August 1997 Quaker Thought FRIENDS and Life OURNAL Today

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Psalm 139 An Among Friends Independent magazine serving the A Tlllle of Change Religious or years I have appreciated Reinhold Niebuhr's "Serenity Prayer" (often quoted Society of in a variety ofways): "God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that Friends Fcannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish one from the other." Editorial The words have come to mind lately as I observe both my family and my work Vinton Deming(Editor-Manag"}, Kenneth Sutton (Airociau Editor}, Timothy Drake (Assutant Editor}, place. Claudia Wair (Editoria/Airutant}, Judith Brown At home, I am aware of how quickly my children and grandchildren are changing. (Poetry Editor} My daughter, Evy, will be married this month, a joyous occasion for us all and a time Production Barbara Benton (Art Dirn:tor}, Alia Podolsky ofchange . Grandsons Peter and Anthony (now nine) continue to amaze me with (Production AMUtant}, John D. Gummere their curiosity, artistic ability, and enthusiasm for life. My two sons are both (Special Projects) teenagers. They seem to grow from minute to minute. Andrew is now a licensed Circulation and Advertising driver with a part-time job at a golf course; brother Sim's voice is changing and he's Nagcndran Gulendran (Marketing andAdvmiJing Manag"), Nicole Hackel (Cirr:ulationAMUtant} looking forward to high school in another year. Michele and I look at each other and Administration ask ourselves where the years have gone. Marianne De Lange (AdminiJtrati~ Secretary}, At the JoURNAL office it's a time of change as well. As we wind up a successful Lucinda Hudson (Bookuper), Henry Freeman (Dewwpmmt Gmsultant), Pamela Nelson capital campaign (look for a repon in our September issue), we find it a time to (DevewpmmtAirutant}, Robert Sutton (Volunteer} celebrate the good work that has been done. 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Features Departments

7 Waiting 2 Among Friends Sue Glover Doing nothing can be harrkr than climbing a mountain peak. 4 Forum 8 The Centrality of Ustening 5 Viewpoint Patricia Loring 19 Young Friends Encounters with others can become encounters with the Divine. 21 Reports 11 Tending Our Organizational Webs Gale Wills 24 News of Friends Friends need to consirkr how we support those who administer our rkcentralized 25 Bulletin Board structures. 25 Calendar 15 On Translation David William McKay 26 Books When you hear another's words, do you accept what is given or do you take what Milestones you already have? 30 17 One Quaker's Experience 32 Classified Nancy Breitsprecher 34 Meetings The Eucharist gains meaning from those to whom it is served

Poetry

9 Be 14 A Bottle of Coc&-Cola, Judith Cordary 1949 10 Meeting the Great Spirit Linda H. Elegant at the County Home 16 Looking For Jesus Tina Taylor in Newtown Square With Janeal Turnbull Ravndal Muriel Steffy Lipp 18 Radnor Friends Meeting: The Call Notes Fay G. Lawton Jim Young

13 The Heart's Lyre ..... -~ Dane Cervine !:: d

Geneseo, N.Y. Cover poem by Muriel SteffY Lipp. i!;:, Anne Morrison Welsh Thanks to Fine Line Studios 25 for inspiring our cover rksign. ©

FRIENDS JOURNAL August 1997 3 Forum Worthy of study truth, arrived at by the now professionally Other responses to Signe very questionable "guided re-enactment" Tom Gates's striking description of a she describes, but it should not be ritual male circumcision in Kenya and the permitted to stand as total truth moral and cultural dilemmas he felt in such unchallenged. HEA~ CASE? a different sociery is vivid reading (Fj May). I would hope that some kind of For me, it instantly brings to mind how balanced perspective in Fj would correct many Europeans, Asians, and Latin the possible tendency to generalized Americans respond when they learn of the misperception that Kathryn's personal common U.S. medical practice of routine memoir might otherwise generate. False male infant circumcision. This practice memories are indeed false, but do exist. began in the 1870s as midwifery and home Kathryn records the wish not to have birth was increasingly taken over by male her version of her life challenged, even as physicians moving birth into hospital she says she does not challenge her settings. At a time when many diseases had questioner. Had this interpersonal exchange as yet no understood viral, bacterial, or remained personal, that could prevail; now genetic source, the tangle of Victorian by printing it in a widely distributed moraliry deemed that excessive youthful medium among Quakers, her wish ro be 81& Bur masturbation, abetted by the presence of unchallenged needs perhaps to be replaced -= ~ the foreskin, weakened the physical and by our hope that the Light may open her mental constitution, thus making the "~ilst not and us to new facets of continuing ~i~hi ~ to ~I« young vulnerable to myriad diseases. The revelation in which we are all part. I would solution: infant male circumcision. The rate AWA'I on~~it"ICJ hope this letter might be a g';!nde ¥of\'.~~ steadily increased until it reached 90 suggestion along the lines of healing truth. percent between 1975 and 1985. Then it 1¥-iAi~\:(~ wt Mole j~st ~ fell to its present 60 percent nationally. Bob Mabbs nea.r._ ...... Though the afflictions being Sioux Falls, S.D. "prevented" have changed over time, people from other cultures, learning of the U.S. While I appreciate Kathryn Gordon's practice, often view it as cruel, bizarre, Paul Thompson effort in the article to work roward Scone, Scotland mutilating, and unnecessary. In Latin reconciliation in the acrimonious area of America, Asia, and Europe other than the recovered repressed memory, I believe that Phalse Philogog,y U.K, medicine never adopted the practice, you do your readers a disservice in l&co Linguist: and 85 percent of the men alive today are providing inaccurate information about the cy not circumcised and do not suffer the nature of memory. The body does not "We Quakers widespread afflictions U.S. medicine grimly "embed memories as pain and tension," as believe in the Holy promises those with foreskins. stated by the author. The brain is the Eucharist. In Greek Today, we know that like the not-so­ source of memory. that's Eucharisteum, long-ago termed useless and vestigial The author also expresses a deep in Latin Eucharistus. organs of the tonsils and appendix, now misunderstanding of the issue of false It means eat or take known to be part of the vital immune memory syndrome. The concern of the eat. In Hittite it's system, the foreskin has important FMS Foundation, for example, is with bad eekee, in Hebrew protective and erotidsexual functions therapy. That is a separate issue from the aktay eatay, et cetera, etc., ect., and so forth, from infancy through the whole of life. issue of child abuse. Both are problems in and sew fourth, and so l-o-n-g." There's truly a moral and cultural our sociery and both need to be solved. dilemma here in our own sociery worthy Mary Lou Coppock of serious study. Pamela Freyd Tempe, Ariz. Philadelphia, Pa. Chester McQJ,teary Parachute, Colo. In Sing Sing Thanks, cuz I want to thank you for the interview I continue to rejoice and give thanks for with me in the April issue. My wife Elsbeth Personal experience FRIENDS jOURNAL You perform a great expressed her special appreciation for the Kathryn Gordon's article ("A Mystical service for the Sociery, keeping us aware of layout (she is an artist), so special thanks for Weekend," Fj May) was a moving developments and issues and informed your art director Barbara Benton. testimony to a very personal experience. about people and events of note. We went to worship in Sing Sing One cannot fault her opinions expressed The "Signe" cartoons (Fj April) are, as Prison. The article, which I had not seen by therein; however, I am deeply troubled by usual for her, right on the point-and so that time, was circulating and the Mandela the sharing of her response to a question telling. (The fact that we are cousins connection brought forward a special sense about the false memory syndrome in which doesn't prejudice me in her favor, you may of fellowship! she "admit[s] I have suspected it is sociery's be sure.) Hendrik van der Merwe defense against a distressing truth~" Hibbard Thatcher and Elsbeth Woody This may be Kathryn's perception of her Nashville, Tenn. Port Chester, N.Y.

4 August 1997 FRIENDS}OURNAL Viewpoint Friends and the United Nations

n 1947 the Friends Service Council and the U.S. Steve Angell, formerly of New ernments should abolish all land and anti­ (U.K.) and the American Friends Ser­ York, now of Philadelphia, is a leading advo­ personnel mines, base security on building I vice Committee (U.S.) were jointly cate of the Alternatives to Violence Project relationships across borders, and drasti- reduce military budgets. is true that the UN has wrestled with need for reforms that are necessary Have you ever considered the advantages of a gift annuity with FRIENDS JouRNAL? vital to its functions, without much l low much can a retired hil·nd count on receiving from a gift annuity contract However, now is the time to rem­ with the} ll IZ'-:.\1? The chart below provides examples, based on a 52'5,000 cash this, and our support is essential be­ giti, of possible gil( annuity rate> and tax savings availahlc to Frimds \vho the member states, including the U.S., reforms. I highly recommend that panicipatl· in the }>l!Z'-:\1 's Citi Annuity Program. give active support to the UN because I believe the new UN will be than heretofore. All the world's Investing in need its advocacy, not only in the Our Future of peace but in the cause of world advocate the abolition of the and have been mortified by in the U.S. The issues threshed at all these UN conferences are passed to the General Assembly. To adopt · a 2/3 majority ofstates would be to support it, which has not hap­ FRIENDS However, the Standard Minimum the Treatment ofOffenders and JOURNAL against Torture were con­ by Amnesty International, supported "''-"'u~• states, and approved by the Assembly. some us m Congresses about crime;. have seen conferences as experts, observers, or del­ did not know other Friends were attending, an ever-increasing unity in our NGOs and egates. As a delegate from FWCC, I at­ but learned later that Cushing Dolbeare of a recognition that the problems of dealing tended the 5th UN Congress on Preven­ Washington, D.C., was an official :U.S. del­ with crime cannot just be left to govern­ tion of Crime and Treatment of Offend­ egate. Also at the conference were Carolyn ments but must be a concern for the total ers at Geneva in 1975, 6th at Caracas in and Thomas Committa and Theresa community. When in prison in Launceston 1980, 7th at Milan in 1985, 8th at Ha­ Fitzgibbon of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Jail, George Fox called Friends to "walk vana in 1990, and 9th at Cairo in 1995. I My wife and I attended many workshops at cheerfully over the world, answering that have witnessed considerable growth in the NGO forum. In one of these, women of God in everyone, whereby in them ye Friends' respect for such congresses, and from Chicago, Washington, and New York may be a blessing and make the witness of afi:er those in Havana and Cairo the FWCC expressed concern over the threat, as they God in them to bless you." I suggest that delegates drafted epistles that were circu­ saw it, of the U.S. to do away with the public work within the UN should be a part of lated in Friends World News and elsewhere. housing in which they lived. As Friends, we this calling. There were seven of us in Cairo, &om supported the recommendations made in Richard D. Broughton Canada, England, Ireland, New Zealand, meetings led by the Peace Caucus that gov- Port St. Lucie, Fla.

Better choices lives appear to have been dedicated to Peltier or to grant amnesty without strings power, aggression, and wielding the "big to the many young Americans who went to As a friend and supporter of the stick"). Since leaving the White House, prison or fled the U.S. rather than American Friends Service Committee, I was Jimmy and &osalynn Carter (why not her, participate in an unjust, undeclared war, I disappointed to learn that AFSC has again too?) have been a force for peace and find disturbing. nominated Jimmy Carter for the Nobel justice. But for a pacifist-based organization I would like to suggest that next year Peace Prize. like AFSC, dedicated to "speak truth to AFSC consider nominating David It is true that Carter is more deserving of power," to nominate a person who, when Dellinger, a nonviolent activist for all the honor than such previous political in power, re-instituted the military draft, seasons. He fought against Jewish recipients as Henry Kissinger, Menachem put great reliance on military power (or the immigration quotas in the '30s, went to Begin, and Teddy Roosevelt (each of whose threat thereof), failed to pardon Leonard prison rather than accept a theological

F RIENDS ]OURNALAugust 1997 5 student deferment in the '40s (and while had read the editorial earlier, I glanced at By employing "big stick" politics, the U.S. there helped racially desegregate some the masthead and was stanled by the government has won much sympathy for aspectS of prison life), kept the flame alive "titles" of your staff, then chuckled to Cuba. In 1995 the UN General Assembly in the '50s by helping edit and publish myself and dropped off to sleep. voted 117 to 3 to condemn the U.S. Liberation, served as one of the more When the May issue arrived, I looked in embargo, the founh consecutive vote of this effective leaders in resisting U .S aggression vain in the Forum, expecting some kind in four years. in Vietnam in the '60s, and continues to recognition of your April Fools masthead. Marcia V. Onnsby spread the gospel of nonviolence in his Did no one respond or are you not now Annapolis, Md. writings and on college campuses up until acknowledging this momentary frivolity? the present. It is true that the civil rights issue in Other individuals and groups that might Catherine Crocker Cuba could be improved; however, look at well be considered include Peace Brigades, Lake Elmo, Minn. the situations in other Central American Habitat for Humanity (and its founder, countries, where free elections have been Millard Fuller), the Berrigan brothers, and We didn &think anyone noticed! Friends held and citizens are still being Lucius Walker Jr. can be awfoUy serious, after aU. Perhaps "disappeared" or assassinated. And what Benjamin L. Candee Jr. readers were too busy being amused by Signe about China? The United States has no Shaker H eights, Ohio Wilkinson s cartoons? -Eds. embargo against China, whose human and civil rights abuses are much worse than Cuba's. But, of course, economic interests Using full names Cover to cover usually outweigh civil rights. Is anybody but me worried about the I don't know when I've sat down and In his Forum letter, Friend Rifkin asks: fact that people lose their last names if they read a FRIENDS jOURNAL issue cover to cover. "If the boycott staned in 1961, why hasn't take cenain kinds of jobs? Where I work, But I did just that with the April issue. And Cuba bought what it needs from other I'm "Mrs. Cameron" because I'm a what a rich, full, and big issue it was! The suppliers?" From 1961 until just recently, librarian, but if I were a secretary or a interview with Hendrik van der Merwe, the Cuba did buy from Canada and many custodian I'd be "Dee." I think it would be report on the meeting for divorce, and the European countries. The Soviet Union was great if people used the full name in piece (reflective!) on a miscarriage, not to Cuba's largest supplier, especially in addressing people with whom they are not mention Signe Wilkinson's cartoons, made petroleum products. With the breakup of on familiar terms, but that's had a couple of it outstanding! Thanks. the Soviet Union, Cuba lost its best source centuries to catch on, and so far it hasn't. jim Best of supplies. Meanwhile, this job-based practice seems Tucson, Ariz. With the passage of the Helms-Burton like just the kind of thing the old Friends act, the United States has dramatically were trying to avoid. increased its economic (and humanitarian) Dee Cameron Cuba pressure on Cuba. El Paso, Tex. The June Forum contained a letter by The United Nations has consistently Anhur Rifkin referring to the two articles condemned the U.S. embargo against about Cuba (FJ Feb.). I have just returned Cuba. The embargo is outlawed by from Cuba and am concerned about some international law, since no United States Welfare fraud? of the questions raised. declaration of war against Cuba has ever Oh, the irony possible in the word Something obvious during my visit was been declared. The Cuban embargo should "welfare." The already wealthy lawyers, who that the people have hope, vision, and a be ended. make up three-quarters of the U.S. light that sustains an incredible charm and Franklin P. Witte Congress, sit in judgment of the poor, both humility among even the most Phoenix, Ariz. working and unemployed, bur these impoverished. I note this light in contrast legislators receive both perks and campaign to much darkness I have encountered in contributions in astronomical amounts. In other Caribbean countries, also in contrast turn, they dole out billions of dollars in to the despair and selfishness I witness on a government contracts to corporations who regular basis in my own country. just happen to be their chief supponers. When Batista and many other corrupt Now, where do you suppose is the and very wealthy people fled from Cuba in greatest welfare fraud? 1961, they took billions ofU.S. dollars and joseph S. Carter a great deal of talent "!ith them; most of the FRIENDS jOURNAL welcomes Forum con­ Largo, Fla. doctors and lawyers left. So Cuba had to tributions. Please try to be brief so we stan from scratch. may include as many as possible. Limit U.S. policy toward Cuba has been based letters to 300 words, Viewpoint to I ,000 April Fools on the assumption that Castro would fail words. Addresses are omitted to main­ This past April, during a sleepless night, and the government would topple. This tain the authors' privacy; those wishing I grabbed the latest issue of the FRIENDS policy has actually strengthened the Castro to correspond directly with authors may j OURNAL, and staning from the back, I regime by allowing Fidel to present himself send letters to FRIENDS j OURNAL to be skimmed the classified ads, read the internationally as a Cuban nationalist forwarded. Authors' names are not to Milestones, then the articles I had not read struggling against a hostile neighbor. be used for personal or organizational when the magazine first arrived. Finally I Internationally, U.S. attempts to legislate solicitation. -Eds. arrived at the inside front cover, and as I for the world have been widely condemned.

6 August 1997FRIENDS jOURNAL ait here and I'll wouldn't know where I'd climb up. Per­ gone. Again that still, small W haps there'll be a voice urged me to "Wait better view ofwhere the foot- ~ there." path is." Panic gave way to calm. Franco disappeared To conserve my energy I through the green cunain of snuggled into the safety of trees. The signpost had indi­ nearby branches and tried not cated this way, but the track to move too much, putting seemed to have disappeared my rucksack over my chest to altogether. Steep rock slabs lay keep warm. I felt sure that to our left and right. A chim­ Franco would come back for ney of vegetation, where we me. I waited patiently. could maneuver, lay between. ~ "Sue, you have to come I could hear his voice call- ~ down ... slowly." Franco's ing, "Wait there. Don'ti; voice pierced my reverie, and move," indicating that he was 0 I jumped up, trying to iden­ still climbing. The third hour tify where his voice was com­ after noon had just slipped ing from. I caught sight of by, and the sky was holding him below me. Oh, sweet re­ on to its clear blue. The view lief! As I delicately picked my over the lake was fantastic, WAITING way down through the roots and I amused myself trying to and branches, avoiding the identify our house in the far by Sue Glover rocks, I could hear his voice distance. A large hawk glided guiding me to him. In what effortlessly above me, perhaps seemed like seconds I was on wondering who these invading creatures my far-distant college days I'd been nick­ the same level. He looked exhausted. were. named "mountain goat." Waiting on the Explanatory words rushed into each Ir was so srill and peaceful. I could just side of the slope, instead of working my other. Once at the top he'd been too catch the occasional drift of voices in the way upwards, was a new experience. I afraid to return by the difficult upward distance bur couldn't make out their ac­ wasn't sure that I felt comfonable with it. route and instead walked in the direction companying forms. I began to notice how The clouds began to cover the sun, ofthe col. Along a knife edge of rock, he'd many varieties of flowers decorated my and I felt chilly. From my small rucksack, explored a safe passage. Finally, spotting a comfonable shel£ I looked at my watch. I pulled out long pants and changed from way through, he'd traveled safely to the Twenty minutes had escaped, and there my shorts. The minutes without Franco footpath junction we had staned from. was no longer any sound from Franco. were extending. I shouted his name into All the time he had been calling for me Where was he? the air. My own echo came back. Noth­ to "Wait there." There had been no reply, "Wait there!" floated across from the ing else. I called louder, almost screaming. and he had begun to panic in case I had ridge. I stood up on my rocky perch to see Only my own words returned. I began to moved from my post. Even when his if I could see him. Ah, there he was, his feel panic rising ... what ifhe'd fallen ... strength began to ebb from the exertion of outline framed against the sky. He'd made taken a wrong turn ... couldn't find me climbing, he had feebly kept up the com­ it safely to the top. again ... what i£ .. . mand, willing me to be patient. I thought he would have a quick look An hour elapsed. I wondered what to It had been hard to wait. Hard to keep to see if a route was possible and then tell do. What were the options? Should I go the wild, irrational panic from taking over. me to come up. Well used to mountains, up and try to find him? I started to move Hard to listen to the confident inner voice, I had a sure foot and a head for heights. In upwards but an inner voice told me to telling me to "Wait there." When we got go back. "Wait there," it said. Five min­ home, I had occasion to look at the calen­ Sr« Gkwer is a member ofSwitzerland Yearly utes later my mind began to race again. dar. The prophetic words from Psalm 37, Meeting. She is one of 15 QJiakm living in Perhaps I should go back down to the written as a helpmate for the month, Italy. footpath junction where we'd gone astray? arrowed straight to my hean. "Be still ©1996 Sue Glover But then if Franco came back here, he before the Lord, and wait patiently." 0

