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CARVED IN STONE VIGNETTES OF AN ANTIWAR VET KINDNESS OF THE NIGHT An Among Friends independent magazine serving the Preparing for Hard Times Religious Society of I write, I've just returned from the Friends General Conference Gathering in Friends Johnstown, Pa., where we collectively spent a week considering the theme A Coming to Peace." Friends at the Gathering, as in most other Quaker groups Editorial these days, were gravely concerned about the direction our nation is heading. Plenary Susan Corson-Finnerty (Publisher and Executive Editor), Robert Dockhorn (Smior Editor), Lisa speakers, musicians, workshop leaders, and afternoon interest groups addressed Rand (Assistant Editor), Judith Brown {Poetry Editor), growing U.S. militarism and the many assaults on our constitutionally guaranteed Ellen Michaud (Book Review Editor),). Brent Bill freedoms. Individually and together we were challenged to become more familiar (Assistant Book Review Editor), Joan Overman {Book Review Assistant}, Christine Rusch (Milestones with the issues and to decide which of the many urgent concerns facing us today is Editor), Julie Gochenour, Robert Marks, George calling for our own ongoing attention. Rubin, Scorr Shrake {News Editors), Kara Newell These are hard times that promise to get harder. How do we prepare and pace (Columnist), Marjorie Schier (Copyeditor), Teresa Jacob Engeman (Editorial Assistant), Counney Elko, ourselves for difficult days ahead? In this issue, Patricia McBee speaks to that question Alex Koppelman, Sarah Kite Sharpless (Interns) in "Quaker Spiritual Disciplines for Hard Times" (p. 6) by suggesting that we adhere Production to the time-honored Quaker disciplines of retirement, prayer, living in the Cross, Barbara Benton (An Director), Alla Podolsky keeping low, and discernment. Our work in the world must be seasoned by our {Assistant An Dirtt:tor), Herb Enel (Web Manager) spiritual practices and our own inner work if it is to be lasting, and ifwe are to have Advertising, Circulation, Development Nagendran Gulendran {Advertising Manager), strength for the task before us. In "Vignettes of an Antiwar Vet" (p. 10), Lyle Tatum Nicole Hackel (Circulation Assistant), Melissa shares stories from a difficult year of prison time stemming from his conscientious Marrin (Project and Database Manager), Lawrence objection to war during World War II. Holding fast to the integrity of his Moore (Circulation and Marketing Manager), Grerta Stone (Developmmt Coordinator), Kay Bacon, convictions, he set an example that was honored by co-workers even during a period Ruthanna Hadley, Jennifer Lenik, Ruth Peterson of patriotic fervor, and that same integrity later stymied a prison disciplinary board. {Volunteers) We again are living in times of patriotic fervor-and these are times of preemptive Administration Marianne De Lange (Office Manager), Tom McPeak war making, first strike capabilities, eroded civil liberties in the name of"homeland (Accounting Services) security," and an ominous USA Patriot Act II looming on the near horiwn. There is Board of Trustees much to consider, and discernment, integrity, and keeping low will be important Barbara Andrews, T ylaAnn Burger (Treasurer), tools for us. 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2 August 2003 FRIENDS JouRNAL Features Departments 6 Quaker Spiritual Disciplines for 2 Among Friends Hard Times 4 Forum Patricia McBee Can these practices ofearly Friends help us through the 25 Life in the Meeting 21st century? 2002 State ofthe Meeting reports 10 Vignettes of an Antiwar Vet 26 Books LyleTarum 32 News A World War II conscientious objector reminisces on "doing time. " 33 Bulletin Board 14 Walking the Walk: lan Fritz 38 Milestones Breeze Luetke-Stahlman 43 Classified This adult young Friend is reshaping his understanding of Quakerism. 45 Meetings 17 Kindness of the Night Poetry Marcia Z. Nelson Once a month, she serves early breakfast at a homeless shelter. 9 Common Prayers: On Not Doing Good 18 Traveling in Turkey Kristin Lord Caroline Balderston Parry Impressions are captured in five sets ofhaiku . 13 No More Trenches Ken Thompson 20 An Aspect of Continuing Revelation Judith Brown Four mystic poets from other epochs have much to offer to Quakers. 22 Carved in Stone Anita Fritz A stone carver uses more than a mallet and chisel to preserve memories.

Cover: Stone carved by Karin Sprague from a kanji character handbrushed by a japanese calligrapher. The character transkltes as "love. " Photo by Frank Stevenson

FRIENDS ]OURNALAugust 2003 3 commitment to pose for us moral dilemmas. Pacifism at sit~tions of social evil even knowing that some levels seems inadequate for dealing there are no guarantees of political success. nonviolence? with some of the more entrenched evils of Such experiments may even lead to death, as the world. Bur perhaps it is not so much the they did for Jesus. The truth that formed I recently received the May edition of inadequacy of nonviolent tools as the Quakerism, however, reveals to us that there FRIENDS jOURNAL and read with interest inadequacy of our commitment to them. is a greater power at the heart of the universe Scott Simon's response to Friends who were We have seen a tenfold increase in that leads ultimately to resurrection and concerned with his December 200 1 article humanitarian and reconstruction support to eternal life. That is why we can sing out published in FRIENDS JouRNAL. I have Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban, and with the early Quakers, "but the Lamb will worked as the Country Director for CARE the cost of the military intervention is ten have the victory!" in Afghanistan from October 1995 through times again as expensive as the humanitarian June 1999 and again from October 2001 to and reconstruction effort. Could not a more Ben Richmond Richmond, Ind. the present. I believe that he has raised some intelligent and generous commitment of clear dilemmas, bur that he has also resources in the years preceding September exaggerated some of the Taliban excesses. 11, 2001, have led to a different outcome? Faith with relevance When those excesses are exaggerated, the range of options available for responding to Paul Barker Commenting on Scott Simon's "To them becomes more limited. Country Director FRIENDS jOURNAL Readers: A Response" (F] I have checked with long-serving Afghan CARE International in Afghanistan May), let me agree with some of his points: I colleagues co confirm my memory: there was personally accept the New York Times not a single Friday when "12, 18, 20, or 25 estimate of the number of civilians killed in people would be marched onto the field and Afghanistan by the U.S.-led military executed by Taliban ." The Taliban did use Redemptive suffering campaign (but let us not forget the the stadium for public amputations and Scott Simon has done us the favor of unnumbered Afghan soldiers); injustices do executions, but these were not every Friday demolishing a liberal Peace Testimony that not justifY violent responses but they are and the average number of executions was rests on a political calculus of"the greater sometimes the reasons for the responses; only one or two per Friday when they did good." For instance, ifwe say that the Peace undoubtedly Afghanistan is a better, freer happen. This is not at all to excuse making a Testimony depends on our recognition of country because of Allied military circus out of public executions, amputations, that of God in everyone and then the intervention, just as Europe following and floggings. But one could have an Taliban destroy more of "chat of God" chan World War II experienced freedoms not interesting discussion comparing the qualiry a successful invasion by the United Scates, known under the Nazis. As a conscientious ofTaliban justice with that ofTexas. and that invasion liberates the people of objector in that war, I hoped for an Allied Probably the T aliban would come out on Afghanistan to express their "that of God," victory. I knew the difference between the the shore end of that comparison as well, but then the liberal version of the Peace freedom of expression that I enjoyed and the it would be an interesting discussion. Testimony falls. dreadful plight of German Quakers and I think Scott Simon and I would agree T he Quakerism of George Fox, when he many others. on a lot of things. There are many, many accepted added jail time for refusing a But is that all that needs to be said? No. Afghans who are relieved to have the captaincy, or that of the quietist period, Scott Simon has, to my mind, failed to oppression of the Taliban years over. I will when Friends were read our of meeting for appreciate fully what he describes as "the concede that it is probable that the only way paying war taxes, was not liberal in this essential truth of the Peace Testimony." that this could have been achieved in a sense. Uncomfortable as it may seem, chat That testimony is not derived from the relatively shore time frame was by the use of Quakerism was illiberal in that it shared in challenges of a particular sec of historical overwhelming military force. Bur I am not common with the Taliban a profound circumstances. It comes from a deeply sure that it is the only way that it could have commitment to revealed, indeed absolute, spiritual root, the measure of which for eventually happened, and I'm quite sure truth from God. That truth rested on a Friends is the transforming power of Love. that the current state of affairs in vision of God's intention for humanity Scott Simon speaks about seeing the face Afghanistan is not anything approaching (which became the basis of our testimonies), of evil as he looked down into mass graves "victory" for the forces of peace and recognition of the depth of human evil or uncovered mutilations in Afghanistan. democracy. Two NGO vehicles were shot within everyone, and faith in the power of H e felt that same way when he visited up on the main highway between Kabul and Christ co work inwardly to free us all from Ground Zero in New York just afrer Qandahar this week: one driver killed and the power ofsin. Most profoundly- and September 11 , 200 1. Who can challenge three persons injured. Lase month two here Quakers separate decisively from that sensibility? Yet some persons, even foreigners were killed. The UN has just fundamentalists such as the Taliban or Pat some who lose dear ones in the terror suspended its operations in a half-dozen Robertson- that truth rests on an attacks, have found it in their hearts to southern provinces because of violence and understanding that God is willing to suffer forgive the terrorists and move beyond threats against aid workers. A large security on behalf of God's enemies. That this retaliation. Such forgiveness leads to a vast vacuum persists in Afghanistan putting the suffering is redemptive is the meaning of array of initiatives in confronting evil. "No whole reconstruction effort in jeopardy. the C ross and Resurrection. future without forgiveness," says Archbishop Tali ban are now returning as a guerilla force, I hope Friends will continue to bear Desmond Tutu. possibly to become a greater threat to witness to Jesus' way of the Cross: it is the In the next-to-lase paragraph of Scott Afghanistan than they were as a government. hope of the world for reconciliation. The Simon's response, I think he does a

4 August 2003 FRIENDS j OURNAL reread au or tne letters commentmg on his .':lcott .':limon Japan. Other appropriate in FRIENDS JOURNAL. I urge him, but it is the only way for me. countries bordering the Soviet bloc­ and all Friends, to look within for the Finland, Greece, South Korea-were Truth. If we do so, we will find that the way Nils Pearson equally encouraged to prosper. We gave for us is the way of peace and love. If the Ogema, Wis. their people good jobs and freedom without madness of the world starts to shake our military invasions. The Soviet bloc faith, we need to listen all the more carefully. eventually collapsed in nonviolent revolts. The Cold War is long gone, and this time David Boynton no new tyrant has arisen in Europe to Manassas, Va.

FRIENDS ]OURNALAugust 2003 5 .L .L FOR HARD TIMES

by Patricia McBee

an the spiritual disciplines of early We know how physical strength and contact with "an amazing sanctuary of the Friends help us through hard stamina are developed: exercise, practice, soul, a holy place, a divine center." Times C times in the 21st century? The repetition, discipline. The same is true of of retirement are the times when we pull very question of spiritual discipline is spiritual strength. Many Friends, sensing back from the chatter and busyness ofour complex for contemporary Friends. For this need to build up spiritual strength, outward lives, enter that amazing sanctu­ the most part, we do not hold up an seek disciplines outside Quaker practice. ary, and allow our inner wisdom, the expectation that Friends should have any We may take up Buddhist meditation, or Inward Teacher, to rise up in us. spiritual practice except for attendance at yoga, or chanting, believing Quakerism For early Friends retirement was a pre­ meeting for worship. One rarely hears the not to have equivalent practice that will requisite for a life of faithfulness. term "spiritual discipline." Some of us hold us and carry us through hard times. Retirement was a daily discipline, some­ bristle at the term "discipline," thinking of However, I am discovering that our tradi­ times many times in a day. We may think it as something administered by a teacher tion does offer us calisthenics that can that at the pace of 21st-century life, there or parent rather than simply as a practice help us develop the strength and stamina isn't time for daily retirement, yet retire­ that develops proficiency. And among we need to be a healing presence in a trou­ ment is a basic building block for all other Friends "spiritual" can have a wide, and bled world. spiritual disciplines. We have to pause, let sometimes troubling, range of meanings. It may be that when we first encounter the static quiet, so that we can hear. We don't talk with one another about the spiritual disciplines of early Friends, Thomas Kelly reassures us that if we spiritual discipline because of our general we will have to get inside their language establish mental habits of inward orienta­ hesitation about telling one another what and translate it into terms that have tion, the processes of inward prayer do spirituality is and how to develop it. As a meaning for us today. Some of early not grow more complex, but more simple. consequence we are often left to find our Quaker language is unfamiliar to us. A couple ofyears ago I developed a two­ way alone, without support, guidance, or Sometimes the words are familiar, but the page guide for members of my meeting on milestones. Many of us get stuck or lost, meanings are different. Nonetheless, my personal spiritual practices, "Thoughts on or find ourselves going around in spiritu­ sense is that the disciplines of early Spiritual Retirement for Busy People" (see al circles. Friends are accessible to contemporary sidebar). It suggests beginning with times Here in the early 21st century we are Friends. Not only can we understand of retirement that take no time out of your living in hard times that look as though them, I think we will find that they do not day. Sitting in traffic, waiting for an they are going to get harder. Our country cramp Friends into narrow, sectarian appointment, or waiting for your comput­ was attacked; we have been told to expect beliefs; instead, they can strengthen each er to boot up are wonderful times for long-term war; the natural environment is of us on our personal spiritual path. briefly turning inward. From those small compromised; the economy is unstable; This brief article lifts up five early moments one can develop a habit of retire­ jobs are at risk; retirement savings are Quaker spiritual disciplines for our times: ment that may effortlessly grow into more shrinking; many people live without the retirement, prayer, living in the Cross, extended periods. basic necessities. If we are to face the crises keeping low, and discernment. This is of the early 21st century we can't be going not an exhaustive list of the practices of around in circles- we are going to have to earlier Friends, but a suggestive group that Prayer help one another find a robust spirituality. can be a starting place for building strong Prayer is a tough word for a lot of Our Quaker testimonies are demand­ spiritual .l.ives in supportive spiritual Friends; if you need to do so, translate it ing. What do Integrity, Equality, commumnes. into a more comfortable word as you read Simplicity, and Peace require of us? How along. Many contemporary Friends want can we build the spiritual strength and no part ofa practice in which one dials up stamina to live up to these testimonies Retirement God to make demands. Some Friends when we are challenged? Retirement may be the practice most don't believe in a personal God who is accessible to contemporary Friends. Our there to hear and respond. Others think Patricia McBee is a member of Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting. She is editor of meetings for worship are times of retire­ that making demands is a poor way to Pasroral Care Newsletter and has recently edit­ ment. Walks in the woods or sitting by the enter into relationship with a personal ed a book, Grounded in God: Care and ocean can be times of retirement, as can God. They would get support from Teresa Nurture in Friends Meetings. retreats extended over several days. of Avila who wrote, "Ifwe want the Lord ©2003 Patricia McBee Thomas Kelly wrote that we can be in to do our will and lead us just as our fancy

6 August 2003 FRIENDS JouRNAL Olctates, now can m1s DUllomg possmty me oruy prayer you say m your me 1s 1nwaro 1eacner, pernaps rrom me wls­ have a firm foundation?" 'thanks' it would suffice." Dag dom of the universe. Prayer at its fullest is something more Hammarskjold expressed this in his Prayer expresses our hope and inten­ than importuning God. I have discovered Marking;: "For all that has been, thanks; tion to enter into an awe-filled relation­ that many Friends have practices that I for all that will be, yes." ship with the Divine. An individual who regard as prayer in this fuller sense, Prayer may be lived out in our long­ becomes practiced in prayer can have the though they may not consider them to ings. Patricia McKernan, who has shared experience of sinking down into the be prayer. her music at Friends General Conference Divine in which no words are needed. For me, prayer is entering into rela­ Gatherings, writes in one of her songs, Just the sincere act of trying to enter tionship with the Other. If retirement is "Your longing is your surest love of into a relationship with God can be trans­ a time of going inward and contacting me." Bill Taber, a teacher from Ohio formative for the person praying. the Inward Teacher, prayer is entering Yearly Meeting, says that yearning (what Through a discipline of prayer one can

into relationship with that which is we today might call longing for whole­ create within oneself an environment beyond and outside. Even if we do not ness) was the underpinning of early that is more receptive to God, more sen­ experience a personal God, many Friends Quaker seeking. sitive and more open to God's presence in find themselves in awe of the larger whole Contemporary Friends talk of "hold­ the world, and more receptive to and and of our interconnections with one ing in the Light." By this we may mean aware of guidance. another and the mystery of the universe. holding someone in loving thoughts Whether or not we call it prayer, it is Prayer can be as simple as acknowledging while they go through a hard time-or important to our spiritual discipline to that awe when we see a sunset or a new­ perhaps we mean holding a vexing matter recognize our place in the wider scheme born baby or a flower growing in an quietly in the back of our consciousness of things. We are not the center. We can unlikely place. and allowing new possibilities to emerge. recognize that there is wisdom without as Prayer can take the form of gratitude. And we speak of seeking guidance or well as within, and we can salute the Meister Eckhart is said to have written, "If being open to guidance, perhaps from the sacredness of other people and of the FRIENDS ]OURNALAugust 2003 7 entire universe. Acknowledging this place the suffering world, but to face even the provides a foundation for the disciplines suffering that we are powerless to alleviate. that follow. "Do you haf.)e the It means to allow the Light to shine into . . our dark spots and show us the way-and Living in the Cross to follow that way even when we are pattenre to w)fltt tempted to take an easier path. This term will sound entirely foreign John Woolman continually looked to to many contemporary unprogrammed til/your Jlllld settles his way of living to discover the seeds of Friends, and too Christocentric for some, war and injustice. Living in the Cross yet the practice it represents is often found aJ/rl your m·ater is requires that we discover the equivalent for among us, even among those whose spir­ rlear? GtJII vou us today of releasing our slaves or ofgiving ituality is not based in the Christian con­ . . up dyed clothing. Living in the Cross cept of the Cross. reJJlatJI I!Jllnovtng requires that we uproot those seeds from "Living in the Cross" is to put our own our lives and step outside the oppression will aside, and to submit to the guidance lllltil 1~r;z:ht artio11 and injustice of the dominant culture. In a discovered through retirement and recent retreat on "Being Quakers in . I . . .l'f?" prayer. It means not to turn away from artses I~V ttse~ .. Difficult Times," Laura Magnani of Pacific

Thoughts on Spiritual Retirement for Busy People e great spiritual traditions SHIFTING YOUR ATTENTION • before eating; uggest that the relationship IN THE MIDST OF THE DAY'S • while waiting at a stoplight; T with God is cultivated like • while waiting for your computer to other relationships: as we turn our ACTIVITIES download or boot up; attention toward God we open the Some shifts of attention don't require any • in an elevator; possibility of a fuller relationship. special rime at all: • while waiting for an appointment; Entering into this relationship does • Walk more slowly (it has an amazingly • when you wash your hands or not so much require a change in our calming effect). climb the stairs; behavior as a shift of attention. The • Say thank you more often- to your • as your head hits the pillow at suggestions below are offered as ways children, to sales clerks, to co-workers, night. of supporting that shift of attention. to people cleaning the street. The object is to open yourself • When you feel yourself getting tense, Thing.r to do in those spaces: more and more fully to awareness of take a breath. Recite a line that • Make a mental list of three things the ocean of light and love as you reminds you of your spiritual retire­ for which you are grateful. go about the necessary activities of ment, e.g., "Guide me," or "This • Envision yourself floating on an your daily life. Be gentle with your­ moment is sacred." ocean of light and love (or another sel£ Start in ways that are easy and • When someone is armoying you, say a image that brings you back to attractive for you. After all, a shift of version of the Buddhist loving kind­ awareness of the presence of God). attention toward the ocean of light ness meditation: "May s/he be free • Take three deep breaths; with each and love includes a loving compas­ from suffering, may s/he be filled with inbreath feel love and safety enter­ sion for yoursel£ loving kindness, mays/he be at peace." ing you; with each outbreath feel The ideas below are meant to be • When you see something of beauty (a tension leave you. suggestive. Maybe none of them will flower, a sunset, an act of kindness) say • Say the Jesus Prayer or the Prayer of speak to your condition, but they a silent "thank you." St. Francis, or the Loving Kindness might point toward a practice that • Smile more often. Meditation (see below). would be right for you. And it is an • Invite God's presence with words IN THE SPACES OF YOUR DAY experimental process if you try some­ such as "Help me open to you," or There are many spaces in the day thing that is not fruitful or is not "Be with me now," or "Show me where one can practice shifts ofattention. workable, gently turn back and con­ the beauty in this situation." Choose one or two and experiment. sider what would support your desire • Inwardly sing a line from a hymn for deeper relationship with the Spaces you might find: or song that helps bring you back Divine. You don't need to push. • as you awaken and before you begin to to center; e.g., "To turn, turn will When you fmd an approach to spiri­ move about; be my delight, rill by turning, turn­ tual retirement that is refreshing to • when you are brushing your teeth or in ing I come round right"; or "Melt you, rime will open. the shower; me, mold me, fill me, use me." Continued on page 34

8 August 2003 FRIENDS JouRNAL Yearly Meeting taught, "Ifwe have experi­ enced a God-centered reality we can't con­ tinue to participate in the empire-centered, First-World culture." This discipline is spiritual heavy lifi:ing. It is not a discipline that leads to a cozy, comfortable spirituality, but to a strong, robust spirituality that faces suffering with courage and strength. Keeping Low -JobDW,.,.._, A Pltltljw 11M Ptxw Here is another term that is foreign to My thoughts would not be cfOmpled on my mind, our vocabularies, but we know the disci­ wrinkled beyond smoothing or ironing- pline and sometimes practice it. To keep low is not to put ourselves thoughts of the puley opening the meetinghouse curtains, above others but to know our own need of men late after clipping 1heir mustaches, to be reformed each day. To keep low is to be teachable and open to the workings of and the poetry of those not come to good the Spirit-both in times of retirement, if I were the litmus of a Quaker. and in the lessons that come in our out­ ward lives. To keep low is to be taught by My body awaits my call, but for the wrong purpose. everyone we meet: children, bus drivers, There is no mirabile dictu of an Inner Light in the air. the folks who disagree with us in meeting for business, government officials. The chilled water of meditation courses as a sheet We know this practice. It is at the core between the bottom layer of the dennis and the muscles, of Q uaker business process. Keeping low says that we look for ways to learn togeth­ for secular words and not "In the beginning was the .. ." er, to integrate our piece of truth with oth­ I feel the stubble of poetry ers' pieces of truth. It is more exacting than compromise. It is the practice that unshaven on my legs. can lead to miraculous moments when This is not what I intended to think: the Light of disparate bits of truth com­ bines to illuminate a previously unseen the personal vanity of shaving, path. trimmed into lines better for another place. Even though we know this practice, we have trouble doing it. We can forget this I intended to invoke Equality and Justice discipline right in the midst of meeting and to keep the nettled dog down the street for business, and we can really have trou­ ble with it out in the world. from asphyxiating on his chain. To keep low is not to be too sure we're right but to seek the divine spark in those If I cannot think the most just thoughts, with whom we have strong disagree­ ments, whomever they may be-includ­ alii desire is this: ing George W. Bush and Osama bin to kneel before silence w~h my words, Laden. To keep low is not to proclaim our superior understanding of diplomacy, words from any source and poems blazing all over my face and mouth economics, or justice. To keep low means (for a life w~out poems not letting our egos freeze us in an arro­ gant position, acknowledging that our is a face w~hout lips) position is flawed and that we are striving and not to ask my great-grandparents' confession for a fuller truth. The miracle of keeping low, repeated for the undone things we ought to have done. so often in Quaker lore, is its power ofdi s­ arming our opponents with our compas­ -Kristin Lord sion and willingness to learn. It is a criti­ cal and exacting discipline for those who Kristin Lord, a member of Middlebury {Vt.) Meeting, attends Kitchener Area (Ont.) would be peacemakers. Meeting and Guelph (Ont.} Worship Group.

