------&-4. U;II C-nRfi-4:nm ~~GJ~LILnw rr ~PIIUP WIPC~LIIIY 100 East Mermaid Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19118 Meeting for worship'- 10:3OAM First-day School - 10:45 AM

I January 1994

I'homas Conrad. Clerk Peg Myers, Overseers Paul Lrtskow, Asst. Clerk Stanley Myers, Treasurer Shirley Philips, Overseers ~MarthajaneRobinson, Newsletter

Committee Meetings Overseers - Karen Cromley Worship & Ministry - bIary I.ou Hurwitz Peacr SL Social Con~enls- Stapeley K~ll

Calendar Notes

Sote #I - Urge deep culs in rnjiilary spending and Note #4 - Our Januai-y forum is designed lo serve mnre funds for human needs. two goals: fist, to explore the relation between the traditional Quaker nlulislry lo those experiencing. Xote #2 - PYbf h'finistrq. and Worship Committee or facing prison, and the powefil feelings of will be holding their. business meeting following a helplessness and anger that many feel about per- bag lunch after meeting for worship, Interested sonal safety; and, second, to continue to remind hiends are welcome. ourselves of the resources within our meeting corkunity. Long-time attender Paul George, who Note #3 - A session (9:30 - 3:30) lu complete the has been a public defender for a number of years, review of re-clratted sections of Faith and Practice. will talk about the ways in which his work can be The meeting hi~sreceived tirafts prior to the Xo- experienced its an expression of Quaker spirituality, vember called sessions. Please call now to reserve and the ways in which it seems at times to fall childcare: 627-2667. DeacIhe for anangements is seriously short of that. Please join us in seehing a week prior to the session. No walk-ins. A noon through honest discussion to help deepen our meal will 11ol be yrovitleti; pleueb~inga lurlch or intlividual icnd tiulleclive unders~andiigof a clfi- plan to eat locally. cult, impol-iant and painfill subject. 3 Note #S - Middle School Gatheling (eactes 6-8) Topic of Consideration for , wiU br: held at Gwynedd ~~1eclui~~uuse.Topic is January !blonthly Meeting "Gender Bender: the Freedom to be Who We i Are." LinuteJ lo 50. Call Jermifel- Galloway, If70rship and hlinistrq. will talk about the 241-7222, for tletai!~. process whch led them to recommend that Marthajme Robinson be recorded its n minister by Chestnut Hd1 Friends Mertmg. Pendie Hill Schedule - January 1994 Query # 10 - The Environment CaU 215-566-4507 for more infomakon. Scholarslp help is available Are ypu,c~.nce.qed...... that our increasing power over fiom Overseers and Pendle Hill nature sfiouldnot be used irresponsibility but with :, ,:, ,. , ... . . reverence for life and with a sense of the splendor , . . . Jan. 17 - kctire of God's continuing creation? *** What are you Grasping the Elusive Peace in the middle East doing to conserve natural resources for the welfare Everett Mendelssohn of future generations? Do you practice and encour- age thoughtful family planning? What are you Jan. 21-23 doing to assure adequate food, shelter, education, In Search of a Quaker Philosophy of Education and love for all people in all countries? Paul Lacey

Jan. 24 - Lecture Sound Amplification System Long-term Quaker Witness in the Middle East Nancy Nye Are you having less trouble hearing the Word of God than the words of your fellow Friends? If Jan. 24 - Silent Retreat hearing the spoken messages in meeting for wor- Salty Palmer ship is difficult for yoy then try our sound ampM1- cation system. Jan. 31 - Lecture Human Rights and the Role of In 1992, the meeting purchased a sound amplifica- Non-governmental Organizations tion system for use in both the meeting and gather- Fionna McKay ing rooms. We have three very sensitive rnicro- phones in the ceilings, a mixer-amplifier, a small Coming Up in February F?L.I radio bansmitter in the office, and six small "Walkman-like" radio receivers - each with an Feb. 26 - Callcd Session of PYi\,I ea~phone.You can control the sound level.

On !nost Sundays, only three receivers are being Editor's note: Did you sign the guest book a used, so we always have one available for you to while back and check that you wanted the news- try. You should see the greeter or Steve Gable for letter? Please note that after you receive four a receiver. Friends who use these receivers repolt issues, you wiU be sent a postcard aslung you if that they are more able to understand everything you wish to continue to receive the newsletter. IF that is said. YOU DO NOT RETURN THE CARD, YOU? NAA/LE WILL BE DROPPED FROM A note to all Friends: Be aware that the system is TEE MAILING LIST! The card is already always "ON." Sensitive or personal conversa- addressed and stamped - all you have to do is put tions may be overheard by others if spoken in the a check on the right heand sign it. Thanks. meetingroom or gathering room. DEADLINE for all items for the next issue of the Newslerter is the Sunday after business meeting - the 20th of September. Please submit all items in wliting to Hertha Reinemam. TwcnQ-four people gathcred in silence as Query Such an effort rmght be as simple as additional #9 on race relations was read. many concerns and signs to the meeting house or a ..question corner'' reflections werc shared about Friends historical and after meeting, where members and attenders would current relations with people ot color. be available to answer questions of newcomers. Another method of educating others about Friends Topjli J~ri'onsideration:.C~memorat~~n.o_f might be pamphlets with Penn's (and present-day ~WiamPenn's Birthday - Tlicia Walmslcy rc- Friends) ideas on problems such as housing, jobs, viewed the history of Penn in Philadelphia, com- education. and race relations. menting that he c,in be seen as a catalyst for goals -. in the next century for fhls meeting? the wider I he foiiowing lninute was accepted. I'he meeting Quaker community and for outreach to non- to ask committees to focus on the Penn Friends. As the founder of Philadelphia and Commemoration and develop one or two ideas for Pennsylvania, Penn is the best knom Friend action. Each committee wi!.l nominate a member outside Quaker circles. He received a charter fsom to attend a special called meeting where our partici- the King of England to found a "Holy Experi- pation in the Conmemoration will be discussed. ment" anti stayed initially for two years. Penn was a nobleman and did'not intend to establish democ- Carla White agreed to coordinate this effort, with racy in the colony, but he had a number of visions the called meeting planned for February. Carla including city planning, reform of the penal sys- will talk with clerks of cornmittees, establish a date tem, and trial by juv. He wrote on world govern- and time for the meeting and put a notice in the ment and peace, concepts now embodied in the Newsletter. United luations. Business Matters: Tom read a letter from the A question for Chestnut FTiU Meeting is how we Awbury Arboretum Association, describing the2 might perpetuate Pem's enduring qualities and summer environmental program and thanking the visions both with our meeting and in the broader meeting for its grant. community Peace and Social Concerns Commit- tee has some ideas. A prize might be given to Religious Education Committee: Carla White someone who writes an article on the vision of repo&d that the First-day School has 20-30 peace. Or. given that Penn's work with luative children in attendance, a large proportion of the 38 .4melicans was revolutionar~.for the time, we children in the meeting directory. Most of the slots might have an event, such i~sa tree planting, with for teachers have been Wed, but people are stiil thc local Xatn~e.4me:ican community It was needed to help as their schedules allow. At noted that we might coordinate with PYM's hdian Februuy's business meeting, the Religious Educa- Committee. tion Committee will lead a discussion on how the FDS and the children fit into the spiritual life of the Othcr ideas cmcrgcd in discussion. Struck by the meeting. fact that Penn reduced the number of capital crimes fsom 100 to 2, someone suggested a project Nominating Committee: Tom Conrad has been that focuses on restorative justice and an alternative asked to continue as Clerk and has requested to prison - one that would hold both a victim of a additional time to thiuk about it before it is brought clime and offender in the same light and concern. to business meeting for consideration. Nominating Also, can we take the question of outreach seri- Committee reconmends the appointment of the ously, becoming more accessible and available. following oacers of the meeting: Paul Laskow, Assistant Clerk; Roberta Foss, Recording Clerk; December 1993 minutes, conk .%lois TCielka. Recorder; Stan Myers, Treasurer. The meeting apuroved these nominations wirh enthusiasm and gratitude.

ilnnouncements: .A. new coordinator is need to work at Friends Center on the William Penn Commemoration. Anyone who is interested should let lricia Walmsiey know.

The mneethg adjourned aRer a period of silence

A Reflection Marthajane Robinson

I 'condcr why somc medical professionals h3i.c a God is our refuge and strength, hard tune belie\@ that someone is dealing with our safetv in times of trouble. their illness in a spiritual way. They want people to Wc are cak though the whole earth trembles be optimistic and to tight. Vanessa (a patient at and the clifi fall into the sea. IEP - not her real name) got the impression from Our trust is in the Unnameable, them that because she wasn't all upset that they the God who makes all things right. ((Psalni 46) thought she wasn't being realistic. I nrasn't there when they talked to her, so I don't how what they I guess it is not possible to teach that. feeling. - or she - said. But she did not seem in denial to Solnchow you have to "get luchy" and stumble me. She told me that she cried sometimes, was on it. It is so hard to describe, to talk about. afraid somctimcs. She was wcll aware that she Anj,onc who has been there knows immediately was a sick coohe; but she had a strong spiritual what you are talking about; those who haven't are center in which she found was able to fmd rest. apt to think you're in denial. How can faces shine She is refusing to surrender her spirit to her disease in such darkness? The shining does not deny the (she has lymphoma). She has found a means of darkness. It cannot be explained, it can only be control in a situation where there is little control. I felt. guess it's a means that some people do not under- stand - it is not concrete enough, perhaps, not Sometimes I wish I could give evee~ypatient, every something that can be seen. It seems passive, but it person in this hospital, a shot of that shiningness. I isn't. know that's not possible; maybe if they can see it in my face, it is a beginning. Each of us must walk cjf course, that attracted me to her. I see m\;seif the lonesome valley; it's just too bad so many lying there in the bed. I want to shout to all the pcoplc don't comc out again - or bctter yct, realizc medical people. "There can be life in the midst of that the void is not empty: the valley is not lone- denth, !fierc can be joy a11d pcace in the midst of some, and iruly that Lhcy nccd fcar no evil. pain and sufterkg. To appreciate. . the wonder and the good is not denying the bad. It is seeing life as it is."

, ' . . \\ f/ 'tYou- ...... were darkness-...... once; hut now yqg arc fight in ~ie~ord.Be like cNdrm ofthe fight, f~ 1 1 of in 1 ! i me -2cts Ugh are seen complete goodness and light living and truth. Try to discover I I1 what the Lord wants of you ....So be very careful about the sort of lives you lead, like intelligent I i 11 and not like se~~~elesspeople. This may be a wicked age, butyour lives should redeem it." I i (Eph 5:8-1'0, 15-16) I fmd thk a remarkable passage. I suppose as a Quaker I have an am@ for the light imagerq, I!I / / 1 I li but there is more to it than that. I am particularly struck by the last verse; "This may be a wicked ll age, but your lives should redeem it." / / ,I!i i, 11 Surely this is a weighty charge! How 'an our lives redeem our "wicked age'?" How should II / i I I i i thqQ1 lil.yiu8 to answer these questions I be@) with the assuinption tiui we need to take this !I I1 passage at face value. I i i i i 1 11 Xi does riui say that our good rvorh, or our testimonies, or our beliefs: or our dol;tritm should i! '1 reticem our times. It says our lives should redeem our timenes..:.!nok[ing] at the word being .. 11 i I I/ translated "hes;" the Greek term ..."hitisos" ... more ofien is translated as "occasion" or "opportu- I! nip." In other words, it is our occasions or opportunities to hein the manner just described ,.I i 'I j which can serc;e to redeem our times. I I 1 I This redemption vdl come about, then, not so much through what we do a7 through how and // why we do it; and it comes about not so much through horv vie articulate our faith as through /I 11 how we embody it ....The redemption of our times may come about in the way we exist, the way / / we are, i11 the times or momen'rs or occasions the Lord gives us. I / !I I! - Thorn Jeavons, 1982 YL I/ .---...... , ...... -. -- 4'

'Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting 100 E. Merindid Lane Philadelphia, P.4 1.91 18 100 East Merinaid Lane, Philadelpiia, Pennsylvania 19 I18 Meeting for Worship - 10:33 AM First-day School - 10:45 AM I February 1994 'Thomas Conrad, Clerk Peg Myers, Overseers Paul Lasltow, Asst. Clerk Stanley Myers, Treasurer Shirley Philips, Overseers htarthajane Robinson, Newsletter

Committee Meetings nverseers - Karen Cromley Worship & Ministy - Mary Lou Hurwitz Peatie aL Social Concern$ - Stapeicy Hail RE - tdeetinghouse

Caliendar Notes

?$vie iii - How do you respond lo ciilerences Note HJ - Congress is being pressured to water between yourself and others? .\re you concerned down health care legisislation. Take this opportunily about issues of oppression in ihc conur~u~dtiesin to urge universal overage, lull heaith services which you work and live? Dc xoa feel moved to especially for the poor and near poor, and the take some action, bul nu1 kr~owwliere Lo begin? opljon for slales lo adopt a single payer system Sor Members of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Bias cost control. 0respress yonr own concerns. Awireness Group are oKeiing a workshop a1 4th 2nd Arch Street. Call Joan Broadfield ?.t 221-7330 Note #5 - Young Friends Gathering will be held at Swarthmore i\.ieeiig. Limiled to 80. Call Cookie Caldwell, 241 -7222, for details. Kole #i - A weekend on "Relationships" will be held ?t Providence Meeting in \ledia, PA for Note #6 - A session (230 - 3:30) to complete the. .- rriencis age- 18-25. For lrlore ini'o~maliuri,or lo review of re-drafted sections of Faith and Prac~ice. put your own or someone else's name on the The meeting has received drafts prior to the No- Young Actul~F~imds niaig list, call Shirley vember called sessions. Please call now to reserve Dodson at 31-7182. cb.ildcare: 627-2667, Deadline for arrangements is a week prior lo the session. Xu walk-ins. A noon Not? tf:! - 0111. crcativc handwrk will he on meal will not be provided; please bring a lunch or display beSore a~dah meeiing lor plii11 (0 mi Iocdly. Bring yaw work to the meetinghome on Sahlrday> 3-5 pm and pick up after niceling or phone Sharli Tmd to avange .flick-upand deln~ety. Notes, conk The Young- Friends Viorkcamp

>,y.? $7 - FGi?Jri tk2s iy'Gi;;p, ;*Lvdse T&;sy T1.k tvorkcamp had geat spirit, but the turnout Halderston of the Friends (lomtnittee on Aging. was all of seven Youns Friends. one of which leH She wiU speak about Quaker care facilities for the early on Saturday night. However, I think evely- elderly, emphasizing their spiritual basis. IvIost body had a good time and got the joy of helping Ii~iendsare far nniore fdiarwith Quaker work.iii somebody in the neighborhood that needed it. or with respect to prisons. mental hospitalsl and schials, than wi'i the eldesk, and her talk wid also eil id^^ i$~t e. 1..- - .boc.4 .l .joined ' together hi. tell us something of the histoy and pxent status dinner and then a discussion followed about sf this aspect of Quaker witness. people's feelifigs and questions about Mantua, the people that lived there, and what they thought of Xote #S - The next gathesing afthe Quarter is to us stayiiig for the weekend. This discussion took a be held at Arch Street Meetmhouse. 'The usual couple of hours, and there were man.v different prscedwe is that aa!!attend the regularl~scheduled ~:iewpointsexpressed about acceptance in a foreign Meeting for Worshin at 1.0:30. then have a ht-ing neighborhood and how dangerous it could be. 'OW I I a UIC~i 11:Thz Qwr- terlv Meeting for Worship for Business goes from On Saturday everybody was split into three goups approGinaiely ;2:30 to 3:00 pm. and went to thee different houses to help for the day. Chores included sweeping, sewing, moppin& Topic of Consideration for February sc~ubbiug,and moving furniture around. Eveiy- Monthly Meeting for Business body was tired on Saturday afternoon. In the evening we discussed how everybody's day had At monthly meeting in Februaty. Religious Educa- gone. There had been some shocks like how big tion will !cad a discussion on how children fit into the dmg scene was: but overall a lot of young the spitilual Me of the meeting. people were happy and had learned a lot from hlhg with the pcoplc they werc helping. Directory Updates We cvcnl Lo the Painted Britlc on Saturday nigM Changes: and heard a hunch of poems i+y young black Jorge kauz, 326 W. Allens iane pcopli: called lhc Darkoom CoUcclion, which evei~hodvenjoved. We visifetl the local Raprist church st Sunday ~ii~ilikgant! also i\cnl cn Michael Van Hoy's famous tour of Philadelphia. 7 ~li~rcLKXG IWW i.sp&nc~:j fct~.ixniaii:~ o:'~ atd enjoyed hy all. Addition: (Lee Vmorsdall Overall evetyhody had a good time at the (kachei workcamp, and many tlflcrcnt things werc leanled JeErey fiom to the people being hell~ed. A discussions 91 ir\ Sourhampron he. sununecl-this up on Sunday afternoon, and then Wyndmoor. PA 119 1 18 everybody went home. I hope to see many more 233-3722 people signed up foi thc n~stworkcamp, and we will all enjoy working together. Please advise tieorge Garrerrson of any other errors that you notice. In peace Elizabeth LValmslc\ Notes from Yne ianuary 1994 ivieeting for Business

Tom thanked \xiorship Rnd Ministry for leading the tiiscu~ssionand the meeting moved on to regular business. Recorded Ministers Mary 1.ou Hu~witir~for Worship and A!hktiy, recalled that this topic was Announcen~entsElizabeth Walmsley was one of tirst raised in June. Committee members then four young Fiiends who participated in PYM's spoke with Friends outside of Citestnut Elill recent conference on envisioning. She would be Meeting for a broader understanding of recording giad to report further on it. ministers. For institutional minishy, a person applies to Worship and Ministy which forms a Tom asked all cornmiltees to consitler their budget cieamess conunittee that ei:;lluates the recpest am3 r,cecLs for the coming year. He tha&ed Nancy the validity of the calling. In the specific case Lewis, Susan Bergin, .kn Aiexander and all others under question, the conunittee spent time aZso who worlted on the Christmas breakfast and looking inside the meeting, finding many people pageant. Thanks illso to those who helped with the who are ;v=:'khg on nlitlistries in t!le outside homeless guests. world. Finallv Worship and Minjstiy drew up the rez~n~;nended1;imte '?;at was przseiited at Owrseers Ellen Snodgmss died on Januai-y 9. December's monthly meeting. Peg Myers anci Hestha Keinemann attended the memcria! senice on Januarp 15. Qversem com- During discussion the following points and ques- mends the Keligiouq Education Committee for its timi wre raised. In a religious conilr1~1Gtythat reorganization of Cluistmas breakfast. The net considers, how can we say that one person is income of $83 has been given to the hospitality niorc a ministir than another? Thcrc arc distini- netwcrk. George was nominated to represent tions among reieased Friends, instihitional minis- Overseers on the Wiam Penn celebration coin- @, arid being askcd Lo bc a ir~sterbecause of a mittee. Steve Tabor has had surgery. George has -dlt of ministnr. Historically, a released Friend his address if people wish to write him. \\.as ~S:C&C(: froill the care of Inahg # living. The meeting provided financial support and a Religious Education About 30 children partici- continuing i!caincss codnee. This was of pated in the Christmas pageant. The children are limited duration. studying the Bible in FDS until Febsuaty when they start the Yearly Meeting;agenda. Though Warren Witte spoke of his conversation with Biu some people have offered to help with teaching, Tabor RAGis a iccoii!ctf inkistcr. Hc was askcd volunteers zre still needed. to become a minister in recognition of kis @Fts ot q~cahing,:kiniitg, ai~dbc$g able to takc peoplc Non~in::tir!;, Conmittee Tom has agecd to to a deeper spiritual place. This has given him a continue sewing as Cieik of the meeting. This was niw Sciisi of suppofl and accounlrtl,ily Lo his a;>l)ro~:cr! '.~ilhapp?i.cintion. meeting. illtho113hf.nndon Yearl?~Meeting anti malty US yciirk ni~c;ingssloppcil rc~ording \Yort.Rip 8nd Ministry Mary Lou Ilunvilz asked minislers at the hiin of the centutv... there may be peopie lo tell Wors~pand hh.istl); iT they arc a icsiiig~nctio~.ui~c~ti~l in Lhc conxpl. looking for n retrcat or o!.hcr spiritual opportunity. January i9G4 iviinuies, con;.

C3thers S& thzy felt clear that we should respond to her request. We shouid support her and the University ofPen?sy!vnria on the oncology, recopize her mission. Pse we, asked someone neuroiogy, anti general fioors. She has overnight else, using what historically ha3 been verbal .senice in the ER cnce a week and works one ministry to a diierent end? In response, part of weekend a month. The work ir stressful but Fairh and Practice on recorcling ministers was redBeing recorded as a minister would read: "record as ministers members who are provide ecclesiasiical endorsemenr required for recognized as having a clear leading to vocal the work. nlinistrp and prayer or to individual counsehg."