FRIENDS jOURNAL August 1997 7 The Centrality of Listening by Patricia Loring

Listening and gathering as our sense of right relationship within the the divine into our lives, efforts to control spiritual community of our meetings. outcomes, and efforts to define the roles patterning Q}laker spiritwdity Where the sense of being gathered and or perceptions of panicipants in our lives. y listening I mean the widest kind united in God's love includes the rest of As we listen in this way, particularly in of prayerful, discerning attentive­ humanity and the whole of the creation, the beginning, we often learn more about Bness to the Source that is intimated it has formed our sense of right ethical ourselves than we do about the person we within us, evidenced through others, and relationships in the wider world. are tt}ring to hear. We learn the limita­ discernible through the experiences oflife. Quaker practice shapes and expresses tions of our hospitality. We learn where This kind of listening is not simply audi­ our listening for the presence and guid­ our resistances to the reality of the other tory. It may be visual, kinesthetic, intui­ ance of the Mystery at the heart of the person lie and how we require others to tive, or visceral as well, depending on the universe and ofeach ofus-and our unity conform to our ideological structures and deepest attentiveness natural to the par­ in love in our personal lives, in our corpo­ ways of expression before we will receive ticular individual. It is my thesis that this rate life, and in ethical relationships with truth as they see it. We learn how unpre­ kind of prayerful attentiveness is one of the world. Our "formless forms" help us pared we are to trust in the capacity of two major elements patterning Quaker­ to transcend forms and help us to be self­ others to work out their own solutions ism into what Uoyd Lee Wilson, in Essays transcendent in our sense of reality and with divine assistance. We see how little on the Q:taker Virion ofGospel Orrkr, has our place and work in it. I think we've we are prepared to truly listen to another. called a gestalt. A gestalt (the word is never come close to realizing the possibili­ We see how much ofour usual listening is taken from the German) is an organic ties inherent in the unique Quaker gestalt actually an inward imposition of our per­ whole. we've been bequeathed by generations of sonal, comfortable structures of reality on I think Quaker practice is not only a f.Uthful Friends. the other person, simply waiting for a spiritual gestalt of unique wholeness and pause to impose those same structures coherence, but that the organic whole is Listening to one another as a outwardly a.S advice, fixing, converting, or also holographic-the element of listen­ straightening out the other person. ing patterns all of its parts. When we are spiritwd practice or discipline Pan of our practice of listening to an­ f.Uthful to the pattern oflistening, it forms It is a powerful discipline for a listener other can be holding both the utterances and informs all the dimensions of our to try to listen without agenda, without ofthe one we are listening to and our own personal and corporate practice. The pat­ the compulsion to help, abandoning the inward responses together in the Light. tern of listening makes us more attentive need or desire to appear knowledgeable, The practice of listening to where our and responsive to the Mystery within and wise, or comforting. There may be no responses come from is, at the very least, among us, which gathers us in the love more tellingly difficult spiritual practice instructive and humbling. Experiencing and life that is its very nature or being. than the effott to receive hospitably what this practice may inspire our resolve to This gathering or felt union of the is being said by someone else, without change in relationship with others. It may spiritual community in the love and life of editing, correction, or unsolicited advice. free us to be more compassionate and God is the secondary element patterning Yet it is this open listening that makes hospitable to others. the Quaker gestalt. It is experienced in room for the Spirit ofGod to be present in Our own resolve, however, is rarely "graced" or "favored" times of corporate the midst of the interaction, illuminating sufficient for radical, internal restructur­ worship. Gathering is secondary only in and guiding what is taking place. With ing of our capacity to listen to and be the sense that it is more apt to be a grace, the Holy Presence is born into the accepting ofothers. But with grace, it can spiritual fruit or a gift of spiritual matur­ space that we make by giving over our be the beginning of being willing to give ing in listening. It is what we hear, recog­ own agendas: God with us, a third pres­ over our judgmentalism, self-centeredness, nize, or experience when we listen at the ence in our encounter. In this way, such and needi.ness to qod's healing love. With most profound level. Both the longing for listening to another can become contem­ grace over time, our willingness to ac­ and the actual experience of being gath­ plative prayer. knowledge and to open our woundedness ered and united in God's love have shaped The listening referred to is not merely to the healing Light may be a kind of auditory. It is more a matter of willing­ willingness to be changed-a receptivity Patricia Loring is a member ofBethesda (Md.) ness to be receptive, even welcoming, on to transformation and an acceptance of Meeting, which has rekased her for "ministry in all levels of awareness-visual, auditory, God's love. The practice oflistening to another has nurture of the spiritual lifo. n This artick is kinesthetic, and intuitive-to what truly excerpted from her new book, Listening Spiri­ is happening in the present. It's only pos­ a number of phases as we seek to grow tuality, volume one: Personal Spiritual Prac­ sible with a humility that gives over ef­ more fully into it. Some days are better tices among Friends. forts to set the terms on which we'll admit than others. Sometimes it's two steps for- 8 August 1997 FRIENDS]OURNAL ward and one back-or three back. As As with many practices, what begins Listening as a form of with other practice, persistence over time by feeling like keeping a sweaty grip on contemplative prayer and praying for help are more to be trusted ourselves can become relaxation into God's than what happens on the day-to-day own freedom, into liberation from the all­ As the listener listens not only to con­ basis, in which our ups-and-downs are all too-human need to mW:age the situation, tent, but for the movement of the Spirit too clear. With faithfulness over time, we to control outcomes, to be the savior, or under the content, the speaker also may become quicker to recognize our most to have the definitive, intelligent, wise, or be drawn into awareness of deeper levels frequent resistances to--and projections good word on the subject at hand. We of her utterance. Held in this receptive, or impositions on-others. We may also can begin to be simply present, open to­ listening prayer, the speaker may begin to spot ourselves developing new resistances, gether to the Spirit of God between and give over the need to create a particular projections, and impositions to take the among us, uniting us and stilling us into impression, to entertain, to be interesting, places of those we've been freed o£ With awareness of our union in love. In this or to evoke a particular response. She may faithfulness over time, however, relinquish­ way, our encounter with one another may begin to go below the usual, socially­ ment becomes less a matter of grim self­ also become an encounter with the di­ structured level ofdiscourse to speak more restraint than a grace-given loosening of vine. The distinction between love of profound truths hidden or obscured by our compulsions, a blessed freeing from neighbor, love ofoneself , and love ofGod conformity to the expectations of others. ideas and experiences that enslave us, and becomes less and less easily perceived. She may first become aware of how a God-given capacity to open or yield to When I give a first exercise in silent, much there is in herself of those out­ what is. one-on-one listening in a class or a retreat, wardly imposed expectations. She may participants often ob­ also come to a new level of awareness of serve, "As I was listen­ what really lies beneath those expecta­ ing I wanted to say a lot tions: the hidden seed of the true self. of things in answer to planted by God; the stirrings ofthe Spirit what I was hearing. It drawing it forth into tendrils and ulti­ was so hard not to talk." mately into bloom. Only once in my expe­ Both speaker and listener may be drawn rience has someone said together into a silence that is the fullness on the very first effort, of awareness beyond words. It can be­ "I felt relaxed. I realized come contemplation of what is in the I was simply praying for heart of the speaker or of the loving Pres­ the other person as he ence in which both are held. spoke." Contemplative prayer cannot be forced. It is a gift of God's own presence, already mysteriously hidden within and among us, to which we can hope and pray to be opened. I've sometimes felt like a cam­ era lens, with an aperture that can be BE stopped down ro admit just a little bit of light or opened wide to receive every bit Be a leaf on water, of available light in the atmosphere. In the note the catbird sings only once, this camera that I am, there is no mecha­ the gold In the throat of the rose. nism to open the lens. Rather, I need to give over the tightened places in my being Be bread. that are holding it shut, shutting out Be the holy egg thumbs make available light and restricting it to when hands are laid lightly together. preselected levels. Be blackgreen Iron of spinach still gritty with growing.. The real, exhausting effort of our lives Be what steadies the knlfehand, is not opening the lens but spending our energy holding the lens dosed or stopped leans over the sleeping child, down. When we relax our grip on our opens to receive defenses, on who we think we are, on how the bitters of another's heart. we want to be perceived, how we'd better Be what says behave, on what we ought to think, how we should see, on what is the right re­ yes sponse, we are free to open to who and and yes what is really there like flowers respond­ and yes. judith Cordary is ing to sunshine. Simple, respectful, prayer­ a membtr ofBeloit fullistening is at least as good for the soul -judith Cordary (Wir.) Meeting. of the listener as for the person listened to. 0

FRIENDS JoURNAL August 1997 9 MEETING THE GREAT SPIRIT WITH

AT THE COUNTY HOME In the beginning was With, Who made everything from nothing I was the nurse on the graveyard shift and stayed, there were sixty-three graves-l~waltlng so we dead live, some moved around we nothings are something. some never did some went fast, some went years With, before their bodies Who was In the beginning before us, made us. Anne hadn'.t seemed ready When we found With, thin, spry, and always cheerful lo, we had never been Without. just a deficiency of loving family and then a sudden, strangling tumor In the black hole, even In cataclysm, What can I really do With Is. I'd asked my teacher of Blackfoot medicine -Muriel Ste./Jy Lipp Clean hands and feet for the next world, he said, and give them company THE CALL So on her night while the aides endlessly pumped the cuff A thin tone quavers In the distance. and charted the falling temperature and pulse Time slows, motion stops I prepared warm water, and I washed her a leaf drops from a tree stands still In midair. And then I sat 1 am paralyzed and Intensely alert very close by like a sprinter In the starting block. and I held A scent In the atmosphere both stimulates her cold, clean hands. and quiets. -Tina Taylor, © 1995 Air creeps across my face fingertips Itch knees soften to jelly.

A calm voice says "Fear not."

"Lord, what shall I do?"

"Take the bus, go to work, come horne, help the wife dry the dishes fold the laundry and have the Johnsons over tonight for coffee and cake." -jim Young

Tina Taylor lives in Monongahela, Pennsylvania. Muriel Steffy Lipp lives in Alexandria, Virginia. jim Young lives in Gainesville, Florida.

10 August 1997FRIFNDs JoURNAL Tending Our Organizational Webs by Gale Wills

uring 1995-96 I visited monthly as well as with the organization meetings and worship groups itsel£ We can get some of the Dacross Canada, traveling under a ..- answers by reading our Organ- concern that we not lose our awareness ~ ization and Procedure and the and understanding ofhow Friends make annual directory published with decisions together. A number of issues yearly meeting minutes. But most regarding the structure of yearly meet­ ofthe answers can come only from ing arose, which I would like to share. talking among ourselves. Some are a reflection of what I heard, The questions around too and some are observations and reflec­ much business are influenced by tions ofmy own. · the admitted fact that some The longing to reduce the amount people are comfortable and happy of business we do, both in general and attending ro administrative mat­ at Canadian Yearly Meeting, was pos­ ters and others are interested in the sibly the concern that I heard most activities that come with working often as I traveled. It took several forms, for peace and social justice and have from weariness with long agendas and little time or patience for "papetwork." frustration with the paper flow, to a sense These are not necessarily two different that there are too many people serv­ groups, but making this distinction helps ing on too many committees /-19 in understanding why some are so reluc­ and anger at being asked to con- ~-· • tant to "do business" and why others take sider issues that are perceived as , up the administrative tasks with enthusi­ not related to the concerns of a ·. · asm. Is there a danger of seeing the monthly meeting. Often the longing was \ \\ ~- administrators as carrying a less impor­ simply ~ wish fo~ more opportu!"lity for ~~~ ··\ tant role than the activists? Should we ~ fellowship, somenmes accompanied by a ·~\\\ not see the two as mutually dependent .!l reluctance to do business of any kind. ·, ·1 ·"' _and equally important? ~ Canadian Yearly Meeting is, kll ' I am also aware that for some, ~ comparatively speaking, a very J ' ' thinking about organizations in . ~ small yearly meeting. We have ~.Y. r'-. \r... ~':- any ~orm is a challenge. This in ~ approximately 1,100 people to ~~ ~ ~ turn IS a challenge to those of us ~ carry out all the work that needs to be who are naturally comfortable with orga- done. Alongside Representative Meeting nizational concepts. We need to be pa­ and Canadian Yearly Meeting in session, tient with each other. I, for one, cannot there are twelve standing committees, four What do aO these imagine a Religious Society of Friends ad hoc committees, plus the continuing with no formal links between monthly Meeting ofMinistry and Counsel, Board committees andpeople meetings. In my mind those links consti­ of Trustees, Young Friends, and a small tute an organization. Thus, tending an "group" called the Epistle Summarizing do? Do we reaDy want it organization is tending the links between Committee. In addition, there are 27 aD done? people. They are like the silken strands of Friends who represent us to outside bod­ a spider's web, very intricate and needing ies, some to more than one group. All of special skill to create and to maintain, but this is in addition to the work we do for From a purely statistical viewpoint, this practically invisible. Remember the last our monthly meetings and for our half­ appears to be a complicated structure for time you struck down a web on the shed yearly meetings and regional gatherings. so few people. However, we do not un­ door, and the next morning, there it was Gale Wills is a member of Kitchener Area derstand human organizations on the ba­ again, glistening in the sunlight? Like the (Ont.) Meeting and co-clerk ofCanadian Yearly sis of numbers. What do all these com~ spider, we depend on a nearly invisible Meeting. This article is reprinted with permis­ mittees and people do? Do we really want web of organization, and if it is swept sion from the january-February issue of it all done? Do we have a choice in every away, we must create another to take its Canadian Friend. case? Complications can be with an agenda place.

FRIENDS] OURNALAugurt 1997 11 The Discipline admonishes all of us to even resistance to--structure is a promi­ take up our responsibility for managing nent characteristic of the small scattered The next generation and those b come church affairs. Does this mean that we all meetings and worship groups I encoun­ need to know your life story. We will must take up administrative work with tered in non-urban areas. It reminded me travel to you, record you as you share the enthusiasm? I think not. But it may mean of a time many years ago, when I carried experiences that have shaped your life. and gather the richness of your memories that we have an obligation to consider out a survey of how social planning was into a beautiful book-a cherished legacy very carefully how we support those who --done in one ofthe rural counties in south­ for those you love. have those gifts and are willing to do the ern Ontario and found, to my surprise (as work oftending our organizational webs. an urban-based planner), that they did Linda Lyman & Marty Walton Our questions then become how big a not use or need formal planning organiza­ 505 Willow Road. Bellingham. WA 98225 tions. My conclusion at that time was that 1-360-738-8599 or 1-800-738-8599 web, how intricate, and how many web tenders do we really need? we cannot impose the organizational struc­ I once heard a long-time and active tures that serve concentrated urban areas Friend mutter under her breath during on rural ones. I doubt that this has consideration of a particularly difficult changed, and I suspect that those of us question on the floor who live and work in Excelling of yearly meeting: large urban areas "Quakers are really \.%have a remarkably think differently IN A CHANGING WORLD anarchists at heart!" about the need for or­ How true this is. decentralized ganization than those From coast to coast, I who do not. heard dear resistance and relatively simple How does a group to central authority, of people go about Pre-K to 12th grade to a "representative" organization. simplifYing an organ­ ization? We live in 17th & Benjamin Franklin Parkway system, and to any practice that is per­ complex social orga­ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103- 1 284 Is itpossible ceived to have bureau­ nizations that are 215-561-5900 cratic overtones. to simplifY itforther? evolving rapidly, and There is, I believe, resisting this, or nearly universal agree- standing outside ofits CREMATION ment among Friends in Canada that pri­ flow, requires enormous effort. On one Friends are reminded that the mary responsibility rightly resides with hand we want to avoid a world given over Anna T. Jeanes Fund the local worshiping community. Orga­ to excessive busyness and bureaucracy. will reimburse cremation costs. nizations at a half-yearly or yearly meeting On the other, we have·availab le to us new (Applicable to members of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting only.) level are seen as creatures of a monthly technologies, including organizational For InformaCion, wrUt or Ctltphont meeting, never the other way around. In techniques, that can help us navigate our SANDY BATES this regard, we already have a remarkably way through the inevitable maze of mod­ 5350 Knos SlrHC Philadelphia, PA 19144 decentralized and relatively simple organ­ ern life. As individuals, when we seek to ization. Is it possible to simplifY it further? simplifY our lives, we weigh what we must Social anarchism as a nonviolent way give up and what we stand to lose against Display Ad Deadlines of organizing (no, this is not a contradic­ what we know we will gain. This is also tion in terms) has a respectable history true organizationally. What must we give Reservations are required for display and a record of some success. The classic up in order to gain the benefit of fewer ads in FRIENDS j OURNAL example is the short-lived success of the committees and less business? Spanish anarchists before and during the The gospel order of George Fox, with October issue: Spanish Civil War. We see it now in the its organization of monthly, regional, and Reserve space by August 4. cooperative movements, in community yearly meetings, has served Friends well. Ads must be received by August 11. economic development projects, and in But the practices may need adapting to November issue: the ways in which the campesinos have modern times and circumstances. Should Reserve space by Sept. 8. organized themselves in Central America. Friends in Canada find new ways to orga­ Ads must be received by Sept. 15. We may not name it as such, but I believe nize and conduct their business-some­ Friends have been sympathetic to forms thing that meets our unique needs? My Ad rate is $28 per column inch. of social anarchism, consciously or un­ traveling message about the gospel order Call (215) 563-8629 consciously, for generations. could sound like my urging us to keep the with your reservation or questions. It occurred to me, as I traveled &om traditional ways. I hope it was not heard city to farm and back to city again, that that way. There may be a new gospel 1216 Arch Street, 2A there may be a fin-de-siecle form of rural­ order to discover, and my concern is that Philadelphia, PA FRIENDS urban split among Friends in the way in we understand and practice the divinely 19107-2835 JOURNAL which we regard the need for formal orga­ led process of discerning what that may nization. The informality and lack of- be. If we do, anything is possible. D

12 August 1997 FRIENDS j OURNAL THE HEART'S LYRE

Somewhere a soft music plays far away from here.

A music that pulls GENESEO, N.Y. from behind comers we can't see around, that calls from the still spaces In our lives, Only one more week In Geneseo, far away from here, one more week to see a whole sky, we think- to feel a whole wind blowing from Erie across the plain, the music of birds flying, to see deer grazing In early momlng a flamingo guitar, and at eventide, water falling from a cello perhaps, to walk each day through Temple Hill a pan flute whispering and hear old names In the oak trees­ over the hills at dusk. Canandaigua, Seneca, Ganondaga.

Soft music Summer has passed its prime now. some place Although fruit Is still ripening just beyond reach, and fields are everywhere golden, almost past hearing- the robins no longer come Dane Cervine lives in to the cherry tree Santa Cruz, California. we think and sing Anne Morrison Welsh always there, and teach their young to fly lives in Black Mountain, not her&- and boldly feed on cherry-flesh. North Carolina, and is active in Celo (N C) enthralling- I cannot hold on to it, Meeting. and yet I must not moum not knowing time's passing it Is but an echo through this longed-for summer. of the sound that It would be like walking against a river, reverberates from cursing the flow and the Great Hand. Inside, Because even now the deer stand still In the meadow, a lost god playing eating green growing things, the heart's lyre. peacefully watching while I pass. -Dane Cervine ---:Anne Morrison Welsh

FRIENDS ] OURNALAugust 1997 13 A BOTTLE OF COCA-COLA, 1949

On a summer day sweet with heat and time, my sisters and I find, rolled back against the rushes In the cold clear water of our stream, an unopened bottle of Coca-cola. We Instantly know Its green-glass shape there In the shadows but not who stashed It In our stretch of bank and water.

In a single moment, our eyes lock. Swearing silence, we cache It back with care long enough to go In search of the church key. We slide silently In through the screen door In a precise pantomime of Innocence, gaze off Into the distance of the cold dark kitchen, sidle towards the middle drawer, glide It open, steal the opener and then burst forth Into the sunlight In a rush laughing and running towards the creek as the screen door slams behind us.

We pull the bottle up again from the bone-aching cold of the water. Shivering, we open It, wiping the rime of rust from the rim of the bottle. We share It around, swallowing the sweet liquor that stings our throats as we gulp. Bubbles rise In our noses and we gasp with pleasure.

When the last sweet drop Is gone I grasp the bottle lean back and swing It out In a wide arc. Its lovely shape hangs there In the air for a moment before It splashes downstream and swirls out In the rushing current, twirling as It sinks Into the whirlpool at the curve In the stream.

-Linda H Elegant

Linda H Elegant lives in Portland, Oregon.

14 August 1997 FRIENDS JoURNAL David William McKay

HE STORY GOES that in his unique to individuals. aftaid. If our meeting is old enough and travels amongst the First Na­ We can communicate because there is the bitthright Friends in it are old enough, tions, John Woolman employed a lot ofoverlap in the words and meanings then we remember. We remember meet­ a translator so he and they could we use. All conversation is a matter of ings torn apart over theological language. rnunderstand one another. In a meeting translating the words we hear into our Whole Quaker families left their heritage with one native leader, the chieftain held own sets of private meanings. We only to become Mennonites or Presbyterians up a hand to the translator. notice that we are really speaking different while fractured Quakerism argued over "I love to hear where words come from," idiolects when somebody uses a word in a who held deed to the meetinghouse. When he said. way we are not used to. we remember we shudder. We can spiritualize this story too much. Another way oflooking at languages is Nice liberal intellectuals that we are, We can feel that there was some deep to see them as different interpretations of we assume that every good person (and spiritual communion, that words became, the world. German, for instance, ofren isn't everybody basically good?) must be in a Quakerly way, unnecessary. Most has one word for concepts that take sev­ in contact with the same spiritual reality. likely he simply wanted to hear the tones eral words to describe in English. It also Logically then, our differences in language and rhythms ofWoolman's voice. This is allows for a more complex sentence struc­ describing that spiritual reality must be how feelings are expressed in words. ture than English. As Mark Twain jok­ just a matter of surface grammar and not It was one of those "popcorn meet­ ingly remarked, when a German "dives deep meaning. Unfortunately, as any card­ ings" that First Day morning. As usual it into a sentence, that is last you are to see of carrying spiritual seeker will advise you, was a war of words between the "Christ­ him till he emerges on the other side of spiritual reality has a way of setting a centered Friends" and the "universalists" the Atlantic with his verb in his mouth." different agenda than any agenda our logi­ (two labels no amount of translation can For this reason, German can be more cal thinking can conceive. rescue). Later, someone overheard one precise than English and sometimes more What I am saying about translation Friend at after-meeting tea discuss the useful. Weltanshauung means "philoso­ suggests that differences in language re­ pluralism of their meeting: phy of life." Our word "worldview" is a flect real •differences in how we see the "I don't mind the differences in the translation fOr Weltbild or "world pic­ world. These differences are real because language of ministry," he said. "I just ture." It can be argued that German is they have real effects on what we do and translate the difficult words into ones I'm different from English because its gram­ how we make choices. That difficult Friend more comfortable with." mar expresses a Weltanshauung or a isn't just being difficult, she's speaking Such translation is common. Recently Weltbild different from our own. truth to power-at least from where her another Friend, reporting on some minis­ T ranslation, then, is always approxi­ shoes are. And that brings us back to try at worship, translated the word "God" mate. There is no simple connection that those days when we sold our meeting­ into the word "Spirit." We can do this lets you substitute a word in English for houses for a crate of hymnals. because we sense that vocal ministry is precisely the equivalent word in German, I think there is another fear: we trans­ itself a translation. The Spirit moves a or Spanish, or Oneida, or even English. late what makes us feel uncomfottable. person deep inside. Ministry is an attempt Such substitution is also a substitution When ministry makes us feel good about to translate that wordlessness into words. of one understanding of the world for where we are, translation is not necessary. And like well-water, it ofren tastes of the another. It's when ministry challenges us in places pipes it flows through. When we translate, we take for granted we don't like being challenged that we When we translate the ministry we are that we know where the other person is start messing with people's language. purging it of its alien tastes. We look to coming from. After all, how could a per­ So what happens? Translation blunts the experience deep in ourselves. Then we son translate a German sentence into En­ the keen edge from the ministry. All min­ translate words that jar with our own glish ifshe couldn't speak both tongues? istry ends up confirming us in what we depths, thus rendering the ministry into "Oh yes," we say. "That's just so and are already doing. Where are we then? our own language. so on his hobbyhorse. I can translate 'The With the people who read the hard bits of In one sense, this is what happens in Godhead' for 'The Spirit' and everything the Bible as though they were all talking our ordinary conversations. One linguis­ else remains the same." Does it? If we about somebody else. And no better off. tic theory says that there isn't one lan­ truly understand, then why do we need to Yes, we need translation so we can guage called "English." Instead, all En­ translate? understand one another. We need under­ glish speakers speak a private language We cannot not translate because this is standing so we can live and worship to­ called an idiolect. Idiolects are languages how we hook up what is said with what gether. But our leading to unity and un­ David William McKay is a member of Cold­ we already know. This is how we under­ derstanding demands that we appreciate stream (Ont.} Meeting. He is a recent graduate stand each other; this is how we have new the otherness of each other. Sometimes in Systematic Theology and Biblical Studies insights into what we thought we already we need the wisdom ofJohn Woolman's from Huron College Faculty of Theology. knew. friend, to silence the translators and hear © 1997 David William McKay We need to translate because we are where words come from. D

FRIENDS ]oURNALAugust 1997 15 LOOKING FOR JESUS IN NEWTOWN SQUARE

I. Tonight we have moved V. Tonight I am hearing my heart say that The old benches of Whether this man ever lived or not, Newtown Square Meeting He Is God. Into a circle of sorts, Giving the heater her place. VI. Jesus says: Now no one of us turns "Your roots are so entangled In me A back to another and That I cannot be cut out and We are hoping Leave you fully alive. acknowledging Trust In your knowing me. knowing Let what others say That Jesus may be here. That does not ring true for you Be theirs." II. We are looking, By twos and threes, -janeal TumbuU Ravndal For the places where Our hearts pound.

Ill. In following Jesus We may enter a vineyard Where the standard Is beyond Virtue or justice, and well Beyond standards themselves; A place Incredibly Inclusive thoroughly genuine necessarily joyful; A place of generosity. There, Whether It Is momlng, noon, or The close of the work day, Nothing can be earned And all Is given.