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FRIENDS }OURNALAugust 2003 9 Introduction Support from unexpected sources when However, he would often call the men I have written these vignettes for holding an unpopular posicion is difficult together and discuss shop matters with us. Susan, the litde girl I had to leave behind to handle. The guard in "Tensions" would After about three months, the date came when I went to prison during World understand. when I thought I would be sentenced. I War II. Now that she is a grandmother, it I know Susan will be glad to share this had a guilty feeling about never telling the is probably time for me to tell her some­ story with siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, men why I was leaving. On my last day thing about where I went. nieces, nephews, and others who may be there I told them my story without getting I have never written about this experi­ interested. The new generations have a much reaction. I discovered the next day ence or said much about it because of the right to know more about their father/ that the date of my sentencing had been heavy emotional involvement I have with grandpa/uncle/friend who sometimes postponed. I had just given up a badly the incidents that meant the most to me. walked the road less traveled. needed job. I telephoned Mr. Coats and More than 50 years after the event, I still There may be friends who are not dear asked ifl could go back to work. He said I could not read aloud to a group the vi­ about some relationships described here. was a good worker, and he would be glad gnette "Farm Machinery." Elizabeth Lindsay Tatum, always called to have me but the men would never work Bickie by me, is the wife and mother in with a draft dodger. I then asked him to this story. We had been married for 22 raise the question with the men and leave Vote tor years when she died in an automobile it up to them. He agreed. accident in Tanzania. Florence Littell That night I called Mr. Coats for the Giffin also lost her spouse in a much too result. He said, "Lyle, every man in the ~\ r,acUaate early death. Flo and I have been married place voted for you to return to work. Be for 31 years. there in the morning." My job was saved Although in roughly chronological or­ by men none of whom had more than a Registration der, the vignettes do not make a con­ high school education and none ofwhom Receip\: tinuous story. Each one may be read previously had ever heard of Quakers or alone as a separate unit. This is just a conscientious objectors. collection of a few things I remember. Mr. Coats did not let the matter drop at that point. He asked me if I would be -December 1996 willing to become a welder and continue to work there if the draft board would allow it. I told him, "Yes, I was willing to Farm Machinery continue making farm machinery." He I was serving as superintendent of wrote my draft board asking them to give Quakerdale Farm, New Providence, me an essential worker classification and Iowa, a home operated by Iowa told them he was training me as a welder. Yearly Meeting of Friends for ne­ The draft board turned him down. glected boys. My time of availabil­ ity was uncertain and limited, as I expected to go to jail for refusing to Iowa State go into the army. With my ap- A grad student friend of mine, a con­ scientious objector, was a Methodist who 1· ~--~::~~::::.:=_:.:__-----~:< proval, a new superintendent was l hired, and we (Bickie, infant Susan, and later joined the Mennonites. A couple of I) moved to Fort Dodge, Iowa, where my years after I graduated he wrote to the Lyle Tatum, a member of Haddonfield (NJ ) parents were living. We rented an apart­ Iowa State alumni office to ask why their Meeting, held a variety ofposts with American ment, and I got a job as a painter working news bulletin hadn't carried a story about Friends Service Committee between 1956 and for the Coats Manufacturing Company. my struggle with Selective Service. He 1983, including: executive secretary ofthe Middle I was one ofabout 20 blue-collar work­ pointed out that since I was a member of Atlantic Region, 1956-60; lntemationalAffoirs Representative in Southern Rhodesia (Zimba­ ers making manure loaders that fit on Cardinal Guild (the student governing bwe), 1960-64; secretary for the Peace Educa­ tractors. The loader was the invention of body), was elected president of the stu­ tion Division, 1972-75; AFSC special represen­ Mr. Coats. He was a self-made man, com­ dent body, had earned my "I" as a mem­ tative to the Constitutional Conference on Rhode­ petent and very conservative on some is­ ber of the debate team, had graduated sia in London, 1979; and executive secretary of sues. He was strongly antiunion, and work­ with a 3-plus scholastic average (4 was the Dayton, Ohio, Regional Office, 1981-83. ers signed on with that understanding. straight A) while working my way through

10 August 2003 FRIENDS j OURNAL college, and was appointed head of After my sentencing, a federal marshal had no mattresses, nor blankets, nor pil­ a children's home only two years after took me into an office in the building lows. It was impossible to stretch out and graduation, that I was newsworthy for where a number ofwomen were working, try to sleep for an hour or two without Iowa Staters. and there was a holding cell for prisoners getting up and walking around the room He received a curt reply from the direc­ waiting to be taken to the regular jail to ease aching muscles. tor ofalumni affairs that they only printed facilities. There was one man already in I became a short-term celebrity as my stories that reflected honor to Iowa State. the small cell, and he was obviously very companion from the cell in the office told angry, which gave me a bit of uneasiness my story. My fellow inmates wanted to be The Sentencing as I was locked in with him. It turned out helpful and, unlike officialdom and the I was president of the student body at that the women workers had been laugh­ laughing office women, were sympathetic Iowa State, the first man to win that elec­ ing about my publicity doing me no good, about my wife and daughter. They asked as I still got a four-year sentence. The around to see ifanyone had served time in tion who was not a member of a frater­ nity. I was a lifelong member of the Reli- prisoner poured it out to me how crass it Sandstone, Minnesota, where I was was for anyone to laugh about a man headed, but nobody had, so they couldn't going to jail for four years. "Crass" help my orientation there. Nobody had is not the actual adjective he used served a sentence as long as four years, so for the women, the laughter, and they couldn't help me understand how the sentence. I received great com­ that would be either. They were stunned fort from the feelings of my to learn that a man could be sent to prison newfound friend and felt reinforced for refusing to kill. to live with whatever was ahead. Later in the day after being sen­ tenced, my friend and I were taken Jail Transitions I was moved from the bullpen to a Left: Elizabeth "Bickie" arul Lyle county jail where I stayed for three weeks Tatum with Susan, age 4 months, or so. It was good to get to a place where at a friend's wedding, 1943 there was a mattress and blankets on my Below: Bickie arul Lyle (secorul bunk. I was being held until transporta­ arulfourth from left, back row) tion was arranged to take me to Sand­ with 3-year-okl Susan arul others stone. The jail was crowded, the inmates at Q!uzkerdale Farm, 1946 friendly, and the stay uneventful. I had no idea what to expect for the trip to Sandstone, a dis­ tance of about 250 miles. I was used to see­ ing men coming and going from jail in hand­ cuffs. On the day of the trip, a U.S. marshal in civilian clothes carne for gious Society of Friends but me. He just asked me to denied classification as a go with him. We went to ..._ conscientious objector by the office for him to check ~ the Burlington, Iowa, draft me out. We then went out ~ board. T he Iowa C ivil to his car where he intro- § Liberties Union (ICLU) duced me to his wife who ~ took on my defense. All was going along for the ride. ~ of this generated newspa­ At no time with them was I ~ per publicity. treated as other than a fam- iS The judge who had my case ily friend, except that night. ~ in U.S. District Court in Des Moines had I had told the marshal that ~ a set pattern ofse ntences. Ifthe CO pleaded to the Des Moines City bullpen, I would appreciate mailing a ~ not guilty, he would be found guilty and a large room meant to hold prisoners for a letter to my wife if there was an op­ sentenced to four years in prison and fined day or two before they were taken else­ portunity. He stopped about a quarter of $500. If the CO pleaded guilty, he would where. I was there for a week. The room a block from a mailbox. I just sat there not just be sentenced to four years in prison. was filled with steel double bunk beds. I knowing what to do. He told me to go The ICLU had done all they could for me forget exactly how many men were there; ahead and mail my letter, which I did without success, so I pleaded guilty to save maybe 25. The sleeping area on the bunks while they waited for me. $500 I didn't have. My crime was failure was a crisscross of narrow steel straps with That night they planned to stay in a to report for induction into the army. 3" gaps between the straps. The bunks hotel in St. Paul, 80 miles south of Sand- FRIENDS }OURNAL August 2003 11 stone. When the time carne to stop for dorm with COs and Selective Service vio­ jokes. Arlo, my brother, was in and out of the night, the marshal was very apologetic lators of other rypes. Sandstone before I got there. A number of but said they'd have to leave me at the I give the Bureau of Prisons credit for inmates told me about a skit Arlo had local jail for the night. The night was having the good sense to segregate the been in. In the skit, Arlo visited a psy­ uneventful, and they took me the rest of Selective Service inmates into relatively chologist. Arlo had a serious tic and was the way in the morning. congenial groups. The segregation did not continually opening and closing an eye as carry over to the recreation area, dining he screwed up his face. At the end of the Sandstone room, or elsewhere. COs got along well skit, Arlo walked out OK, and the psy­ with the non-Selective Service inmates. chologist was sitting at his desk with a The federal prisons have a grading sys­ We played softball with them. Their serious tic, continually opening and clos­ tem ofinstitutions ranging from camps to team was called "The Thieves," ours ing an eye as he screwed up his face. maximum security. The "camps" are not "The Dodgers." The disrespect for the local psycholo­ like what Boy Scouts know. They gists was not totally un­ have buildings, but not with walls earned. Before going to surrounding them. They are rela­ Sandstone, I had been the tively open. These are the "coun­ superintendent of Quaker­ try clubs" we hear about. Sand­ dale Farm, a home for de­ stone, a Federal Correctional In­ pendent and neglected boys. stitution (FCI), is the next notch This Quaker-run home had up the line. It is walled, although been in operation for de­ a number of inmates work out­ cades, first in southeast Iowa side of the walls during the day. as White's Institute and later The primary physical difference in New Providence, Iowa, between FCis and other federal as Quakerdale Farm. When prisons is that most inmates are in I answered the psycholo­ dormitories rather than cells. To gist's question about my em­ be lucky enough to have a private ployment, I told him I had cell you must have a night assign­ been the head of a boys' ment such as working in the hos­ home. His immediate re­ pital. Danbury, Connecticut, sponse was, "Boys! Only where East Coast Selective Ser­ boys? Why boys?" vice violators were usually sent, is Flo and Lyle Tatum, 1990 a duplicate of Sandstone. FCI inmates tend to be younger men, Parole I Mail first offenders, or men who committed Soon after I entered Sandstone, the I was allowed a limited amount ofcor ­ relatively passive crimes. There are a few Bureau of Prisons offered me a parole to respondence with a very few family mem­ older men ending long sentences whom Civilian Public Service, the CO program bers only. I could write one or two letters a the Bureau of Prisons is trying to prepare for which I had first applied but was de­ week, a single sheet (lined grade school for reentry into the other world. nied the proper classification. I turned paper provided) with writing permitted Selective Service was overloading the down the parole. I told the Bureau of on both sides. I could receive a similar FCis. There were three huge dormitories Prisons that I had learned my mistake and amount. Prison officers read all mail­ at Sandstone filled with Selective Service would never again cooperate in any way outgoing and incoming. violators. The dorms were gymnasium­ with a military conscription system. style and -size, with locked doors. At one Visits side of the room was a long wall lined with We were allowed limited visits, but vis­ double bunk beds just far enough apart to Psychologists its were emotional hazards. You sat in a get around and pull out the drawer under Among the staff members at Sand­ room with other inmates and their visitors, your bunk where you kept your clothes, stone, the psychologists ranked at the bot­ supervised by a prison guard. You were old letters, etc. I can't remember how tom of the list for all inmates. Early in allowed no physical contact, not even a many men were in a dorm, but I would their stay each inmate had an interview welcoming or farewell kiss. Bickie made a guess more than 50. with a psychologist. There were many few visits. We had a cousin living in the One of the Selective Service dorms was stories among inmates about what they Twin Cities with whom she would stay. At filled with black Muslims, mostly from told the psychologist. None of us felt any my request, Susan never carne along. I did Chicago. They did not register for the need to be truthful in this interview, which not feel that I could take the emotional draft, and most of them had refused to had references to the personal sex life of impact of such a visit from my little girl. register for Social Security. Another dorm the inmate. Even more than the COs, the was filled with Jehovah's Witnesses. Most "regular" inmates would regale each other of them were not COs but had unsuccess­ with lurid sex experiences they had Work fully claimed ministerial status for exemp­ dreamed up for the psychologist. All of the inmates had work assign­ tion from the draft. I was in the third The psychologists were the butt ofmany ments. Often the work was in teams that

12 August 2003 FRIENDS jOURNAL would be accompanied by a guard or two. There was no pay for work, unless you count room and board. Most of the work was productive for the institution. I was No More Trenches assigned to a garden crew, which brought in large quantities of vegetables. If we Ill caught up on the garden work for a day or two we would be given some other I pray for Peace manual labor job outside. I was pleased to Peace is inthe Light. have that assignment, both for the work and for getting outside of the walls for That there be Candled inthe heart, ~ is borne much of the day. on the unswept flame As the fall weather starred to cool, I was no more trenches eager to get an inside job. As I suspected, for the living, and in God's silent keeping. and found out later to be true, outside It is an untangled Love, crews in the winter were often working nor for the dead. in subzero weather. There were two men separated from the hand. from Frank Lloyd Wright's group in my dorm. One of them worked at No more tracer fire, making drawings in the powerhouse. H e veiling the stars It is the gift of trust and told me the institution had lost its chem­ like bright, beaded curtains. unselfishness ist, it seemed impossible to hire one, and they wondered if anyone in our dorm that leads the living, could do the job. The engineer in charge No more lungs gassed, collapsed, the knowing, of the powerhouse had no chemical training. I got the job on the basis of burned to black. To hold starting my college work in chemical the Light technology. It was actually a low-tech job doing routine things like testing boiler Not another rising, lightning tangled, over no man's land, water, drinking water, and sewage pro­ smoking plume cessing plus writing a manual for the inmate who might get the job when I left to mediate So that we may and have even fewer qualifications than the Earth's yellow Sun. dig no more trenches, mine. I spent the rest of my time in Sand­ stone as the institution's chemist. for the living, nor for the dead. II Doing Tune Poppies and unknowns and walls ... Doing time is the universal synonym -Ken Thompson for being in jail. It is an apt description of There never was a war to end all what happens. The worst thing about do­ wars. ing time is doing time. The prisoner has a single objective-move through time to War does not keep ~s promise. release. Although a day may bring a good Fields dinner, great news from home, or the defeat at chess of the man who usually have been ploughed and sewn defeats you, it's all irrelevant. The good w~ silent graves thing is that another day has passed. As an inmate's release date nears, time becomes arranged in all the more overwhelming. Time begins neat even to take on new ways of expression, such parallel as yards of spaghetti to be eaten and the lines, number of times to line up for count But still before you leave. If you are a prisoner, the dead cannot yield Peace time is a totally different concept than it is on the other side of the wall. Time is to the living. the oppressor. Ken Thompson lives in Ocean View, N.J

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PROTEST IN SKOKIE n 2000, Ian Fritz, a member of Milwaukee (Wis.) Meeting, experi­ Ienced a life-changing event. On Decem­ ber 16, he had traveled with friends to Skokie, Illinois, near Chicago, for a rally. It had been called for by a coalition of groups, including the Jewish Defense League and Anti-Racist Action, to con­ front members of the Ku Klux Klan who were meeting at the Skokie courthouse. While many things about that day remain unclear, there are facts everyone agrees upon: the Klan held a short rally under the protection offour different area police forces; there were about 500 people counter-demonstrating; those protesters did not immediately disperse after the Klan rally had concluded; and the police decided to forcibly move people out of fought the charges against him. Unlike My trial took almost two years, during the area. Amidst the chaos, Ian was tack­ intentional actions of civil disobedience, which time I had to pay for legal services led from behind by police officers and where participants knowingly violate law, and repeated travel to Illinois for court arrested, along with approximately 25 Ian had not participated in a planned act dates. More than once, after traveling to a others, for allegedly damaging a police of civil disobedience, but rather was hearing, the State would be unprepared car and participating in mob action. Ian charged with a criminal violation of and call for more time. Being in the court­ and another were selected from these 25 which he was innocent. He was required room brought me face-to-face with so and charged with two Class D felonies, to appear in Skokie every three to six many issues that I had only peripherally punishable by up to three years in jail for weeks and was overwhelmed by the grasped until then: the inherent anti-poor each charge. unpredictable behavior of the court, nature of the bail system, the racism of the Many people in the wider Quaker which he says at times blatandy ignored proceedings, the total lack ofacco untabil­ community rallied to Ian's support. his rights. ity by the State, which lost 'evidence' and Several monthly meetings provided finan­ He writes: "The subsequent legal pro­ made conflicting and inaccurate state­ cial assistance for his legal expenses as he ceedings, which lasted 19 months, were ments, including the arresting officer eye-opening experiences for me and those incorrecdy identifying me at my prelimi­ who supported me, regarding the nature nary hearing. It was a complicated, frus­ Breeze E Luetke-Stahlman, a member ofPenn Valley Meeting in Kdnsas City, Mo., attends of the 'justice' system: I continually trating experience which one can only 57th Street Meeting in Chicago, IlL, where she demanded a jury trial, only to be called an truly understand ifh e or she has fallen vic­ is a graduate student in Public Policy at 'obstructionist' by the prosecution. The tim to it. This experience was the largest University ofChicago. This is second in a series State had overwhelming weight with the and longest struggle for my freedom that of articles by her on the lives of adult young court, and took full advantage of the I have yet experienced." Friends. bureaucratic nature of their organization. In the end, Ian accepted a plea bargain

14 August 2003 FRIENDS JouRNAL and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and on the road. Today he is living in process that is exciting, beneficial, and criminal damage charge. The terms of his Portland, Oregon, building a bicycle­ engagmg. plea involved restitution and comrmmity pedal-powered washing machine, prepar­ Ian writes, ''Age 15 saw the beginning service. Accepting responsibility for a ing for work on an ocean-bound freight of my disillusionment with modern crime he did not commit was a difficult vessel to China, and studying the interna­ American culture. It was then that the fer­ decision. However, being unable to travel tional squatters movement. "Squatters," menting feeling that something is horri­ and living with the shadow of his bail he explains, are people who live commu­ bly wrong with the world-which I looming made for a stressful, unhappy nally in abandoned buildings with the believe we all experience in our teenage two years. After careful discernment, Ian intention of positively using the space for years, and some carry into our adult decided that he needed to move on with the needs of the community (lending lives-began to take hold in me. The first his life and it would be best if he accept­ libraries, co-ops, organizational space, or political struggle I became involved in was ed the State's offer. facilitating other creative endeavors). the case of U.S. political prisoner Mumia Through the exploration of alternatives Abu Jamal, and my involvement with NONCONFORMITY AND such as these Ian feels he is denying oth­ political struggles during my 15th and COMMUNITY ers the authority to make choices for him, 16th years continued pretty much by the an Fritz's lifestyle is nontraditional: and instead, taking each day to live inten­ book: I attended demonstrations, organ­ gaining an education through the tionally. ized video screenings, and talked with Iworld around him instead of attending Despite achieving straight As, Ian left everyone I knew." school; working full-time as a volunteer public school after 1Oth grade to pursue In November 1999, when he was 17, activist instead of pursuing a career; and an education he felt was more in line with Ian traveled with friends to Seattle to take organizing his life around travel and what he wanted to learn and what he felt part in the national protest against the adventure instead of settling down in any he would benefit from learning. "I had to third ministerial meeting of the World one city. Through choices like these Ian is start living my life right then and there, Trade Organization. The events that sur­ modeling his commitment to live by not doing all this work for an abstract goal rounded the meeting served as a turning example the Testimonies of Simplicity, in the future." Inspired and guided by point for many of those present, says Ian, Equality, Nonviolence, Community, and Grace Llewellyn's The Teenage Liberation and affected many who weren't present, as Integrity, with which he was raised. Handbook, Ian set out to challenge him­ well. "It was especially youth who seemed Fueled by an overwhelming drive to con­ self and his wider community to redefine to be politically galvanized by the atmos­ tribute to the movement for social change what a good education was all about. He phere of revolution that overpowered the within his lifetime, Ian has sought alter­ independently studied molecular chem­ stench of teargas on the streets of down­ natives to apathy and commonly accept­ istry, apprenticed with a local carpenter, town Seattle. I was one of those youths." ed societal norms in his daily activities and worked at the public radio station, and Today this protest is included in text­ life decisions. explored things he decided were impor­ books as a high point ofopposition to dis­ Raised in Milwaukee, Ian confidently tant. With the help and guidance of his parities in the international economic moves around the country finding parents and other adults in his communi­ market and the processes by which deci­ "home" wherever he is. In the past three ty, Ian sees education not as a life event to sions governing international trade were years, he has also lived in Tucson, Arizona, be checked off a list, but as a lifelong (and are) being made. The 1999 WTO protests resulted in a commitment by two groups that had previously had compet­ ing agendas, the environmental move­ ment and labor, to work together, and in the proud acceptance by the U.S. activist community of involvement and leader­ ship of young people in this new struggle. Ian left Seattle with an understanding that people possess power, individually and collectively, and that power lies in the determination of each to act, and to con­ tinue to act, even if it means jail, intimi­ dation, threats, beatings, or any other means of repression used by those whose power is in question. After the protest in Seattle, Ian helped to form a youth activist group in Milwaukee that organized transportation to large-scale demonstrations in other parts of the country, organized local actions involving street theater, and gave At the Milwaukee Bicycle Collective: Ian Fritz repairs a bicycle (facing page); Ian instructs youth Milwaukee youth an opportunity to get from the community in basic bicycle repair (above). involved and discuss issues. Having an

FRIENDS JouRNAL August 2003 15 opportunity to participate in protests and self "a Quaker." Instead, he is challenging shop staff. Serving the wider Milwaukee actions helped motivate Ian and his peers himself constantly to redefine what community, and in particular the eco­ to learn both about the concerns sur­ Quakerism means to him, as he believes nomically disadvantaged youth who reside rounding capitalism and economic global­ he was raised to do. He recognizes in the neighborhood, MBC aims to teach ization, and about the communities Quakerism not as an answer, but as a basic bicycle construction and repair while actively working for social change in many process to which he is drawn. fostering the positive values of communi­ different arenas that shared concerns Ian feels the Quaker community he ty, cooperation, and self-education. about economic globalization. Ian found experienced as a teen, including the C reating the bike collective was a strike he had a voice and a right to use it, and annual Friends General Conference back at the disillusionment Ian faced in through speaking up he found there were Gathering, taught him the value ofstro ng the courtroom. It is "a place where dis­ people who were apathetic to his concerns community-and that true community carded bicycles and parts could be refur­ as well as people who shared them. can occur when bound not by geograph­ bished and turned into rideable bicycles. ical convenience but rather by shared A place where people of different races, values. Through this lesson, Ian gained classes, and creeds could come together in a perspective on the idea of an interna­ a shared mechanical fascination or desire tional activist community. "To be for self-reliance; a place to share skills and involved with any one of these groups, ideas. MBC is a place that stands not for working for change, is in a way to be the accumulation of wealth or profit but involved with any one of the hundreds of for the betterment of all people." others, both with and without names. A Milwaukee community newspaper, The people who do this work so passion­ Riverwest Currents, reported that between ately usually don't get paid, but do it 75 and 100 bikes were distributed at no because it's liberating, empowering, and cost to the recipients in the collective's first because in doing so we surround ourselves year, and that neighborhood kids are with like-minded individuals- discover­ often lined up and waiting for the doors ing a true sense of community." to open. In the article, Ian proudly report­ ed that the youngsters were learning how THE BICYCLE PROJECTS to build and maintain their bikes, and fore returning to Milwaukee (where beginning to work together to help each e was living when he attended the other with building. MBC is applying for Skokie rally), Ian had been working nonprofit tax status, writing a funding in Tucson with the Bicycle Inter­ grant, and looking for new volunteers. Community Art and Salvage (BICAS), a When Ian talks of the future, one sens­ community center/bicycle repair center. es that he is at the beginning of a long BICAS continues to be an inspiration for journey. Much like Friends of the 17th him. He writes: "Anyone who has an century, he is not satisfied to live his life During this time, Ian developed a con­ appreciation for people who do passion­ only for himself, but rather is called to sciousness of the community around him. ate, selfless work out of beauty and a love take his ways out into the world. As he He writes: "I had found the people I was for the relationships that are created out of continues to pursue the cause of justice, looking for. We questioned everything we that shared passion, will be awe-inspired he relies in part on the values he learned had been taught. We exercised our power by visiting BICAS. It is full of art and and continues to be taught from the to create and our power to destroy, ingenuity, accessible to the public, open to Quaker community that surrounds him. adamant that there were other ways to live people of all ages, and rife with smiling, Ian wears only used clothes, often eats than off the exploitation of others. We passionate people. Seeing it for the first what others discard, and travels by bicycle made our homes in abandoned buildings, time back in 2000, it was my feeling that or rides from friendly faces. He passion­ and some of us lived in trees and on sacred every city needs a place like this." Partly ately advocates equality and nonviolence, lands that were scheduled to be destroyed because of its work with bicycles, but often challenging himself and those in the name of progress. Some of us called more because of the values it visibly puts around him to discuss the issues sur­ ourselves anarchists, while some of us into action, BICAS serves as a model for rounding both. T hrough his trust in com­ declined to call ourselves anything, the kinds of relationships we could be munity he is empowered and inspired. He instead letting our ideology flow from our having in our communities. holds most sacred his commitment to actions and our desires." When Ian became tied down to the both his own integrity and the integrity of When discussing his commitment to Milwaukee/Chicago area due to his court all the people of the world. Quakerism, Ian avoids this same tenden­ proceedings, he opened a community Through the life of Ian Fritz, I sense cy to label himself, believing that labels space there for bicycle repair/construction how another generation is redefining the oversimplify the diversity of those who are and community-building in an unoccu­ relevance of Quakerism and its beliefs as part of that community. Ian has always pied area above his father's photography generations before have done. Through identified with many of the convictions studio. It quickly turned into "The the leadings of our generation we con­ and leadings commonly held by Friends, Milwaukee Bicycle Collective" (MBC), tribute each in our own way to changing but he struggles with simply labeling him- run by a small contingent of volunteer the world for the better. 0

16 August 2003 FRIENDS JouRNAL KIN ON NIGHT

do a 3 to 5 A.M. shift once a There are other nighttime jobs. month at a homeless shelter Someone has to watch over the I that is run by a coalition oflocal sleepers, men and women in sepa­ churches. I'm the freelance Quaker, rate rooms. All must go uneventful- filling in a hole on a Catholic night. ly and safely for a roomful of The wee-hours duty is neither as strangers thrown together in acci­ tough nor as selfless as it might dental intimacy as they lay their sound. I get a lot out of this giving. homeless bodies down. There is I think of it as taking place in always a small risk of disruptive "the kindness of the night." behavior, because people cope dif- ~ According to this Jewish mystical ferently with the stresses of home- ~ concept, the night in the hours lessness and its hidden causes. ~ immediately following midnight is Even in shared space, however, ~ said to be kind. This is the time the veil of sleep provides a tent of ~ when a crack between worlds refuge. It is hard to bring myself to ~ opens, a time of fluid boundaries, a wake a sleeper who has asked for a ~ mystical space of time. It is con­ wake-up call. I'm reluctant to give ~ ducive to study and clarity. It is rich someone a shake and announce ~ with possibility. for example, gets made at night. Breakfast that it's another morning in a homeless The light of the night as I drive to the preparation starts at 4 A.M. for a 5 A.M. shelter. So I much prefer kitchen duty. shelter is indeed kind, differently so in dif­ wake-up schedule. Some guests-a fair Best of all is serving on the breakfast line. ferent seasons. In summer the shadows of number-need to be out the door early to It's hard for me to hear under the hood of trees are deep, soft, large. In winter, if it get to work. And it takes a while to pre­ the steam table serving area, but I usually has snowed, the light reflects off virgin pare to feed anywhere from 75 to 150 hear well enough to catch the thank-yous snow back up into the sky, making it flan­ people, some of whom are very young and I check the faces and compare the nel-gray instead of midnight black. In all children staying with mom or dad. responses to "What'll you have?" I love it seasons, no one is about. Car headlamps My job is blessedly simple and entirely when people say that biscuits and gravy are so rare as to be exclamations oflight in manual. I am one of four people on the are their favorite, or when someone finds the quiet dark. And so I don't mind wak­ early breakfast shift. We break eggs, cook joy in a white heap of grits. ing up sleepy once a month to do this. them, fry up sausages that sizzle and The food gets served, lunches handed The shelter never really closes, even throw off breakfast perfume. I have always out, lights on in the place, and it's time for though it has an official season when wanted to cook in an industrial-strength everybody to get going. The shelter asks the homeless may sleep inside its doors kitchen, on a hulking stove that accom­ everyone to be out at 7 A.M. But a daytime rather than in tents out back, a place that modates cauldron-sized pots and pans so program will start at 9. So everyone has a has come to be known as "Tent City." The heavy I have trouble lifting them to tip place to go, even if not a home: a job, the season runs the nine months that are out scrambled eggs. It takes a long time shelter, the library, the street. not summer. But too many are in too for two dozen beaten eggs to metamor­ Me, I have a home to return to. At the much need for the shelter to ever really phose from a pool of yellow liquid into end of the shift, as I drive back, the light shut down. fluffy, slightly damp solid. I enjoy watch­ has changed. It is firming up for the day Although the shelter never closes, it ing the eggs change character as I stir to come; the shadows are different, and stops, mostly, at night. Like the human them up and on. With enough heat, time, the kindest hours are past. At my back body, it has a 24-hour cycle. When its and stirring, the eggs cook, almost imper­ door, the buzzer is lit and its outline lights are out and guests asleep on their ceptibly solidifYing at first, in much the jumps out at me. I can enter with a key pallets, a certain level of activity is main­ same subtle way as dawn light begins to and not disturb anyone. tained even during the kindness of the gather in the morning, impossible to Everyone is asleep except our 17-year­ night shift. Like the body it keeps up cer­ detect but still slowly tuning up until it old cat, waiting expectantly near the door tain vital functions, like nutrition. Lunch, reaches some critical mass in the sky out­ for me, aroused by the alarm clock of his stomach. I hand our yet another break­ Marcia Z Nelson, a member of McHenry side the shelter. The scrambled eggs at County (Ill) Meeting, is the author ojThe God their peak set up fluffy as a cloud. The fast, thanking him for being awake to of Second Chances and Come and Sit: A secret? Blender-mixing. Just as it will be greet me. The house is so still I can listen Week Inside Meditation Centers. morning outside, it will be breakfast to him at his food bowl, quietly and ©2003 Marcia Z Nelson inside, slowly and eventually. methodically crunching, crunching. 0

FRIENDS JouRNAL August 2003 17 TRAVELING IN TURKEY

I. Turkish Countryside, II. Ramadan/Ramazhan: Ill. Priene Daytrip: December 2000 Turkey: Ramadan. Great drum beats reverberate High mountainside pines, Minarets point past through sleeping houses. great fallen pillars: Greek, Roman, Christian ruins, Athena's temple ruins. across dry landscapes. Ramazhan drummers chant along night streets for coins, Tall fluted stone shafts, Sun-leathered farmers lamplit circles throb. sunwashed ancient marble slabs: till small fields, tend sheep: artist sits sketching. ancient agriculture endures. BOOM! Pre-dawn drums shatter holy sleep. Prayers Ferns, moss-covered walls Olive harvest: uttered, dark breakfast time. shine green, water oozing down: above spread canvas sheets hidden dripping sounds. women shake grey gnarled limbs. Day's empty food stalls, quiet markets; queues wait for Sunset, waiting for Glowing, ordered orchards: evening's fresh baked loaves. local dolmus minibus: bare, red-branched apricot trees, cold seat on dry stones. green citrus rows. Turkey: Ramadan. Bright crescent moon shines over Dusty crossroads, urgent cooking fires. moustached men flag the dolmus to other villages. Caroline Baltkrston Parry is a member ofOttawa (Ont.} Different views, words, food, Meeting but spends most ofh er customs; yet curious kids Sundays at the First Unitarian still stare, grin, chatter. congregation where she is currently their director ofre ligious education.