If'recorded, MJ would be accountable to a con- Tom summed up. We have heard from Worship tinuing clearness commi~reeof the meeting. and Ministry, from MJ on the significance of this, and %om yearly meeting ways in which Friends Questions were raised about whether Friends can be recorded as ministers. It is available to us, must be able to assess professional competency in if not widely practiced. There is real concern in a situation iike this. A relared question is the the meeting to support MJ with some recognition meeting's legal liability. Respondents felt we of her ministry; the benefit of doing this flows in were being asked for a faith endorsement, not a two directions. Questions, reservations and comment of competency, which is judged by the concern were expressed. Can we proceed? training program and MJ's professional col- leagues. The meeting would probably not be One person said his concern had been met; two iegaUy responsible for a .'negative ecclesiastical had continuing concerns. Jorge wondered endorsement," but could possibly be joined in a whether the problem was one of the E&h iaw suit. language because for him, "recording" doesn't work. Rather than "record," could the meeting biary Lou and '&anen had commented hat ..recognize W's minisrry?" Mjfelt this would recogni&g %J's ~nhistrycocld open us to the be a satisfactory ecclesiastical endorsement. ministry oi orhers in the meeting. Could it not be Others agreed with the wording, noting we have arped that people ~hoare working in other ways made a decision not to record a minister but to should aiso be recorded as injnisters? Being suppon ivlj's caiiing in a way that reco_&zes her reco&ed 3s amember in gccc! standing is not special gifts without diminishing the ministry of tne same as bekg recorded as a minister. MJ is others. 'She meeting unired with the recom- asking for more than just co&mation of mem- mended minute from Worship and Minute bership. i'he reiarionship would be a mutuai one, . The revised minute folIows with the with our supportk~MJ and ?.4J reporting to us. revisions underlined. nne perscn felt moved but still unclear. Isn't Tom thanked MJ, Worship and Ministry, everyone evelyone supposed ro deliver the Quaker message who spoke, and Jorge for helping us look at our to the world? Isn't that what being a Quaker is? own language. Recording a minister cream a distinction, which causes some discomfort. Other 'Siicia presented the meeting with a string of hot peppers from Paz. Tricia asked us to think about whether we would like to host the hospitality nehvork ag,ain in the summer. Coordination would be needed. The meeting closed after a period of silence. iviinuie to Recognize.. tine iviinisiry of Query # 59 - Peace and Nonviolence Marthajane Robinscn What is your Meeting doing: to ~~nclerstanctthe F~iendshave iradiiio~idlyundersiood [hat all causes of war and Violence and to wo;k for the among us are ministers, and Chestnut HiU MeeCing development of the institutions and attitudes of gratefully recognizes the diverse fo~msof ministry peace? to oppose and attempt to eliminate military by its members within and outside of the Meeting. consc~iptionand other preparations for war? to understand the causes of violence within the Chestnut Hill Meeting joyfully afi"ms Marthajane community and to help develop just and reconcil- Robinson's calling to paslorai tiare. We recognize ing means of dealing with such ~iolence?to help her gift to nurture those who are broken and to your members respond creatively and in a reconcil- help lnem Fmd meaning in heir pain and ioss. She ing way to any conflict and hostility which they carries out this vk~istrythrough her centered, experience? to increase understanding and use of prayerful presence, her music, her use of Thera- nonviolent approaches to the resolution of con- peutic Touch, and her pastoral counseling. iXcts'? *"* '10 what extent do you work for the establishment of peaceful means of setthithg die;- We see Ma?-thajzne Rcl~inson's to be ences: locally, nationaliy and internationafiy'? Do a clear and lrue ieaGiiig and a langible expression you live in the vieofthat life and power that of Chestnut I-lilI hketing's commitment. to senke takes away the occasion oi ali wars? .Are you f?ee in the world. Our ivieeiirig is enlarged iden- from inward as well as outward violence - in your riched by her ministry of faith and love. We are. family life, in your occupation, and in all your clear aboui our responsibiiily to nurture her $1. rdations withothers? Do you faithfully maintain our testimony against dtaly tmining, preparation Cncshui HiIi Meeting I'o~mallyrecoauzes the for war, and participation in war as inconsistent fninistrv of Marthaiane Robinson. We recognize with the Spirit and teaching of Christ'? ~haiher work may bc niacie most: valuable by her sharing her pastoral experience with the Meeting as Committee well as by the hieeiing's icleniiC~caiionwith her William Penn Outreach work. We ask that she report to the Meeting the ongoing progress oT hcr work and ihat she con- Members of this committee are: tiniie to inform 113 of ways we may he of help to ilci-. Carolyn Schon - Worship and Evhistly George Garretkon - Overseers Carla White - Religious Education Tuition Aid Committee Jorgc kxdz - Pcacc and Socicil Concans John Gallery - Finance, J..ibua~~ If your ciuldren are not akeady enrolled in a Mciissa Elliott - Folum Friends' schoo! and if yoc plan to them for Thi: ;"m&lei: v".sl llliici to b.\'y.' the 1994-55 schooi year vdith tuirion aid, please see bdit ilis;~;siii her\.. hlnq Lon I-Iunvitz for a form. For those already Chestnut HiU FriencL$ Meeting can respond to this enroiied in a 1;riends. schooi. the school will opportunity for rcaciiing ou: in both our local distribute fonx to you. community and the Yearly Meeting communjt?.. Many suggestions haw akcady bccn made; mosc are welcome. Please talk or write to anv of those listcd if you have ideas, talcnts, time or resources. Friendiy Crar'iers

it is tme to begin-. tMng.. about the 1994 vearly If you haven't vet attended a Quarterly bleetmg

T,Gn LTpJh+ 1.- "--A *:-0 A- meeting sessions. Fiiendiy Cin2cis tt.2zgrk KC ; g2&cyu7g, tp>, th " ,I "b 'I- 5""U LUIIb '-6" U" wide variety of handcrafted articles between so. Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting is one of the six business sessions on Thursday, Friday and Satur- monthly meetings in Philadelphia Quarterly hleet- day. All proceeds will be contributed to the An- ing which meets three times each year to discuss nual Appeal. We invite meeting members and and make decisions about issues of'common attenders to participate. concern among these monthky meetings. These issues irdude: the ministry of Friends in the 'I'he innovation of selling baked items and pre- economically and socially stressed areas of the city, selves has been most successful and will be contin- the education of children in Friends' schools, the ued. On Friday and Saturday, bags of cookies and maintenance of the Fair Hill burial ground, and the loaves of bread in plastic bags, along with jams and needs of the elderly. The Quarter is responsible relishes will be for sale. for the care of Friends Neighborhood Guild, Stapeley in Germantown, Fair Hill burial gound, We will also have a table of both new and used and the Delaware Valley Friends' School. Attend- @~eLi;. S~meFi*;ends make veiy kereating ing a Quarterly Meeting is a great way to begin jewelry. but we welcome a variety, whether hand getting a feel for the wider Quaker community - or conunercially produced. the people and the concerns. Any and all members and attenders are always welcome. If you want The Friendly Crafter tables will be set up at the more information or help Fvith transportation, Arch Street Meetincchouse on Wednesday morn- please feel free to contact Roger Walmsley. ing at 10:00 am. IT?:: ask that tlose contributing articles deliver that morning but they can be News Among Friends brought in on Thursday morning. Price tags, with the name of the meeting. are to be placed on each John Gallery has been awarded a sojourner's item, except for :he cookies. Friendly Crafter price scholarship Lo Pendlt Hill. Tne scholarship pro- ta? can be obtained by cahg Joy Cronk. Let me vides a week's stay at Pendle Hill for spiritual know is you can assist with setting up on Wednes- renewal for persons working in areas of peace and day, or assist during yearly meeting sales. social concerns. John was nominated by YoulhBuild Phiiadtlphia and by the Ludlow h add~tionto the usual items (sweaters. aprons, Community Association of North Philadelphia. :ab!emats, j)ot hoXers, bibs, ~Zo~vs,artwork, items made from wood. etc.), we look forward to receiv- ing special items for the silent auction. Such Coming Up in March aficles might lnclude handmade quilts. dolls with a variety of clothes, or other skillfully crafted articles. March 17-20 Annual meeting of FWCC, Friends and attenden with special gfts and skills Section of the Americas are urged to consider making them available to Friendly Crafters and'the Annual Appeal. Ifyou March 23-27 have any questions please call me. PYM annual sessions

Jov Uronk 215-757-9310 ... . ,.".,.. renaie nrii scheauie - February- i394 Ca!! 215-556-4507 for more information. Scholarship help is available trom Overseers and Pendle Hdl Feb. 4-5 - Weekend Feb. 19 - Workshop Cieikiig Authentic Movement Art Larrabee Sara Workeneh

Feb. 7 - Lecture Feb. 21 - Lecture Islamic Perspectives on Peacemaicing The Complex Journey to Peace Dawd Assad Janet Zolot

Feb. !I-! 3 - Weekend Feb. 21 Retreat - - - hexr Steps Toward a Lasting Peace Jou~neyinto Silence in the Middle Eat Sally Palmer James Fine Feb. 25-27 - Weekend Feb. 14 - Lecture Inquirers' Weekend: Basic Quakerism 'The Roots of Reconciliation and Eileen Ijlmagan, Michael Van Hoy, Peacema'king in Judaism Oliver Rodgers Rabbi David '4. Woitman Feb. 28 - Lecture Feb, 18-20 - T57eel

News from the Northwest Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network Chestnut I-IiU Friends Meeting hosted eight guests Finally the best news of all - Ramona got a job and liorn the Northeast Philadelphia Interfaith Net- will be moving into her own apartment in Febni- work at the meetinghouse c!ur-itlg 'e;~veck of ary. She needs home fu~nisi~uigsor ;d kinds, size . Decemher 26. The meetinghouse &elf was 12 professional clothing for her new job, and a, trans?.."~m~l .' into a ivann, coinfortiibl~:hoincy king-stze martress and sheets. Aso. bIaiim and place to live hy the addition of the Witte's couch, son 54ark got ap:~rnval to purchase z home through the Ihhil's aiirii;hairs, the Walmslcy's TV and a special program. Chestnui I-El Meelimg was an VCR., and various lamps and throw rugs contrib- important part of making it possible for Ramona: uted by niany members and attenders. The guesls i\iiarim, a1111 Mask to get back on iheir reel. (four adults and four children) raved about the coinfortable sicomrnodatiom, friendly volunteers, and good food! The volunteers really enjoyed inicmiting wi;h the gutxts and inclvcrstil the scnst of communilv among members and attenders. Many, many thanks to all who helped make the week such a wonderful experience for ail in- volved! Hivice iii

I:fientis...... ~ nre.... reminrlefl that it is the ~.m?rii.ncg.2nd The Spkit of Ch& can lend parents to wise ics~tlurlyuf uul. ;;";ieiy iii3i iher* is ieitCiiei-, i?oi.iL& hi *iiiiCiiiitil; l:*i,&)& nelnely Chsist, and t!mt b. hi?Spisit there are no recreation and social relationships, whJe it can also distinctious bet:veen person$, nor any reason of lead children to wise counsel for their. parentsin age, sex, or race that elects some to domination. these and other aspects of life. !3 counsel is unwel- Live in iove ilnd iearn fiom one anothz~..Comioai- come and if di"frcu1ties arise, persevere both in iveness in family life, whereby man and wife or prayer and in a sense of humor. Friends are parents am1 children strive to asset* a supremacy of advised in all things to trust in the Light and to will, is not compatible with the conviction that witness to it in daily living. there k that of God in everyone. Amid the grow- ing distempers of social existence, Friends are Accept with serenity the approach of each new urged to maintau1 our witness of Truth, simplicity stage of life. Welcome the approach of old age, and nonviolence, and to test our personal lives by both for oneself and for others, as an opportunity them. for wisdom, for detachment from turmoils, and for -zreater attachment to the Light. Make provision The unio~lof 111m adivomail i.n marriage having for the setilement of all outward aEairs wlile in a religous basis, anv who contemplate it should health, so that others may not be burdened and so seek divine guiilance and any who enter into that one may be G.eetl to live more Nlji in the marriage should seek this guidance without ceas- Tluth that shall stand against all the entanglements, kg. Wihiu the family, adults and youth, whether distractions and confusions of our times. forma& in membership or not, should instrt~ctone aiiuther by example ul he way of life which our Rek$.olls Sodery hgs professed, seeking in all. Editor's note: Did you sign the yest book a ii~gsihe hwad iighl as the u~dycei-tah altema- whde back and check that you wanted the nenslet- tive to an unfriendly stt-ri.&e. of wills. Friends are ter'l Please note that after you receive four issues, advised io maintain cioseness in their fa~nily@e you wrll be sent a postcard asking you if you wish and, avoiding distractions and contentions, to make to continue to receive the newsletter. IF YOV thck hurries places uf peace. DO NOT RETWTHE CARD, 170UR NAMX WILL BE DROPPED FROM TKE PYM Fooled Life Fund MAILING LIST! The card is already addressed and stamped - all you have to do is put a check on A Pooled Life Income Fund has been established the right line and sign it. Thanks. to meet the iilture needs of the Yearly Meeting, Montkly and <)uarteriy Meetings and the Friends DEADLINE for all items for the next issue of the Schools under their care. TlWe the Fund will Newsletter is the fourth Sunday of the month, provide for the future of Quakerism. il may also the Sunday after business meeting (2127). provide participants with income while they live, as Submit items in writing to Hestha Reinemann. well as generous income tax deductions.

,1 .otlay. f w Friends can equal the generosity of Quaker philanthropists of the past. The Fund The suggested minimum gift amount is S5,000. makes it possible for a largel. pupof Fsiends anti For atlditional information, please call Eli~abeth supportzrs of Flic?ds ?.lcekg; ;:a!s&ds to Foley: 241-7271 or toll-free: 1-800-DIAI..-PI3I. contribute tu the fiitiiiure, ss tii~?;receive inco~ne henetis and tax credits. Februarv 1994

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY - FRIDAY - SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 3 Pendle Hill Weekend Sias Workshop #I @W AM Gifts Program

6 L1:G AN Coffee Hour 730 PM Peace Comm. 7:30 PM Overseers Pendle Hill Weekend incoln's Birthday 8:00 PM Pendle Hill YAF Gathering #Z. Lecture

19 &is & aafts show #3 Valentine's Day Pendie Hill Weekend 9W AM Pendle Hill !2M PN Letterwriting 8:W PM Pendle Hill Workshop #+ Lecture

20 21 22 23 Pcndle HI1 Workshop 'residenrs Day Vnshington's Birthday fFGathering #5 k30 AM PYM Called j:M PN Potluck S:00 AM Pendle Hill Session #6 &W PN Monthly Retreat Mectirg 8:W PM Pendle Hill Lecture

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(=feel -.. . - . .. that .. -, , . oulr. .. - . is the.. - . on& law&! mamg ofwcmhip; I do not even think it aU clear that it / / IvLld bc for aU pcoplc and at all tin~csthe most helpful. But I do believe it to be the puiM lI conceivable. I am jealous for its preservation from any admixture of Adventitious "aids to devo- / 1 tion." I believe that its absolute freedom and flexibility, its unrivalled simplicity and gravity, make l I it a vessel of honor prepared in an especial manner for the conveyance of the pure water of life to Ii many 111 these chys who are hindered from satisfying their souls' thirst by questionable additions to I'I the essence of Divine worship. / / I how that in FriemIs' meeting as elsewhere, one must be prepared to meet with nluch human li weakness and imperfection; many things may be heard in them which are trying to the flesh -yes, I' and perhaps to the spirit also. Cel-tai~lly~tia~ly thiugs may be heard wliich are open to criticism I/ from an inte!lectual and literary point of view. Let no one go to F~iends'meetings with the expec- /I tall011 offi~diIi3e~~i?/t1lii1g to I& taste. But criticism fades away abashed in the presence of what !I is felt to he a real: however faltering, endeavour to open actual communication with the Father of I / spiritj, and with each oillei as ;Is presence and I-& name. 11 People have said to me again and again, if you want to be silent why cannot you be silent at t I 11 home? .... But the worthier answer is thal, whether our utte~'ancebe prem~~zgecior spontaneous, we meet in order to kindle in each other the flame of true worship; and also to show forth our 11 11 allegiance to the blaster, in whom we are so united as to feel our need for each other's synlpat'lry in I I drawing near to Him. I I t I I I --- Caroline Stephen: 1890 I I

Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting 160 E. Mermaid Lane Philadelphia, PA 19118

.4DDRESS CORRECTIOhT REQUESTED Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting 100 East Mermaid Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19118 Meeting for Worship - 10:30 AM First-day School - 10:45 AM

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Committee Meetings Overseers - Steve Gable Worship & Ministry - Mary Lou Hunvitz Peace & Social Concerns - Stapeley Hall RE - Meetinghouse

Calendar Notes Pendle Hill Schedule - March 1994 Call 215-566-4507 for more information Note #1- Young Friends monthly meeting, Room Scholarship help is available 21, Friends Center. from Overseers and Pendle Hill

Note #2 - Urge deep cuts in foreign military aid Mar. 4-6 - Weekend and assistance to Third World countries for sus- Exploring Quaker Faith tainable development. and Practice in Depth Betty Polster Note #3 - See article, page 3. Mar. 4-6 - Weekend Note #4 - The Tuesday Night Friendly Group Time for Renewal invites you to joh them. This month's gathering Peter Crysdale will be a wine tasting in Elizabeth Ilartzell's home at 7:30 prn. Bring your favorite wine to share. Mar. 7 - Lecture We hope to see you there! RSVP - E. Hartzell, Healing the Conflict, Building the Peace 233-0369, or J. Robinson, 233-4813. Ronald J Young

Query # 12 - Interfaith Cooperation Mar. 25-28 - Weekend Writing from Life Experience What is your Meeting doing to encourage mutual Kendall Dudley respect and appreciation among persons of differ- ent religious beliefs? What is the meeting doing to promote appropriate interfaith cooperation? *** Do you seek to understand and appreciate other religious faiths and do you co-operate with them as way opens? Do you seek to recognize and respect the divine in those with whom you may have basic differences? Notes from the February 1994 Meeting for Business