IV. Jennifer did not Come tonight. My guess Is that Jesus told her It was time to Dance.

]aneai Turnbull Ratmdal is a member of Stillwater (Ohio) Meeting. She lives and works at Pendle Hill in Wallingford, Pennsylvania.

16 August 1997 FRIENDS joURNAL One Quakeis Experience by Nancy Breitsprecher

ost Quakers have a tough time a mother of a fair-sized family, to say with what other churches call "take, eat" and invite people to the table! M sacraments. It is not uncom­ After that, I did my "share" of com­ mon to have a profound shunning and munion services, especially because the a refusal to examine the question ofwhy place of women in the church was many other types of Christians regard . controversial and there was an un­ them as so important. comfortable sense in the church if I have been a Quaker for many only the male pastor did them. years. I also have been a pastor to a I used the Book ofCommon Prayer nondenominational church and served for communion services. One of the a chaplaincy that included the eucha­ lines I found most attractive was one ristic ritual. When challenged by other that I was taught went back to Quakers as to how I could bear to do this, Elizabeth I's input, said to reflect the my reply has been that, after all, I don't theology ofZwingli: ''Take them [bread do it for Quakers! I do it for people to and cup] in remembrance that Christ whom it is meaningful. died for you, and feed on him in your Now I am retired, and so am not in a hearts by faith, with thanksgiving." That posicion where it is often asked of me. But was all I knew of Zwingli. the ongoing thought of Quakers on sac­ Recently I traveled through Zurich, ramental issues is something I still find spent a few days there, and was drawn to especially interesting. the church where Zwingli preached. It I attended a denominational seminary, interested me greatly, especially the open the only option at the time as I had four space that once had held a formal altar. It children still at home and not enough was as if this church held the space open resources to travel to Earlham School of Just as for Friends a for the Spirit. When I returned home, I Religion. decided to try and read up on Zwingli. It was gracious of the seminary to ad­ gathered meeting touches My local library got me a book on mit me, as it was Anglo-Catholic, and by Zwingli, a book first published in 1901 their charter, I might have been refused aD our hearts andfinds and later republished by Scholarly Press in admittance. For a long time I attended Michigan. It was hard to put it down. It the compulsory chapel services, in cassock us in uni~ others may contained a biography, a long chapter on and surplice, and simply did not go for­ theology, and translations of some of ward for communion. find unity in partaking Zwingli's writings. As I became better acquainted with the I have been trying to think of George seminary worship community, I realized I ofthe same ritual meal Fox and Zwingli; we know the latter's was being invited to what was, in essence, writings were known in England because a family meal. I formally matriculated on Elizabeth I knew them. Fox lived 1624- the full degree track, through exceptional received a call from a nondenominational 1691. Zwingli's dates were 1484-1531. circumstances, and one day the leading church in my home area. I had an or­ The emphasis Zwingli put on experience came to no longer refuse to "eat" with the dained Lutheran co-pastor, and he did was, I think, one thread that connects to communiry. After that, participation was the communion services until one Christ­ early Quakers. In a 1522 sermon explain­ not a problem. mas when he went on vacation and it was ing why Catholic rules on fasting were There are, after all, Bible passages that up to me to provide for the communion wrong (especially because one could buy speak of the Lord's Supper as a norm for service the church members wanted. I one's way out of fasting), this sentence Christians. The fact I preferred silent wor­ called one of my former professors at the appears: "For the kingdom of God is not ship was my peculiarity! seminary, saying I felt I needed a bit of food or drink, but piety, peace, and joy in I took the formal liturgy courses but practice, as it is a serious matter and one the Holy Ghost." Truly. did not receive the training fellow stu­ that should be handled with digniry. Zwingli disagreed with Luther on many dents got on how the ritual of commun­ He invited me to his home and went points, and what is most touching about ion was conducted. After graduating, I over the handling of the bread and wine Zwingli is that his theology starts with with me at his dining room table. When I God, not with human depravity. Not Nancy Breitsprecher is a member ofBeloit (Wis.) led the communion service with the con­ judging others and being careful not to Meeting. gregation, how natural it seemed to me, as give scandal to others were points with

FRIENDS jOURNAL August 1997 17 Zwingli, but how can we not cheer these words: · It surely seems to me . . . simple folk think that everything is right, if only they confess the fasts, fast, enjoy God, take the sacrament, and let the whole year pass away thus; whereas one should at all times confess God, live piously and do no more than we think neces­ sary in the fast. Why don't we need sacraments-that is, channels of ritual? I tend to agree with Zwingli that: A channel or vehicle is not necessary to the Spirit for He Himself is the virtue and energy RADNOR FRIENDS MEETING: NOTES whereby all things are borne and has no need of being borne.... Faith is present before I. Friends Baptism. Faith then, is not given by Baptism. God alone can cleanse the soul ... one 1. 2. does not need a pledge that the cleansing has Douglas and Dorothy Replacing Icons already been performed. If it has he knows it, eyes closed faces of friends and that is enough .. . the great gift ofGod is still squint against bone and complexities a matter of experience... . Faith is an act of self-committal .. . a spiritual process of the of line soul, that is conscious, and that is the eternal a light too bright flesh fissured or firm life which Christ promised, already in exer­ to bear. I stare cise and possession. While I gaze Into and simplify them Where does this leave a discussion of to pure form Quakers and the sacraments? Where it shadows ephemera began, in a way. There are times for some they seem that as In old paintings people when having a symbol ofthe pres­ to see a solid radiance holy light ence of God is helpful. Just as for Friends Illuminates a gathered meeting touches all our hearts that reflected carves and finds us i.l} unity, others may find their faces unity in partaking of the same ritual meal. with Its beams Eating together, after all, has ancient roots as a sign of hospitality and peace. As we all sometimes share bread, wine, II. Radnor Windows Ill. The Graveyard or coffee and conversation, we know that no "magic words" bring us closeness and Uke memories old panes Here lie love; the experience ofsharing and having distort. Through one stones of the meetinghouse been together over a length of time makes pattems of power cluttered erupting this one moment special. lines carrying messages granite to gray Will I ever lead another communion break. There Is no service myself, now that I am retired? Ifl connection. marble In graves am requested to do so, with sincere people, Who can communicate? like dragons' teeth yes, especially with elderly in care homes who feel deprived without it. Christ can that will never tum manifest to us in many ways. Who am I But when I look again flesh or fight. to say that one historical way, which oth­ the lines reappear ers testify is meaningful, is invalid? blurred Crumbling they hold Perhaps the leading some people feel winged like a bird the land. Beside them towards the communion service is akin to and I remember walls that shape what we feel towards photos of those we that after all doves the silence stand have loved-a tangible reminder, not only are messengers too. memory but a re-experiencing of close­ shadows of the shadows undemeath. ness. We need not forget the end of the Zwinglian line in the Book of Common -Fay G. Lawton Prayer, "with thanksgiving." Gratitude for Fay G. Lawton lives in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. all that leads humans Godward is a re­ She is a member ofRJUlnor (Pa.) Meeting. sponse we can hardly help giving. D

18 August 1997 FRIENDS j oURNAL . Young Friends Bringing Nonviolence Workshops to School by Penna Mandolang onviolence is highly valued in my family, and I love new experiences, Nso I decided to bring a series of three, ~ three-day nonviolence workshops to my ~ middle school. My mother spoke to the prin- 1 Photos: Participants cipal, and they wrote a grant proposal to ~ from the first purchase manuals and supplies. The princi- ~ advanced HIPP pal said ifstudents liked the workshops, they ~ workshop In would continue; if not, they would stop. So I ~ Tallahassee, Florida made a decision to make a difference and try () Below: Fenna to keep the program alive. I didn't know t Mandolang (right) what I was getting into, but I did know the ~ with fellow first step was to become a facilitator. :::: Tallahassee (Fla.) I had to complete three, three-day work- ~ Meeting member shops: basic, advanced, and training for fa- ~ Hope Bastian cilitators. I also tried to encourage other participants by practicing what we were kinds of students: leaders, troublemakers, That's the power of violence. Transforming taught and by talking to them outside the and average kids. A few adults from the power is the power to change a situation so workshops. I wanted as many different kinds school or community are allowed to par­ that it becomes a manageable, or maybe even of kids as possible to enjoy the workshops; ticipate. The workshops are hands-on activi­ a constructive, siruation. It is the power of this wasn't too bard because the program ties and voluntary for all participants and truth, the power of caring, the power of captured them by itself. Each workshop re­ facilitators. One-hour mini-workshops after respect. Transforming power means you have quires a team of three to five volunteer facili­ school give a refresher to anyone who's been to be open to all kinds of solutions: surprise, tators. It is important to have a student through a workshop and provide apprentic­ humor, patience, persistence, or being seri­ perspective on the facilitation team, but it's ing opportunities. ous. Using transforming power is hard be­ hard to get volunteers to facilitate. Many In the workshops, we learn skills that help cause it isn't letting people take advantage of people want to take the workshop, but we prevent fights and create a friendly, fun at­ you.lt requires strength, courage, self-respect, are very low on serious facilitators. The other mosphere. These skills include good com­ and respect for others. It isn't safer than thing I had to do that was vital to keeping the munication, affirmation, cooperation, and violence; it involves taking risks. It's just a workshops was to speak with the teachers transforming power. All of these skills are choice between different kinds of risks. All of and support the school sponsor ofthe project. important for many different reasons. Learn­ this information is usually new to partici­ My mother and I talked to the teachers at a ing about good communication is valuable pants, so we go around giving examples of faculty and staff meeting. She talked about because you can stop a fight before it starts by when we have used or seen transforming the history of the work­ eliminating assumptions power. shops and their impor­ and making sure you go All of these skills are very useful and very tance to her. I talked to the source ofthe nega­ helpful, but they wouldn't have the impact if about why I thought tivity and clearly state it weren't for the community we build among they were important for your message without the people. The community building starts the students and the being rude or disrespect­ from the minute we begin until the minute school and how I ben­ ful. Affirmation is essen­ we end and still carries on aftetward. Every­ efited &om them. I am tial because you have to one has an image at school, but we try to mix still facilitating work­ have good self-esteem to with everyone and treat everyone with re­ shops and learning new do most things well. spect. Everyone-no matter old or young, things every time. HIPP emphasizes being rich or poor, participant or facilitator-is Help Increase the positive and that it's equal. Facilitators introduce and state rules of Peace Project (HIPP) is okay to say good things activities, but we also always participate. An­ a series of nonviolence workshops for up to about yourself and others. Cooperation is im­ other reason we form community is because 25 kids in middle or high school. At Belle portant because if you are not willing to we build trust. One of the ground rules is to Vue Middle School, we have offered four cooperate and at least listen to the other side, observe confidentiality. It is hard to describe basic, one advanced, and one training for you will have a rough time coming to a win/ the trust that is formed. People open up and facilitators since September 1994. We have win situation (where everyone is satisfied). share things you would never have expected. trained sixteen facilitators, eight of whom Most kids have at least heard of these skills, You have to actually interact with the kids are active. The workshops are open to all but many kids don't have a lot of practice, that seem so different to find out we aren't so and most have never heard of transforming different after all and learn to appreciate the Fmna MaruMang is a membtr of Talla.hassee power. differences between people. (Fla.) Meeting and a HIPP facilitator. She wi/1 Transforming power is the opposite of the The experience is what captures me every enter the 1Oth grade at George School Newtown, power of violence. When someone is annoy­ time. Every time it is different. Every time I Pa., in the foiL ing or violent, it's so easy to get mad at them. hear a new set of sad and happy stories. I

FRIENDS]oURNALAugust 1997 . 19 meet new people with different cultures, fami­ lies, and varieties of experiences. I become good friends with someone no one would have ever expected. It reminds me to be thankful for what I have and opens my eyes to a whole new world. This is just the way it affects me. Everyone gains something different. Some people come out with a new understanding of nonviolence, and whether they practice what they have learned or not is up to them, but at least they are aware of it. Other participants come out with better skills and know what they might do to help prevent violence. There are other par­ A Quaker co-educational college preparatory day school ticipants who come out with their lives for students in Preschool through Grade 12 changed completely. I know a guy whose family is very preju­ diced. In the basic workshop, he talked about his experience and found a new confidence about himself and his views. He knew he couldn't change his family, but he could For more information, please call change himself. He was the one that stopped 215-886-4350 checker day last year. Checker day is when a rumor goes around that on a certain day, whites and blacks will jump each other and fight for no reason. When the rumor came to him, he said he wasn't going to be in­ volved, so his friends said they wouldn't be involved. Some of the black kids who knew him from HIPP asked him what was going to happen on checker day, and he said that nothing was going to happen. The teachers and administrators heard and were afraid, but nothing happened last year. I can walk around the school now and say hi to all Friends Journal is designed to nourish the mind as well as the soul with kinds of kids I would have never known articles on social and political concerns, spiritual journeys, and Quaker news. Our readers enjoy the stimulating articles, sensitive poetry and illustrations, and been afraid of before. They say hi, and we watch out for each other, even though thoughtful book reviews, timely news features, and lively readers' forum. We we're really different. That makes the school invite your participation in the dialogue. feel different. Three free Issues - or - 16 Issues for the price of 12 I will continue to facilitate workshops. If you enjoy your free issues, Only $25. We have three more planned. Then we'll consider a subscription. (Overseas subscribers add $6 for postage.) have a new group of facilitators and make new plans with them. I will continue to work I am a new subscriber. Please sign me up for: on my faci litation skills. I'm confident with 0 3 free issues. the simple activities and have begun to work 0 16 issues for the price of 12: on giving instructions or introductions to the OCheck enclosed OBill me Charge my: OMasterCard OVISA more complicated or critical activities. I hope Name:______to be a lead facilitator soon, to give others the Addrnss:______opportunity to apprentice and develop confi­ dence in their skills. City/State/Zip.______We have had requests to share our work

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20 August 1997 FRIENDS JoURNAL Reports Coming to D.C.? Stay with Friends on Capitol Hill Quakers in Pastoral Care intimate sharing of our own sacred stories and allowed participants to give and receive WILLIAM PENN HoUSE and Counseling Conference spiritual nurture. Some were able to voice 515 East Capitol St. SE concerns or share stories that had long been Washington, DC 20003 The 1997 Quakers in Pastoral Care and hidden in their hearts. In the context of the Counseling Conference was held March 6-9 conference, our individual and collective sto­ Individuals, Families and Groups at Quaker Hill Conference Center in Rich­ ries-both dark and light-were more dearly $25 to $40 mond, Ind., around the theme "Sharing Our revealed as small, beautiful pieces of an im­ Sacred Stories: Creating Community in the mense tapestry created by God. Seminars on Current Issues Light." The 1998 conference, "Ministering from for Schools, Colleges, and Meetings John Punshon named some of the dis­ the Whole Self: Sharing Our Pathways to (202)543-5560 tinctive "family" likenesses among Quakers God," will be held March 5-8 at Quaker Hill [email protected] and told about the Quaker Tapestry that Conference Center. We will focus on the illustrates scenes &om the history of the Re­ distinctive qualities of Quaker ministry and ligious Society of Friends. He also spoke the ways it draws upon all parts of the self. about Paul's dramatic journey by sea (Acrs This gathering also will be an opportunity to Fundraising Consulting for 27) and emphasized that although the ship explore the expressive arts--music, art, writ­ Educational Institutions and was wrecked, all were brought safely to land. ing. and movement-as means to open to Nonprofit Organizations Throughout the conference, during the hear­ the wholeness to which God calls us. It will Currently serving Midwest, ing and telling of our own sacred stories, we be an opportunity for learning, sharing, cel­ Southeast and East Coast learned to better see how the shipwrecks and ebration, worship, and spiritual renewal. clients seeming tragedies of life are often openings Henry Freeman Consulting for the work of the Holy Spirit in us and -Bill Ratliff 713 S.W. 15th Street, Richmond, Indiana 47374 through us. Keynote speaker Mickey Edgerton, a pas­ toral counselor, shared stories from her hos­ Fellowship of Friends of pice work, accounts of spiritual healing and One pathway to peace transformation that took place in her clients African Descent, Midwest leads right through the as they neared death. These stories illustrated halls of Congress how God can work through those who are Gathering willing to be agents for God's transforming On March 21-23, Friends gathered at grace in the lives of others. Minneapolis (Minn.) Meeting for the first The second keynote speaker, Laura Midwest Gathering of the Fellowship of Dodson, a social worker, psychologist, and Friends of African Descent. Friends traveled Ask howyou can help Jungian analyst, emphasized the sacredness from as far as Fort Wayne and Richmond, brinq Friends' concern for in our ordinary lives. Her talk demonstrated Ind., and were met by Friends from Minne­ peace andjustice to Capitol Hill

the powerful, even crucial, role that sharing apolis and Twin Cities Meetings for a time of FRIENDS COMM11TEE ON N ATIONAL LEGISLATION stories can play not only in individual healing worship, discussion, and fellowship. 245 Second Street N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002-5795 and growth, but also in the creation of com­ A&er morning worship, we met in a work­ munity and in the tranSformation of groups shop led by Nadine Addington, who works and even nations. She gave a moving account with the Minnesota Churches' Anti-Racism of becoming part of a decisive moment in the Initiative. She shared with us the root mean­ 1997 dissolution of the former USSR during a visit ing of racism-prejudice plus discrimination We welcome 46 , to Moscow and told of participating in a together with power equals racism-and how Quaker it harms all of us, both black and white. healing process in Lithuania, when people Leadership began to tell stories that had been unspoken She left us with the following queries: Admission Office Scholars for decades. She reflected on the ways that 1. Can institutions be changed? 5800 West Friendly Avenue from 17 Jesus opened to his destiny and encouraged 2. How do we change institutions' atti­ Greensboro, NC 27410 each person to remember their experiences of tudes toward racism? Yearly Meetings. the sacred and to open to the destinies to Other queries &om the gathering arose 910.316,2100 1.800.992. 7759 out of the discussion on racism: which God calls each of us, individually and FAX 910.3 16.2954 Quaker Educadon collectively. 1. What if Quakers used the same inten­ www.guilford.edu SIDU 1137 Evenings were opportunities for celebra­ sive process to organize anti racism work within tion and joyful worship. Worth Hartman led the Religious Society of Friends as was uti­ a session on downing as a way to express lized to put together the new Friends General playful and tender parts of ourselves and to Conference hymnal? connect with some truths from gospel sto­ 2. How can we create an inclusive and ries. The next evening Jesse PaledofSky gave a affirming community of faith that will enable concert that included his own provocative persons of color to survive in the Religious and spiritual compositions as well as group Society of Friends? singing of hymns and favorite Quaker songs. 3. Where do we gain the understanding The heart of the gathering was the small and ability to dismantle racism within the groups. They provided an opportunity for Religious Society of Friends? FruENDS]OURNAL Augmt1997 21 WilliAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL Est. 1689 After lunch Friends shared stories about 307 Years of Quaker Education their religious journeys into Quakerism and their experiences in combating racism in the The William Penn Charter School is a Quaker oollege-preparatory school Religious Society of Friends and the larger stressing high staOOarcls in aarlemics, the arts, and athletics. Penn Charter society. is corrunitted to nurturing girls and boys of diverse backgrounds in an We dosed with these words from Martin atmosphere designed to stimulate each student to work to his or her Luther King Jr.: fullest potential. Kindergarten through twelfth grade. And one of the great problems of history is Earl J . Ball 10, Head of School that the concepts of love and power have 3000 W. School House Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19144 usually been contrasted as opposites-polar (215) 844-3460 opposites-so that love is identified with a resignation of power, and power with a de­ nial oflove. Power without love is reckless and abu­ sive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love imple­ Its great to be turning 100. Not aU homes wiD make it. menting the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that Longevity. Could it be our Quaker philosophy of stands against love. cuing for older adults? Or is it our affordable residential Friends Home services, Medicare & Medicaid Certified Nursing at Home, caring staff, friendly atmosphere, closeness to Woodstown Southeastern Yearly Meeting the community, delicious meals, and handsome P.O. Box 457 • Friends Drive The largest number of Friends in the grounds? Please come visit and decide for yoursel£ Woodstown, NJ 08098 history of Southeastern Yearly Meeting- 240, including 64 young Friends-gathered Call609-769-1500 for our 35th annual sessions in Leesburg, Fla., March 26-30. We searched and cel­ ebrated the theme of love, beginning with early morning worship overlooking Lake Grif­ fin; continuing in periods of worship sharing centered on quotations from the Bible, George Fox, and Isaac Penington; and pervading meeting for worship for business. Love was evident in the joyful greetings of 1951 Delta Avenue West Branch, Iowa 52358-8507 Friends, as well as in the greetings extended to first-time yearly meeting attendees and to visitors from Cuba Yearly Meeting, Nicara­ gua, Southeast Scotland, and several Quaker organizations. The business before us was concluded in a spirit oflove and support. We welcomed the opportunity to establish a field secretary posi­ tion and continued to work on revising our discipline. A committee is in the midst of envisioning where our yearly meeting would like to be in 20 years. Friends reached unity on minutes expressing deep concern over the Education research informs us that in order to be effective, impact of welfare and immigration reforms; learning must be comprehensive. Learning must take place within many on the upcoming launch of Cassini, the plu­ settings - the classroom, the home, the community, the workplace and at tonium-fueled space probe; and on the dis­ proportionate level of support for incarcera­ one's place of worship: Scattergood Friends School encompasses all of these tion over education programs in Florida and elements. Our challenging college preparatory curriculum is enhanced nationwide. We heard with joy the visiting by dormitory living, a learning community comprised of students and those committee's report that the Fort Lauderdale who teach, a work-crew and farm program, and Friends Worship. Worship Group is ready to become a monthly Value based education has been the foundation for meeting and will be welcomed as such at our academic excellence at Scattergood since its founding in 1890. 1998 sessions. For more infonnation, call319-643-7628, or, 319-643-7600. We considered the expression of love World Wide Web: http:// www.scattergood.org through personal action in several workshops E-mail address: SFS/[email protected] on Friends testimonies and money, the Alter­ Fax number: 319-643-7485 natives to Violence Project, handling emo­ tional problems among Friends, clerking a

22 August 1997 FRIENDS joURNAL monthly meeting, and Bible study. Friends also learned from representatives of Friends General Conference and Friends Committee on National Legislation, highlighted organi­ zations this year, about their work and how Newtown, PA 18940 SEYM Friends could be involved. Loving concern was expressed for the world community through continuing suppon for: the Amigos construction projecr, rebuilding South Florida homes damaged by Hurricane Andrew; the Pro-Nica projecr in Nicaragua; our new leading that originated with Miami Friends-the Cuban Quaker Projeer; the situ­ ation in Chiapas, Mexico, described by Friends who had visited there; Friends Com­ mittee on Unity with Nature's efforts to help us live in the world with integrity; FCNL's continuing witness in Washington, D.C.; and the American Friends Service Commit­ tee Southeastern Regional Office's work Founded in 1893 by the Society of Friends, George School is a co­ throughout the yearly meeting area. educational boarding and day school for students in grades 9-12. Our younger Friends were a delight and a The college preparatory curriculum emphasizes Friends values and includes: challenge. Teen Friends engaged in "Com­ • Courses on 4 levels of challenge • International Baccalaureate (18) paring World Religions and Quakers," a pro­ • Advanced Placement (AP) • International workcarnps gram led by Alex Kern of Pendle Hill. The • English as a Second Language (ESL) • Required community service • Foreign study • Required full-year courses in the arts younger children presented a wonderful play, • 13 interscholastic sports for boys and girls and the 18 to 30-year-old Friends formed a For more information, please contact the Admissions Office: 215/579-6547. group, Young Adult Friends, to represent them in the yearly meeting community. In an introducrory session and workshop on the theme of love, Allen Oliver, FGC Pox World is a no-load, The Fund does not invest nutture coordinator, labored with Friends to diversified, open-end, in weapons production, understand the passion and risk involved in balanced mutual fund nuclear power, or loving one another. We wrestled with how to designed for those who PAX the tobacco, alcohol, nutture a loving community among Friends wish to receive income or gambling industries. who have an ingrained individualism. Mov­ and to invest in life­ . . p I D Various types of ing into community requires honesty and supportive products and accounts ore available: truth, as well as the humility necessary to services. Pox invests in : J '~ [) Regular Accounts, I RAs, allow others to know you. Allen reminded such industries as pollu­ Educational Accounts, Friends of our connection with the mystical tion control, health core, Custodial Accounts for for o free prospectus and stream of Christianity; that God is often a food, clothing, housing, other materials call toll.free: Minors, SEP-IRAs, Auto­ desen God with whom we wrestle until we education, energy, and 1· 800·767-1729 matic Investment Plans, leisure activities. and 403(b) Pension Plans. emerge whipped, tired, wounded, and, fi­ 224 Sta te Street nally, blessed with the expecration that now Portsmouth, NH 03 801 Minimum investment is $250. Therefore, with Pox there we shall experience the Presence. http://www.greenmoney.com/pax Send no money. Past perfor­ Allen Oliver took these thoughts on love ore social as well as Pox World Fund shores are mance is no guarantee of and community and wove them into the economic dividends. available for sole in all 50 states. future results. pattern of his own experience as he gave the A SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FUND annual J. Barnard Walton Lecrure, "For the Heart Is an Organ of Fire," in the form of an Avcr.HJt' Annu.ll R.tll' ut Rt-hun Ten·Year Total Return epic poem. He expressed his desire to "value Fnr PPnod EndiiHJ6/30/96 $24801 my experiences of love and their imprint on 1 Veer: 19.96"/o my life." 5 Yee ra: 8.63% Fellowship illuminated our days during 10 Ye•ra: 9.51 % 15 v ••••, 12.25% times of storytelling, contra dancing, music, hymn singing, and an outdoor fireside gath­ ering after the Saturday evening lecrure. By the end of our session, Friends were inspired to return to the world and continue the work of creating a loving community, the King­ dom of God on earth.

