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Pohce Power for Peace Hiroshima/Nagasaki Unresolved: A Present Danger Favorite Writings on Simplicity Summer Wordplay An Among Friends independent magazine serving the Religious Staying Aligned with Our Values Society of Friends write, I've just returned from the Friends General Conference Gathering in Amher~t, Massachusetts, where, among other things, I attended a weeklong workshop on the subject of"Your Money and Your Values." Having reached Editorial Susan Corson-Finnerty (Publisher and Ex~cutive the empty nest, but still paying for my offspring's college educations, it seemed a good Editor), Robert Dockhorn (Smior Editor), Danielle DeCosmo (Interim Assistant Editor}, Judith Brown time to re-examine my personal and our family financial goals, as my husband and I (Poetry Editor), Ellen Michaud (Book Review look forward to the years when the costs of rearing a family will be behind us. I found Editor), J. Brent Bill (Assistant Book Review Editor), Joan Overman (Book Review Assistant), Christine the workshop, led by Penny Yunuba and Carolyn Hilles, to be excellent, with many Rusch (Milestones Editor), Robert Marks, George useful avenues to re-evaluate our current practices. My experience at the Gathering Rubin (News Editon), Kara Newell (Columnist), Marjorie Schier (Copyeditor), Carrie Atkinson, resonates well with Chel Avery's "Favorite Writings on Simplicity" (p. 11) in this Sarah Baicker, Julierra Bekker, Mary Hoeffel, Tracy issue. We Quakers, she writes, "live in a world ftlled with demands, pressures, Jordan, Joanna Vaughan {lntnm} Production temptations, and distractions that serve as constant impediments to our efforts to Barbara Benron (Art Dirntor), Alia Podolsky order our outward lives in a way that nourishes and wimesses to the inward lives we (Assistant Art Dir«tor) strive for." She goes on to share four Quaker and three secular readings that have Advertising, Circulation, Development Nagendran Gulendran (Advertising Manager), helped her in her efforts to keep her life centered and congruent with the Testimony Nicole Hackel (Circulation Assistant}, Gabriel Schoder-Ehri {Project and Database Manager), Anira of Simplicity. Gurierrez (Circulation and Marketing Manager), Minding our testimonies, particularly in facing the complexity of the right use of Grerra Stone (Devewpmmt OJordinator), Kay Bacon, Ruthanna Hadley, Ruth Peterson (Volun~m) power, has never felt more urgent than at present. In "Police Power for Peace" (p. 6), Administration William Hanson explores the appropriate use of limited force in an international Marianne De Lange (Office Manager), Tom McPeak (Accounting Services) context as a means of preventing the escalating violence that leads to war. Recognizing Board of Trustees that many Friends are ambivalent about the need for the use of force by local police, Barbara Andrews, Seth Barch, Paul Buckley, he points out that we rely on that function for daily protection-and that "we need a TylaAnn Burger {Treasurer}, Katharine Clark, Linda Coffin, Karen Cromley, John Darnell, William clear direction favoring world police and a world judicial system as an alternative to Deursch (Assistant Clerk), Mary Ann Downey, the fumbling horror of perpetual war." He goes on to suggest that Friends become Walter Evans, Marsha Green (&cording Clerk), Linda Houser, Paull.andskroener, Linda Lyman, advocates and leaders in developing the minimum-force policing and world law that Ellen Massey, Janet Ross Melnyk, Larry Miller, Julian O'Reilley, Ann Trueblood Raper, Jonathan the global community will need to reach the point of abolishing war. 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6 Police Power for Peace 2 Among Friends William L. Hanson 4 Forum Friends should promote minimum-force police strategies locally and internationally. 5 Viewpoint 8 Hiroshima/Nagasaki Unresolved: Economics by innuenclo and error A Present Danger 20 Summer Wordplay Marjorie A. Smith Birds in the Bible The U.S. has never dispelled its illusions about past Quaker clerihews andpresent nuclear weapons. 22 Quaker Writings 11 Favorite Writings on Simplicity Kathleen Lonsdale Michel Avery 25 Books Seven authors offer guidance on this elusive testimony. A young Friend's bookshelf 11 Simplicity and Convenience 27 Witness Judith Stiers Is God still sleeping in Rwanda? It is a mistake to think that these two are synonymous. 29 News 14 Amachi: Faith-Based Mentoring to Children of Prisoners 31 Bulletin Board Susanna Thomas 32 Milestones This national program earns mixed grades. 44 Classified 16 Gentle Persuader and Loyal Friend: Mary Stone McDowell 46 Meetings Mary Lee Morrison A Quaker teacher lost her job during World War I for Poetry noncooperation with the war effort. 13 The Ice: McNabb, Ill. 19 Flood Katharine Jager Elizabeth Echlin Groundwater is a powerfol metaphor. 13 The Sounds that Feed Us William J oil iff In Elmer's Barn ... Fontaine Falkoff

Front cover photo: on the dunes at Barnegat Light, NJ, by Robert Dockham

FRIENDS j OURNAL August 2004 3 Forum concepts, what are we really set up to do? teaches us not to be bound by any dogma, War is the worst choice Fifry minutes of silence is form, and it sure even Buddhist dogma. After 15 years of War brings out the worst in all people. can be em pry form. sharing in the life of my own local Thich We have always known this. We are now Are we like adolescents, rebelling and Nhat Hanh communiry along with 40-plus seeing how one army can torture and kill wanting our own way, determined that we years of being a Friend, I conclude as she prisoners and how this brings another army as individuals can each discern our own way? does that there is much these two traditions to retaliate. War eventually becomes a Quakers make it very easy to assume that have in common. What interests me most is competition to see who can leave humaniry individual perception is enough. how they differ. farthest behind and treat people the worst. What is it about group interaction In small dharma discussion groups, for There are no winners, only survivors, and beyond silence that puts us off? We go instance, much like our worship sharing too few of those. This, among a long list of through lengthy business meetings, groups, deep emotion can flow. The other reasons, always makes war the worst processing important details about finance silence in the gathered meditation hall choice that can be made. International law, and outreach with admirable aplomb. What during the month I shared of this year's the rules of war, never hold. And while a few happens when it comes to sharing our three-month-long winter retreat (for the full make billions of dollars, many others suffer individual paths? What happens when it 250-person monastic communiry and 250 greatly for ends never achieved. comes to needing help as individuals? What lay people) was deep indeed, as were all but We must now all work together, not only happens when it comes to sharing our one of the meals. to end the U.S. war in Iraq, but to remove individual personal disciplines? Does being The question of having a teacher is a the United States from the business of war. strong on the value of the individual wonderful one. On the one hand, if the We must stop sending our young people to spiritual walk preclude our needing to share? Holy Spirit is your guide, you don't need a capture weapons of mass destruction that do Can "group fire" develop simply from the teacher in the flesh. On the other hand, if not exist. We must stop torturing people as Inner Light of individuals who sit together you are aware of carrying a shadow (don't we claim to bring democracy. We must stop 60 minutes per week in silence? we all?), you know that transforming it can the beheading ofyoung men, ours and theirs, I can see the newest Quaker form of be aided by having an energetic link with and bring this sickness to an end. I pray that cartoons: "You can't light my fire ifl can't those who are more developed. It is just such the words of the great prophets of each share your hee-eat." Or: "I won't share my a practice that Bill Taber has long espoused religion will be heeded-it is the sacred work fire because you want it too badly." among Friends: hang out with those who are ofeach and every Christian, Jew, and Muslim Can sharing our spiritual successes help more seasoned. to work for peace, not war. us to continue seeking and understanding What draws me deeply to the path of john Calvi the amazement of grace? Will it be, as we Engaged Buddhism is the power of its daily Putney, Vt. grow closer, that the fire among us will have practices. It provides tools for staying all the elements it needs to spark and burst present and joyful in the midst of suffering. Encouraging spiritual fire into flame? To pay acute artention to each moment is Thank you, Patricia McBee, for your the task ofa lifetime. One example: At his I discovered Patricia McBee's article suggestions of traditional disciplines we can home in France, Plum Village, in the "Quaker Spiritual Disciplines for Hard feel are healthy approaches to a spirit-filled summer of 1994, Thich Nhat Hanh said in Times" (Fj Aug. 2003) just in time to offer life that have the potential of encouraging a dharma talk to those of us present, "If it it at our meeting's recent retreat as a superb group spiritual fire. takes you 15 minutes to walk to the dharma reference on what we can do to encourage Ginger W Swank hall, give yourself30." Imagine applying this the possibiliry ofspiritual fire among us. Zanesville, Ohio to our everyday lives here and you see the Patricia speaks perceptively of how much possibiliry of a great shifr in daily living. Quakers run in spiritual circles, never able to Slowing down and stopping, the great affirm practices that remotely resemble More on Thich Nhat Hanh practices of this tradition, enable a kind of form. Because of this, we have a rough time Congratulations to Phyllis Hoge settling down in life. Over rime they make identifying with each other in any consistent ("Retreating with Thich Nhat Hanh," Fj looking deeply possible. Looking deeply way when it comes to spiritual practices, i.e., April) for taking her curiosiry about Thich makes possible seeing the root causes. Seeing disciplines. Is pride in our abiliry to Nhat Hanh from book form into the root causes enables us then to see how intellecruqlize our personal beliefs or fear of experience! She and her friend Tina ask, we can respond. Phyllis might enjoy emotional affect preventing us from worship after a day's workshop with this world­ looking deeply at questions of authoriry, sharing that would allow us to connect and renowned teacher of Zen Buddhism: Is there for instance, and how she experiences to share personal disciplines? passion in this practice of Engaged guidance as control rather than invitation. The phrase "holding in the Light" is Buddhism? Is it possible to open to deep It is just this kind of awareness that fascinatingly abstract. How do we each emotion as Friends do in meeting? What Engaged Buddhism encourages and which practice that? What do we feel when we about the authoriry of a teacher? Where is artracts Friends looking for ways to build practice that? How do we feel when we sense the silence? within themselves a greater energy oflove God? In what forms do we accept guidance These and "How do I sit?" are frequent and clariry. from the Inner Teacher? In what ways do we questions asked by newcomers to the I was frankly startled when she compared release {or even define) the "slaves" that practice. Would it be possible to understand Thich Nhat Hanh to a much-beloved Patricia speaks about as binding our spirit the depth and flavor of Quaker practice Friend in her meeting. Here is a world figure from making progress, so that the Light can from a one-day visit to a meeting largely who has founded an international order, shine through? Unless our meetings are in populated by other first-time visitors? I written 40-plus books, inspired hundreds of the process of helping Friends on a encourage Phyllis to explore further and to consistent basis to define and redefine these notice in particular that Thich Nhat Hanh Continued on p. 38

4 August 2004 FRIENDS JouRNAL Viewpoint Economics by innuendo and error by Jack Powelson

avid Morse's "A Quaker Response ternational trade rules agreed on by 147 mem­ later than the Bretton Woods conference to Economic G lobalization" ber countries. that created the IMF and World Bank. D(F]May) exhibits many errors in David Morse also opposes sweatshops, as He refers to his own earlier article, economics. He is correct to sympathize do many Quakers. But "sweatshops" as we "The M essage of Seatrle," in FRIENDS with those in need, but we must always call them are the universal type of factory JouRNAL, March 2000. He also mentions strive to act in light ofactual circumstances employing unskilled workers throughout the the Viewpoint in the May 2000 issue to offer real, long-term solutions. Other­ less developed world. Most have never traded by Brewster Grace, who was in Quaker wise, we risk making the problems worse. with the United States. Oxfam has done a United Nations Office in Geneva. But he Kenneth Boulding is alleged to have study showing that ifwe boycon sweatshops, does not mention that Brewster Grace's said, "It isn't that Quakers don't know we may drive their workers into even more Viewpoint was intended to correct the economics; it is that the economics they harmful conditions, such as prostitution, fac­ errors of David's article-many of which know is wrong." It often consists of mak­ tories that are less safe, or &rmwork amid are repeated in his F] May 2004 article. ing sly remarks about the economy, em­ poisonous chemicals. Several economists have In fact, Brewster's article opens with phasizing a particular slant with which done similar studies with similar results, but the sentence, "David Morse's article on the reading audience is presumed to agree. David Morse does not mention any of them. the protests in Seanle contains a num­ It is usually accompanied by errors in The way to upgrade labor (and wages) is not ber of factual errors about the World economic history that have been popu­ through such quick-frx methods as refusing to Trade Organization." larly believed. David Morse's article has buy their products, but through the arduous Here is another innuendo: "Clearly, done all of these. task of training to increase worker skills. we need to examine as a society what is Here is the first of his incorrect state­ Here is an innuendo: that the Interna­ meant by such terms as 'marginal' and ments: "What our press touts as 'free trade' tional Monetary Fund and the World Bank 'efficiency.' Do they reflect the social costs is, in reality, an elaborate set of rules writ­ insist that "Bolivia, for instance ... reduce and the environmental consequences?" ten by large-scale international organiza­ inflation by tightening the money supply.... " (p. 9) These are technical terms in eco­ tions to give them a competitive advan­ As economic advisor to the Bolivian National nomics that (like numbers) have specific tage over small-scale local operations" Stabilization Council in 1960 (to fight infla­ meanings but may be used in different (p.9). Not so. T he rules of free trade are tion), that is exactly what I suggested, as any ways by different authors. Sometimes worked out by consulting governments economist would. The Bolivian government they reflect social costs and environmen­ with the World Trade Organization. Us­ had printed money to feed its cronies. It was tal consequences, and sometimes not, de­ ing these rules, the wro has often reached loaned funds by the United States and the pending on the author. However, David decisions adverse to "large-scale interna­ IMF on its promise to stop that practice and hints that these economics terms are al­ tional organizations." The ruling against balance its budget. The Fund required cut­ ways used as tools of a hypercapitalist "foreign trade corporations" (that get tax ting down on government expenditures. I was society, which would be analogous to say­ advantages by their location on U.S. terri­ there to monitor that this happened. Although ing that numbers are always used in some tory overseas) is one. T he WTO de­ we stopped the inflation, ultimately the Boliv­ insidious way. manded that this practice be ended. If the ians went back to their old tricks, and the case Remaining innuendoes, which perme­ decision is implemented properly, multi­ is essentially the same today. ate the anicle, are too many to mention in national corporations will lose billions of For eight years I worked for the IMF a brief response. dollars of tax advantages they once held. (though not in Bolivia). I can assure you that T he worst characteristic of this article Likewise, the WTO forced President Bush my colleagues and I never considered the is that it assumes (by innuendo) that his to renounce steel tariffs, a move that was Fund to be an imperialist organization. Its position is "Quakerly." But there is noth­ very costly to U.S. steel companies. In duty was to help governments whose bad ing Quakerly about it. I have long criti­ April 2004, the WTO decided against (corrupt) policies had caused balance-of-pay­ cized the politicization of Quakers on U.S. co non farmers by supponing Brazil's ments deficits. We insisted, in exchange for points in which we have no experience. contention that U.S. subsidies were illegal loans, that good (honest) policies replace the This article is but one more example. by international trade rules. If the U.S. bad. No government is forced to borrow from does not withdraw the subsidies, other the Fund, but ifit does borrow, it must accept jack Powelson is professor of Economics, countries will be authorized to put heavy the Fund's conditions. emeritus, at University ofColorado. He has tariffs on U.S. exports. Some minor errors also occur in David written extensively on issues ofpoverty and Thus some WTO decisions favor cor­ Morse's article, such as that the World Trade economic development. He is a member of porations; others disfavor them. There is Organization was "Bretton-Woods inspired." Boulder (Colo.) Meeting, and he edits The no general pattern, only adherence to in- The WTO was actually founded 50 years Quaker Economist ( ).