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FRIENDSJ o uRNAL August 2003 19 .-L ...... -L ...... ,r """""'...... ,.J CONTINUING REVELATION?

by Judith Reynolds Brown

ince the dawn of history, religious traditions have experience enables them to make statements like, "I don't been giving birth to poets and mystics. Quakerism believe in God. I know God." They have no need to insist on also has had its men and women of mystical factual proof of their concepts and base of operations. It is this tendency. T herefore, the writings of such varied kind of negatively capable thinking I would suggest we need persons as the poet John Keats, the mystic St. John of when examining and learning from the following experiences Sthe Cross, and the Sufi (Muslim mystic) poets Jalal al-Din of mystics. Rumi and Shams-ud-din Muhammad Hafiz, have struck me John of the Cross (1542-1591), a Spanish mystic and with what each of them offers as models for our Quaker action saint, comes from the Catholic Christian tradition. His Dark and thought. We Quakers speak of continuing revelation. I Night ofthe Soul is one of the classics of mystical literature. In would suggest that each of these persons from their artistic and religiously varied traditions can expand our Quaker idea of reading the E. Allison Peers translation of this work, which a divine truth, since they can give us a more universal idea of Buddhist friend recommended to me, I was struck by several of truth. its emphases, and although St. John's language seems archaic, Let's look first at John Keats who, in his short life from his ideas have enriched my own mystical, poetic, and activist 1795 to 1821, gave us some of tendencies. ~ the most profound poetry in The importance of self­ ~ ~ the English language. In his awareness and a certain letters, also, he left us knowing acceptance of ~ ~ remarkable insights, including ourselves-imperfections, ~ his concept of negative foibles and all- is capability, that is, "when a apparent in St. John's man is capable of being in writing. The confessional uncertain ties, mysteries, tradition of Catholicism doubts, without any irritable seems to heighten his own reaching after fact and reason." self-awareness. When one Most of us cling to certain and must reflect on and confess provable concepts. We have the aspects of oneself that more difficulty basing our in hindsight seem to have thinking and actions on missed the mark, self­ imprecise ideas and mysteries awareness and a that cannot be seen and felt as psychologically healthy self­ certain. Most mystics, on the acceptance contribute still other hand, seem to me to be further to one's religious not nearly so bothered by the growth. We Quakers ask a contradictions and paradoxes certain activism of that confront them in their ourselves. Self-awareness lives and thinking. They seem can help us rid our efforts to have acquired a maturity in at good work of self­ which they simply know what righteousness. is fundamental. Their St. John of the Cross uses words like "wrath," "sloth," and "envy," which judith Reynolds Brown, a member in today's world might ofUniversity Meeting in Seattle, translate into "anger," Wash., is poetry editor ofFRIENDS "passivity," and JoURNAL and the author ofA Glove on my Heart: Encounters "competitiveness" with the Mentally Ill. respectively. He also speaks 20 August 2003 FRIENDS JouRNAL the self-righteousness we sometimes acquire in the midst of our be. It is not that we should not confront the wrong we see in activism. These are hardly comfortable attitudes to carry in our the world, and resist it with passion. But somehow in the human interactions, and to be aware that they may play a role midst of our passion we must remember it is the wrong, not in the causes to which we feel led can be nothing but useful. the perpetrator of that wrong, that we condemn. St. John's writings speak constantly of"the attainment of the Finally, there is a poet, another Sufi Muslim master, who is perfect union oflove with God." If we as Friends thought of less well known than Rumi: Shams-ud-din Muhammad Hafiz our activist tendencies as arising from a union of love with (c. 1320-1329). Hafiz is beginning to be better known today God, how much more powerful might that activism be? as the numbers who love his poetry grow. In the following Instead, we are sometimes swept our of our sense of the love of poem he speaks to Friends concept of sinking to the Seed: God by the very momentum of our activism. A sense of God's presence and a recognition of our need for reflection and self­ awareness could help us better ground our actions. The Seed Cracked Open Humility is another attitude we can adopt from St. John. It appears to me that he was a person who was so aware of the It used to be majesty, a certain "otherness," of God that he was steadily T hat when I would wake in the morning, reminded of how far he himself fell short of this same majesty. I could with confidence say, We Friends often speak of the Light Within and equate it with "What am 'I' going to our idea of God. This is valid, but is it nor at the same time Do?" richer to also reflect on the otherness of God? St. John writes of a state of mysterious union with this majesty, this greatness That was before the seed that is more than we ourselves. Being aware of this paradox, Cracked open. these contradictions in our human experience, can help keep us humble. Thirdly, St. John was suuck by, and wrote eloquently about, Now Hafiz is certain: a stare that can hit all of us: the dark night of the soul, the experience of failure and a sense of spiritual loss in our lives. There are rwo of us housed His writing expresses his sense that these dark nights are given In this body, to us by God and that we must seek to find the blessing contained in them for us. What can we learn from our dark Doing the shopping together in the market and nights? What has our loss given us that has left our lives richer? Tickling each other Because Friends seek to be so active in our efforts to live out While fixing the evening's food. our Testimonies for Peace, Equality, Community, and Simplicity, we may rend to see our fu.ilures, our dark nights, as Now when I awake stumbling blocks in our path toward growth. Could it be that All the internal instruments play the same music: we should look at these same dark nights as prods to growth? There are seemingly countless mystics and poets in other "God, what love-mischief can 'We' do religious traditions. I should like to mention here only rwo For the world others. Jalal al-Oin Rumi (1207-1273), sometimes called Today?" Mevlana, was a father of the Sufi Muslim order of the Mevlevi centered in Konya, Turkey. I shall only thinly represent his (The Gift Poems by Hafiz, The Great Sufi Master, translated by thinking by quoting just one of his brief poems (Number 158): Daniel Ladinsky. © 1999 Daniel Ladinsky. Reprinted with permission.) O ut beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there. Would that our Quaker worship, our activism, could be shot through with such love-mischief When the soul lies down in that grass, Self-awareness, a sense of God's majesty, humility, and a the world is too full to talk about. certain joyful playfulness are not automatically nurtured in our Ideas, language, even the phrase each other Quaker stance, in our efforttto live our testimonies. By doesn't make any sense. looking more carefully at the writings of these and other poets and mystics, can we make our witness more powerful? Will (Open Secret versions of Rumi, translated by John Moyne and incorporating these thinkers into our Quaker ways not enrich Coleman Barks. © 1984 Threshold Publicatons. us? Is this expansion toward a more universal thinking nor part Reprinted with permission.) of our idea of continuing revelation? 0

FRIENDS jOURNAL August 2003 21 UAKV~U IN k)' l 'Ul~~

hen Karin Sprague's father­ projects going on at the same time. in-Law died suddenly in 1996 There are gravestones at different stages Wshe knew what she would do and smaller inspirational stones hang­ with the rest of her Life. Karin wanted ing on the walls. All have a message. to do his stone. H er mother-in-law Karin says all of the messages mean agreed. It took her 120 hours to create something special to her, but mean his headstone. Thus began her career as something just as special to the client. a stone carver. Karin began her journey toward Karin, a small, dark-haired, 38-year­ stone carving when she was very young. old woman from North Scituate, Rhode "I loved to cut the letters off of cereal Island, is well on her way to success in a thing Karin needs is here in her modest boxes and copy them freehand. My el­ male-dominated field. She says she knows workspace. A flle cabinet, roll-top desk, ementary school teacher always thought I of only five other women, one in Texas, and computer furnish one side ofth e room. was tracing them." Karin majored in pho­ one in England, and three who work with H er workbench furnishes the other. In tography at Paier College of Art in her, that have broken into the field. the middle of the room is a giant pulley Hamden, Connecticut, but didn't like it. As I pull into her driveway, T ibetan that Karin designed. She likes to do her She took some time off after her sopho­ prayer flags shade the Large glass doors of work upright. "It's healthier for the back," more year and never went back. Instead, her one-room workshop. The smell of she says. she staned letter carving in 1988. In 1990 burnt cinders fills the air as I enter. Every- I look around the room to see many she began learning about and dabbling in stone carving and in 1991 she trained to be a stone carver with a master, David Klinger. After the training, and then her father-in-law's death in 1996, Karin knew she was destined to be a professional stone carver. I ask her how she has achieved so much in such a short time, a Little over ten years since her first class, and she replies, "A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." Karin incorporates her spirirualiry into her work. She lets it guide her. Karin went to meeting one day and sat in silent medi­ tation. She says, "The silence came over me and I knew I was home. I looked down at my hands in my lap, they were clasped together and I couldn't feel them, they were numb. I thought, what if I didn't have my hands? How different my life would be." Karin considers her talent a gift and believes that like any gift, "if you open your gift it is revealed to you." Karin is a true Renaissance woman. She says sometimes she has as many as 12 projects going on at one time and she still finds time for her husband, Scott, and her three children: Kristen, 12; Rebecca, 10; Anita Fritz is a journalist/reporter who works for a small paper in Greenfield, Massachusetts. and Eli, 8. Karin Sprague, a member of Smithfield (Rl) Meeting, enjoys camping and playing with her A sign beside her workbench reads Pa­ children, and five times a year she teaches a class called "Letters Carved in Slate" in her studio. tience. 'That's what you need when you ©2003 Anita Fritz do this kind of work," she says. Karin

22 August 2003 FRIENDS JOURNAL picks up a large polished stone lying on Once she has a good sense of the de­ rough and weathered hands. the table, inscribed "By Serving Each Other ceased she goes to her workshop, burns Karin uses just two tools for the actual W e Become Truly Free." The inscription incense, puts on meditative music, and carving: a mallet and a chisel. Both pieces is hand-carved in Brazilian green slate. waits. She doesn't know where it comes fit comfortably into one hand. The mallet She has worked on this piece over the from but when it comes she feels an "igni­ is handmade and belonged to her carving course of a year-an hour here, an hour tion" within. She recites Chilean poet, teacher, David Klinger. "This is the same there. She then brings my attention to Pablo Neruda, " ... and something ig­ mallet I used to do my first piece"- she two stones she has just finished. They are nited in my soul." motions to just above the woodstove where the Japanese characters for compassion First she draws up to three different a stone reading God hangs. The chisel is and understanding. They are meant to designs on a small piece of paper. Then, handmade from Scotland. Every stone hang next to each other. She says when when the family has approved the one Karin carves is done completely by hand. you feel the pieces you receive the mes­ design they want and checked for accu­ Finally, Karin stands in front of the sage. I feel them. I do. racy, she transfers the design to a full­ stone ready to make the first tap with We walk around the workshop as she scale piece of paper. Designs and let- her mallet. As the mallet gently describes the process of creating the clinks against the chisel tiny pieces right stone. The giant pulley is where ofs tone fly in every direction. She it all begins. After the family has cho­ explains that slate has to be done sen the stone (Karin uses slate) it is in layers. With a determined look lifted onto the pulley so work can be­ and steady hands Karin will create gin when the inscription has been de­ a masterpiece unique to her. cided upon. I notice feathers line the Just as we sit to have tea, Tracy back of the pulley. I ask about their Mahaffey, one of Karin's appren­ significance and Karin says, "They are tices, comes in. She is smiling and there because. They are beautiful and humming. Karin tells me this is they make me happy." the way they all come to the shop Before the actual physical process of each day. "We don't consider this working on the stone begins she must work. Imagine getting up every get to know the one who has passed. morning and heading out to do For this, she needs to talk to loved ones something you love to do. I'll never and see pictures. She usually sits with work again," says Karin. The phone them for two to four hours and chats rings and Karin goes to answer it. about the deceased. She wants to know While she is away Tracy tells me, his likes, dislikes, hobbies, and passions. "Karin is a real inspiration. People She sometimes has a picnic lunch with trust her. She puts a lot of time and >:! the loved one(s) and just listens. "Lis­ love into each piece. Each design is ~ tening is where it all comes from," she individual to each client." ~ explains. "There is compassion in listen­ T racy heard about Karin when 0::5 ing as well as a great sense of who the she was working as a window de- § person was." signer. She wanted to do something d:; different and while at a trade show ~ that Karin was working at, she rooted ~ herself next to Karin and asked her if ~ she needed help at her shop. She has ters are done freehand. When satis­ been with Karin for over two years. fied with the results and approval Karin gets off the phone and tells us it of the family is given, she is ready was a woman who is coming to pick out a for the intricate part of transfer­ stone next week. The stone is for the ring the design to stone. Karin woman hersel£ "Sometimes those are the calls it her ministry. She proclaims, hardest," she says. "You are the tool, the instrument. My final questions are about the size of You have to get out of the way of the stones. I ask how heavy her bigger your work and let it happen." pieces are and how she moves them. She Karin first does a practice run tells me the heaviest is 400 pounds. "When She directs my attention to a stone she with random pieces of stone and clay. moving something that large," she ex­ is just beginning. She says she and the This is because, she says emphatically, plains, "we think Egyptian. We think family were having a hard time deciding "Working in stone you have to be mind­ wedges, levers, and rollers." She smiles what to put on the 22-year-old man's ful. You can't make a mistake because and adds that a friend of hers always pipes stone when his love for turtles came into you can't repair stone. It is unforgiving." in, "and slaves!"-four people are needed the conversation. There is a hand-carved When she feels ready for the "real" stone, to move the bigger pieces. turtle now sitting atop the stone. carving begins with her small, slightly Karin is an upbeat, positive thinker.

FRIENDS ]OURNALAugust 2003 23 FRIENDS H OSPITAL RANKED AMONG THE NATION'S The carving on this stone replicates the BEST PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS design on a 4000-year-old Chinese bronze urn, remembering a man who IN U.S. N EWS & W ORLD REPORT loved such pieces in museums. - j ULY 2000 She is smiling the entire visit. T here are 4041 Roosevelt Boulevard Philadelphia. Pennsylvama 1 912-1-2399 words of wisdom and inspiration written rruwms 1-SU0-889-0548 or 215~31-46()(1 on the walls of her workshop as well as the A Comprthtnslve www.FdenckHospitalOnline.org lhlwvWI'dl Health Sy.1on stones. Whistling and humming is the Estab/i,/wd 1813 daily music of her ministry. She claims, "We will never be in the yellow pages. I like having a small mom­ and-pop--mom-no-pop--business. Ev­ erything is word of mouth." I ask if she ever gets frustrated or anx­ ious if something isn't coming like she'd like it tO. She replies, "Beschen ," and says, "After a ca reer in banking in New Delhi, I "T hat is Yiddish fo r when it is time." was looking for a meaningful way to spend Karin's time has come. H er vision is to my retirement. I had been involved in non­ someday teach others the art of stOne carv­ governmental and Quaker organizations in ing out of her workshop. She teaches now at craft schools a few times a year and India and the U.K., and had studied Equipping some in her workshop. She will move her for Ministry in Woodbrooke, a Quaker ce nter office upstairs and double her workspace. in England. It came naturally to spend time at Karin likes the idea of being a mentor, an Pendle Hi ll in the Resident Study Program as part inspiration. of my spi ritual journey. The enriching classes and She smiles, shakes my hand and gives me T ibetan prayer flags to take with me. community work helped me experience spiritual As I walk to the door I have one more life from a new perspective." question: what do the hourglass and wings -Hari Khurana, Resident Program student. 2002 signify on the stone leaning against the wall? She says, "Time flies," with raised eyebrows and a smile. I get into my car and Karin brings tO my attention the fact that her T ibetan prayer flags waved over my car all morning. I get the feeling she believes this is a very good thing. As I drive away I realize how important Contact Bobbi Kelly to find out more: Karin's work is. She creates permanence 800.742.3150 (U.S. only) ext. 137 ~~~~~~O~!y:~ CONTEMPL4TION for a family who has lost someone very 338 Plush Mill Road · Wallingford, PA 19086 610.566.4507 ext. 137 dose tO them. As she tald me earlier in the www.pendlehill.org [email protected] day, "The stones I create will be here long I after I am gone." 0

24 August 2003 FRIENDS J oURNAL would have us be at any given time without NE\VTOWN FRIENDS 2002 State ot­ dictating to each other the answer." SCHOOL At Lancaster (Pa.) Meeting, "All mem­ bers of our meeting faced the chaUenge of theMeeting responding to possible war in Iraq in 2003 . . . . The Ad Hoc Committee on Healing Racism has been actively working co help Reports meeting members name and face the issues of racism and the reality ofwh ite privilege within by Robert Marks our country and our own community." For Burlington (Vt.) Meeting, "Some of A deeper sense of fellowship in meetings us long for the shared creation of a covenant "The accomplishments of adults for worship was experienced by Friends in community with our relationship with God begin as the dreams of children. monthly meetings from Maine to H awaii dur­ at the heart of a Christian religious commu­ ing 2002. According to annual State of the nity. Others see the imperative to seek peace Newtown Friends is a place Society reports, meetings also focused on con­ and justice at the center of their understand­ where dreams begin." cerns about racism, diversity among their ing of Q uakerism ... .When we are able to - NFS Mission Statement members, and community outreach. Mean­ 'translate' our differing beliefs and relax our while, the threat of war with Iraq led many insistence on the primacy of our own under­ meetings to self-examine their aUegiance to standings, we have experienced deep and pow­ Pre,K to Grade 8 the Peace T estirnony and their calling as erful worship together." OPEN HOUSE Friends to answer to that of God in everyone. For Rockland (N.Y.) Meeting, "We have October 26, 2003 Rochester (N.Y.) Meeting reports, "After worshiped together; lobbied, demonstrated, 9/11/01, and throughout 2002, our meeting and protested the war together; worked to­ 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. has explored, in many ways, the issue of peace gether; and continued to eat together at our For further information, and our response to national and interna­ post-meeting and other poclucks . ... There is call 2l5-968-2225, or visit tional events. . . . Friends are drawn, individu­ strong identification with Rockland Meeting us at newtownfriends.org ally and corporately, to exemplify the Peace as a family.... It nurtures people and provides T estirnony in our lives, in our interactions strength for what they have to do. Central to ll

lives and the provision of a 'deep spiritual And at Honolulu Meeting in H awaii, "As 17ts0 horne'. . . . We struggle to discern what the we sit still and center down, as we become &ee "When we're gone, ow hearts will still belong'' Spirit would have us do and where the Spirit of any sense ofself, may those lost egos gently melt into a beautiful union of all life; may Pre-K through 6th Grade Robert Marks, a member ofHi gh Point (N C.) each of us become like a drop ofwater flowing Pre-K opening September 2003 Meeting and a retired newspaper editor and into the stream of life; may we gain a sense of 2150 Butler Pike, Pl!Jmouth Jrfeeting journalist, is a volunteer news editor for F RIENDS great peace and a warm glow from truly know­ Pfl 19462 • (610) 828-2288 JouRNAL. ing God." 0

F RIENDS j OURNAL August 2003 25 By now most of the kids you know have the summer with his grandmother in a Wis­ probably been to the pool often enough that consin cottage surrounded by pines and a their bathing suits have been bleached by narrow, meandering river, he's prerty upset. chlorine. They've also burnt enough marsh­ "She doesn't even have a TV," he complains. mallows at barbecues or street fairs for their His dad just grins, tells Nicky that his artist hair to be singed. And they've had their ft.ll of grandmother marches to a different drum­ baseball, soccer, basketball, or stickball and are mer, then leaves the boy standing in the dust ready to start bouncing like a ball themselves. outside her cottage. So unless-God forbid-they've been The cottage itself is a treasure. "I pushed eaten by bears at China Lake or disappeared the doorway curtain aside and walked into off the California coast, your kids may be what would have been a living room in any­ looking around for something to capture their one else's house," narrates Nicky. "Books were imaginations. scattered everywhere--on the tables, on the Open your child's Fortunately, the following books are ready chairs, even on the floor. Three of the walls to speak to their condition. Each book not were cluttered with sketches and stuffed fis h mind to the world only reflects speciftc aspects of our shared and charts of the river. Several ftshing poles Quaker values, they' re full of well-sketched hung from the fourth with a tackle box, a ABINGTON characters and historical ftgures, fascinating snorkel, and a mask on the floor beneath FRIENDS adventures, and stories that will pull at their them. It looked like a river rat's workroom SCHOOL hearts, ignite their minds, and help them un­ ... except that in the middle ofeverything was derstand why taking time to build a more a half-fmished carving of a bear." A Quaker coeducational peaceful, loving world is so important. Unobtrusively prodded by his river rat day school grades As a special bonus for adults, assistant book grandmother-"The afternoon was almost Preschool through 12 review editor Brent Bill reviews rwo books over when she handed me a cane pole, a that will make parenting our progeny in an bobber, and some red worms"-the reluctant For more information, call anxious, insecure, and increasingly aggressive Nicky begins to poke around his new envi­ 215-886-4350 culture a little easier. ronment. Eventually he discovers an ancient 575 Washington Lane • Jenkintown, PA 19046 raft. "I threw my line in the water. Then I -Ellen Michaud, stretched out on the dock to wait. I must have book review editor fallen asleep, because I was awakened by loud chirping and chattering.... A flock of birds For Children was moving toward me along the river, hover­ ing over something floating on the water. It drifted downstream, closer and closer, until The Raft finally it bumped up against the dock." The raft was Nicky's ticket to explore the By jim LaMarche. Harper Trophy, 2002. 32 lazy river's habitat and study its inhabitants. pages. $15.99/hardcover; $6.99/paperback. Poling upstream with a turtle who climbed on (609) 714-01 00 Ages4-JO. board to sun himself, every day Nicky watched The Raft is the quintessential book of fox, raccoons, deer, herons, and other furred [email protected] the season. When Nicky gets dumped for and feathered riverbank residents, and occa- • MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES • • INSCRIPTIONS • SCROLLS • 22 New Freedom Rd., Medford, NJ 08055

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26 August 2003 FRIENDS joURNAL sionally slipped on a snorkel and mask to hang his head off the raft and unobtrusively watch a family ofotter diving and chasing one another within the river's depths. Eventually, Nicky's growing fuscination with the river's wild creatures leads him to borrow a charcoal pencil and a sketch pad from his grandmother so that he can capture images of these exquisite animals in this wild and beautiful place. In addition to his sensitive, imagistic text, Jim LaMarche's soft, mixed-media watercol­ ors throughout the book chart Nicky's feel­ ings from abandonment and anger through balky cooperation and unwilling curiosity to dawning astonishrnen t, delight, respect, and a sense of responsibility to protect the creatures in his river universe. Rather than simply serv­ ing as illustrations for the text, these illustra­ tions contribute nuance and depth to the story itself-helping children of all ages un­ derstand both themselves and the river wil­ derness that is a part of our planet's natural heritage.

