALFRED-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. each First Day in 10:30 a.m. first Sunday. (607) 432-9395. Olher Sundays: Riverton-Moorestown Rd. Meeting for worship 11 a.m., The Parish House, West University St. Cooperstown, 547-5450, Delhi, 829-6702; Norwich, First-day school 10 a.m. AMAWALK-Worship 10:30 a.m. Quaker Church Rd., N. of 334-9433. Ate. 202-35, Yorktown Heights. (914) 962·3045. CROPWELL-Mealing for worship 10:45 a.m. Old Marlton ORCHARD PARK-Worship and First-day school 11 a.m. Pike, one mile west of Martton. AUBURN-Unprogrammed meeting 1 p.m. Seventh-day East Quaker St. at Freeman Rd. 662-5749. worship. By appointment only. Auburn Prison, 135 State CROSSWICKS.Meeting and First-day school 9:30 a.m. POPLAR RIDGE-Worship 10 a.m. (315) 364-5563. (609) 298-4362. St., Auburn, NY 13021. Requests must be processed through Barbara A. Bowen, 25 Grover St., Auburn, NY POUGHKEEPSIE-Meeting for worship and Sunday school DOVER-RANDOLPH-Worship and First-day school 13021. Phone: (315) 252·3532. 10 a.m. 249 Hooker Ave., 12603. (914) 454-2870. 11 a.m. Randolph Friends Meetinghouse, Quaker Church Rd. and Quaker Ave. between Center Grove Rd. and BROOKLYN-Worship and First-day school 11 a.m. PURCHASE-Meeting for worship and First-day school Millbrook Ave., Randolph. (201) 627-3987. (childcare provided). 11 0 Schermerhorn St. For information 11 a.m., Purchase Street (Rt. 120) at Lake St. Meeting GREENWICH-First-day school10:30 a.m., Worship call (212) 777-8866 (Mon.-Fri. 9-5). Mailing address: Box telephone: (914) 949-0206 (answering machine). 11:30 a.m., Ye GreateSt., Greenwich. (609) 45Hl217. 730, Brooklyn, NY 11201. QUAKER STREET-Worship 10 a.m. Ate. 7 Quaker Street, HADDONFIELD-Worship 10 a.m.; First-day school follows, BUFFALO-Worship and First-day school, 11 a.m. New York 12141. Phone (518) 895-6169. except summer. Babysitting provided during both. Friends 72 N. Parade near Science Museum. Call: for summer ROCHESTER-labor Day to May 31, Meeting for Worship Ave. and Lake St. Phone: 428-6242 or 428-5779. hours. 892-6645. 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. First-day school 11 a.m. June 1 to MANASQUAN-First-day school 10 a.m., meeting BULLS HEAD RD.-Worship andFirst-dayschool10:30 a.m. Labor Day worship at 10 a.m. with babysitting available, 11:15 a.m. Ate. 35 at Manasquan Circle. N Dutchess Co., 1/4 mile E. Taconic Pky. (914) 266-3223. 41 Westminster Rd., 14607. (716) 271-0900. MARLTON·SeeCROPWELL. CANTON-St. Lawrence Valley Friends Meeting, ROCKLAND-Meeting for worship and First-day school (315) 386-4648. 