FRIENDS }OURNAL August 2004 5 Peace

acifists like me, many ofwhom are but it does not work in all situations. It is Friends, have made accommoda­ not reliably effective when an offender is tion to the police function and attacking, or in response to physical criminal justice system. We rely on crime. Persons who are hard to reach that system for daily protection, quickly through loving nonviolence may Pbut we are unclear in our relationship to include any of the following: the enraged, it because it involves force. We extend that the sociopath, the brain-damaged, those same ambiguity to the use of force in for­ whose conexes are anesthetized by drugs, eign policy. This means we are unsure the career criminal, the fanatic, and the about world law. committed terrorist. Some pacifists seem Peace as a way of life and not an inter­ to take for granted the belief that con­ val between wars requires a world com­ science is inborn and universal, but, in munity oflaw rather than one of compet­ fact, the emergence of conscience is, in ing military forces. Disarmament is possi­ many ways, a learned trait. ble only as a product of a degree of gover­ Many criminal attacks do not involve nance. That requisite minimum of world a dispute, so, for these, the dispute reso­ law is the goal of our effon to emerge lution power of nonviolent techniques is from the chaos of wars. irrelevant. We live in a time when brutal­ Let us apply our Peace Testimony to ity still exists and when occasional per­ the world's most urgent problem: war. As sonal resistance to attack, the defense of Friends, we need a d ear direction favoring others, and the aid of police are required. world police and a world judicial system We employ police to do the gritty work of as an alternative to the fumbling horror of law enforcement, including stopping of­ perpetual war. other issues surrounding prisons. We have fenders and delivering them to the courts. The Encarta World English Diction­ voluminous writings and programs to ary defines "police" as follows: "[verb:] promote nonviolence. However, few of disconnect between pacifists control, guard, patrol, watch; [noun:] a these consider the need for and appropri­ and the justice system extends to civil organization whose members are ateness ofpolice. It is almost as though the terminology. Many pacifists given special legal powers by the govern­ police and criminal justice systems existed object to the term "criminal" as ment and whose task is to maintain pub­ in an alien, parallel universe. Our con­ defining a category of prejudged Lic order and to solve and prevent crimes; stant concern about violence coexists persons. But in the traditional the enforcement of law and the preven­ awkwardly with our constant acceptance world of the criminal justice system com­ tion of crime in a community." of protection by police. prising police, prosecutors, courts, judges, Friends and other pacifists have not If we were truly engaged with police jails, and parole systems, there is some paid attention to police. There is a dis­ issues, we would work for minimum­ progress in terminology, with movement continuity here. Our literature, from the force police weapons and tactics. We toward more use of the terms "suspect," basic journals and letters of early Quaker would work on the thorny task of creat­ "offender," and "perpetrator." leaders to current programs and materials, ing world police forces that would not We Friends are properly respectful of almost entirely omits law enforcement. In wage wars. But we don't do those things. our founders, but we need to keep in our public efforts, we engage with police Instead, we seem to regard police work as mind that they were seekers as we are. and criminal law at several main points: an unpleasant necessity best done by George Fox's declaration to King Charles demonstrations, confronting police someone else. Yet even absolute pacifists II, that, ''All bloody principles and prac­ abuse, the death penalty, and various rarely assen that we can get along without tices we do utterly deny, with all outward police and the criminal justice system. wars, and strife, and fightings with out­ William L. Hanson, a member of University A central doctrine for pacifists is the ward weapons, for any end, or under any Meeting in Seattle, Wash., is a semiretired value of every person: that there is a core lawyer. As a youth, he witnessed the japanese of goodness in everyone, expressed by Above: a medal of the Multinational Force and attacks on Shanghai. After attending Harvard Observers, an independent (non-UN) Law School, his activities here have included Quakers as "that of God." To most ab­ solute pacifists this means that each per­ peacekeeping mission created as a result of the serving for five years on AFSC staff, co-founding 1978 Camp David Accords and the 1979 listener-supported radio KRAB, writing on son can somehow be reached by loving Treaty of Peace. Various nations have Indian fishing rights, and co-founding World nonviolence. Nonviolence is constructive contributed personnel to serve in Egypt's Sinai Peace through World Law's section for lawyers. in social change and dispute resolution, Peninsula as part of this organization. 6 August 2004 FRIENDS j OURNAL n;au: .lt:l>lllllUHY, UUL ll wa.s a.t~U a Ut:Ua­ lVlany t:OnSClt!nttOUS ODJt!CtOrS nave \...AJUH. OUL ll Wlll Ut: liCLt:l>~a.ty lUI UIC ration that Friends were not subversives been unaware of a basic right secured by international judicial system of a world and spoke of the violence of war rather the good work of Friends Committee on police force never to be under the control than police work. National Legislation during World War of one country or a group of aggressive A search through Friends writings II. Executive Director E. Raymond nations. The world is united by trade and from the founding years of the mid-1600s Wilson and his colleagues persuaded communication, but it remains divided reveals a dearth of comment on force Congress to include in the Selective Serv- with regard to political values and sense when used by the protectors of society. of community. There is much material on imprisonment and punishment suffered by Friends, but n end to war carl come only only a few statements about "the magis­ Here in this country, through world law and world trate's sword," referring to civil police police. It will be a challenge, but power, and these statements seem we carl help in the birth of such ambiguous. Howard Brinton, in The we have let a TV a new world community. The Peace Testimony of the Society of Friends, proliferationA of weapons of mass destruc­ wrote: "From the first . . . Friends have show teach more tion by itself compels us to create limited acknowledged what they once called 'the world governance. Everyone felt relief power of the magistrate's sword' if wield­ than many pacifists when the Cold War ended, but many ed lawfully and justly as a restraint against believe that our present situation of pro­ evil doers." Brinton characterizes policing do about minimum liferation and weakened controls is more as "different from war in which there is darlgerous than the Cold War ever was. neither law nor justice." force: Star Trek's Existing treaties and bundles of UN Ideally, police power, including physi­ resolutions on weapons of mass destruc­ cal force, is directed toward offenders and Captain Kirk says, tion are not working. Clearly, we need a is intended to protect persons and prop­ new approach. 11 erty. Offenders may need to be removed The current U.S. attempt to police the from society and face imprisonment and/­ Set your phasers world and curb terrorism is not working or parole. Further, ideally, judicial action either. Our country appears uninterested acts as "restorative justice" to compensate on stun!" in seeking out the underlying causes of victims and rehabilitate offenders. In con­ terrorism. World disarmament is a diffi­ trast, war usually involves indiscriminate ice Act a validation as COs of those who cult goal, but we could begin by working destruction, killing, and maiming, and believe in police and personal defense. toward disarmed wnes. It may be a chal­ the objective is often to take territory and The sources of pacifism in the Western lenge to imagine the Middle East disarmed resources rather than to protect people. world include biblical materials. The and protected by the UN, but to those Logically, one would think members ancient Hebrew commandment, "Thou who insist that a peaceful Middle East is of a peace church like Friends would have shalt not kill," meant at the time of the impossible, simply hand over a Euro coin a great interest in minimum-force police Exodus, "Thou shalt not murder." Yet at and remind them that no one believed work. Buddhists at the Shao Lin Mon­ that time there were capital offenses. The there could ever be peace in Europe. astery in North China did have such an seemingly absolute statement has exerted In the chaos of our national govern­ interest and developed defensive martial moral force against killing, but absolute ment, FCNL brings the fresh air ofethics arts such as Judo (in Chinese, Ruh Tao: pacifism would be ineffective and uneth­ and sanity. Following 9/11, many peace soft way). Here in this country, we have ical when applied to a central purpose of organizations issued statements calling for let a TV show teach more than many government: maintaining the peace. the prosecution of terrorists, but there was pacifists do about minimum force: Star Minimum force and maximum nonvio­ little followup on these declarations Trek's Captain Kirk says, "Set your phasers lence are more appropriate. except by FCNL. This organization has a on stun!" Volunteer opportunities are increasing dual role that requires skilled and dedicat­ Many Friends worry about the degree in minimum-force police work. New pro­ ed leadership: that of representing the to which the Religious Society of Friends grams have been started in several U.S. widest possible spectrum of Friends con­ is limited to the privileged, and therefore cities using citizen volunteers in patrols cerns, while at the same time exerting not in touch with criminal justice issues. and other community policing work. leadership for progress in policy. Whether or not this is true, Friends Parallel with these efforts are proposals for I feel it is urgent for Friends to encour­ should consider becoming experts at volunteer groups to act in places where age FCNL to give priority to work on police-type force by developing mini­ peace is threatened internationally or in both world police and local police. At the mum-force weapons and techniques, domestic insurrection. exact place where the Peace Testimony is establishing courses at police academies, On the international front, serious most needed--ending war by extending and instituting research at universities. problems abound. Many see the U.S. as international law-Friends have not We could work to recruit conscientious degenerating into an imperial posture, objectors to jobs in law enforcement, hostile and contemptuous of the UN. We assuming COs would be inclined to seek have refused submission to the compulso- Continued on page 34 FRIENDS jOURNAL August 2004 7 UAugust 19,2003, the Wa.hingtvn the invasion of Japan planned for op the bomb. Albert Einstein wrote Post carried a front-page story and picture November. This became, and has President Franklin Delano Roosevelt a headlined "Enola Gay, Waiting in the remained, the official story. When evi­ letter expressing this worry. Undoubtedly Wings No More: Restored A-Bomb Plane dence was brought forward that Japan's many of the scientists who worked on the Unveiled at Dulles." The story stirred surrender was near before the bombs were Manhattan Project to make this monster emotions I was already feeling during dropped, the journalists and historians of a weapon joined the effort for that rea­ August, the month of the bombing of who mentioned it were labeled anti­ son; but before the test bomb was explod­ Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The American or unpatriotic. The process of ed in Los Alamos, New Mexico, in mid­ Enola Gay was identified as the Boeing B- what psychiatrist and author Robert Jay July, Germany had surrendered. In fact, 29 Superforuess that "helped end the war Lifton calls "psychic numbing"-the according to James Carroll, writing in the when it dropped the atomic bomb on inability to feel pain, guilt, and sorrow­ Boston Globe on August 6, 2002, the Hiroshima in 1945, killing an estimated had begun. So had the cover-up, ·as pho­ United States had discovered in 140,000 Japanese." That grim statistic tographs and documents of the indescrib­ November 1944 "that Germany's atomic stated, the article proceeded to highlight able destruction and suffering were program was embryonic." A number of the plane's meticulous restoration and to declared top secret and kept from public the scientists, awed by the dazzling, dread­ announce that it would be among the sight for decades. Thus I believe that those ful power of that first bomb, sent a peti­ main attractions at the National Air and August days were as disastrous for the tion to President Truman cautioning him Space Museum's new facility at Dulles Interna­ tional Airport in Virginia when it opened in De­ cember. How, I won­ dered, could the Enola Hiroshima/Nagasaki Gay be displayed with such apparent pride? A PRESENT DANGER Though it is a symbol of triumphant technology by Marjorie A. Smith and has come to stand also for the end ofWorld War II, the tri­ United States in moral terms as they were about its use against Japan. To be the first umph came at a morally unacceptable for Japan in flesh and bone. nation to use the bomb would carry a price, in my view. Thus I regard the Enola Lifton and co-author Greg Mitchell heavy moral responsibility, they said. An Gay and its sister plane, Bock's Car, which open their book, Hiroshima in America: atomic attack on Japan could not be jus­ bombed Nagasaki, as symbols of re­ Fifty Years ofDenial with this categorical tified unless Japan were first given a pressed American guilt and shame. For we statement: "You cannot understand the have never acknowledged as a nation that 20th century without Hiroshima. . . . it was wrong to incinerate the populations Fifty years later, Americans continue to of two cities. experience pride, pain, and confusion August 6 and 9, 1945, were cata­ over the use of the atomic bomb against clysmic days not only for Japan but for the Japan.... It has never been easy to rec­ United States as well. Hiroshima and oncile dropping the bomb with a sense of Nagasaki suffered losses of tens of thou­ ourselves as a decent people. Because this sands each when "Little Boy" and "Fat conflict remains unresolved it continues Man'' were dropped by U.S. planes on to provoke strong feelings. There is no his­ their people without warning. Thousands torical event Americans are more sensitive more suffered and died from radiation about. Hiroshima remains a raw nerve." sickness or bomb-related cancer, or lived Amen to that! I find that my strong with horribly disfiguring burns, as the feelings of guilt and shame are countered cities gradually rose from the ashes. by people who defend the official story, Within hours of the first detonation i.e., that they or their loved ones might chance to surrender, with the terms made President Harry S Truman announced otherwise have been killed in the invasion. public. Foreseeing the arms race between that the bomb had saved up to a million As a result, so much about Hiroshima has "rival powers," they warned that U.S. U.S. lives which would have been lost in been hidden that, as early as 1946, writer cities as well as those of other nations Mary McCarthy called Hiroshima "a hole would be "in continuous danger of sud­ Marjorie A. Smith, a retired social worker, is a in human history." den annihilation." According to Martin member of State College (Pa.) Meeting and a Why was the bomb built in the first Harwit in his book, An Exhibit Denied· former member and founder ofDayton (Ohio) place? During World War II there was a Lobbying the History ofEnola Ga~ Harry Meeting. real fear that Nazi Germany might devel- Truman never saw this petition.