-judith C Wiegand

FRIENDS jOURNAL August 1997 23 News of Friends

Friends' Friends World Committee for Consulta­ representatives attended the signing, includ­ C E N T R A L tion, Section ofthe Americas, named Corilde ing staff from AFSC and Friends Committee For over ISO years ... Grover as its next Executive Secretary ac­ on National Legislation. Don Gann, clerk of cording to a June 2 news release. Cilde, a the AFSC Board, presented the following • Excellence in academics Friend from Oregon City, Oreg., will begin comments at the signing: • Respect for the individual work following the March 1998 annual meet­ [The Religious Society of Friends] ... has • Community service ing of the Section of the Americas. She is been committed since its founding to the • A diverse student body succeeding Asia Bennett, who has served as establishment of a world without weapons. the Section's Executive Secretary since 1992. • Outstanding college Despite that clearly absolutist position, we Cilde attended George Fox College in placement believe this goal must inevitably be achieved Newberg, Oreg., and joined Reedwood Friends' Central School incrementally. Consequently, we are joining Friends Church in Portland, Oreg., where (610) 649-7440 ext. 208 enthusiastically in the initiative of President she remains a member. She attended the Arias for a Code of Conduct on weapons World Gathering ofYoung Friends in 1985, transfers. We are committed to developing a served as Section of the Americas Western grassroots campaign in support of the Code, Field Staff from 1987 to 1993, was a trustee emphasizing in our educational efforts the of George Fox College for three years, as­ linkages among violence in ourselves, vio­ sisted with planning the Western Gathering lence in our communities, and violence among of Friends in 1992, and held the post of peoples and nations, and their connection in Interim Executive Secretary of the Section of turn to the availability of weapons. the Americas for eight months in 1991- 1992. More recently, Cilde studied at Earlham A benefit for An Act ofConsdmce, a docu­ Independent Living and Personal Care School of Religion in Richmond, Ind., and mentary that includes Friends from Mt. Convenient to shops, businesses, served as Visiting Scholar and Friend in Resi­ Toby (Mass.) Meeting, took place in and cultural opportunities dence at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre Northampton, Mass., on May 4. The film Reasonable • Not{or.Pro(it in Birmingham, England. Founded and operated by Quakers follows the story of Randy Kehler and Betsy Corner, of Colrain, Mass., whose home was A 400 North Walnut Street Eight Nobel Peace laureates, including the seized by U.S. marshals and IRS agents afrer West Chester,PA 19380 (610) 696-1536 American Friends Service Committee, met they publicly refused to pay federal taxes as a in New York City on May 29 to join seven protest against war and military spending. other Nobel Peace Prize recipients in signing T he tax-resistance campaign that followed what they hope will be the basis for an inter­ also was the subject of the FRIENDS JOURNAL national arms control agreement. The Inter­ Cadbury Event at the 1994 Friends General national Code of Conduct on Arms Trans­ Conference Gathering in Amherst, Mass. fers governs all arms transfers, including con­ Individual Mt. Toby Meeting members who nI~&~~~~~~ ventional weapons and munitions, military supported the couple and the grassroots pro­ and security training, and sensitive military test were present throughout the filming, • Q uality care in the Quaker tradition. and dual-use technologies. Countries want­ which totaled 90 hours of footage from 1989 ing to purchase arms would need to prove to 1994. Several organizations, including • 42 apartments for independent living, that they promote democracy and protect AFSC's Western Massachusetts Office, spon­ 60 private personal care rooms, 120 human rights. The proposal prohibits arms sored the May 4 benefit premiere to raise nursing home beds. sales to nations that support terrorism. Nobel money for Robbie Leppzer, the fUm's direc­ • Peace of mind. Supportive medical peace laureates attending the signing included tor, to launch a national tour of An Act of and social services throughout your the Dalai Lama (1989), Elie Wiesel (1986), Conscience and speak at local premieres in the stay. former president of Costa Rica Oscar Arias fall. The documentary, which is narrated by (1987), East Timor independence leader Jose Martin Sheen, was shown in January at the • An active lifestyle in a beautiful, Ramos-Horta (1996), and Northern Ireland Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, graceful setting. peace activist Betty Williams (1976), plus and also aired on Cinemax on tax day, April representatives from three organizations hon­ 15. The 90-minute film is available on video • Meals, housekeeping, transporta t io~ , ored with the Nobel Peace Prize: AFSC for $39.95 (plus $5 shipping) from Turning cultural and social activities. (1947), Amnesty International (1977), and Tide Productions, P.O. 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•Christian Peacemaker T earns is organizing •The Acton Institute for the Study of Relig­ crating and distributing wealth, with the idea teams of "Rebuilders Against Bulldozers" to ion and Liberty has established the Center that the creativity and dignity of the human respond to the demolition of hundreds of for Economic Personalism to spark the syn­ person is the starting point for all social Palestinian homes by Israeli authorities in thesis between free marker economics and teaching. For more information, contact the West Bank. Supporters of CPT have Christian personalism. The new form of The Acton Institute, The Waters Building, invited the group to meet with and docu­ scholarship, called "Economic Personalism," 161 O ttawa St., NW, Suite 301, Grand ment the cases of families who are losing studies the relationship between the idea that Rapids, Ml 49503, telephone (616) 454- their homes in the greater Hebron area. Each an unhampered market based on voluntary 3080, fax (616) 454-9454, e-mail ggbacher@ team of 6-12 people will spend the first por­ exchange is the most efficient means of gen- acton.org. tion of their 10-12-day visit in Israel/Pales­ tine learning about the current situation by meeting with Palestinian and Israeli peace Calendar and human rights workers and religious lead­ ers. The remainder of the trip will be spent in AUGUST Hebron working on the objectives of the 2-5-Indiana Yearly Meeting, at Indiana 16--23-Canadian Yearly Meeting. at Cedar program and rebuilding homes when pos­ Wesleyan University, Marion, Ind. Contact Glen, Bolton, Ont., Canada. Contact Anne David Brock, 4715 N. Wheeling Ave., Muncie, Thomas, CYM General Secretary, 91A Fourth sible. The reams will each conclude their IN 47304, tdephone (317) 284-6900, fax 284- Ave., Onawa, ON K1S 2Ll, Canada, tele­ visits with a witness designed to draw atten­ 8925. phone/fax (613) 235-8553. tion to the home demolitions. CPT is spon­ 2-7-New England Yearly Meeting, at 21-24-Tanzania Yearly Meeting. at Mugumu, sored by Friends, Mennonites, and the Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. Contact Tanzania. Contact Joshua Lavuna Oguma, Church of the Brethren. For more informa­ Katharine Lee Clark, 901 Pleasant St., Worces­ Clerk, P.O. Box 151, Serengeti, Tanzania. tion on the "Rebuilders" program, contact ter, MA 01602-1908, tdephone (508) 754- 22-24-"A Weekend of Movement." Ben Christian Peacemaker T earns, P.0. Box 6508, 6760, fax 754-9401. Lomond Quaker Center's family an camp. Chicago, IL 60680, telephone (312) 455- 2-9-Britain Yearly Meeting. at University Contact Quaker Center, P.O. Box 686, Ben 1199, e-mail [email protected]. College, Aberwystwyth, Great Britain. Con­ Lomond, CA 95005, telephone (408) 336- tact BYM Recording Clerk, Friends House, 8333. •The Fund for Edu­ Euston Rd. , London, NW1 2BJ, Great Brit­ 24-30--"Training for Change," a week-long cation and Training ain, telephone (44-171) 387-3601, fax 388- series of workshops led by George Lakey as a assists young men 1977. part of People Camp, a camp for families who for reasons of 4-10--Baltimore Yearly Meeting. at Wuson sponsored by Friends for a Nonviolent World. conscience do nor College, Chambersburg, Pa. Contact Frank Participants will explore where energies come comply with laws Massey, 17100 Quaker Lane, Sandy Spring. from for personal and political change, and MD 20860, telephone (30 1) 774-7663, fax how to avoid burnout. Contact Friends for a requiring registra­ 774-7087. Nonviolent World, tdephone (612) 321-9787, tion for the draft. e-mail [email protected]. They not only risk 5-1 0--North Carolina (Conservative} Yearly imprisonment for fol­ Meeting, at Guilford College, Greensboro, 28-31-France Yearly Meeting. at Meschers, N.C. Contact Deborah Shaw, NCYM, 1009 near Bordeaux, France. Contact Christine Abt, lowing their consciences, they also risk their W. McGee St., Greensboro, NC 27403, cdc­ 7 Jolie Vue, Rt. de Monraret, F-38580AIIcvard, educations. Nonregistrants are ineligible for phone (910) 273-2199, fax 316-2950. France, tdephone (33-4) 76-975232. enrollment in federally funded job training 5-10--North Carolina (FUM) Yearly Meet­ 29-Sept. 1-The "Twin Oaks Communities programs and for federal and some stare ing. at Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C. Conference" for individuals who live coopera­ financial aid programs for higher education. Contact John Porter, NCYM Office, 5506 tive lifestyles or would like to learn about them. In addition, they are denied the opportunity Friendly Ave., Greensboro, NC 27410, tde­ The weekend will include workshops, walks, for future federal employment. The Fund phone (910) 292-6957, fax 292-1905. camping, music, dancing, and stories. Contact for Education and Training seeks to replace 6--9-lowa (FUM) Yearly Meeting. at Will­ Twin Oaks Communities Conference, 138 this lost money with a revolving fund iam Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa. Contact Twin Oaks Rd., Louisa, VA 23093, telephone that offers low-interest loans for student Del Coppinger, IYM, P.O. Box657, Oskaloosa, (540) 894-5126, e-mail [email protected]. financial aid or job training. All loan repay­ lA 52577, telephone (515) 673-9717, fax 673- In August-Central Yearly Meeting, at Cen­ ments and contributions to the fund are 6830. tral Campground, Muncie, Ind. Contact Cecil used to offer loans to more nonregistrants. 6--10--Western Yearly Meeting. at Western Hinshaw, Rt. 2 Box 232, Winchester, IN 46394, tdephone (317) 584-1089. As of 1996, the fund had lent our more Yearly Meetinghouse, Plainfield, Ind. Contact than $50,000 since its formation in 1986. Curtis Shaw, WYM, P.O. Box 70, Plainfield, In August-Jamaica Yearly Meeting. at Happy The program is supported by National IN 46168, telephone (317) 839-2789, fax839- Grove School, Portland, Jamaica. Contact 2616. Angdla Beharie, 4 Worthington Ave., Kingston Interreligious Service Board for Conscien­ 5, Jamaica, telephone (809) 926-7371. tious Objectors, American Friends Service 12-17-Pacific Yearly Meeting. at California Committee (Mid-Adantic Region), Fellow­ Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, In August-Sessions of all yearly meetings in Cali£ Contact Eric Moon, PYM, 2314 Eighth Kenya. For more information, contact the ship of Reconciliation, and War Resisters St., Apt. B, Berkdey, CA 94710, telephone Friends World Committee for Consultation League. For information on applying for (510)841-5471, fax 238-8080. world office, 4 Byng Place, London, WC1E a loan or on making a donation to the 13-16--0hio Yearly Meeting. at Stillwater 7JH, Great Britain, tdephone (44-171) 388- fund, contact Fund for Education and Meetinghouse, near Barnesville, Ohio. Con­ 0497, fax 383-4644. Training, 1830 Connecticut Ave., NW, tact John Brady, OYM, 61830 Sandy Ridge In August-Uganda Yearly Meeting. Contact Washington, DC 20009-5732, telephone Rd., Barnesville, OH 43713, telephone (614) Julius Nambafu, P.O. Box 2384, Mbale, (202) 483-1242, fax (202) 483-1246, e­ 425-1197. Uganda. mail [email protected].

FRIENDS}OURNALAugust 1997 25 "'The Witness is a welcome addition to Books the religious press. It doesn't so much Uprooting Racism: How have a theological ax to grind as it has a White People Can Work for commitment to explore topics that aren't Racial Justice the least bit simple or comfortable. And By Paul KiveL New Society Publishers, Gabrio/a Island, B.C, 1996. 243 pages. isn't afflicting the comfortable part of $16.95/paperback. It is often difficult for Euro/Anglo Friends what Christianity is all about?" to recognize the role we continue to play in - Utne Reader perpetuating a racist society. Too often we act as if our work on racism is done best when we ignore color and treat everyone the same. So do most Anglo/Euro people. It has not gotten rid of racism. Racism affects us all, and we all suffer. People of color know the root of that suffering; we who are white often don't have a clue. And so we engage in intellectual disingenuity, with criticisms of The Witness considers today's societal, cultural and religious issues diversity and multiculruralism, choosing to from a left-wing, Christian, and frequently iconoclastic perspective. ignore or minimize the real concerns these Each issue is topical; study guides and back issues are available. concepts have arisen to address. For more information and/or a complimentary copy, call: 313-841- For Friends who are ready to experience 1967; fax: 313-841-1956; e-mail: [email protected]. $25/ 10 God's work within themselves in the area of racism, and who are prepared for some pain­ issues. Checks, Visa and Mastercard accepted. The Witness, 7000 ful self-recognition, Paul Kivel's book will be Michigan Ave., Dept. F, Detroit, Ml 48210-2872. helpful. He writes with thoughtfulness and from his experience. His area of work has focused on helping urban youth face conflict and overcome violence. His patience and his persistence can be seen as he helps the reader contemplate color, race, and racism within Introducing self-experience. He acknowledges that the acceptance of each other, regardless of color, is exactly what we want, but warns against acting as if there is no color. His view is that too often we-Euro/Anglo Americans--act at Pendle Hill Tales of the Hasidim this way, and it has not worked. He reminds Eugenilt Friedman/October 19-24 us that our ancestors had the power to create Visual Journaling: Discovering the Image a world that subjected-and subjects-many in the world, and that we must come to grips Michael McGrath/October 26-31 Spiritual Disciplines with how that history affects us today. His assertion is that if we did, we might begin to The Silent Revolution: for Avoiding Burnout take seriously the issues that such power Change and Diversity in john Calvi/November 9-14 continues to play-issues like whose story we liberal Quakerism hear when we learn history or literarure; what Ben Pink Dandelion/November 16-21 jobs we create and who we hire-as this Quakers Through Time: world society continues to develop economi­ Friends and the Second Coming cally and politically. The 20th Century: Ben Pink Dandelion/Nov. 30-Dec. 5 Paul Kivel practices what he preaches. Where We Were/Where We Are His approach is forthright, and he reminds us to affirm the positive inclusive actions Tony Pitt/December 7-12 throughout history to celebrate the heroes of Join our community for a week ofwork, worship and study. Pendle Hill, located on the past while actively working on the racism 23 wooded acres near Philadelphia, offers short courses, conferences, retreats and in which we all have a part. He challenges the residential study for people ofall faiths. For more information please call or write: reader to be an ally, to shape instirutions and society to be more multiculrural in outlook­ to more honestly honor the history of the Pendle Hill Short Courses ~ United States by giving all voices a place in Bobbi Kelly, extension 137 Box F · 338 Plush Mill Road power. As he examines the histories and (800) 742-3150 or (610) 566-4507 Wallingford, PA 19086-6099 issues of different ethnicities, each in a ·sepa­ rate chapter, he puts forth questions for us to

26 August 1997 FRIENDS JoURNAL consider and actions to take as we become non- or anti-Christian. able. Similarly, he suggests strategies to ad­ Trueblood defined himself as a "rational dress public policy, affirmative action, the evangelical" who preferred "both, and" to workplace, police, even religion. He also has "either, or." He calls us to merge a "warm a section for home and family. heart" with a "clear head," social activism A Quaker Conference Center For those of us living "on the edge" in with personal devotion, loving God and lov­ 340 HIGH STREET family units that include members of color ing our neighbor. P.O. BOX246 who face prejudice every day, this book will BURLINGTON, As he looks to the furure of Christianiry, NEW JERSEY 08016 have much that we know by our own experi­ he suggests four new emphases. First, he calls Available for day a nd overnight use ences that is valuable. For others, the insights for a wider definition of ministry and broader produced by thoughtful, mindful reading participation in it. He sees the need for in­ 609-387-3875 should strengthen the will and spirit for fu­ creased caring among members for each other ture work. as well as for the poor and oppressed. He -joan Broadfield urges study of the Bible and classics. Finally, he calls for gifted and trained leadership whose joan Broadfield is clerk ofChester (Pa.) Meet­ College preparatory ing and facilitates bias-awareness work with job is to draw out the powers and gifts of Friends. those they lead. Grades 7-12 His arguments are succinct and rational, but curiously dated. They do not seem to DELAWARE VALLEY & Summer School A Life of Search address the hungers of many of today's un­ F RIENDS SCHOOL programmed Friends. Although in 1957 james R Nro~by, ed. Friends United Press, Trueblood determined he wanted to be re­ for Students with Learning Differences Richmond, Ind. , 1996. 106 pages. $10.50/ membered as a loving person rather than a paperback. Christian scholar, these selections rarely speak DELAWARE VALLEY FRIENDS SCHOOL James R Newby edited this collection oflove. This book touches my mind but not 730 Montgomery Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA from the writings of D. Elton Trueblood and my heart or soul. Call (610) 526-9595 for info & a video provides five questions and a prayer as study - Marty Grundy guide for each chapter. Trueblood, an Iowa farmboy, was a disciplined, Christian intel­ Marty Grundy is a member ofCleveland (Ohio) lectual who taught at Earlham College and Meeting. elsewhere. He served Friends organizations, DISCOVER QUAKER PHILADELPHIA was instrumental in founding the Yokefellow Beyond the Spirit of the Age Two-hour walking tours of William Penn's Movement, and was a prolific author and original city of brotherly love, in honor of lecturer. By jonathan Dale. Swarthmore Lecture, Penn's 350th birthday. Trueblood's basic message here is that Q}taker Home Service, London, 1996. 133 Send a SASE for schedule to: QUAKER Christians (he rarely refers to Friends per se) pages. £6/paperback. TOURS, Box 1632, Media, PA 19063. should be able to defend their faith with This Swarthmore Lecture is thought­ rigorous rational arguments. Rather than provoking and likely to create controversy. starting with God and finding Christ, he Jonathan Dale humbly draws upon his starts with the person of Jesus Christ and experience and past mistakes. He quotes or­ 0 " from him learns about the nature of God. dinary people who ·have been the victims of This is an interesting suggestion for those social change, especially unemployment. He Friends who define their universalism as has read numerous old Swarthmore Lectures

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FRIENDS )OURNAL August 1997 27 SHAPING and uses his reading to inform his perspective THE on the ways the Religious Society of Friends has changed over time. worugF We do not have here a flattering portrait Fqrd.~~gys of either British society or Britain Yearly Meeting. Jonathan's challenge to us is to re­ RETIREMENT I t ~; discover our social testimony. H e urges us to witness to it as a corporate group as well as LIVING FOR ··~····' individually. Jonathan's message is that our faith is 30 YEARS. under attack-even though we may not real­ ize it. The predominant values of our society A non-profit ("global capitalism") are fundamentally op­ retirement community posed to Quaker values; they are materialis­ and healthcare provider tic, increase inequality, and damage the envi­ operated by members ronment. The consequence of a degraded of the Religious social structure is a lower quality oflife for all Society of Friends. (the better-off included). Unfortunately, our daily lives are increasingly infiltrated by the Rtsidmtial Apartmmts ethics of the marketplace and material gain, Assisted Uving/Perso11al Care and spirirual values are squeezed out. . Skilled Nursi11g Care However, the Religious Society of Friends is vulnerable to the assault of even more Foulkeways at Gwynedd insidious and subtle evils: individualism and 1120 Meetinghouse Road . Gwynedd PA 19436 relativism. We are overwhelmed by the scale of social issues, so we retreat into our private For more information, call Nancy B. Cold, lives. Moreover, because we do tty to respect Director of Admissions, at 215-643-2200. each other's opinions, we are scared of hurt­ ing other Friends' feelings if we speak up. More significantly, we despair offi nding unity on social issues and of moving forward to­ gether, and hence our collective voice is Oakwood Friends School muted. The other danger is a passive accep­ tance of the notion that all beliefs are of equal located in the historic Hudson Valley 75 miles oorth of New York City value, and that therefore one should avoid controversy: this too undermines the effort to search for a consensus and a corporate ex­ pression of witness. The Religious Society of Friends is at risk of becoming a "dub," where individuals pur­ sue their own therapies and meet their own needs. A flight into the individual and the pri­ vate means a retreat from the social and the political. It makes for a false dichotomy be­ tween the spiritual and the active, the mysti­ cal and the practical, the "Kingdom" and the "World." On the contrary, Jonathan argues cogently that the spiritual and the active are mutually nourishing and fortifying, and that indeed the spirit i-s stultified and Coed boarding and day school for grades 7-12 and postgraduate improverished unless its roots are refreshed and fertilized by contact with ordinary people Rigorous college prepu-atory curricui.un Small class sizes and everyday concerns. Visual and performing arts Unique Senior program Jonathan distinguishes between individual Strong, nwturing community Athletic program and corporate concerns and stresses that they International program Cooununity service are complementary rather than in competi­ tion. He suggests that the traditional chan­ nels, through preparative and monthly meet­ Please contact the Admissions Office: 515 South Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 ings, are not necessarily the sole ways of (914)462-4200 testing corporate concerns, as (frankly) they are sometimes spiritually "dead." We need to find new ways of testing concerns, such as

28 August 1997 f RIENDS j OURNAL "Representative Councils." Similarly, central Now available from: bodies should be in position to lead rather than wait for concerns to arrive from local meetings. Later, Jonathan develops these points by FGC advocating the virtues of community ("a ne­ glected testimony"). This arises out of the concept of Christian discipleship-the disci­ pline of actually following Jesus. "I am more Bookstore and more convinced that Friends would be more effective if we moved from our present Friendly Faith and Practice Study Guide structures for business to· a more active for­ $3.00 mat of groups With particular remits," he recommends. "Why not expect all members Worship in Song: A Friends Hymnal to be associated with a team?" he goes on, Large Print Version $35.00 giving "Education and outreach; Social Life of Listening Spirituality the community; Housekeeping; Peace and $12.00 Social Witness" as examples. "A Quaker com­ munity ... that would be a wonderful adven­ Dimensions ofPrayer ture. And nothing hinders it except the will." $13.95 In the last chapter, "Signs of hope," Jonathan points to some areas that may help us to be more optimistic about the possibility I -Boo-966-4 ss6 of change in our society: that of God within each person, which, if found, changes us and Friends General Conference Bookstore drives us to work for love and truth in the 1216 Arch Street, 2B f'iPiF.al world; movements towards greater equality Philadelphia, PA 19107 in some realms of society, especially sexual lm!l equality; a greater awareness of environmen­ tal problems; a concern for more open poli­ tics and the possibility of more ethical invest­ ment. However, we are left feeling that these movements leave the major ills of our ac­ quisitive society more or less intact. The challenge remains. Individuals in Community This is an exciting and unsettling lecture that shatters complacency. It is worthy of the Swarthmore tradition, and it is relevant to our times. To borrow an inverted phrase, it will "afflict the comfortable." -David and jane Harries (Reprinted from the Oct. 1996 issue of Friends ' Q!larterly) David and jane Harries are members ofSouth Wales Meeting and attenders ofBridgend Meet­ ing in Great Britain. jane is co-clerk of the Meeting for Friends in Wales.