11 a.m. 60 Leber Rd., Blauvelt. (914) 623-6473. MEDFORD-Worship 10 a.m. First-day school 10:30 a.m. Union St. Meetinghouse. (609) 953-6914 for info. CATSKILL·1 0 a.m. worship. Rt. 55, Grahamsville. RYE-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 9 a.m., November-April in members' homes. (914) 985-7409 or 624 Milton Road. Phone (914) 967-0539. MICKLETON-Worship 10 a.m., First-day school 11 a.m. (914) 434-3494. SARANAC LAKE-Meeting for worship and First-day (609) 848-7449 or 423-5618. CENTRAL FINGER LAKES.Penn Yan, Sundays, Sept. school; (518) 523-3548 or (518) 891-4490. MONTCLAIR-Meeting and First-day school 11 a.m. except through June, 270 Lake St., rear, adult and child's study SARATOGA SPRINGS.Worship and First-day school July and Aug. 10 a.m. Park St. and Gordon hurst Ave. 10 a.m., worship 11 a.m. July through Aug., worship in 11 a.m. Phone: (518) 399-5013. Phone: (201) 7 46-0940. Visitors welcome. homes. Phone: (716) 526-5196. SCARSDALE-Meeting for worship, 11 a.m. year round; MOORESTOWN-118 E. Main St. For Meeting information CHAPPAQUA-Unprogrammed meeting for worship and First-day school, third Sunday in Sept. through second call (609) 235-1561. First-day school 10:30 a.m. Ate. 120 Quaker Rd. Sunday in June, 11 a.m. 133 Popham Road, (914) 472- MOUNT HOLLY-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. High and (914) 238-3170. 1807. William Bortree, clerk, (914) 738-2312. Garden Sts. Visitors welcome. Call: (609) 261 -7575. CLINTON-Meeting, Sundays, 10:30 a.m. Kirkland Art SCHENECTADY-Meeting for worship 9:30a.m. Albany Center, On-the-Park. Phone: 853-2243. MULLICA HILL-Main St. Sept.-May First-day school Street United Methodist Church, 924 Albany Street. 9:45, meeting for worship 11 a.m. Meeting only, June, July CORNWALL-Worship with childcare and First-day school, (518) 377-4912. and Aug., 10 a.m. 10:30 a.m., Quaker Ave. Phone: 534-7474. STATEN ISLAND-Meeting for worship Sundays at 11 a.m. Information: (718) 720-0643. NEW BRUNSWICK-Meeting and First-day school EASTON-Unprogrammed worship and First-day school 10:30 a.m. Meeting only July and Aug., 9:30 a.m. 11 a.m. Ate. 40. (518) 664-6567 or 677-3693. SYRACUSE-Worship 10:30 a.m. 821 Euclid Ave. 109 Nichol Ave. at Hale St. (908) 846-6969. ELMIRA-10:30 a.m. Sundays. 155 West 6th St. Phone: WARWICK-Worship, 2nd Sunday of month, 10:30 a.m., at PLAINFIELD-Meeting for worship and First-day school (607) 733-7972. Bandwagon, Hamilton Ave. (914) 986-6414. 10 a.m. Wednesday at 8 p.m. 225 Watchung Ave. at E. FREDONIA-Unprogrammed meeting 10:30 a.m. Call: Third St. 757-5736. (716) 672-4427 or (716) 672-4518. North Carolina PRINCETON-Worship 9 and 11 a.m. First-day school HAMILTON-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Upperville ASHEVILLE-Unprogrammed meeting for worship and 11 a.m. Oct-May. Quaker Rd. near Mercer St. Meetinghouse, Route 80, 3 miles west of Smyrna. Phone: First-day school 10 a.m., forum and childcare 11 a.m. (609) 737-7142. Jean Eastman, (607) 674-9044. 227 Edgewood Rd. (704) 258-0974.