8 August 2004 FRIENDS jOURNAL But Secretary of War H enry Stimson had made the same points in briefing Truman on April25, less than two weeks after Roosevelt's death and Truman's swearing in. Roosevelt had not told his vice president about the super-secret Manhattan Project. So it fell to Stimson to inform the new pres­ ident about the new weapon which would soon be at his disposal. After their meeting Stimson wrote a detailed memorandum covering what he had told the president. He was remarkably prescient, foreseeing that this weapon was unlikely to remain the exclusive possession of the United States, and that Russia would Likely be the next nation to produce it. He also foresaw the moral dilemma posed by the enor­ mous destructive power of the bomb and pointed to the fact that, with tech­ nical development ahead of "moral advancement," the world was in peril of destruction. Anticipating the arms race, he foresaw the difficulty of con­ trol. Stimson did not advise Truman to use or not to use the bomb. Was its detonation necessary to end the Pacific war, which had started with Pearl Harbor and included the atrocities of Bataan and Corregidor? No, according to historian G uy Alperowitz, who wrote in "The Fire Still Burns" in Sojourners, July/August 1995, that the prevailing belief among experts is that the Japanese would have surrendered before the invasion planned for November. And Howard Zinn, inA People's History ofthe United States, wrote that Hanson Baldwin, military analyst for the New York Times, said that the Japanese military was in a hopeless position by the time the Potsdam declaration for uncondi­ tional surrender was made on July 26. Did Truman know that the bomb was not needed to end the war? His­ torians believe that he did. The Japanese had one condition for Photos: The atomic surrendering, i.e., that they be bomb dropped on Hiroshima, allowed to keep their emperor. ~ August 6, 1945, and Why, then, was the bomb ~ one of its victims. dropped--on not just one, but ~ two, Japanese cities? The deci- ~ sion, says Guy Alperowitz, was to give ..S the Japanese no other way to surren- ~ der. Another factor was attraction to ~ 9 the powerful diplomatic implication of raged that the end of the war and U.S. past," but declared that the bomb should being the sole possessor of this cata­ soldiers' sacrifices should share space with never be used again. Their words echo strophically destructive weapon. The pictures of the bomb's victims and its down the decades, calling us to destroy United States was worried about the abil­ aftermath. This resulted in the cancela­ the bomb before it destroys us. I agree ity of the USSR to spread Communism. tion of the exhibit in January 1995, and with Greg Mitchell that as long as the offi­ Truman noted in his diary, after being later. in the resignation of the museum's cial version of Hiroshima persists, with informed that the bomb had been deto­ director. Congress, the president, and the Americans defending and justifying its nated in Los Alamos, that it was a good media were also hostile to exhibiting any­ precedent, there is risk that we will make thing that the Nazis or the Russians did­ thing that questioned the official story. the fateful decision again. Instead of lis­ n't discover the bomb. In the period lead­ To me this failure to look at the dark tening to the Japanese and learning from ing up to the decision to use the bomb side of our history was, and continues to the horror and terror of their experience Secretary ofWar Stimson stressed the sig­ be, deeply disappointing. One would with the exploded bombs, we are in dan­ nificance of the bomb in a postwar power hope that now, after almost 59 years, the ger of embarking on a new arms race and struggle with the Soviet Union and the truth could be faced in a time of com­ a future too dreadful to envision. Pres­ danger of an atomic arms race. How memoration of the tremendous sacrifices ident Bush stated more than a year ago prophetic he was! A British scientist, made on both sides of the conflict. Greg that nuclear war was one option in the Joseph Rotblat, left the Manhattan Mitchell wrote in ''A Hole in History'' in conflict with North Korea. The earth pen­ Project after hearing General Leslie R The Progressive in August 1995: "To com­ etrator, or bunker buster, that he wants to Groves, who oversaw its work, state that memorate is to combine memory and cer­ build is 70 times more powerful than the subduing the Soviets was "the real pur­ emony, to remind or be mindful- to wit­ Hiroshima bomb. If we don't reverse pose of the bomb." For Philip Morrison, ness again." If not in 1995 or 2004, when course soon, we could well be headed for will we be ready to come to terms disaster. In August 2003, a group of U.S. We have never with Hiroshima and Nagasaki? administration representatives met at In the 59 years since those Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, acknowledged as a nation first mushroom clouds and their Nebraska, to plan a new generation ofso ­ terrible consequences on the called "low-yield" nuclear weapons. Both that it was wrong to ground, Americans have been the time, August, and the place were iron­ alternately attracted and repelled ic, since it was that month in 1945 that incinerate the by the bomb. The bomb sent the the A-bombs were dropped on Hiroshima United States on a power trip of and Nagasaki by the Enola Gay and Bock's populations of two cities. threat and, soon, counter-threat Car, which were both built at that base. by the Soviets and a growing The International Physicians for the another scientist on the Manhattan Pro­ number of other nations joining the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) ject, Hiroshima was "'a crime and a sin' nuclear club. While many acknowledge recently called for building "a global coali­ not because it was the last event of World that the bomb is too dreadful to use, we tion of ordinary citizens to demand an War II but as the first event of a future have never rejected it for the diabolical end to the madness (ofU.S. nuclear poli­ that's intolerable." Other scientists with thing that it is. During the almost 50-year cies) and the elimination of nuclear misgivings were Robert Oppenheimer, Cold War, one of the many strategies weapons. Pressure must be brought to Leo Szilard, and Eugene Rabinowitz. declared in an attempt to claim the bomb bear not only on the handful of nuclear We are left, then, to contemplate the was under control was called Mutually states, but also on the rest of the world's death by incineration or radiation of well Assured Destruction: MAD. What an non-nuclear governments. Only the com­ over 200,000 Japanese people in order to appropriate name! Is there not a similari­ bined efforts of citizens and supportive frighten the Soviets and keep them in line. ty between our affair with the bomb and non-nuclear governments can persuade No wonder so much of the truth in pho­ that of fatally attracted lovers who ulti­ the nuclear powers to choose a better tographs and documents was marked top mately destroy each other? Although future." We have a choice to make, they secret for decades! Hiroshima and Naga­ there are individuals and groups working say: for a future too horrible to con­ saki are indeed raw nerves. It is too painful to disengage from this destructive affair, template, in which nuclear weapons are a to look at what was done in our name. our national leadership embraces the threat to everyone on Earth, or for one in Several years before 1995, the 50th bomb. President George W. Bush has which the threat to use them is "proscribed anniversary year of the bombings, Martin withdrawn from the ABM Treaty, and by international treaty and enforced by Harwit, director of the Smithsonian Air Congress has passed a bill calling for fur­ the world's international powers." and Space Museum, began work on an ther research on nuclear weapons. If we The choice, as I see it, is between life exhibit that was to include the recently don't plan to use this terrible weapon, and death. declassified documents mentioned above: what is the point of further research? A quotation from Roman philosopher Einstein's letter to FDR, the scientists' In the mid-1960s a group ofhibakusha Seneca resonates with me: petition to Truman, and Stimson's mem­ (atomic bomb survivors) visited several "Power over life and death--Illinois, where I proud of it. Whatever they fear from you, Truman, along with pictures of the lived at that time. After recounting their you'll be threatened with." 0 bomb's victims. A veritable storm of personal experiences of pain and loss in protest broke from veterans' groups, out- that holocaust, they said, "We forgive the 10 August 2004 FRIENDS jOURNAL Favorite Writings on Simplicity by Michel Avery ure Land Buddhists are devoted to Quaker writings have identified as the the Amida Buddha, who in his opposite of simplicity. Elaine Prevallet Pcompassion for the difficulties claims that the opposite of simplicity is people face in achieving enlightenment "duplicity''; Thomas Hamm says that Simplid.ty and in this world, has created a Pure Land it is "materialism"; for Richard Foster, it which they will enter in their next life. is "anxiety." The Pure Land is not Nirvana, but a From whatever direction we ap­ Convenrence place from which it is easy co reach Nir­ proach it, simplicity is hard. We live in vana. Instead of distracting and tempt­ a world where opportunities, responsi­ by Judith Stiers ing the faithful away from the path co bilities, temptations, and pressures lure or quite some time now I have had enlightenment, the Pure Land is a world and assault us from every side. Each of only an intuitive grasp of the differ­ in which it is easy to pursue that path. us must pick our own way through this ence between simplicity and con­ Quakers are not so lucky. We live in F jungle of choices. It is a demanding venience. The difference seems enormous a world filled with demands, pressures, exercise-it requires spiritual searching, to me. I think that the notion is best cap­ temptations, and distractions that serve serious thought, self-understanding, tured by Martin Heidegger when he as constant impediments to our efforts and discipline. writes about what it means for humans co order our outward lives in a way that Learning from the experiences ofoth­ to dwell: nourishes and wimesses to the inward ers helps. For several years now, I've main­ lives we strive for. Early Friends, tained a correspondence about simplic­ Mortals dwell in that they receive the sky responding co the outward distractions ity with a friend who is not a Quaker as sky. They leave to the sun and the moon of their own times, found their way into and whose interests in simplifying her their journey, to the stars their courses, to the seasons their blessing and their inclemency; the practice of plainness, and this laid life are a mixture of a desire for stress they do not turn night into day nor day into the groundwork for what today we call reduction and a desire to be true co her a harassed unrest. the Testimony ofSimplicity. It is a testi­ own spirit. Our discussion has ranged mony that affects many facets of our from such mundane matters as com­ The life of simplicity is summed up lives. Most familiar is material simplici­ muting, dry cleaning, and organizing our beautifully in these few shon words on ty--our possession, use, consumption, file systems to the more lofty ones of in­ dwelling. It involves an acceptance of, and and waste of things, resources, and ward and outward integrity and making money. We also seek simplicity in our oneself receptive to divine guidance. We judith Stiers, a member of Flagstaff (Ariz.) Meeting, uaches Philosophy and Humanities at treatment of time- time management are both readers, and in the context of Coconino Community College in Flagstaff, Ariz., and the use of our time in livelihood, this ongoing conversation, I have devel­ and Humanities at Northern Arizona University. recreations, and service. There is sim­ oped my own lise of helpful writings plicity ofspeech-which has co do both that I turn to when I need inspiration with honesty and with the ways in or practical advice for seeking simplici­ which we choose to use speech: as min­ ty in our very complex world. istry, as a cool, as entertainment, as a This list ofseve n books is not the list weapon, or to show off. And, ultimate­ that I hand out when I teach workshops ly, there is simplicity of thought and on simplicity, although it does overlap attention: what values or principles somewhat with that one. It is my organize our inner lives? private list of readings that have helped The practice of simplicity is one of me personally in my search for clarity, constantly making choices. Depending motivation, and guidance as I try to on the different ways that people under­ live simply. stand simplicity, the standards that gov­ ern these choices may be spiritual, reli­ Four Quaker Readings gious, moral, political, ecological, aes­ The following writings by Friends thetic, or based on efficiency, co name ground their discussion of simplicity in only a few. It is apparent that we under­ the relationship between our outward stand simplicity in a variety of ways and inward lives: when we look at the different terms (1) Frances Irene Taber, "Finding the Taproot of Simplicity: The Movement Michel (Chel) Avery a member ofGoshen (Pa.) Between Inner Knowledge and Outer Meeting, is serving as director of Quaker Action," a chapter in the 1987 anthol­ Information Center in Philadelphia. ogy, Friends Face the World, edited by

FRIENDS JOURNAL August 2004 11 Continued.from page 11 Leonard Kenworthy. It's out of print cipline of simplicity is to seek the now, but worth hunting for. Fran kingdom of God ... first, and then Taber writes that early Friends "saw everything necessary will come in its that all they did must flow directly proper order." Ifo utward simplicity is from what they experienced as true, not in the service of inward spiritual­ and that if it did not, both the know­ ity, and not a natural expression of ing and the doing became false. In that spirituality, it will become mere respect for, the powers of the universe that we order to keep the knowledge clear and "legalism." Building on an explo­ inhabit. It recognizes that there is much that is the doing true, they stripped away ration of the risks of such legalism, beyond our control. The turn of the seasons, anything which seemed to get in the and on the relationship between as well as the turn of day into night, and the way." Starting with the spiritual acquisitiveness and anxiety, he then stars in their courses-all happen as beautiful­ implications of plainness for the fust provides ten helpful guidelines for ly synchronized events. When our lives are Friends, she relates those implications material simplicity. somehow congruent with these basic natural to present-day efforts by Friends and rhythms, we live in an attitude of acceptance, others to live simply. Three Secular Readings and simplicity becomes our way of life. (2) Thomas Kelly's essay, "The The following books have helped It is when we make the decision that we Simplification ofLife, " in his book, A me in the practical aspects of simplic­ could arrange things better that we begin mak­ Testament of Devotion, explores the ity, particularly the management of ing machines of convenience. We make relationship between the chaotic fren­ time, money, and leisure. machines to control the climate, to lengthen zy of modern life and the fact that we (5) First Thingr First, by Stephen the hours in a day, to speak farther than our contain m ultiple, divided selves with Covey, et al., speaks to busy people on voice will carry. And, in the creation of this competing loyalties, commitments, the use of time. It is a book about maze of convenient, labor-saving devices, we and goals. When the voices ofour dif­ malcing sane choices when there is too fail to see the lessons that the rhythms of ferent roles make their separate much to do, too much of it impor­ nature impart. The soft glow of twilight is demands on our time, attention, and tant, and too much urgent. It is about instantly extinguished at the flick of an electric energy, we are like a committee whose identifying your inner compass and light switch as we hurry to extend our day into members are trying to shout one remaining oriented to "True North," night and continue the "harassed unrest." another down to get their own way. rather than being a slave to deadlines Perhaps we have forgotten how to dwell. I H e suggests that "the Quaker method and to-do lists. The ninth chapter, have a sundial in my garden. It is accurate to of conducting business meetings is "Integrity in the Moment ofChoice," within a couple of hours. I don't think it can also applicable to the conducting of is a secular guide for clerking that be adjusted for daylight savings time. I like it our individual lives, inwardly." If we inner committee of your divid­ being there. It reminds me that there used to can reach an inward unity on our pri­ ed self described by Thomas Kelly. be a time when the measurement of time was­ mary intention, that of keeping God (6) .YOur Money or .YOur Life, by Joe n't so critical, when people lit candles at twi­ at the center at all times, simplicity Dominguez and Vicki Robin. I light and actually conversed. will follow. should begin by cautioning you that I am left with the question of how much (3) The journal ofjo hn Woolman there is a premise at the heart of this more simple my life would be without all the contains considerable practical argu­ book that makes me uncomfortable, conveniences. My dishwasher broke down a ments for material simplicity and as I suspect it will many Friends: that while ago; after about two days I realized I no simplicity in our use of time. But it is having a job costs us too much, and longer had the detestable job of emptying the not John Woolman's rational explana­ that the solution is to accumulate dishwasher. After two months, I realized my tions that bring me back to him again enough funds to live frugally on the water bill was about $10 less. and again. It is the inspiration of his interest. But whether or not you share Since signing up for my e-mail address at own example, as he carefully consid­ the authors' goals, this book offers an work, my students and I have had the conven­ ers the implications of even the most admirably hardheaded, d ear-thinking ience of communicating without having to pedestrian of choices. In his efforts to approach to the role of money in our meet face to face. The articles I put on reserve rid his life of what is "distinguishable lives. Where does it really come from, in the library are to be scanned onto the Web. from pure righteousness," he is a where does it really go, and what are The outcome, of course, is of increased con­ model of putting God at the center. the hidden costs if we live our lives, venience. The students no longer have to suf­ (4) Richard Foster, "The Discip­ maybe not keeping up with, but at fer the inconvenience of actually going to the line of Simplicity" in his book, least trailing in the wake of, the library. Conversation can now be abbreviated Celebration ofDiscipline. The author Joneses? The things I learned from to passing bits of information back and forth has written another entire book on this book about the role of money in in the silent world of computers. the subject of simplicity, and it is a my own life were at once liberating We are becoming adept at learning how to good one. But this single chapter is and disconcerting. be alone with our machines. It is, indeed, con­ enough for me. Grounding his dis­ (7) There Must be More Than This, venient--but extremely complicated. Every­ cussion in Scripture--e.g., "Where by Judith Wright. One of John thing will work out well, I suppose, unless the your treasure is, there your heart will Woolman's complaints about too power goes out. 0 be also" (Matt. 6:21)-Richard Foster insists, "The central point for the dis- Continued on page 35