27-30 people gathered in silence as Query #l 1 on with Coulter and Green Street Meetings in orga- peace and nonviolence was read. Many reflections nizing social activities and speakers for young . were shared. people, trying to provide in FDS a transition from listening to the "teacher" to listening to the Children in thk Life of the Meeting. Carla inward teacher. White distributed queries about this from the proposed revision of Faith and Practice and from Carla encouraged everyone to become involved the RE committee. Some Statistics were pre- and invited attendance at RE. Committee meetings. sented. Of the 62 children listed in the Directory, Overseers and Worship & Ministry were asked to about 40 are regular attenders at FDS. Many are continue this discussion and bring any proposals children of young, relatively new attenders. How that might emerge to a kture business meeting. can the meeting provide guidance and support to the children and their families? Currently, there is The meeting moved to regular business. The a gap between the meeting and FDS; many adults minutes from the January meeting were approved. are strangers to the children. Some reflections were shared about children speaking in meetings. Announcements Marian Sanders donated her One parent asked whether a child's message Quaker books and pamphlets to the meeting would be respected. Others recalled times when Nancy Brockway, clerk of the Library Committee, children did speak movingly; some people men- wrote a letter of appreciation The meeting adds tioned Friends Journal articles that spoke to this its thanks. Yearly Meeting is March 23-27. The issue. There was some discussion about ministry agenda will be posted. CH Meeting is asked to children, with adults sometimes deliberately provide two dining room aides and, on Friday speaking before the children leave meeting. It is morning and Sunday afternoon, help with child hoped that the meeting will be supportive of care. Let Melissa Elliot know if you can help with people who feel moved to do this. child care. Yearly Meeting will take a last look at Faith and Practice revisions and make a formal Another issue is that of children in the life of the request for publication Bids are being solicited meeting as a whole. How can children be better for construction of the Youth and Family Center at integrated into the meeting? There were sugges- Burlington Meeting. tions of involving older children in committees or having "junior committee" under the wings of Worship and Ministry Mary Lou Hunvitz noted adult committees. How can we encourage people that W&M is ready to make its annual report but other than parents to assist in FDS, allowing the offered to defer the report to a monthly meeting parents to participate in worship? How can we where more time was available. encourage children to move from FDS to active participation in the meeting? Intergenerational Peace and Social Concerns Committee Bill activities or retreats might be useful. Several Ludlow has proposed the Peace Committee co- people pointed out that the children's needs for sponsor with Coulter and Green Street Meetings a religious education and involvement in the meeting meeting with Lucien Blackwell in April so he can change as they grow. Many felt that the meeting hear Friends concerns Someone noted that if he is less adept atresponding to older children and has a contested primary in May, we don't want to teens that to younger children. Other ideas in- be seen as endorsing his candidacy. Perhaps we cluded having FDS and adult FDS at a hour could meet with him after the primary, or have separate from meeting for worship, coordinating both candidates present Beth will take our comments back to the planning committee. February Minutes, cont. Tricia Walmsley reported that the PSC Committee ** The meeting accepted the budget as proposed, has done a preliminary allocation of the Yarnail with thanks to Stan and the Finance Committee. Funds available to it for grants There are four The Committee and the meeting will review requests outstanding for which the committee expenses and the operating fund balance ** needs guidance from the meeting. Tom noted that the Finance Committee had been established to Overseers Peg Myers reported that Henry Evans recommend a mechanism for dealing with requests died on January at Stapeley Hall at the age of 92. that fall outside the guidelines ofthe PSC Commit- Henry was a very active member of the meeting. tee Finance Committee will bring a recommen- The meeting will be informed when there is a date dation when it has completed its work. Tom for a memorial service. Overseers talked about asked the PSC Committee to bring its proposals to particular members they are holding in the light, monthly meeting in March The committee will especially Nancy Lewis and Sharli Land There mail its guidelines prior to that meeting was discussion of the Sunday evening potluck and monthly meeting. The new format seems to have Operating Budget Stan Myers distributed the encouraged increased participation, but there are meeting's annual financial statement for 1993 and problems in moving promptly from the potluck to the proposed budget for 1994 In reviewing the starting monthly meeting on time Overseers will 1993 statement, Stan noted that the budgeted and continue to consider this and bring a recommenda- actual assets were very similar as were the bud- tion to the meeting. Hertha Reinemann will be 88 geted and actual expenses The Yarnall Fund has on March 16. Overseers are looking for a date a market value of $620,000, managed by the when the meeting can honor Hertha and hear from Yearly Meeting Fiduciary Corporation. Stan her about her rich life experience asked whether George Hagner should be asked to audit the 1993 statement There being no other business, the meeting closed with a period of silence. ** The meeting accepted the financial report, subject to audit, with great appreciation to Stan Peeved by Beavis? Myers and Elvira Brown. George Kagner will be Bugged by Butthead? asked to audit the 1993 statement. ** Let's talk about it! Please join other Selling and Stan then reviewed the 1994 proposed budget for Pinkus class parents on Sunday, March 13, for the operating fund He noted the relatively low lunch at 12:30 pm to discuss qualitative and hnd balance of $16,000 Over the coming year quantitative issues relating to television, video- the Finance Committee will look closely at the tapes, movies and video games budget and consider what an adequate reserve should be The Finance Committee has decided it The host families will provide a hearty soup and is necessary to increase the amount it asks mem- bread lunch for parents and children There will be bers to contribute to the meeting, acknowledging supervision for the children while parents discuss a that not everyone will be able to contribute more wide variety of issues We expect to exhaust Even with this increase, there may have to be a ourselves, if not the topic, by 2 00 pm Please call special request for capital repairs on the meeting- the Laskows (or leave a message on their house. Stan noted that a needed floor repair will voicemail) at 247-9233 to let us know that you are cost around $5,000 coming Everyone is invited to join the host families for Meeting for Worship before the lunch. Hope to see you on the 13th 3 Yearly Meeting William Penn Outreach Committee

All families are encouraged to attend Yearly The committee met on January 30 and again on Meeting - members and attenders It is held at February 28. We discussed the general topic of Arch Street Meetinghouse, 4th & Arch Streets. outreach and preparations to commemorate the Sessions start on Wednesday afternoon (see 350th anniversary of William Penn's birth. The schedule posted in our gathering room), but topics ideas we have initially decided to focus on are: 1) of concern and interest to large numbers of to publicize CHFM activities more widely in the Friends are scheduled Friday evening through community, and 2) develop a series of lectures or Sunday. You may attend any or all sessions that pamphlets on ways in which William Penn's ideas interest you There are excellent programs for have influenced our modern world, making use of children of all ages and young people through the talents and interests of CKFM members and High School during all Yearly Meeting sessions. attenders. Free parking is available, as are subsidized accom- modations at the Holiday Inn across 4th Street If you are interested in researching or already have from the meetinghouse Meals are reasonably knowledge about the. following topics (or have priced ($345 for adults, $1 for children under 12) additional ideas), please contact Jorge Arauz, - or you can bring your own picnic This is a Melissa Eliott, John Gallery, George Garrettson, wonderful opportunity to feel a part of the larger Carolyn Schodt or Carla White. Topics: William Quaker community, to meet Friends from other Penn and penal reform; William Penn and Native meetings, and to experience Quaker faith and American relations; William Penn and stewardship practice. of the environment; William Penn and human rights/religious freedom; William Penn and civil First-day School rightslgovernment's right role; William Penn and world world peace. During March we will be studying the theme "Work to Love Made Visible" using material Calling ail First-Day School Teachers prepared by the committee on children and young To Be people at Yearly Meeting This will be the theme of the children's and young people's programs at For just one Sunday, or for a month of Sundays! Yearly Meeting this year also If you are inter- Contact SaneRobinson, 233-4813, to see how you ested in sharing how your work expresses your can help. love, your faith, or your Quaker beliefs, tell Carla White. Editor's note: Did you sign the guest book a Some statistics - I counted 62 children in the while back and check that you wanted the meeting directory. Of these, 40 or so are active newsletter? Please note that after you receive attenders in R)S. There are also about seven four issues, you will be sent a postcard asking children who are not yet listed in the directory. you if you wish to continue to receive the On most Firstdays, the number of children in FDS newsletter. TF YOU DO NOT RETURN is equal to 113 - 112 the number of adults in meet- THE CARD, YOUR NAME WILL BE ing for worship. At least 314 of the children in DROPPED FROM TEE MAILING LIST! FDS are aged 10'and under. Our children are The card is already addressed and stamped - all important to us. These numbers mean, we hope, you have to do is put a check on the right line that children will continue to be a significant part and sign it. Thanks. of our meeting community for some time. Sarajevo

Above the Olympic stadium The library has acquired two new children's a field of crosses, books Thee, Hannah!, by Marguerite De Angeli fresh wood, fresh flowers, fresh tears. (about a nine-year-old Quaker girl who lives in Mounds of grief, fresh brown dirt, Philadelphia shortly before the Civil War), and The mothers' fingerprints. Glass Bird, by Enid Richemont (a contemporary He was eighteen. She was nine. story about an only child of Quaker parents, who My sister lies there, see, with has been trained not to fight and whose family the flag of colored rings rising behind her. does not own a TV, and his search for a friend).

The papers describe arcs of blood The library has also acquired, through the dona- in the marketplace,, tion of former attender Marian Sanders, significant red among the sought after green of vegetables, additions to our collection of books in the areas of red amona- the worn brown shoes Quaker history, biography and poetry, as well as a brought for trade. sizeable collection of Pendle H111 and other Quaker Bodies, now devoid of gender, pamphlets These have been integrated with our dragged forth, existing collection no way to how, no way to tell My brother went that day, A new exhibit from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting he hasn't returned home. Library is on display, including books for adults No way to know, no way to tell. and children about William Penn and Lucretia Mott, Pendle Ilill pamphlets by Bill Taber, and The memory of the graceful blades The Care of the Soul by Thomas Moore If there of skaters is sliced by the tearing is any book you would like our meeting to borrow edges of shrapnel, in the next PYM Library exhibit (or to purchase here where we are isolated in terror. out of the Library Committee's remaining bequest No peace, only more warfare fund), please let Nancy Brockway or any other is offered as solace. member of the Library Committee know. No tranquility in the shaking shoulders of grief.

In another stadium, this surrounded by the enthusiastic fresh, white snow, all are asked to stand, DEADLlNE for all items for the next issue of and around the world, the Newsletter is the fourth Sunday of the a call, month, the Sunday after business meeting a moment of silence. (March 27). Please submit all items in writing to Hertha Reinemam. Gwyneth MacArthur (2114194) , ...... ,...... Add.rass/Ptto~: Newton Community Center Haddon Avenue and Cooper Street P.O. Box 248 Camden, NJ 08101 (609) 966-1 376

Contact Persons: Board members: Pat Gross or Charley Peterson, or ~harl:ePh;i'f5 Staff members. Allen Nelson or Judy Varner. 924 -1722

Non-Profitflax Status: The Newton Community Center is incorporated as NJ not-for-profit corporation: 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status applied for.

What is the goat? The Newton Community Center's goal is to bring people together from poor and affluent neighborhoods with activities seeking alternatives to racial and class division, violence and misunderstanding, poverty and excess. Toward this goal, the Youth Program brings youth from very different backgrounds together as equals in a learning experience that encourages academic, social and personal growth.

How did the Youth Pmgmm begin? Early in 1991 a Vietnam veteran who was working for the Peace Committee of theyearly Meeling of Friends asked to use the Newton Friends Meeting House to counsel poor youth about educational and career alternatives to the mili- tary. Afler a few months of counseling, he realized that the youths needed a combination 01 academic tutoring, life skills and inspiration.

How does the Program Operate? The program currently works with 16 middle school age students from Pyne Poynl School in Norlh Carnden and Camdsn High and with 20 high school students from Mooreslown Friends School in Moorestown, Camden students are seiected by the school principal, targeting "under-achievers." Moorestown students voiunleer for the program. The students spend at least one evening a week together. Much of the time is spent with one-on-one tutoring, but a "life-skills" (career exploration) program balances the academics. Studenls angagz in othar activities togethar, suci, as uuiings, discussio~,s, swimming lessons, alternatives to violence training, etc.

Does this approach work? The peer-to-peer contact between students from different circumstances has provided positive eHects for both inner-city and suburban students. Camden students are getting motivated and have shown improved grades; Moorestown youth are learning and growing from the experience as indicated by the in- creased numbers of students interested in the program. Students' iamilies are getling more involved.

What about money? Over its iirst three years, the program operated on a Very modest scale with one part-time paid staff person and a part-time volunteer staff person. Quaker sources provided most of the funding and seryed as the program's fiscal agent. With its proved success. the program is now readv to be financialiv indeoen-

This, indeed, is a great achievement of reconciliation,on the levekof of personal relationship; We stop judging each other by our own rules of the game, we accept the fact that there are different games being played according to different rules. Without adopting the other's code, we no longer question his honesty when he follows it honestly; indeed, we respect him for it. We begin to grasp that many concepts on the other side are not due to hypocrisy, ill-will, and hositility, but to the existence of a different code. We must live in the hope that the mutual respect discovered on the personal level may survive after the interlocutors return to their own environment and may help to increase ... understanding between groups and nations ...... Soon afier the last war a German girl who suffered from the conflict between two nations that she had learned to love, broke out into thewords: "The worst thing is that one can understand both sides." Perhaps we should consider this worst thing a blessing, a real achievement on her part. But it is an understanding that brings little happiness. Where is the reconciler to go from there to help both sides to an understanding of each other? ... And how to coax ... sumenders [ofJ some oftheir own just rights? It may well happen to the reconciler that in his frequent contacts he knows himself loved by many on each side. Hence, with every spoken or unspokent rejection of his friends on either side, he feels himself rejected together with them. It is at such moments that he knows how little his human efforts count. Only faith, faith in the cross, can sustain him in his service of reconciliation, beyond any consideration of success and failure.

- Richard K. Ullmann, 1963

Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting 100 E. Mermaid Lane Philadelphia, PA 191 18

ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting 100 East Mermaid Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania I9118 Meeting for Worship - 10 30 AM First-day School - 10 45 AM

Thomas Conrad, Clerk Paul Laskow, Asst Clerk I'eg Myers, Ovcrsecrs Roberta Foss, Recording Clerk Stanley Myers, Treasurer Shirley Philips, Oveiseers Marthajane Robinson. Newsletter Committee Meetings

Overseers - Roger Walmsley Worship & Ministry - Mary Lou I-lurwitz Peace & Social Concerns - Stapeley I-lall Finance - Karen Cromlcy

Calendar Notes

{Note #I - The memorial service for long-time Noie #6 - It's time for another Young Friends Chestnut Hill Meeting member Henry Evans will adventire to the Eastern Shore of Maryland. We be held at Coulter Street Meetinghouse. will be camping out at Pickering Crcek Wildlifc Sanctuary and doing a work project on Satilrday. Note #2 - tfertha Reinemann, one of our oldest We will also have the chancc to do some canoeing members, will speak a&r meeting about her life and swimming in Pickering Creek and on the Wyc and spiritual journey Don't miss it1 Rivier. On Friday night, if there's good weathcr. we'll be going on a flashlight hike to, get ac- Note #3 - Before the constrt~ctionbegins on the quainted with our surroundings. Cost - $25, Burlington Conference Center there is going to be register by 411 I. Limitcd to 24 Yo~~ngFriends. an archeological dig. The site of the new addition is believed to be the site of theoriginal 1683 Note #7 - Oppose Clinton's proposed increase in hexagonal meetinyhoilse. This site has been in military spending. Urge climination of funding for active use by Friends for over 3 1 I years so we are unneeded Cold War weapons. sure to find some artifkts. We will be excavating and sifting the soil in areas that the archeologists feel are most promising. Cost $25. Registration Note #8 - "Life and Power of the Scriptures 11." by 414. Limited to 20 Young Friends. a Bible conference for Friends, 9:00 - 4:30, at Swarthmore Meetinghouse. Two sets of worlc- Note #4 - A discussion on gun control will be heid shops, panel presentation on "The Power of the at Co~~lterStreet Mecting. Call them for details. Scriptures in My Life." children's program, and lunch by Right Sharing ofworld Resources Note #5 - Friends Workcamp Center, Philadelphia. Committee. Cost: $I Oladult; no charge for chil- Work in the Mantua section of West Philadelphia dren. Preregistration by April 18 required for with Jennifer Galloway, Michael VanHoy and children. See the March issue of the PYM News Kathryn Maleney. Call the RE office or Michael for details, or call Shirley Dodson, 24 1-7 182. VanHoy, 24 1-7236 for details. Coming Events - May Query #I3 - The Home

As part of the Meeting's celebration of the William Is worship part of your personal and family life, Penn's birthday, John Gallery will give a talk on with inward retirement and communion with the "\i'illiam I'enn, the Plan of Philadelphia and the Divine Spirit? Do you frequently read the Bible Early Growth ofthe City" on May I I at 7:30 pm. and other religiolis literature, including records of This talk will be given in the community room of the lives and experiences of Friends? Is your the Chestnut Hill Library and will be open to the home a place where friends are welcomed and general public as well as to members and attenders where all members of the family, young or old, of the Meeting. Plan to be there as part of Quaker receive affection and understanding? Do you outreach in Chestnut Hill. For more information, encourage your children to share in the activities contact Carla White (clerk of the William Penn ofthe home, the school and the community? Do celebration planning committee) or John Gallery. you choose recreations which will strengthen the physical; mental and spiritual life of yourself and Pendle Hill Schedule - April 1994 your family, and do you avoid those that may be a Call 21 5-566-4507 for more information. hindrance to you and to others? As parents, do Scholarship help is available from Overseers and you set an example of good taste and discrimina- Pendle Hill tion in reading and in the use of such means of communication as radio and television? Apr. 15- 17 - Weekend Awakening to the Present Quaker Theology? Elizabeth McClung Because Friends have a genuine fear of thinking 01 Apr. 25 - Retreat talking about faith apart from experiencing it, they have historically regarded theological interpreta- Apr. 29-May 2 - Weekend tions and formulations as suspect. This is a major Mary Oliver reason for the Friends' testimony against doctrinal Eugenia Friedman statements or creeds, which they regard as being "out ofthe life " It is not surprising, then, that they have tended to take a negative attitude Question Corner toward theologizing of any kind and have seldom attempted to examine and interpret their basic Do you have questions about Quakerism? About beliefs in an orderly and systematic manner. books in the library on Friendly topics? Come to the question corner after meeting. Each First-day, But the fact is that no one can escape a certain a member of the Worship and Ministry Committee amount of theological reflection and evaluation. will meet with the curious in front of the fireplace Even "God is love" or "that of God in everyone" in the meetingroom. Scheduled "answerers": 413 are theological afirmations. When we emphasize - Bill Ludlow; 4/10 - Elizabeth Walmsley; 4/17 - the primacy of our faith as inwardly experienced, it Carolyn Schodt; 4124 -John Gallery. is almost inevitable that we give some interpreta- tion to its meaning. At the same time, we often Meeting Canceled need to reflect upon the meaningn of our faith in order to convey it to others. Whenever we pursue The meeting with Congressman Blackwell set for any of these tasks, we are engaged in theological April 10 at Coulter Street Meeting has been work. canceled due to scheduling difficulties. From A Living Faith, Wilrner A. Cooper Notes from the March 1994 Meeting for Business

Twenty-eight friends gathered as Query #l2 on A question was raised about informing the William interfaith cooperation was read. Several reflec- Penn Foundation, the souorce of the rehgee tions were shared funds, of our decision to use the last of the funds for this purpose. Charlie will call them about it There was no opening discussion topic. Next and follow up with a letter if necessary **The month the Overseers will lead a discussion about meeting approved dispersing the Sanctuary Fund their work. as recommended **

The minutes of Feb. 20 were approved as read Johanna presented recommendations for allocation ofYarnall Funds for 1994, noting that the PSC Nominating Committee: Stan Myers distributed Committee was recommending grants be given to. a list of committee memberships being recorn- the same 22 organizations as last year. Hope was mended for approval. There was some discussion expressed that communication between the groups about asking people to indicate in writing commit- and the meeting could continue and be increased. tees they are interested in, with the understanding **The meeting goroved and accepted the pro- that indication of interest would not imply posed allocations and thanked Johanna and the automatice nomination to that committee. We committee for its work.** might look for younger members and attenders for some committees. **The meeting approved the Interim Report from Finance Committee: John slate of nominations and expressed thanks to Stan Gallery distributed and summarized a written and the Nominating Committee for their work.** report of the Yarnall Fund for 1993 The report covers the value of the principal as of December Carolyn Schodt: Carolyn brought a request for a 1993, earnings, allocation and fund balances A supporting minute Fiom the meeting for her minis- copy of the report is attached to the minutes try to persons with AIDS. There was enthusiastic support for this request. However, efforts to Hosting the interfaith Hospitality Network: compose the wording of such a minute were not Tricia Wahnsley reported that housing is needed successhl. Carolyn agreed to work with her for the network guests from mid-June through clearness committee and bring a minute for ap- August and noted that the nursery school will proval to the meeting. close for the summer on Junel7. Is the meeting willing to provide housing during that period? Peace and Social Concerns: Johanna Barbati The Chestnut Hill Methodist Church, St. Marks introduced the two parts of this item. One was a and Mennonites are available to help during that recommendation from Charlie Philips that time The AA group that uses the meetinghouse $1,853.1 8 remaining in the refugee fund be given on Fridays could meet at CH Methodist Church. to Norris Square and the $1,913.45 remaining in There was agreement to host the guests for up to the Sanctuary Fund be dispersed as follows: two weeks, provided there are people available to Newton Peace Center - $957.73; PAACA - help. Two or three people are also needed to help $757.72; Swarthmore student delegation to El coordinated this effort. A survey will be done to Salvador - $200. PAACA is the Philadelphia Area assess the number of people available to help. Alliance for Central America. The Newton Peace Center is part of Newton Friends Meeting and serves a poor Hispanic neighborhood in Camden. 'Notes from the March 1994 Meeting for Business, cont.

Representative Meeting: George Garrettson. Jorge Arauz has requested membership in the George s~immarizedthe events and meetings that meeting. Steve Gable, George Garrettson, and had taken place in regard to personnel issues Carolyn Schodt will serve on the clearness com- among PYM staff resulting in the resignation of mittee for Jorge. the General Secretary effective March 21. Shirley noted that Arlene Kelly is retiring frorn the Overseers: Shirley Philips reported that Overseers Yearly Meeting Family Relations Committee is suggesting that the potluck precedeing monthly Overseers will prepare and send a minute of meeting go from 5:00 pm until 6:30 (rather than appreciation on behalf of the meeting 6:00) and that clean up be completed at that time. They recommend that monthly meeting start The meeting closed with a period of silcnce promptly at 6:30 and try to avoid going later that 8:30. **The meeting accepted these recomnienda- Friendly Bible Study tions.** It was agreed that someone or some commit.tee should be responsible for coordinating John Gallery is seeking a group of Friends inkel-- set up and clean up. The following individuals ested in Friendly Bible Study. Friendly Bible have agreed to do this through June: For April, St~ldyuses a format of asking five specific ques- George Garrettson; May, Trude Fuchs; June, tions about passages in the Bible, such as: What is Johanna Barbati. A list of responsibilities will be the author trying to say in this passage, what New posted on the refrigerator. Carla White will ask Light do I get frorn this reading; what are the the FDS students to rearrange the tables after FDS implications for my life. If you would like to on days when there is a potluck. It is hoped that know more about Friendly Bible Study or would in the fall the Hospitality Committee can take on be interested in joining a group with Joh, please the responsibility of coodinating the potlucks. call him at 242-1269. Once he sees who is intw ested, he will convene an initial meeting sometinie in mid-April.