FRIENDS J OURNAL December 1995 45 BOONE-Unprogrammed meeting for worship and First-day OBERLIN-unprogrammed meeting, First Days: DOYLESTOWN-Meeting for worship and First-day school school, 11 a.m. 381 E. King Street. John Geary, clerk, (216) 775-2368 or (216) 774-3292. 10:30 a.m. East Oakland Ave. (704) 264·5812. OXFORO.Unprogrammed worship and First-day school, DUNNINGS CREEK-First-day school/Meeting for worship BREVARO.Unprogrammed meeting for worship, 11 a.m. 10 a.m. (513) 523-5802 or (513) 523-1061. begins 10 a.m. N.W. Bedford at Fishertown. 623-5350. Oakdale and Duckworth Aves. (704) 884·7000. WAYNESVILLE-Friends meeting, First-day school ERIE.tJnprogrammed worship. Call: (814) 866-0682. CEL~ting 10:45 a.m., near Burnsville, off Rt. 80S, 9:30a.m., unprogrammed worship 10:45 a.m. 4th and FALLSlNGTON (Bucks County)·Falls Meeting, Main St. 455 Hannah Branch Rd., (704) 675-4456. Hight Sts. (513) 885-7276, 897-8959. First-day school 10 a.m., meeting for worship 11 a.m. Five CHAPEL HILL·Meeting forworship9 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. WILMINGTON-Campus Meeting (FUM/FGC), Kelly Center. miles from Pennsbury reconstructed manor home of First-day school11:15 a.m. Childcare. During June, July, Unprogrammed worship 10:15 a.m. (513) 382.()()67. William Penn. and August, worship at 9 and 10:30 a.m. 531 Raleigh Rd. WOOSTER-unprogrammed meeting and First-day school GLENSIDE-Unprogrammed, Christ~ntered worship. Oerk: Mike Green, (919) 929-2339. Meetinghouse, 10:30 am. S.W. corner College and Pine Sts. First-day 10:30 a.m., Fourth-day, 7:30p.m. 16 Huber St., {919) 929-53n. (216) 345-8664 or 262-7650. Glenside (near Railroad Station) Telephone (21 5) 576-1450. CHARLOTTE-Unprogrammed meeting for worship and YELLOW SPRINGS.Unprogrammed worship, FGC, GOSHEN-First-day school10 a.m., worship 10:45 First-day school 10 a.m., forum and childcare 11 a.m. 2327 11 a.m. Rockford Meetinghouse, President St. (Antioch Goshenville, intersection of Rte. 352 and Paoli Pike. Remount Rd. (704) 399-8465 or 537-5808. campus). Clerk, Bruce Heckman: (513) 767-7973. GWYNEDD-First-day school 9:45a.m., except summer. DAVIDSON-10 a.m. Carolina Inn. (704) 892-3996. Oklahoma Worship 11: 15 a.m. Sumneytown Pike and Rte. 202. DURHAM-unprogrammed meeting and First-day school OKLAHOMA CITY-Friends Meetinghouse, 312 S.E. 25th. HARRISBURG-Worship 11 a.m., First-day school and 10 a.m. 404 Alexander Ave. Contact Karen Stewart, Unprogrammed meeting for worship 10 a.m., Quaker study adult education (Sept. to May) 9:45 a.m. Sixth and Herr (919) 732-9630. group, midweek. (405) 632-7574,631-4174. Sts. Phone: (717) 232-7282 or 232-1326. FAYETTEVILLE-Unprogrammed. Phone 485-5720. STILLWATER..Unprogrammed meeting for worship 11 a.m. HAVERFORD-First-day school10:30 a.m., meeting for GREENSBORO.Friendship Meeting (unprogrammed), For information call (405) 372-5892 or 372-4839. worship 10:30 a.m., fifth-day meeting for worship 10 a.m. 1103 New Garden Rd. Worship 10:30 a.m. Call: TIJLSA·Green Country Friends Meeting. Unprogrammed during college year. Buck Lane, between Lancaster Pike (91 0) 294-2095 or 854-5155. worship 5:15p.m. Forum 4 p.m. For information, call and Haverford Rd. GREENSBORO.New Garden Friends Meeting. Meeting for (918) 743-6827. HAVERTOWN-Old Haverford Meeting. East Eagle Rd. at worship: unprogrammed 9 a.m.; semi-programmed 11 a.m. Saint Dennis Lane, Havertown; First-day school and adult First-day school 9:30 a.m. Hank Semmler, clerk; David W. Oregon forum, 10 a.m., meeting for worship 11 a.m. Bills, pastoral minister. 