12 August 2004 FRIEND S JOURNAL THE ICE THE SOUNDS THAT FEED US McNallb, ll Stretdled beneatll the llGples "'•• • wllfdt ,,.,.., to feel_, bow ltls OWII pita ill tile .... Creek chwdlyri _, serrlce it the body ••• "'-lac PIIMgtol, 1692 tables spread Olt .e Canaaa for ...... 01 the grouads. Largess of seH, that Amerialt What a hot and holy buzz: ~~~alady, consumed each clild beneath women chattering the covers off the crenellated celng fan, broad their most reqaested dishes, 911ed circle, the room's only a pickup quartet practicing ornament. Its center finial in the dnlrch house, their chords bore down in sdent stricken IIORIIIIts drifting through the windows, old fols chewing, spiHing, fanning, like the one aD-seeing eye of God. dl1dren squabbling as they suamble Auoss our farm flat region, in parlors around their mothers' WHFJ feet, and fluorescent rooms, ringed by elders, young folks stealng hats and shrieking through a game things were much the same. We sat alone, of keep-away which looks examined by that coursing inner scourge, like courting, and beneath it all, shamed and sweetly punished for the swung leg the low hum of honeybees, gathering around the privies, banging its own rhythm on the back bench. strafing the casseroles Come the velvet-leaved soy fields, the Yearly Meeting late July, we had one rampant and sweet tea, the rehsh, the babies, the honeysuckle. In my memory drunken rush for talk and company, it's all musk. And the finest voice is a delirious, sleep-shriven week Miss Uza Langrall's coconut cake. in the separate universe of youth. - Wtllia:m ]oO:i.ff Our parents sat at business, the wooden white divider lifted high, an ancient Katharine Jager is a member ofNorthside Meeting pitcher filled with ditch lihes centered there in Chicago, Ill. WiUiam joUiff teaches Writing and Literature at George Fox University in Newberg, Oreg. between them. And we were exiled then, free to make our own discursive circles and flatten pennies on the freight rail tracks.

Left alone we learned to kiss by passing dwindling chips of ice, held through clenched front teeth, all around the pile of us. In languor

and quelled frenzy, we could find a common tenderness, a way that opened from the lonely self into the corporate fire of faith.

- Katharine Jager

FRIENDS ]OURNALAugust 2004 13 rison has always been a part of my reason, I became interested in Amachi. Foundation, whose goal is to "reduce life. I grew up hearing stories of It is difficult to draw conclusions about juvenile delinquency." The remaining my mother and my older sister Amachi, a national initiative to provide third comes from municipal and federal Pgoing to Alderson Women's caring, committed mentors to the chil­ sources such as the U.S. Department of Prison in West Virginia, where my moth­ dren of prisoners. No one can deny the Health and Human Services, Temporary er helped facilitate nonviolence trainings program's tremendous impact, nor the Assistance for Needy Families grants need that it addresses. The program made available to delinquency-preventing has grown nationwide at a dizzying programs via the 1996 Welfare Reform rate and is currently the most extensive Act, and the Corporation for National and best-organized one-on-one men­ Service. The White House FBCI office A mac hi: taring program for children of prison­ now also offers special grants to programs ers in the United States. that mentor the children of prisoners. Since Amachi was started in Phila­ Amachi's theoretical basis comes from Faith-Based delphia in April 2001, 25 cities across the criminology research of John J. the country have adopted the Amachi Dilulio Jr., former director of the White model, and 75 more cities in 37 states House FBCI Office, and Byron Johnson, have adopted similar programs, influ­ both professors with University of Mentoring enced by Amachi's work, to mentor Pennsylvania's Center for Research on the children of prisoners. As of March Religion and Urban Civil Society. Byron 31, 2003, Amachi had 482 mentors; Johnson's study of a "Christian prison'' 82 percent of these mentors are African in Houston, Texas, provided part of the to Children American, a much higher percentage theoretical foundation for Governor Jeb than that generally found among large­ Bush's controversial "faith-based prison" scale mentoring organizations. initiative in Florida. of Prisoners However, as with all programs John Dilulio may be best known to funded by the President's Faith-Based some as the man who coined the term and Community Initiatives program "superpredator," in 1996, when referring by Susanna Thon1as (FBCI), it raises disturbing First­ to the urban children whose families he Amendment questions about the fed­ called "fatherless, Godless, and jobless" eral government's role in encouraging and who he warned would soon sweep religious activities, especially among the United States with violent crime. with Community for Creative Conflict one of the United States' most vulnerable Much of the public fear of urban youth Resolution, a precursor to the Alternatives populations. In addition, questions generated by that warning led to harsh to Violence Project. When I was a child, remain as to the best ways to heal the mandatory-sentencing laws for first-time a 15-year-old playmate of mine from my social wounds caused by incarceration. and juvenile offenders that have caused meeting was sentenced to 3 5 years in Amachi is innovative in its format: par­ the juvenile jail population to triple prison. When I was 21 years old, I spent ents are contacted directly in prison and between 1990 and 2000; ironically, vio­ three weeks in an Italian prison on suspi­ give organizers contact information for lent crime has continued to drop steadily cion of "criminal association'' in the wake their children's caregivers, while volunteer since 1994. of a political demonstration in Genoa mentors are recruited through church Describing Amachi, presidential press where I had been working as a journalist congregations either local to the children's secretary Ari Fleischer reported, "Without and researching the techniques of non­ communities or working in partnership effective intervention, 70 percent of these violence. My codefendants (the Publix­ with a local church. For a year or more, children will likely follow their parent's theatre Caravan, a street-theater troupe) mentors spend at least one hour a week path into prison or jail." Many Amachi and I are still facing a possible trial in this with the children they are paired with, mentors hope the program will encourage matter. All of these experiences have led engaging in recreational, cultural, educa­ academic achievement, community in­ me to a particular concern for the hidden tional, and religious activities. volvement, self-esteem, and social skills. members ofour society, those from whom Amachi's financial management and However, this emphasis on preventing all control over their own lives has been oversight is provided by the national non­ "juvenile delinquency'' raises the question taken away: America's prisoners. For this profit research and consulting agency of whether Amachi's funders view the Public/Private Ventures. Organizational children of prisoners as a threatened pop­ Susanna Thomas is a member ofSummi t (NJ) expertise in screening and training men­ ulation, or as a threat. Meeting and an attender at Central tors comes from Big Brothers Big Sisters The name 'Ml.achi" comes from Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting. She is currently tak­ of America (BBBS), a nationwide pro­ Nigeria-an Ibo word that, when given ing paralegal classes at Community College of Philadelphia and pursuing an internship in gram with 100 years' history of providing as a child's name, means, "Who knows immigration law. She also works as a translator, guidance and academic assistance to chil­ what God has brought us through this massage practitioner, sales representative for an dren through committed, long-term, child?" However, the program's founder, organic dairy, freekmce journalist, and website one-on-one mentoring. Rev. W Wilson Goode Sr., pointed out administratrix within the Independent Media Two-thirds ofAmachi 's funding comes to me in a telephone interview that teach­ Center ofPhiladelphia. from private sources such as the Pinkerton ing African heritage and culture is not 14 August 2004 FRIENDS JOURNAL mentoring relationship. When the mentor then asked, "Why do decreasing tirst-time drug usage among Wilson Goode explained, "The chil­ you think people fight?" the boy participating children. Initial Amachi dren are recruited by my going into the answered, "If they jealous of the other per­ evaluations have shown increased school prison and talking to the incarcerated par­ son, or maybe that person talking about attendance and increased self-esteem ents." To sign up children for the pro­ among participating children, but it is gram, "the parent gives the name, gender, important to remember that "delinquen­ and caregiver of the child, and there is no cy' is far from the only cause of incarcer­ further involvement with the incarcerated ation among the poor, urban, and ethnic parent after that point." Wilson Goode minority youth so often deemed "at risk." knows firsthand the devastating effect As race, class, and power are so closely that the criminal justice system can have intertwined in U.S. society, the national on families; he was mayor of Philadelphia rate of incarceration among African in 1985, when police Americans. is more than five dropped an incendiary times the incarceration rate bomb on the MOVE fami­ among European Americans; ly home at 6221 Osage Latino Americans are incar­ Avenue in West Philadel­ cerated at over twice the rate phia, killing six adults and of European Americans. five children. However, African American children, when I questioned him as to especially those living in poor how that experience has and urban communities, affected his work, he an­ often face the same targeting swered, "It is not an issue. It for prosecution, dispropor­ has never come up." tionate sentencing, excessive Mentors' relationships bail, and inadequate legal and activities with children representation that their par­ must be approved by the ents have faced. children's primary caregivers A factor that must be con­ and parents, but, in general, sidered when dealing with mentoring activities take generational cycles of incar­ place in a context outside of ceration is the simple mo­ the child's normal family mentum that our country's life. When I asked Rev. Paul prison boom has gathered Karlberg, associate pastor at over the past 20 years. With Bryn Mawr's Proclamation 6.7 million people in prison Church, whether parents or jail, or on probation or were involved in the men­ parole, the United States has taring process, he answered, the highest incarceration rate "No, they just allow us to in the world; this hits no one come in and work with their harder than children. The children, and we talk with population of women under them on the side." them behind their back, or maybe if they correctional supervision has increased When I asked one Amachi mentor think that person can't fight." Given such more than six-fold since 1980, and three­ which of his Little Brother's parents had strong incentives to fight, children will quarters of women in prison are mothers. formerly been incarcerated, he answered, need strong support to protect them from There are many reasons for this, "The subject never really came up. We've those who might jail them for fighting. including mandatory-minimum sentenc­ never really addressed it." As I observed Philadelphia has approximately ing laws, reforms that make it more diffi­ his mentoring session, however, his Little 20,000 children with parents in prison or cult for single mothers to receive welfare, Brother brought up the topic of incarcer­ jail, and nationwide there are about 2.5 and insufficient funding for emergency ation himself, saying, "My friend got million children with parents in prison or shelter for victims of domestic abuse. locked up for trespassing and fighting jail. According to a 2001 U.S. Senate These factors lead to increased prosecu­ with somebody in the school. He wasn't report, children whose parents are or have tions of mothers for financial offenses, supposed to be in the school yard. He was been incarcerated are themselves incarcer­ nonviolent drug offenses such as being suspended from school. They took him to ated at six times the rate of peers whose the leaseholder to properties where a juvenile hall." parents have never been to prison or jail. partner's drugs are found, and the use of The child then offered the most cogent Although Amachi is still too young to analysis of social causes fo r "juvenile measure long-term results among partici­ delinquency" that I have come across thus pating children, in BBBS's 100-year his- Continued on page 36 FRIENDS JOURNAL August 2004 15 Mary Stone McDowell by Mary Lee Morrison