From March 1993 FJ Births Among Friends Granted, many contemporary Friends choose to Nathaniel Milton Philips to David Philips and ignore this testimony [against alcohol] (and other Harriet Jahr. longstanding testimonies, such as opposition to gambling). But we ought to at least be aware of Frederick Wesley Turner to Betsy and Fred our legacy even ifwe disagree with it. Turner. Betsy is the daughter of Mary Lou and Ny Hunvitz. What do you think?

Rebeccn Margaret- Vannorsdall to Lee and llachel Vannorsdall. DEADLINE for all items for the next issue of the Newsletter is the fourth Sunday of the month, the Sunday after business meeting (April 24). Please submit all items in writing to Hertha Reinemann. Agril 1994 CHESTNUT LL FRIENDS MEETING

Eastcr No FSD No Coffee Hour 11:45 AM Coffee Hour

11:45 AM Coffee Hour 11:45 AM Henha's Talk 15 #2 'endie Hill Weekend 'F \Irerkrnd #3

Gun Conlrol Discussion #4 !2 IS Workcamp #5 F Weekend $6

- . -T EWS DEADLINE 9 :45 AM Letter \Vriiing ?etroai Ministry #7 ndle Hill \\'eeltend 00 .4M Clean Up Day 00 .&U Bible Zonfercncc #S If we, who have all lived completely different lives, ari to keep up the Society of Friends, we shall have to continue to seek what we have in common. Thereby going beyond words, we have varied beliefs. As an exampie, my friend says he believes nothing, distrusting the words of belief. He feels he has great faith, due to what has transpired in his life. He asserts that he wants to know what goes on inside others and says, "I don't care what Peter says or Paul says. I care what you say. Don'ttell me what you say, tell me what you do!" Does this sound familiar? Could it be an old Quaker message, scorching, personal, caring? What do we do after we have worshipped and prayed? "If someone arrested thee for being a Friend, what would the evidence be to convict thee?" Perhaps it would be a couple of cups of after-meeting refreshment, a few cancelled checks made out to the meeting, a protest demonstra- tion, a subscription to a Friends' magazine, or maybe several commitments and recommitments to Christ. This is certainly not exactly a living ... or compelling faith. The only tradition and discipline of Friends' beginnings may have been of Christianity, inquisi- tiveness, human decency, and the wish to disclose to others what one had understood. I suppose monthly nieetngs, advices and queries came about to make sure that mayhem did not reign, and to deter Friends from straying ... in ways that would make communication and mutual caring impossible. If we had that spirit and temperament now it might be wonderful! If we remembered that all aspects of our lives are under divine guidance, what would that mean? After all, we have all repeatedly chosen to be Friends: what have we chosen? -- John L.P. Maynard

Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting I00 E. Mermaid Lane Philadelphia, PA 191 18

ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting 100 East Mermaid Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19118 Meeting for Worship - 10:30 AM First-day School - 10:45 AM

Thomas Conrad, Clerk Paul Laskow, Asst. Clerk Peg Myers, Overseers Roberta Foss, Recording Clerk Stanley Myers, Treasurer Shirley Philips, Overseers Marthajane Robinson, Newsletter Committee Meetings Overseers - Karen Cromley Worship &Ministry - Mary Lou Hunvitz Peace & Social Concerns - Stapeley Hall RE - Meetinghouse Calendar Notes Note #1 - Visit Friends Hospital and tour the Note #5 - As part of the Meeting's celebration of gardens. $5 per carload, $3 for walk-ins. William Penn's birthday, John Gallery will give a talk on "William Penn, the Plan of Philadelphia Note #2 - Friends Hospital dedicates a new exhibit and the Early Growth of the City " This talk \dl call "The Asylum: The History of Friends Hospital be given in the community room of the Chestnut and the Quaker Contribution to Psychiatry." The Hill Library and will be open to the general publ~c exhibit will be open at the hospital during May, as well as to members and attenders of the Meet- Mental Health Month. For the first two weeks of ing Plan to be there as part of Quaker outreach in the exhibit, the Mental Health Bell, symbol of the Chestnut Hill For more information, contact Mental Health Association, will also be on display. Carla White (clerk of the William Penn Celebra- Cast from shackles and chains that once restrained tion planning committee) or John Gallery people in mental hospitals, the bell is a dramatic representation of hope, vision, and liberty for Note #6 - Come to support those among us who people with mental illness. are undergoing hard times by holding them in the Light. The loving prayers of our community can Note #3 -Weekend will be held at Camp Swatara help and heal. in Bethel, PA and will focus on environmental issues. Cost is $30; scholarship help is available. Note #7 - Young Adult Friends get together for Call Jennifer Galloway, 241-7222, for more info. business meeting and a social gathering every 2nd Saturday at Friends Center. Call Jen Horrocks, Note #4 - End the US Army School of the Ameri- (610) 269-0192, to confirm. cas at Fort Benning, GA, staffed mainly by Latin American military officers. In addition to death Note #8 - "Wild Things: Middle Schoolers in the squad organizers, its graduates include some heads Muck" will be held at Pickering Creek Environ- of the most repressive Central and South Ameri- mental Center, Easton, MD. Register by May 13. can regimes, as well as perpetrators of terrible Cost is $25. Contact Jennifer Galloway, 241- atrocities. The School of the Americas under- 7222, for more info. mines progress toward democracy and prosperity in Latin America. Calendar Notes, cont. Note #9 - The Committee of Worship and Minis- Note #I1 - The Friends Association for Higher try has chosen Elizabeth Walmsley and Joe Education Conference, held at William Penn Richardson of our Meeting as discussion leaders College, Oskaloosa, IA, will focus on "Coming for the May forum. Elizabeth and Joe, high-school Home to the Earth. William Penn and Contempo- students, have been active in many aspects of rary Issues " Speakers include Stephen Collett, Quaker practice, at Chestnut Hill and within the Elise Boulding, Tom Kessinger and David Wilson Yearly meeting as well They will share with us Contact Fred Allen, Campus Minister, Wm Penn their thoughts and queries. Please plan to attend College, 201 Trueblood Avenue, Oskaloosa, 1.4 and participate in this reflection on the life of the 52577, (515) 673-1085 Meeting from a perspective whose voice does not often engage our corporate attention Note #12 - Join in the joy of music! First-day School has collected their favorites, and we have Note #I0 - Do you wish your federal tax dollars Sones of the Spirit, Winds of the People, and A were doing "Alternative Service?" Spring 1994 Hvrnnal for Friends finds the Peace Tax Fund Bill before the House Ways and Means Committee The bill is sup- ported by hundreds of religious, peace and eco- nomic development groups. If you desire the legal opportunity for federal tax dollars to go for life- affirming programs instead of to military prepara- tions and operations, take a few spring days to share your convictions with your elected reps Come learn and then bring what you learn home Call 241-7240 for more info

Pendle Hill Schedule - May 1994 Call 215-566-4507 for more information. Scholarship help is available from Overseers and Pendle Hill May 2 - Lecture May 16 - Lecture Reflections Women in Islam: The Journey Towards Anne Dalke & Dorothy Steere Spiritual Liberation Dr. Riffat Hassam May 6-8 -Weekend "Oh Wow!" Experiences May 23 - Lecture Mary Wood & Alison Davis The Spiritual Journey Zohara Simmons May 9 - Lecture The Path of Blessing May 27-29 - Weekend Rabbi Marcia Pragel Healing from Lifewounds John Calvi May 13-15 - Weekend Song, Silence and Spirituality May 30 - Lecture Marina Roseman Quaker Spiritual Formation Jan Wood Query #I4 - Simplicity NIM Anniversary

Do you keep to simplicity and moderation in your Sign up for an evening of pleasure: Come honor speech, your manner of living, and in your daily Tricia, support NIM, dine well, hear a stimulating work? Are you careful to keep your occupation talk and a great singer1 On Thursday, June 2, or profession and your other outward activities NIM will be celebrating its 25th Anniversary nith from absorbing time and energy that should be an elegant dinner and a presentation by Harvey given to spiritual growth and to the service of you1 Cox, followed by a concert featuring Odetta. This Religious Society? Do you take your right share will take place at 5 30 pm at the Germantown of responsibility in work and service for the Meet- Jewish Centre Tickets for the dinner and the ing? Are you punctual in keeping promises, concert are $50/person prompt in the payment of debts, and just and honorable in all your dealings? Are you free from As part of the celebration, member congregations the use ofjudicial oaths? Are you carekl to have been invited to nominate someone from their refrain from membership in organizations in which congregation who has made major contributions to secrecy of membership, attitudes or actions has a the life of the northwest community. Overseers part? have selected Tricia Walmsley to be the honoree from Chestnut Hill Meeting Karen Cromley is Are you concerned that our increasing power over forming a table (10 people) from the meeting to sit nature should not be used irresponsibility but with with Tricia and Roger and be there to clap for her1 reverence for life and with a sense of the splendor of God's continuing creation? *** What are you Karen has tickets, so rush to get yours! Please doing to conserve natural resources for the welfare give her a call (242-3432) to reserve your spot at of fbture generations? Do you practice and en- the meeting table. courage thoughtfbl family planning? What are you doing to assure adequate food, shelter, education, Question Corner and love for all people in all countries? News Among Friends Do you have questions about Quakerism? About books in the library on Friendly topics? Come to Elizabeth Gable has been recognized by the question corner after meeting. Each First-day, Susquehanna University for her volunteer service a member of the Worship and Ministry Committee as a member of the Arts Alive! project. Gable will meet with the curious in front of the fireplace received the project's "Most Valuable Member" in the meetinghouse. Scheduled "answerers" 511 award as part of a recent Student Volunteer Day - Phil Anthony; 518 - Bill Ludlow; 5/15 - John Ceremony. Arts Alive! actively serves as an Gallery; 5/22 - Carolyn Schodt; 5/29 - Selden artistic liaison between Susquehanna University Smith. and the valley communities by inspiring and instilling an interest in the fine and performing arts Sharli Land would like telephone visits If you offered at the university. would like to contribute food, preferably soups, contact George Garrettson Nancy Lewis is now in The Chateau Nursing Rehabilitation Center, 956 Railroad Avenue, Bryn Marthajane Robinson will offer a workshop Mawr, PA 19010. She appreciates cards and (Sing with Joy) at the Friends General Conference visits. Gathering, to be held in Amherst, MA, July 2-10 The Meeting extends its sympathy to Bill Ludlow whose brother, David, died in April. 3 Notes from the April 1994 Meeting for Business Twenty-five friends gathered as Query #13 on the in need of support inform someone (overseer or home was read. A number of reflections were someone else). Overseers can coordinate and shared. serve as a conduit for information, but they need help from others. The opening discussion topic focused on the work of the overseers. Co-clerk Peg Myers opened the Worship and Ministry: Mary Lou Hunvitz noted presentation by naming current members of the that the committee usually reports to the meeting Overseers Committee She then highlighted major on an annual'basis. This past year, Philadelphia responsibilities which fall under the general head- Yearly Meeting sent out queries which W&M ing of pastoral care. These include answered over a period of several meetings. Mary Lou reminded those present that everyone contrib-' .oversight of marriages and memorial services Utes to the spiritual quality of meeting for worship. .visit those who are ill or housebound : .counsel those who are in distress Overseers Peg Myers reported that a memorial .oversee applications for membership service for Henry Evans was held on April 2 at .oversee the list of Meeting members and Germantown Meeting. attenders, including those at a distance or those who have not been present in the life of the meet- Membership items: George Garrettson reported ing. for the Clearness Committee that visited Jorge Arauz, concluding his remarks by saying "he does Co-clerk Shirley Philips gave a brief description of have a place among us." Following our practice, the Care Circle concept. Each overseer is part of action on Jorge's membership will be taken at the a circle of eight to ten members and attenders, the May meeting. intention being that each member of the circle would be in touch with and aware of the needs of Peg read three letters requesting membership, and others. Shirley noted that the most troubling and clearness committees were named and approved as difficult area to address is problems within a follows: family. Overseers also give attention to welcom- ing new members and attenders, and those who Neil Kahlll, and her children Bobby, Ian, Ellen have moved from elsewhere. Shirley ended her To be vislted by Karen Cromiey, Roberta Foss, remarks by welcoming suggestions for overseers and Kate Holz as to how to be more sensitive to and aware of the Gwyneth MacArthur, and her children To be needs of the meeting. visited by Steve Gable, Mary Lou Hunvitz, Elizabeth Walmsley, and Roger Walmsley Comments from those present included the sug- Joe Richardson To be vmted by John Gallery, gestion that the meeting be more proactive about Peg Myers, and Shirley Philips asking new attenders for their phone numbers, interest in being included in a Care Circle, being George Garrettson read the minute of appreciation listed in the Meeting Directory, and so forth. for Arlene Kelly's service on the Family Relations Committee and Friends Counseling Service. Several people emphasized that welcoming new people and caring for those in the meeting commu- nity should be a concern of all, not just overseers. It was also noted that giving pastoral care depknds on sharing information and making sure that those April Minutes, cont. There was a brief report about Sharli Land and During the ensuing discussion, the following Nancy Lewis, both of whom need support from comments were made: the meeting and whom we should hold in the Light. George Garrettson is coordinating meals members of the Fiance Committee should .for the Lands. Nancy Lewis is now at The Cha- not serve on the new committee teau Rehabilitation Center in Bryn Mawr and very concern that a small group making decisions will much wants and appreciates visitors. separate that meeting from knowledge and in volvement with groups receiving Yarnall finds Finance Committee: John Gallery reported that the new committee is a good idea but it should the Finance Committee has a proposal for the bring its recommendations for dispersal to establishment of a Grantmaking Committee which monthly meeting would be responsible for the distribution of finds this proposal means that those with concerns from the Yarnall Fund Income The committee about allocations should speak directly with the recognizes the importance of broad consultation new committee and not second-guess or con?- and discussion about this concept and suggests plain that the meeting not consider making a decision about decisions at meeting for business. until Ma! or June the new committee should give periodic reports of that the meeting knows what is in progress and John reminded those present that there have been those who have concerns could then attend a many expressions of concern about the amount of committee meeting time taken at business meeting for financial issues it's a good idea. The new conhittee should in relation to the use and allocation of Yarnall keep Funds. This new committee would have as its sole meeting informed re the organizations that are hnction the review of requests for funds and the being funded, periodically "test the waters" re distribution thereof The committee would con- proposed allocations, hear concerns, etc. tinue to follow the current guidelines established perhaps the Newsletter could carry a proposed by the Peace and Social Concerns Committee and slate of grants, inviting members to attend a adopted the monthly meeting as follows: committee meeting to raise questions, express concerns, before final decisions are made. .the primary goal (changed from specific goal) behind the dispensation of these finds One person objected strenuously to the proposal. ,ehminate the requirement that one or two thou- feeling that Peace and Social Concerns should sand dollars be held for distribution throughout the continue making the allocations since they are year (the committee can decide that, as it wishes) familiar with the organizations being funded. In response, it was pointed out that the main purpose John cont~nuedwith the committee's suggestion of having a new committee is to free Peace and that the new committee report annually to the Social Concerns to spend time on peace and social monthly meeting Any grant over a period of justice issues, not making grants. several years should be approved first by the meeting After a period of operation, the new The clerk noted that discussion of the proposal committee could recommend changes in guide- will be on the agenda at the May meeting for lines, to be approved by the monthly meeting business, at which time a decision will be made First-day School. FDS needs teachers for the next Adam W - I didn't like the food, but did like the couple of months. Contact Jane Robinson if you dance and juggling are interested. First-day School will continue Elizabeth W - I loved being a Friendly Presence - officially through June; there will be some kind of it's like bringing up the next generation of Young program during the summer. Friends Naomi W - I didn't want to leave

Chestnut Hill Families at Yearly Quaker Studies Program Meeting 1994 The Quaker Studies Program is coming soon to a Seveial Chestnut Hill Friends families participated Meeting near you! This year-long program is in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting this year. The designed to help busy Meeting members and largest number of families attended sessions from attenders understand their Quaker heritage, grow : Friday afternoon through Saturday evening. spiritually and build community There are three Barbara Buonocore and her children and Carla eight-week terms, on the Bible, Christianity and White and her children took advantage of the Quakerism, plus four retreats on different aspects convenience of Holiday Inn accommodations; all of spiritual life, including an opening weekend the families ate the meals available in the East retreat Room. Phil Anthony, Tricia Walmsley, and Elizabeth Walmsley participated as Friendly In 1994-95 the Quaker Studies Program will be Presences at the Young Friends or Middle School offered at Swarthmore (PA), Haddonfield (NJ), Friends gatherings at Friends Center. and Lehigh Valley (PA) Meetings. People from neighboring Meetings are invited to participate. If The children's programs were full of activities you have not yet received a brochure, contact the related to the theme "Work is Love Made Vis- Religious Education Committee at 241-7182. ible," from kindergarten and 1st grade students Early registration is recommended. preparing sandwiches and taking them to a shelter to Middle School Friends touring the Phila. Naval Yard and discussing possible peace time uses. Editor's note: Did you sign the guest book a During evening sessions the children were treated while back and check that you wanted the newslet- to swimming, folk singing, dance demonstrations, ter? Please note that after you receive four issues, and Karaoke. On Saturday evening there was an you will be sent a postcard asking you if you wish ail-ages fold dance. On Sunday, the 'children to continue to recewe the newsletter IF YOU prepared presentations and son& which they DO NOT RETURN THE CARD, YOUR shared with the full adult session. NAME WILL BE DROPPED FROM THE Some comments from the children: MAILING LIST! The card is already addressed Sara W - I made new friends; the classes were and stamped - all you have to do is put a check on fim the right line and sign it Thanks Rebekah W - I liked the classes - we made post- ers for "If I Had a Hammer." DEADLINE for all items for the next issue of the Melaura H-S - I saw my teacher there; I spent the Newsletter is the fourth Sunday of the month, whole weekend with my grandmother the Sunday after business meeting (May 22) Ben W - I liked the square dance and the juggling. Please submit all items in writing to Hertha Patty A - I like the pretzel factory and being in the Reinemann hotel for classes. Rachel W - I met friends; Karoake was kn. 6 Care Circles - May 1994

Karen Cromley Barbara Buonocore Marthajane Robinson David Garrettson Nancy Brockway Alice Tern6 John Hirschberger Alois Gnielka Rosemary & Ken Burnharn Mickey Abraham Carolyn Schodt Selden Smith Sharli & Stuart Land Howard Lesnick Mary Jane Flaith Linda & Robert Rosenwein Betty Hartzell Roberta Kramer Kerry Krieger Steve Gittleman Betsy Naghski Richard Conarroe Elizabeth Durand Peter Samuel John Gallery Bill Houston Laurie From Jim Alexander Trudi Fuchs Peg Myers George Garrettson Betty Bodine Stan Myers Dona Garrettson Tom Conrad Nancy Lewis Frank Cauthorn Amy Gendall George & Joan Hagner Jenny & David Lingelbach Annaliese Gutkind-Bulking Corey & Jonne Smith Betty Tiffany Elizabeth Killough Hertha Reinemann Tom Birney Gil Frost Pauline Doyle Lester Fisher Warren & Pat Witte Madeline Karr Betty Ridgeway Emma Sidle Genevieve & George Whitford Mary Lou Hunvitz Margaret Carson Mildred Soast Roberta Foss Roger Walmsley Margaret Levy Terry Foss Tricia & Elizabeth Walmsley Melissa Eliott Johanna Barbati Shirley Philips Ed & Teresita Reed Joe Richardson Charles Philips Cary Nicholas Terri Constant-Cox David Samuel Tom Truax Carla White Bill Ludlow Jessie Bryant Beth Reeves Candace Putter Paul Laskow Brian Hernon Paul George Margaret Meigs Jorge Arauz Susan Bergin Fred Huntington Noeile Saldana Elvira & Herbert Brown Julie & Gregory Mitchell Frank Pidcock Jane Dotwart Steve Gable Michael Lewis Gary & Gertrude Garrettson Virginia Ellis Phil & Ann Jones David Braveman Phil Anthony & Meg Mitchell Ben Hudgins Kate Holz & Don Silverson Lowber Welsh & Jane Robinson Gwyneth MacArthur Miles Thompson Michael Anderko Nell & John Kahil Advice IV

Bring the whole of your life under the healing and to cleanse themselves of all prejudice ordering of the Holy Spirit, remembering that there is no time but this present Friends are Be faithfbl in maintaining our testimony 'against all reminded that we are called, as followers of Christ, war as contrary to the spiritand teaching of Christ. to help establish the Kingdom of God on earth In Every human being is a child of God with a mea- witnessing to the Inward Light, guard against sure of God's Light. War and other instruments of religious intolerance Strengthen a sense of violence andoppression ignore this reality and kinship with everyone and make service, not self- violate our relation with God. Keep primary our promotion, the chief aim of our outward lives as Friends' concern for the elimination of combat in Friends, as employees or as supervisors, and as the outward world as in our personal lives. citizens. Friends are advised to live in the virtue of that life and power that takes away the occasion of all Let the sense of kinship inspire us to unceasing wars, Friends are further advised to aid in all ways efforts toward a social order free of violence and possible the development of international order oppression, in which no one's development is and understanding. hindered by meager income, insufficient education, or too little freedom in directing his or her own Dear Friends, keep all your meetings in the author- affairs. Friends are advised not only to minister to ity, wisdom and power of Truth and the unity of those in need, but also to seek to know the facts of the blessed Spirit. Let your conduct and conversa- social and economic ills so as to work for the tion be such as become the Gospel of Christ. removal of those ills. Let the Friendly testimony Exercise yourselves to have a conscience void of that there is that of God in everyone lead us to offense toward God and toward all people. Be cherish every human being regardless of race or steadfast and faithful in your allegiance and service class, and to encourage efforts to overcome to your Lord, and the God of peace be with you prejudices and antagonisms. Friends are advised

Advise II Our Religious Society endures as a community of leadings of the Light. Receive the ministry of friends who take thought for outward society by others in a tender spirit and avoid hurtful criticism. first taking care of one another. Friends are In meetings for business, ...seek again the leadings advised to maintain love and unity, to avoid tale- of the Light, keeping from obstinacy and from bearing and detraction, and to settle differences harshness of tone or manner; admit the possibility promptly and in a manner free from resentment of being in error. In ail the affairs of the Meeting and all forms of inward violence. Live affection- community, proceed in the peaceable spirit of Pure ately as friends, entering with sympathy into the Wisdom, with forbearance and warm affection ... joys and sorrows of one another's daily lives. Visit one another. Be alert to give help and ready Use your capabilities and your possessions not as to receive it. Bear the burdens of one another's ends in themselves but as God's gifts entrusted to failings; share the buoyancy of one another's you Share them with others, use them with strengths. humility, courtesy, and affection Guard against contentiousness and love of power; be alert to the Remember that to everyone is given a share of personalities and the needs of others. Show loving responsibility for the meeting for worship ... Be consideration for all creatures, and cherish the diligent in attendance at meetings and in inward beauty and wonder of God's creation. Attend to preparation for them. Be ready to speak under the Pure Wisdom and be teachable.