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FRIENDS ] OURNALAugust 2003 27 share their pleasure in Naamah's work. when presented in summary, they are in fact This is an appealing book on many levels. artfully done, with just the right touch of Welcome to our new The language is simple without being baby­ levity and insight. They both present pro­ Quaker Leadership ish, and the length is just right for this age found truths held dear to many Quaker hearts. set. The illustrations are colorful and those of My young children, ages five and eight, have Scholars! Naarnah are particularly appealing, portray­ greatly enjoyed the whole series, which clearly ing her as a tad more youthful than one resonated strongly with them. The arrwork, Q uaker Education Since 1837 would expect the wife of 600-year-old Noah by Sergio Martinez, is appealing and has a \dnu\ \1011 Olfiu: to be. Mothers (and grandmothers) will ap­ strong and playful emotional impact. These ,:-;1111 \\, \( I 1 1 11< ! 11 \1, • l ,r._ lhl'''''' '\., ( ' 11\ l ' >(I ' (I \] Ill ) . I '-,( il l I I ,,, • I \\ '\(, ) ' , ,.._ I preciate seeing a woman's inclusion in this books offer a wonderfully lighthearted and II II I I il d l oll,j \\Ill archetypal story. The story itself imparts sev­ entertaining support to the development of eral important messages to young children, some core values. including God's preservation ofcreation , and -Abby McNear God's joy in us and our joy in God when we participate in God's creative work. In addi­ tion, as adults, it is nice to see such a well­ Ten Amazing People and known biblical story reimagined and thereby How They Changed the given new life. The publisher's note at the book's begin­ World ning raises a very intriguing point: with or By Maura D. Shaw. Illustrated by Stephen without instruction, children form an image Marchesi. Skylight Paths Publishing, 2002. 48 of God in their head by age five. How right pages. $17.95/hardcover. that as adults we should feed their minds with Ages 6-10. these beautiful suggestions. This book would Wow-what a book! Ten Amazing People be a good start. by Maura D. Shaw briefly tells the stories of -Abby McNear courageous and inspiring people. The book Abby McNear is the mother oftwo, a .freelance profiles Black Elk, Dorothy Day, Malcolm X, writer, and a member ofEvanston (Ill.) Meeting. Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Janusz Korczak, Mother Teresa, Albert Schweitzer, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Desmond You AreMine Tutu. Colorful, well-thought-out illustrations By Max Lucado. Illustrated by Sergio by Stephen Marchesi accompany each profile. Martinez. Crossway Books, 2001. 28 pages. The stories are profoundly inspirational $15.99/hardcover. and emphasize God's leading within each person's life. As an adult reading all the stories Ages4-10. in one sirting, it sent chills down my spine. For its intended age set (6 to 10), the stories If Only I Had a Green Nose are probably better taken one at a time, with attention given to individual listeners' sensi­ By Max Lucado. Illustrated by Sergio tivities when selecting which chapters to read. Martinez. Crossway Books, 2003. 31 pages. For example, the section on Janusz Korczak $15. 99/hardcover. raises the Holocaust, a subject perhaps best Welcome to the land ofWemmicks. For addressed with older children. those of you who have not been here before, The book does an excellent job of placing you are in for a treat. If you are already famil­ historical events in perspective for young au­ iar with Max Lucado's previous forays into diences. (A timeline at the end mixes refer­ this imaginary world, you and your children ences to the Nobel Peace Prize with the intro­ will be glad to find a reason to return. duction of the Gameboy!) Spiritually, the book Popular Christian writer Max Lucado has What it means to be offers a compelling message that each of us, SELECT developed an intriguing world ofwooden dolls no matter what our age or background, is here (Wemmicks), each one lovingly crafted by Curious to do God's work. Intellectual The Maker, Eli. The dolls live in a village (Wemrnicksville) afflicted with many of the Articulate - Abby McNear Accomplished challenges troubling modern children, includ­ ing materialism (You Are Mine) and a power­ Athletic ful desire to fit in with the crowd (If Only I Diverse Martin's Big Words Had a Green Nose) . The books' protagonist, Punchinello, blunders along, is inspired by his By Doreen Rappaport. Illustrated by Bryan FRIENDS SELECT well-grounded friend Lucia, and ultimately Collier. Hyperion, 2001. 30 pages. $15.991 finds deep comfort and direction by spending hardcover. Pre-K through Twelfth Grade more time in the company ofEli, the wise and All ages. 17th and T he Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103 loving dollmaker. Martins Big Wordr is the award-winning 215-561-5900 ext. 104 • www.friends-selecr.org Although the stories sound heavy-handed book on the life of the Reverend Martin Luther

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For Parents A Quaker Sponsored Continuing Care Retirement Community • Independent Living • Assisted Living • Skilled Nursing Care Raising Kids Who Will 6300 Greene Street, Philadelphia, PA 19144 Make a Difference: Helping 215-844-0700 Your Family Live with EQUAI.ItClUSH> Vzsit our Internet site at: www.stapeley.org OPPORTUNITY Integrity, Value Simplicity, and Care for Others By Susan V Vogt. Loyola Press, 2002. 296 pages. $13.95/paperback. Religious Society ofFriends ( Qyakers) Ireland Yearly Meeting and Britain Yearly Meeting * ______:__--=-- A Different Kind of Kid: Qyaker House Representatives, Belfast, Northern Ireland Connecting with Unconventional Teens We are looking for two Qtaker House Representatives in Northern Ireland (suitable for By Katherine Murray. Homeward Bound couple, but applications from single people will be considered). This is a jobshare post, where Publishing, 2002. 167pages. $15/paperback. the Representatives live in Qtaker house, Belfast. This appointment is for up to three years Here are two books I wish I'd had during with a review after the first year. my prime parenting years (though my now The Qtaker House Belfast project seeks to enable people to move from violence, intransi­ adult children may feel that I never had any gence, and indifference to negotiation and responsible engagement. It also aims to advance prime parenting years). Both of these books "normal society" by promoting new community, statutory and social developments, and by speak to issues I had as a dad: wondering how building up trust in shared ownership of new institutions. The role of the Qtaker House best ro raise my kids so they'd learn to appre­ Representatives will be to develop and maintain trust between people ofall points ofview and ciate and reflect Friends values of integrity all faiths and creeds in Northern Ireland, in order to promote understanding and foster and peace, and how to connect with those of community relations. my children who chose to dress in all black and read and write depressing poems instead The new Representatives will be coming into a fluid situation. This will allow scope for new ofbutton-downs and khakis and Ogden Nash initiatives and ideas, so flexibility and an ability to appreciate diverse views are important. like me. Susan Vogt's book addresses that first con­ Although a serious interest in the affairs of Northern Ireland and in British-Irish relations cern. It's a book that parents will find helpfUl, would be an advantage, a willingness to learn is essential. Candidates should have good no matter what their children's ages. She of­ presentation, communication, and social skills. fers suggestions for reading the book, depend­ For further details please contact Felicity Boyd, 82 Gortin Park, Belfast BTS 7EQor e-mail: ing on what age your children are. Besides rosemar,[email protected]. Informal enquiries can be made to the current Qtaker being the author, she is a mother of four Representative in Belfast, Mark Chapman, Qtaker House, 7 University Avenue, Belfast children, ages 15 to 27. She knows a thing or BT71GX (telephone 028-9024 9293). two about values, too, stemming &om her work as director ofthe Family Ministry Office Closing date for completed applications: Friday, 26th September, 2003. of the Diocese of Covington, Kentucky. Raising Kids Who Will Make a Difference is

30 August 2003 FRIENDS JoURNAL ambmous {who doesn't want to raise "good" parents deal with a wide range of topics. A ~ thoughtful articles. " Reflect kids and isn't overawed by the responsibility?) difference is that the issues she approaches with the current writer of 1 da1lr ioumal while being delightfully accessible. Arranged come from the distinct viewpoint of dealing • " Book reviews and a weekly selectio n in twelve chapters addressing themes such as with unconventional teens-things like their V) from Fmit If II¥ fit¥ are also available. ecology, media usage, peacemaking, material­ fashion, body art, discerning the difference V) ism and more, the material is beneficial. H er between creativity and rebellion, resisting pa­ suggestions for helping children grow to re­ rental peer pressure (the "where is that child's OJ flect positive values are practical and useful­ parentl" exclamation that some of us have s... from "five C's of conflict resolution" (con­ cringed at--or inwardly uttered). cede, compromise, chance, create, consensus) Like Susan Vogt, Katherine Murray is hon­ a.. to monitoring what appears on the family est and she shares other voices-in her case, in computer monitor. And she acknowledges addition to the kids and parents, she adds ~ W riters' f.our~Je that imbuing such values is not easy. "Parenting mental health and other experts and youth is a hard job," she says. "It's often hard to leaders of various stripes. All of this helps -u Become better acquainted know if you're doing the right thing." parents look at their teens with new eyes with s... with Barclay Press autho11. One thing that separates her book from a bit more undersranding and appreciation ~ most other parenting books is that she is and less bewilderment. She denies neither the • 9n{ormalion 1Jesk honest about both her advice and her failings. risks nor the rewards. Some unconventional ..0 About Barclay Press, About Friends, She urges her readers to "hear stories of our behavior may have far-reaching effects, she Contact information, Signup for news, family . . . of how some lessons stuck, some admits, and we have to "let our kids learn and more. didn't, and what made the difference." And the consequences ofth eir actions," which may she couches her advice and observations in not always be pleasant. But raising such a gentleness and good humor. child is also an opportunity for personal growth BARCLAY PRESS Another distinctive of Susan Vogt's book and learning. "''ve been challenged and 211 N. Meridian St, #101, Newberg, OR9 7132 is that she gives her children a chance to stretched and enriched because I've had a part 800 .962.4 0 14 respond to what she's written. Most promi­ in raising this unique, wonderful, loving nently featured is daughter Heidi. She, like girl of mine, and I wouldn't have missed it for her mother, is honest-"the impact .. . wasn't the world." always what my parents had planned"-and Katherine Murray also offers resources for A Ministry of Prayer and Learning devoted to humorous- "! have to admit that they slipped parents, including a bibliography. Her "Re­ a litcle social responsibility under my skin sources for Troubled T eens and T heir Par­ when I wasn't looking." While Heidi's entries ents" alone would be worth the price of the are longer and more reflective than those of the book ifyo u found yourself in a crisis situation other Vogt children, her siblings Dacian and with your teen and didn't know where to Brian also make valuable contributions while turn. She has listed a wide range of resources showing their differences. "I never noticed from the National Adolescent Suicide Hotline that we were being frugal," says Dacian, while to warning signs of teen suicide to eating Brian mildly carps, "Yes, my parents were disorder information and phone numbers and cheap ... but it was a selective cheapness." more. This is good stuff for parents-who Also valuable are the "Other Families' Sto­ hopefully will never have to use it. ries" (where parents and young adults from a While Katherine Murray's book is a litcle variety of family backgrounds share insights darker in some ways than Susan Vogt's, it on each chapter's theme), the questions for answers a specific need for specific parents. reflection, and the brief bibliography. Both are important books whose audiences I'm buying copies of this book for my may or may not overlap. They belong in every children who have children-it should help meeting's library. them have an easier trip down their parenting -Brent Bill road. Raising Kids Who Make a Difference is a Brent Bill is associate director ofthe Indianapolis great book for parents and would make a For more information: good study book for a parents' support group Center for Congregatiom and attends First Friends Meeting in Indianapolis. He is the edi­ [email protected] • (9 19) 929-2339 or religious education class. http://quaker.org/sosministry/ So, too, would A Different J(jnd ofJ(jd­ tor ofimagination and Spirit: A Contempo­ rary Quaker Reader. A Ministry of the Standing Committee on Worship and Care of especially for parents who have one of those Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Reli gious Society of Friends different kind of kids. What kind of kid is Katherine Murray talking about? "You've seen Also of Interest them at the mall," she writes. "Fluorescent Q-Mo . . pink hair. Spikes and studs. Pants dragging, Some Fruits of Solitude: Wise chains jangling." Of course the description Sayings on the Conduct of Please let us know 8 weeks in could be much broader-and she could add Human Life advance. Send us your address that some of us have seen those kids nor just at label if possible. Otherwise, be the mall, but at home as well. By William Penn. Edited by Eric K Taylor. sure to include your name and old Zip Katherine Murray, an Indiana Q uaker, Herald Press, 2003. 168 pages. $8.99/paper­ Code as well as your new address. mother, and writer, like Susan Vogt helps back.

F RIENDS JOURNAL August 2003 31 As one of at least 150 Friends from the part of each of their yearly meeting annual and end impunity for war crimes against United States, Canada, and Mexico who reports and that the meeting's pamphlet be women, as well as many other ways to elimi­ attended a conference sponsored by Friends corrected to welcome all persons named in the nate gender-based violence. The commission World Committee for Consultation, Sec­ minute. -State College (Pa.) Meeting newsletter had spent two weeks writing "agreed conclu­ tion of the Americas from January 17 to 20, sions" that are typically used as models for Church World Service urged the United 2003, at Guilford College in Greensboro, governments to create policy and as advocacy States to take an active and immediate role in N.C., on "Friends Peace Witness in a Time tools by NGOs. The document on ending war-battered Liberia, where an already des­ of Crisis," Maia Carter wrote in the March violence against women and girls would have perate humanitarian situation worsened in issue of Washington (D. C) Friends Newsletter: been used by advocates to strengthen legisla­ June, in the wake of the announcement of "While no 'statement' emerged out of the tion to end domestic violence, sexual exploira­ the indictment ofLiberian President Charles gathering, we lefi: with a message of the living tion, and trafficking of women. It would also Taylor for war crimes. The indictment was presence of the Peace Testimony in our lives. have been used to educate governments on handed down by a UN-backed Special Court We were reminded that the Peace Testimony how to promote and protect women's human in Sierra Leone, which accused him of sup­ is not the taproot of Quaker faith and prac­ rights. Consensus on the conclusions came to porting the rebel forces that murdered, muti­ tice, but rather the Living Spirit, the Light an end when Iran, Egypt, Pakisran, Sudan, lated, and raped thousands of innocent men, Within, is our source of energy and guidance. and the United States raised objections. Gov­ women, and children during the civil war. ... We are committed to working for peace, ernments did reach consensus on the theme On June 17, a cease-fire was announced be­ to do the best we can with our limited abili­ of women and media, which asked govern­ tween government and rebel fo rces, and as ties, and have faith that with our renewed ments to increasingly involve women in the part of that cease-fire, President Taylor was to covenant, God will work through us as instru­ information and communication technology resign from office. Hundreds of thousands of ments of the Spirit." world and allocate resources to ensure that Liberians have been uprooted from their homes women and girls, especially in developing and the fighting has rendered 80 percent of State College (Pa.) Meeting approved a countries, have access to new information the country inaccessible to urgently needed minute updating a 1993 minute on civil technologies. These recommendations will be humanitarian assistance. -Carol Fouke, incorporated in December's World Summit rights for persons of differing sexual orienta­ tion and gender identity. The new minute on Information Society in Geneva. For more includes "transgender" among its listing of In early March the UN Commission on the information: ; . -Emily Freeburg, College Meeting directed that the minute be a and trafficking, promote reproductive health, Womens eNews Is someone you care about going to college? Would you like to offer regular contact with Quaker thinking and values? Send a subscription to FRIENDS j OURNAL. In the din of dorm life, or the midst ofstudying and exams, FRIENDS JouRNAL can offer quiet moments of welcome reflection or stimulate a line of thought worth pursuing. An added bonus for students: our classified and display ads offer opportunities to pursue education at Quaker schools, Quaker scholarship and volunteer opportunities, and Quaker job opportunities for graduates. Student school-year subscriptions run from October through May and are offered at the special rate of $22 (save 45% off the cover price). Orders must be received by September 5 to insure receipt of the October issue.

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FRIENDS J ouRNAL August 2003 33 The wholesome alternative: Discernment an intellectually challenging college This term has become common among Friends in the past several years. I preparatory program within a remember that when I first heard it I supportive Quaker community. thought it an awfully pompous way of saying "figuring out the right thing to do." Since then I have come to treasure it as a spiritual discipline that requires the spiri­ tual disciplines of retirement, prayer, liv­ ing in the Cross, and keeping low. First generation Quaker Isaac Penington wrote in a letter, "It is not the great and main thing to be found doing, but to be found doing aright, from the teachings and from the right spirit.... A little pray­ ing from God's spirit in that which is true and pure is better than thousands of vehement desires in one's own will and after the flesh." Lao Tzu taught, "Do you have the patience to wait till your mud Olney Friends School settles and your water is dear? Can you www.olneyfriends.org 1-800-303-4291 Spiritual Retirement Continued from page 8

SETTING AsiDE SMALL COMMITMENTS OF TIME Personalized Care in the Experiment with setting aside 5 to 15 minutes every day or even 2-3 Quaker Tradition times a week for a practice that will help you shift your attention: Since 1896 • upon first rising in the morning while sitting in your bed or at a win­ A Quiet, dow with a nice view; Home-Like Setting in a • when the rest of the household has left for the day; Beautifully Landscaped • sitting in your car before driving off; • on your lunch hour: at your desk, Atmosphere sitting in a park, going into a near­ by church; • the first five minutes on arriving • Private Rooms, Suites and • Recreational Activities home; Apartments • 24 Hour Security • after dinner before undertaking the • Assistance with Activities of Daily evening's chores or recreations; • Some Financial Living • just before bed. Assistance Available • Emergency Response System Things to do in a small commitment of time: • Three Nutritious, Home-Cooked For information please • just sit; Meals Served Daily in Elegant call856-235-4884 • begin with one of the brief practices Surroundings 28 Main Street, listed above and then settle into • Linen and Housekeeping Services Moorestown, NJ 08057 quiet; • do a brief reading from a devotion­ al book of your choosing;

34 August 2003 FRIENDS JoURNAL lJISt;t:rnmt:m IS CrUCial In QlrrtCWt smve toward. Courageous and truthtuJ ~ource. Not only Is the IndiVIdual times when we want to do something that people in our own meetings become strengthened, so also is the meeting. Mary will make a difference. In the frightening models and mentors. Our meetings for Rose O 'Reilley, a Friend in Minnesota, time building up to World War II, worship call us to retire and attend to dis­ wrote, "If someone pays attention to that Thomas Kelly wrote of the "particulariza­ cerning guidance for our lives. Our meet­ part of me that struggles to know God, tion of my responsibility in a world too ings for business are a laboratory fo r learn­ my search intensifies. If someone believes vast and a lifetime too short for me to ing to put our own wills on the Cross and with me in the amazement ofgrace, prays carry all responsibilities . . . . Toward them to keep low and be teachable. with me, and reminds me of God's ten­ all we feel kindly, but we are dismissed derness, I live more fully in sacred time." C learness committees and oversight from active service in most of them .. .. Can we pay attention to that part of committees, at their best, embody deep We cannot die on every cross, nor are one another that struggles to know God, spiritual disciplines. Meeting with the we expected to. . . . The concern orient­ bringing one another to the amazement ed life is ordered and organized from committee draws us away from our busy of a grace that will give us strength and within. And we learn to say No as well as pursuits into retirement. Settling into stamina for the times we live in? Yes by attending to the guidance of inner prayer helps to open to the possibility of George Fox seems to have known the responsibility." divine guidance. Keeping low is embod­ heart of our times when he wrote: ied in the very act ofs ubmitting one's dis­ "Looking down at sin, and corruption, cernment to a clearness committee. And and distraction, you are swallowed up in Strong, Supportive openness to the incisive questions of the it; but looking at the light that discovers Spiritual Communities committee can put one's will on the Cross them, you will see over them. That will and produce an outcome quite different give victory and you will find grace and Our work in the world is strengthened from what the person seeking clearness strength; and there is the first step of when it is nourished in the Quaker com- was expecting. peace." 0

• pay attention to your breathing and let to Listening Spirituality: Volume I, Personal For it is in giving that we receive; its rhythms bring you to a quiet place; Spiritual Practices among Friends. Friend It is in pardoning that we are • pray in a style that is meaningful to Patricia Loring presents a wide range of pardoned; you. practices that expand one's capacity to lis­ And it is in dying that we are born to ten for the divine presence in one's life in eternal life. COMMITIING L ARGER a much more thorough fashion than can be done here, including: Jesus Prayer BLOCKS OF TIME: • reading; Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me If you can find space in your day or • journaling; a sinner. week for one or more extended periods of • walking in nature; retirement (30 to 60 minutes): Loving Kindness Meditation • carry a small book of readings with you • praying; (from Jack Kornfield, A Path with • meditating; that you can pull out when you are Heart) • movement; waiting for something or when time • combinations of these practices. Beginning with yourself unexpectedly opens up; May I be filled with loving kindness. • have a tape or CD of meditative music May I be well. or of a meditative reading in your car PRAYE RS May I be peaceful and at ease. or have a personal headset to listen to May I be happy. on the bus or as you walk the dog or Prayer ofSt. Francis when you're jogging; Then widening out to a wved one: • get up 15 minutes earlier; Lord, make me an instrument of your May s/he be filled with loving • examine your day/week for an activity peace; kindness. you can lay aside for a month or two; Where there is hatred let me sow love; May s/he be well. • replace one 1V program a week with Where there is injury, pardon; May s/he be peaceful and at ease. practice of spiritual retirement; Where there is doubt, faith; May s/he be happy. Where there is despair, hope; • replace one magazine you read with Continuing on to others: devotional reading; Where there is darkness, light; friends, community members, people • take a time that is usually spent with a Where there is sadness, joy. everywhere, animals, the whole Earth. friend or family member and do a spir­ Master, grant that I may never seek It is a particularly good way to hold in itual practice together. so much to be consoled as to console; the light someone you find difficult, If you are committing these longer To be understood as to understand; wishing that they, too, be filled with periods to Sabbath practices, please refer To be loved as to love. loving kindness and peace. 0

FRIENDS JOURNAL August 2003 35 inmates. There was a space ot perhaps SIX Tensions or eight inches at the bottom of the fence There were many tensions in Sand­ through which guards would pass out our Year2004 stone, as should be expected, particularly mail. The only time we were allowed pack­ between inmates and guards (usually called ages was for Christmas. Each inmate could Quaker Motto Calendar screws by the inmates). Tensions often receive one gift. T he gift had to be solic­ broke through, as they did for me in the ited by the inmate and approved by the vignettes "Christmas" and ''I'm Shot." institution. When the gift arrived, it would Inspirational messages One day when I was working outside, be shoved under the fence by a guard's for each month a Jehovah's Witness on the crew was giv­ foot. I asked my family not to send me Since 1884 ing the guard a rough time. He and some anything for Christmas, as I thought others were aggressive and abrasive about Christmas was badly polluted by Sand­ 25 calendars $21.00 their religion, trying to get converts or, as stone. There were also inmates, with whom in this case, taunting people about the I wished to identify, who had nobody to 25 calendars & envelopes $23.00 inadequacies of beliefs held by those who send them gifts. were not Jehovah's Witnesses. In this in­ Next door to home in Oskaloosa lived Send orders with check to: stance, the guard took the taunting qui­ our neighbors, the Ruby family. They The Motto Calendar etly, without reproach when most guards owned the United Delivery Company for would have pulled him off the crew and P.O. Box 59 which I worked on Saturdays and during charged him with a disciplinary infraction Christmas vacation through high school Douglassville, PA 19518 to be settled by the institutional disciplin­ and for a year after high school delivering ary board. groceries with a team of mules. The Rubys MottoCal @ao l.com Each evening as we went back inside were not Quakers nor pacifists. They had Telephone: 301-320-3931 the walls we were searched for contra­ three sons who went into the army. I had band. W e would take our handkerchief seen none of the Rubys for six years. Each Fax: 301-320-7370 out of its pocket, hold our hands up over Christmas they made very professional our heads, and be "shook down," hands chocolates to share with their friends. run over our pockets. It was nearly Christmas, and my name One time I had a green onion secluded was called as having received a gift. I Disp!dy Ad Deadlines in my handkerchief, taking it in for a thought it must be a mistake, but it was a friend who longed for a fresh green onion. box of chocolates from the Rubys. A box I was, of course, in serious violation of the ofhomemade chocolates had made it past Reservations are required for regulations. The guard who was searching the restrictions of the Bureau of Prisons display ads in FRIENDS JouRNAL. me was the one given a hard time by the and my own personal restrictions for Jehovah's Witness. I thanked the guard Christmas. I wept. October issue: for the patient and gentle way he handled him. The guard didn't say a word, dropped Reserve space by August 11. his hands, and I left hurriedly afraid he I'm Shot Ads must be received was about to burst out in tears. Kind I learned some new vocabulary in Sand­ by August 14. words for guards from inmates were rare. stone. Pan of that was gerting shot. To be shot had nothing to do with handguns or November issue: An Exception rifles but meant you'd been written up by Reserve space by September 8. a guard for an offense. T hat puts you Although World War II was a popular Ads must be received before a disciplinary board for possible war with a cause that was widely consid­ punishment. by September 11. ered just, unlike Vietnam, the churches, I was working with a crew outdoors on with varying degrees of enthusiasm, gave some kind of digging job when the guard Ad rate is $38 per column inch. some support to their conscientious ob­ in charge came over to me and told me jectors. T he Christian Science church was that I needed to work faster, because we Call (215) 563-8629 now with your an exception. Their national headquarters were in front of the warden's office. I reservation or questions. issued a statement that there was nothing responded that maybe he felt he should E-mail: [email protected] in Christian Science doctrine that would work harder in front of the warden, but I cause a man to become a conscientious would work the same way in front of the objector. Yet, there was one Christian Sci­ warden or back of the building. Bang!! I ence CO in Sandstone. was shot fo r insubordination, or some­ FRIENDS thing like that. JOURNAL Christmas I appeared before the disciplinary board, There was a hallway across the end of three guards as I recall, a couple of days