n December 1955 the New York States. Throughout this ordeal, she is targets. People were beaten and tarred and Times published an obituary, titled remembered as never wavering in her feathered for refusing to buy war bonds "Mary McDowell, Peace Crusader." belief that her faith compelled her to "live and for refusing to support local Red I The subtitle read: 'Teacher Dismissed in the virtue ofthat life that takes away the Cross drives. Many of these espionage in '18 for Pacifism and Re-instated in occasion of all wars." laws predated U .S. entry into the war and 1923, a Quaker, is Dead." Mary Stone remained on the books long after, such as McDowell, age 79 and a member of the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Brooklyn Friends Preparatory Meeting, Sedition Act of 1918. had passed away that month after a long Mary Stone McDowell was a Friend bout with complications from cancer. from birth, born in 1876 in Jersey City, Her meeting's memorial minute, adopted New Jersey. She was one of three children, First Month 1956, was a strong affirma­ two girls and a boy. Later her family tion, stating that "those who knew her moved to Brooklyn. Mary's father Joseph will always remember her for the values McDowell's family was of Scotch-Irish which she so untiringly and staunchly descent. A merchant, he died in 1911. upheld. She lived in selfless simplicity, Her mother, Annie Livingston Stone, ~ dose to her Heavenly Father, devoting her came from a Maryland Quaker farm ~ time, her thought, her every effort toward background. Mary never married. Until ~ bringing about a peaceful and better Annie's death in 1943 Mary resided with ~ world for all of her fellow men. Gentle her, nursing her mother tirelessly during ~ and serene in the face ofendless obstacles, the last years of Annie's life. ~ she spent herself courageously for others." Mary McDowell attended Friends ~ The years leading up to and during Seminary in New York, and later ~ World War I brought many charges Swarthmore College, graduating in 1896. against teachers refusing to sign loyalty Above: Mary Stone McDowell. She had prepared to be a teacher, and in oaths and to teach "citizenship," a euphe­ P. 17: Mary McDowell (right) with Jane 1897 she won a Lucretia Mott Fellowship mism for aiding their students in draft Addams at the 1932 Democratic National to study for a year at Oxford. In 1900 registration. Many teachers left their jobs Convention; a World Wac I poster. Mary received a master's degree from before actual charges could be brought Columbia University. She was an out­ against them. Mary Stone McDowell, a Robert K Murray, in his book, Red standing scholar, very serious and stu­ high school Latin teacher in the New York Scare, notes that during the years dious, although lively and social as well. City public schools, lost her job for a peri­ 1919-1920 there was a marked increase She and her mother hosted many gather­ od of five years because she refused to join in the U.S. government's "conversion of ings at their home. Physical fitness what, in retrospect, may be seen as a con­ thousands of otherwise reasonable and remained important to her throughout flation ofpatrioti sm and war hysteria. Her sane Americans into super-patriots and her life. case represented the first test of pacifism self-styled spy chasers." This was fueled by Afrer returning from England, Mary and academic freedom moving through a the establishment of several agencies obtained a position teaching Latin and state court system in the United States. devoted to perpetuating a conservative Greek in Jersey City. Later she also taught She was labeled as "unpatriotic" by her fel­ ideology, groups such as the National English. In 1905 she moved to the New low faculty members and her school Security League, the American Defense York City public schools and remained administrators and was accused of being Society, and the American Protective there until her retirement in 1946, with disloyal to the government of the United League. Some of these were funded pri­ the exception of the five years she was sus­ vately. Their task was to root out those pended due to the charges made against Mary Lee Morrison is a member ofHartford individuals who were potentially guilty of her. During the years of her suspension, (Conn.) Meeting and teaches, writes, and con­ sabotage and sedition. The U.S. she first taught at George School in Bucks sults on peace education. This article is a revised Committee on Public Information, in County, Pa., and then worked for Fellow­ version ofa paper presented at the 2003 Friends tandem with the media, was preaching ship of Reconciliation. Her teaching skills Association for Higher Education conference messages of patriotism. So-called "draft were superb. Even in the midst ofher trial, held at Pendle Hill and Swarthmore College. dodgers and slanderers" were particular her superiors never doubted her sincerity 16 August 2004 FRIENDS JOURNAL Based on a $10,000 cash gift, the chart below shows examples of how a gift annuity could also provide you or your loved ones with tax savings and a lifetime income. For more information, check the items you would like to see and mail this card, or call Gretta Stone, Development Coordinator, toll free at (800) 471-6863. 0 our booklet on charitable gift planning 0 a gift annuity illustration for the 0 sample bequest language for your will birthdates below

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1... 111.1 ..... 1111 ••• 1••• 11.1 .... 11.1 ••• 111 ••••• 11.1 U! !./ l I Ull. JJUcUU Ul LUUUilJUU UC:!:;a.ll rymg on me present war ana tnat sne was letter to tne !joara requestmg ner rem­ insisting that New York teachers sign loy­ unwilling to assist the government by statement. The matter was referred to the alty oaths to actively support the war every means in her power. . . ; that she Committee on Law. The president of the effort. This involved the requirement to would not urge her pupils to support the School Board admitted that her case had teach a course in "citizenship, once or war. . . ; that she would not urge her stu­ occurred during the "height of war hyste­ more a week," which Mary refused, wish­ dents to buy Thrift Stamps ... ; that she ria." Subsequently she was reinstated. In ing to qualify what she thought of as a does not believe that a teacher is under 1940 McDowell helped to found the euphemism for support of the war, to special obligation to train his or her pupils Pacifist Teachers League. When she more reasonably reflect, given her views, to support the government in its measures refused to help her students at the Manual what she felt she could teach. In January for carrying on the war. . . ; that she is Training School register for the draft prior 1918 she was brought before the Board of opposed to the war of the United States to World War II, she was excused for one Superintendents and asked to resign. She against the German government." day without pay. refused, citing several specifics including In her defense, McDowell stated that Mary McDowell continued to be that she did not think it an obligation of she never specifically refused to carry out active in many peace organizations and a teacher to train his or her students to any of the duties that the Board had asked activities until her death in 1955. support the United States government in its measures for carrying out the war. In May she was given a hearing before a spe­ Mary Stone McDowell's cial committee of the New York City Board case represented the first ofEducacion "In the Matter of the Charg- ~ es of Conduct Unbecoming a Teacher test of pacifism ·B Preferred Against MaryS. McDowell." and academic freedom ~ She was supported and defended by a ';; cadre of prominent civil libertarians and moving through a state ~ Quaker attorneys, including Wilson court system in the ~ Powell, chair of the Law Committee of ~ New York Yearly Meeting. The defense United States. ~ based its case on that of religious freedom, ~ on the argument that schools cannot fire Included among these are Fellowship of ~teachers based on their beliefs, according Reconciliation, Friends Committee on ~to the First Amendment and the Bill of National Legislation, Peace Committee of ;:t Rights. The argument was made that she New York Yearly Meeting (of which she ~ would have to foreswear her religion in was clerk for many years), and the ~ order to retain her job. Attorney Austen Brooklyn Meeting Ministry Committee ~Fox concluded with an impassioned plea and First-day school. She is remembered l for the retention of the right ofconscience as tireless in bringing issues of peace ~ in the classroom and a reminder to the before her meeting. Vernon Marcin, cur­ ~ Board that Quakers have always been rently a member of Keene (N.H.) patriotic and law-abiding citizens. Worship Group and formerly a member Excerpts from the testimony include her to perform. She had objected to cer­ of New York Monthly Meeting, received the following: "that she did not want to tain passages in the Loyalty Oath, request­ help from Mary McDowell in 1950 in ing to modify it and also to be relieved of renouncing his commitment to the Naval her assignment to teach citizenship once a Reserves. Marcin remembers that some week. The defense also cited a long histo­ Quakers inwardly groaned as Mary rose ry of conscientious objection in the to speak in meeting for business, as they United States, beginning with George knew they were about to be asked again Washington having exempted Quakers to examine their consciences and put from service during the Revolution, and before the public some issue that required continuing during the Civil War, when action. Mary McDowell continued to be Quaker teachers were not required to active in local socialist gatherings and to bear arms. write voluminous letters, many of which Mary McDowell was relieved of her are contained in her archives at Radcliffe duties as a teacher at the Manual Training College. She was immensely disappointed School. This was a difficult time for her, when several socialist organizations with as she was the sole support of her wid­ whom she was associated supported the owed mother. The case was appealed to Korean War. She also wrote to President the New York Supreme Court but to no Harry S Truman in the early 1950s, urg­ avail; it cited the "peace and safety of the ing him to withdraw support for the atom state" as paramount. bomb and to work toward disarmament. 17 income taxes each year and, accordmg to Vernon Martin, the IRS dutifully "attached IN ELMER'S BARN ••• part of her pitifully small teacher's pension, out of which she also gave to charity." In her later years, Mary McDowell wrote He had old letters for sale. many letters, editorials, and pamphlets, W"dh its purple three-cent stamp some self-published, some published in And dated in December 1918, Friends Intelligencer, and at lease one pub­ Tlis envelope was on top of the pile. lished by American Friends Service Com­ It was addressed to a soldier overseas. mittee. In What Shall be the Future of Our 0 Country? she wrote, "If the people who sup­ Handwritten in red ink, Deceased." port the new Patriotism are willing to risk Also, printed in a formal rectangle, their lives as do the soldiers, God will support 0 Decease verified by Statistkal DiYI~·s~ion.~"~.....,_.,~~,~~ them and their influence will grow. What part will you cake in the great adventure of making durable peace?" The faded handwriting inside 0 Though quiet and reserved by nature, Starts with My clear Harold" Mary McDowell enjoyed Friends gatherings And ends at her home, often directed to meeting, peace "With love from all and business, and other social purposes. She was Kisses from fond of music and played the piano; the composer Edward McDowell was her cousin Mother." (though the families were not close). She is remembered as a kind and sympathetic In the space between, friend who spent little on her own comfort Her smal saipt makes ful use or possessions. Throughout the ordeal of her trial, she refused co show anger or recrimina­ Of al four sides tion. A socialist friend Iacer remarked, "I Of the one smal folded sheet. could only marvel at her tolerance and His brothers didn't get a deer. patience." Others remember her as quietly They hope that next year stubborn, particularly when it came to caus­ He wl get one. es in which she held deep beliefs. Often she felt stung by the criticisms directed at her, but They ldlled the hog on Friday, would hold her tongue and at some of these And he weighed 3S4 lbs. times be found smiling, after a period of She wishes that he could have had quiet waiting. "She is a Quaker," a point Some of the fresh pork. emphasized by her high school principal and which was the driving force for her life, Next year, she hopes, according to Anna Curtis, who wrote a brief They'l all be together, biographical piece on McDowell for New Since now the war has ended. York Monthly Meeting in 1960. "To be a Friend was in itself a distinction and always a Why did I deliberately buy responsibility. Whatever services she ren­ dered to individuals, or for the cause of peace, And bring home this leHer, she performed as a Friend, because she fully Speaking of a mother's love realized the deeper meanings of Quakerism And of her son's death? and what it stands for." It is an extra dose of sadness. In 1964 Mary Scone McDowell's life was And isn't there enough of that featured on the TV series "Profiles in Courage," based on the 1956 Pulitzer Prize­ In our news today winning book by John F. Kennedy. Each And in every bloocfled day? episode highlighted the life of an historical person who, in spite of vilification and pub­ - Fontaine Falkoff lic pressure, cook an unpopular stand and stood by his/her beliefs. Each was an exem­ plar of outstanding character in the pursuit of justice. The legacy of Mary McDowell Fontaine Falkoff lives in Auburndale, Mass. also lives on in a Brooklyn school named in her honor. 0 18 August 2004 FRIENDS j OURNAL ~ .. ,

Eery sandcastle~requ;res a guttering off your hood into the hole. The buttressed with kindling. When the walls second hole. Not the moat's descriptive other season yielded just more dry dirt, give way-from fire or wind-l'm circle, but a mining hole, dug off to the tree roots to be hacked off with spade's Dorothy in Kansas, hysterical, my hands side. A hole that goes down through the bright edge, or maybe a marble or an empty, my voice hoarse from calling, "I'm dry sand that blew between the pages old medicine jar, the glass smoky with hungry, I'm angry, I'm thirsty!" The of my mother's book, age and burial . No water. bottom of my hole is dry as chalk and held open by her by ~~ E.c.ltJi;.v Just like You. hard and rough as a sidewalk. This is not hand as she napped. At least, I want it to be where prayer is supposed to lead me, I Through the damp sand, coal as the You who doesn't show up. That way I am say inside. This is not what I have been underside of a ceramic bowl, and the eager seeker, the faithful digger, and asking for. through the wet sand, each scoop heavy You prove yourself unavailable once It's there, crouched and sulking, that I as a sleeping fist, to water. again. Not a tap to turn on, a pump to hear the trickle build. In the prayers I hear Every hole on the beach dissolves into lean into, or a glass of water on the under seventy breaths. Holes around me water. Dig deeper and the sides sheer bedside table. You are somewhere else, are filling, overflowing. I find my feet off, making quicksand, a coal soup for deeper than I can dig. damp, then wet, then suddenly I'm waist­ hot feet. Every hole in the backyard­ Some worship times I find myself hole­ deep in water, the hole is spilling over, fort's sink, China's tunnel, gold's pursuit­ deep. I've run through my excuses: why I and I have more than I can use. What was really a search for the same water. am not kinder, why I am lonely, why I wetness are You? Groundwater, tapwater, Rainy season was a cheat, but satisfying. cannot trust Your leadings and why, spring water, salt water? I feel the thick Dig a foot and wait an hour: a thin therefore, I am not faithful. My excuses swell of a wave, sweeping into the shore mirror of water appears. Or dig and are familiar and I love them. They hold as one long arm, lifting me on its muscle wait for rain, then stir with a stick, rain up the fiction of my life: cardboard walls off the sandy Aoar. 0

Eizabeth Echlin was a regulAr attender at Strawberry Creek Meeting in Berkeley, Calif, until her recent move to France.

FRIENDS ]oURNALAugust 2004 19 There are many birds mentioned in the Bible. Some of by Sonia Randall them you may not have even heard of, so we have given references in case you want to look them up. Can you find all the birds listed below by looking up, down, forward, backward, and diagonal? v A 0 E p w 0 L L A w s dove (Matt. 3: 16) N u w 0 T s u H c s 0 p eagle (Isa. 40:31) L T L z N E v A R X E A falcon Qob 28:7) hawk Qob 39:26) I 0 R T D A p N L J R u heron (Lev. 11:13, 19) z T H R u s H I G A L R ostrich Qob 39:13- 18) E L s 0 s R A A E Q u 0 owl (Ps. 102 :6) G N K R A M E T w E N w partridge aer. 17: 11) D Q u A I L N F c J T M quail (Exod. 16:11-13) I E T s B 0 D I z E G y raven (Gen. 8:6-7) R E z A c M H w A v R I sparrow (Luke 12:6-7) stork (Ps. 104: 17) I E R K T 0 M L T s T 0 swallow (Ps. 84:3) y y R T A H R R E D E w swift (Isa. 38: 14) A F L 0 T K F A M T J A thrush (Isa. 3 8: 14) p u N A v 0 s T R I c H vulture (Lev. 11: 13)

Sonia Randall, a free!dnce writer in the rel~~ous fo.ld, lives in CorvaUis, Oreg. She used the New International Ver:s'ion oft. e Bt"ble to create the puzzle.

20 August 2004 F RIENDS J OURNAL ddew: a tight verse form invented by Edmund CJerihew (E. C.) Bentley (1875-1956), also known for his grounclreaking mystery novel, Trent~ Last Case. The rules are as follows: 1. Four hnes, rhyme sdJeme aabb. 2. The first hne indudes, or mnsisls of, a proper name (usually a famous person). 3. The meter is free. Try writing your own!

George Fox walked cheerfully over the Earth e~~swering that of God in both the ortho- and the heterodox. He even tried to straighten out the folks bock home in Fenny Drayton.

Margaret Fell could not always tell the ltfference between an epistle and a balhstic missde.

Wilrmm Penn's refusal to doff his hat shocked his father's friends. Later on, his holy experiment ..._-..,.,occasioned his peers much merriment. Bernard Barton wrote poems by the carton. Robert Barclay Avisiting Quaker minister commented darkly found this pastime eerie and sinister. that Quaker theology was in need of an apology. Rufus Jones always knew in his bones John Woolman, that on First Day the Spirit would tweak if given the chance to ride in a Pullman, him at eleven sharp to rise and speak. could never have recona1ed travehng by sleeper with being his brother's keeper.