Much of our acceptance of multitudes of obligations is due to our inability to say No. We calcu- lated that that task had to be done, and we saw no one ready to undertake it. We calculated the need, and then calculated our time, and decided maybe we could squeeze it in somewhere. But the decision was a heady decision, not made within the sanctuary of the soul. When we say Yes or No to calls for service on the basis of heady decisions, we have to give reasons, to ourselves and to others. But when we say Yes or No to calls, on the basis of inner guidance and whispered promptings of encouragement from the Center of our life, or on the basis of a lack of aiy inward I, r~smg"' ' of that Life to encourage us in the call, we have no reason to give except one - the will of God as we discern it. Then we have begun to live in guidance. And I find He never guides us into an intolerable scramble of panting feverishness. The Cosmic Patience becomes, in part, our patience, for all God is at work in the world. It is not we alone who are at work in the world, frantically finishing a work to be offered to God. Life from the Center is a life of unhurried peace and power. It is simple. It is serene. It is amazing. It is triumphant. It is radiant . It takes no time, but it occupies all our time. And it makes our life programs new and overcoming. We need not get frantic. He is at the helm. And when our little day is done we lie down quietly in peace, for all is well. -- Thomas Kelly, 1941

Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting 100 E Mermaid Lane Philadelphia, PA 191 18

ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED Hill Friends M 100 East Mermaid Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19118 Meeting for Worship - 10:30 AM First-day School - 10:45 AM

Thomas Conrad, Clerk Paul Laskow, Asst. Clerk Peg Myers, Overseers Roberta Foss, Recording Clerk Stanley Myers, Treasurer Shirley Philips, Overseers Marthajane Robinson, Newsletter Committee Meetings Overseers - Karen Cromley Worship & Ministry - Mary Lou Hurwitz Peace & Social Concerns - Stapeley Hall RE - Meetinghouse Calendar Notes Note #1 - Visit Friends Hospital and tour the Note #5 - As part of the Meeting's celebration of gardens. $5 per carload, $3 for walk-ins. William Penn's birthday, John Gallery will give a talk on "William Penn, the Plan of Philadelphia Note #2 - Friends Hospital dedicates a new exhibit and the Early ~~~~~h ofthe city," hi^ talk will call "The Asylum: The History of Friends Hospital be given in the room ofthe chestnut and the Quaker Contribution to Psychiatry." The Hill Library and will be open to the general public exhibit will be open at the hospital during May, as well as to members and attenders of the Meet- Health the first two weeks ing. Plan to be there as part of Quaker outreach in the exhibit, the Mental Health Bell, sPbol of the Chestnut Bll. For more information, contact Mental Health Association, will also be on display. carla white (clerk ofthe william perm celebra- Cast &om shackles and chains that once restrained tion planning committee)or ~~h~ people in mental hospitals, the bell is a dramatic representation of hope, vision, and liberty for Note #6 - Come to support those among us who people with mental illness. are undergoing hard times by holding them in the Light. The loving prayers of our community can Note #3 - Weekend will be held at Camp Swatara help and heal, in Bethel, PA and will focus on environmental issues. Cost is $30; scholarship help is available. N~~~#7 - young~d~l~ ~~i~~d~get together for Call Jennifer Galloway, 241-7222, for more info. business meeting a social gathering every 2nd Saturday at Friends Center. Call Jen Horrocks, Note #4 - End the US Army School of the Ameri- (610) 269-0192, to confirm, cas at Fort Benning, GA, staffed mainly by Latin American military officers. In addition to death Note #8 - "Wild Things: Middle Schoolers in the squad organizers, its graduates include some heads will be held at picke,.ing creek ~~vi~~~- of the most repressive Central and South Ameri- mental center, E~~~~~,MD, ~~~i~~~~by M~~ 13, can regimes, as well as perpetrators of terrible Cost is $25. Contact Jennifer Galloway, 241- atrocities. The School of the Americas under- 7222, for more info. mines progress toward democracy and prosperity in Latin America. Calendar Notes, cont. Note #9 - The Committee of Worship and Minis- Note #11 - The Friends Association for Higher try has chosen Elizabeth Walmsley and Joe Education Conference, held at William Penn Richardson of our Meeting as discussion leaders College, Oskaloosa, IA, will focus on "Coming for the May forum. Elizabeth and Joe, high-school Home to the Earth: William Penn and Contempo- students, have been active in many aspects of rary Issues." Speakers include Stephen Collett, Quaker practice, at Chestnut Hill and within the Elise Boulding, Tom Kessinger and David Wilson Yearly meeting as well. They will share with us Contact Fred Allen, Campus Minister, Wm. Penn their thoughts and queries. Please plan to attend College, 201 Trueblood Avenue, Oskaloosa, IA and participate in this reflection on the life of the 52577; (5 15) 673-1085. Meeting from a perspective whose voice does not ofken engage our corporate attention. Note #12 - Join in the joy of music! First-day School has collected their favorites, and we have Note #10 - Do you wish your federal tax dollars Songs of the Spirit, Winds of the People, and A were doing "Alternative Service?" Spring 1994 Hvmnal for Friends. finds the Peace Tax Fund Bill before the House Ways and Means Committee ... The bill is sup- ported by hundreds of religious, peace and eco- nomic development groups. If you desire the legal opportunity for federal tax dollars to go for life- affirming programs instead of to military prepara- tions and operations, take a few spring days to share your convictions with your elected reps. Come learn and then bring what you learn home. Call 241-7240 for more info.

Pendle Hill Schedule - May 1994 Call 215-566-4507 for more information. Scholarship help is available from Overseers and Pendle Hill May 2 - Lecture May 16 - Lecture Reflections Women in Islam: The Journey Towards Anne Dalke & Dorothy Steere Spiritual Liberation Dr. Riffat Hassam May 6-8 - Weekend "Oh Wow!" Experiences May 23 - Lecture Mary Wood & Alison Davis The Spiritual Journey Zohara Simmons May 9 - Lecture The Path of Blessing May 27-29 -Weekend Rabbi Marcia Prager Healing from Lifewounds John Calvi May 13-15 - Weekend Song, Silence and Spirituality May 30 - Lecture Marina Roseman Quaker Spiritual Formation Jan Wood Query #I4 - Simplicity NIM Anniversary

Do you keep to simplicity and moderation in your Sign up for an evening of pleasure: Come honor speech, your manner of living, and in your daily Tricia, support NLM, dine well, hear a stimulating work? Are you careful to keep your occupation talk and a great singer! On Thursday, June 2, or profession and your other outward activities NIM will he celebrating its 25th Anniversary with from absorbing time and energy that should be an elegant dinner and a presentation by Harvey given to spiritual growth and to the service of your Cox, followed by a concert featuring Odetta. This Religious Society? Do you take your right share will take place at 5:30 pm at the Germantown of responsibility in work and service for the Meet- Jewish Centre. Tickets for the dinner and the ing? Are you punctual in keeping promises, concert are $50/person. prompt in the payment of debts, and just and honorable in all your dealings? Are you free from As part of the celebration, member congregations the use of judicial oaths? Are you careful to have been invited to nominate someone from their refrain from membership in organizations in which congregation who has made major contributions to secrecy of membership, attitudes or actions has a the life of the northwest community. Overseers part? have selected Tricia Walmsley to be the honoree from Chestnut Hill Meeting. Karen Cromley is Are you concerned that our increasing power over forming a table (1 0 people) from the meeting to sit nature should not be used irresponsibility but with with Tricia and Roger and be there to clap for her! reverence for life and with a sense of the splendor of God's continuing creation? *** What are you Karen has tickets, so rush to get yours! Please doing to conserve natural resources for the welfare give her a call (242-3432) to reserve your spot at of future generations? Do you practice and en- the meeting table. courage thoughthl family planning? What are you doing to assure adequate food, shelter, education, Question Corner and love for all people in all countries? News Among Friends Do you have questions about Quakerism? About books in the library on Friendly topics? Come to Eiizabeth Gable has been recognized by the question corner after meeting. Each First-day, Susquehanna University for her volunteer service a member of the Worship and Ministry Committee as a member of the Arts Alive! project. Gable will meet with the curious in front of the fireplace received the project's "Most Valuable Member" in the meetinghouse. Scheduled "answerers": 511 award as part of a recent Student Volunteer Day - Phil Anthony; 518 - Bill Ludlow; 5/15 - John Ceremony. Arts Alive! actively serves as an Gallery; 5/22 - Carolyn Schodt; 5/29 - Selden artistic liaison between Susquehanna University Smith. and the valley communities by inspiring and instilling an interest in the fine and performing arts Sharli Land would like telephone visits. If you offered at the university. would like to contribute food, preferably soups, contact George Garrettson. Nancy Lewis is now in The Chateau Nursing Rehabilitation Center, 956 Railroad Avenue, Bryn Marthajane Robinson will offer a workshop Mawr, PA 19010. She appreciates cards and (Sing with Joy) at the Friends General Conference visits. Gathering, to be held in Amherst, MA, July 2-10. The Meeting extends its sympathy to Bill Ludlow whose brother, David, died in April. 3 Notes from the April 1994 Meeting for Business Twenty-five friends gathered as Query #13 on the in need of support inform someone (overseer or home was read. A number of reflections were someone else). Overseers can coordinate and shared. serve as a conduit for information, but they need help from others. The opening discussion topic focused on the work of the overseers. Co-clerk Peg Myers opened the Worship and Ministry: Mary Lou Hurwitz noted presentation by naming current members of the that the committee usually reports to the meeting Overseers Committee. She then highlighted major on an annual basis. This past year, Philadelphia responsibilities which fall under the general head- Yearly Meeting sent out queries which W&M ing of pastoral care. These include: answered over a period of several meetings. Mary Lou reminded those present that everyone contrib- .oversight of marriages and memorial services utes to the spiritual quality of meeting for worship. .visit those who are ill or housebound .counsel those who are in distress Overseers: Peg Myers reported that a memorial .oversee applications for membership service for Henry Evans was held on April 2 at .oversee the list of Meeting members and Germantown Meeting. attenders, including those at a distance or those who have not been present in the life of the meet- Membership items: George Garrettson reported ing. for the Clearness Committee that visited Jorge Arauz, concluding his remarks by saying "he does Co-clerk Shirley Philips gave a brief description of have a place among us." Following our practice, the Care Circle concept. Each overseer is part of action on Jorge's membership will be taken at the a circle of eight to ten members and attenders, the May meeting. intention being that each member of the circle would be in touch with and aware of the needs of Peg read three letters requesting membership, and others. Shirley noted that the most troubling and clearness committees were named and approved as difficult area to address is problems within a follows: family. Overseers also give attention to welcom- ing new members and attenders, and those who Nell Kahill, and her children: Bobby, Ian, Ellen. have moved from elsewhere. Shirlev ended her To be visited by Karen Cromley, Roberta Foss, remarks by welcoming suggestions for overseers and Kate Holz. as to how to be more sensitive to and aware of the Gwyneth MacArthur, and her children. To be needs of the meeting. visited by Steve Gable, Mary Lou Hunvitz, Elizabeth Walmsley, and Roger Walmsley. Comments from those present included the surz-- Joe Richardson. To be visited by John Gallery, gestion that the meeting be more proactive about Peg Myers, and Shirley Philips. asking- new attenders for their phone numbers, interest in being included in a Care Circle, being George Garrettson read the minute of appreciation listed in the Meeting Directory, and so forth. for Arlene Kelly's service on the Family Relations Committee and Friends Counseling Service. Several people emphasized that welcoming new people and caring for those in the meeting commu- nity should be a concern of all, not just overseers. It was also noted that giving pastoral care depends on sharing information and making sure that those April Minutes, cont. There was a brief report about Sharli Land and During the ensuing discussion, the following Nancy Lewis, both of whom need support from comments were made: the meeting and whom we should hold in the Light. George Garrettson is coordinating meals members of the Finance Committee should for the Lands. Nancy Lewis is now at The Cha- not serve on the new committee teau Rehabilitation Center in Bryn Maw and very concern that a small group making decisions will much wants and appreciates visitors. separate that meeting from knowledge and in volvement with groups receiving Yarnall funds Finance Committee: John Gallery reported that the new committee is a good idea but it should the Finance Committee has a proposal for the bring its recommendations for dispersal to establishment of a Grantmaking Committee which monthly meeting would be responsible for the distribution of funds . this proposal means that those with concerns from the Yarnall Fund Income. The committee about allocations should speak directly with the recognizes the importance of broad consultation new committee and not second-guess or com- and discussion about this concept and suggests plain that the meeting not consider making a decision about decisions at meeting for business. until May or June. the new committee should give periodic reports of that the meeting knows what is in progress and John reminded those present that there have been those who have concerns could then attend a many expressions of concern about the amount of committee meeting time taken at business meeting for financial issues . it's a good idea. The new committee should in relation to the use and allocation of Yarnall keep Funds. This new committee would have as its sole meeting informed re the organizations that are function the review of requests for funds and the being funded, periodically "test the waters" re distribution thereof The committee would con- proposed allocations, hear concerns, etc. tinue to follow the current guidelines established perhaps the Newsletter could carry a proposed by the Peace and Social Concerns Committee and slate of grants, inviting members to attend a adopted the monthly meeting as follows: committee meeting to raise questions, express concerns, before final decisions are made. .the primary goal (changed from specific goal) behind the dispensation of these funds . . . One person objected strenuously to the proposal, .eliminate the requirement that one or two thou- feeling that Peace and Social Concerns should sand dollars be held for distribution throughout the continue making the allocations since they are year (the committee can decide that, as it wishes) familiar with the organizations being fimded. In response, it was pointed out that the main purpose John continued with the committee's suggestion of having a new committee is to free Peace and that the new committee report annually to the Social Concerns to spend time on peace and social monthly meeting. Any grant over a period of justice issues, not making grants. several years should be approved first by the meeting. After a period of operation, the new The clerk noted that discussion of the proposal committee could recommend changes in guide- will be on the agenda at the May meeting for lines, to be approved by the monthly meeting. business, at which time a decision will be made. First-day School: FDS needs teachers for the next Adam W - I didn't like the food, but did like the couple of months. Contact Jane Robinson if you dance and juggling. are interested. First-day School will continue Elizabeth W - I loved being a Friendly Presence - officially through June; there will be some kind of it's like bringing up the next generation of Young program during the summer. Friends. Naomi W - I didn't want to leave.

Chestnut Hill Families at Yearly Quaker Studies Program Meeting 1994 The Quaker Studies Program is coming soon to a Several Chestnut Hill Friends families participated Meeting near you! This year-long program is in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting this year. The designed to help busy Meeting members and largest number of families attended sessions from attenders understand their Quaker heritage, grow Friday afternoon through Saturday evening. spiritually and build community. There are three Barbara Buonocore and her children and Carla eight-week terms, on the Bible, Christianity and White and her children took advantage of the Quakerism, plus four retreats on different aspects convenience of Holiday Inn accommodations; all of spiritual life, including an opening weekend the families ate the meals available in the East retreat. Room. Phil Anthony, Tricia Walmsley, and Elizabeth Walmsley participated as Friendly In 1994-95 the Quaker Studies Program will be Presences at the Young Friends or Middle School offered at Swarthmore (PA), Haddonfield (NJ), Friends gatherings at Friends Center. and Lehigh Valley (PA) Meetings. People from neighboring Meetings are invited to participate. If The children's programs were full of activities you have not yet received a brochure, contact the related to the theme "Work is Love Made Vis- Religious Education Committee at 241-7182. ible," from kindergarten and 1st grade students Early registration is recommended. preparing sandwiches and taking them to a shelter to Middle School Friends touring the Phila. Naval Yard and discussing possible peace time uses. Editor's note: Did you sign the guest hook a During evening sessions the children were treated while back and check that you wanted the newslet- to swimming, folk singing, dance demonstrations, ter? Please note that aRer you receive four issues, and Karaoke. On Saturday evening there was an you will be sent a postcard asking you if you wish all-ages fold dance. On Sunday, the children to continue to receive the newsletter. IF YOU prepared presentations and songs which they DO NOT RETURN THE CARD, YOUR shared with the full adult session. NAME WILL BE DROPPED FROM THE Some comments from the children: MAILING LIST! The card is already addressed Sara W - I made new friends; the classes were and stamped - all you have to do is put a check on fun. the right line and sign it. Thanks. Rebekah W - I liked the classes - we made post- ers for "If I Had a Hammer." DEADLINE for all items for the next issue of the Melaura H-S - I saw my teacher there; I spent the Newsletter is the fourth Sunday of the month, whole weekend with my grandmother the Sunday after business meeting (May 22). Ben W - I liked the square dance and the juggling. Please submit all items in writing to Hertha Patty A - I like the pretzel factory and being in the Reinemam. hotel for classes. Rachel W - I met friends; Karoake was fun. Q Care Circles - May 1994