36 August 2003 FRIENDS JoURNAL later. There was no disagreement about what happened. This was a context with­ ~ ~ VlDVDJTl("'_£ Retreat and in which the board didn't seem used to ~ "1,.1\1'1 \1 U(JL Study Center working. The guard who had accused me wasn't present. Where the inner and outer There was a little discussion, and I was journey come together asked if I didn't realize they could take away some of my "good time," and I Coming Soon! would have to stay longer, I replied that I knew that and when I did get out I would Making a Living Whi.le probably be back if the war was still going Making a Difference on. There was a void in the conversation. PENN C HARTER Melissa Everett By refusing to be intimidated I seemed to July 18-20 The oldest Quaker school in the nation, have threatened their authority. William Penn Charter School embraces I presume there was some hesitancy Healing Circles: The about raising a public issue about how tradition and welcomes innovation. Healings of Jesus and Reiki one worked in front of the warden's of­ Healing Touch fice. I was dismissed with a warning but Bruce and Kate Epperly Essential Quaker principles and practice no penalty. August 8 - 10 guide Penn Charter, a Friends school by birthright and conviction. Within a diverse Life Outside the Box: ParoleD community, we engage students in a Living the Questions of Jesus stimulating and rigorous educational At the time, federal prisoners were Bill Dots, Ted Voorhees, eligible for parole after serving one-third program. We foster academic discipline Coren Goldman of their sentence. A new plan made COs and intellectual curiosity to prepare August 29- September 5 eligible for parole at any time to accept­ graduates for higher education and for life. able assignments with nonprofit institu­ tions. The salary limit was board and Ca ll to visit our 44-acre campus in East Falls: room plus $15 per month. It was a Civil­ 215-844-3460 ian Public Service kind of plan but 3000 West School House Lane, Philadelphia totally devoid of any relationship to www.penncharter.com Selective Service. Wistar Wood (unknown to me at the time), a Quaker, was superintendent of the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf in FRIENDS JOURNAL offers the classic book Philadelphia and desperate to find a boys' supervisor. He seemed to be well-con­ nected politically and got permission to BENJAMIN review some files of COs in prison who might be qualified for the job. H e selected The Meettnghouse Mouse me. The Bureau of Prisons told him that I probably wouldn't take the job, as I had by Benjamin, as told to Clifford Pfeil, already turned down parole. Typical of with illustrations by John D. Gurnmere the problems the Bureau had with COs, If you remember the Benjamin stories in past issues, they couldn't see the difference between a you will be happy to share them- now in book form­ parole to a Selective Service assignment with your children, grandchildren, and Friends! and a parole to a regular job. j OURNAL: I was glad to take the job and left Look for Benjamin in Friends bookstores or order directly from FRIENDS Sandstone after one year in prison. Bickie Please send me _ _ copies of Benjamin @ $6.oo each, plus $2.00 shipping and was a graduate oflowa State with a degree handling ($3.50 for shipping and handling outside U.S., Canada, and Mexico). in dietetics and was immediately employed My check is enclosed. by the school as the dietician, so every­ Name ______thing worked out fine with my $15 per Address ______month salary. Susan, then two years old, went to a Catholic daycare center for chil­ City ______Stare __ ZIP ______dren. When we left the school after a litcle more than a year, with the war over and Country, if other than U.S.------­ my parole terminated, to return as super­ Please mail to FRIENDS j OURNAL, 1216 Arch Street, 2A, Philadelphia, PA 19107-2835. intendent ofQuakerdale Farm, Susan was If any questions please call (215) 563-8629. crossing herself before meals. 0 FRIENDS ]OURNAL August 2003 37 Milestones GuideOne Insurance is America's leading insur­ er of religious institutions, and has been pro­ Deaths tecting Friends houses of worship and schools Clark-A//m D. Clark, 77, on November 17, for more than 20 years. In fact. since 1979, 2002, in Houston, Tex. He was born on April 6, GuideOne has been the Friends Insurance 1925, in League City, Tex., ro Lydia Maurine Group property and casualty insurer of choice. Lawrence Clark and Nolan J. Clark, lifelong Quak­ ers. The family later moved to Friendswood, a To arrange for a FREE premium quotation, and small Q uaker community near Houston. After to learn more about GuideOne Insurance, call graduating from Friendswood High School in r. 4 1942, Allen attended Friends University for a year, 1-877-448-4331 ext. 5429. Ciu1deOne· lnsu r~ n ce then became a conscientious objector and worked in camps in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and at a stare mental hospital in Norwich, Conn. In 1950 he graduated from University of Texas, and during his career as a chemical engineer he traveled across the country and around the world designing gas processing plants and super­ vising the start-up of many of the plants he de­ signed. A founding member of Live Oak Meeting in Housron, he served as clerk and treasurer, and as treasurer ofSourh Central Yearly Meeting. During the Vietnam War, he was spokesman at peace demonstrations ar the gate of President Lyndon Johnson's ranch. An avid nature photographer, he took pleasure in hiking and exploring the our­ doors, backpacking with the Sierra Club in Colo­ rado. T hroughout his life, his social conscience led him ro contribute to many efforts towards a more peaceful, just world. Allen is survived by his wife, Polly Clark; children, Shari Anderson and her husband Mike, Margaret French and her husband Robert, James Clark and his wife Jacquelyn Barrise; granddaughter, Marissa French; and sisters, Vir­ ginia Frazier and Emma Lou Ryan. de Hartog- jan de Hartog, 88, on September 22, 2002, in Houston, Tex. He was born April 22, FRIENDS J OURNAL 1914, in Haarlem, H olland, to a Calvinist minister Help ensure that will be there and his wife, who was a member of the Wider Quaker Fellowship. When he was only ten, Jan ran when she's ready to read it, with the simple act of away to become a cabin boy on the Zuyder Zee until his father had him brought home. H e ran away again rwo years later, this time on a steamer putting a bequest provision in your will to the Baltic, and again was brought home. As a teenager he artended Amsterdam Naval College For more information, or to let us know that we're al ready in your will, until he was expelled with the words, ''This school is not for pirates!" But his drive fo r adventure please call (8oo) 471-6863, or write to us at: FRIENDS j OURNAL, 1216 Arch was accompanied by an urge to write, and when Street, 2A, Ph iladelphia, PA 19107 • [email protected] he rerurned to sea on an ocean-going tug, he took pen and paper. In 1940, his book Hollands Glorie was published and became a symbol of Dutch resistance. At first courted by the Nazis, Jan joined the Dutch underground, using theatre to spread information and instill national spirit. One of his The Meeting School plays was secretly presented in small fishing vil­ 56 Thomas Road, Rindge, NH 03461 lages, to inspire families to hide Jewish children. He was shot in the legs during his escape through Organic Farm occupied Europe, but finally made it to England. ~ rare breeds, active student involvement Jan lived on a houseboat, Rival, and became well / Caring Quaker Community known for his books about the sea. In 1953 when putting faith into practice in our daily lives the dikes broke and a fifth of his country was flooded, he converted Rival into a floating hospi­ Progressive Secondary Education tal, rescued victims from the flooded lands, and, day/boarding, small classes, hands-on learning later, wrote a book about the experience, donating proceeds from the book to the flood victims. In 1957 Jan brought Rival to the U.S., touring the Intracoastal Waterways from H ouston to Nan­ tucket, then the Everglades, where he wrote several books. In 1961 he married Marjorie Mein, his email:[email protected] (603) 899-3366 www.meetingschool.org third wife, fi rst in a civil ceremony, and then under the care of Manhasset (N.Y.) Meeting. In

38 August 2003 F RIENDS j OURNAL September 14-17 1962 they moved w Houston, where Jan caught playwriting at University of Houston, and the When the Hasidim Pray couple were soon members of Live Oak Meeting. with Eugenia Friedman In Houston, they became aware of the horrific conditions at a hospital that primarily served October 10-12 Houston's African American community. The couple and most of their meeting received Red Quaker Light Cross training and became nursing volunteers at with Peter Bien the hospital. Jan wrote an impassioned letter to the Houston Chronicle and, the following year, October 19-24 wrote The Hospital, a novel exposing the uncon­ scionable racism in a hospital for the poor. The Food that Nourishes Hospital became an international sensation and Body and Spirit: resulted in extensive reform, but many Texans were not pleased. He and Marjorie continued w Cooking at Pendle Hill work as a team in both writing and service. In 1966 with Carol Sciarra they helped form the Meeting for Suffering of Vietnamese Children, an adoption nerwork for October 24-26 Vietnamese orphans, and adopted rwo Amerasian sisters from Korea who now were parr of a family Inquirers' Weekend: that included Jan's children from previous mar­ Basic Quakerism riages. Jan turned his energies w working on what was w become an epic trilogy, a novel based with Max Carter and Liz Baltaro on Quaker history. In 1971 the first book, The Peaceable Kingdom, was published. It chronicled the first rwo centuries of Quaker history in rwo segments, The Children ofthe Light and The Holy PENDLE HILL Experiment, and was nominated for the Nobel A QUAKER CENTER FOR STUDY AND CONTEMPLATION I 338 Plush Mill Rd ·Wallingford, PA 19086 • Prize in Literature. In 1988 Jan and Marjorie ext. 142 · (800) 742-3150 (US) or (610) 5664507 (worldwide) returned to Houston. Jan wrote a total of30 books [email protected] · www.pendlehill.org and 10 plays. In 1998 a series of small strokes brought his career to an end. Jan is survived by his wife, Marjorie de H arcog; his children, Sylvia de Hartog, Arnold de H artog, N icholas de Harrog, Catherine de Harwg Dennison, Eva (Hwa Ran Kim) de Harrog Kovach, and Julia (Soo Ja) de Hartog; and 14 grandchildren. Residential and Griscom-E/izabeth Starr (Betsy} Griscom, 45, on Assisted Living December 3, 2002, in Seattle, Wash. She was born on April 18, 1957, in MassachusettS, the oldest of since 1891 four children. At 17 she experienced her first epi­ sode of cancer, and she attributed her lifelong spiritual strength to that early lesson of mortality. In addition to The Hickman's She graduated from Harvard in 1980 with a BA and from Duke University in 1984 with an MA "not too big, not too small" in Forestry. In 1982 she married Douglas Elliott; size, Bill and Becky Mcilvain the couple were amicably divorced ten years later. After a five-month residency at Pendle Hill, where liked the retirement she gathered courage for a leap in life, she moved to community's in-town location. Sandpoint, Idaho, where, largely using her own hands, she built an energy-efficient home that was featured in the media as a model for self-sufficient ecological living. When she met Peg Bernstein, "There are so many things she left Idaho and moved to Seattle. On Novem­ you can do within walking ber 24, 2002, Peg and Betsy were united in mar­ riage under the care of Salmon Bay Meeting. A distance. We're still driving member since birth of Moorestown (N.J.) Meet­ now, but the day will come . .. . " ing, Betsy had also worshiped with Friends Meet­ ingat Cambridge (Mass.), Ridgewood (N.J .) Meet­ ing, Cornwall (N.Y.) Meeting, Sandpoint (Idaho) Meeting, and finally Salmon Bay Meeting in Se­ Quaker-Sponsored • Homelike • Affordable • Close to Town • Welcoming Diversity attle and Pacific Northwest Quanerly Meeting, where she clerked. At Salmon Bay her spoken 400 N. Walnut St., West Chester, PA 19380 messages reminded Friends of the abundance of life. Openly sharing her process of living and dy­ 610-696-1536 ing, she sang throughout her final illness. Through e-mail: [email protected] personal visits, e-mails, and her care committee, friends witnessed the honesty, joy, and openness www.thehickm an.org that inspired all who knew her. She is survived by her parrner, Peg Bernstein; parents, T horne

FRIENDS JOURNAL August 2003 39 treet and Joann Griscom; brothers, Daniel and Mat­ their 50 years of membership. After retirement in thew Griscom; sister, Elinor Griscom; several neph­ 1973 they relocated to O regon, where Bea became ews and a niece. an avid weaver and se.rved as a member of the ministry and oversight committee ofSo uth Moun­ "the small school that McCoy-H~Iga McCoy, 73, on January 29, 2003, rain Meeting. She brought singing, inspirations, in Wilmington, Ohio. She was born in makes big people" and wisdom ro gatherings. The couple worked in Ludwigshafen, Germany, on November 15,1929, Selma to prevent strip mining of Eight Dollar to Otto and Ella Hoecker. A graduate of the Mountain, the first in a chain of mountains that Mawriski Foreign Language Institute in Heidel­ would be mined by multinational corporations for berg, Germany, she became associated with the militarily strategic metal. Bill's knowledge of the Ludwigshafen unit of AFSC as a translator and rare botanical species that grew on the mountain interpreter in 1948. In 1949 she met her future was a major key in gaining the support of well­ husband, Robert, who was with the AFSC in known environmental groups. After a backpack­ Vienna, at a workcamp in Salzburg, Austria. Shonly ing trip to view the rare Kalmiopsis flower, Bill after their marriage they came to his home farm unexpectedly died. In 1990 Bea moved to Gold near Wilmington, where they have spent their Hill, Oregon, and then, in 1992, to Ashland, life together. For many years she was active in where she hosted a salon group, remained active in Fairview Meeting in New Vienna, Ohio. During Greene Street Friends School Headwaters and Women of Vision and Action, 5511 Greene Street that rime she and her husband rook several young and continued her service at her meeting and Peace Philadelphia, PA 19144 friends groups to Washington and New York, House. She is survived by her daughters, Carol primarily to visit FCNL and the UN. From 1966 Irene (Carilene) Newby, Jerilee Camille Newby, • to 1989, while she taught German at Wilmington Pre-K through Grade 8 and Lorraine Elinor (Kit) Neagle; grandchildren, College, Helga and Robert took 12 different Jenni F. Rotmans and husband Rick Rormans, Founded in 1855 student groups to Vienna for study abroad. They and Janis F. Meadows. also led four Wilmington College alumni tour Please call TODAY for a groups to Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czechoslo­ Purvis-Viola Evelyn Purvis, 92, on February 11, tour. 215-438-7545 vakia, and Italy. In retirement she became a very 2003, in Florida. An only child, she was born on private person who loved her travel, her books, her November 3, 191 1, in New York and spent her quiet life, and her home. Although a member childhood in Yonkers. Viola was raised a Baptist. of Fairview Meeting, she had not been active "In order to be a good Baptist I had to become a since the meeting went on record as opposing gay Quaker," she explained. She worked as a secretary farm & Wilderness marriages, three years ago. This meeting decision for the American Baptist Foreign Mission office, caused her great anguish and contributed ro her living in Greenwich Village in a rent-controlled, 5ummt!r Camr.s and retiring more to home life. Helga provided her cold water walk-up apartment, reportedly for Yt!ar /?ound rrogr3nJS students with experiences that transformed them, $20 a month. Viola worked with Dorothy Day and enriched her family, her communiry, and all to establish a soup kitchen in New York Ciry, who knew her. She was preceded in death by her and visited an elderly, declining friend before hike mountain trails. milk a cow . build a cabin brother, Otto. She is survived by her husband, and after her work each day. She earned her BA paddle a canoe • harvest Robert; daughter, Pamela; and son-in-law, Karl­ from Ciry College of New York, and prepared a carrots • create a drum . H einz Finken. biography of Elizabeth Howland, a prominent swim in a mountain lake· New York Q uaker, for her master's degree. After share stories, songs & Newby-Geo~a &atric~ (Rea) Longuevan, 88, on Viola retired, she became secretary of New York laughter • sleep under January 9, 2003, in Ashland, Oreg. She was born Yearly Meeting until 1976, and secretary of Or­ the stars. on May 8, 1914, in Los Angeles, Calif. Although lando Meeting from October 1977 until 1981. her father expected his children to work in their She divided her time between traveling in the Challenges and f un f or gir ls and boys in a uncle's shoe factory, Bea altered his expectations - - suppor tive, diverse community ministry and visiting F/friends in New York State by finishing high school, paving the way for her ~ based on mutual respect , and Florida. Viola recognized and nurtured J- five younger siblings. She proceeded to Chapman ~ -y, simple r ustic living, joy other people's gifts, especially those of the spirit, 1" . t" and adventure. Resii:lential College, where she became president of the Inter­ and demonstrated it powerfully when she took :-"""""- · camps f or ages 9-17 and national Relations Club and where she met a relig­ an unpopular stand in seeking God in a pedophile y camp in Vermont's Green Mountai ns. ion major with Quaker roots named Bill Newby. ~ 65 year s Quaker leader ship. in Southeastern Yearly Meeting, and joined with The couple participated in the Peace Action Club, a few others to establish the Florida Coalition for became part of a Q uaker group in Los Angeles, Peace and Justice. She had a great love of animals, f';orm "' Wildern.,s.•. rt!Jmouth. V T o:)o:)6 and married in 1937. Bill was a CO in World War 802/422-3761 email: fandw @fandw.org and by defau lt owned an elderly parrot. She II, driving a milk truck for his alternative service. did nor own a car until she came to Florida in In 1945 Bea and Bill purposefully moved to the 1977. H er fo rm of war tax protest was to live land in Hemet, Calif., and helped found a chapter so simply she would not have to pay raxes. By Friends Committee on of the American Association for United Nations. f RIENDS COMMITTE£ OM her 85th birthday Viola's health was declining. National Legislation In response to an ad in Organic Gardening maga­ She went to two retirement homes in upstate RFC www.fcnl.org zine inviting fami lies to spend a year learning New York and then settled at The North Shore organic farming, they drove to Pennsylvania to Baptist Retirement home. She attended St. Peters­ 1-800-630-1330 farm with Paul Keene, who had been inspired by UNL 245 Second St., NE burg (Fla.) Meeting when she could, and was meeting Mohandas Gandhi to give up his profes­ under their care until she died. Viola was an Washington, DC 20002 sorship and create an organic farm. In 1959 Bea optimistic person who looked for the good in and Bill moved to Pomona, Calif., and four years We seek a world free of war & the threat of war everyone, bur she was no marshmallow, and de­ later Bea completed her BA at Cal State, Los scribed herself as a radical. She went to Nicaragua We seek a society with equity & justice for all Angeles, and became a social worker in Los Ange­ with a group of Friends, and then to Cuba, where les Counry. In 1967 the couple became members We seek a community where every person's she mer with Fidel Castro at some length. She of Claremont Meeting. 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F RIENDS ] OURNALAugust 2003 41 Sa'adah-MarjorieSa'adah, 88, on D ecember 3 1, 2002, in Hanover, N.H. She was born in Konya, Turkey, in 1914 to Armenian parents during a period when Armenians were being subjected to genocide, and in 1922 her father disappeared. Marjorie, her mother, and two younger brothers managed to escape to Beirut with the help of three Americans. Marjorie attended the American School for Girls in Beirut and the American University in Beirut, graduating in 1937. That summer she mar­ ried Mounir Sa'adah, who was associated with an American, Kenneth Webb. Fluent in four lan­ guages, Marjorie worked for the British Near East Supply Center and then for the American Em­ bassy in Beirut during World War II. After the war, with encouragement from Kenneth and Su­ san Webb, Marjorie and Mounir moved to Ver­ mont, home of the Webb's Farm and W ilderness Start your own subscription Camps. 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Several other JOURNAL E-mail: [email protected] COs sertled in Modesto, and a strong peace com­ muniry formed around the Fellowship of Recon- 42 August 2003 FRIENDS JouRNAL Friends Bulletin, magazine of Western U.S. Quakers, sub­ Classified scription $16. Sample copies free. A Western Quaker Reader. $20. Pamphlet "Islam from a Quaker Perspective": $4 (in­ For Information call (215) 563-8629. cluding postage). Friends Bulletin, 3303 Raintree Avenue, ciliarion local group. On January 24, 1948, in Fax (21 5) 568·13n. Torrance, CA 90505. . Transforming Power for Peace, by Larry Apsey-$8.50 of Orange Grove Meeting. In 1950 the couple Classified rates 75<~: per word. Minimum charge is $20. postpaid. Quantity Discounts. AVP Distribution Service, 644 Logo is additional $18. Add 10% if boxed. 10% bought a farm in Denair and in 1951 one in John Fowler, Plainfield, VT 05667. (802) 454-4675. . 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With the Committee for Nonvio­ 488-8074. Brochure available: Earthtone Huskies B&BJOog book publishing, promotion, distribution. Author's Guide to Tours, 5232 Kanuti Road, Fairbanks, AK 99712. lent Action, Sam helped build the Everyman boars subsidy book publishing. (800) 695-9599 Florida Apartment-Location: Ft. Myers. Features: Par 3 that sailed in the nuclear rest zones in the South golf course; tennis; 2 pools. Monthly rate May-Oct. US$917/ Pacific, a generation before Greenpeace. In 1962 month, Nov.-Apr. US$2,207/month. . Sam served six months in maximum security for Peace Fleece yarns & batting In 35 colors; kits, buttons, giving a press conference announcing the sailing of When you are in Southern Oregon, Anne Hathaway's needles. Sample card $3.00. Yam Shop on the Farm, 1235 Cottage in Ashland is a convenient, Friendly place to stay. Red Run Road, Stevens (Lane. Co.) PA 17578. (717) 336- Everyman II. In 1971 he helped found the Modesto (800) 643-4434. 5860. Peace Life Center. In 1976, Sam and Indira Clark William Penn House, Washington, D.C. Quaker Seminars, Note cards with a Friendly flavor. Quaker quotes and were married under the care of Delta Meeting in youth programs, bed and breakfast. Five blocks from the inspirational sayings; colorful original illustrations. $10.00/ Modesto. Sam helped to stop the nuclear plant Capitol, Supreme Court and near Smithsonian museums. pack of six, recycled paper and envelopes. Holly Cola De­ proposed for his hometown of Waterford and Shared accommodations for individuals and groups. Gays, sign Studio, 220 Wolfsburg Road, Bedford, PA 15522, lesbians, and people of color are welcome. 515 East Cap~ol . Super Collider. In recem years he helped develop Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003, (202) 543·5560, fax the Day of Respect program in Modesto City (202) 543-3814, , . Opportunities tions to restore the riparian corridor along the Looking for a creative living alternative In New York Tuolumne River. He was an early supporter of the City? Penington Friends House may be the place for you! Selected Upcoming Conferences at Pendle Hill We are looking for people of all ages who want to make a August 1-5: Spiritual Discernment: Noticing God's Farm Workers' Movement, and served as head of serious commitment to a community lifestyle based on Nudges, a summer retreat led by Nancy Bieber security during the march on Gallo Winery in Quaker principles. For information call (212) 673-1730. We August 6-10: Kado: The Way of Flowers, led by Marcia also have overnight accommodations. Shibata 1975. He was a founding member of the Modesto August 6-10: Sacred Space: Spiritual and Creative Farmers Marker. Sam Tyson believed in the value Beacon Hill Friends House: Quaker-sponsored residence Openings, led by Melanie Weidner of silent worship and listening to that small, quiet of 19 interested in community living, spiritual growth, peace, August 6-10: "One of these mornings, you're gonna and social concerns. All faiths welcome. For information, rise up singing" , led by Annie and Peter Blood-Patterson voice within. He served D elta Meeting in many application: BHFH, 6 Chestnut Street, Boston, MA 02108- August 13-17: From the Mountain: Transformation in offices. He believed in the value of taking risks to 3624. (617) 227-9118. Overnight and short-term accommo­ Stone, led by Barbara Tam enable positive change. He believed that real dations also available. ; . Suzanne Morrison strength resides in the power of community. Sam September 14-17: When the Hasidim Pray, led by Santa Fa--Simply charming adobe guest apartment at our was preceded in death by his fi rst wife, Carol, and Eugenia Friedman historic meetinghouse. Fireplace, bath, kitchenette, very October 10-12: Quaker Light, led by Peter Bien by his son, Christopher. He is survived by his wife, convenient to downtown and galleries, as well as our tran­ For more information, contact: Pendle Hill, 338 Plush Indira Tyson; his children from his first marriage, quil garden. One nighH:>ne month stays, affordable. Call Mill Road, Wallingford, PA 19086·6099, (800) 742-3150, (505) 983-7241. Samuel, Elizabeth, Anne, and Sarah Tyson; his extension 142, . An oasis of calm In the heart of London? Yes, at the children from his second marriage, Rachel, Joshua, Quaker lntemationat Centre, where short·, medium-, and Martha, and Phoebe Tyson; and numerous mem­ longer-term accommodation is available, as well as confer­ bers of his extended family. ence facilities. Excellent homemade food. For further infor­ WAR IS NOT mation contact telephone: +44 (207) 387-5648, fax: +44 (207) re r:c 383-3722, or write to: 1 Byng Place, London WC1 E 7JH. THE ANSWER '.JI '-.; l FCNL.ORG We welcome Milestones from families and Pittsburgh-Well located, affordable, third-floor (walkup) guest rooms with shared bath. Single or double occupancy. Free Bumper Sticker. Call (800) 630-1330 or see­ meetings. For births/adoptions and mar­ Kitchen available. Contact: House Manager, Friends Meet­ . inghouse, 4836 Ellsworth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Friends Committee on National Legislation riages/unions, please include dates, loca­ Telephone: (412) 683·2669. tions, and meeting affiliations of the par­ Coming to London? Friendly B&B just a block from the Friends Journal is looking for expert technic­ ties. For death notices, include dare and British Museum and very close to London University. A central location for all tourist activities. 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E-mail: . integrated, developmentally appropriate curriculum, includ­ ough. We have excellent references and are looking for the ing whole language and manipulative math; serving upper following: 3 bedrooms, t bath, living room, dining room, Foxda le Village, for Quaker-directed life care. A vibrant and Bucks County. 20 South 1Oth Street, Quakertown, PA 18951. (215) 538-1733. kitchen, garage-anything larger is a bonus. Able to move caring community that encourages and supports immediately. Please contact Nancy Diaz-Svalgard (7t7) men and women as they seek to live life fully and gracefully 284-9933 or . in harmony with the principles of simplicity, diversity. equal­ Services Offered ity, mutual respect, compassion, and personal involvement. Rentals & Retreats Spacious ground-floor apartments and community ameni­ We are a fellowship, Friends mostly, seeking to enrich and ties such as library, auditorium, wood shop, computer lab. expand our spiritual experience. We seek to obey the prompt­ California-Sonoma County. Room, breakfast, optional CCAC Accredited. Reasonable fees include medical care. ings of the Spirit, however named. We meet, publish, corre­ dinner. Ideal tourist center. Hot tub, beautiful views, and 500 East Marylyn Avenue, Department F, State College, PA spond. Inquiries welcome! Write Quaker Universalist Fel­ Quaker welcome. . (707) 523- 16801-6269. For more information, call l enna Gill at (800) lowship , 121 Watson Mill Road, landenberg, PA 19350- 3838 253-4951. . 9344.