Esther GreenleafMurer is a member ofCentral Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting.

FRIENDS j OURNAL August 2004 21 ..1 ~ t • I I t -, m I I I I 7 I I t-) • With all the bad news in the world, where can you Kathleen find signs of hope? Lonsdale

Hope is a magazine that will touch you, move you, and inspire you to make by Brian Drayton positive changes for yourself - and athleen Yardley Lonsdale (1903-1971) for our world. We help you appreciate may be just the spiritual companion the good in people and the positive K you need. Though she is a person of signs of hope all around you. breathtaking energy and accomplishment, An annual subscription (6 bi-monthly what strikes the reader is her combination of common sense, commitment to good works, issues) is only $15.97. It's all you respect for intellect, and tender spirit. could hope for in a magazine. Kathleen Lonsdale was born in Ireland to a troubled family: her father was alcoholic and absentee. Her mother, a religious woman, moved away from her husband to England, where Kathleen rose to eminence in the sci­ HOPEmaga:tine ence of x-ray crystallography, a technique brought to effective use in the laboratories of William Bragg at University College, Lon­ don. X-ray crystallography allows the chemist to elucidate the structure of crystals. It was a key source of data in the analysis of the ago­ nizingly complex structures of proteins and the somewhat less complex structures of DNA She was among the first of many women to make a prominent mark in this field, and she worked on problems ranging from simple organic compounds to the structure of dia­ "This mountain is a beautiful, peaceful, monds, and of bladder stones and similar Welcome to 13 new extraordinary haven of rest and enlightenment." medical entities. Her scientific career, which Quaker Leadership Comment from a recent visitor began in 1922 and extended until her death in 1971, was notable not only for its productiv­ A Sampling of Upcoming Events! Scholars! ity and significance, but also for her encour­ agement of women to enter the sciences. She Hiklng as a Path to Wholeness Quaker Education Since 1837 was one of the first rwo women elected as a Charles Cook September 24 - 26 Admission Office Fellow of the Royal Society and held many 5800 West Friendly Ave • Greensboro, NC 27410 other scientific posts of importance. 336-316-2100 • 1-800-992-7759 • FAX 336-316-2954 The Further Invention of Nonviolence Meanwhile, interwoven with this creative www.guilford.edu Kathy Kelly October I - 3 and absorbing work, she was becoming a mem­ ber ofthe Religious Society ofFriends, a mother Photography and Spirituality David Osborne October 29 - 31 (having married another scientist, Thomas Lonsdale), and an activist. During World War olhe II, she was jailed for a brief time for refusing to "'Suaker • Private Retreat Space Available register for war service, and this stimulated a 1 eAsk about Spiritual Direction lifelong interest in prison reform. Her peace • Group space for 6 - 96 persons activities, and especially her concern for nuclear 'tTH~~~~~ • Adjacent to Appalachian Trail disarmament, led her to extensive writing and Where non-traditional learning • 2005 Pilgrimages to south India traveling, including a visit to the Soviet Union. and Taize' styles are embraced and individual She recognized that as a scientist she was a gifts and affinities flourish. member of an international enterprise, whose Call for a catalog, or visit our website. loyalty should primarily be to the truth dis­ coverable by scientific means, and to the good 318 Meetinghouse Road www.kirkridge.org of humankind as a whole. It can be said that Horsham, PA 19044 2-Jl):\ Fn\ Cap Road Kathleen Lonsdale was able to achieve to a 215.674.2875 Banl!nr, P\ 1!!013 www.quakerschool.org (610) 588-1793 Brian Drayton is a member of Weare (NH) Meeting.

22 August 2004 FRIENDS JouRNAL and considering how each cast light on the Simplicity problems, needs, and wisdom of the others. This integrity gave her writing on scien­ Integrity tific ethics a certain tang. In a little piece called "The ethical problems ofsc ientists," Lonsdale An abiding reverence for detail describes her understanding of the nature and interaction of science, ethics, and religion, THOMAS O'DONOVAN and the axioms ofC hristianity. She goes on to goldsmith a tough-minded discussion of the situations in which ethical challenges can arise for a scientist, and ends: "Scientists need to con­ sider whether they have any special contribu­ HARBOR tion to make to the solution of the world's problems, apart from their specialized techni­ SQUARE cal knowledge .... T he scientist is trained to admit his mistakes, and it would be well if the GALLERY world's statesmen could sometimes do the a place of beauty same thing.... The most important thing, however, is that a scientist should feel a sense of personal responsibility ... to think out his fundamental axioms and the system of ethics he builds up on those axioms, and then .. . 374 Main Street • Rockland • Maine 04841 'lllumination' attempting through personal decisions and 207-594-8700 • (toll free) 877-594-8700 18K white and yellow gold personal actions to make the world the kind www.HarborSquareGallery.com .33 ct diamond of place he knows it ought to be." She was urgently aware of the uncertain­ ties of daily living, and the corrosive and pervasive sense of societal insecurity that so shapes our world. "Our children will inhereit from us a world very different from the world A Warm, Welcoming we would like to have lefr them. We would like to leave them a safe world, a peaceful world, a comfortable world. It is more like a Retirement Communi!)' smouldering volcano." Nevertheless, she could assert, despite the pain and terrors that abound: Foxdale is a Quaker-Directed, Continuing Care Retirement Community "It is still a world of great opportunities for The Foxdale Village community encourages each resident to live fully and adventure, it is still a world in which [our compassionately, with respect and care for each other. Three levels of care children] may hear the voice of Jesus saying, contribute to a graceful life at Foxdale: residential living in ground-floor garden even as he sends them our to work for him, apartments, assisted living, and skilled nursing. 'Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth give I unto you. • Front-door public transportation to theatres, Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it museum, sporting events and shopping Foxdale be afraid."' Oohn 14:27) •Cultural and educational opportunities at Kathleen Lonsdale was very aware that, in nearby Penn State's campus Village order to be able to hear that message, one had • Reasonable fees include lifetime medical care to be about the work of faithfulness and ex­ and pharmacy perimentalliving, and she wrote about these with a refreshing clarity of expression. 'We have to begin at the center, to control our­ selves, and our tempers, to live peaceably with our immediate companions .... But when it comes to our own personal lives ... we may have tried and failed again and again. One thing we can do is to find out why others have succeeded better, and try their method.... What all religions have in common is this sense of need, and the reaching out to a higher power for help. Jesus was tempted and he turned again and again in prayer to God. I do FRIENDS }OURNALAugust 2004 23 in Mental Health own." She was committed both to an honest admission of her doubts, and to an honest, continuing engagement with questions offaith • Child and Adolescent 190 and belief: "I cannot be told ... that I must Programs believe this or that about Jesus before I can call Ways we care myself a Christian .... I do not fear for the • Adult Services young man or woman who is prepared to do some hard thinking. The real dangers are • Older Adult Program indifference on the one hand, and credulity on the other." • Eating Disorders Program Like any good scientist, .she is familiar with the feeling that comes from being in the • Long~term residential care for chronic mental illness presence of her own ignorance or limitations: • Women's Program "I still can't understand the facts of tempta­ tion, of famine, flood, disease, and death, • 24 ~ho ur evaluation, assessment and referral service with all the undeserved suffering that these bring. I still fi nd that my attempts to explain • 190 year commitment to our Quaker mission evil and wickedness are far too facile to satisfY myself, let alone anyone else. But I know that the symbol of God the Father is a true one, that Jesus was right and God loves and suffers Call 215 .. 831 .. 6300 or 800.. 889.. 0548 with us and for us; because in spite of all that www.FriendsHospitaiOnline.org I don't understand, and don't pretend to un­ derstand, I do know that love through my own experience." This willingness not to know, combined with a commitment to act on what she could testifY to, in confidence that more light would be given, results in a real joy that comes through her writings on social concerns and spirirual­ Personalized Care in the ity, despite her plain-spoken realism, and Quaker Tradition makes me wish I had known her: "Ifwe knew all the answers, there would be no point in carrying scientific research. Because we do Since 1896 not, it is stimulating, exciting, challenging. So too is the Christian life, lived experimentally. A Quiet, If we knew all the answers, it would not be Home-Like Setting in a nearly such fun." Beautifully Landscaped For further reading: Atmosphere I have not found a biography of Kathleen Lonsdale--aside from memorials in the sci­ entific literarure, which can be found easily on • Private Rooms, Suites and • Recreational Activities the Internet. The best way to gee to know her writings is in the little anthology edited by Apartments • 24-Hour Security James Hough called The Christian Life-Lived • Assistance with Activities of Daily Experimentally, published by Friends H ome • Some Financial Service Committee ofBritain Yearly Meeting. Living Assistance Available This contains some autobiographical mate­ • Emergency Response System rial, though much of her other writing on ethics, peace, and religion is very personal as • Three Nutritious, Home-Cooked For information please well. Also widely available still, at least in used Meals Served Daily in Elegant call856-235-4884 copies, is her Eddington Lecture, I Believe .. . , Surroundings published by Cambridge University Press in 28 Main Street, 1964. I have found this in several meeting­ • Linen and Housekeeping Services Moorestown, NJ 08057 house libraries in my travels about, and I suspect that Kathleen Lonsdale was a resource once more widely known than now. 0

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ported a government that permitted slavery. The night he spent in jail A Young Friend's became the inspiration for his theory of civil disobedience: the theory that inspired the work of both Mohandas Bookshelf Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. D.B. Johnson cells Henry David Growing "young Quakes" in a toxic, white­ bread, violent world is tough. Here are a half Thoreau's story through a gorgeously illusrraced bear named Henry, who is dozen new books that will help! also thrown into jail for the night for -Ellen Michaud, book review editor nonpayment of taxes. During the night, he embarks on a Harold and the Purple Crayon-type odyssey, drawing a lush and mountainous world for Bedtime Book of Bible himsel£ H enry journeys through this Stories world and meets another bear, rravel­ ing northward toward freedom. Henry By Tim Dowley. Illustrated by Stephanie gives the bear his shoes for the journey McFetridge Britt. Candle Books, 2003. 255 and returns to his jail cell at night's end, pages. $10.99/paperback. Ages 3-5. where he is granted his own freedom. Finding an appropriate Bible for the young­ Henry Climbs a Mountain models est of children is a challenge. Often, in an the very best ofhuman behavior: com­ effort to accommodate limited vocabulary, passion, courageousness, creativity, children's Bibles rely on stilted language that kindness, and generosity. The story catches the drift of a story, if not acrually is simply yet effectively told, and the telling the story fully. How refreshing then to illusrrations are captivating. The story find Tim Dowley' s Bedtime Book of Bible invites conversation, and the pictures Stories. Dowley is a gifted storyteller who knows remain interesting after repeated how to use a limited vocabulary in a well­ younger siblings or being read to with younger viewings. Henry Climbs a Mountain is the written manner. He tells the stories of Noah, children in a group. third in a series by D .B. Johnson based on Joseph, Moses, Samuel, David, Jesus in the -Abby McNear Henry David Thoreau's life. I am looking Temple, the healing of]airus's dead daughter, forward to reading the other rwo. the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son, and Abby McNear is a mother of two, a freel.mce the Loaves and the Fishes. writer, and a memberofEvanston (Iff.) Meeting. -Abby McNear Each story is smoothly wrought, slightly embellished with details that may not appear in the original Biblical texts, but are nonethe­ Henry Climbs a Mountain Giving Thanks less historically and theologically accurate, Written and illustrated by D. B. johnson. By jonathan London. Illustrated by Gregory and do much to convey the compelling Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003. 29 pages. Manchess. Candlewick Press, 2003. 27pages. narure of each tale. For instance, Dowley tells $15/hardcover. Ages 4-8. $16.99/paperback. Ages 4-8. us that Joseph's descendants lived in Egypt This book deserves a prominent spot in Giving Thanks by Jonathan London is pre­ a long time, until one Pharaoh did not every Quaker child's library. It is a fictional cisely what one would think-a book about like them. '"These Israelites are an awful nui­ account of the time Henry David Thoreau the importance of gratitude as we move sance,' Pharaoh said one day. 'What shall spent a night in jail for nonpayment of taxes. through this world. we do about them?' asked his top men. 'Make He refused to pay them because they sup- In this particular book, a boy and his fa- them our slaves! They will build buildings ther walk through the rich naru­ for us."' ral bounty near their home on a Dowley also artfully avoids the more lurid in lace summer afternoon as it moves aspects of particular stories, while still convey­ curobs a M.ounta toward evening. As they walk ing their meaning. In Dowley' s retelling of HetttY along, the father expresses his Joseph's life in Egypt, for example, Potiphar's thanks to each natural wonder wife "told lies about Joseph" that evenrually they encounter, from the leaves landed him in jail. No need to mention that and the trees, to the insects, to a the lies pertained to sexual advances. fox that flashes past. The father Stephanie McFetridge Britt has also done encourages his son to express his a nice job with the illustrations. She under­ gratirude as well, in the way of stands her audience. The pictures are colorful the father's Indian friends. Once and reflect the emotional content of each the boy overcomes his initial em­ story well. Although not great arc by adult barrassment at doing so, he is standards, they do effectively draw children in. rewarded as he thanks the first Although Bedtime Book ofBible Stories is star of the evening for its appear­ recommended for children up co age five, ance, and the other scars come older children will enjoy reading them to out as well, seemingly in response.