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FRIENDS JOURNAL August 1997 29 Milestones WESTTOWN SCHOOL Births/Adoptions Bao-David Ehnk Bao, on Jan. 17, to Joy and Jay Sao of Princeton (N.J.) Meeting. Miller-Stuart B/ackUJ(U Mi/kr, on April 22, to Paige and Steve Miller of Live Oak (Tex.) Meeting. RJ:ed-Nicholas Michael &(d, on March 20, to Deborah Baer and Michael Reed of Stony Run (Md.) Meeting. Ziegler-Sam~«:/ Ga"m Zi~kr, on Jan. 25, to Renee and Greg Ziegler of State College (Pa.) We invite you to discover the value of a Westtown education... Meeting. under the care ofthe Philadelphia Yearly Meeting since 1799. Marriages/Unions Brzek-Brittain-Jim Brittain and &gina Br:ak, *Challenging programs in academics, the arts, and athletics on April12, under the care of Montclair (N.J.) *Strong Quaker presence in student body and faculty Meeting. *310 day students in grades pre-K through 10 Harper-Shahidi-Saud Shahidi and Susan Man( Harp", on March 29, under the care of *290 boarding students in grades 9-12 (boarding required, 11-12) Wilmington (Del.) Meeting, of which Susan is a *Diversity of racial, geographic, economic and religious member. backgrounds among students and teachers Houser-Carnpbell-Eiiwin Camp/xU and Jam Hqus", on April 5, under the care of Live Oak *Weekly meeting for worship and strong sense of community (Tex.) Meeting. are central to school life. Moore-Werner-Strom Mark W(m" and Joya Kristina Moor(, on May 24, under the care of Westtown School, Westtown, PA 19395 (610) 399-7900 Lehigh Valley (Pa.) Meeting at Maiden Creek (Pa.) Meetinghouse. Joyce is a member of Lehigh Valley Meeting. ' Deaths Byerly-WiUiam Earl By"iy, 95, on April 22, in Oklahoma City, Okla. Born in Weldon, Iowa, Bill graduated from William Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa, in 1929. He artended Pendle Hill Quaker srudy center in Wallingford, Pa., for graduate studies from 1931 to 1932. In 1934 he The ESR Equation: married Marian Taber. Bill was very involved in peace work, and in the 1930s he worked as a 1. A supportive, Christ-centered, learning community-plus Quaker Peace Caravan member. As a Home Ser­ vice Volunteer with the American Friends Service 2. Rigorous academics-plus Comrnirtee, he worked in Iowa, Minnesota, Ken­ 3. Diversity of age, race, gender and faith traditions-plus rucky, and in Pennsylvania at the first U.S. Quaker work camp. During the late 1930s and 1940s, Bill 4. Afocus on personal spirituality-plus and his wife served as co-directors of the Kickapoo 5. Many small, engaging classes-plus Friends Center in McLoud, Okla. He also worked as a high school principal in Iowa, and from 1950 6. Opportunities to work closely, one-on-one, with caring faculty-plus to 1953 he was superintendent at Olney Friends 7. Aplace where family members are included. School in Barnesville, Ohio. In the 1950s he helped found Oklahoma City (Okla.) Meeting. In 1966 Marian died suddenly and in 1967 Bill married Phyllis Calhoun. Bill remained active in peace, justice, and community issues, organizing a silent vigil on the steps of the Oklahoma City ~ g~riWation. federal building. From 1984 to 1993, this group met at noon every Wednesday as silent wimesses Earlham School of Religion- concerned about U.S. military involvement in Central America. Bill was preceded in death by (A QUAKER SEMINARY OFml!NG MAsJER OF 01VINJIY, MAs!ER OF MINISJRY AND MAs!ER OF ARTS DEC~ his wife, Marian, and daughter, Frances. He is survived by his second wife, Phyllis; a daughter, the right answer for a solid education Ruth; a son, Lou; four grandchildren, Debbie, and personal preparation for ministiy. Rick, Patry, and Saskya; and two great-grandchil­ dren, Andrew and Emma. Call Nancy Nelson at 1..80().432.1377 Duryee-Samt«:/ Sloan Dury(( Jr., 77, on March 228 College Avenue, Richmond, Indiana 47374 16, in Medford, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., I Sam's boyhood was spent in New York City. He

30 August 1997 F RIENDS jOURNAL earned a degree in English from Hoban College continued to travel with friends a&er Russell's 230 markets bringing in an estimated $300 mil­ in New York and an MS from the Columbia death. Linda had a wonderful sense of humor, a lion annually to local economies. A&er retiring in Graduate School of Journalism. Sam married great zest for life, and love of her family. She is 1985, Mack beg.m raising free-range chi

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De­ Upcoming Conferences at Pendle Hill November issue: Sept. 15 scribes Friends worship, ministry, and decision-making. Young Adult Gathering, Aug. 3D-Sept. 1, special low 27 min. $29.50, and Crones: Interviews with Elder price, ages 18-40 only. Submit your ad to: Quaker Women. Quaker women'Speak unselfconsciously Silent Retreat, Nancy Bieber, Sept. 5-7. about being Quaker women and their feelings about aging. Advertising Manager, Friends Journal Toni Morrison's Beloved: the Hauntlngs of Memory, 1216 Arch Street, 2A 20 min. $18. Excellent tools for outreach and education. All prices include postage. Allow three weeks for deliv­ linda-Susan Beard, Sept. 5-7. Philadelphia, PA 19107-2835 ery. Quaker Video, P.O. Box292, Maplewood, NJ 07040. Channels of Universal Love: a Woolman Retreat, (215) 563-8629 Michael Birkel, Sept. 12-14. Opening Hearts and Minds, Bonnie Tinker, Sept. 12-1 4. Books and Publications Evolution of Liberal Quakerism, Betsy Cazden, Sept. 19-21. Accommodations Read Without Apology by Chuck Fager. Assertive, What Do I do with My Anger? Bill Ratliffe, Sept. 26-28. upbeat liberal Quaker theology for today. Historian larry Meister Eckhart: Sounding the Depths, Isabella Bates, Comfortable, Seattle Accommodations, University Ingle calls it "an important addition to any Quaker library. Sept. 26-28. · Meeting. Private bedroom, shared bathroom with shower, I know of nothing else quite like it. .. ." 190 pages, $11 .70 Scripture as Radical Handbook, Ched Myers, Oct. short walking distance to restaurants. Easy access to postpaid. Orders: (800) 742-3150; or from Kimo Press, 24-26. public transportation. Donations accepted. Reservations, P.O. Box 82, Bellefonte, PA 16823. (206) 632-9839. Spiritual Nurture of Our Meetings, for members of ministry and counsel, Mickey Edgerton and linda Chidsey, Coming to study or I!IOrk In London? Consider the Quaker Writers/Artl st~s your work among The Best Nov. 14-16. Penn Club. Offers a home away from home in a commu­ Basic Quakerism, Kenneth Sutton and Janice Domanik, nity-minded environment with strong Quaker links. Minutes of Friends? This anthology, sponsored by the Fellow- ship of Quakers in the Arts, will be published in Spring Nov. 21 - 23. away from British Museum and london University. Stays of 10 weeks to 12 months welcomed. Approx. $1,300 per 1998. Categories: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, cartoons, Contact: Registrar, Pendle Hill, 338 Plush Mill Rd., month. 21 Bedford Place, london, WC1B 5JJ. Tele­ line drawings; awards in each category. Deadline: Janu- Wallingford, Pa. (610) 566-4507 or (800) 742-3150, x. 142. phone: 01144 171 636 4718. Fax: 011 44 171 636 5516. ary 31, 1998. To enter, first read the complete Guidelines. Send a SASE to Kimo Press, P.O. Box 82, Bellefonte, "Quaker Spiritual Friends for Prisoners Program" is PA 16823. Or e-mail: [email protected]. The Blue Idol Quaker Guesthouse is an ideal base for an opportunity for an individual Friend to become a spiri­ tual friend through writing to a prisoner with the interlace you to explore England and discover your Quaker roots. Whirl-forum for d1verse perspectoves. Rad1cal pohhcs,.. You will be in the heart of llJral Sussex near to Gatwick of QSF. Does your ministry lie in encouraging your own ecology, culture, and the spirit. Sample: $2 cash. POB and your friend's spiritual growth by corresponding? For Airport, l ondon, Brighton, and the SOuth Coast. 5304-F, Atlanta, GA 31107. A beautiful 16th-<:entury house, converted by William more information about this program of Friends General Wine Penn, combines a guest- and meetinghouse in spacious Or No Wine? Read Bernard Redmont's Friendly Conference, write QSF-FGC, 1216 Arch Street 2B, Phila­ gardens amidst peaceful English countryside. Moderation: Temperance or Abstinence, Friends' Testi­ delphia, PA 19107. mony against Alcohol Reexamined. 13 pages. $2 + Bed and Breakfast £22pp per night. Contact: Julie and postage from Pendle Hill Bookstore (800) 742-3150 Consider a Costa Rican Study Tour. January 29-Feb­ Jonathan Spencer, The Blue Idol, Coolham, Horsham, ruary 9, 1998, or February 26-March 9, 1998. Write Roy Joe or Ruth Stuckey, 1182 Hornbeam Road, Sabina, OH W. Sussex RH138QP. Telephone: 011441403-741241. Stimulating new resources from Pendle Hill's ~ Fax: 01144 1403-741841. E-mail: 106700.3252@ Issues Program on contemporary issues of 45169, or call or fax (937) 584-2900. CompuServe.com. Peace, Theology, and Community. These ex- • The Blue ldoi-"More than just a place to stay. • citing collections of original essays, by some of Friends House Moscow is seeking Friends conversant our best writers and thinkers, can help Friends in Russian to serve either as Friends in Residence or as Interns for periods of one month to a year as soon as Beacon Hill Friends House: Quaker-sponsored resi­ and meetings renew Quaker faith and witness for the denceof 19 interested in community living, spiritual growth, 21st century: possible. Accommodation provided and possibly some peace, and social concerns. All faiths welcome. Open­ New Voices, New Light, papers from the Quaker Theol­ subsistence. Opportunities for service include: house­ ogy Roundtable, 1995. hold management; care and hosting of visitors; conduct ings in June, September. For information, application: of group sessions on Quakerism and spirituality; organi­ BHFH, 6 Chestnut Street, Boston, MA 02108-3624. (617) A Continuing Journey, papers from the first Quaker 227-9118. Overnight accommodations also available. Peace Roundtable, 1995. zation of English/Russian library and information The Bible, the Church and the Future of Friends, resources; exploration of placing volunteers with Rus­ Chicago-Affordable guest accommodations in historic papers from the Quaker Issues Roundtable, 1996. sian organizations; and other support as determ1ned Friends meetinghouse. Short- or lo.ng-term. Contact: Prices: $9.95 each, $7.50 each for three or more copies, mutually with FHM staff and the Moscow Monthly Meet­ Assistant Director, Quaker House, 5615 S. Woodlawn plus shipping. ing. Inquiries in the U.S. to Julie Harlow, (916) 753~6 . Avenue, Chicago, ll 60637. (773) 288-3066, e-mail: To order: call the Pendle Hill Bookstore (800) 742-3150. 1,163 Auburn Drive, Davis, CA 95616, [email protected]; [email protected]. MC and VISA accepted. Or write: Pendle Hill Bookstore, in Europe to Peter Jarman, +44 171 609-5560, 57A Quaker House, Managua, Nicaragua. Simple hospitality; 338 Plush Mill Road, Wallingford, PA 19086. And check Anson Road, l ondon N7 OAR, [email protected]; or shared kitchen. Reservations: 01 1-505-2-663216 (Span­ out our Web page at: http://www.quaker.org/pendle-hill. directly to the FHM Office in Moscow, +7 095 241-3487 ish) or 011 -505-2-660984 (English). For general (phone or FAX), [email protected]. information, call Pro-Nica (813) 821 -2428. Bookstore. Serving Friends and seekers Southeast Yearly Meeting's Pro-Nica Friends Witness An oasis of calm In the heart of London? Yes, at the worldwide with Quaker-related books and Trips to Nicaragua. Twice yearly: July 31-Aug. 10, Quaker International Centre, where short-, medium-, and curricula for all ages. Materials to meet needs 1997 and Feb. 26-Mar. 8, 1998. Limited to six partici­ longer-term accommodation is available as well as con­ and interests of individuals, religious educators, and pants. $400 covers all in-country expenses, including ference facilities. Excellent homemade food. For further spiritual communities. Free catalog of over 500 titles. stay at Quaker House in Managua. Participants arrange information contact telephone: (0171) 387-5648, fax: Religious education consultation. Call, write, or visit: own air fare. learn about current social and political (0171) 383-3722, or write to: 1 Byng Place, l ondon Friends General Conference Bookstore, 1216Arch Street, situation in Nicaragua. Visit community groups where WC1E7JH. 2B, Philadelphia, PA 19107, M-F 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. EST, Quakers give support to local projects. For information Looking f or a creative living alternative in New York (800) 966-4556. contact Ruth Paine. (813) 821 -2428. City? Penington Friends House may be the place for you! We are looking for people of all ages who want to make a Worship In Song: A Friends Hymnal, 335 songs, hiS­ Quaker House Intentional community seeks residents. serious commitment to a community lifestyle based on torical notes, indexes, durable hardcover. $20/copy (U.S. Share living and meal arrangements in historic Friends Quaker pri nciples. For information call (212) 673-1730. funds) plus shipping/handling. Softcover spiral copies at meetinghouse. Common interests in spirituality, peace, We also have overnight accommodations. same price. Call for quantity rates. Order FGC Book­ and social concerns. One- or two-year terms. Directors, store, 1216 Arch Street, 2B, Philadelphia, PA 19107 or Quaker House, 5615 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, ll NY~reenwlch VIllage Accommodation. Walk to 15th call (800) 966-4556. 60637. (773) 288-3066, e-mail: [email protected]. Street Meeting. One-four people; children welcome. (Two cats in house.) Reservations: (212) 924-6520. Books-Quaker spiritual classics, history, biography, Mexic o City Volunteer Opportunities: one-week, ser­ and current Quaker experience, published by Friends vice-learning seminars; six-month internships; positions United Press, 101-A Quaker Hill Dr., Richmond, IN 47374. managing Quaker center. Casa de los Am1gos, lgnac1o Assistance Sought Write for free catalog. Mariscal 132, Mexico, OF 06030; (52-5) 705-0521; Living Situation Wanted-Vermont student, George [email protected]. Quaker Books. Rare and out-

32 August 1997 FRIENDS j OURNAL Pocono Manor. Beautiful, rustic mountain house suit­ Fran kfo rd Friends Sch ool: coed, K~. serving center Personals able for gatherings, retreats, and reunions. Seven city, northeast, and most areas of Philadelphia. We pro­ bedrooms. Three full baths. Beds for 15. Fully equipped. vide children with an affordable yet challenging academic Deck with mountain view. Hiking trails from back door. program in a small nurturing environment. Frankford Weekends, or by the week, May through October. Con­ Friends School, 1500 Orthodox Street, Philadelphia, PA ConcernedUingkQ tact Jonathan Snipes: (215) 736-1856. 19124. (215) 533-5368. Concerned Singles Newsletter links compatible, so­ Come visit Olney Friends School on your cross-country dally conscious singles who care albout peace, social Retirement Living travels, six miles south of 1-70 in the green hills of justice, racism, gender equity, environment. Nationwide. eastern Ohio. A residential high school and farm, next to Stillwater Meetinghouse, Olney is college preparation All ages. Since 1984. Free sample: Box 444-FJ, Lenox New England Friends Home built around truthful thinking, inward listening, loving com­ Dale, MA 01242; or (413) 445-6309; or . New England Yearly Meeting, the Friends Home provides a Barnesville, Ohio 43713. (614) 425-3655. Single Booklovers, a national group, has been getting home-iike setting for elders in a Westbury Fr iends Sch ool-Sale, nurturing Quaker unattached booklovers together since 1970. Please write • <.:::: gracious brick house high on a environment for 100 children, nursery-grade 6, on beau­ Box 117, Gradyville, PA 19039, or call (61 0) 358-5049. - - - hill in Hingham, Mass. tiful 17-acre grounds. Small classes and dedicated The exterior view of the changing New England seasons teachers. Music, art, computers, Spanish, and gym. Ex­ Positions Vacant is breathtaking, and the interior atmosphere of warmth tended-day, vacation-holiday, and summer programs. and community is evident to all. Hall- and full-day nursery, preK. Brochure: Westbury Director of Institutional Advancement: Experienced For information albout this small and surprisingly alford­ Friends School, 550 Post Avenue, Westbury, NY 11590. individual for half-time position. Requires excellent writ­ able alternative to larger, more institutional settings, (516) 333-3178. Ing skills. Annual giving, grants, newsletter, and special please call or write: Gretchen Condon, New England events. Familiarity with Windows 95, Microsoft Office 97, Lan sdowne Friend s School-A small Friends school for Friends Home, 86 Turkey Hill Lane, Hingham, MA 02043, boys and girls three years of age through sixth grade, and Donor Perfect preferred. Desktop publishing experi­ (617) 749-3556. ence desirable. The Advancement Director works closely rooted in Quaker values. We provide children with a with a committee of the Board of Managers. Compatibility quality academic and a developmentally appropriate pro­ gram in a nurturing environment. Whole language, with Quaker values essential. Competitive salary and benefits package. Resume and two references to Execu­ thematic education, conflict resolution, Spanish, after­ tive Director, Stapeley In Germantown, 6300 Greene school care, summer program. 110 N. Lansdowne Avenue, Street, Philadelphia, PA 19144. Lansdowne, PA 19050. (610) 623-2548. Westtown School: Under the care of Philadelphia Yearly Olney Friend s School: Librarian needed for small Chris­ Meeting since 1799, Westtown seeks Quaker children for tian Quaker boarding high school in rural Ohio. Strong SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE emphasis on community life. MLS or extensive library ex­ day (PreK-10) and boarding (9-12). Boarding is required perience required. Call: Head of School, (614) 425-3655. All Kendal communities and services reflect our sound in 11th and 12th grades. Significant Quaker presence among 600 students, 80 teachers. Challenging academ­ Enjoy rent-free living! The Caretaker Gazette publishes Quaker management, adherence to Friendly values, and respect for each individual. Full service continuing care ics, arts, athletics, in a school where students from 80+ property caretaking jobs each issue, worldwide. $24/ diverse racial, national, economic, and religious back­ year. 1845 Deane-FA, Pullman, WA 99163-3509. (509) retirement communities: Kendal at Crosslands • Kennett Square, grounds come together to form a strong community of 332-Q806. Longwood; Pa. shared values. Financial assistance is available. Service Community, lnnlsfree VIllage. Volunteers live Kendal at Hanover • Hanover, N.H. Westtown, PA 19395. (610) 399-7900. and work with adults with mental disabilities on a farm in Kendal at Oberlin • Oberlin, Ohio Uni ted Friends School: coed; preschool-a; emphasiz­ the Blue Ridge Mountains. Must be 21 , able to stay one Kendal at Ithaca •Ithaca, N.Y. ing integrated, developmentally appropriate curriculum, year. Receive room, board, medical benefits, and $160/ Independent living with residential services and access including whole language and manipulative math; serving month. Recruiting, lnnisfree, Rte. 2, Box 506, Crozet, VA to health care: upper Bucks County. 20 South 10th Street, Quakertown, 22932. Conlston and Cartmel • Kennett Square, Pa. PA 18951 . (215) 538-1733. The Meeting School-a small secondary boarding school Individualized skilled nursing care, respite care, The Quaker School a t Horsham , a value-centered el­ located in rural N.H. and based on Quaker principles Alzheimer's care, and personal care residences: ementary and middle school for students with learning needs faculty tor 97-98 school year. Faculty here hold a Barclay Friends· West Chester, Pa. differences. Small, remedial classes, qualified staff, serv­ variety of jobs: houseparenting, teaching, and some ad­ For information call or wr~e: Doris Lambert, The Kendal ing Philadelphia, Bucks, and Montgomery Counties. 318 ministrative or building and grounds work. Currently we Corporation, P.O . Box 100, Kennett Square, PA 19348. Meeting House Road, Horsham, PA 19044. (215) 674- are especially seeking singles or couples with experi­ (610) 388-5581. 2875. ence in teaching math, science, weaving, gardening, or e lectives. Also seeking a farm coordinator and adminis­ Foxdale VIllage, a Quaker hie-care communoty. Thought­ Junior h igh boarding school for grades 7, 8, 9. Small trative assistant. Experience with living in community and fully designed cottages complemented by attractive dining academic classes, challenging outdoor experiences, com­ a genuine love of living with teenagers preferred. Call for facilities, auditorium, library, and full medical protection. munity service, consensus decision making, daily work more information: (603) 899-3366. Setting is a wonderful combination of rural and university projects in a small, caring, community environment. Arthur environment. Entry lees from $42,000-$147,000; monthly Morgan School, 1901 Hannah Branch Road, Burnsville, fees from $1,205-$2,437. 500 East Marylyn. Avenue, NC 28714. (704) 675-4262. Real Estate Department F, State College, PA 16801-6269. Telephone: Wanted For Purchase Or Rental: Woodland or country (800) 253-4951 . Stratford Friends School provides a strong academic get-away house. Prefer close to Chicago; will consider program in a warm, supportive, ungraded setting for greater distance. (773) 907-0732 or [email protected]. children ages 5 to 13 who learn d ifferently. Small classes FRIENDS HOMES and an enriched curriculum answer the needs of the Charming four-bedroom house fo r sele In historic whole child. An at-risk program for five-year-olds is avail­ Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa). Three-story Victorian able. The school also offers an extended day program, brick townhouse with wood floors, new kitchen, private West tutoring, and summer school. Information: Stratford yard, great neighbors. One block from Germantown Friends Homes West, the new continuing care retirement Friends School, 5 Llandillo Road, Havertown, PA 19083. Friends Meetinghouse/School, two blocks from Greene community in Greensboro, North Carolina, is now open. (610) 446-3144. Street Friends Meetinghouse/School. Convenient to public Friends Homes West is owned by Friends Homes, Inc., transportation. $60,000. (215) 508-4567 or mlhill@astro. specialists in retirement living since 1968. Friends Homes temple.edu. West includes 171 apartments for independent living and Services Offered on-site health care services in the 28 private rooms of the Assisted Living Unit or the 40 private rooms of the Quaker Writers & Artists! Rentals & Retreats Skilled Care Nursing Unit. Enjoy a beautiful community in Join the Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts. FQA's goal: "To nurture and showcase the literary, visual, musical, Bal d Heed Island, N.C. Panoramic view of ocean, dunes, a location with temperate winters and changing seasons. For more information, please call (910) 292-9952, or and performing arts within the Religious Society of Friends, lagoon, and golf course from four-bedroom, two-bath­ tor purposes of Quaker expression, ministry, witness, room, beautifully furnished house with wrap-around deck, write Friends Homes West, 6100 West Friendly Road, Greensboro, NC 27410. and outreach. To these ends, we will offer spiraual, two electric golf carts. 14 miles of beach, championship practical, and financial support as way opens." Help build golf, tennis, croquet, swimming, and fishing. 13,000 acres an international network of creative support and celebra- of maritime wilderness. Many birds and wildflowers. No tion. Membership, $15/year. FQA, P.O . Box 58565, cars on island. Peaceful, friendly. Rental by day or week. Schools Philadelphia, PA 19102. E-mail: [email protected]. Our (215) 699-9186. Sandy Spring Friends School. Five-or seven-day board­ Web Page: http://www.quaker.org/fqa. ing option for grades 9-12. Day school pre-K through 12. A Friendly Maul vacation on a Quaker family organic College preparatory, upper school AP courses. Strong Editing and Proofreading: anything, from book-length farm. 20 minutes to local beaches. New stone and cedar arts and academics, visual and performing arts, and manuscripts to oocasionai pieces, given thorough, pains- building with large octagonal room, skylight, ocean view, team athletic programs. Coed. Approximately 475 stu­ taking, professional treatment at reasonable cost. Spend walk-in closet, and private bath. Full kitchen, organic dents. 140-acre campus less than an hour from your time on something else while I get your work ready vegetable garden, and hot tub. Bed and breakfast or bed Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Md. International pro­ tor the printer. Edward Sargent, 2147 Bainbridge Street, and supper: $70 per day. Weekly and monthly rates grams. Incorporating traditional Quaker values. 16923 Philadelphia, PA 19146. available. Write or call Henrietta & Wm. Vitarelli, 375 Norwood Road, Sandy Spring, MD 20860. (301) 774- Kawelo Road, Haiku, HI 96708. Telephone: (808) 572- 7455, ext. 158. E-mail: [email protected]. .. 9205. Fax: 572-ro48. Marriage Certificates. Fme calhgraphy m trad1t1onal plam Jo h n Woolman School. Rural California, grades 9-12. styles or decorated with beautiful, custom-designed bor­ Philadelphia. Sunny room available in home friendly to Preparation for college and adulthood, small classes, ders. Also Fa m ily T re es tor holiday gifts , births, bicyclers and Quakers. Share kitchen. Long/short-term caring staff, work program, service projects; board, day. anniversaries, family reunions. Call or write Carol Simon rental. Near Penn and Drexel. Short trolley ride to Center 13075 Woolman Lane, Nevada City, CA 95959. (916) Sexton, Clear Creek Design, 820 West Main Street, Rich­ City. $80/week. (215) 387-7962. 273-3183. mond, IN 47374. (317) 962-1794.