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1••• 111.1 ..... 1111 ... 1... 11.1 •••• 11.1 ••• 111 ••••• 11.1 LITTLE ROCK-Unprogrammed meeting, discussion • Marriage Certificates Meetings 10 a.m., worship at 11 a.m. at 3415 West Markham. • Calligraphy Phone: (501) 664-7223. • Graphic Design A partial listing of Friends meetings in the • Note Cards United States and abroad. California • Illustration 6-=Handicapped Accessible ARCATA-11 a.m. 1920 Zehndner. (707) 677-o461. Ahimsa Graphics, 24 Cavanaugh Ct., Saunderstown, Rl BERKELEY-Unprogrammed meeting. Worship 11 a.m., 02874.- (401) 294-7769 or (888) 475-{;219. MEETING NOTICE RATES: $15 per line 2151 Vine St. at Walnut. (510) 843-9725. per year. $20 minimum. Payable a year in BERKELEY-Strawberry Creek, P.O. Box 5065, (510) 524- advance. No discount. Changes: $10 each. Moving to North Carolina? Maybe David Brown, a Quaker 9186. Unprogrammed worship and First-day school tO real estate broker, can help. Contact him at 1208 Pinewood Notice: A small number of meetings have a.m. At Berkeley A~emative High School, Martin luther Dr., Greensboro, NC 27410. (336) 294-2095. been removed from this listing owin~ to diffi­ King Jr. Way and Derby Street, Berkeley. culty in reaching them for updated mforma­ CHIC0-9:45-10:15 a.m. singing; 10:30 a.m. Custom Marriage Certificates, and other traditional or tian and billing purposes. If your meeting has unprogrammed worship, children's classes. Hemlock and decorated documents. Various calligraphic styles and wa­ been removed and wishes to continue to be 14th Street. (530) 895-2135. tercolor designs available. Over ten years' experience. Pam 6. CLAREMONT-Worship 9:30a.m. Classes for children. Bennett, P. Box 136, Uwchlan, PA 19480. (610)458-4255. listed, please contact us at 1216 Arch Street, 0. 727 W. Harrison Ave., Claremont. . Ste. 2A, Philadelphia, PA 19107. Please ac­ cept our apologies for any inconvenience. DAVIS-Meeting for worship First Days 9:45 a.m. 345 l St. Visitors call (530) 758-8492. FRESNO-Unprogrammed meeting. Sunday 10 a.m. 2219 AUSTRALIA San Joaquin Ave., Fresno, CA 93721. (559) 237-4102. All Australian meetings for worship are listed on the GRASS VALLEY·Meeting for worship 9:45 a.m., Australian Quaker Home Page (www.quakers.org.au). discussion/sharing 11 a.m. Sierra Friends Center campus, Meetinghouses in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and 13075 Woolman Ln. Phone: (530) 265-3164. Perth offer overnight accommodation. Further details from LA JOLLA-Meeting 10 a.m. 7380 Eads Ave. Visitors call Yearly Meeting Secretary (), or (858) 456-1020. phone+ 61 (0) 3 98278644. MARIN COUNTY-10 a.m. Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Ave. atE St., San Rafael, Calif. (415) 435-5755. BOTSWANA MARLOMA LONG BEACH-10 a.m. Orizaba at Spaulding. GABORONE-phone/fax (267) 394-7147, . (310) 514-1730. CANADA MENDOCINO-Worship 10 a.m. at Caspar Shul, halfway OTTAWA-Worship and First-day school10:30 a.m. between Mendocino and Ft. Bragg. (707) 937-o200. 91A Fourth Ave. (613) 232-9923. MONTEREY PENINSULA-Friends meeting for worship, ~ tudios TORONTO, ONTARlO- Worship and First-day school 11 Sundays, 10 a.m. Call (408) 649-8615. a.m. 60 Lowther Ave. (north from cor. Bloor and Bedford). OJAI-Unprogrammed worship. First Day 10 a.m. For WOLFVILLE MM, NOVA SCOTIA-(902) 679-3743. meeting place, call Quaker Dial-a-Thought (805) 646- 0939, or may be read and heard on . event with our calligraphy and award-winning graphic MONTEVERDE-Phone 645-5207 or 645·5036. ORANGE COUNTY-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. 117 W. design. Check , or phone toll-free 4th St., Ste. 200, Santa Ana, CA 92701-4610. (714) 836- (800)763-0053. SAN JOSE-Unprogrammed meeting, 11 a.m. Sunday at The Friends Peace Center/Guest Hostel, (506) 233-6168. 6355. . PALO ALTO-Meeting for worship and First-day classes for children 10:30 a.m. 957 Colorado. (650) 856-Q744. GHANA PASADENA-Orange Grove Monthly Meeting, 520 E. H FREEMAN 1501 East Main Street ACCRA-Unprogrammed meeting 1 0 a.m. Sundays. Hill Orange Grove Blvd. First-day school 10 a.m., meeting for • Centerville, IN 47330 House near Animal Research Institute, Achimota Golf worship 11 a.m. Phone: (626) 792-6223. 765-939·6910 Area. Phone: (233 21) 230 369. REDLANDS-RIVERSIDE-SAN BERNARDINO-Inland ASSOCIATES, LLC [email protected] Valley Friends Meeting. 10 a.m. 4061 Mission Inn Ave., NICARAGUA Riverside. (909) 782-8680 or (909) 682-5364. Consulting services for educational institutions and MANAGUA-Unprogrammed worship, 10 a.m. Sundays, SACRAMENTO-Meeting 10 a.m. 890-57th Street. Phone: nonprofit organizations. Fundraising. Capital campaigns. El Centro de los Amigos, APTDO 5391, Managua, (916) 457-3998. Planned giving. Recent clients include liberal arts col- Nicaragua. Info: (727) 821·2428 or (011) 505-266-0984. leges, seminaries, independent schools, social service SAN DIEGO-Unprogrammed worship, First Days, agencies, Pendle Hill, FGC, and many other Friends UNITED STATES 10:30 a.m. 3850 Westgate Place. (619) 687-5474. organizations. SAN FRANCISCO-Meeting for worship and First-day Alabama school, 11 a.m., Sundays. 65 9th Street. (415) 431-7440. SAN JOSE-Worship and First-day School 10 a.m. Celo Valley Books: Personal attention to all phases of book AUBURN-Unprogrammed meeting, Sundays 9 a.m. Room Discussion 11 :30 a.m. 1041 Morse St. (408) 246-Q524. production (25 to 5,000 copies). Typing, editing, layout, final 205, 132 N. Gay St. Phone: (334) 887-9688 or 826-6645. delivery. Free brochure. 160 Ohle Road, Burnsville, NC BIRMINGHAM-Unprogrammed meeting. 10 a.m. SAN LUIS OBISPO..Call: (805) 528-1249. 28714. Sundays. 4413 5th Ave. S., Birmingham, AL 35222. (205) SANTA BARBARA-Waldorf School, 2300 Garden St., 10 592-Q570. a.m. children's program and childcare. P.O. Box 40120, FAIRHOPE-Unprogrammed meeting 10 a.m. Sundays at Santa Barbara, CA 93140-4012. Phone: (805) 965-0906. Summer Camps Friends Meetinghouse, 9261 Fairhope Ave. Write: P.O. SANTA CRUZ-Meeting 10:30 a.m., 225 Rooney St., Box 319, Fairhope, Al 36533. (251) 928-Q982. Santa Cruz, CA 95065. Journey's End Farm Camp HUNTSVILLE-Unprogrammed meeting 10 a.m. Sundays SANTA MONICA-meeting for worship and First-day in various homes. Call (205) 837-6327 or write P.O. Box is a farm devoted to children for sessions of two or three school tO a.m. 1440 Harvard St. Phone: (310) 828-4069. 3530, Huntsville, Al35810. weeks each summer. Farm animals, gardening, nature, 6. SANTA ROSA-Redwood Forest Meeting. Worship 10 ceramics, shop. Alaska a.m. 1647 Guerneville Rd. Phone: (707) 578-3327. Nonviolence, simplicity, reverence for nature are empha­ ANCHORAGE-Call for time and directions. (907) 566- SEBASTOPOL-Apple Seed Friends. Unprogrammed sized in our program centered in the life of a Quaker farm 0700. worship 10 a.m. Garzot/Duffield Building, libby Park family. For 32 boys and girls, 7-12 years. Welcome all (comer of Valentine and Pleasant Hill Rd.). Contact Ron FAIRBANKS-Unprogrammed, First Day, 10 a.m. Hidden races. Apply early. Carl and Kristin Curtis, RR 1 Box 136, Higgins (707) 887-11 60. Hill Friends Center, 2682 Gold Hill Rd. Phone: 479-3796. Newfoundland, PA 18445. Telephone: (570) 689·3911 . STOCKTON-Delta Meeting, Unprogrammed, 10:30 a.m. JUNEAU-Unprogrammed, 10 a.m. Sunday. 750 St. Anns Financial aid available. 2nd First Day, AFSC Center, 445 West Weber. For St., Douglas, Alaska 99824. Phone: (907) 586-4409. information, call (209) 478-8423. Arizona VISALIA-Worship 10:30 a.m. 17208 Ave. 296, Visalia. Summer Rentals FLAGSTAFF-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day (559) 734-8275. school10 a.m. 402 S. Beaver, 86001 . WHITTIER·Whitleaf Monthly Meeting, Administration Provence, France. Beautiful secluded stone house, vil­ McNEAL..Cochise Friends Meeting at Friends Southwest Building, comer Painter and Philadelphia. Worship lage near Avignon, 3 BR (sleeps 5-6), kitchen/dining room, Center, 7 1/2 miles south of E~rida . Worship 11 a.m. 9:30a.m. P.O. Box 122. Phone: 698-7538. spacious living room, modem bathroom. Terrace, court­ Phone: (520) 642-9274 or (520) 642-9900. yard, view of medieval castle. Separate second house PHOENIX-Worship and First-day school10 a.m. 1702 E. Colorado sleeps 4. Both available year-round $1,200--2,900/mo. Glendale, Phoenix, 85020. 943-5831 or 955-1878. BOULDER-Meeting for worship 8:30a.m. and 10 a.m. . Marc Simon, rue Oume, TEMPE-Unprogrammed worship and First-day school Childcare available. First-day school10 a.m. Phone Mary 30290 Saint Victor, France, ; or 10 a.m. 318 East 15th Street, 85281 . Phone: 968-3966. Hey at (303) 442-3638. J. Simon, 124 Bondcroft, Buffalo, NY 14226, (716) 836- TUCSON-Pima Friends Meeting (unprogrammed). First­ COLORADO SPRINGS-Meeting Sunday at 10 a.m. at 8698. day school and worship 8:15 and 10 a.m. and Wednesday Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Comission, 29 S. Institute at 11 a.m. 931 N. 5th Ave., 85705-7723. Information: (520) St., Colorado Springs, Colo. Tel: (719) 685-5548. 323-2208. Address: Colorado Springs Friends Meeting, P.O. Box 2514, Colorado Springs, CO 80901-2514. Arkansas DENVER-Mountain View Friends Meeting, 2280 South CADDO-(Ark., La., Okla., Tex.). Unprogrammed. Call Columbine St. Worship and adult discussion 9 a.m. (Hope, Ark.) (870) 777-1809, (Mena, Ark.) (479) 394-6135. Worship and First-day school 10:30 a.m. Westside FAYETTEVILLE-Unprogrammed. (501) 521-8657 or 267- worship at 363 S. Harlan, #200, lakewood, 10 a.m. 5822. Phone: (303) 777-3799 o r 235-0731.

FRIENDS j OURNAL August 2003 45 DURANGO-Unprogrammed worship, First-day school, OCALA-Meetinghouse: 1010 NE 44 Ave., 34470. (352) McHENRY COUNTY-Worship 10 a.m. (815) 385-8512. and adult discussion. 803 County Rd. 233. (970) 247-()538 236-2839. Contact: Larry Clayton, 1906 NE 8 St., 34471. McNABB..Ciear Creek Meeting, 11 a.m. Meetinghouse 2 or (970) 247-5597. Please call for times. . Worship Sundays 11 a.m. mi. south, 1 mi. east of McNabb. (815) 882-2214. FORT COLLIN5-Meeting for worship and First-day school ORLANDo-Meeting and First-day school 9:30 a.m. OAK PARK-Worship 10 a.m. (First-day school, childcare), 10 a.m., 2222 W. Vine. (303) 491-9717. 316 E. Marks St., Orlando, 32803. (407) 425-5125. Oak Park Art League, 720 Chicago Ave., P.O. Box 3245, ST. PETERSBURG-Meeting for worship and First-day Oak Park, IL 60303·3245. (708) 386-6172-Katherine. Connecticut school 10:30 a.m. 130 19th Ave. S.E. Phone: (727) 896- ROCKFORD-Unprogrammed worship, First Days, 11 HARTFORD-Meeting and First-day school tO a.m., 0310. a.m., 326 N. Avon St. (815) 964-7416 or965-7241. discussion 11 a.m. 144 South Quaker Lane, West SARASOTA-Worship 10 a.m., discussion 11 a.m., URBANA-CHAMPAIGN-Meeting for worship 11 a.m., in Hartford. Phone: 232-3831. Sudakoff Hall, New College. For directions, call (941 ) 358- Illinois Disciples Foundation Chapel, 610 E. Springfield, MIDDLETOWN-Worship and First-day school tO a.m. 267 5759, or Fem Mayo, clerk, (941) 955-1974. Champaign. Phone: (217) 328-5853 or (217) 344-6510. William Street (2nd floor), Phone: (860) 663-3022. TALLAHASSEE-2001 S. Magnolia Dr., 32301; hymn NEW HAVEN-Meeting and First-day school, Sundays, singing 10 a.m., worship 10:30 a.m.; weekly Bible study; Indiana 10:30 a.m. 225 East Grand Ave., New Haven, CT 06513. midweek worship. (850) 878-3620 or 421-6111. BLOOMINGTON-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. Moores (203) 468·2398. TAMPA-Meeting and First-day school t O a.m. Life Center, Pike at Smith Road. (812) 336-5576. NEW LONDON-Meeting for worship and First-day 6811 N. Central Ave. Phone contacts: (813) 854-2242 and FORT WAYNE-Friends Meeting. Plymouth Congregational school 10 a.m., discussion 11 a.m. Friends Meetinghouse, 977-4022. Church UCC 501 West. Berry Room 201, Fort Wayne. 176 Oswegatchie Rd., off Niantic River Rd., Waterford, VENICE FRIENDS FELLOWSHIP-(Christian) meets 10:30 a.m. Unprogrammed worship. 10:45 a.m. Joint Conn. (860) 444-1288 or 442-7947. jointly with Venice Church of the Brethren (programmed): Religious Education with Plymouth Church. (260) 482-1836. NEW MILFORD-Housatonic Meeting. Ate. 7 at Lanesville 9:45 discussion, 10:45 worship. 233 Tamiami Trail, HOPEWELL-Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m., discussion Rd. Worship 10 a.m. Phone: (860) 355-9330. Venice, Fla. Mary Boyd, pastor, (941) 412·0572. Bill 11 a.m. 20 mi. W. of Richmond between 1-70 and US 40. 1- STAMFORD-GREENWICH-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Martin, clerk, (941) 544-0621. 70 exit Wilbur Wright Rd., > 1 1/4 mi. S., then 1 mi. W. on 572 Roxbury Rd. (comer of Westover), Stamford. (203) WINTER PARK-Meeting 10 a.m. Alumni House, Rollins 700 South. Contact: (765) 987-1240 or (765) 478-4218. 869·0445. College. Phone: (407) 894-8998. . STORRS-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Comer North INDIANAPOLI5-North Meadow Circle of Friends, Eagleville and Hunting Lodge Ads. Phone: 429-4459. Georgia 1710 N. Talbott. Unprogrammed, worship 10 a.m. Children WILTON-Worship and First-day school 10 a.m. ANNEEWAKEE CREEK-Worship Group--30 miles West welcome. 926-7657. 317 New Canaan Rd., Ate. 106. (203) 762-5669. of Atlanta. Unprogrammed Worship 11 a.m. Discussion INDIANAPOLI5-Valley Mills Friends Meeting, 6739 West following. 5525 Dorsett Shoals Lane, Douglasville, GA Thompson Road. Charles Bunner, pastor. Call (317) 856- Delaware 30135. Call for directions Janet or Free: (770) 949-8079. 4368 for meeting times. Web page: CAMDEN-Worship 11 a.m., (10 a.m. in June, July, Aug.), ATHENs-Unprogrammed worship and First-day school RICHMOND-Clear Creek, Stout Memorial First-day school tO a.m., 2 mi. S of Dover, 122 E. 9:30a.m. Sunday, discussion 11-12 a.m. On Poplar St. in a Camden-Wyo Ave. (Ate. 10). 284-4745, 698-3324. the parsonage of Oconee St. Methodist Church. (706) Meetinghouse, on the campus of Earlham College, 353-2856. unprogrammed, 9:15a.m. (765) 935·5448. CENTRE-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. 1 mile east of Centreville on the Centre Meeting Rd. at Adams Dam Rd. ATLANTA-Worship and First-day school tO a.m. SOUTH BEND-Unprogrammed worship, First-day school 701 W . Howard Ave., Decatur, GA 30030. (404) 377-2474. 9:45a.m. (219) 277-7684, 232-5729. HOCKESSIN-Worship 10:45 a.m. First-day school tO a.m. VALPARAISQ-Duneland Friends Meeting. Sept.-May. Childcare provided year round. N.W. from ATLANTA-Northside. Unprogrammed worship and First­ Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m. Youth Service Bureau, Hockessin-Yorklyn Rd. at first crossroad, 1501 Old day school, 2nd and 4th First Days at 10 a.m. 1085 David 253 Uncolnway. (219) 462·9997. Wilmington Rd. (302) 239-2223. Trace, Suwanee, GA 30024. (770) 886-3411. . WEST LAFAYETTE-Unprogrammed worship at 10 a.m. at NEWARK-10-11 a.m. First-day school, 10-10:30 a.m. 176 E. Stadium Ave., West Lafayette. adult singing, 10:30-11 :30 a.m. worship. Newark Center AUGUSTA-Worship 10:30 a.m. (706) 863-2299 or (803) for Creative Learning, 401 Phillips Ave. (302) 456-0398. 278-5213. Iowa ODESSA-Worship, first and third Sundays, 11 a.m., W. ST. SIMONS ISLAND-Meeting for worship. For AMES-Worship 10 a.m. Sunday. 121 S. Maple. (515) 232- Main Street. information, call (912) 635·3397 or (912) 638-7187. 2763. WILMINGTON-Worship and First-day school ! 0:30a.m. DECORAH-Child and adult First-day school 9:30, worship 4th and West Sts. Phone: 652-4491. Hawaii BIG ISLAND-10 a.m. Sunday. Unprogrammed worship, 10:30. Childcare available. Meetinghouse, 603 E. Water District of Columbia potluck lunch follows. Location rotates. St. (563) 382-3922. Summer schedule varies. Call (808) 322-3116, 325-7323. DES MOINES-Meeting for worship 10 a.m., discussion WAS HINGTON-Friends Meeting of Washington, 2111 11 :30 a.m. Meetinghouse, 4211 Grand Ave. 274-4717. Florida Ave. NW (north of Dupont Circle Metro, near Conn. HONOLULU-Sundays, 9:45a.m. hymn singing; 10 a.m. worship and First-day school. 2426 Oahu Ave., 96822. a EARLHAM-Bear Creek Meeting-Discussion 10 a.m. Ave.), (202) 483·3310. (www.quaker.org/fmw). Worship 11 a.m. (unprogrammed). One mile north of 1-80 Unprogrammed meetings for worship are regularly held at: Overnight inquiries welcomed. Phone: (808) 988-2714. exit #104. Call (515) 758-2232. MEETINGHOUSE-2111 Florida Ave. Worship at 9 a.m., Idaho IOWA CITY-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 10 a.m. 10:30 a.m., and 6 p.m. Sundays, also 7 p.m. 311 N. Linn St. Call351-2234. Wednesdays. First-day school at 10:50 a.m. BOISE-Boise Valley Friends. Unprogrammed worship, 9:30a.m. First Day. (208) 344-4384. PAULLINA-Small rural unprogrammed meeting. Worship QUAKER HOUSE-2121 Decatur Pl., next to 11 a.m. Sunday school 10 a.m. Fourth Sunday dinner. MOSCOW-Moscow-Pullman Meeting, Campus Christian meetinghouse. Worship at10:30 a.m. with special Business, second Sunday. Contact Doyle Wilson, clerk, Center, 822 Elm St., Moscow. Unprogrammed worship welcome for Lesbians and Gays. (712) 757-3875. Guest house available. 11 :30 a.m. Sunday. Childcare. (509) 332-4323. FRIENDSHIP PREPARATIVE MEETING-at Sidwell ~ WEST BRANCH-Unprogrammed worship at 10 a.m., SANDPOINT-Friends Meeting, unprogrammed worship at Friends Upper School, 3825 Wisconsin Ave. NW, 2nd Sunday worship includes business; other weeks, 1025 Alder St., 10 a.m. Sundays. For information call Kogod Arts Bldg. Worship at 11 a.m. First Days. discussion follows. 317 N. 6th St. Call: (319) 643-5639. CAPITOL HILL WORSHIP GROUP-at William Penn Elizabeth Willey, 263-4788. House, 515 E. Capitol St. SE, at 7:30a.m. seven days a Illinois Kansas week. ~ LAWRENCE..Oread Friends Meeting, 1146 Oregon. BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL-Unprogrammed worship and Unprogrammed meeting for worship at 10 a.m. Child care Florida First-day school 10:30 a.m. in members' homes. (309) awailable. (785) 843-3277. CLEARWATER-clerk: Priscilla Blanshard, 8333 Seminole 454·5463 or (309) 862-1908. MANHATTAN-Unprogrammed meeting. For time and Blvd. #439, Seminole, FL 33772. (727) 786-6270. CARBONDALE-Southern Illinois Society of Friends. location please telephone (785) 539-3733, or 539-2046, or DAYTONA-Ormond Beach-Halifax Friends Meeting for Unprogrammed worship on Sundays at 10 a.m. at the 537-2260, or write to Friends Meeting, c/o Conrows, 2371 Worship, 2"' and 4" First Days at 10:30 a.m. 87 Bosarvey Interfaith Center, 913 S. Illinois Ave. Phone (618) 529- Grandview Terrace, Manhattan, KS 66502. Dr., Ormond Beach. (386) 677·6094, or (386) 445-4788. 8058, or (618) 549-1250. TOPEKA-Unprogrammed worship 9:45 a.m. followed by DELAND-Worship and First-day school10:30 a.m. CHICAG0-57th St., 5615 Woodlawn. Worship 10:30 a.m. discussion. 603 S.W. 8th, Topeka. First-day school and Unitarian Church, 820 N. Frankfort. Info: (386) 734-8914. Monthly meeting follows on third Sunday. Phone: childcare provided. Phone: (785) 233-5210 or 232-6263. FT. LAUDERDALE-Meeting 11 a.m. Information line (954) 288-3066. ~ WICHITA-Heartland Meeting, 14505 Sandwedge Circle. 566·5000. CHICAGO-Chicago Monthly Meeting, 10749 S. Artesian (316) 729-4483. First Days: Discussion 10 a.m. Ave. Worship 10 a.m. Phone: (312) 445-8949. FT. MYER5-Meeting at Calusa Nature Center, First Days Unprogrammed worship 11 a.m. On 2nd First Day of at 10:30 a.m. Telephone: (239) 274·3313. CHICAGO-Northside (unprogrammed). Mailing address: month carry-in brunch 10 a.m., business 12 noon. . FT. PIERCE-Stuart Area Worship Group, 10:30 a.m., Fall­ 4427 N. Clark, Chicago (Japanese American Service Spring. (772) 460-8920 or 692-2209. Committee). Phone: (773) 784-2155. Kentucky GAINESVILLE-Meeting and First-day school 11 a.m. DECATUR-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Call for location: 1921 N.W. 2nd Ave. 462-3201. BEREA-Meeting Sunday 9 a.m. AMERC Building, 300 (217) 872-6415 or 877.()296. Harrison Road, Berea, Ky. Call: (859) 986-9256 or (859) JACKSONVILLE-Meeting for worship, First Days. For DOWNERS GROVE-(West Suburban Chicago) Worship 986-2193. location and time phone (904) 768-3848 or 713-9717. and First-day school 10:30 a.m. 5710 Lomond Ave. LEXINGTON-Meeting for worship and First-day school KEY WEST-Meeting for worship, First Day, 10 a.m. 618 (3 blocks west of Belmont, 1 block south of Maple). Phone: 10:30 a.m. Sundays. 649 Price Ave., Lexington, KY Grinnell St. Garden in rear. Phone: Barbara Jacobson 968-3861 or 852-5612. 40508. Telephone: (859) 254·3319. (305) 296-2787. ~ EVANSTON-Worship 10 a.m. Singing 9:15a.m. 1010 LOUISVILLE-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. 3050 Bon Air LAKE WALES-Worship group, (863) 676·2199. Greenleaf, Evanston, (847) 864-8511. Contact person, Ave., 40205. Telephone: 452-6812. LAKE WORTH-Palm Beach Meeting, 823 North A St. Jeanette Baker (847) 869.()553. Clerk, Ken laughlin. 2 10:30 a.m. Phone: (561) 585-8060. blocks South of Dempster, 1 block E of Ridge. Louisiana MELBOURNE-11 a.m. (321) 676·5077. Call for location. GALESBURG-Peoria-Galesburg Meeting. 10 a.m. in BATON ROUGE-Unprogrammed worship 11 :30 a.m. . homes. (309) 343-7097 for location. Sunday. 333 E. Chimes St. Clerk: Pam D. Arnold (225) MIAMI-CORAL GABLES-Meeting and First-day School LAKE FOREST-Worship 10:30 a.m. at meetinghouse. 665-3560. 10:30 a.m. 1185 Sunset Dr., (305) 661 -7374. Clerk: Warren West Old Elm and Ridge Ads. Mail: Box 95, Lake Forest, NEW ORLEANs-Unprogrammed worship Sundays 10 a.m. Hoskins, (305) 253-2635. Website: . 60045. Phone: (847) 234-8410. Nursery provided. 921 S. Carrollton Ave. (504) 865-1 675.