FRIENDS ]OURNALAugust 2004 25 This is a sweet, calm, deliberate For those blessed to be the designated reader, book that illustrates the impor­ it will be hard to draw your eyes away tance of developing an "anitude of from the picrures to concentrate on the text. It gratitude" and respect for nature. is gorgeous. Children are naturally good at This is a book you will want to read again marveling at the wonders of the and again. It is a message our children need to world around them, although their hear, and as is the case with many truly beau­ wonder may not always mirror tiful children's books, one we adults need to that of adults. How nice to be able hear as well. to reinforce this message that all of these wonders, large or small, de­ - Abby McNear serve our respect, our attention, and our gratitude. 365 Activities for Kids: Giving Thanks is illustrated by the paintings of Gregory Manchess. A Bible Story and Activity They provide a nice counterpoint to the story. Impressionistic in na­ for Each D ay of the Year ture, there is always something to By Tim Dowiey. Candle Books, 2003. 365 attract and move one's eye around pages. $7.99/paperback. Ages 5 and up. the page. Giving Thanks would In the midst of summer, most school-age make a beautiful summer evening kids are looking for distractions. For those bedtime story. times when it is too rainy or just too hot to be outside, 365 Activities for J(jds will provide a -Abby McNear welcome bit of fun. Although designed as a calendar, with activities for each day, there is questions, answers, faith, love, hope, no reason not to treat this sturdy book as a God Created and much more. regular activity book. Each day tells a little By Mark Francisco Bozzuti-]ones. Illustrated God created tears and laughter, smiles, more of major Bible stories (Noah, Moses, by Jui Ishida. Augsburg Books, 2003. 28 pages. frowns, winces, hugs and friendships, Elijah, Ruth, the Battle of Jericho, David, $16.99/hardcover. Ages 4-8. too. Queen Esther, etc.) through the use of classic At times it can be hard to convey to chil­ God created all these and much more, kid pU7Zlers, of the Highlights variety. There dren some of the profound mysteries so cen­ and much more, so much more. are puzzles, mazes, spot-the-difference pic­ tral to our faith. We spend a lifetime searching tures, find-the-mistake brainteasers, pictures for the nature ofGod, and we want to give our The text alone is lovely, bur what really to complete and color in, and fmd the odd children a head start on that mystical journey, takes this book over the top is the artwork one out qui7Zes. 365 Activities is fun, and a allow them to jump ahead of us on the path. by Jui Ishida. It is vivid, strong, and rich. great way to increase your child's knowledge We want them to know God bener of the Bible with no particular sectarian spin. and more deeply. In the face of that deeply hdd desire, it is easy to feel -Abby McNear inadequate for the task. God Cre­ ated by Mark Francisco Bo7Zuti­ Jones is a deceptively simple book that dives straight to the heart of In Brief that mystery, explaining things bet­ ter than we can often do ourselves. Jeremiah Stokely: The message of God Created is Archaeologist simple: our God is our Creator. Ev­ erything we experience through our ByAianK Garinger. DayLilyPress, 2003. 128 pages. $14.95/paperback. Young adult. senses, our intellect, and our emo­ Chrt Creat Whether Jeremiah is trying to figure out how tions in this world is by God's hand. to get his mom to a photography workshop Bozzuti-Jones tells this message she can't afford, or keep his friend Rita, a wild through rhythmic text that builds animal rehabilitator, out of trouble, he's the on itself, ending with the profound kind of straightforward, caring, and respon­ message of God's love and creation sible person our kids yearn to see more of in ofyou , the reader. The text is bouncy young adult adventure fiction. available and musical, the message simple, Also with a ponery-making kit. but so important: God created words and mean­ -Ellen Michaud ings, language and stories, shout­ ing and singing, songs, poems, Ellen Michaud, F RIENDS JOURNAL's book review riddJes, sound and quiet. editor, is a member of South Starksboro {Vt.} God created all these things: Meeting. 26 August 2 004 FRIENDS JoURNAL ls God ~tlll ~leeptng tn Kwand.ar by David Zarembka

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shaU be Meeting. During the genocide ten years ago she was general secretary of Friends World called the children ofGod.-Matt. 5:9 he was 11 years old, and he talks about it as Committee for Consultation-Africa Section. an 11-year-old saw it. I will share only one She visited Burundi five times, commenting with people all over the world, particular incident of his long story. After he that there were only one or two people on Rwandans think that Rwanda is a spe­ saw his mother and sister hacked to death by the plane going to Burundi, while the planes A cial place. There is a proverb in the interehamwe (young men organized by leaving Burundi were completely full. Be­ Kinyarwandan (the language ofRwanda) that the army into a militia that was responsible tween O ctober 1993 and the beginning of says, "God goes about the world doing good, for most of the killing during the genocide), a the genocide in Rwanda on April 6, 1994, but he sleeps in Rwanda." During a trauma neighbor helped him. There were a total of there was a opportunity to forestall the im­ healing workshop for survivors of the geno­ seven children, and as the oldest, "I was the pending genocide. cide, one participant changed this proverb head of the family," he said. At one point, Malesi Kinaro also visited Rwanda during slightly to "God goes about the world doing he was running while holding the hand of this time and, as most people knowledgeable good, but he fell asleep in Rwanda." this three-year-old cousin. He heard a "bomb" about the situation in Burundi and Rwanda, In April 2004 I was in Rwanda and heard (meaning a grenade) and knew his cousin was realized that Rwanda was ready to explode the testimony of Patrick M wenedata, a geno­ hit. He continued, "In order to run faster, I into violence. She went to the African Union cide survivor. Now 21 years old, he just fin­ picked up the boy. Blood was flowing every­ in Addis Abba and raised the alarm. She vis­ ished George Fox Secondary School in Kigali where. I put him on the ground, covered him, ited Quaker United Nations Office in New where he is a member ofi

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FRIENDS )OURNAL August 2004 27 Quaker community had sounded the alert, Friends Academy they could have prevented the genocide." Per­ haps it was too late for an aroused peacemak­ Founded 1876 Located on scenic Long Island, ing community to have forestalled the geno­ less than 30 miles from New York City. cide then. But the reality is that we didn't even try-we were asleep. I also visited northern Uganda. Here for Celebrating our 125th Anniversary the last 18 years, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has been fighting the government of Uganda mostly by destroying the country­ side, forcing over 1,600,000 people into in­ ternally displaced people's (IDP) camps. The LRA specializes in abducting children and turning the boys into killers and the girls into domestidsex slaves. I observed the situation in Soroti where the African Great Lakes Ini­ tiative (AGLI) had conducted some trauma healing workshops for children coming to town each night to avoid being abducted by the LRA. Founded in 1876 by Gideon Frost for "the children of Friends and those In Lira, also northern Uganda, AGLI was similarly sentimented," Friends Academy is a Quaker, coeducational, inde­ beginning a series of Alternatives to Violence pendent, college preparatory day school serving 750 students from age three Project workshops, and I attended their through the twelfth grade. The school awards significant financial assistance. first session to make an introduction. As I sat in front of the White House Hotel in Lira, I noticed a young man in a mango tree Friends Academy • Duck Pond Road • Locust Valley, NY 11560 picking all the mangoes, which I thought Phone: 5 16-676-0393 • Fax: 516-671-2025 • [email protected] were quite green. Perhaps-! thought-they had some use for unripe mangoes I didn't know about. In about 20 minutes he had expertly picked all of the hundreds of man­ goes that were on the side of the tree where I could see him. Later I visited some of the IDP camps near Lira. So little attention was being given by the international relieforganizations and the Ugan­ dan government that some of these internally displaced people did not even have plastic rarps to cover their small dwellings. They told Kendal-Crosslands residents nurture an me that when it rained-and the rainy season array of life-affirming opportunities: was just beginning-they ran across the road to the school and waited there until the rain •140 resident-directed interest groups ended. I am not sure what they did when they •lifelong learning at the University of carne back because their houses would have Delaware and West Chester University been all wet. • two 11,000-volume, resident-run libraries I met a young girl about eight years old • 300 acres with trails, woods, ponds named Pamela whose parents had been killed. • on-site concerts and lectures She was making adobe bricks with her grand­ •local community volunteer opportunities mother and was doing a rather nice job. But Named as one of the nation's top 25 this meant that Pamela was not attending continuing care retirement communities, "school" in a nearby IDP camp, where I saw Kendal-Crosslands is not-for-profit and one teacher with a blackboard and chalk un­ Quaker-related. Full services, lifetime der a large tree teaching over 100 students restraint-free health care. who sat on the ground. The next day, when I was in Kampala, I read in the paper that people in Lira were IQ:NDAL~CROSSLANDS getting sick &om eating unripe mangoes. It Communities now became clear to me that they had picked them because they were starving and desperate. 610-388-7001 • 1-800-216-1920 Peacemakers are God's children here on P.O. Box 100 • Kennett Square. P A 19348 Earth doing the work of making peace. If we www.kcc.kendal.org are asleep about peacemaking in Africa, then God is also asleep. Is God still sleeping? 0

28 August 2004 FRIENDS j OURNAL On June 21, A federal judge ruled that Phila­ in Iraq. Church leaders said they are con­ u delphia Yearly Meeting must comply with a vinced that international involvement is Iraq's u levy on the wages of war tax refuser Priscilla only chance for lasting peace and security, and • Adams, but rejected a 50 percent penalty the UN is the right organization to take that ~ desired by the Internal Revenue Service. U.S. role. "We hope that President Bush will not ~ District Judge Stewart Dalzell agreed with the just repackage the occupation, but that he will Quaker argument that complying with the welcome significant involvement by the United QJ levy "substantially burdens its exercise of re­ Nations, giving the UN an independent role s... ligion," because, as PYM General Secretary and not impeding its ability to function," Bob a.. Thomas Jeavons earlier testified, the organiza­ Edgar said. ''The increasing chaos in Iraq tion "considers it a sacred duty to support the makes clear that the U.S. government needs conscientious actions of its individual mem­ to change course. We hope President Bush ~ bers, especially in such historic witnesses as goes public with the administration's appar­ - the Peace Testimony." Judge Stewan Dalzell ent realization that the peace the United States u also agreed that the PYM defense "raised novel seeks can only come with genuine interna­ s... and important questions," thus demonstrat­ tional participation." The delegation included Dr. Abraham Sarker-a former Mus lim­ ~ shares his personal testimony of God's grace, ing in this instance that the previous refusal of church leaders &om the United States, Canada, ..0 a clear comparison between Christianity and PYM to comply was not a frivolous activity. the United Kingdom, and Europe, and had • Islam, and a thoroug h presentation of But he disagreed that the IRS had practical support &om theWorld Council ofChurc hes, the facts and fictions of the wo rld's alternative means to collect taxes &om Priscilla Middle East Council of Churches, and the All fastest-growing rel~ion. $18.00 Adams. The government should not be re­ A&ica Conference ofChurches. -NCCCUSA quired "to engage in a time-consuming, and BARCLAY PRESS possibly &uicless, scavenger hunt for other On March 30, 2004, grassroots organizers lll N. l'krilian St. 1 101, Newberc, ~ 97131 assets." In 1999, the Third U.S. CircuitCoun &om across the country gathered in Wash­ 800.961.4014 of Appeals had already rejected Priscilla ington, D.C., to lobby members ofCongress Adams's claim that the government could to support the Latin America Military Train­ devise a means for earmarking taxes for non­ ing Review Act of 2003 {HR 1258), spon­ military expenditures, stating that there were sored by Rep. James McGovern (D). HR "panicularly difficult problems with adminis­ 1258 calls for the closure ofWestern Hemi­ tration should exceptions on religious grounds sphere Institute for Security Cooperation be carved out by the courts." -The Legal (WHINSEC), the successor institute to the Intelligencer School of the Americas (SOA), and a full assessment of all Defense Department train­ National Council of the Churches of Christ ing in Latin America. Panicipants advised in the USA has called for a strong United members ofCongress about new research find­ Nations role in Iraq. In an ecumenical pastoral ings charging that the reforms made in 200 1 letter sent on May 11 , leaders of the were cosmetic and fraudulent, and pointed (609) 714-0100 NCCCUSA and its 36 Protestant and Ortho­ out that WHINSEC continues to train known [email protected] dox member communions called for a change human rights abusers. This information was of course in Iraq. Their goal is peace and a made public at a press and congressional brief­ • MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES • renunciation of violence as contrary to the ing on March 29, and included testimony • INSCRIPTIONS • SCROLLS • will of God. "In a sinful world, some of us &om two Colombians on the notorious repu­ 22 New Freedom Rd., Medford, NJ 08055 may hold that there may be times when war is tation of SONWHINSEC in their home a necessary evil," they write. "But Christians country. Intensive lobbying efforts resulted in should never identify violence against others five new cosponsors for HR 1258, bringing with the will of God and should always work the total ofcos ponsors to 119. -School ofthe to prevent and end it." The lerter called on the Americas Watch United States "to turn over the transition of authority and postwar reconstruction to the Peg Morton, a Friend from Eugene, Oreg., United Nations-and to recognize U.S. re­ served a 90-day prison sentence for trespass­ sponsibility to contribute to this effort gener­ We manage Investment Portfolios ing onto Fort Benning, Ga., to protest the from a socially responsible perspective ously through security, economic, and hu­ School of the Americas {now called Western manitarian support-not only to bring inter­ Hemisphere Institute for Security Coopera­ Investment Advisory national legitimacy to the effort, but also to tion). Peg Morton began her sentence on Socially Responsible Investment foster any chance for lasting peace. We would April6 at a women'sminimum security prison Portfolios that perform ask that members of our churches, as they feel at Dublin army base, just east of San Fran­ Charles Schwab custodian appropriate, contact their respective congres­ cisco, Calif. -Friends Bulletin sional delegations to urge the U.S. to change Securities offmd through Capital Portfolio Management, course in Iraq." Then, on May 24, an 11- Putney {Vt.) Meeting affirmed the decision member international delegation led by Bob by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Coun Mnnber ofNASDISIPC. cleared through Edgar, general secretary of NCCCUSA, met that same-sex couples have the right to legal Bear Steams Sec. Inc. with United Nations General Secretary Gen­ marriage under the Massachusetts state con­ [email protected] eral Kofi Annan to urge a significant UN role stitution. "This enlightened leap affirms and