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NICARAGUA CHI~1 0 am. singing; 10:30 am. unprogrammed worship, children's dass. 2603 Mariposa Ave. 345-3429. Meetings MANAGUA-Unprogrammed worship 10 am. each Sunday at Centro de los Amigos, APT DO 5391 Managua, CLAREMONT-Worship 9:30 a.m. Classes for children. A partial listing of Friends meetings Nicaragua Telephone first: 66-3216 or 66-Q984. 727 W. Harrison Ave., Claremont. In the United States and abroad. DAVIS.Meeting for worship First Days 9:45 am. UNITED STATES MEETING NOTICE RATES: $13.50per 345 L. St. Visitors call 753-5924. Alabama FRE~Unprogrammed meeting. Sunday 10 a.m. 2219 line per year. Payable a year in advance. San Joaquin Ave., Fresno, CA 93721. (209) 237-4102. No discount. Changes: $8 each. BIRMINGHAM-Unprogrammed meeting. 10 a.m. Sundays. PATH, 409 21st Street North. (205) 592..0570. GRASS VALLEY-Meeting for worship 9:45am., discussion/sharing 11 a.m. John Woolman School FAIRHOPE-Unprogrammed meeting 10 am. Sundays at campus, 13075 Woolman Ln. Phone: (916) 265-3164. BOTSWANA Friends Meetinghouse, 9261 Fairhope Ave. Wr~e: P.O. GABORONE-phone (267) 347147 or fax 352888. Box 319, Fairhope, AL 36533. (334) 928-Q982. HEMET-Meeting for worship 9:30 a.m., 28665 Chestnut Dr. Visitors call (714) 925-2818 or 927-7678. CANADA HUNTSVILLE-unprogrammed meeting 10 am. Sundays in various homes. Call (205) 837-6327 or wr~e P.O. Box LA JOLLA-Meeting 10 a.m. 7380 Eads Ave. Vis~ors call HAUFAX, NOVA SCOTIA-(902) 461..0702 or 477-3690. 3530, Huntsville, AL 35810. 456-1020. OTTAWA-Worship and First-day school10:30 a.m. ROYAL (Blount County)-Worship group. (205) 429-3088. LONG BEACH-10 a.m. Orizaba at Spaulding. 91A Fourth Ave. (613) 232-9923. Alaska (310) 514-1730. TORONTO, ONTARIO-Worship and First-day school11 LOS ANGELES.Worship 11 am. at meetinghouse, am. 60 Lowther Ave. (north from cor. Bloor and Bedford). ANCHORAGE-Cal for time and directions. (907) 566-Q700. 4167 So. Normandie Ave., L.A., CA 90037. COSTA RICA FAIRBANKs-unprogrammed, First Day, 10 a.m. Hidden (213) 296-Q733. Hill Friends Center, 2682 Gold Hill Rd. Phone: 479-3796. MONTEVERDE· Phone 645-5207 or 645-5036. MARIN COUNTY-10 am. 177 East Blithedale Ave., JUNEAu-unprogrammed. For time and place, call Mill Valley, Cslif. Phone: (415) 435-5755. SAN JOSE-unprogrammed meeting, 11 am. Sunday. (907) 586-4409. Phone: 224-4376 or 233-6168. MONTEREY PENINSULA-Friends meeting for worship, MAT.SU-Gall for time and directions. (907) 376-8281 . Sundays, 10 a.m. Call (408) 649-8615. EGYPT Arizona OJAI-Unprogrammed worship. First Days 10 a.m. CAIR~First, third, and fifth Sundays at 7 p.m. Call Call 646-4497 or 646-3200. Johanna Kowitz, 357-3653 (d), or Ray Langsten, 357- BISBEE-Worship group, (520) 432-7893. 6969 (d), 348-3437 (e). FLAGSTAFF-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day ORANGE COUNTY-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Harbor school 1 0 a.m. 402 S. Beaver, 86001. Area Adult Day Care Center, 661 Hamilton St., Costa Mesa, CA 92627. (714) 786-7691. ELSALVADOR McNEAL-Cochise Friends Meeting at Friends Southwest SAN SALVADOR-Unprogrammed meeting. Call carmen Center, 7 1/2 miles south of Elfrida. Worship 11 a.m. PALO ALT~Meeting for worship and First-day classes Broz 284-4538. Phone: (520) 642-3894 or (520) 642-3547. for children 11 a.m. 957 Colorado. ENGLAND (U.K.) PHOENIX-Worship and First-day school 10 a.m. 1702 E. PASADENA-Orange Grove Monthly Meeting, 520 E. Glendale, Phoenix, 85020. 943-5831 or 955-1878. Orange Grove Blvd. First-day school 10 a.m., meeting for LONDON-Friends House Meeting, from April 1997 to April worship 11 a.m. Phone: (818) 792-6223. 1998, 11 am. at the Free Church Federal Council, 27 PRESCOTT·Worship group (602) 778-5971 or 445-7619. Tavistock Square (3 minutes from FH). TEMPE-Unprogrammed worship and First-day school REDLANDS.RIVERSlDE-SAN BERNARDIN~Inland 10 a.m. 318 East 15th Street, 85281. Phone: 968-3966. Valley Friends Meeting. Unprogrammed. Call (714) 682- 5364 or 792-7766. FRANCE TUCSON-Pima Friends Meeting (unprogrammed). First­ PARIS.Meeting for worship 11 a.m. Sundays. Centre day school and worship 8:30 and 10 am. and Wednesday SACRAMENT~Meeting 10 a.m. Stanford Settiement, Quaker International, 114 Rue de Vaugirard, 75014 Paris. at 11 a.m. 931 N. 5th Ave., 85705-7723. Information: 450 W. El Camino near Northgate. Phone: (916) 448- Phone: 45-48-74-23. Office hours: Wednesday 2:3o-5 p.m. (520) 325-3029. 6822. SAN DI EG~Unprogrammed worship, First Days, GERMANY Arkansas 10:30 a.m. 4848 Seminole Dr. (619) 287-4127. HAMBURGH-Unprogrammed meeting 10:30am. FAYETTEVILLE-unprogrammed. (501) 52HI657 or 267- SAN FRANCIS~ Meeting for worship and First-day Sundays. Winterhuder Weg 98 (Aitenhof). Phone (040) 5822. 2700032. school, 11 a.m., Sundays. 65 9th Street. (415) 431-7440. HOPE-Unprogrammed. Call: (501) m-5382. HEIDELBERG-Unprogrammed meeting. First and third SAN JOSE-Worship and First-day school10 a.m., Sundays. Call Brian Tracy: 06223-1386. UTTLE ROCK-Unprogrammed meeting, discussion discussion 11 :30 am. 1041 Morse St. (408) 251-Q408. 10 am., worship at 11 am. at 3415 West Markham. Phone: (501) 664-7223. SAN LUIS OBISP~Three worship groups in area: (805) GUATEMALA 594-1839, 528-1249, or 466-0860. GUA TEMALA·Unprogrammed. First and third Sundays. Call Mary Thompson: 2014251, Nancy Espalla: 8392461 . California SANTA BARBARA Marymount School (above the Mission), ARCATA-1 1 a.m. 1920 Zehndner. (707) 677-Q461. 10 a.m. Children's program and childcare. P.O. Box 40120, Santa Barbara, CA 93140-Q120. Phone: (805) 563- MEXICO BERKELEY-Unprogrammed meeting. Worship 11 a.m., 9971. CIUDAD VICTORIA, TAMAUUPAS.Iglesia de los Amigos, 2151 Vine St. at Walnut. 843-9725. Sunday 10 am.; Thursday 8 p.m. Matamoros 737 2-29-73. BERKELEY-Strawberry Creek, P.O. Box 5065, 524-9186. SANTA CRUZ-Meeting 10:30 a.m., at Georgiana Bruce MEXICO CITY-Unprogrammed meeting Sundays 11 a.m. Unprogrammed worship and First-day school 10 :30 a.m. Kirby School, 117 Union St., Santa Cruz. C~ de los Amlgos, Ignacio Mariscal 132, 06030, Early worship 9 am. At Shelton's Primary Education SANTA MONICA-First-day school and meeting at 10 a.m. MexiCo 1, D.F. 705-Q521. Center, 3339 Martin Luther King Jr. Way. 1440 Harvard St. Phone: 828-4069.

34 August 1997 FRIENDS JoURNAL SANTA ROSA·Redwood Forest Meeting. Worship 10 am. "Interpreter for the hearing impaired at 10 and 11 am. CHICAG0-57th St., 5615 Woodlawn. Worship 10:30 a.m. 1647 Guerneville Rd. Phone: (707) 578-3327. MONTHLY MEETING DAY SCHEDULE-(second First Monthly meeting follows on third Sunday. Phone: SEBASTOPOL-Apple Seed Friends. Worship 10 a.m. Days Sept.-June; third First Day In July) Meetings for 288-3066. 167 No. High Street, P.O. Box 1135. (707) 823-7938. Worship held at 8:30a.m. in the meetinghouse and 10 CHICAGO-Chicago Monthly Meeting, 10749 S. Artesian VISALIA-Worship 10:30 am. 17208 Ave. 296, Visalia a.m. in both buildings (First~y school at 10:20). Ave. Worship 10 a.m. Phone: (312) 445-8949. (209) 734-a275. FRIENDSHIP PREPARATlVE MEETING-at Sidwell CHICAGO-Northside (unprogrammed). Mailing address: WHITTIER·Whitleal Monthly Meeting, Administration Friends Upper School, 3825 Wisconsin Ave. NW, 1456 W. leland, Chicago, IL 60640. Worship 4 p.m. at Building, comer Painter and Philadelphia Worship Kogod Arts Bldg. Worship at 11 a.m. 3344 N. Broadway, Chicago (Broadway United Methodist 9:30am. P.O. Box 122. Phone: 698-7538. Church), lower level. Phone: (312) 929-4245. Rorlda DECATlJR-Worship and F irst~ay school, 10 am. at Colorado CLEARWATER-Clerk: Priscilla Blanshard, 8333 Seminole DOVE, 788 E. Clay. Phone: 877{)296 or 423-4613. BOULDER-Meeting for worship 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. Blvd. #439, Seminole, Fl34642. (813) 397-8707. DOWNERS GROVE-(West Suburban Chicago) Worship Childcare available. Flrst~ay school 10 a.m. Phone Mary DAYTONA BEACH-Sunday 10:30a.m. In homes. Please and Fi rst~ay school10:30 a.m. 5710 lomond Ave. Hey at (303) 442-3638. call (904) 677-6094 or 734-3115 for information. (3 blocks west of Belmont, 1 block south of Maple). COLORADO SPRINGS.Meeting Sunday at 10 a.m. at FT. LAUDERDALE-Meeting 11 am. Information line (954) Phone: 968-3861 or 852-5812. 701 East Boulder Street, Colorado Springs, Colo. Tel: 586-5000. EVANSTON-Worship 10 a.m. 1010 Greenleaf, 864-8511. (719) 685-5548. Address: Colorado Springs Friends GALESBURG-Peoria-Galesburg Meeting. 10 a.m. in Meeting, P.O. Box 2514, Colorado Springs, CO 80901- FT. MYERS.Meeting at lee County Nature Center First 2514. Days at 10:30 a.m. Telephone: (941) 336-7027. homes. (309) 343-7097 for location. LAKE FOREST-Worship 10:30 a.m. at meetinghouse. DENVER-Mountain View Friends Meeting, 2280 South GAINESVILLE-Meeting and First~ay school 11 a.m. West Old Elm and Ridge Rds. Mail: Box 95, Lake Forest, Columbine St. Worship and adult discussion 9 a.m. 1921 N.W. 2nd Ave. 462-3201 . 60045. Phone: (708) 234-841 0. Worship and First~ay school10:30 a.m. Westside JACKSONVILLE-Meeting for worship, First Days. For worship at 1020 Upham St., Lakewood, 10 a.m. Phone: location and time phone (904) 768-3648 or 733-3573. McHENRY COUNTY-Worship 5 p.m. (815) 385-8512. (303) 777-3799. KEY WEST-Worship group Sunday 10:30. 618 Grinnell McNABB-Clear Creek Meeting. Unprogrammed worship DURANGo-unprogrammed worship 10 am., First~ay Street in garden. Phone: Sheridan Crumlish, 294-1523. 11 a.m., F irst~ay schooll 0 am. Meetinghouse 2 miles south, 1 mile east of McNabb. Phone: (815) 882-2214. school and adu~ discussion 11 a.m. Call for location, LAKE WALES.Worshlp group, (813) 676-2199. 247-4550 or 884-9434. OAK PARK-Worship 10 a.m. (with Flrst~ay school and LAKE WORTH-Palm Beach Meeting, 823 North A St. childcare) at Oak Park Art league, 720 Chicago Ave. FORT COLLINS.Meeting for worship and First~y school 10:30 a.m. Phone: (407) 585-8060. 10 am., 2222 W. Vine. (303) 491-9717. Mail Address: P. 0. Box 3245, Oak Pa.' , IL 60303-3245. MARATHON-Worship group. December through April, NORTH METRO DENVER-Unprogrammed worship 10 Phone: (708) 386.Q172-Katherine Trezevant. forst and third First Days 11 a.m. 69 Tingler Lane, PARK FOREST-Worship 10 am. (708) 748-2266. a.m., conversation after. Children welcome. Colorado (305) 289-1220. Piedmont Meeting, (303) 254-8123, Internet ROCKFORD-Meeting for ~rship, First Days, 10:30 a.m., [email protected]. MIAMI.CORAL GABLEs-Meeting 11 a.m. 1185 Sunset Friends House, 326 N. Avon. (815) 962-7373, 963-7448, Dr., 661-7374. Clerk: David Landowne, (305) 661-4847. or 964.C716. Connecticut OCALA-11 am.; ad hoc Fi rst~ay school; 1010 N.E. 44 SPRINGFIELD-First Day Worship, P.O. Box 3442, HARTFORD-Meeting and First~y school10 a.m., Ave., 34470. lovely, reasonable accommodations. (352) Springfield, ll62708, (217) 525-6228. 236-2839. discussion 11 am. 144 South Quaker Lane, West URBANA-CHAMPAIGN-Meeting for worship 11 a.m., In Hartford. Phone: 232-3631. ORLANDO-Meeting and First~ay school 9:30 am. Illinois Disciples Foundation Chapel, 610 E. Springfield, MIDDLETOWN-Worship 10 a.m. Butterfield Colleges, Unit 316 E. Marks St., Orlando, 32803. (407) 425-5125. Champaign. Phone: (217) 328-5853 or (217) 344-8510. A, corner of High and Lawn Avenue In Middletown. ST. PETERSBURG-Meeting, First~ay school, and NEW HAVEN-Meeting and First~ay school, Sundays, Teen Group 10:30 a.m. 130 19th Ave. S.E. Indiana 10:30 a.m. Worship sharing Wednesdays 7:30p.m. 225 Phone: (813) 896-0310. BLOOMINGTON-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. Moores East Grand Ave., New Haven, CT 06513. (203) 453-3815. SARASOTA-Worship 9:30a.m., discussion 10:30 a.m., Pike at Smith Road. (812) 336-5576. NEW LONDON-Meeting for worship and First~ay Cook Hall, New College. For directions, call (941) 342- EVANSVILLE-Worship 11 a.m. Sundays at Patchwork school 10 a.m., discussion 11 a.m. Friends Meetinghouse, 1611 or Marie Condon, clerk, (941) 729-1989. Central, 100 Washington Ave. Oswegatchie Rd., off the Niantic River Rd., Waterford, TALLAHASSEE-Worship Sunday 10 a.m. 2001 Magnolia HOPEWELL-Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m., discussion Conn. 536-7245 or 889-1924. Dr. South. Unprogrammed. Potluck first Sunday. 11 a.m. 20 mi. W. of Richmond; between 1-70, US 40; 1-70 NEW MILFORD-Housatonic Meeting. ~e. 7 at Lanesville (904) 878-3620. exit Wilbur WrightRd., 1 1/4 mi. S., 1 mi. W. (317)478-4218. Rd. Worship 10 a.m. Phone: (203) 746-6329. TAMPA-Meeting and First~ay school10 a.m. INDIANAPOLIS.North Meadow Circle of Friends, STAMFORD-GREENWICH-Meeting for worship 10 am. 11215 N. Nebraska Ave., Suite B-3. Phone contacts: 1710 N. Talbott. Unprogrammed, worship 10 a.m. Children 572 Roxbury Rd. (corner of Westover), Stamford. (813) 989-9261 and 977-4022. welcome. 926-7657. (203) 637-4601 or 869-0445. WINTER PARK-Meeting 10 a.m. Alumni House, Rollins INDIANAPOLIS.Valley Mills Friends Meeting. 6739 West STORRS.Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Corner North College. Phone: (407) 894-8998. Thompson Road. Catherine Sherman, pastor. Call (317) 856-4368 for meeting times. Eagleville and Hunting Locjge Rds. Phone: 429-4459. Georgia WILTON-Worship and First~y school 10 a.m. MUNCIE-Friends Memorial Meeting, unprogrammed 317 New Canaan Rd., ~e. 106. (203) 762-5669. A THENS.Worship and First~ay school 10 to 11 a.m. worship 8:30am., First~ay school 9:30a.m., Sunday; discussion 11 to 12. Athens Montessori School, WOODBURY-Utchfoeld Hills Meeting (formerly programmed worship 11 am. 418 W. Adams St. (765) Watertown). Woodbury Community House, Mountain Rd. Barnett Shoals Rd., Athens, GA 30605. (706) 353-2856 or 288-5680. 548-9394. at Main St. Worship and First~ay school10 a.m. Phone: RICHMOND-Clear Creek, Stout Memorial Meetinghouse, 263-3627. ATLANTA-Worship and First~ay school tO a.m. Earlham College, unprogrammed, 9:15a.m. Clerks: Cathy 701 W. Howard Ave., Decatur, GA 30030. David Thurman, and larry Habschmi~ (317) 962-3362. clerk, (404) 377-2474. Delaware SOUTH BEND-Unprogrammed worship, First~y school CAMDEN-Worship 11 a.m., (1 0 a.m. in June, July, Aug.), AUGUSTA-Worship 10:30 a.m. at meetinghouse, 9:45a.m. (219) 277-7684, 232-5729. First~y school10 a.m., 2 mi. S. of Dover, 122 E. 340 1/2 Telfair St. (706) 738-8036 or (803) 278-5213. VALPARAISO-Duneland Friends Meeting. Singing Camden-Wyo Ave. (~e. 10). 284-4745, sg7.Q910. BRUNSWICK-Meeting for worship at 10:30 a.m. at 307 9:45a.m., unprogrammed worship 10 a.m. Opportunity CENTRE-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. 1 mile east of Newcastle St. Call (912) 638-1200 or 437-4708. Enterprises, 2801 Evans; (219) 462-9997. Centreville on the Centre Meeting Rd. at Adams Dam Rd. WEST LAFAYETTE-Unprogrammed worship at 10 a.m. at HOCKESSIN-Worship 11 am. (10 a.m. in June, July, and Hawaii 176 E. Stadium Ave., West lafayette. Aug.). First~ay school10 am. Sept.-May. Childcare BIG ISLAN0-10 a.m. Sunday. Unprogrammed worship provided year round. N.W. from Hockessin-Yorklyn Rd. at potluck lunch follows. location rotates. Iowa first crossroad, 1501 Old Wilmington Rd. (302) 239-2223. Call (808) 322-31 16, n5-0972. AMES.Worship 10 a.m. Sun.; summer 9 a.m., 427 NEWARK-First~ay school9:30 a.m., worship 10:30 a.m. HONOLULU-Sundays, 9:45a.m. hymn singing; 10 a.m. Hawthorne Ave. (4 blks west of campus) Ames, lA 50014. Newark Center for Creative learning, 401 Phillips Ave. worship and Flrst~y school. 2426 Oahu Ave., 96822. (515) 232-2763. (302) 456-0398. Overnight inquiries welcomed. Phone: (808) 988-2714. DES MOINES.Meeting for worship 10 am., classes 11:30 ODESSA-Worship, first Sundays, 11 am., W. Main MAUl-Friends Worship Group. Contact: John Dart a.m. Meetinghouse, 4211 Grand Ave. Phone: 274-4717. Street. (808) 878-2190, 107-D Kamnui Place, Kula, Hl96790; or IOWA CITY-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 10 am. (808) 572-9205 (Vitarellis). WILMINGTON-Worship 9:15a.m., First~y school 311 N. Unn St. Call351-2234 or Selma Conner, 338- 10:30 am. Alapocas, Friends School. Idaho 2914. WILMINGTON-Worship and First~ay school 10:30 a.m. WEST BRANCH-Unprogrammed worship at 10 am., 2nd BOISE-Boise Valley Friends. Unprogrammed worship, 4th & West Sts. Phone: 652-4491. Sunday worship includes business: other weeks, 9:30a.m. First Day. (208) 345-2049. discussion fo llows. 317 N. 6th St. Call: (319) 643-5639. District of Columbia MOSCOW-Moscow-Pullman Meeting, Campus Christian WASHINGTON-Friends Meeting, 2111 Florida Ave. NW Center, 822 Elm St., Moscow. Unprogrammed worship Kansas (north of Dupont Circle Metro, near Conn. Ave.). (202) 11:30 a.m. Sunday. Childcare. (509) 332-4323. LAWRENCE-Oread Friends Meeting, 1146 Oregon. 483-3310. Unprogrammed meetings for worship are SANDPOINT-Unprogrammed worship group at Gardenia Unprogrammed worship 11 am. (913) 843-3277. regularly held at: Center, 4 p.m. Sundays. Various homes in summer. Call MANHATTAN-Unprogrammed meeting 10 a.m. Baptist MEETINGHOUSE-21 11 Florida Ave. Worship at 9 a.m. Elizabeth Willey, 263-4290. Campus Center, 1801 Anderson, Manhattan, KS 66502. and "11 a.m. Sundays, also 7 p.m. Wednesdays. First­ June/July: members' homes, 9:30 a.m. (913) 537-2260, day school at 11 :20 a.m. Illinois (913) 539-2636. QUAKER HOUSE-2121 Decatur Pl., adjacent to BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL-Unprogrammed Sun. TOPEKA-Unprogrammed worship 9:45a.m. followed by meetinghouse. Worship at "10 a.m. with special 11 a.m. Sept.-May, Campus Religious Center, 210 W. discussion. 603 S.W. 8th, Topeka. Fi rst~ay school and welcome for lesbians and Gays. Mulberry, Normal. Summer-homes. (309) 888-2704. childcare provided. Phone: (913) 233-5210 or 273.Q791.