46 August 2003 FRIENDS } OURNAL RUSTON-Unprogrammed. Call: (318) 251-2669. Massachusetts Minnesota SHREVEPORT-Unprogrammed. Call: (318) 459-3751. ACTON-Worship and First-day school10 a.m. Minute Man BRAINERD-Unprogrammed meeting and discussion, Maine Arc, 1269 Main St., West Concord (across from Harvey Sundays. Call: (218) 829-6917. Wheeler). Clerk: Sally Jeffries, (978) 263-8680. DULUTH-Superior Friends Meeting . 1802 E. 1st Street, BAR HARBOR AREA-Acadia Friends. Worship 9 a.m., AMESBURY-Worship 10 a.m. 120 Friend St. Duluth, MN 55812. Meeting for worship and First-day Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor. (207) 288-4941 school Sunday, 10 a .m. (218) 724-2659. or (207) 288-8968. Call (978) 463-3259 or (978) 388·3293. AMHERST-GREENFIELD-Mount Toby Meeting. Worship MINNEAPOLIS-Minneapolis Friends Meeting, BELFAST AREA-Unprogrammed meeting for worship, 4401 York Ave. South, Mpls., MN 55410. Call for times. 10 a.m. Telephone: (207) 338-3080. and First-day school 10 a.m. 194 Long Plain Rd. (Ate 63), Leverett. (413) 548-9188, or clerk (413) 253·5687 . (612) 926-6159. . BRUNSWICK-Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m. 333 Maine NORTHFIELD-Cannon Valley Monthly Meeting. Worship ANDOVER-Worship and First-day school, 10 a.m., 65 St. 725·8216. (unprogrammed) and First-day school, 10 a.m. Sundays. Phillips St., SHED kindergarten, (978) 470-0350. CASCo-Quaker Ridge. Unprogrammed worship 10:30 First Sunday each month, meets in private homes. Other a.m. summer only. 1814 meetinghouse open to visitors, S BOSTON-Worship 10:30 a.m. First Day. Beacon Hill Sundays, meets at Laura Baker School, 211 Oak Street., of Rt. 11 near Hall's Funeral Home. (207) 693-4361. Friends House, 6 Chestnu1 St., Boston, 02108. Northfield. For information: Corinne Matney, 8657 Spnng FARMINGTON AREA-Unprogrammed meeting for Phone: 227-9118. Creek Road, Northfield, MN 55057. (507) 663-1048. worship, 10-11 a.m. Telephone: (207) 778-3168. CAMBRIDGE-Meetings Sundays 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.; ROCHESTER-worship First Day 9:30 a.m. Assisi Heights LEWISTON-Unprogrammed worship and First-day school Forum at 9 :30 a.m. 5 Longfellow Park (near Harvard Sq., (1 001 14 St. NW) in Canticle Hall at the back of the 10 a.m., 29 Frye Street (off Main Street, U.S. 202). No off Braille St.). Phone: (617) 876-6883. building. First-day school. Phone (507) 287-8553. meeting July-August. Telephone: (207) 786-4325. CAMBRIDGE-Fresh Pond Monthly Meeting. Worship and b ST. PAUL-Prospect Hill Friends Meeting-near U of M MIDCOAST-Unprogrammed meeting for worship, First­ First-day school 10 a.m. Cambridge Friends School, campus. Meets Sun. 4 p.m. Call (612) 379-7398, or (651) day school, 10 a.m. Friends meetinghouse, Damariscotta. 5 Cadbury Road 645-3058 for more infonnation. Watch for signs to the meetinghouse on Rt. 1. Coming FRAMINGHAM-Worship 10 a.m. First-day school. Year ST. PAUL-Twin Cities Friends Meeting, 1725 Grand Ave., from the south on Rt. 1, tum left onto Belvedere Rd., right round. 841 Edmands Rd. (2 mi. west of Nobscot traffic St. Paul. Unprogrammed worship Sunday at 8:30 a.m. and if coming from the north. (207) 563-3464 or 354-8714. lights). Wheelchair accessible. (508) 877-1261 . 11 a.m., Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Call for times of Friends ORONO-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 10 a.m. b GREAT BARRINGTON-South Berkshire Meeting. Forum (adull education), First-day school, and meeting for Orono Senior Center. (207) 862-3957. (207) 285-7746. Unprogrammed: 10:30 a.m. First Day. 280 Main Rd. (Rt. worship with attention to business (651) 699-6995. b OXFORD HILLs-Unprogrammed meeting, worship 9:30 23). Phone: (413) 528-1230. STILLWATER-St. Croix Valley Friends. Unprogrammed a.m. 52 High St. Hope Ripley Ctr., So. Paris, (207) 583-2780. LENOX-Friends Worship Group, 10:30 a.m., Little worship at 11 a.m. (10 a.m. Summer). Phone: (651) 439- PORTLAND-Unprogrammed worship, First-day school, b Chapel, 55 Main St. (413) 637-2388. 7981 , 773-5376. 8 and 10:30 a .m. 1837 Forest Ave. (Ate. 302). Call for summer hours (207) 797-4720. MARTHA'S VINEYARD-Unprogrammed 10:30 a.m. Missouri Hillside Village, Edgartown Rd . (508) 693-1 834. VASSALBORO-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 10 COLUMBIA-Discussion 9:30a.m., unprogrammed a.m. Friends Meetinghouse, Stanley Hill Road, East MATTAPOISETT-Unprogrammed 9:30a.m., Marion Road worship 10:30 a.m. 6408 Locust Grove Or. (573) 474- Vassalboro. (207) 923-3572. (Ate. 6). All are welcome. (508) 758-3579. 1827. WATERBORO-Unprogrammed worship, First-day school NANTUCKET-Unprogrammed worship each First Day, KANSAS CITY-Penn Valley Meeting, 4405 Gillham Rd. 9 a .m. For details call (207) 636-4149, 490-7113. 10 a .m., Fair Street Meetinghouse, (508) 228·0136. 10 a.m. Call: (8 16) 931 -5256. WHITING-Cobscook Meeting, unprogrammed. Worship NEW BEDFORD-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 10 ST. LOUI5-Meeting 10:30 a.m. 1001 Park Ave., St. Louis, and child care 10 a .m. (207) 733-2191 . a.m. 83 Spring St. Phone (508) 990-0710. All welcome. MO 63104. (314) 588-1122. Maryland NORTH SHORE-Worship and First-day school 10 a.m. SPRINGFIELD-Sunrise Friends Meeting. Worship and Glen Urquhart School, Beverly Fanns, Mass., (978) 283- First-day school 11 a.m. each First Day at the Ecumenical ADELPHI-Worship 10 a.m. Sunday. Sunday school10:20 1547. Center, SMSU campus, 680 S. Florence Ave. a.m. (Fourth Sunday at 10 a .m.). Additional worship: 9-- b NORTHAMPTON-Worship 11 a.m., adull discussion (417) 882-3963. 9 :40a.m. 1st. 2nd, 4th, and 5th Sunday. 7 :30p.m. each 9:30; childcare. 43 Center Street. (413) 584-2788. Aspiring Wednesday. Singing 9--10 a.m. 3rd Sunday. Nursery. to be scent-free. 2303 Metzerott, near U. of Md. (301) 445-1114. Montana ANNAPOLIS-351 Dubois Rd . Worship 11 a.m. SANDWICH-East Sandwich Meetinghouse, 6 Quaker Rd., BILLINGS-Call: (406) 252-5647 or (406) 656-2163. Phone: (410) 573-0364. N of junction of Quaker Meetinghouse Rd. and Ate. 6A. GREAT FALLS-(406) 453·2714 or (406) 452-3998. Meeting for worship Sunday 10 a.m. (508) 888-7629. b BALTIMORE-Stony Run: worship 9:30 and 11 a.m. MISSOULA-Unprogrammed, Sundays, 11 a.m. winter, 10 except 8 :30 and 10 a.m. July and August. 5116 N. Charles SOUTH SHORE-Worship and First-day school 10 a.m. a.m. summer. 1861 Sou1h 12th Street W . (406) 549-6276. St. 435-3773. Homewood: worship and First-day school New England Friends Home, 86 Turkey Hill La., Hingham. 10:30a.m. year round. 3107 N. Charles St. (410) 235- (617) 749-3556 or Clerk, Henry Stokes (617) 749-4383. Nebraska 4438. Fax: (410) 235-4451. E-mail: . 10 a.m. at 26 Benvenue St. Phone: (781) 237-0268. 946-5409. b BALTIMOREISPARK5-G unpowder Meeting. Worship WEST FALMOUTH-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. b LINCOLN-Unprogrammed worship 10:30 a.m. 3319 and First-day school11 a.m. Call for directions. Phone: Sunday. 574 W. Fal. Hwy I Ate. 28A. (508) 398-3773. S. 46th. Phone: 488-4178. (410) 472-4583. WESTPORT-Worship Sundays 10 a.m. 938 Main Road. OMAHA-Unprogrammed worship 9:45 a.m. Strawberry BETHESDA-Classes and worship 11 a.m. (year round) (508) 636-4963. Sidwell Friends Lower School, Edgemoor Lane and Fields, 5603 NW Radial Hwy, Omaha, NE 68104. 292- Beverly Rd. 986-8681. WORCESTER-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 11 5745, 391 -4765. a.m. 901 Pleasant St. Phone: 754-3887. CHESTERTOWN-Chester River Meeting, 124 Philosophers Terrace. Worship 11 a.m. Clerk: Vonna YARMOUTH-Friends Meeting at 58 North Main Street in Nevada Taylor, P.O. Box 1005, Chestertown, MD 21620. (410) South Yannouth, Cape Cod, welcomes visitors for worship LAS VEGAS-Unprogrammed worship group. 778-Q050. at 10 a.m. each Sunday. (508) 398-3773. Call (702) 615-3673. DARLINGTON-Deer Creek Meeting. Worship 10:30 a.m. RENO-Unprogrammed worship. For information, call: 329- Clerk, Anne Gregory, (410) 457-9188. Michigan 9400. website: . EASTON-Third Haven Meeting, 405 S. Washington St. ANN ARBOR-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 9 a.m. 10 a.m. Sun., 5:30p.m. Wed. Marsie Hawkinson, clerk, and 11 a.m. Meetinghouse, 1420 Hill St.; guest room New Hampshire (41 0) 822-0589 or -0293. reservations, (734) 761-7435. Clerk: Claire Tinkerhess, CONCORD-Worship 10 a .m. Children welcomed and FALLSTON-Little Falls Meeting, 719 Old Fallston Rd. (734) 663-9003. cared for. Merrimack Valley Day Care Center, 19 N. Fruit Worship 10:30 a.m. John C. Love, clerk, (410) 877-3015. BIRMINGHAM-Meeting 10:30 a.m. Brookside School St. Phone: (603) 224-4748. FREDERICK-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. First-day school Theatre. N.E. comer Lone Pine Rd. & Cranbrook Rd., DOVER-Unprogrammed worship 10:30 a.m., 141 Central 10:15 a.m. Wednesday 5:30p.m. 723 N. Market St. Bloomfield Hills. Summer: Springdale Park, (end of) Ave . Childcare available. Clerk: Sara Hubner, (207) 384- (301) 631-1257. Strathmore Rd., (248) 377-8811 . Co-clerks: Margaret 0991, or write: 392 Main St., S. Berwick, ME 03908. PATAPSCD-Preparative Meeting 10:30 a.m. MI. Hebron Kanost (248) 373-6608, David Bowen (248) 549-8518. GONIC-Worship 2nd and 4th First Day at 10 a .m. Co mer House, Ellicott City. First-day school, weekly simple meal. b DETROIT-First Day meeting 10:30 a .m. Call341- 9404, of Pickering Rd . and Quaker Lane. Clerk: Shirley Leslie. (410) 465-6554. or write 401 1 Norfolk, Detro~ . Ml 48221, for infonnation. Phone: (603) 332-5472. SALISBURY-Unprogrammed worship 11 a.m. Carey Ave. b EAST LANSING-Red Cedar Friends Meeting. HANOVER-Worship and First-day school, Sundays, at Glen. (410) 749-9649. Unprogrammed worship and First-day school, 12:30 p.m. 10 a .m. Friends Meetinghouse, 43 Lebanon St. (nex1 to b SANDY SPRING-Meetinghouse Road off Md. Rt. 108. Edgewood UCC Chapel, 469 N. Hagadorn Rd., E. high school). Clerk: Mary Ann Cadwallader, (603) 643- Worship Sundays 9:30 and 11 a.m. and Thursdays Lansing. Worship only, 9:30a.m. (except 1st Sunday of 1343. 7:30 p.m. Classes Sundays 11 a.m. First Sunday of month month), Sparrow Wellness Center, 1st floor, 1200 East KEENE-Worship group-unprogrammed 10:30 a.m. worship 9:30 a.m. only. followed by meeting for business. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 371-1047 or Children's program and child care. 98 S. Lincoln St., Phone (301) 774-9792. . Keene, N.H. Call (603) 352-5295. SENECA VALLEY-Preparative Meeting 11:30 Kerr Hall, FLINT-Crossroads Worship Group (Conservative): NORTH SANDWICH-10:30 a.m. Contact: Webb, Boyds. Children's program and weekly potluck. (301) 540- unprogrammed worship on 2nd and 4th Sundays, 3 p.m. (603) 284-6215. 7828. Contact: (810) 743· 1195 for location. PETERBOROUGH-Monadnock Meeting at Peterborough/ SOUTHERN MARYLAND-Patuxent Friends Meeting. GRAND RAPID$-Worship and First-day school 10 :30 Jaffrey town line on rte. 202. Childcare and First-day Worship 10 a.m. 12220 H.G. Trueman Rd., P.O . Box 536, school at 10:30 a.m. Worship 10 :30 a.m. (9:30a.m. in July Lusby, MD 20657. (410) 394-1233. a.m. (616) 942-4713 or454-7701. and August). (603) 532-6203, or write 3 Davidson Rd., . KALAMAZOD-Meeting for worship and First-day school Jaffrey, NH 03452. TAKOMA PARK-Preparative Meeting. Unprogrammed 10 a.m., discussion and childcare 11 a .m. Friends worship 10 a.m. Sunday at Crossings, 1 Columbia Ave. (at Meetinghouse, 508 Denner. Phone: 349-1754. WEARE-10:30. Quaker St., Henniker. Contact M. Baker, Pine). P. 0 . Box 11365, Takoma Park, MD 20913. (301) MT.PLEASANT-Pine River Friends Meeting. (603) 478·5650. 891-8887. Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m., discussion 11 a.m., WEST EPPING-Unprogrammed. 10 a .m. on 1st and 3rd UNION BRIDGE-Pipe Creek Meeting . Worship 10 a.m. Wesley Foundation, 1400 S. Washington St. Don/Nancy First Days. Friend St., directly off rte. 27. Clerk: Fritz Bell, P.O. Box 487, Union Bridge, MD 21791 . (301) 831-7446. Nagler at (989) 772-2421 or . (603) 895-2437.

FRIENDS ]OURNALAugust 2003 47 New Jersey SILVER CITY AREA-Gila Friends Meeting. 10 a.m. Call: POPLAR RIDGE-Worship 10 a.m. {315) 364-5563. (505) 388-3478, 536-9565, or 535-2330 for location. b POUGHKEEPSIE-Meeting for worship and Sunday ARNEY'S MT.-Worship, 10 a.m., 2nd and 4th First Days; SOCORRO-Worship group, first, third, filth Sundays, school10 a.m. 249 Hooker Ave., 12603. (845) 454-2870. intersection of rtes. 668 and 669. Snowtime, call (609) 10 a.m. Call: 835-0013 or 835-02n. PURCHASE-Meeting for worship and First-day school 894-8347. TAOS..Ciearlight Worship Group meeting for worship first 10:30 a.m. Purchase Street (Rt. 120) at Lake St. Meeting ATLANTIC CITY AREA-Bible study 9:30 a.m .• worship 11 and third Sundays 10:30 a.m. Call (505) 758-8220 for telephone: {914) 946-0206 (answering machine). a.m. All welcome! Call for info: (609) 652·2637 or for calendar. 437-A S. P~ney Rd., Galloway Twp. (Near intersection of Pitney and Jimmy Leeds.) Thanksgiving. Rte. 7, Quaker Street, New York 12141. For New York winter schedule call (518) 234-7217. BARNEGAT-Worship 10 a.m., 614 East Bay Ave. Visitors ALBANY-Worship and First-day school 11 a.m. welcome. (609) 698-2058. b ROCHESTER-84 Scio St. Between East Avenue and E. 727 Madison Ave. Phone: 436-8812. Main St. Downtown. Unprogrammed worship and child CINNAMINSON-Westfield Friends Meeting, rte. 130 at ALFRED-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. each First Day in care 11 a.m. Adult religious ed 9:45 a.m. Child RE Riverton-Moorestown Rd. Meeting for worship 11 a.m., The Parish House, West University St. Visit us at variable. 6/15-9/7 worship 10 a.m. (585) 325-7260. First-day school 10 a.m. . ROCKLAND-Meeting for worship and First-day school CROPWELL-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Old Ma~ton AMAWALK-Worship 10:30 a.m. Quaker Church Rd., N. of 11 a.m. 60 Leber Rd., Blauvelt. {914) 735-4214. Pike, one mile west of Marlton. Rte. 202-35, Yorktown Heights. (914) 669-8549. SARANAC LAKE-Meeting for worship and First-day ~ CROSSWICKS-Meeting and First-day school 9:30 a.m. BROOKLYN-Worship and First-day school 11 a.m. school; (518) 891·4083 or (518) 891-4490. (609) 298-4362. (childcare provided). 110 Schermerhorn St. For SARATOGA SPRINGS-Worship and First-day school DOVER-RANDOLPH-Worship and First-day school information call (212) 7n-8866 (Mon.-Fri., 9--5). Mailing 10 a.m. Phone: (518) 399-5013. 11 a.m. Randolph Friends Meetinghouse, Quaker Church address: Box 730, Brooklyn, NY 11201. SCARSDALE-Meeting for worship, 2nd Sundays 10 a.m., Rd. and Quaker Ave. between Center Grove Rd. and BUFFALO-Worship 10:30 a.m. 72 N. Pa rade near Millbrook Ave., Randolph. (973) 627-0651. all other Sundays 11 a.m. year-round except August, when Science Museum. (716) 892-8645 for further information. all worship is at 11 a.m. First-day school, third Sunday in GREENWICH-First-day school 10:30 a.m., worship BULLS HEAD RD.-Worship and First-day school 10:30 September through second Sunday in June, at meeting for 11 :30 a.m., Ye GreateSt., Greenwich. (609) 451 ·8217. a.m. N. Dutchess Co., 1/4 mile E. Taconic Pky. (845) 266- worship times. 133 Popham Rd. (914) 472-1 807 for HADDONFIELD-Worship 10 a.m.; First-day school 3223. reco rded message and current clerk. follows, except summer. Babysitting provided during both. CANTON-St. Lawrence Valley Friends Meeting, SCHENECTADY-Meeting for worship and First-day Friends Ave. and Lake St. Phone: 428-6242 or 428-5n9. {315) 386-4648. school, 10 a.m. 930 Albany Street. (518) 374-2166. MANASQUAN-First-day school10 a.m., meeting CATSKILL-10 a.m. worship. Rt. 55, Grahamsville. STATEN ISLAND-Meeting for worship 2nd and 4th Sundays 11:15 a.m. Ate. 35 at Manasquan Circle. November-April in members' homes. (914) 985-7409 or at 10:30 a.m.128 Buel Ave. Information: (718) 720-0643. MARLTON -see CROPWELL. (914) 434-3494. SYRACUSE-Worship 10:30 a.m. 821 Euclid Ave. (315) CENTRAL FINGER LAKEs-Geneva vicinity/surrounding MEDFORD-Worship 10 a.m. First-day school 9:45 a.m. 476-1196. Union St. Meetinghouse. Call (609) 953-8914 for info. counties. Unprogrammed meeting and First·day school. Call tor time and place: (585) 526-5196 or (607) 243-7077. b WESTBURY MM (L.I.)-Contact us at MICKLETON-Worship 1 0 a.m., First-day school 11 a.m. or (631) 271-4672. Our (609) 848·7449 or 423-5618. CHAPPAQUA-Unprogrammed meeting for worship and website is . MONTCLAIR-Meeting and First-day school11 a.m., First-day school 10:30 a.m. Rte. 120 Quaker Rd. except July and Aug. 10 a.m. Park St. and Gordonhurst (914) 238-3170. North Carolina CLINTON-Mohawk Valley Monthly Meeting. New Ave. Phone: (973) 744-8320. Visitors welcome. ASHEVILLE-Unprogrammed meeting for worship and MOORESTOWN-118 E. Main St. For meeting information Swarthmoor Meeting House, Austin Rd., Clinton, NY First-day school 10 a.m., forum and childcare 11 a.m. 13323. {315) 853-3035. call {856) 235-1561. 227 Edgewood Rd. (828) 258-0974. CORNWALL-Worship with childcare and First-day school, MOUNT HOLLY· Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. High and BEAUFORT CITY-Unprogrammed. First and third 10:30 a.m., Quaker Ave. Phone: 534-7474. Garden Sts. Visitors welcome. Call: (609) 261-7575. Sundays, 2:30 p.m., St. Paul's, 209 Ann Street. EASTON-Unprogrammed worship and First-day school 11 MULLICA HILL-Main St. Sept.-May First-day school Discussion, fellowship. Bob (252) 726·2035; Tom (252) a.m. 40, 20 miles N of Troy. (518) 684-6567 or 677- 9:45a.m., meeting for worship 11 a.m. Meeting only, June, Rt. 728-7083. 3693. July, and Aug., 10 a.m. BLACK MOUNTAIN-Swannanoa Valley Friends Meeting. ELMIRA-1 0:30 a.m. Sundays. 155 West 6th St. Phone: NEW BRUNSWICK-Meeting and First-day school Unprogrammed worship 9:30 a.m. (828) 299-4889. (607) 962-4183. 10:30 a.m. Meeting only July and Aug., 9:_30 a.m. BOONE-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 10 a.m. FREDONIA-Unprogrammed meeting 10 :30 a.m. Call: 109 Nichol Ave. at Hale St. (732) 846-8969. Michael Ha~ess , clerk, (828) 263-0001. (716) 672-4427 or (716) 532-6022. Summer season NEWTON-Meeting for Worship 10 a.m. Sundays. Haddon Chautauqua lnst. 9:30 a.m. BREVARD-Unprogrammed meeting for worship, 11 a.m. Ave. and Cooper St., Camden. Frank Goodfellow-Jones Oakdale and Duckworth Aves. {828) 884-7000. (856) 429-4653. HAMILTON -Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Upperville Meetinghouse, Route 80, 3 miles W of Smyrna. Phone: CELO-Meeting 10:45 a.m., near Burnsville, off Rt. 80S, PLAINFIELD-Meeting for worship and First-day school Chris Rossi, (315) 691-5353. 455 Hannah Branch Rd., (828) 675-4456. 10:30 a.m. 225 Watchung Ave. at E. Third St. {908) 757- CHAPEL HILL-Meeting lor worship 9 a.m. and 11 :15 a.m. 5736. HUDSON-Unprogrammed meeting for worship every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Telephone: (518) 537-6618 or (518) First-day school11:15 a.m. Childcare. During June, July, PRINCETON-Worship 9 and 11 a.m. First-day school 537-6617 (voice mail); e-mail: [email protected]. and August, worship at 9 and 10:30 a.m. 531 Raleigh Rd. 11 a.m. Oct-May. 470 Quaker Rd. near Mercer St. Clerk: Carolyn Stuart, (919) 929-2287. Meetinghouse, ITHACA-Worship 11 a.m., Anabel Taylor Hall, Oct.-May, (609) 737-7142. (919) 929-5377. worship 10:30 a.m., Hector Meeting House, Perry C~ Rd., QUAKERTOWN-Worship and First-day school10:30 a.m. June-Sept. Phone: 273-5421. CHARLOTTE-Unprogrammed meeting for worship and Box 502, Quakertown 08868. (201) 782-0953. First-day school 10 a.m., forum 11 a.m. 570 W. Rocky LONG ISLAND QUARTERLY MEETING-meetings River Rd. (704) 559-4999. RANCOCAS-Worship 11 a.m., First-day school 10 a.m. normally at 11 a.m. Summer schedul&-worship only 10 a.m., 6/15-9/15.201 DAVIDSON-10 a.m. Carolina Inn. (704) 892·3996. BETHPAGE P.M.-second and fourth First Days Main St., Rancocas (Village), NJ 08073. (609) 267-1265. DURHAM-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school CONSCIENCE BAY M.M.-St. James E-mail: . 10 a.m. 404 Alexander Ave. Contact Karen Stewart, RIDGEWOOD-Meeting for worship and First-day school FLUSHING M.M. (919) 732·9630. 10:30 a.m. 224 Highwood Ave. (201) 445-8450. JERICHO M.M. FAYETTEVILLE-Unprogrammed worship, 6 p.m.; SALEM-Meeting tor worship 10:30 a.m., First-day school MANHASSET M.M.-10 a.m. June to August discussion, 5 p.m. 223 Hillside Ave. (910) 323-3912. 9:30a.m. East Broadway. MATINECOCK M.M.-10 a.m. GREENSBORO-Friendship Meeting {unprogrammed), SEAVILLE-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. (July/Aug. 10 PECONIC BAY E.M.-5outhampton College and 1103 New Garden Rd. Worship 10:30 a.m. Call: a.m.) Main Shore Rd., Rte. 9, Seaville. (609) 624-1165. Southold (336) 294-2095 or 854·5155. SHREWSBURY-Meeting for worship and First-day school SHELTER ISLAND E. M.-10:30 a.m. May to October GREENSBORO-New Garden Friends Meeting. Meeting 10:30 a.m. Rte. 35 and Sycamore. Phone: (732) 741- WESTBURY M.M. tor worship: unprogrammed 9 a.m.; semi-programmed 11 4138. Contact us at or (631) a.m. First-day school 9:30a.m. John Young, clerk; David SOMERSET/MORRIS COUNTIES-Somerset Hills 271-4672. Our website is . W. Bills, pastoral minister. 801 New Garden Road, 27410. Meeting, Community Club, E. Main St., Brookside. NEW PALTZ-Worship, First-day school, and childcare {336) 292·5487. Worship held 9 a.m. Sept.-May. (908) 876-4491 . 10:30 a.m. 8 N. Manheim. (845) 255-5791. GREENVILLE-Unprogrammed worship and First-day SUMMIT-Meeting for worship and First-day school11 a.m. NEW YORK CITY-Brooklyn Meeting at 110 Schermerhorn school. (252) 758-6789. (July, Aug., 10 a.m.). 158 Southern Blvd., Chatham Street: unprogrammed worship every Sunday at 11 a.m. HICKORY-Unprogrammed worship, First-day school Township. Vis~ors welcome. and every Tuesday at 6:30p.m.; Fifteenth Street Meeting 10:15 a.m., forum 11:30a.m. 503 4th St. SW, Hickory, TRENTON-Meeting for worship and primary First-day at 221 East 15 Street {Rutherford Place), Manhattan: N.C., (828) 328·3334. school10 a.m. Hanover and Montgomery Sts. Children unprogrammed worship every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and 11 RALEIGH-Unprogrammed. Meeting for worship Sunday at welcomed and cared for. a.m. and every Wednesday at 6 p.m.; Manhattan Meeting 10 a.m., with First-day school for children. Discussions at TUCKERTON-Little Egg Harbor Meeting. Left side of at 15 Rutherford Place (15th Street), Manhattan: 11 a.m. 625 Tower Street, Raleigh, N.C. (919) 821-4414. Ate. 9 traveling north. Worship 10:30 a.m. programmed worship first, third, and fifth Sundays at 9:30 WENTWORTH/REIDSVILLE-Qpen worship and childcare WOODBURY-First-day school10 a.m., meeting for a.m.; Morningside Meeting at Riverside Church 1Oth 11.: 10:30 a.m. Call: (336) 349-5727 or (336) 427-3188. worship 11:15 a.m. 140 North Broad St. Telephone: unprogrammed worship every Sunday at 11 a.m.; and WILMINGTON-Unprogrammed worship 11 a.m. Discussion (856) 845-5080, if no answer call845-9516. Staten Island Meeting: worship 2nd and 4th Sundays at 10 a.m., 202 N. 5th Street. Call (910) 251-1953. 10:30 a.m. Phone (212) 777-8866 (Mon .-Fri., 9--5) about WOODSTOWN-First-day school9:15 a.m. Meeting for First-day schools, business meetings, and other WOODLAND-cedar Grove Meeting. First Day discussion worship 10:30 a.m. 104 N. Main Street. (856) 769-9839. 10 a.m., meeting tor worship 11 a.m. Call (252) 587-2571 information. or (252) 587-3911 . New Mexico OLD CHATHAM-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. Powell House, Ate. 13. Phone (518) 794-0259. North Dakota ALBUQUERQUE-Meeting and First-day school10:30 ONEONTA-Butternuts Monthly Meeting. Worship a.m. 1600 5th St., N.W., (505) 843-6450. 10:30 a.m. first Sunday. (607) 432-9395. Other Sundays: BISMARCK-Faith and Practice, 8 a.m., and meeting for LAS CRUCES-Meeting for unprogrammed worship 10 Cooperstown, 547-5450, Delhi, 829-6702; Norwich, worship, 9:15a.m. Sundays, UUA Bldg., 818 E. Divide a.m. 622 N.Mesquite. Call: (505) 647-1929. 334-9433. Ave. Contact Therm Kaldahl at (701) 258·0898. SANTA FE-Meeting for worship, Sundays 9 and 11 a.m. ORCHARD PARK-Worship and First-day school11 a.m. FARGO-Unprogrammed meeting, 10:30 a.m. Sundays, Olive Rush Studio, 630 Canyon Rd. Phone: 983-7241. East Quaker St. at Freeman Rd. (716) 662-5749. Call for current location. (701) 237-0702.