Karen Cromley Barbara Buonocore Marthajane Robinson David Garrettson Nancy Brockway Alice Terne John Hirschberger Alois Gnielka Rosemary & Ken Burnham Mickey Abraham Carolyn Schodt Selden Smith Sharli & Stuart Land Howard Lesnick Mary Jane Flaith Linda & Robert Rosenwein Betty Hartzell Roberta Kramer Kerry Krieger Steve Gittleman Betsy Naghski Richard Conarroe Elizabeth Durand Peter Samuel John Gallery Bill Houston Laurie Fromm Jim Alexander Trudi Fuchs Peg Myers George Garrettson Betty Bodine Stan Myers Dona Garrettson Tom Conrad Nancy Lewis Frank Cauthorn Amy Gendall George & Joan Hagner Jenny & David Lingelbach Annaliese Gutkind-Bulling Corey & Jonne Smith Betty Tiffany Elizabeth Killough Hertha Reinemann Tom Birney Gil Frost Pauline Doyle Lester Fisher Warren & Pat Witte Madeline Karr Betty Ridgeway Emma Sidle Genevieve & George Whitford Mary Lou Hunvitz Margaret Carson Mildred Soast Roberta Foss Roger Walmsley Margaret Levy Terry Foss Tricia & Elizabeth Walmsley Melissa Eliott Johanna Barbati Shirley Philips Ed & Teresita Reed Joe Richardson Charles Philips Cary Nicholas Terri Constant-Cox David Samuel Tom Truax Carla White Bill Ludlow Jessie Bryant Beth Reeves Candace Putter Paul Laskow Brian Hernon Paul George Margaret Meigs Jorge Arauz Susan Bergin Fred Huntington Noelle Saldana Elvira & Herbert Brown Julie & Gregory Mitchell Frank Pidcock Jane Donvart Steve Gable Michael Lewis Gary & Gertrude Garrettson Virginia Ellis Phil & Ann Jones David Braveman Phil Anthony & Meg Mitchell Ben Hudgins Kate Holz & Don Silverson Lowber Welsh & Jane Robinson Gwyneth MacArthur Miles Thompson Michael Anderko Nell & John ICahil Advice IV Bring the whole of your life under the healimg and to cleanse themselves of all prejudice. ordering of the Holy Spirit, remembering that there is no time but this present. Friends are Be faithful in maintaining our testimony against all reminded that we are called, as followers of Christ, war as contrary to the spirit and teaching of Christ. to help establish the Kingdom of God on earth. In Every human being is a child of God with a mea- witnessing to the Inward Light, guard against sure of God's Light. War and other instruments of religious intolerance. Strengthen a sense of violence and oppression ignore this reality and kinship with everyone and make service, not self- violate our relation with God. Keep primary our promotion, the chief aim of our outward lives as Friends' concern for the elimination of combat in Friends, as employees or as supervisors, and as the outward world as in our personal lives. citizens. Friends are advised to live in the virtue of that life and power that takes away the occasion of all Let the sense of kinship inspire us to unceasing wars. Friends are further advised to aid in all ways efforts toward a social order free of violence and possible the development of international order oppression, in which no one's development is and understanding. hindered by meager income, insuficient education, or too little freedom in directing his or her own Dear Friends, keep all your meetings in the author- affairs. Friends are advised not only to minister to ity, wisdom and power of Truth and the unity of those in need, but also to seek to know the facts of the blessed Spirit. Let your conduct and conversa- social and economic ills so as to work for the tion be such as become the Gospel of Christ. removal of those ills. Let the Friendly testimony Exercise yourselves to have a conscience void of that there is that of God in everyone lead us to offense toward God and toward all people. Be cherish every human being regardless of race or steadfast and faithful in your allegiance and service class, and to encourage efforts to overcome to your Lord, and the God of peace be with you. prejudices and antagonisms. Friends are advised

Advise II Our Religious Society endures as a community of leadings of the Light. Receive the ministry of friends who take thought for outward society by others in a tender spirit and avoid hurtful criticism. first taking care of one another. Friends are In meetings for business, ...seek again the leadings advised to maintain love and unity, to avoid tale- of the Light, keeping from obstinacy and from bearing and detraction, and to settle differences harshness of tone or manner; admit the possibility promptly and in a manner free from resentment of being in error. In all the affairs of the Meeting and all forms of inward violence. Live affection- community, proceed in the peaceable spirit of Pure ately as friends, entering with sympathy into the Wisdom, with forbearance and warm affection... joys and sorrows of one another's daily lives. Visit one another. Be alert to give help and ready Use your capabilities and your possessions not as to receive it. Bear the burdens of one another's ends in themselves but as God's gifts entrusted to failings; share the buoyancy of one another's you. Share them with others, use them with strengths. humility, courtesy, and affection. Guard against contentiousness and love of power; be alert to the Remember that to everyone is given a share of personalities and the needs of others. Show loving responsibility for the meeting for worship... Be consideration for all creatures, and cherish the diligent in attendance at meetings and in inward beauty and wonder of God's creation. Attend to preparation for them. Be ready to speak under the Pure Wisdom and be teachable. Much of our acceptance of multitudes of obligations is due to our inability to say No. We calcu- lated that that task had to be done, and we saw no one ready to undertake it. We calculated the need, and then calculated our time, and decided maybe we could squeeze it in somewhere. But the decision was a heady decision, not made within the sanctuary of the soul. When we say Yes or No to calls for service on the basis of heady decisions, we have to give reasons, to ourselves and to others. But when we say Yes or No to calls, on the basis of inner guidance and whispered promptings of encouragement from the Center of our life, or on the basis of a lack of any inward "rising" of that Life to encourage us in the call, we have no reason to give except one - the will of God as we discern it. Then we have begun to live in guidance. And I find He never guides us into an intolerable scramble of panting feverishness. The Cosmic Patience becomes, in part, our patience, for all God is at work in the world. It is not we alone who are at work in the world, frantically finishing a work to be offered to God. Life from the Center is a life of unhurried peace and power. It is simple. It is serene. It is amazing. It is triumphant. It is radiant . It takes no time, but it occupies all our time. And it makes our life programs new and overcoming. We need not get frantic. He is at the helm. And when our little day is done we lie down quietly in peace, for all is well. -- Thomas Kelly, 1941

Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting 100 E. Mermaid Lane Philadelphia, PA 191 18

ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED Chestnut Hill Friends Meetin8 100 East Mermaid Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania I18

Meeting for Worship - 10:30 AM First-day School - 10:45AM June 1994

Thomas Conrad, Clerk Paul Laskow, Asst. Clerk Peg Myers, Overseers Robeila Foss, Recording Clerk . i Stanley Myers, Treasurer

Sliii-ley Pliilips, Overseers, ; .',, , Marthaiane Robinson, Newsletter . .

Committee ~eetings'...... Overseers - Shirley Philips Worship & Ministry - Mary Lou Hurwit Peace & Social Concerns - Stapeley Hall

Calendar Notes

Note #1 - Come honor Tricia, support NIM, dine well, hear a stimulating talk and a great singer! Note #5 - Everyone is invited to a celebration NIM is celebrating its 25th .Anniversary with an honoring Rev. Paul Wasliin@on and the publica- elegant dinner and a presentation by Harvey Cox, tion of his autobiography. The celebration will be followed by a concert featuring Odetta. Tickets held 2-5 at the Church of Advocate. for the dinner and the concert are $jO/person. Karen Cromley has tickets. Please zive her a call Note #6 - Young Adult Friends get together for (242-3432) to reserve your spot at the meeting business meeting and a social gathering every 2nd table. Saturday at Friends Center Call Jen Horrocks, (61 0) 269-0 192, to confirm Note #2 - Plymouth Meeting Friends School will hold its annual Strawberry Festival Come for Note if7 - Meeting picnic will be held at the Cope good eats and to help raise money to repair the House in Awbury Arboretum after Meeting for playground at the school. Worship. Bring a picnic lunch for yourself and, if convenient, a dessert to share. Drinks will be Note #3 - The Burlington Meeting House Corn- provided. Gil Frost will organize games and John rnittee will sponsor a "Nail-a-thon" to help raise Graham, Awbury's Environmental Educational funds for the construction of the facility for youth Director, will join and lead us on the "trails" and families. The fund drive involves driving nails which are being used as "open classrooms" for to collect pledges. "Weighty Friends" can drive Philadelphia school children. Directions: Entrance heavier nails. The event - including music, hn and to Awbury and Cope House is on Chew Avenue food - runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Burlington between Washington Lane and Haines Street. Meeting House (NJ), High Street near Broad. For more information call Howard Eyre at 362-4666. Note #8 - Steve Collett, Director of the Quaker UN Program, will speak about how Penn's vision Note #4 - Help cleanup the Plymouth Meeting of world peace is operative at the UN today Burial Ground which includes our meeting's burial ground. Bring a bag lunch and your muscle. Kids are welcome to use the playground Calender Notes, Cont. Summer William Penn Events

Note #9 - To klfill requirements of the US Clean May 3-June 20: "A Mirrored Age, A William Air Act, urge adoption of low emission vehicle Penn 350th Anniversary Exhibit."Oil paintings by standards for the Northeast similar to the techno- Sally Dundar Pedrick, containing historic refer- logically and economically feasible California ences to William Penn, wiil be on display at Tho- standards now in force. Also available is an mas Moser Cabinetmakers Showroom and Gal- alternative issue urging elimination of Selective lery, 210 W. Washington Square, Philadelphia. Service and military draft registration. In addition For information call 992-6440. to the legislative letter/postcard writing session after meeting on June 19, materials. . . ., .... for letter July 2-3: "William Penn, Founder and Visionary" writing or phon& from home will be available in Dramatic presentation by Ben Franklin's Connec- . . the Gathering Room on Sunday,.June 12, as well tion will be preformed as part of the WELCOME ;.. ;.. as on June 19. MAKE YOUR'WITNESS KNOW AMERICA celebration at the Pennsylvania Con- INWASHINGTON. vention Center and at Pinn's iandiig. Call (610) 789-5846 for more information Note #10 - Conference will be held at William Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa - "Coming Home August 27: Market Street Day, Salem, New to the Earth: William Penn and Contemporary Jersey. Salem Meeting wiil participate and empha- Issues." Speakers include Stephen Collett, Elise size a Penn theme with historical personages, Boulding, Tom Kessinger and David Wilson. outreach and more. A presentation of "William Contact Fred Alien, Campus Minister, William Penn, Founder and Visionary," will also be per- Penn College, 201 Trueblood Avenue, Oskaloosa, formed. For more information, contact Mike IA 52577; (515) 673-1085. Ayres, (609) 478-461 8 Coming Events - JulylAugust

July 2-9, FGC Gathering will be held at the Uni- versity of hlassachusetts at Amherst, with the ( Query #I5 - Self-discipline theme, "Living the Spirit: Listening ... Acting." Are you temperate in eating and drinking? .Are August 15-24, Triennial of Friends World Com- you alert to the angers involved in the use of mittee for Consultation in New Mexico. alcohol and other drugs? Are you also aware of the dangers involved in the use of tobacco? Do you refrain from the use of alcohol and Young Adult Friends tobacco? Or have you considered doing so? In all relations with those who have problems Four gatherings are being planned for May with alcohol, tobacco or drugs, are you carehi through August for Friends and attenders age 18 to be guided by compassion for the individual to 30 or so. Themes include Quaker leadership, rather than by a rigidly moralistic attitude? death and dying, choice, and Friends' faith and Are you aware of the great waste of human and economic resources resulting from the use practice. For more information, or to put your . .- - own or someone else's name on the Young Adult of alcohol and tobacco, and from the misuse of Friends mailing list, call Shirley Dodson at 241- drugs? 7182. Notes from the May 1994 Meeting for Business 19 people gathered for the reading of Query HI4 A grantmaking committee might be a more effi- on simplicity Several reflections were shared cient way of dealing with such requests.

Clerk Tom Conrad read a ien$hy letter frorn the It was noted that we have not been following our PYM Personnel Committee and Ed Staudt sum- own policy of reinvesting some of the Yarnall marizing the circumstances of Ed Staudt's sever- income, using it rather for special requests ance of employment with P\%. Torn urged that the meeting comply with PY34's request that we A proposal was made that we Fund the operating now let the matter lie. budget frorn Yarnall Fund and use members' contributions to make grants. This needs further

, , Anno~~ncements:Roger Walmsley, on hehalf of reflection and discussion.

the proper-ty committee, displayed oneof two * signs welcoming people to CH Meeting One will There was no discussion of whetherthe bepl&d at Mermaid and Germantown, the other ~rantmaki~gcommittee, if approved, should at Mermaid and Crittenden. Tricia Walmsley will bring decisions to the meeting for prior approval. meet with the C1-ICA representative who reviews It was noted that the Scholarship Committee is such signs. These seem appropriate as increasing entrusted to make grants without consulting the numbers of new people at meeting are from the meeting. neighborhood. Signs will help them find us. People were urged to discuss the proposal among Finance Committee: Tom v.-elcomed comments themselves and in committees before the June on the proposed Grantmaking Committee, which business meeting was discussed in April. Noting a lack of unity on the proposal and rhe fact that several PSC mem- Peace and Social Concerns Committee: CH bers were unable ro be present tonight, Tom Meeting has been asked to approve a minute suggested that a thorough discussion be held in pr-epared by ~hiladelphiaQuarter endorsing sup- June, picking up srrands that might emerge to- port of the CPMM Bridges Project directed by Jo night. Comments included the following: Anne Schneider. Support of the Quarter is neces- sary for the project to request money 5-om the Last month's minutes were clear in sumniaiizing PYM Initiatives Fund. Our support is requested the proposai. before the Quarter meets on June 5. Two project participants - Norris Square and Friends Neighbor- Finance Committee made suggestion because it hood Guild - are not enthusiastic about the pro- was felt that the meeting would like grammaking gram, one because it was felt that the project to be handled more simply. Constructive sugges- increases white middle-class domination over non- tions about other approaches are welcome white poor people and the other because the youth don't continue to participate. The proposal did not originate with PSC Indeed, some members of PSC would like to retain deci- A lengthy discussion followed, including the sion-making power on grants for peace and social question of what support of this project means for issues. The proposal did attempt to address the the meeting. There is uncertainty about the effec- need for I-espondingto requests for fundins (such tiveness of the means being used to achieve the as the Arch Street roof) that are not within the laudable goal of building bridges among different guidelines of PSC or the Scholarship Committee. communities. We are already involved in a similar project at the Newton Friends Center which brings May 1994 Business Meeting, cont together youth from Camden Schools and There was a second reading of the membership Moorestown Friends School. There was reluc- request of Jorge Arauz. **The meeting enthusias tance to approve the minute without knowing tically accepted Jorge into membership.** more about the project and its difficulties. Perhaps we should explore other ways to give support. Each spring Overseers nominate a new person to the nominating committee as the senior person ** The meeting supports the goal of the project rotates off Charlie Philips was recommended and but was not able to unite with the minute ure- au~rovedfor th~spositlon .. . ** Themeeting asked PSC to .I) ...,. . . vite Jo Anne ~iheidefanda member ofhei;. Worship and.~ini$t&:Mar-y Lou Hurwitz noted'. . oversight comm.itte.eto report to PSC &2jto that some of the date(eg .time of business meet- ssess the work an8 bring the issue back to the ing) are incorrect on the otherwise excellent flyer meeting if it seems warranted. or introduction to worship it CH Meeting. W & M would like the meeting's approved to change Tom noted that in the future, requests such as this erroneous information. Roberta Kramer offered to should work their way through the meeting's pen in the changes. The meeting approved, with committee structure before being presented to great appreciation to Roberta for her offer. business meeting William Penn Project: Carla White thanked John Nominating Committee: Meg Mitchell presented Gallery for his interesting presentation on May 1 1 the following recommendations for committee as part of the William Penn series. Steve Collett, membership. Overseers - Joan Wagner; W & M - Director of the Quaker UN Program will speak on Kate Holz; Re1 Ed - Ruth Cameron, PSC - Lee June 15 about how Penn's vision of world peace is Vanarsdal; and Forum - Beth Reeves and Barbara operative at the UN today. Bill Ludlow convinced Buonocore. **The meeting au~rovedthe nornina- about 50 merchants along Germantown Avenue in tions with thanks to the Nominating Committee Chestnut Hill to put up the flyer aboutboth talks. for its work.** The Nominating Committee is Carla hoped that someone would be willing to unclear about the terms of W & M membership. make the same effort in Mt. Airy and W & M is asked to discuss this and report back to Germantown. Carla will as the Treasurer which the meeting. committees might have funds to cover Steve Collett's travel expenses from New York and light Overseers: Peg Myers. Overseers have been refreshments at the meeting. People were asked to organizing people to stay with Sharli Land week- think of addition speakers in the summer and fall. day mornings while Stewart is at work. Volun- teers are needed for the week of May 23. Question Corner Membership. Overseers recommends the follow- ing people for membership. Nell Kahill and her Do you have questions about Quakerism? About children, Bobby, Ian and Ellen; Gwyneth books in the library on Friendly topics? Come to MacArthur and her children, Kira and Kelsey; Joe the question corner after meeting Each First-day, Richardson. The second reading of these member- a member ofthe worship and ~i~i~t~committee ship requests will be in June. Friends are urged to will meet with the curious in front ofthe fireplace become acquainted with all those who have re- in the meetingroom. quested membership. June 1994 CHESTNUT HILL FRIENDS MEETING

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2.30 PM Mcering picnic 730 I'M \Villiam Pcao #7 'Fati( XS

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I am involved in the cleaning up of the Fair Hill Burial Ground because of two loves: 1) for the Quaker tradition, and 2) for the north Philadelphia community.

Traditions do not live in cemeteries, though. Traditions live in the hearts of people. Honoring and preserving our traditions means more than cleaning the burial place of Lucretia Mott. TO me, it means reaching out to the community of the poor and oppressed where the burial ground is placed. I feel that God has given us a unique opportunity to unite, in our actions, our love for our teachers, and our love for those whom our teachers loved. Let's go and clean up the Fair Hill Burial Ground. We meet at the cemetery the second saturday of each month at 10:00 in the morning.

And let's go also and befriend the neighbors of the burial ground. Let's get to know them. Let's get to know their problems, their solutions, their sorrows and their joys. And let's allow for our light to meet theirs.

--- Jorge Arauz

Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting 100 E. Mermaid Lane Philadelphia, PA 191 18

ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting 100 East Mermaid Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11 8

Meeting for Worship - 10:30 AM First-day School - 10:45 AM September 1994

Thomas Conrad, Clerk Paul Laskow, Asst. Clerk Peg-. Myers, . Overseers Roberta Foss, Recording Clerk Stanley Myers, Treasurer Shirley Philips, Overseel-s Marthajane Robinson, Newsletter Committee Meetings Overseers - Shirley Philips Worship & Ministry - Mary Lou Hurwitz Peace & Social Concerns - Stapeley Hall

Calendar Notes Note #1 - Urge enactment of campaign finance Note #3 - The opening retreat for the Quaker reform Differing bills have been passed by the Studies Program will be held in Browns Mills, NJ Senate and the House If these bills are not com- For QSP information, call Shirley Dodson at 241- promised, the effort will d~ewithout major voter 7182. pressure Note #4 - Our beloved friend, Sharli Powers Land, Note #2 - New Faith and Practice draft sections passed away in early August. All are invited to will be considered. The session lasts until 3.30 participate in her memorial service. PM. Please bring lunch or plan to eat locally since a noon meal will not be provided.

Coming Events - October William Penn Events

918 - Worship and Ministry Retreat 17 - Slide program focusing on the Peace Testi- mony including Penn's relationship to native 911 5 & 9129 - Called Sessions of PYM peoples and Edward Hicks' painting of "The Peaceable Kingdom " Newtown Meeting in Mondays - Pendle Hill Lecture Series on John conjunction with "Market Day in Newtown " Woolman Call Helen Lovett, 968-233 1

17 - Symposium on Penn's work with native peoples and the legacy of that work, as imple- mented by Friends in the 18th and 19th centuries. Sponsored by the PYM Indian Committee and the Haverford College Quaker Collection. For infor- mation, callEmma Lapsansky, 896-1274. An exhibit will follow the symposium. Pendle Hill Schedule - September Question Corner 1994 Call 215-566-4507 for more information Do you have questions about Quakerism? About Scholarship help is available from Overseers and books in the library on Friendly topics? Come to Pendle Hill the question corner after meeting. Each First-day, a member of the Worship and Ministry Committee Weekend - 3-5 will meet with the curious in front of the fireplace Healing Ourselves and Our Relationships in the meetingroom. (Young Adult Workcamp) Elisabeth Leonard & Chel Avery Weekend - 8-1 1 Query #I - Meeting for Worship Quaker Faith and the Family Elise Boulding, Keynote Speaker Are your meetings for worship held in expectant waiting for divine guidance? Is News Among Friends there a living silence as Friends worship - a silence in which those present are drawn This summer the meeting lost two long-time and together by the power of God in their valued members of the meeting. Roberta midst? Do you let the Spirit determine the Kramer died the last week of June; her memorial appropriate moment for closing the meet- service was held on the July 9 and was very well ing? *** DO yo11 attend meeting with heart attended. Sharli Land Powers died after a long and mindprepared for worship, expecting and brave fight with cancer in early August. Her that your worship will be a source of memorial service will be held September 27 at strength andguidance? Does the meeting 1:00 in the meetinghouse. They will both be for worship refresh and renew yozrr daily greatly missed. lge and increase your faithfilness?

Nancy Lewis is still a patient at the Chateau in Bryn Mawr. She appreciates visitors, calls, and cards. Weekends are particularly difficult because First-day School News there is no physical or occupational therapy, and staffing is limited. Nancy's address is: Bryn Mawr The first-day school will study William Penn Chateau, 956 Railroad Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA during~. September and October. Orientation for 19010-3831. Her telephone number is 519-1744. children and parents will be held on the 1 lth, with She is in room 7C on the second floor; visiting first-day school starting on the 18th. hours are unlimited. There are directions posted on the gathering room bulletin board.