801 New Garden Road, 27 410. ASHLAND-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Sunday. HORSHAM-First-day school, meeting 11 a.m. Ate. 611. (910) 292-5487. 1150 Ashland St. (503) 482-4335. INDIANA-Unprogrammed meeting for worship, 10:30 a.m., GREENVILLE-Unprogrammed worship and First-day CORVALLis-Meeting for worship 9:30a.m. first and third Sundays. (412) 349-3338. school. 355-7230 or 7~789. 3311 N.W. Polk Ave. Phone: 752-3569. KENDAL·Worship 10:30 a.m. Ate. 1, 1 mi. N. of Longwood HICKORY.Unprogrammed worship, First-day school EUGENE-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. Sunday. 2274 Onyx Gardens. 10:15 a.m., forum 11:30.328 N. Center St., (704) 324-5343. St. Phone: 343-3840. KENNETT SOUARE·First-day school10 a.m., worship MOREHEAD CITY..Unprogrammed . First and Third Sundays, FLORENCE.tJnprogrammed worship (503) 997-4237 or 11 a.m. Union and Sickles. Robert B. McKinistry, clerk, 2:30 p.m., We!X> Building, 9th and Evans Street. Discussion, 964-5691 . (61 0) 444-4449. fellowship. Bob (919) 726-2035; Tom (919) 728-7083. PORTLANO.Multnomah Monthly Meeting, 4312 S.E. Stark. LANCASTER-Meeting and First-day school10 a.m. RALEIGH-unprogrammed. Worship 10 a.m. 625 Tower First-day school, all ages 10 a.m. Unprogrammed worship 110Tulane Terr. 392-2762. Street. (child care available) 11 a.m. Phone: 232-2822. LANSDOWNE-First-day school and activities 10 a.m. FANNO CREEK WORSHIP GROUP-Contact Robert WENTWORTHIREIDSVILLE.()pen worship and childcare Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Lansdowne and Stewart Aves. 10:30 a.m. Call: (919) 349-5727 or (919) 427-3188. Keeler at (503) 292-8114. Meets at Oregon Episcopal LEHIGH VALLEY-BETHLEHEM-Worship and First-day School, Portland. school 9:30a.m. Programs for all ages 10:45 a.m. On WILMINGTON.tJnprogrammed worship 11 a.m., MOUNTAIN VIEW WORSHIP GROUP-Contact Lark discussion 10 a.m., 313 Castle St. Lennox at (503) 296-3949. Meets at the antique church Rte. 512, 1/2 mile north of Rte. 22. WOODLAND-Cedar Grove Meeting. Sabbath school of the Episcopal Diocese, 601 Union Street, The Dalles, LEWISBURG-Worship 11 a.m. Sundays. Vaughn Lit. Bldg. 10 a.m., meeting tor worship 11 a.m. Bill Remmes, clerk. first/third Sundays 10 a.m. Library, Bucknell University. Clerk: (71 7) 837-1700. (919) 587-9981. GAY/LESBIAN WORSHIP GROUP-Contact Robert LONDON GROVE·Friends meeting Sunday 10 a.m., child­ Smith at (503) 777-2623. Meets at MuHnomah Meeting, care/First-day school 11 a.m. Newark Rd. and Rte. 926. North Dakota first Sundays 11 :45 a.m. MARSHALLTON-Br adford Meeting (unprogrammed), SMALL GROUP WORSHIP-Contact Kate Holleran at Ate. 162, 4 mi. west of West Chester. 11 a.m. 69EH5538. FARGo-unprogrammed meeting, 10:30 a.m. Sundays, (503) 668-3118. Meets second and fourth Sundays at UCM Building, 1239 12th St. N. (218) 233-5325. Sandy, Oregon. MEDIA-Worship 11 a.m. (10 a.m. July-Aug.) Joint First­ SMALL GROUP WORSHIP·Contact Winnie Francis at day school 9:30 a.m. at Media, Sept.-Jan., and at (503) 281-3946. Meets first and third Sundays at home Providence, Feb.