FRIENDS J OURNAL August 1997 35 WICHITA-Heartland Meeting, unprogrammed worship SENECA VALLEY-Worship Group 11:30 Kerr Hall, Boyds. KALAMAZOQ.Meeting for worship and First-day school 11 am. First Days. 14700 West Highway 54. Children's program and weekly potlud<. (301) 540.7828. 10 a.m., discussion and childcare 11 am. Friends (316) 262~1. Carry-in lunch and business following SOUTHERN MARYLAND-Patuxent Meeting. Worship Meetinghouse, 508 Denner. Phone: 349-1754. worship on last First Day of month. 10 a.m. Call Peter Rabenold (410) 394-3124. Minnesota Kentucky UNION BRIDGE-Pipe Creek Meeting. Worship 10 am. BRAINERD-Unprogrammed meeting and discussion, BEREA·Meeting Sunday 9 am. AMERC Building, 300 P.O. Box 487, Union Bridge, MD 21791. (301) 831-7446. Sundays 6:30. Cail: (218) 963-7786. Harrison Road, Berea, KY. Call: (606) 623-7973 or (606) DULUTH-SUPERIOR-Unprogrammed worship and 986-9840. Massachusetts ACTON-Worship and First-day school10 am. Harvey First-day school, 9:30 a.m. 1802 E. 1st Street, Duluth. LEXINGTON-Meeting for worship and First-day school Wheeler Community Center, comer Main and Church Sts. Michael Koppy, clerk: (218) 729-7643. 10 a.m. Sundays. 1504 Bryan Ave., Lexington, KY 40505. West Concord (during summer in homes). Clerk: Sarah MINNEAPOLIS..Minneapolis Friends Meeting, Telephone: (606) 254-3319. Jeffries, 371-1619. 4401 York Ave. South, Mpls., MN 55410. Call for times. LOUISVILLE-Meeting for worship 10:30 am. 3050 Bon Air (612) 926-6159. AMESBURY-Worship 10 a.m. 120 Friend St. Ave., 40205. Telephone: 452~12 . Call (508) 463-3259 or (508) 388-3293. NORTHFIELD-Cannon Valley Monthly Meeting. Worship (unprogrammed) and First-day school, 10 a.m. Sundays. Louisiana AMHERST-GREENFIELD-Mount Toby Meeting. Worship First Sunday each month, meets in private homes. Other BATON ROUGE-Unprogrammed worship 11 a.m. Sunday. and First-day school 10 a.m. 194 Long Plain Rd. (Rte 63), Sundays, meets at Laura Baker School, 211 Oak Street., 333 E. Chimes St. Cieri<: Pam D. Arnold (504) 665--3560. Leverett. (413) 548-9188; if no answer (413) 774-5038. Northfield. For information: Corinne Matney, 8657 Spring NEW ORLEANS..Unprogrammed meeting for worship ANDOVER-Grahm House Wheeler St. Worship and First­ Creelk Road, Northfield, MN 55057. (507) 663-1048. Sundays 10 am. 7102 Frere! St. (504) 865-1675. day school10 a.m. Contact J. Griswold (508) 475-7136. ROCHESTER-Unprogrammed meeting. Cail: RUSTON-Unprogrammed. Call: (318) 251-2669. BOSTON-Worship 10:30 a.m. First Day. Beacon Hill (507) 282-4565 or 282-3310. SHREVEPORT-Unprogrammed. Call: (318) 79Hl578. Friends House, 6 Chestnut St., Boston, 021 08. ST. PAUL· Twin Cities Friends Meeting, 1725 Grand Ave., Phone: 227-9118. St. Paul. Unprogrammed worship Sunday at 9 a.m. and Maine · CAMBRIDGE-Meetings Sundays 10 a.m. and 5 p.m: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday at 6:30p.m.; adult education BAR HARBOR AREA-Acadia Friends. Worship 9 a.m., Forum at 11:30 am. 5 Longfellow Park (near Harvard Sq., Sunday at 9 a.m.; First-day school Sunday at 10:30 a.m.; Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor. (207) 288-3888 off Braille St.). Phone: (617) 876-6883. meeting for business first Sunday of month fo llowing or 288-4941. CAMBRIDGE-Fresh Pond Monthly Meeting. Worship and 10:30 a.m. worship. (612) 699-6995. BELFAST AREA-Unprogrammed meeting for worship, First-day school 10 am. Cambridge Friends School, STILLWATER-St. Croix Valley Friends: Unprogrammed 9:30-10:30 a.m. Telephone: (207) 338-4476. 5 Cadbury Road. 395-6162. worship at 10 am. Phone: (612) 777-1698, 777-5651. BRUNSWICK-Unprogrammed worship 10 am. DEERFIELD-GREENFIELD-Worship group Thursday 333 Maine St. 833-5016 or 725-8216. 5:30 p.m. at Woolman Hill Conference Center, Keels Missouri COLUMBIA-Discussion and First-day school9:30 am., CA~aker Ridge. Unprogrammed worship 10:30 Road, Deerfield, MA 01342. (413) 774-3431. All are am. summer only. 1814 meetinghouse always open to welcome. worship 10:30 am. 6408 Locust Grove Dr. (314) 442· 8328. vis~ors, so. of Rt. 11 next to Hall's Funeral Home. (207) FRAMINGHAM-Worship 10 a.m. First-day school. Year 627-4705, 627-4437. round. 841 Edmands Rd. (2 mi. west of Nobsoot traffiC KANSAS CITY-Penn Valley Meeting, 4405 Gillham Rd. EAST VASSALBORO.Unprogrammed meeting for lights). Wheelchair Accessible. (508) 877-1261. 10 a.m. Call: (816) 931-5256. worship 10 a.m. Friends Meetinghouse, Stanley Hill Road, GREAT BARRINGTON-South Berkshire Meeting, Blodgett ST. LOUIS..Meeting 10:30 am. 2539 Rockford Ave., Rock East Vassalboro. Joyce Sutherland, clerk, (207) 923- House, Simon's Rock College, Alford Rd. Unprogrammed Hill. Phone: 962-3061. 3141. 10:30 am. Phone: (413) 528-1847 or (413) 243-1575. SPRINGFIELD-Sunrise Friends Meeting. Worship and MllrCOAST AREA-Unprogrammed meeting for worship, MARTHA'S VINEYARD-Unprogrammed 10:30a.m. First-day school 11 a.m. each First Day at the Ecumenical First-day school, 10 a.m., Friends meetinghouse, Hillside Village, Edgartown Rd. (508) 693-1834 or 693- Center, SMSU campus, 680 S. Florence Ave. Damariscotta. Coming from the south on Rt. 1, tum left at 0512. (417) 882-3963. the blinker light onto Belvedere Rd., right if coming from the north. (207) 563-3464 or 582-8615. MATTAPOISETT-Unprogrammed 9:30 a.m., Marion Road Montana (Rte. 6). All are welcome. (508) 758-3579. ORONO.Unprogrammed meeting for worship 10 a.m. BILLINGS..Call: (406) 252-5065 or (406) 656-2163. Orono Community Center. (207) 866-3892. NANTIJCKET.Unprogrammed meeting each First Day, HELENA·Call (406) 442-3058. 10 a.m., Fair Street Meetinghouse, (508) 228-0136. PORTLAND-Unprogrammed worship, First-day school, MISSOULA-Unprogrammed, Sundays, 11 a.m. winter, 10 8 and 10:30 a.m. 1837 Forest Ave. (Rte. 302). Call (207) NORTH SHORE-Worship and First-day school10 a.m. a.m. summer. 1861 South 12th Street W. (406) 549-6276. 797-4720. Glen Urquhart School, Beverly Farms, Mass., Clerk: WATERBORO.Unprogrammed worship, First-day school Bruce Nevin, 281-5683. Nebraska 9 a.m. For details call (207) 625-8034, 324-4134. NORTHAMPTON-Worship 11 a.m., adult discussion 9:30; LINCOI.N-Unprogrammed worship 10:30 a.m. 3319 S. WHmNG-Cobscook Friends Meeting. Meeting for childcare. Smith College, Bass Hall, room 210. 46th. Phone: 488-4178. worship First Days 10 a.m. Jane Cook, clerk. (207) 726- (413) 584-2788. OMAHA-Unprogrammed worship 11 a.m.; University 5032. SANDWICH-East Sandwich Meetinghouse, Quaker Relig. Ctr., 101 N. Happy Hollow. 289-4156, 391-4765. Meeting House Rd. just north of Rte. 6A. Meeting for Maryland worship Sunday 10 a.m. (508) 888-4181. Nevada ADELPHI-Worship 10 a.m. Sunday. Sunday school SOUTH SHORE-Worship and First-day school10 a.m. LAS VEGAS..Unprogrammed worship group. 10:20 a.m. (10 a.m. fourth Sun.). AduH 2nd hour New England Friends Home, 86 Turkey Hill La., Hingham. Cail (702) 898-5785. 11:30 am. 1sV3rd/5th Sun. Nursery, 2303 Metzerott, near (617} 749-3556 or Clerk, Henry Stokes (617) 749-4383. RENo-Unprogrammed worship, for information call: 329- U. of Md. (301) 445-1114. WELLESLEY-Meeting for worship and Sunday school 9400. ANNAPOLI$-351 Dubois Rd. Worship 11 a.m. 10 a.m. at 26 Benvenue St. Phone: (617} 237-0268. Phone: (41 0) 573-0364. New Hampshire WEST FALMOUTH-Meeting for worship 10 a m. Sunday. CONCORD-Worship 10 a.m. Children welcomed and BALTIMORE .Stony Run: worship 9:30 and 11 a.m. except 574 W. Fal. Hwy I Rte. 28A. (508) 398-3773. 8:30 and 10 a.m. July and August. 5116 N. Charles St. cared for. Merrimack Valley Day Care Center, 19 N. Fruit 435-3773. Homewood: worship and First-day school WESTPORT-Meeting Sundays 10 a.m. Central Village. St. Phone: (603) 783-4921. 11 a.m. September-May, 10 am. June-August. 3107 636-4963. DOVER-Unprogrammed worship 10:30 am., 141 Central N. Charles St. 235-4438. WORCESTER-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 11 Ave. Childcare available. Clerk: Constance G. Weeks, BALTIMORE/SPARKS.. Gunpowder Meeting. Worship a.m. 901 Pleasant St. Phone: 754-3887. (207) 439-2837, or write: P.O. Box 98, Dover, NH 03820. every First Day, 11 a.m. Call for directions. YARMOUTH-Friends Meeting at 58 North Main Street in GONIC-Worship 2nd and 4th First day, March through Phone: (410) 771-4583. South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, welcomes visitors for worship December at 10 a.m. Clerk: Shirley Leslie. Phone: (603) BETHESDA-Classes and worship 11 a.m. (year round) at 10 a.m. each Sunday. (508) 398-3773. 332-5472. Sidwell Friends Lower School, Edgemoor Lane and HANOVER-Worship and First-day school, Sundays, Beverly Rd. 986-8681. Michigan 10 a.m. Friends Meetinghouse, 43 Lebanon St. (next to CHESTERTOWN-Chester River Meeting, 124 ALMA-MT. PLEASANT.Unprogrammed meeting 10 am.; high school). Clerk: Anne Baird, (603) 989-3361. Philosophers Terrace. Worship 11 a.m. Clerk: Yasuo discussion 11 a.m. Clerk: Don Nagler, (517) 772-2421. LANCASTER-Unprogrammed meeting at the Episoopai Takahashi, P.O. Box 1005, Chestertown, MD 21620. (410) ANN ARBOR-Meeting 10 a.m., adult discussion 11:30 Rectory first and third Sundays at 5:30 p.m. Check with 778-1977. a.m. Meetinghouse, 1420 Hill St.; guest room Mary Ellen Cannon at (603) 788-3668. DARLINGTON-Deer Creek Meeting. Worship 10:30 am. reservations, (313) 761-7435. Co-clerks Pam and Phil NORTH SANDWICH-10:30 a.m. Contact Webb, Clerk, Anne Gregory, (410) 457-9188. Hoffer, (313) 662-3435. (603) 284-6215. EASTON-Third Haven Meeting, 405 S. Washington St. BIRMINGHAM-Meeting 10:30 a.m. Brookside School PETERBOROUGH-Monadnock, Meeting at Peterborough/ 10 a.m. Kenneth Carroll, clerk, (410) 820-8347, 820-7952. Ubrary. N.E. corner Lone Pine & Cranbrook, Bloomfield Jaffrey Une on Rl 202. 8 am. and 10:30 am. (9:30a.m. FALLSTON-Utile Falls Meeting, Old Fallston Rd. Worship Hills. Summer: Springdale Park, Strathmore Rd. in July and August). (603) 532-6203 (810) 377-8811. Clerk: Kyo Takahashi: (810) 647-3927. 10:30 a.m. Clerk, Nancy Paaby, (410) 877-7245. WEARE·10:30 a.m., Quaker Sl, Henniker. Contact: Baker FREDERICK-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. First-day school DETROIT-First Day meeting 10:30 am. Call341-9404, or (603) 478-3230. write 4011 Norfolk, Detron, Ml 48221, for information. 10:15 a.m. Wednesday 5:30p.m. 723 N. Market Sl WEST EPPING-Unprogrammed. 10 a.m. on 1st and 3rd (301) 631-1257. EAST LANSING-Unprogrammed worship and First-day First Days. Friend St. directly off Rt. 27. Clerk: Fritz Bell, SALISBURY-Unprogrammed worship 11 a m. Carey Ave. school, 12:30 p.m. All Saints Episcopal Church Lounge, (603) 895-2437. at Glen. (410) 543-4343 or957-3451. 800 Abbott Road. Accessible. Cail371-1754 or 351-3094. SANDY SPRING-Meetinghouse Road off Md. Rt. 108. GRAND RAPIDS..Worship and First-day school10:30 a.m. New Jersey Worship Sundays 9:30 and 11 am., and Thursdays (616) 942-4713 or 454-7701. ATLANTIC CITY AREA-Worship 11 a.m., 437A, S. P~ney 7:30p.m. Classes Sundays 11 am. First Sunday of HOUGHTON-Hancock Keweenaw Friends Meeting: Rd. Near Absecon. (609) 652-2637. month worship 9:30am. only, followed by meeting for worship and First-day school first and third Sundays. CAPE MAY·Beach meeting michlune through Sept., business. Phone (301) 77 4-9792. (906) 296-0560 or 482-6827. 8:45a.m., beach north of first-aid station. (609) 624-1165.