Marthajane Robinson will co-lead a beginning level 1 training in therapeutic touch Dates are 9/17 (9 AM-5 PM), October 4, 11, and 18 (7-9 PM) The course is open to anyone who wishes to learn about this contemporary derivative of laying on of hands Cost is $175 For more information, call MJ at 849-6146 1994-5 First Day School Planning Calendar (r,,rar,uo) - FIRST DAYS - 1994-5 0 -Sea I1-Sep 18-Sep 25-~ep4 do ~;b5 FDS Orientation I FDS begins 1

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Nineteen people gathered in silence and the read- Nominating Committee Paul read a memo from ing of query #1S on self-discipline. Paul Laskow the Nominating Committee recommending in- clerked the meeting. creases in membership from three to four people and length of term from three to four years The May Minutes: The meeting's directional sign will committee nominates officers of the meeting and be placed at Mermaid and Stenton, not Mermaid fills more than 80 positions on committees ** and Crittenden. With this correction, the May The meeting awproved expanding both the number minutes were approved. of members on the committee and the length of term ** Overseers were asked to make an addi- Topic for Discussion: Property and House tional appointment soon and begin a process that Committee Tricia Walmsley and Paul Laskow will lead to a smooth transition to the new four- distributed Advices and Queries on Stewardship in year term. Chestnut Hill Meeting, asking for a general discus- sion but not a decision. Overseers Shirley Philips circulated two sign-up sheets, one for greeters, and one for people to There was considerable discussion about care of organize the monthly potlucks the meetinghouse and grounds and whether we should continue to solicit volunteers or hire some- Shirley read a transfer of membership for Nancy one to help. One person expressed willingness to Bibler Coppeck Gold from Plymouth Meeting. come regularly to do such tasks, especially as Tricia Walmsley and George Garrettson will be the making a financial contribution is difficult. Per- welcoming committee for Nancy Gold. haps more people would participate if tasks were scheduled at a time convenient to them rather than Roger Walmsley reported that a welcoming party on a pre-set date. We might keep a calendar of for Jorge Arauz was held at the home of Sharli and regular tasks such as cleanups, with an alternate Stewart Land. date for each. An emergency team could deal with the unexpected, such as heavy snow storms. There was a second reading of names proposed for membership in May ** Membership was ap- Paul said the property committee has been explor- proved for the following three adults and five ing various options for wheelchair accessibility, children whose welcoming committees are also such as a ramp to the office door. We need noted ** permission from UCP for things such as curb cuts outside our property which ends at the fence. Nell Kahill and her children Bobby, Ian, and Ellen will be welcomed by Mary Lou Hunvitz, Charlie It was noted that the Advices contain an important Philips, and Jim Cox. basic philosophy of stewardship. Perhaps this is something for Finance Committee to discuss. Gwyneth MacArthur and her children Kira and Kelsey will be welcomed.by Tricia Walmsley, Requests were made to add the time of the meet- Jorge Arauz and Carla White. ing and "all are welcome" to the sign in front. It would also be helpful to have answering machine Joe Richardson will be welcomed by George on the meeting telephone with a message about the Garrettson, Miles Thompson, and Gwyneth time of meeting. MacArthur. June 1994 Business Meeting, cont.

Welcoming committees are reminded to take with Announcements Jorge Arauz reported that he them the biodata cards so correct information can and some others have agreed to hold people in the be added to the meeting records. New members light through prayer at a designated time each will receive Friends Journal subscriptions. evening. If people are interested in participating, please contact Jorge. Shirley reported the death of Mig Evans Continuation of Discussion of Yarnall Fund It Phil Anthony presented Bibles and copies of Faith had been suggested in May business meeting that a and Practice to Hilary Nicholas-Alexander and Joe thorough discussion of the proposed Grantmaking Richardson on June 12. Committee be held in June A question was raised about the appropriateness of discussing this as no Shirley read a letter from Overseers commending members of the Finance Committee were present Ed, Teresita and Louise (Taddy) Reed to Japan At the same time, members of Peace and Social Yearly Meeting Ed and Teresita are about to Concerns Committee had not been at the business begin an assignment with AFSC as Korea Regional meetings in April and May when this was dis- International Atfairs Representatives, based in cussed and were present this evening Discussion Japan ** Chestnut Hill Meeting approved this was held, and the following questions and con- action and wished godspeed to the Reed family ** cerns were raised

Tuition Aid Committee Mary Lou Hunvitz It is hoped that Finance Committee did not have thanked the meeting for its aid in offering scholar- "giving Peace and Social Concerns time for other ships and noted that half the Yarnall Fund income activities" as a major motivation in suggesting the is used for tuition aid. The committee made 14 new committee as PSC does not feel grants to students at Plymouth Meeting and overburdened. It was noted that, although the Germantown Friends Schools and Penn Charter discussion and decision of PSC's recommended School. grants this year went very smoothly, three business meetings have been spend discussing changing Worship and Ministry Mary Lou reported that things. W&M discussed the request that they clarify length of terms on the committee Some feel that The purpose of suggesting a Grantmaking Com- W&M is a spiritual calling and shouldn't be mittee was to form a mechanism for responding to subject to mechanical timetables Others feel fixed requests for grants that fall outside the guidelines terms would provide helpful discipline They of PSC. A separate committee might also be a decided to recommend three-year terms, but that way for the meeting to manage some of the fi- members can succeed themselves without rotating nances without bringing the issue to the meeting as oE If this system is established, a person who is a whole. It was noted, by way of comparison, that considering whether or not to continue would be PYM has a bequest committee that handles all greatly assisted in this decision by a clearness large bequests. committee People were reminded that there was a suggestion in May that we consider doing things radically different - taking operating expenses from the Yarnall money and using individual contributions for making grants. June 1994 Business Meeting, cont.

At this point, there was a period of silence after It was noted that PSC has been educating the which the discussion continued. meeting about the groups to whom we give and that some relationships have developed between A concern was raised that the meeting look at the the meeting and the groups general trend in the use of Yarnall Fund income Initially, all of the income was used for PSC As there has been a modest growth in the principal Then it was divided into three - PSC, scholarship of the Yarnall Fund, should we increase the 5% of fund, and reinvestment Does this indicate a trend principal that has been allotted for grants? toward keeping more money within the commu- nity rather than dispersing it outside the commu- As the meeting was unable to reach unity on this nity? The question of stewardship is intricately proposal, it is referred back to the Finance Com- involved with this mittee with a request that the committee consider the points raised. It is recommended that FC Ming Concern was expressed that people in the meeting together appropriate people to discuss this further could not take ownership of decisions if they were - perhaps a joint meeting of the Finance Commit- made without being brought to the meeting as a tee, PSC, and the Scholarship Committee. whole Also, if the operating budget were to come Erom the Yarnall Funds and individuals were William Penn Celebration Carla White reported solicited to give to worthy causes, would there that Steve Collett's report on Quaker UN work not be a decrease in the sense of being a member was very successhl. The Committee would of a community of giving? appreciate expressions of interest and assistance if the lecture series is to continue.

The meeting closed after a period of silence.

Chestnut Hill Senior Services Center The Center offers diverse, quality programming, The Center's regularly scheduled events provide pursuing its goal to reflect the needs and interests opportunity for recreation, education and travel of the senior population. Activities and classes are Meeting member Herbert Brown is actively in- . informative, entertaining, and of value to the entire volved with the Center and has offered a survey of community. The Chestnut Hill Senior Services opera as one of these regular events Individuals Center believes an active, vibrant senior popula- who come to the Center are frequently attracted tion gives strength, depth and balance to a com- because of a specific activity and may participate munity. in only one event or take advantage of a number of different program opportunities Each program Around 500 people are members of the Center. has a core group of individuals, both old and new Many others in the community, both seniors and to the Center, who participate regularly. The their families, utilize the Center to obtain informa- number varies, depending on the activity Visitors tion and referrals Current information about are always welcome at any of the Center's hnc- special services, programs and assistance for tions In addition, time-limited courses continue to seniors is maintained by the Center and provides expand the variety of opportunities at the Center individuals with much needed help and support and are well received Many who become mem- bers do so as a result of these unique opportuni- ties.

As we act in obedience to the Light Within, we may become mediators through whom God's love is known We are called to share the task of God, to share the grief and the joy, the sorrow, the self-giving, and reconciliation We are called upon to love the loveless and the unlovable, to reach out to the racists and the torturers, to all who hurt and damage, cripple and kill They are God's unhappy children who need especial care They have harmed themselves, but not irredeemably, and God, through us, and in many other ways, offers them healing love and divine pity and takes their hurts away We are called to that obedience which freely gives up self, possessions, life, beliefs, in following that vision, that greater love in which alone is life and peace This does not mean that we lie down like doormats to be trampled on, or that we give up our freedom or grasp of truth - it means that we join ourselves to the risk of creation, to the venture of authentic human being, that we "stand in the Light," reveal that measure of truth that is know to us that we face the pain of the world, and match it with forgiveness To do God's work we do not have to be good people Our hope and confidence is not in ourselves but in God whose grace is sufficient to complete the work and whose self-giving love reaches out to us however unworthy we are When we face our own unworthiness, when we share with others the pain of self-knowledge, the pain of the world's brokenness, we find that at the heart of the darkness, at the profoundest depths of the human anguish, God is already present, already strengthening and comforting, already bearing our cross --- Janet Scott, 1980

Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting 100 E. Mermaid Lane Philadelphia, PA 191 18

ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting 7 60 East Mermaid Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11 8 Meeting for Worship - 10:30 AM First-day School - 10:45 AM October 1994

Thomas Conrad, Clerk Paul Laskow, Asst Clerk Peg Myers, Overseers Roberta Foss, Recordmg Clerk Stanley Myers, Treasurer Sturley Philips, Overseers Marthajane Robinson, Newsletter Committee Meetings Overseers - Trude Fuchs Worship & Ministry - Mary Lou Hunvitz Peace & Social Concerns - Stapeley Hall RE - Meetinghouse

Calendar Notes Note #1 - This retreat is for members of the Note #3 - This session to review drafts of Faith Worship and Ministry Committee Members will and Practice will last until 3:30. Noon meal will discuss queries and the role of the committee in not be provided, bring lunch or plan to eat locally the meeting Held at 4th & Arch.

Note #2 - At our fist forum of the year, we will Note #4 - Urge our Senators to ratify the UN Law have the opportunity to examine the Meeting's of the Sea Convention. More than 60 nations have experience in the Northwest Philadelphia Interfaith ratified this international treaty which become Hospitality Network from personal, spiritual, and effective on November 16. Based on a "Common political perspectives Heritage of Mankind" concept, this brain child of Quakers Miriam and Sam Levering establishes During the Forum, ne will explore questions on rules for a peaceful, just and equitable economic several levels Through our participation in the order governing ocean spaces Network, we are tqing to be a hospitable commu- nity and respond in justice to the problem of Note #5 - All Friends are invited to come to 4th & homelessness What challenges does this bring to Arch Street for the start of PYM's We Can Share each of us personall>, and how can we better It Day and the celebration of William Penn's 350th support each other as we meet those challenges? birthday We hope for a huge crowd of present- How does it seem the guests respond to the day Friends to make visible the living legacy of the experience, and are there any ways to improve it early Quakers Meetings, committees and Quaker for all partic~pants? hethere ways we can go institutions will have displays and presentations at beyond the Network to address the problem of Penn's Landing The climax of the day will be the homelessness? We hope this Forum will bring a arrival of "William and Hannah Penn" by sailing sense of renewal and purpose to all of us who have ship at Penn's Landing at 3 pm participated in the Hospitality Network We encourage anyone who has ever volunteered or is considering volunteers to come and bring their doubts, hopes and fears to share with all of us Calendar Notes, cont.

Note #6 - The AFSC will be joining Friends and Note #8 - Quarterly Meeting will be held at many others for William Pem's 350th birthday Frankford Monthiy Meeting, Penn and Orthodox celebration at Penn's Landing For our Material Streets. Worship will begin at 10:30, followed by Aids Program, we will collect clean T-shirts in a bag lunch at 11 45 and meeting for business at good condition of any size These T-shirts will 12:30. The meeting will adjourn by 3 00 (See become part of donated clothing and other materi- message from quarterly meeting clerk, page 4.) als shipped to people in need overseas and in the US. Look for the AFSC booth from 12 to 5 pm. Note #9 - The Awbury Arboretum Associations's 1994 Annual Meeting will take place at the Francis Note #7 - This session will consider the work and Cope House, 1 ~wb&Road 'Members are recommendations of the Long-Range Committee urged to attend, and guests are welcome You are first presented at annual sessions in March. Ses- welcome to bring a sandwich to the meeting, sion will last from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM. A noon drinks will be provided The business meeting will meal will be served ($5.00) Held at 4th & Arch. be followed at 3 pm by a lecture and discussion about the Underground Railroad, part of the series Coming Events - November on African-Americans and Quakers (see page 4.).

5 - Bon Voyage for the Walmsleys (see below.) Forum Committee 5 - AFSC Annual Public Gathering, 1-5 pm. 12 - Symposium on child development at GFS. The Forum Comttee intends to bring out the 14 - Annual meeting of Friends Historial ministry that exists within our own community, an Association aspect of last year's series which was favorably 19 - Environmental Working Group. received. The three initial forums will be on as The Evolution of the Life of the Meeting 1) Directions in Our Responses to Ilomelessness; 2) Bon Voyage How Can We Take Better Care of One Another, 3) Revisitng the Visioning Experience On Saturday, November 5, from 3 - 5:3- pm, there will be an Open House at the Meetinghouse. This We plan to devote one Forum session to a wor- will be an opportunity for the Chestnut Hill . ship-sharing session on the theme of gratitude. We Friends Meeting family to wish the Walmsleys are all invited to share thoughts or a piece of BON VOYAGE and to send them offin style! scripture, literature, or poetry, on occasions in which gratitude has worked in our individual lives, Contributions of "finger food" (snacks, dips, or in which life events have appeared to place cookies, fruit, etc.) will be most welcome. Please feelings of gratitude out of reach. call Shirley Philips (924-1722) if you plan to bring something. We are also planning to devote three sessions to the question, Seeking the Spiritual Ground of Our Work Rabbi Marcia Prager will open the series by sharing her teaching on "Work as Divine Service." For the two following forums, two or more members or attenders in the same line of work will lead a session focussed on that work setting and their experience of the reality and the elusiveness of its spiritual basis. Notes from the September 1994 Meeting for Business

Nineteen people gathered in silence for the reading A letter from Media Monthly Meeting requesting of Query #1 on meeting for worship We don't transfer of membership to CWMM for Claudia ofien talk about how we experience worship. Brandenburg was received after June's business Ideas on how to do this are welcomed Worship meeting Bill Ludlow, Trude Fuchs and Roberta and Ministry was asked to dicuss this query. Foss will serve on the welcoming committee for Claudia Announcements from this business meeting are posted in the gathering room. David Philips requested a transfer from our meet- ing to Falls Meeting. The meeting agreed to send The PYM AIDS Working Group is organizing a letter to Falls Meeting and a letter to David and Friends to walk together in the October 16 AIDS Haniet wishing them well walk If interested, contact Carolyn Schodt Linda Rosenwein has requested membership. MJ The meeting was reminded of the deaths of two Robinson and John Gallery will serve on the members since last business meeting: Roberta clearness committee Kramer and Sharli Powers Land. There was a Memorial Serive for Sharli on September 24. Opening Discussions Tom asked whether we would like to continue half-hour discussions at the The meeting expressed great appreciation to beginning of business meeting, something we have George Garrettson for his valuable work in com- tried fairly successfidly for about a year The piling this year's Directory George noted that the meeting agreed. October will be a report from the Directory is no a single list of people rather than William Penn Outreach Committee, November will being separated into members and attenders be led by the RE Committee, December - no There are some corrections. The children of discussion, January - Finance Committee; March - Gwyneth MacArthur should be listed as members. Budget discussion, April - P&SC Tom will assign Jim Alexander has a new address. Elizabeth topics for February, May and June Durand's address should add: Apt. P-4 (p. 4). Please let George know when there are changed in Tom noted that the Finance Committee has asked your listing. to continue consideration of Yamall Fund distrib- uted and to invite PSC and Tuition Aid Commit- Roberta Foss reported that two of the young tees to be involved. Tom assumes this will happen people who were on the AFSC delegation she and that the Finance Committee will bring a accompanied to Japan this summer are in the further recommendation for action to the meeting Philadelphia area and are available to speak to the meeting.

Overseers Jane Robinson and Lowber Welsh have requested marriage under the care of the meeting during meeting for worship on November 27. Steve Gable and Karen Cromley served as the Clearness Committee and recommended approval. The meeting approved their marriage on that day under the care of the meeting. Query #2 - Ministry African-Americans and Quakers

To what extent is the vocal ministry exercised Awbury Arboretum and the Germantown Histori- under the leading of the Divine Spirit? Row do cal Society invite Friends to five presentations by you foster the use and growth of the spiritual gifts leading scholars and activists about the role of of your members and attenders? *** How do you Quakers in the struggles of African-Americans, seek to recognize and develop your spiritual gifts? from William Penn's time to the present The Are you sensitive to the needs and insights of series will be held on successive Sunday afier- others? Do you come to meeting for worship clear noons &om 3 to 5, on October 16 (Overview The of any pre-determination to speak or not to speak? Roots and Branches of Quaker Concern with African-Americans), 23 (Quakers and Slavery Message from Your Quarterly Before the Civil War), 30 (The Underground Railroad), November 6 (Quakers and the Educa- Meeting Clerk tion of African-Americans), 13 (Twentieth Cen- tury Themes), The first three presentations will be Quarterly Meeting can be a valuable link for at Awbury Arboretum, 1 Awbury Road, and the Friends between the intimacy of the Monthly last two at the Germantown Historical Society, Meeting and the intimidation of Yearly Meeting 5503 Germantown Avenue This is especially true for the concerns and leadings of Friends It is a good place to bring Thanks to a gift from the Chace Fund of the leadings that need testing in wider circles As Yearly Meeting, there is no admission charge, but these arise in your Meetings, please keep in mind seating is limited. Call 849 to reserve's place and the time-honored path from Monthly to Quarteriy for hrther information. to Yearly Meeting Concerns from Monthly Meetings are always given priority on the Quar- terly Meeting agenda They may be brought 14 - Weekend forward at any time, but the October session is Painful Situations in the Meeting: especially timely because it takes place just before Who Will Respond? the agenda for the next Yearly Meeting is formed Linda Lyman Yearly Meeting is more receptive to concerns that have "passed" a Quarterly Meeting than to 17 - Lecture concerns for which this step has been omitted John Woolman's Dreams John Lampen Pendle Hill Schedule - October 1994 Call 215-566-4507 for more information. 24 - Lecture Scholarship help availabie from Overseers and Structures of Domination: Pendle Hill John Woolman as Prophet Sterling Olmsted SO - Lecture The Presence of John Woolman in the 28 -Weekend Teaching of American Literature Ethnic Cleansing in Bosnia Susan Deanlhne Dalke Michael SelWDoug Hostetter

14 -Weekend 3 1 - Lecture Renewal for Peacemakers John Woolman in the Context Sally Palmer of Spiritual Autobiography Mary Rose 07Reilley

No Quaker would suggest that Quaker worship, in its private or public aspects is a panacea for the ills of modem life. They would, nevertheless, want to aflirm most strongly that their regular participation in silent worship is, at the very least, a vital and necessary form of therapy. By and large Quakers tend to be busy people, and you rarely find them wondering how to occupy their time They would, however, be the first to recogruze how essential it is for them to have periods of disinvolvement, even from the activities which express their continuing concern to care for people ... In our disinvolvement two elements will be present. First is a kind of detachment that while standing back, accepts all experience in the hope of transcending it - seeing beyond it creatively. Secondly a cessation from all mental activity so that the body and mind are as still and quiet as possible. The Society of Friends has always encouraged its members to seek a daily opportunity to withdraw from the necessary affairs of life, and "in inward retirement," to renew their resources, and alsd to ensure that they get their priorities right. There is no hard and fast rule about how this should be done, and Friends will set about it in the manner most helpful and natural to them ... It is, of course, an individual discipline, but it has a two-fold objective The first is to enable a person to be in touch with the inner core of his being so that his whole life may be renewed The second is to help to prepare him to enter more fully into the corporate worship which is the central activity of the Society of Friends [Yet] the uniqueness of the Quaker approach lies in its em- phasis on the role of silence. --- George H Gorman, 1973

Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting 100 E Mermaid Lane Philadelphia, PA 191 18

ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting 100 East Mermaid Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11 8 Meeting for Worship - 10:30 AM Firstday School - 10:45 AM November 1994

Thomas Conrad, Clerk Paul Laskow, Asst. Clerk Peg Myers, Overseers Roberta Foss, Recording Clerk Stanley Myers, Treasurer Shirley Philips, Overseers Marthajane Robinson, Newsletter Committee Meetings Overseers - Roberta Foss Worship & Ministry - Mary Lou Hurwitz Peace & Social Concerns - Stapeley Hall Forum - Howard Lesnick

Calendar Notes Note #I - The AFSC's Annual Public Gathering Note #4 - Shirley Philips and Linda Rosenwein be from 1 to 5 pm at Friends Center. The theme will lead a discussion of the question, "How Can will be "Emerging Democracies - Steps Toward We Take Better Care of One Another?" The Independence." The keynote speaker will be forum will consider our experience with Care University of Pennsylvania law professor Lani Circles, but go beyond that specific response to Guinier, an authority on civil rights and constitu- examine the broader question of the ways in which tional law with an interest in the electoral process. we can more full become a caring community All are welcome. Note #5 - The annual meeting of the Friends Note #2 - Come say goodbye to the Walmsleys as Historical Assn will be held at 4th & Arch "Wil- we celebrate their time in out community and wish liam Penn and his Educational Legacy" will be the them well in the future. Bash lasts 'ti1 5:30. subject of a speech by William C. Kashatus 111, chair of Religious Studies and director of commu- Note #3 - Awbury Arboretum and the nity service at William Penn Charter School. The Germantown Historical Society invite Friends to evening begins with a 5:30 pm reception and five presentations by leadmg scholars and activists dinner at 6:30 pm. The cost is $9. Make reserva- about the role of Quakers in the struggles of tions by Nov. 7 by calling 610-896-1 161. African-Americans, from William Penn's time to the present The series will be held on successive Note #6 - Holocaust Gathering at Wiimington Sunday afternoons from 3 to 5, on 6 (Quakers and Meeting @E). Call 241-7222 for details. the Mucat~onof African-Americans), 13 (Twenti- eth Century Themes) The presentations will be at Note #7 - Yearly Meeting members concerned the Historical Society, 5503 Germantown Avenue with environmental problems are invited to this open meeting at 4th & Arch Street Peter Kostmeyer, regional director of the US Environ- mental Protection Agency, will speak on the ecologicalogy of the Delaware Valley today and what how to maintain a healthy bioregion There will be an opportunity for questions 1 Calendar Notes, Cont. Pendle Hill Schedule - Nov.1994 Cali 21 5-566-4507 for more information. Note #8 - The US budget which the president will Scholarship help is available from Overseers and send to Congress in January is now being fash- Pendle Hill ioned in the Executive Departments and the Office of Management and Budget Urge shifting funds 5 - Weekend from wasteful military to long-starved infrastruc- Thomas Merton and Dorothy Day ture and human needs The Odd Couple Jim Forest Coming Events - December 7 - Lecture 3 - Cleanup of Plymouth Meeting Burial Ground An Economist Looks at John Woolman 11 - Library Meeting Tom Head 18 - Xmas Breakfast 12 - Weekend International Outreach Committee Authentic Movement Sara Workeneh PYM's International Outreach Committee makes 14 - Lecture small grants of up to $500 for people traveling The Channel of Universal Love: outside their own country for purposes consistent John Woolman and Creation with Friends concerns. Normally these grants are Elizabeth Watson made to F(f)riends of PYM or to people whose need is known and endorsed by a member of the 18 - Weekend committee For hrther information, see Roberta Inquirers' Weekend Foss Chel AveryiDavid and Joolz Saunders

Sound Amplification System 2 1 - Lecture John Woolman's Spirituality Are you having less trouble hearing the Word of Philip Boroughs God than the words of your fellow Friends? If hearing the spoken messages in meeting for wor- 28 - Lecture ship is difficult for you, then try our sound amplifi- John Woolman's Soft Persuasion cation system. In 1992, the meeting purchased a Michael Heller sound amplification system for use in both the meeting and gathering rooms. We have three very sensitive microphones in the ceilings, a mixer- Question Corner amplifier, a small FniI radio transmitter in the office, and six small radio receivers - each with an Do you have questions about Quakerism? About earphone. You can control the sound level. books in the library on Friendly topics? Come to the question corner after meeting. Each First-day, On most Sundays, only three receivers are being a member of the Worship and Ministry Committee used, so we always have one available for you to will meet with the curious in front of the fireplace try You should see the greeter or Steve Gable for in the meetingroom. a receiver Friends who use these receivers report that they are more able to understand everything that is said Notes from the October 1994 Meeting for Business Twenty-four people gathered in silence for the Modified Minute on Military Intrusion into Phila- reading of Query #2 on Ministry. Several reflec- delphia High Schools: "Germantown and West tions were shared. Philadelphia High Schools, now with ROTC units, are being targeted to have military career acad- Report from the William Penn Birthday emies included in their course work, to be paid for Celebration Outreach Committee by the US Department of Defense We are con- cerned that this expansion of the military in our Carla White reported on the committee's work schools may erode the curriculum and skew the and the two forums held at the Chestnut Hill educational atmosphere Library. The committee had suggestions for further outreach and solicited ideas from the With the armed forces being downsized and the meeting. The ideas generated will be put in the efficacy of overseas military action highly ques- form of a report before the committee is laid tionable, public opinion is running heavily against down. The meeting thanked Carla and the overseas military occupations. Our Quaker tradi- committee for its work. tions.lead us to emphasize reconciliation, restor- ative justice, and compassion to promote peace in Overseers Shirley Philips noted changes in the the world and less violence in our country. Care Circles with the departure of Roger Walmsley and addition of Joan Hagner to Over- Our Monthly Meeting for Business requests seers A clearness committee met with Linda Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting to schedule a Rosenwein to consider her application for mem- presentation of this topic at its October 30 meeting bership. The Overseers recommend membership by Robert Seeley, Clerk of the PYM Working be approved As this was the first reading of her Group on Youth, Conscience and the Peace request, it will be raised again in November Testimony and to consider programs that could be adopted in public schools to offer alternatives " Peace and Social Concerns Lee Vanarsdall distributed copies of a proposed Minute on Mili- Worship and Ministry Mary Lou Hurwitz read a tary Intrusion into Philadelphia High Schools that minute of appreciation for Elizabeth Walmsley's PSC asked the meeting to approve and forward to - . . participation in the committee, and noted that it Quarterly Meeting for its consideration on Octo- stimulated the committee to think further about ber 30. Questions were raised about the nature of including young people in the work of committees. the proposed military academies in the two The Meeting joined the committee in expressing schools. The discussion revealed a need for much appreciation to Elizabeth. more information. Either Robert Seeley, Execu- tive Director of the Central Committee for Consci- Minute in Appreciation of Elizabeth Walmslev's entious Objectors or Harold Jordan of AFSC's Service on the Worship and Ministq Committee Youth and Militarism Program could be resources of Chestnut Hill Meeting. October 1994: Elizabeth for this. The meeting agreed to send the minute, attended our committee meetings faithfully. She as modified below, to Quarterly Meeting with a contributed a valuable ability to listen to others; in request that they ask Bob Seeley to speak to this turn she was able to speak to others with openness issue and consider alternatives to military acad- and clarity about her own insights. Elizabeth emies. PSC and the Quarterly Meeting Represen- spode to a meeting-wide Worship and Ministry tative were asked to come back to the meeting Forum. This was of unique value to all because with responses to the concerns and questions that she freely discussed her personal experiences as a were raised. November 1994 Minutes, cont. Library News young Friend and because she was open to the The library has (on the far right upper shelf) a tape questions posed to her by people of all ages. The recording of the remarks Hertha Reinemann made committee shall miss her enthusiasm, her sense of on April 10, 1994. humor, and her gift of helping us to look at issues in a new and unifying way. As part of an exhibit from the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Library several months ago, our meeting Religious Education Carla White reported that borrowed A Ouaker Reader by West It is not First-day School still has openings for teachers and signed out but has been missing from our shelves other interested adults At the beginning of and is now several months overdue. The PKVf November's business meeting, Religious Ed will Library has offered to hold off on billing our lead a discussion on inclusion of children in wor- library for the book in hopes that this notice will ship and the life of the meeting. inspire its prompt return, either directly to the PYM Library or to Nancy Brockway. Auditor's Report George Hagrier has audited the Treasurer's Report as submitted in February 1994 On Sunday, Dec. 1 1, immediately following and finds it satisfactory. The meeting accepted the meeting for worship, Rita Varley, the PYM librar- report with thanks to George and Stan Myers. ian, and Joy Cronk, from Wrightstown Meeting, will be meeting with the Library Committee as part The meeting approved offering the meetinghouse of an effort by the PYivl Library to visit as many for the hospitality network guests during Christ- Quarterly and Monthly Meeting libraries as they mas week and is prepared to be flexible about the can. Anyone not on the committee who would beginning and ending dates so long as it doesn't like to should also attend. Some of the questions interfere with the nursery school. Rita and Joy have suggested and will be prepared to answer are:

A Note from Nancy Lewis What can having a library do for a meeting? What can be done with ancient books? This is the second attempt I've made to type How can the book collection be developed? something on the typewriter using both hands. How can we stimulate circulation among members The meeting for worship held at "The Chateau," and attenders? where I am currently residing, on September 25 How can PYM Library be used? was very special. Thirteen Friends attended and it was very good to everyone. In spite of the dis- They will also welcome our questions. traction-filled room and the noises outside the meeting was "meeting," and it felt so good to be back. Thanks to Beth Reeves for bringing refresh- ments. Although you are all welcome to come have meeting with me wherever I am, my next goal is to come to the meetinghouse. Thanks again for coming: I really do appreciate it, and I hope to see you soon. (Nancy is now at Magee undergoing evaluation. She will be there another week. Give her a call there - or when she gets back to the Chateau!) November 1994 CHESTNUT HILL MEETING

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 1 3 5 7:M PM Peace Comm Pendle Hill Wcckend IWI'M AI'SC Annual Gath #I 300 PM Walmslet Farewell * L 9 730 I'M Ownccn Worship 12:W PM Coffee Hour 300 PM Blacks & Meeting Quakes #f - I 14 15 18 la30 AM Meeting Tor 539 I'M I'ricnds i-list. 7:30 I'M Worship & Pcndle Mill Weekend Environmental WG #& Worship soc. ## Ministry YF Weekend & 11:45 AM Forum #jr 8:00 PM Pendle Hill 3:00 PM Blacks R. Quakes #3

11:45 AM Letter Writing 7:30 PM Forum Comm Ihanbgiwng Day #'8 8:UO PM Pcndlc f-liil 500 I'M Potluck 630 PM Busin= Meeting

. NEWS DEADLINE 8:W PM Pendle liiil 10:30 AM Mccting for I rr,,,n_ Wonllip Silent Meeting

The last feet shuffle to find chairs We float now, gentle to a slow swell, cautiously settle down aware of oceans, depths bearing us up A door shuts, gently final a darkness lit from within The room is complete, filled, arranged . Aware, still, of each other a vase of flowers In the silence the last spray in place our thoughts touch, intersecting ripples Now there is silence on immeasurable waters a silence of listening Reaching through the silence a chord of many silences out of the unuttered voyaging of silence the willing suspension of voices into the heart of silence - We wait, relax, sinking someone speaks. into a warm stillness offer ourselves to this new element. Barbara Noel Scott Thoughts flutter, come to resr like wings. (The Seeker, Autumn 1993)

Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting 100 E. Mermaid Lane Philadelphia, PA 191 18

ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED

1 Sara Fischer Swanson 1 517 Cresheim Valley Road Philadelphia, PA 19118 hestn ill Friends Meetin 100 East Mermaid Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Meeting for Worship - 10:30 AM First-day School - 10:45 AM December 1994 1

Thomas Conrad, Clerk Paul Laskow, Asst. Clerk Peg Myers, Overseers Roberta Foss, Recording Clerk Stanley Myers, Treasurer Shirley Philips, Overseers Marthajane Robinson, Newsletter Committee Meetings Overseers - Meetinghouse Worship & Ministry - Mary Lou Hurwitz Peace & Social Concerns - Stapeley Hall

Calendar Notes Note #1 - Middle School Friends Gathering: Note #3 - Guests will be at the meetinghouse "Abilities Issues: How Do We Handle Physical through January 2. and Learning Differences?" at Haddonfield Meet- ing WJ) Note #4 - Young Friends Christmas Retreat: "Expressing our Spirituality and Uniqueness Note #2 - John Gallery will lead a discussion on Creatively" at Moorestown Meeting (NJ).Lim. Revisiting the Visioning Experience. This is the ited to 100. Call 241-7222. second in the series that the Forum Committee is presenting on the Evolution of the Life of the Pendle Hill Schedule - Dec. 1994 Meeting. Please plan to stay after meeting on the Call 215-566-4507 for more information 1lth. Scholarship help is available from Overseers and Pendle Hill Coming Events -January 1995 2-4 - Weekend 14 - Called session of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Economics As If Values Mattered for revision of Faith and Practice. Chuck Matthei

28 - Workshop for recording clerks, sponsored by 5 - Lecture Nominating Committee Call 24 1-7207 John Woolman and the Discovery of Truth Dan Seeger

29-111 - Weekend Celebrate the New Year I Improvise Your Life Jacqueline CoreniDavid Sanders I1 Comparative Spirituality Through Poetry Judy Brown I11 Listening Within Liz Kamphausen 1 Notes from the November 1994 Meeting for Business Twenty-five people gathered in silence as Query George Garrettson and Joe Richardson will serve #3 on business meeting was read. Several reflec- on the clearness committee. tions were shared Worship and Ministry: Phil Anthony reported Opening Discussion - Report from Religious Ed with regret that Warren Witte has resigned from Committee: Carla White, Meg Mitchell, and Phil the committee. Anthony reported on current activities in First-day School. Curriculum for the children (4-year-olds Peace and Social Concerns Committee: The through 8th prade) alternates between a year's hospitality network guests will stay at the meeting- focus on the Bible and a year's focus on Quaker- house December 26 through January 2. ism. The year is divided into five %week sched- ules. In order to provide more exposure to meet- Finance Committee: 1. John Gallery referred to ing for worship, the children are encouraged to Treasurer Stan Myers' appeal letter and urged attend meeting when there is a fifth Sunday in the those who are able to contribute to do so as soon month. The first "unprogrammed" FDS for teens as possible. 2. John recalled discussions last May was in 1991. This began with one person and and June about the possibility of changing some of expanded to 4, some of whom brought friends the procedures of how the Yarnall Fund income is from time to time he focus is on learning from distributed and how the meeting can address the inner teacher. During discussion, the following requests for the meeting referred this back to the topics were raised: The nature of the Christmas Finance Committee. The Finance Committee pageant, ways in which to teach peace and conflict could discern no clear sense of the meeting on this resolution, and how children spend the time they issue and recommended that for now the meeting are in meeting for worship. The RE Committee set the issue aside until there are special requests welcomes participation from the meeting in ad- before the meeting. There followed an extensive dressing these concerns. The Committee is grate- discussion on the issues involved in this matter, ful for the gift of children in the meeting and feels including the pros and cons of having special the responsibility of caring for them. The meeting requests considered by a committee before being exoressed appreciation to the Committee for its brought to the meeting as a whole and the wisdom work. of waiting for a special request before addressing the process of dealing with it. It was suggested The Minutes of the October business meeting were that several special requests may come to the approved as read. meeting and that a request from the Quaker Information Center is still pending.- After consid- A petition expressing outrage at racially motivated erable deliberation, the meeting aareed to accept vandalism in Chestnut Hill was circulated. the Finance Committee's recommendation that we defer further discussion of the process until a Overseers: Shirley Philips raised the quest~onof special request comes to the meeting. December's business meeting The meeting agreed to have business meeting on December Representative Meeting: George Garrettson 11 at 6:30 preceded by a potluck at 5:OO. The reported on the progress of discussions on the meeting approved Linda Rosenwein's application reorganization and financing of PYM. The first for membership Stuart Land and Carolyn Schodt called meeting to discuss this with representatives will serve on the welcoming committee Shirley from monthly meetings is on December 10 from read Ben Newlin's application for membership 10 00-1:00 Carla White, Johanna Barbati, Steve Gable, George Garrettson, and Jorge Arauz Notes from the November 1994 Meeting for Business, cont. agreed to represent Chestnut Hill meeting at these Phil Anthony and Ruth Cameron are under the discussions. It is hoped that the clerk will partici- weight of a concern for teens and will be request- pate actively. ing &om Worship and Ministry a traveling minute for carrying this concern to other meetings in the Religious Education: Gifts for children at area The Religious Education Committee ex- Wordsworth Agency. Betty Hartzell asked pressed great appreciation to Jane Robinson for whether the meeting would be willing to again her work on behalf of FDS provide gifts for a group of children at this agency. The meeting & to provide gifts for 24 chil- The meeting closed after a period of silent wor- dren in the 9 to I2 age range. Also, the proceeds ship. from the Christmas breakfast, afier expenses, will be given to Wordsworth to fund their holiday Query #4 Care for One Another Party. - Is your Meeting a loving community of which Christ is the center? Do your members care for one another so deeply that they recognize one another's needs and assist in meeting these needs? To what extent does your Meeting ignore differ- ences merely to avoid possible conflicts? When conflicts exist, are they discussed with patience and forbearance in an attempt to arrive at a cre- ative solution? Does your Meeting, in appropriate ways, counsel any member whose conduct or manner of living gives cause for concern? How does your Meeting keep in touch with all its News Among Friends members? *** How do you contribute to the spirit of community among Meeting members? Jane Robinson and Lowber Welsh were married Are you mindful of your responsibility to face during meeting for worship on November 27. differences honestly? Do you treat with respect Congrats! and considerateness those who differ from you? Are you carefid for the reputation of others? John Gallery was interviewed on Radio Times by Marty Moss-Cohane November 28 They dis- cussed Philadelplua Architecture A Guide to the & John is the editor, the book is published by the Foundation for Architecture

Marthajane Robinson will offer workshops on Therapeutic Touch at the Young Friends Christ- mas Gathering

Phil Anthony and Ruth Cameron are under the weight of a concern for teens and will be request- ing from Worship and Ministry a traveling minute f care Circles

Karen Cromley, Overseer Steve Gable, Overseer Peg Mvers, Overseer Mickey Abraham Michael Anderko Janet BoysDon McGuire Jim Alexander Phil AnthonyIMeg Mitchell Nancy Brockway Barbara Buonocore Ruth Cameron Pauline DoyleIGeorge Benz Elizabeth DurandiBill Houston GaryiGertrude Garrettson Nancy Lewis John Gallery Kate HolzDon Silverson Stan Myers David Garrettson PhiVAnn Jones Hertha Reinemann Nancy Gold NelVJohn Kahil GenevieveIGeorge Whitford Kerry Kriegermchard Conarroe Gwyneth MacArthurIMiles Stuart Land Thompson Linda/Bob Rosenwein AnnBob Reynolds Carla White Lowber WelsWJane Robinson

Roberta Foss, Overseer Ge-e Garrettson, Overseer Shirlev Ph&, Overseers Claudia BrandenburgRlora Lee Johanna Barbati Susan Bergin Louden Frank Cauthorn David Braverman Jessie Bryant TerdJim Cox Jane Donvart Melissa Elliott Lester Fisher Virginia Ellis John Evans Donna Garrettson Ben Hudgins Terry Foss Georgia Peters Michael Lewis Betty Hartzell Joe Richardson Bill Ludlow Fred Huntington Carolyn SchodtMoward Debbie Oberholtzer Paul LaskowMargaret Meigs Lesnick Charlie Philips Cary Nicholas Betty Tiffany Candace PutteriPaul George Tom Twax David Samuel Marian Sanders

Tmde Fuchs, Overseer Joan Hagner, Overseer MJ Robinson, Overseer Jorge Arauz Herbert~EIviraBrown Rosemary/Ken Burnham Betty Bodine George Hagner Tamara Clark Margaret Carson John Hirshberger Mary Jane Flaith Tom ConradIAmy Gendall Mary Lou Hunvitz Laurie Fromm Steve Gittleman Madeline Karr Alois Gnielka Anneliese Gutkind-Bulling Betty Ridgway Grant Medley Elizabeth KiIlougWGil Frost GeorgeLisa Workman Betsy Naghski Margaret Levy Selden Smith Noelle Saldana Peter Samuel Emma Sidle Alice Terne Mildred Soast WarredPat Witte ecember 1994 CHESTNUT HILL MEETING

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 'THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

Pendle Hill Weekend Fairhill Burial Cleanup MSF Gathering #1