-June, 125 W. Third St. Ohio of Winnie Francis. MEDIA-Providence Meeting, 105 N. Providence Rd. AKRON-Unprogrammed worship and childcare, 10:30 a.m. SADDLE MOUNTAIN WORSHIP GROUP-Gontact Pam (61 0) 566-1308. Worship 11 a.m. Joint First-day school Discussion and childcare, 9:30a.m. 513 West Exchange al (503) 436-0556 or Ruth (503) 755-2604. Meets first/ 9:30 at Providence. Feb.-June and at Media, Sept.-Jan. St., Akron, OH 44302; 253-7141. third Sundays in Cannon Beach. MERION-Meeting for worship 11 a.m., First-day school ATHENS. tO a.m., 22 Birge, Chauncey (614) 797-4636. PORTLAND/BEAVERTON-Fanno Creek Worship Group. 10:15 except summer months. Babysitting provided. BOWLING GREEN-Broadmead Friends Meeting FGC. Unprogrammed worship 10:30 a.m. Sundays, Sept.-June. Meetinghouse Lane at Montgomery. Unprogrammed worship groups meet at: Childcare. First-day school 1st and 2nd Sundays. Oregon MIDDLETOWN-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. First-day BLUFFTON·Sally Weaver Sommer, clerk, Episcopal School, 6300 SW Nicol Rd. (503) 292-8114. school10:30-11 :30 a.m. Adult education 10:30-11 a.m. (419) 358-5411 . SALEM-Meeting for worship 10 a.m., Forum 11 a.m. YWCA, Delaware County, Ate. 352 N. of Lima. (610) 358-1528. FINDLAY-Joe Davis, (419) 422-7668. 768 State St., 399-1908. Call for summer schedule. MIDDLETOWN-First-day school 9:30a.m., meeting for TOLEDO-Rilma Buckman, (419) 385-1718. worship 11 a.m. Seventh and eighth months worship Pennsylvania CINCINNATI-Eastern Hills Friends Meeting, 1671 Nagel 10-1 1 a.m. At Langhorne, 453 W. Maple Ave. Road, Sunday 10 a.m. (513) 474-9670. ABINGTON-First-day school (summer-outdoor meeting) MILLVILLE-Worship 10 a.m., First-day school11 a.m. 9:45a.m., worship 11 :15 a.m. Childcare. Meetinghouse Main St. Dean Girton, (717) 4~31. CINCINNATI.Community Meeting (United FGC and FUM), Rd./Greenwood Ave., Jenkintown. (E. of York Rd., N. of 3960 Winding Way, 45229. Worship from silence and First­ Philadelphia.) (215) 884-2865. NEWTOWN (Bucks Co.)·Worship 11 a.m. First-day school day school 10 a.m. Quaker-house phone: (513) 861-4353. for adults and children, 9:45 a.m. except summer months. Cindi Goslee, clerk. BIRMINGHAM-First-day school10 a.m., worship 10:15. 219 Court St. (off S. State St.); 3 mi. west of 1-95, exit 30. 1245 Birmingham Rd. S. of West Chester on Rte. 202 to (215) 968-3801. CLEVELAND-Meeting for worship and First-day school Rte. g26, turn W. to Birmingham Rd., turnS. 1/4 mile. 11 a.m. 10916 Magnolia Or. (216) 791-2220. NEWTOWN SQUARE (Del. Co.)-Meeting 10 a.m. Ate. 252 BUCKINGHAM-Worship and First-day school, 11 a.m.-12 N. of Ate. 3. (610) 566-4808. COLUMBUS.Unprogrammed meeting 10:30 a.m. (June, July, Aug.: 10-11 a.m., no First-day school). Routes NORRISTOWN-Meeting for worship and First-day school 1954 Indianola Ave.; (61 4) 291-2331 or (614) 487-8422. 202-263, Lahaska. (215) 794-7299. DAYTON-Friends meeting FGC. Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m. on First Day at Swede and Jacoby Sts. Telephone: CARLISLE-First-day school, Meeting for wofShip 10 a.m.; (610) 279-3765. Mail: P.O. Box 823, Norristown, PA 19404. and First-day school 10 am. 1516 Salem Ave., Rm. 236 252 A Street, (717} 249-8899. Phone: (513) 426-9875. OXFORD-First-day school 10 a.m., Meeting for worship CHAMBERSBURG-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m., 11 a.m. 260 S. 3rd St. (215) 932-8572. Janet P. Eaby, DELAWARE-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day 630 Lindia Drive, telephon (717) 261-Q736. school, 10:30 am., room 311 of the Hamilton-Williams derk. (717) 786-7810. Campus Center at Ohio Wesleyan University. For summer CHELTENHAM-See Philadelphia listing. PENNSBURG.tJnami Monthly Meeting meets First Days at and 2nd Sundays, call (614} 362-8921. CHESTER·Meeting for worship 11 am., Sunday. 