36 August 1997 FRIENDS j OURNAL CINNAMINSOM-Westfield Friends Meeting, Ate. 130 at New York the first First Day of every month. Eari Hall, Columbia Riverton-Moorestown Rd. Meeting for worship 11 am., University: unprogrammed worship every First Day at ALBANY-Worship and First~y school11 a.m. First~y school 10 a.m. 11 a.m. At 110 Schennerhorn St., Brooklyn: 727 Madison Ave. Phone: 43&8812. unprogrammed worship at 11 a.m. every First Day. Phone CROPWELL-Mealing for worship 10:45 am. Old Mar~on ALFRED-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. each First Day in (212) 777-8866 (Mon.-Fri., 9-6) about First~y schools, Pike, one mile west of ~on. The Parish House, West University St. monthly business meetings, and other information. CROSSWICKs-Meeting and First-day school 9:30 a.m. OLD CHATHAM-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. Powell (609) 298-4362. AMAWALK-Worship 10:30 a.m. Quaker Church Rd., N. of Ate. 202-35, Yorktown Heights. (914) 669-8549. House, Ate. 13. Phone 794-8811. DOVER-RANDOLPH-Worship and First-day school ONEONTA-Butternuts Monthly Meeting. Worship 11 a.m. Randolph Friends Meetinghouse, Quaker Church AUBURN-Unprogrammed meeting 1 p.m. Seventh-day worship. By appointment only. Auburn Prison, 135 State 10:30 am. first Sunday. (607) 432·9395. Olher Sundays: Rd. and Quaker Ave. between Center Grove Rd. and Cooperstown, 547-5450, Delhi, 829-6702; Norwich, Millbrook Ave., Randolph. (201) 627-3987. St., Auburn, NY 13021. Requests must be processed through Barbara A. Bowen, 25 Grover St., Auburn, NY 334-9433. GREENWICH-First~y school10:30 a.m., worship 13021 . Phone: (315) 252-3532. ORCHARD PARK-Worship and school11 a.m. 11:30 a.m., Ye GreateSt., Greenwich. (609) 451-8217. F i rst~y BROOKLYN-Worship and Fi rst~y school 11 a.m. East Quaker St. at Freeman Rd. 662-5749. HADDONFIELD-Worship 10 a.m.; First-day school (childcare provided). 110 Schennerhorn St. For POPLAR RIDGE-Worship 10 a.m. (315) 364-5563. follows, except summer. Babysitting provided during both. information call (212) 777-<3866 (Mon.-Fri., 9-6). Mailing Friends Ave. and Lake St. Phone: 428-6242 or 428-5779. POUGHKEEPSIE-Meeting for worship and Sunday school address: Box 730, Brooklyn, NY 11201. 10 a.m. 249 Hooker Ave., 12603. (914) 454·2870. MANASQUAN-Firsl~y school 10 a.m., meeting BUFFALO-Worship 10:30 a.m. 72 N. Parade near 11 :15 a.m. Ate. 35 at Manasquan Circle. PURCHASE-Meeting for worship and First-day school Science Museum. (716) 892-8645 for further information. 11 a.m., Purchase Street (At. 120) at Lake St. Meeting MARLTON-See CROPWELL. BULLS HEAD RD.-Worship and First-day school10:30 telephone: (914) 949-0206 (answering machine). MEDFORD-Worship 10 a.m. First-day school10:30 a.m. a.m. N Dutchess Co., 1/4 mile E. Taconic Pky. (914) 266- Union St. Meetinghouse. (609) 955-8914 for info. QUAKER STREET-Worship 10 a.m. Ate. 7 Quaker Street, 3223. New York 12141 . Phone (518) 895-8169. MICKLETON-Worship 10 am., First-day school 11 a.m. CANTON-St. Lawrence Valley Friends Meeting, (609) 848-7 449 or 423-5618. ROCHESTER-Meeting for worship weekly at 8:45 am. (315) 386-4648. and 11:15 a.m., 41 Westminster Rd. at East Ave. (near MONTCLAIR-Meeling and Fi rst~y school 11 a.m. CATSKILL-10 a.m. worship. At. 55, Grahamsville. George Eastman House), First~y school and adult except July and Aug. 10 am. Park St. and Gordonhurst November-April in members' homes. (914) 985-7 409 or religious education at 10:15 am. On third First Days, Ave. Phone: (201) 746-0940. Visitors welcome. (914) 434-3494. children have junior meeting for worship (adu~-guided) MOORESTOWN-118 E. Main St. For meeting information CENTRAL FINGER LAKES.Penn Van, Sundays, Sept. during but separate from second meeting. On fourth First call (609) 235-1561 . through June, 270 Lake St., rear, adu~ and child's study Days, children join the adults in second meeting. (716) MOUNT HOLLY-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. High and 10 a.m., worship 11 a.m. July through Aug., worship in 271.0000. Please call ahead for the summer schedule. Garden Sts. Visitors welcome. Cail: (60g) 261-7575. homes. Phone: (716) 526-5196. ROCKLAND-Meeting for worship and First-day school MULLICA HILL·Main St. Sept.-May First-day school CHAPPAQUA-Unprogrammed meeting for worship and 11 a.m. 60 Leber Rd., Blauve~ . (914) 623-8473. 9:45a.m., meeting for worship 11 am. Meeting only, First-day school 10:30 a.m. Ate. 120 Quaker Rd. RYE-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 4 p.m., June, July, and Aug., 10 a.m. (914) 238-3170. 624 Milton Road. Phone (914) 967-<>539. NEW BRUNSWICK-Meeting and First~y school CLINTON-Meeting, Sundays, 10:30 a.m. Kirkland Art SARANAC LAKE-Meeting for worship and First~y 10:30 am. Meeting only July and Aug., 9:30 a.m. Center, On-the-Park. Phone: 853-3035. school; (518) 523-3548 or (518) 891-4490. 109 Nichol Ave. at Hale St. (908) 84EH!969. CORNWALL-Worship with childcare and First-day school, SARATOGA SPRINGS.Worship and First-day school PLAINFIELD-Meeting for worship and First~y school 10:30 a.m., Quaker Ave. Phone: 534-7474. 10 am. Phone: (518) 399-5013. 10 am. Wednesday at 8 p.m. 225 Watchung Ave. at E. EASTON-Unprogrammed worship and First-day school SCARSDALE-Meeting for worship, 11 a.m. year round; Third St. 757-5736. 11 a.m. Ate. 40. (518) 664-6567 or 677-3693. First-day school, third Sunday in Sept. through second PRINCETON-Worship 9 and 11 a.m. First~y school ELMIRA-1 0:30 a.m. Sundays. 155 West 6th St. Phone: Sunday in June, 11 a.m. 133 Popham Road, (914) 472· 11 a.m. Oct-May. 470 Quaker Rd. near Mercer St. (607) 734-8894. 1807. William Bortree, clerk, (914) 738-2312. (609) 737-7142. FREDONIA-Unprogrammed meeting 10:30 a.m. Call: SCHENECTADY-Meeting for worship and First~y QUAKERTOWN-Worship and First-day school1 0:30a.m. (716) 672-4427 or (716) 672-4518. school, 9:30a.m. 930 Albany Street. (518) 374-2166. Box 502, Quakertown 08868. (201) 782-0053. HAMILTON- Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Upperville STATEN ISLAND-Meeting for worship Sundays at 11 a.m. RANCOCAS.First~y school10 a.m., meeting for Meetinghouse, Route 80, 3 miles west of Smyrna. Phone: Information: (718) 72~3 . worship 11 a.m. Jean Eastman, (607) 674-9044. SYRACUSE-Worship 10:30 am. 821 Euclid Ave. RIDGEWOOD-Meeting for worship and F irst~y school HUDSON-Taghkanic-Hudson Friends Meeting. 10:30 a.m. 224 Highwood Ave. (201) 445-8450. Unprogrammed meeting for worship every Sunday at North Carolina SALEM-Meeting for worship 11 am., First-day school 10:30 a.m. Telephone: (518) 537-6618 or (518) 537-6617 ASHEVILLE-Unprogrammed meeting for worship and 9:45a.m. July and Aug. worship 10 a.m. East Broadway. (voice mail); e-mail: [email protected]. First-day school 10 a.m., forum and childcare 11 a.m. SEAVILLE-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. (July/Aug. 10 ITHACA-Worship 11 a.m., Anabel Taylor Hall, Oct.-May, 227 Edgewood Rd. (704) 258-0074. a.m.) Main Shore Rd., Ate. 9, Seaville. (609) 624·1165. worship 10 :30 a.m., Hector Meeting House, Perry City BOONE-Unprogrammed meeting for worship and Fi rst~y SHREWSBURY-Meeting for worship and First-day school Rd., June-Sept. Phone: 273-5421. school, 11 a.m. 381 E. King Street. John Geary, clerk, 10:30 a.m. Ate. 35 and Sycamore. Phone: (908) 7 41· LONG ISLAND (QUEENS, NASSAU, SUFFOLK (704) 264-5812. 4138. COUNTIES)-Unprogrammed meetings for worship, 11 BREVARD-Unprogrammed meeting for worship, 11 a.m. SOMERSET/MORRIS COUNTIEs-Somerset Hills Meeting, a.m. First Days, unless otherwise noted. Oakdale and Duckworlh Aves. (704) 884-7000. Community Club, E. Main St., Brookside. Worship held PECONIC BAY-Southampton; Administration Building, CELO.Meeting 10:45 a.m., near Burnsville, off At. 80S, 10:30 a.m. Sept.-May. (908) 234·2486 or (908) 876-4491 . Southampton College. (516) 283-7590 or 283-7591; 455 Hannah Branch Rd., (704) 675-4456. SUMMIT -Meeting for worship and First~y school 11 am. Sag Harbor, 96 Hempstead Street, 10:30, (516) 725- CHAPEL HILL-Meeting for worship 9 a.m. and 11 :15 a.m. 2547; Southold, call (516) 765-1132. (July, Aug., 10 a.m.). 158 Southern Blvd., Chatham First~y school11:15 am. Childcare. During June, July, Township. Visitors welcome. FARMINGDALE-BETHPAGE-second and fourth First and August, worship at 9 and 10:30 a.m. 531 Raletgh Rd. TRENTON-Meeting for worship and primary First~y Days, preceded by Bible study, 10:30 a.m. Clerk: Judith Purvis, (919) 942-7834. Meetinghouse, school 10 am. Hanover and Montgomery Sts. Children FLUSHING-Discussion 10 am.; First~y school 11 (919) 929-5377. welcomed and cared for. a.m. 137-16 Northern Blvd. (718) 358-9636. CHARLOTTE-Unprogrammed meeting for worship and TUCKERTON-Utt1e Egg Haribor Meeting. Left side of JERICHO-Old Jericho Tpke., off Ate. 25, just east of First-day school 10 a.m., forum 11 a.m. at Sharon Ate. 9 traveling north. Worship 10:30 a.m. intersection with Rtes. 106 and 107 . Seventh Day Adventist, 920 N. Sharon Amity Rd. (704) WOODBURY-First-day school10 a.m., meeting for LOCUST VALLEY-MATINECOCK-10 a.m. all year, 399-8465. worship 11 :15 a.m. 140 Northi3road St. Telephone: FDS Sept. .June. Duck Pond and Piping Rock Rds. DAVIDSON-10 am. Carolina Inn. (704) 892-3996. (609) 845-5080, if no answer call 845-9516. MANHASSET·Adu~ class 10 a.m., FDS 11 a.m., DURHAM-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school WOODSTOWN-First~y school9:30 a.m. Meeting for Winter. (Worship 10 a.m. Jun~August.) (516) 365- 10 a.m. 404 Alexander Ave. Contact Karen Stewar1, worship 10:30 am. N. Main Street. (609) 358-3528. 5142. (919) 732-9630. New Mexico ST. JAMEs-cONSCIENCE BAY-Friends Way, off FA YETTEVILLE·Unprogrammed. Phone 485-5720. Moriiches Rd. Adu~ discussion, First~y school, and GREENSBORO-Friendship Meeting (unprogrammed), ALBUQUERQUE-Meeting and F i rst~y school 10:30 a.m. singing. (516) 862-{;213. 11 03 New Garden Rd. Worship 10:30 am. Call: 1600 5th Sl, N.W., (505) 84~50. SHELTER ISLAND EXECUTIVE MEETING-10 :30am. (910) 294-2095 or 854-5155. GALLUP-Worship group meets Sundays 10:30 a.m. Call Summers: Circle at Quaker Marty~s Monument, GREENSBORO-New Garden Friends Meeting. Meeting 863-8911 or 863-4697. Sylvester Manor. (516) 749-0555. Winters, call for worship: unprogrammed 9 a.m.; semi-programmed 11 LAS CRUCES.10 a.m. worship, childcare. 2610 S. (516) 324-8557. a.m. First-day school 9:30 a.m. Hank Semmler, clerk; Solano. 522~72 (mach.) or 521-4260 (Anne-Marie & WESTBURY-550 Post Ave., just south of Jericho Tpke. David W. Bills, pastoral minister. 801 New Garden Road, ISRNI). at Exit 32-N, Northern State Pkwy. First-day school and 27410. (910) 292-5487. SANTA FE-Meeting for worship, Sundays 9 and 11 a.m. child care during meeting. (516) 333-3178. GREENVILLE-Unprogrammed worship and First-day Olive Rush Studio, 630 Canyon Rd. Phone: 983-7241 . MT. KISCO-Ooton Valley Meeting. Meetinghouse Road, school. 355-7230 or 758-6789. CHAMISA FRIENDS PREPARATIVE MEETING-

FRIENDS J OURNAL August 1997 37 RALEIGH-Unprogrammed. Meeting for worship Sunday at PORTLAND-Multnomah Monthly Meeting, 4312 S.E. HUNTINGOON-Unprogrammed meeting for worship, 10:30 10 am., with First-day school for children. Discussions at Stark. First-day school, all ages 10 am. Unprogrammed am., for location/directions call (814) 641-7139. 11 a.m. 625 Tower Street, Raleigh, NC. (919) 821-4414. worship (child care available) 11 a.m. Phone: 232-2822. INDIANA-Unprogrammed meeting for worship, 10:30 am., WENTWORTH/REIDSVILLE-Open worship and childcare FANNO CREEK WORSHIP GROUP-Sundays 10:30- first and third Sundays. (412) 349-3338. 10:30 a.m. Call: (919) 349-5727 or (91 9) 427-3188. 11:15 a.m. The Catlin Gabel School, Dant House KENDAL-Worship 10:30 a.m. Rte. 1, 1 mi. N. of WILMINGTON-Unprogrammed worship 11 am., Lounge, 8825 SW Barnes Road, Portland, OR 97225. longwood Gardens. discussion 10 a.m., 313 Castle St. The Catlin Gabel School campus is next door to KENNETT SQUARE-Rrst-day school10 a.m., worship WOODLAND-Cedar Grove Meeting. Sabbath school Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, near the intersection of U.S. 26 and Oregon Highway 217. 11 a.m. Union and Sickles. Robert B. McKinistry, clerk, 10 am., meeting tor worship 11 a.m. Bill Rernmes, clerl<. (610) 444-4449. (919) 587·9981. Information contact is Robert Keeler at (503) 292-8114. MOUNTAIN VIEW WORSHIP GROUP-Contact Lark LANCASTER-Meeting and First-day school10 a.m. North Dakota Lennox at (503) 296-3949. Meets at the antique church 110 Tulane Terr. 392-2762. FARG~nprogrammed meeting, 10:30 am. Sundays, of the Episcopal Diocese, 601 Union Stree~ The Dalles, LANSOOWNE-First-day school and activ"ies 10 a.m. UCM Building, 1239 121h St. N. (218) 233-5325. firsVthird Sundays 10 a.m. Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Lansdowne and Stewart GAY/LESBIAN WORSHIP GROUP-Contact Robert Aves. Ohio Smith at (503) 777-2623. Meets at Multnomah Meeting, LEHIGH VALLEY·BETHLEHE~Worship and First-day AKRON-Unprogrammed worship and childcare, 10:30 first Sundays 11 :45 a.m. school 9:30am. Programs for all ages 10:45 am. On a.m. Discussion and childcare, 9:30 a.m. 216 Myrtle SMALL GROUP WORSHIP-Contact Kate Holleran at Rte. 512, 1/2 mile north of Rte. 22. Place, Akron, OH 44303; 374-0521. (503) 668-3118. Meets second and fourth Sundays at LEWISBURG-Worship 11 a.m. Sundays. Vaughn Ut. ATHENS..10 a.m., 22 Birge, Chauncey (61 4) 797-4636. Sandy, Oregon. Bldg. Ubrary, Bucknell University. Telephone: (717) 524- BOWLING GREEN-Broadmead Friends Meeting FGC. SMALL GROUP WORSHIP-Contact Winnie Francis at 4297. Unprogrammed worship groups meet at: (503) 281-3946. Meets first and third Sundays at home LONOON GROVE-Friends meeting Sunday 9:30 a.m., BLUFFTON-Sally Weaver Sommer, clerk, of Winnie Francis. childcare/First-day school 10:30 a.m. Newark Rd. and (419) 358-5411. SADDLE MOUNTAIN WORSHIP GROUP-Contact Pam Rte. 926. FINDLAY.J oe Davis, (419) 422-7668. at (503) 436-0556 or Ruth (503) 755-2604. Meets firsV MARSHALLTON- Bradford Meeting (unprogrammed), third Sundays in Cannon Beach. TOLEDO-Ruth Taber, (419) 878-6641. Rte. 162, 4 mi. west of West Chester. 11 am. 692-4215. PORTLANDIBEAVERTON-Fanno Creek Worship Group. MEDIA-Worship 11 am. (10 a.m. July-Aug.) Joint First­ CINCINNATI-Eastern Hills Friends Meeting, 1671 Nagel Unprogrammed worship 10:30 am. Sundays, Sept.-June. Road, Sunday 10 am. (51 3) 474-9670. day school 9:30 am. at Media, Sept-Jan., and at Childcare. First-day school 1st and 2nd Sundays. Oregon Providence, Feb.-June, 125 W. Third St. CINCINNA11- Community Meeting (United FGC and FUM), Episcopal School, 6300 SW Nicol Rd. (503) 292-8114. 3960 Winding Way, 45229. Worship from silence and MEDIA-Providence Meeting, 105 N. Providence Rd. SALE~Meeting for worship 10 am., Forum 11 a.m. Rrst-day school10 a.m. Quaker-house phone: (513) 861- (610) 566-1308. Worship 11 am. Joint First-day school YWCA, 768 State St., 399-1908. Call for summer 9:30 at Providence, Feb.-June and at Media, Sept.-Jan. 4353. Franchot Ballinger, clerk. schedule. CLEVELAND-Meeting for worship and First-day school MERION-Meeting for worship 11 a.m., First-day school 11 a m. 10916 Magnolia Dr. (216) 791-2220. Pennsylvania 10:15 except summer months. Babysitting provided. Meetinghouse Lane at Montgomery. COLUMBUs-Unprogrammed meeting 10:30 a.m. ABINGTON-First-day school (su mmer~utdoor meeting) 1954lndianola Ave.; (614) 291-2331 or (614) 487-8422. 9:45a.m., worship 11:15 a.m. Childcare. Meetinghouse MIDDLETOWN-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. First-day DAYTON-Friends meeting FGC. Unprogrammed worship Rd./Greenwood Ave., Jenkintown. (E. of York Rd., N. of school 10:30-11:30 a.m. Adult education 10 :3Q-11 a.m. and First-day school10 am. 1516 Salem Ave., Rm. 236 Philadelphia.) (215) 884-2865. Delaware County, Rte. 352 N. of Uma (610) 358-1528. Phone: (513) 426-9875. BIRMINGHA~First-day school10 a.m., worship 10:15. MIDDLETOWN-First-day school 9:30 a.m., meeting for DELAWARE-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day 1245 Binningham Rd. S. of West Chester on Rte. 202 to worship 11 a.m. Seventh and eighth months worship school, 10:30 a.m., the music room in Andrews House, at Rte. 926, turn W. to Birmingham Rd., turn S. 1/4 mile. lQ-11 a.m. At Langhorne, 453 W. Maple Ave. the corner of W. Winter and N. Frankl in Streets. For BUCKINGHA~Worship and First-day school, 10 :30 a.m. MILLVILLE-Worship 10 a.m., First-day school 11 a.m. summer and 2nd Sundays, call (614) 362-8921. 5684 York Rd. (Routes 202-263), Lahaska Main St. Dean Girton, (717) 458-6431. GRANVILLE-Unprogrammed meeting at 10 a.m. For (215) 794-7299. NEWTOWN (Bucks Co.)-Worship 11 a.m. First-day information, call (614) 587-1070. CARLISLE-First-day school, Meeting for worship 10 a.m.; school for adults and children, 9:45a.m. except summer KENT-Meeting for worship and First-day school 252 A Street, (717) 249-8899. months. 219 Court St. (off S. State St.); 3 mi. west of 1-95, 10:30 am., UCM lounge, 1435 East Main Street. David CHAMBERSBURG-Meeting for worship 10:30 am., exit 30. (215) 968-3801. Stilwell, clerk. Phone: (216) 869-5563. 630 Undia Drive, telephone (717) 261-0736. NEWTOWN SQUARE (Del. Co.)-Forum 10 am. Worship MANSFIELD-Unprogrammed meeting 10 am., first and CHELTENHA~ See Philadelphia listing. 11 am. Rte. 252 N. of Rte. 3. (610) 356-4778. third Sundays. (419) 756-4441 or 289-8335. CHESTER-Meeting for worship 11 am., Sunday. 24th and NORRISTOWN-Meeting for worship and First-day school MARIETTA-Mid-Ohio Valley Friends unprogrammed Chestnut Sis., (610) 874-5860. 10 a.m. on First Day at Swede and Jacoby Sis. worship First Day mornings at 10:30. Betsey Mills Club, Telephone: (610) 279-3765. Mail: P.O. Box 823, CONCORD-Worship and First-day school 11 :15 a.m. At Norristown, PA 19404. 4th and Putnam Sis. Phone: (614) 373-2466. Concordville, on Concord Rd. one block south of Rte. 1. OBERLIN-Silent worship Sundays, 10:30 am., 68 S. OXFORD-Rrst-day school 10 am., Meeting for worship DARBY-Meeting for worship and First-day school11 a.m. 11 am. 260 S. 3rd St. (215) 932-8572. Janet P. Eaby, Professor. Midweek meeting Thursday, 4:15p.m., Kendal Main at 1Oth St. at Oberlin. P.O. Box 444, 44074; (216) 775-2368. derk. (717) 786-7810. DOLINGTON-MAKEFIELD-Worship 11- 11:30 am. First­ PENNSBURQ.Unami Monthly Meeting meets First Days OXFORD-Unprogrammed worship and First-day school, day school11:30-12:30. East of Dolington on Mt. Eyre 10 a.m. (513) 523-5802 or (513) 523-1061 . Rd. at 11 a.m. Meetinghouse at 5th and Macoby Sts. Geoffrey Kaiser, dark: (215) 234-8424. WAYNESVILLE-Friends meeting, First-day school OOWNINGTOWN-First-day school (except summer 9:30 a.m., unprogrammed worship 10: 45 a.m. 4th and months) and worship 10:30 am. 800 E. Lancaster Ave. PHILADELPHIA-Meetings 10:30 a.m. unless specified; Hight Sts. (513) 885-7276, 897-8959. (south side old Rte. 30, 1/2 mile east of town). 269-2899. phone 241-7221 for infonnation about First-day schools. WILMINGTON-Campus Meeting (FUM/FGC), Kelly OOYLESTOWN-Meeting for worship and First-day school BYBERRY~ne mile east of Roosevelt Boulevard at Center. Unprogrammed worship 10:15 am. (513) 382- 10 a.m. East Oakland Ave. Southampton Rd., 11 a.m. 0067. DUNNINGS CREEK-First-day schooiJMeeting for worship CENTRAL PHILADELPHIA-Meeting for worship 11 WOOSTER-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school begins 10 a.m. N.W. Bedford at Fishertown. 623-5350. a.m. (10 a.m. July and August). 15th and Cherry Sis. 10:30 a.m. S.W. corner College and Pine Sts. ERIE-Unprogrammed worship. Call: (814) 866-0682. CHELTENHA'M.J eanes Hospital grounds, Fox Chase, (216) 345-8664 or 262-7650. 11 :30 a.m. July and Aug. 10:30 a.m., (215) 342-4544. FALLSINGTON (Bucks County)-Falls Meeting, Main St. YELLOW SPRINGs-Unprogrammed worship, FGC, CHESTNUT HILL·100 E. Mennaid Lane. 11 a.m. Rockford Meetinghouse, President St. (Antioch First-day school 10 am., meeting for worship 11 a.m. Five campus). Clerk, Bruce Heckman: (513) 767-7973. miles from Pennsbury, reconstructed manor home of FOURTH AND ARCH STS.-10 a.m. on Thursdays. William Penn. Oklahoma FRANKFORD-Penn and Ort~odox Sts., 10:30 a.m. GLENSIDE-Unprogrammed, Christ-<:entered worship. FRANKFORD-Unity and Waln Sts., Friday eve. OKLAHOMA CITY-Friends Meetinghouse, 312 S.E. 25th. First-day 10:30 a.m., Fourth-day, 7:30p.m. 16 Huber St., 7:30p.m. Unprogrammed meeting for worship 10 a.m., Quaker Glenside (near Railroad Station) Telephone (215) 576- study group, midweek. (405) 632-7574,631-4174. 1450. GERMANTOWN MEETING-Coulter St. and Germantown Ave. STILLWATER-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 11 GOSHEN-First-day school10 am., worship 10:45 a.m. a.m. For lnfonnation call (405) 372-5892 or 372-4839. Goshenville, intersection of Rte. 352 and Paoli Pike. GREEN STREET MEETING-45 W. School House Lane. TULSA-Green Country Friends Meeting. Unprogrammed GWYNEDD-First-day school9:45 am., except summer. PHOENIXVILLE-Schuylkill Meeting. East of Phoenixville worship 5:15p.m. Forum 4 p.m. For infonnation, call Worship 11:15 a.m. Sumneytown Pike and Rte. 202. and north of juncture of Whitehorse Rd. and Rte. 23. (918) 743-6827. HARRISBURG-Worship 11 a.m., First-day school and Worship 10 am., forum 11:15 am. adu~ education (Sept. to May) 9:45 a m. Sixth and Herr PITTSBURGH-Meeting for worship and school10:30 a.m.; Oregon Sts. Phone: (717) 232-7282 or 232-1326. 4836 Ellsworth Ave., (412) 683-2669. ASHLAND-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Sunday. HAVERFORD-First-day school10:30 a.m., meeting for PLYMOUTH MEETING-Worship, First-day school 1150 Ashland St. (541) 482-4335. worship 10:30 a.m., fifth-day meeting for worship 10 a.m. 11:15 a.m. Germantown Pike and Butler Pike. CORVALLIS..Meeting for worship 9:30a.m. at the College, Commons Room. Buck Lane, belween POCONOS..Sterling-Newfoundland. Worship group under 3311 N.W. Polk Ave. Phone: 752-3569. Lancaster Pike and Haverford Rd. the care of North Branch (Wilkes-Barre) Meeting. EUGENE-Meeting for worship 11 am. Sunday. 2274 HAVERTOWN-Old Haverford Meeting. East Eagle Rd. at (717) 689-2353 or 689-7552. Onyx St. Phone: 343-3840. Saint Dennis Lane, Havertown; First-day school and adult POTTSTOWN-READING AREA-Exeter Meeting. FLORENCE-Unprogrammed worship (503) 997-4237 or forum, 10 a.m., meeting for worship 11 a.m. Meetinghouse Rd. off 562, 1 and 6/10 miles W. of 662 and 964-5691. HORSHAM-First-day school, meeting 10 a m. Rte. 611 . 562 intersection and Yellow House. Worsh ip 10:30 a.m.

38 August 1997 F RIENDS ] OURNAL QUAKERTOWN-Richland Monthly Meeting, 244 S. Main NASHVILLE-Adu~ sharing (child care offered) 9:15a.m. LYNCHBURG-Worship 10:30 a.m. 2nd and 4th First Days; St., First-day school and meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. Singing for all 10:15 a.m. Meeting for worship/First-day Info: Owens, (804) 846-5331, or Koring, (804) 847-4301. RADNOR-Radnor Meeting for worship and First-

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