48 August 2003 FRIENDS j OURNAL HOOD RIVER AND THE DALLES.MOUNTAIN VIEW MARSHALLTON -Bradford Meeting (unprogrammed), Ohio WORSHIP GROUP-10 a.m. worship on first and third Ate. 162, 4 mi. W of West Chester. 11 a.m. 692-4215. AKRON-Unprogrammed worship, 10:30 a.m. Discussion, Sundays at 601 Union Street, The Dalles, Oreg. Contact MEDIA-Worship 11 a.m. (10 a.m. July-Aug.) Joint First­ 9:30a.m. 216 Myrtle Place, Akron, OH 44303; 374- Lark Lennox, (541) 296-3949. day school 9:30a.m. at Media, Sept.-Jan., and at 0521 . SALEM-Meeting for worship 10 a.m., forum 11 a.m. 490 Providence, Feb.-May, 125 W. Third St. ATHENS-10 a.m., 22 Birge, Chauncey (740) 797-4636. 19th St. NE, phone (503) 399-1908 for information. MEDIA-Providence Meeting, 105 N. Providence Rd. BOWLING GREEN-Broadmead Friends Meeting FGC. (610) 566·1308. Worship 11 a.m. Joint First-day school Unprogrammed worship groups meet at: Pennsylvania 9:30 at Providence, Feb.-June and at Med1a, Sept.-Jan. BLUFFTON-Sally Weaver Sommer, clerk, ABINGTON-First-day school (summer~utdoor meeting) MERION-Meeting for worship 11 a.m., First-day school (419) 358-5411 . 9:45a.m., worship 11:15 a.m. Childcare. Meetinghouse 10:15 except summer months. Babysitting provided. FINDLAY-Joe Davis, (419) 422-7668. RdJGreenwood Ave., Jenkintown. (E of Yor1< Rd., N of Meetinghouse Lane at Montgomery. Philadelphia.) (215) 884-2865. SIDNEY-(937) 497-7326, 492-4336. MIDDLETOWN-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. First-day BIRMINGHAM-Meeting for worship and First-day school school 10:30-11 :30 a.m. Adult education 10:30-11 a.m. TOLEDO-Rilma Buckman, (419) 867-7709. 10 a.m. 1245 Birmingham Rd. S of West Chester on Ate. Delaware County, Rte. 352, N of Lima. Cieri<, Thomas CINCINNATI-Eastern Hills Friends Meeting, 1671 Nagel 202 to Ate. 926, tum W to Birmingham Rd., tum S 1/4 Swain (610) 399-1977. mile. Road, Sunday 10 a.m. (513) 474-9670. MIDDLETOWN-First-day school 9:30a.m., meeting for CINCINNATI-Community Meeting (United FGC and FUM), BUCKINGHAM-Worship and First-day school, 10:30 a.m. worship 11 a.m. Seventh and Eighth Months, worship 3960 Winding Way, 45229. Worship from silence and 5684 Yor1< Rd. (Rte. 202·263), Lahaska. (215) 794-7299. 10-11 a.m. At Langhorne, 453 W . Maple Ave. First-day school10 a.m. Quaker-house phone: (513) 861· CARLISLE-252 A Street, 17013; (717) 249-8899. Bible o. MILLVILLE-Worship 10 a.m., First-day school1 1 a.m. 4353. Frank Huss, clerk. Study 9 a.m. Meeting and First-day school, 10 a.m. Main St. Dean Girton, (717) 458-6431. CHAMBERSBURG-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m., CLEVELAND-Meeting for worship and First-day school NEWTOWN (Bucks Co.)-Worship 11 a.m. First-day 630 Lindia Drive. Telephone (717) 261-0736. 11 a.m. 10916 Magnolia Dr. (216) 791-2220. school for adults and children, 9:45 a.m. except summer COLUMBUS-Unprogrammed meeting 10:30 a.m. CHELTENHAM-See Philadelphia listing. months. 219 Court St. (off S. State St.); 3 mi. W of 1·95, 1954 Indianola Ave.; (614) 291-2331. CHESTER-Meeting for worship 10:45 a.m., Sunday. 24th exit 49. (215) 968·3601 . DAYTON-Friends meeting FGC. Unprogrammed worship and Chestnut Sts. (610) 874-5860. NEWTOWN SQUARE (Del. Co.)-Forum 10 a.m. Worship and First-day school9:30 a.m. 1516 Salem Ave., Rm. 236. CONCORD-Worship and First-day school 11 :15 a.m. At 11 a.m. Ate. 252 N of Rte. 3. (610) 356-4778. Concordville, on Concord Rd. one block S of Ate. 1. Phone: (937) 643·9161. NORRISTOWN-Meeting for worship and First-day school DELAWARE-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day CORNWALL-(Lebanon Co.) Friends worship group, 10 a.m. at Swede and Jacoby Sts. (610) 279-3765. P.O. unprogrammed meeting for worship and First-day school school, 10 a.m., the music room in Andrews House, at the Box 823, Norristown, PA 19404. comer of W. Winter and N. Franklin Streets. Meets from 9:30a.m. each First Day. Call (717) 964·1811 for location OXFORD-First-day school10 a.m., worship 11 a.m. September to May; for summer and 2nd Sundays, call and directions. 260 S. 3rd St., Oxford, PA 19363. (610) 932-8572. (740) 362·8921. DOLINGTON·MAKEFIELD-Worship 11- 11:30 a.m. First­ PENNSBURG-Unami Monthly Meeting meets First Days GRANVILLE-Unprogrammed meeting at 10 a.m. For day school 11 :30-12:30. E of Dolington on MI. Eyre Rd. at 11 a.m. Meetinghouse at 5th and Macoby Sts. Bruce information, call (740) 587-1070. DOWNINGTOWN-First-day school (except summer Grimes, clerk: (215) 234-8424. KENT-Meeting for worship and First-day school months) and worship 10:30 a.m. 800 E. Lancaster Ave. 10:30 a.m., UCM lounge, 1435 East Main Street. David (south side old Ate. 30, 1/2 mile E of town). (610) 269· PHILADELPHIA-Meetings for worship Sunday 10:30 a.m. unless specified otherwise. •indicates clerk's home phone. Stilwell. Phone: (330) 670-0053. 2899. DOYLESTOWN-Meeting for worship and First-day school MARIETTA-Mid-Ohio Valley Friends unprogrammed BYBERRY-3001 Byberry-Southampton Rd., 19154. 10 a.m. East Oakland Ave. worship First and Third Sundays 10:30 a.m., Betsey Mills (215) 637-7813•. Worship 11 a.m. (June-Aug. 10 a.m.) library, 4th and Putnam Sts. Phone: (740) 373-5248. DUNNINGS CREEK-First-day schooVmeeting for worship CENTRAL PHILADELPHIA-15th & Cherry Sts., 19102. begins 10 a.m. N.W. Bedford at Fishertown. 623-5350. 0. OBERLIN-Unprogrammed worship Sundays, 10:30 a.m., (215) 241-7260. Worship 11 a.m. (July-Aug. 10 a.m.) ELKLAND-Meeting located between Shunk and For1. school 10 a.m., adult forum 11 a.m. Street and Gravel Hill FLORENCE-Unprogrammed worship (541) 997-4237 or LANCASTER-Meeting and First-day school 10 a.m. Ads. (215) 364-0581 . 964-5691 . 110 Tulane Terr. (717) 392·2762. SPRINGFIELD-Meeting and First-day school, 11 a.m., PORTLAND-Multnomah Monthly Meeting, 4312 S.E. LANSDOWNE-First-day school and activities 10 a.m. w. Springfield and Old Sproul Ads. Del. Co. 328-2424. Stark. Worship at 8:30 and 10 a.m. First-day school at Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Lansdowne and Stewart Aves. 0. STATE COLLEGE-Early and late worship 8:30 and 11 10:15 a.m. Phone: (503) 232-2822. LEHIGH VALLEY-BETHLEHEM-Worship and First-day a.m Children's programs 10:45 a.m. Adult discussion on school9:30 a.m. Programs for all ages 10:45 a.m. On BRIDGE CITY PREPARATIVE MEETING-Worship at most Sundays at 9:45a.m. 611 E. Prospect Ave., State Rte. 512, 112 mile north of Rte. 22. 10 a.m. at Historic Neighborhood House, 3030 S.W. College, PA 16801, phone (814) 237-7051. 2nd Ave., First-day school at 10:15 a.m. Contact Janet LEWISBURG-Worship 10: 30 a.m. Sundays. Vaughn L~ . Jump, (503) 528.0213. Bldg. Library, Bucknell University. Telephone: (570) 522· SWARTHMORE-Meeting and First-day school tO a.m. 12 Whittier Place, off Route 320. FANNO CREEK WORSHIP GROUP-Worship, 10:30 0231 . a.m. at Dant House, Catlin Gabel School, 8825 S.W. LONDON GROVE-Meeting 9:30 a.m., childcare/First-day TOWANDA-Meeting for worship-unprogrammed. Sundays Barnes Road. Contact Margie Simmons, (503) 644- school10:30 a.m. Newar1< Rd. and rte. 926., 5 miles W of at 10:30 a.m. For location, call (570) 265·6523 or (570) 0501 . Kennett Square. (610) 268-8466. 888·7873.

FRIENDS ]OURNAL August 2003 49 UPPER DUBLIN-Worship & First-day school10 a.m. Fort DALLAS-Unprogrammed meeting for worship Sundays 10 RICHMOND-Worship 9:30 and 11 a.m. 4500 Kensington Washington Ave. & Meetinghouse Ad., near Ambler. (215) a.m. 5828 Worth St. (214) 821-6543. . ROANOKE-Worship 10:30 a.m. Usually at Hollins VALLEY-11 21 Old Eagle School Rd., Wayne (North of EL PASO-Meeting at 10 a.m. Sunday. 2821 Idalia, Meditation Chapel. Info.: Waring, (540) 343-6769, or Swedesford Rd.). Worship and First-day school10 a.m., El Paso, TX 79930. Please use the back door. Phone: Fetter, (540) 982-1034. forum 11:10 a.m. Close to Valley Forge, King of Prussia, (915) 546-5651. Please leave a message. VIRGINIA BEACH-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. (based on Audubon, and Devon. (61 0) 688-3564. FORT WORTH-Unprogrammed meeting 11 a.m. Sundays silence). 1537 Laskin Rd., Vi rginia Beach, VA 23451 . WELLSVILLE-Warrington Monthly Meeting, worship 11 at Wesley Foundation, 2750 W. Lowden. First-day school (757) 481 -5711 . a.m. Ate. 74 east. Call (717) 432-4203. also at 11 a.m. {817) 531-2324 or 299-8247. WILLIAMSBURG-Unprogrammed meeting for worship WEST CHESTER-First-day school 10:30 a.m., worship GALVESTON-Worship, First Day 11 a.m.; 1501 Post 10 a.m. Sundays, childcare and First-day school, 104 W. 10:30. 425 N. High St. Caroline Helmuth, (610) 696-0491. Office St. Gerald Campbell, Clerlk. (409) 762-1785. Kingswood Dr., (757) 253-7752. WEST GROVE-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. HILL COUNTRY-Unprogrammed meeting 10 a.m., WINCHESTER-Hopewell Centre Meeting. 7 miles N from 153 E. Harmony Road, P.O. Box 7, 19390. discussion 11 a.m. Un~arian Fellowship Bldg., 213 Lorna Winchester. Interstate 81 to Clearbrook Exit. Go west on WESTTOWN-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Vista, Kerrville, Tex. Catherine Matlock (830) 257-5673. Hopewell Rd. 0.7 miles. Turn Left into Hopewell Centre Westtown School campus, Westtown, PA 19395. HOUSTON-Live Oak Meeting. Unprogrammed worship Driveway. Unprogrammed meeting for worship 10 a.m. 8:30 and 10 a.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Wednesday. First­ First-day school 11 a.m. Clerk: (540) 667-9114. E-mail: WILKES-BARRE-North Branch Monthly Meeting. . Wyoming Seminary Lower School, 1560 Wyoming Ave., day school11:15 a.m. Childcare provided. 1318 W. 26th Forty Fort. Sunday school 10 a.m., worship 11 a.m. For St. (713) 862-6685. summer and vacations, phone: (570) 824-5130. LUBBOCK-Unprogrammed worship, Sunday morning at Washington WILLISTOWN-Worship and First-day school10 a.m. 10:45. Lutheran Student Center, 2615 19th St. Please use BELLEVUE-Eastside Friends. 4160 158th Ave. SE. Goshen and Warren Ads., Newtown Square, A.D. 1. back door. {806) 799-3307 or 791-4890. Worship 10 a.m., study 11 a.m. (425) 641 -3500. Phone: (610) 356-9799. RIO GRANDE VALLEY-Unprogrammed worship 10:30 a.m. BELLINGHAM-Bellingham Senior Center, 315 Halleck St. Sundays. For location call Carol J. Brown (956) 686-4855. WRIGHTSTOWN-Ate. 413. Meeting for worship Sunday Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m., sharing 11 :30 a.m. 10 a.m. for all. First-day school10:15 a.m. for children, SAN ANTONIO-Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m. Children's program. (360) 752-9223; clerk: Susan adult time variable. (215) 968-9900. Discussion 11 a.m. at 7052 N. Vandiver. Mail: P.O. Box Richardson, (360) 733-5477. 6127, San Antonio, TX 78209. (210) 945-8456. YARDLEY-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. First-day school OLYMPIA-Worship 10 a.m. 219 B Street S.W., Tumwater, follows meeting during winter months. North Main St. TYLER-Unprogrammed. Call: (903) 725-6283. WA 98502. First Sunday each month potluck breakfast at 9 a.m. Phone: {360) 438-5440 or 357-3855. YORK-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 11 a.m. 135 W. Philadelphia St. (717) 648-6781. Utah PORT TOWNSEND-10 a.m. Sunday. (360) 385-7981. LOGAN-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school 10 PULLMAN-See Moscow, Idaho. Rhode Island a.m. The Whittier Center, 300 North and 400 East. SEATTLE-Salmon Bay Meeting at Phinney Center, Telephone: (435) 753-1299. PROVIDENCE-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. each First 6532 Phinney N.; worship at 10 a.m. (206) 527-0200. SALT LAKE CITY-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day Day. 99 Morris Ave., comer of Olney St. (401) 331-4218. SEATTLE-University Friends Meeting, 4001 9th Ave. N.E. school10 a.m. Ladies Literary Club, 850 E. South Temple. Quiet worship First Days 9:30 and 11 a.m. 547-6449. SAYLESVILLE-Worship 10:30 a.m. each First Day. Telephone: {801) 359-1506 or 582-0719. Lincoln-Great Rd. (Ate. 126) at River Rd. Accommodations: 632-9839. SULTAN-Sky Valley Worship Group. (360) 793-0240. WESTERLY-Unprogrammed worship and First-day school Vermont 10:30 a.m. 57 Elm St. (401) 348-7078. TACOMA-Tacoma Friends Meeting, 3019 N. 21st St. BENNINGTON-Worship, Sundays 10 a.m., Senior Service Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m., First-day discussion WOONSOCKET-Smithfield Friends Meeting,108 Center, 124 Pleasant St., 1 block north, 1/2 block east of 11 a.m. Phone: 759-1910. Smithfield Road, (Ate 146-A). Worship each First Day at intersection of Rt. 7 and Main St. (Rt. 9). (802) 442-6010. WALLA WALLA-10 a.m. Sundays. 522-0399. 10:30 a.m. (401) 762-5726. BURLINGTON-Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday, noon Wednesday at 173 North Prospect St. Call: (802) 660- West Virginia South Carolina 9221 about religious ed. CHARLESTON-Meeting for worship Sundays 1Q-11 a.m. 0. MIDDLEBURY-Worship 10 a.m. at Havurah House, 56 CHARLESTON-Worship Sundays 10 a.m. Wellons For latest location, call: (843) 723-5820, e-mail: N. Pleasant St., Middlebury. (802) 388-7684. (304) 345-8659 or Mininger {304) 756-3033. , website: PLAINFIELD-Each Sundayx at 10:30 a.m. Call Alan MORGANTOWN-Monongalia Friends Meeting. Every . Taplow, {802) 454-4675. Sunday 11 a.m. Phone: Keith Garbutt, (304) 292 -1 261. 0. COLUMBIA-Meeting for worship and First-day school PUTNEY-Worship, Sunday, 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Adult PARKERSBURG-Mid-Ohio Valley Friends. See Marietta, 10 a.m., forum 11 :30 a.m., Harmony School, discussion, 9:30a.m. Singing, 10:15 a.m. Children's Ohio, listing. 3737 Covenant Rd., (803) 252-2221 . Visitors welcome. program, 10:45 a.m. Ate. 5, north of village, Putney. (802) GREENVILLE-Unprogrammed, worship 1:30 p.m., First 258-2599. Wisconsin Christian Church, 704 Edwards Rd. (864) 895-7205. SOUTH STARKSBORO-Unprogrammed worship and BELOIT-Unprogrammed worship 11 a.m. Sundays, HOARY-Worship Sundays, 10:30 a.m. (unprogrammed), First-day school Sundays 9:30 a.m. Singing 9 a.m. Call 811 Clary St. Phone: {608) 365-5858. Grace Gifford, inland, (843) 365-6654. Robert Turner (802) 453-4927. 0. EAU CLAIRE-Worship at 10:30 (9:30 June-Aug.) SUMTER-Salem Black River Meeting. First Day meeting WILDERNESS-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. in Wallingford. preceded by singing. 416 Niagara St. Call (715) 833-1138 for worship 11 a.m. Call (803) 495-8225 for directions. Rotary Building, N. Main St. Call Kate Brinton, (802) 228- or 874-6646. 8942, or Chris O'Gorman, {802) 775-9552. GREEN BAY AREA-Fox Valley Friends Meeting, Sundays South Dakota 11 a.m. September-May meetings at St. Joseph's Church RAPID CITY-{605) 721 -4433. Virginia in Oneida. June-August meetings in members' homes. Call (920) 863-8837 for directions. SIOUX FALLS AREA FRIENDS-11 a.m. worship and ALEXANDRIA-Worship every First Day 11 a.m., First-day school. Phone: (605) 339-1156 or 256-0830. unprogrammed worship and First-day school. Woodlawn KENOSHA-RACINE-Unprogrammed worship on Sundays Meeting House, 8 miles S of Alexandria, near U.S. 1. Call at 10 a.m. 880 Green Bay Ad., Kenosha. (262) 552-6838. Tennessee (703) 781 -9185 or 893-9792. . CHARLOTTESVILLE-Discussion 9:45 a.m., worship KICKAPOO VALLEY FRIENDS-Gays Mills. Worship CHATTANOOGA-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 8:30a.m. and 11 a.m. (childcare available). Summer Sunday 11 a.m. Children's program 2nd and 4th Sundays and children's First-day school10 a.m. 335 Crestway worship only 8:30a.m. and 10 a.m. 1104 Forest St. (608) 647-5923. E-mail:. Drive, 37411. (423) 629-2580. Phone: (434) 971-8859. MADISON-Meetinghouse, 1704 Roberts Ct., (608) CROSSVILLE-Worship 10 a.m .• discussion 11 a.m. 184 FARMVILLE-Quaker Lake FM, (434) 223-4160. 256-2249. Unprogrammed worship Sunday at 9 and Hood Dr. Gladys Draudt, clerk: (931) 277-5354. FLOYD-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school 11 a.m., Wednesday at 7 a.m., 12 noon, 5:15p.m., and Meetinghouse: (931) 484-0033. 10:30 a.m. Call for directions. (540) 745-2365 or 745-6193. 8:30 p.m. Children's classes at 11 a.m. Sunday. 0. JOHNSON CITY-Foxfire Friends unprogrammed worship HARRISONBURG-Valley Friends Meeting. Unprogrammed MADISON/MONONA-Yahara Friends. Unprogrammed 10 a.m. 731 E. Maple, (423) 283-4392 (Edie Patrick) worship, 1o a.m. Sundays, 363 High St., Dayton. (540) worship, Sundays 10:30 a.m. 4503 Winnequah Rd., MEMPHIS-Meeting for worship (unprogrammed) and First­ 879-9879. Monona. (608) 441-9193. Web: . (901 ) 274-1500. worship, 10:30 a.m. (540) 867-5788 or 433-5871. MENOMONIE-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. 1718 1Oth NASHVILLE-Meeting fo r worship (unprogrammed) and HERNDON-Singing 10:15 a.m. Worship and First-day St. Phone: (715) 658-1042. First-day school 10 a.m. Adult sharing 11 :30 a.m. on school10:30 a.m. 660 Spring St. (703) 736-0592. 0. MILWAUKEE-Meeting for worship 10:15 a.m. second and fourth Sundays. 2804 Acklen Ave., (615) 269- 3224 N. Gordon Pl. Phone (414) 332-9846 or 263-2111. 0225. Penelope Wright, clerk. LEXINGTON-Maury River Friends. Unprogrammed worship Sundays 10 a.m. First-day school 10:20 a.m. OSHKOSH-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. on Sunday. WEST KNOXVILLE-Worship and First-day school 10 a.m. Child care. 10 mi. W of Lexington off W. Midland Trail at (920) 233-5804. 1517 Meeting House Lane, (865) 694-0036. Waterloo Rd. Info: (540) 464-3511. LINCOLN-Goose Creek United Meeting for worship 9:45 Texas a.m. each First Day. First-day school10 a.m. ALPINE-Meeting for worship, Sunday, 10:30-11 :30 a.m. in LYNCHBURG-Worship 10:30 a.m. Lynchburg College the home of George and Martha Floro. Call: {915) 837- Spiritual Life Center, info: Owens, (434) 846-5331, or 2930 for information. Koring, {434) 847-4301. AMARILLO-Gall (806) 372-7888 or (806) 538-6241. MCLEAN-Langley Hill Friends Meeting, 6410 Georgetown AUSTIN-Meeting for worship, Sunday 11 a.m., Hancock Pike, McLean. Meeting for worship 10 a.m., First-day Recreation Center, 811 E. 41 st (W of Red River), Austin, school and "Second hour" at 11 a.m. Babysitting available. Tex. Supervised activities and First-day school for young (703) 442-8394. Friends. (51 2) 452-1841. MIDLOTHIAN-Worship 11 a.m., children's First-day school CORPUS CHRISTI-Gostal Bend Friends Meeting, meets 11 :15 a.m. (804) 598-1676. 1-2 Sundays per month at 2 p.m. Contact Beverly at (361 ) NORFOLK-Worship and First-day school at 10 a.m. 888-41 84 for information. Phone (757) 627-6317 for information.

50 August 2003 FRIENDS j OURNAL The Resident Study Program Our Resident Study Program remains a unique experiment in adult education-a place to gain knowledge and insight while deepening your awareness of God and of your own path in the world . All the components of this innovative program -engaging classes, daily worship, communal work, shared meals, social action, community activities­ interconnect to form an experience that is greater than the sum of its parts. Residents may pursue a variety of projects during their time at Pendle Hill. Our proximity to Philadelphia as well as our close relationship with Swarthmore College provide a diversity of resources for residents. Endowed scholarships may be available for some special topics.

Sabbaticals at Pendle Hill One of the needs of life is occasional "time off" for refreshment and renewal. Too often during sabbatical times, precious days of retreat get swallowed in work. For years, professors and religious leaders from diverse backgrounds and faith traditions have found Pendle Hill to be an oasis of quiet for reflection and contemplation. Why not return to your calling after a different kind of sabbatical, one that also refreshes the spirit?

w~~~P~H~~ "'4' "My residence at Pendle Hill has added greatly to my formation as a W~w~~M-~ Quaker. My grounding in contem­ plation and activism has been ~ ~/); p~ H;JJ. strengthened and renewed - that which I gained, I will not lose. Staff and students were valuable "helps ~~M1-~' meet," accompanying me during my dark night journey and during forays in exploring theology, art, 2003-2004 Term Dates ~ music and writing." Autumn: September 26- December 13 -Laura Melly, Resident Program student, 2002-2003 Winter: January 2-March 13 Spring: March 26-June 5

Contact Bobbi Kelly to find out more: PENDLE HILL 800.742.3150 (U.S. only) ext. 137 A Quaker Center for Study.and Contemplation 610.566.4507 ext. 137 338 Plush Mill Road ·Wallingford, PA 19086 [email protected] I www.pendlehill.org

FRIENDS ] OURNALAugust 2003 51 FRIENDS CO EEON NATIONAL ...... GISLATION

For 60 years FCNL has brought the concerns, experiences and testimonies of the Religious Society Quaker Faith of Friends to the U.S. Congress and the President. In times of national crisis and challenge-nuclear arms at Work race, the struggle for civil rights, wars and threats of • war-FCNL has worked in partnership with Friends the World across the country, practicing our Quaker faith.

Today, FCNL faces a challenge of its own: the FCNL Education Fund building on Capitol HiU must be partially demolished and reconstructed for safe occupancy. The cost is substantial: $6.17 million (including costs of moving and rental of temporary offices). Friends and Friends meetings and churches have already contributed over 78% of this sum.

Tomorrow, and for tomorrows to come, the reconstructed building will be fully accessible, increase useable space by 25%, incorporate the best of "green architecture," and ensure a Quaker presence on Capitol Hill for future generations.

Your Gift Is Needed No~

Because the FCNL Education P.und, a nof -profit 501(c)(3) organfZation, owns the building, your gifts to the Capital Campaign are tax-deductible to the "FCNL is a gift handed to us by previous extent allowed by law. Checks should be made generations as a way of witnessing to our payable to the FCNL Education Fund-Capital faith and beliefs for peace and justice. It is Campaign. our stewardship responsibility to carry that forward, to hand it on to the next For more information or to contribute securely generation, to keep the work going. " on-line, go to www.fcnl.org and click on the "Building Reconstruction" icon; or contact Tim Binford Farlow, Barner (800-630-1330 ext. 147 or [email protected]). Clerk of the FCNL Education F~apital Campaign. nFcfRIENDS COMMITTEE or.. UNL FCNL Education Fund Capital Campaign N ATIO NA L L EGISLATION 245 Second Street NE +Washington, DC 20002-5795 + 800-630-1330 + www.fcol.org + [email protected]