24th and 11 a.m. Meetinghouse at 5th and Macoby Sts. Geoffrey Kaiser, clerk: (215) 234-8424. GRANVILLE-unprogrammed meeting at 10 a.m. For Chestnut Sts., (610) 874-5860. information, call (614) 587-1070. CONCORD-Worship and First-day school 11:15 a.m. At PHILADELPHIA-Meetings 10:30 a.m. unless specified; phone 241-7221 for information about First-day schools. KENT-Meeting for worship and First-day school Concordville, on Concord Rd. one block south of Ate. 1. 10:30 a.m., UCM lounge, 1435 East Main Street. David DARBY-Meeting for worship and First-day school11 a.m. BYBERRY-one mile east of Roosevelt Boulevard at Stilwell, clerk. Phone: (216) 869-5563. Main at 1Oth St. Southampton Rd., 11 a.m. · CENTRAL PHILADELPHIA-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. MANSFIELD-Unprogrammed meeting 10 a.m., first and DOLINGTON-MAKEFIELO.Worship 11 -11 :30 a.m. First­ (1 0 a.m. July and August). 15th and Cherry Sts. third Sundays. (419) 758-4441 or 289-6335. day school 11 :30-12:30. East of Dolington on Mt. Eyre Rd. CHELTENHAM.Jeanes Hospital grounds, Fox Chase, MARIETTA-Mid-Ohio Valley Friends unprogrammed DOWNINGTOWN-First-day school (except summer 11:30 a.m. July and Aug. 10:30a.m., (215) 342-4544. worship First Day mornings at 10:30. Betsey Mills Club, 4th months) and worship 10:30 a.m. 800 E. Lancaster Ave. CHESTNUT HILL·100 E. Mermaid Lane. and Putnam Sts. Phone: (61 4) 373-2466. (south side old Ate. 30, 112 mile east of town). 269-2899. FOURTH AND ARCH STS.·10 a.m. on Thursdays.

46 December 1995 FRIENDS JOURNAL FRANKFORD-Penn and Orthodox Sis., 10:30 a.m. Tennessee FLOYD-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school FRANKFORD-Unity and Wain Sts., Friday eve. 10 a.m. Call for directions. (703) 745-4340, or 929-4848. CHATT ANOOGA ·Unprogrammed meeting for worship and 7:30p.m. FREDERICKSBURG-Worship Sunday, 4:30p.m., 1115 GERMANTOWN MEETlNG-Coulter St. and children's First-day school tO a.m. 335 Crestway Drive, 37411 . (615) 629-5914. Caroline Street in Unitarian church. Contact: (703) 898- Germantown Ave. 7316. Unprogrammed. GREEN STREET MEETING-45 W. School House Lane. CROSSVILLE-Worship 10 a.m., discussion 11 a.m. Rt. 8, Box 25. Gladys Draudl, clerk: 484-6920. HARRISONBURG-Unprogrammed worship, 4:30p.m. PHOENIXVILLE-Schuylkill Meeting. East of Phoenixville JOHNSON CITY-Tri-Cities Friends (unprogrammed). Sundays, Rte. 33 West. (703) 828-3066 or 885-7973. and north of juncture of Whitehorse Rd. and Rte. 23. Worship 10 am., forum 11 :15 a.m. Information: Sharon G~lin , (615) 926-5545. LEXINGTON-Maury River Meeting, Worship at 4 p.m. MEMPHIS.Meeting for worship (unprogrammed) and First­ Discussion at 5 p.m. Phone (703) 484-3511. PITTSBURGH-Meeting for worship and school10:30 a.m.; day school11 am. Discussion 10 a.m. 917 S. Cooper, 4836 Ellsworth Ave., (412) 683-2669. LINCOLN-Goose Creek United Meeting for worship and {901) 372-8130. First -Friends Meeting House, 161 E. Second YAKIMA-Worship group, unprogrammed. Meeting time/ a.m. for all. First -

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