FRIENDS ] OURNAL August 2004 29 reassures us.... Massachusetts makes clear couch-deprived society. Touch has a powerful that civil unions are a separate but equal com­ impact to soothe and to alter a person's emo­ promise on the path leading to full acknowl­ tional state. In giving this single-pointed at­ edgment of equality for all citizens. Putney tention to someone and involving the divine Meeting expresses its deeply felt respect, grati­ element, we call two powerful forces into tude, and praise for the Massachusetts court's action." - Paul Queck for ESR rendering of this important legal decision." - Putney {Vt.} Meeting Film students from Brooklyn Friends School are directing and producing a video docu­ On January 11, 2004, Summit (N.J.) Meet­ PENN C H ARTER mentary about Quaker peace activist Priscilla ing approved a minute on the "recognition Adams. T he students came co Friends Center The oldest Quaker school in the nation, and celebration of committed relationships," in Philadelphia co interview her about how which states, in part: "It is our direct experi­ William Penn Charter School embraces her religious beliefs led her co refuse payment ence that the gifts of the Spirit are bestowed of taxes in order to avoid contributing co tradition and welcomes innovation. without consideration of gender, race, age, military funding. The students also interviewed disability or sexual orientation- that there is George Lakey, head of Training for Change, 'that of God' in everyone. It is also our direct Essential Quaker principles and practice and Gene Hillman, adult religious education experience that committed, loving, and spiri­ coordinator for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. guide Penn Charter, a Friends school by tual relationships that are enduring, unselfish, This documentary fLlm may be an entry for birthri ght and conviction . Within a diverse and mutually tender and supportive are greatly Bridge Film Festival, which is open to middle community, we engage students in a beneficial to individuals, co our meeting com­ and upper school students at Quaker schools stimulating and rigorous educational munity, and to society as a whole. Quakers worldwide. - Friends Council on Education program. We foster academic discipline have traditionally recognized and celebrated newsletter, Spring 2004 such committed relationships under the care and intellectual curiosity to prepare of the meeting. . . . We therefore affirm that graduates for higher education and for life. New York Yearly Meeting has appointed a we will hold meetings for worship to recognize new general secretary. Christopher Sammond and celebrate such commitments under the began his work in July 2004. He has been a Call to visit our 44-acre campus in East Falls: care of the meeting, for couples (at least·one of resident of Minneapolis, Minn., where he has 215-844-3460 whom is a member of the meeting} irrespec­ been active in N orthern Yearly Meeting since 3000 West School House Lane, Philadelphia tive of gender, race, age, disability, or sexual 1990, serving as its clerk for the past three www .penncharter.com orientation." Requests for such "celebrations years. At the 2003 Friends General Conference ofc ommitment or marriage will be considered Gathering he was a plenary speaker on the in the manner of Friends (including a process topic, "Called to Faithfulness: Radical Com­ for clearness}." -Summit (NJ ) Meeting munity as Proactive Peacemaking." Christo­ Friends Committee on fRIE!IlDS C OMMI11'EE ON pher Sammond has been serving on various National Legislation On February 15, 2004, Durham (Maine} Meeting approved a minute regarding sexual FGC committees since 1989, when he began RFC www.fcnl.org 12 years of service on the Long Range Plan­ 1-800-630-1330 orientation: "As a community that seeks co follow the leadings of the Inward Christ, the ning Committee, which provides ongoing UNL 245 Second St., NE spirit ofGo d, we look for that of God in every governance and policymaking for the FGC Washington, DC 20002 person. We celebrate and are enriched by annual gathering. For the past six years he We seek a world free of war & the threat of war diversity. T herefore we welcome as equals all has been particularly engaged in activities de­ signed to eliminate racism among Friends.­ We seek a society with equity &justice for all who feel called to join with us regardless of sexual orientation. _ . . We unite in our George Rubin, Clerk ofthe Personnel Commit­ We seek a community where every person's support of all who have made such sincere tee ofNYYM, and Spark, NYYM newsletter, potential may be fulfilled commitments to each other." -Durham May2004 We seek an earth restored .... (Maine} Meeting VanessaJulyeandDonnaMcDaniel prepared On March 6 Earlham School of Religion, the topic, "Fit for Freedom, Not for Friend­ Richmond, Ind., hosted a spirituality con­ ship" for presentation at Baltimore Yearly ptl,r.eeting,.'-~"' ference exploring "Prayer and Our Bodies." Meeting on July 27. They examine the com­ J' ' . (> Workshop leaders invited participants co pay plex, often "arms-length," relationship between ,:>; - • \ it . ... attention to the way they pray and to what Friends of European descent and African their bodies might be teaching them about American Friends and non-Friends in the prayer. Topics explored were the natural precolonial period, and the often dangerous healing of prayerful couch, learning co notice work of freeing and educating the enslaved. 1730 God in the body, and medicating with God as Also explored is Quaker ambivalence within "When we're gone, our hearts will still belong" the source of energy. Presenters included the abolitionist movement, and participation Pre-K through 6th Grade Stephanie Ford, assistant professor of Chris­ and lack of participation during the racial Call the School for 2004/2005 openings. tian Spirituality; Julie M urray, spiritual direc­ strife ofth e 20th century. A book on this topic tor and cofounder ofC incinnati's The Center is scheduled for publishing in 2005 under the 2150 rJutler Pike, Pl!JmOllth }'ffeeting Within; and Jackie Speicher, energy worker care of the FGC Committee on Ministry and Pll19462 • (610) 828-2288 and ESR student. The reason couch works, Racism. - Interchange, Baltimore Yearly Meet­ Jackie Speicher said, is because "We live in a ing newsletter, Summer 2004

30 August 2 004 F RIENDS j OURNAL Upcoming Events NEWTOWN FRIENDS SCHOOL • August 26-29-Annual Quaker Lesbian Conference at Powell House in O ld Chatham, N.Y. For details visit or e-mail . Europe • Asia • Africa • September 2-6--North Carolina Yearly Meeting (FUM) South and Central America American/International Schools Opportunities/Resources world-wide are looking for outstanding teachers with a minimum of • On June 3, peace advocates Laura Shipler "The accomplishments of adults 2 years recent, Chico and Matt Chico departed from Silver begin as the dreams of children. full-time experience. Spring, Md., to cross the country by foot and Newtown Friends is a place K-12 positions in all disciplines for bike to mark the tenth anniversary of the where dreams begin." September 2004. genocide in Rwanda. Matt is running the - NFS Mission Statement 3,973-mile journey while Laura rides a bicycle. www .search-associates.com They intend to raise $20,000 for Mrican Great sallyjogordon@ sjg-search.com Lakes Initiative for its support of the Rwanda Pre.. K to Grade 8 1-484-356-0971 Friends Peace House, a Q uaker organization OPEN HOUSE based in Kigali, Rwanda. The Peace House brings recovery to many individuals and com­ October 24, 2004 mtm.ities who suffered trauma during the geno­ 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Listening to users cide and supports reconstruction of the coun­ For furthe r information, try. During their travels Laura and Matt will Designing/or people be hosted by Quaker meetings and supportive call 2 15-968-2225, or visit User interfaces that work individuals, and will offer communities the us at newtownfriends.org chance to learn about the genocide in Rwanda and efforts to heal the country. The couple llcoWiteJk,lk~ll~-1 will journey through Washington, D.C., Vir­ P'li~Ja/.ellcodemicSckold. Arthur Fink Consulting ginia, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, arthur@arthurfink. com Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California, be­ fore concluding their trip in San Francisco in late October. For information about support­ ing or hosting Laura and Matt, contact Dawn FRIENDS JouRNAL offers the classic book Rubbert at (314) 647-1287 or .

• People to People Ambassador Programs is BENJAMIN coordinating a delegation of professionals spe­ cializing in peacemaking and conflict resolu­ The Meetinghouse Mouse tion to travel to SouthMrica October 16-17, by Benjamin, as told to Clifford Pfeil, 2004. Delegates will meet with those special­ izing in confli ct transformation, reconcilia­ with illustrations by John D. Gummere tion, peace srudies, and other related areas. The exchange will include extensive discus­ If you remember the Benjamin stories in past sions on the application of diverse conflict issues, you will be happy to share them-now resolution and peacebuilding strategies to ad­ dress critical social issues, such as racism and in book form-with your children, grandchildren, and Friends! the residual effects of slavery and apartheid, Look for Benjamin in Friends bookstores or order direccly from FRIENDS JOURNAL: domestic violence, and the AI DS epidemic. Please send me __ copies of Benjamin @ $6.oo each, plus $2.00 shipping and handling For details visit or call (877) 787-2000.

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FRIENDS ]OURNALAugust 2004 31 Deaths to flourish at its own pace. He nurtured and scul_Pted Charleston, W . Va. While a student at Oberlin the weeds and grasses, main raining his own pnvate College, Martha helped found a. s tud~Il:r peac:e Agard-Robert Mason Agard, 87, on September ecosystem in the middle of town. He was guided organization. She received an AB m Poliu~ Sct­ 15, 2003, at home in Amherst, Mass. He was born by a wish to Live his life in such a way that he woul? ence from Oberlin and a graduate degree m Psy­ in Williamstown, Mass., on April 1, 1916, and have no regrets ifd eath came unexpectedly. To hts chiatric Social Work from University of Pirrs­ educated at Deerfield Academy and Wesleyan brother Kevin, Raymond was a Golden Buddha, burgh. A social worker in several WPA projects in University. H e earned masters' degrees in Library vulnerable, loving. and unencumbered by worldly Ohio, Kentucky, and Florida, Martha also worked Science from Columbia, and in History from things. Franciscan in his spir.itualiry, h~ !s reme~­ for the Red C ross, Veterans Administration in Brown. He worked as a librarian at Brown, the bered as being faithful to Fnends tradmon. He ts Florida and Pennsylvania, and for Pirrsburgh' s Fam­ Library of Congress, Ripon College (Wisconsin), greatly missed by Baton Rouge Friends and .by ily and Children's ~erv i ce. As.a si~gle parent ~fte r and in 1950 became the Librarian for Earlham Lafayette Friends Worship Group, w~o met wtth her eight-year marnage ended m divorce, she raJsed College. "That's where he got mixed .up wi.th th~e him weekly. Raymond was pr~eded 1~ death b.y her two daughters while worki~g. ~-rime ~nd Quakers," said his father, who had raJsed hJS son m his good friend Jim Spiers. He JS suCVIved by his participating in community acuvmes. In Ptrrs­ the Congregational C hurch. Impressed with. the brothers, Dave Besse, III, Daniel Besse, Kenneth burgh she first emb ra~ Quakeri~m and. became Quaker form of business used at faculty meetmgs Besse, and Kevin T. Besse; sisters, Susan Besse, active in Quaker peace tssues assoctated With esca­ and with Friends alignment of faith and worship Tina Meche, Patti Guidry, Angela Huckaby, and lating U.S. involvement in Viemam. In 1:63 with political conviction and commitment of peace Becky Gogola; and numerous nieces, nephews, Martha moved to California, where she supervtsed graduate students and taught, fust at UCLA Ber­ and social justice, Bob and his wife Phyllis join~d grandnieces, and grandnephews. keley, then at Sacramento State Universi£>: .. In West Richmond Meeting. In 1961 the famtly Cook- Janet lAughlin Cook, 53, onApril12, 2004, 1967, during a trip to Vietnam with a rehabilt~a­ moved to Amherst, Mass., joining Middle Con­ of cancer, at home in Iowa City, Iowa. She was tion team of American Friends Service Comrrur­ necticut Valley Meeting (now Mt. Toby). Bob was born in Iowa City on September 10, 1950. The tee she and the ream were evacuated when their the librarian at Bennington College from 1961 to second child of six, she was raised on a farm where ho~pital in Quang Ni was bombed during the T er 1981. He was active in Bennington (Vr.) Meeting. she happily ragged along helping her dad feed ~i~ offensive. But in response to the thousands of serving as clerk there and, with Phyllis, as co-clerk and chickens, milking cows hand, and parr~ct­ br Viemamese children orphaned without record of of Mt. Toby Meeting. In New England Yearly paring in the cycle of plantmg and harvesung birth, age, or health status, she returned twice Meeting, Bob served on committees for Moses crops. Under the leadership of good neighbors she more to Viemam, working ro establish growth and Brown School, Archives and Historical Records, was active in 4H activities. She graduated from development norms fo r the children. She was pro­ Peace and Social Concerns, Permanent Board, Scattergood Friends School in 19?8, and sp~nt the foundly moved by her firsthand experiencing of Committee on Prejudice and Poverty, Nominat­ following year in Germany, working as a ma1d and the horror ofwar. From 1968 until her retirement ing Committee, Yearly Meeting Program Com­ English tutor for two daughters in the h~me of a in 1975, she was on the faculty of San Diego State mittee, and the Executive Council. He also served physician. Although she earned a bachelors degree University, where she was a founder of the Pea~ on the New England Board of AFSC. H elping in German from University oflowa, there were no Resource Center. A&er retirement she worked m wartime refugees was a thread in Bob's life, begin­ graduation ceremonies. It was during the Viemam Geneva, Switzerland, editing a newsletter for the ningwith Larvians after World War II while work­ War; stones were thrown through store windows Women's International League for Peace and Free­ ing at Ripon College, later Germans and Hu~gar­ in Iowa City, and the university was shutdown. I~ dom. During the '70s sh~ was a volun~eer at a ians while at Earlham, and, finally, Cambodians. 1979 she married Donald E. Cook. In 1998 Uru­ Rhodesian School of Soctal Work durmg that His quiet and loving care was a constant in an ever­ versity of Iowa presented her with a bachelor's country's civil war. Her interest in alrerna.rive co~ ­ changing world, nor only for his own four daugh­ degree in Nursing. which ~he felt was ~er t;ue ters, bur also for his Cambodian foster daughter, vocation. As a nurse she recetved great sausfacnon munity constructs led her to sp~~d ~Jme wtth various communes and communities m France, and the Cambodian refugee families sponsored by serving in West Branch Medical Clinic. As the Switzerland, and the British Isles. In the early '80s Mr. Toby. For over 20 years Bob was known as mother of a basketball player and enthusiast, she she worked with Central American refugees who "Grandpa" by 13 Cambodian children as well as ofren transported her son's teammates to practices were detained in camps along the Southwest bor­ his own grandchildren, and "Dad" by several of and games. Inspired by a strong in good i~rer.est der. She worked with refugees in El Salvador, the young Cambodian women. H is reassuring pres­ nutrition, Janet was a buyer and distrtburor for a Nicaragua, and Colombia, and spent rime in Gua­ ence helped sustain the Mr. Toby Refugee Re­ club of healthy foods consumers. Janet seemed to temala as a bodyguard with Peace Brigades Inter­ settlement Committee. He loved music, garden­ have a special affinity and appreciation for the flora national. She helped preserve the indigenous lan­ ing, hiking, and skiing. On the trail, at work, and and fauna of the narural world. She read widely guages of the Guat.emalan I.ndians by developing at home, he was always practical, breaking a daunt­ and was a frequent customer at Prairie Lights Book their oral language mro a wrmen one. She had the ing problem down to its component parts and Store. She was a member of the National Re­ peace book, One HundredMonkeys, publish~d with enlisting others to help him take action. He used sources Defense Council with a strong concern fo r this approach in viewing large national and inter­ the health of the planer. Janet felt that the U.S. is her Spanish translation. In .1986, back ·~ San Diego, she was instrumental m the resrora~on of national problems, focusing on specific. ways ~at too prone to impose its culture and values on other the trees at C hollas Lake Reservoir and m the he could be of service. As old age and mfirmmes nations. She studied religions of other cultures, .bur struggle to save the wetlands. S?e worked to s~~re began to limit what he could do, he.never 3.l!owed her spiritual anchor was West Branch M~~mg. affordable housing in San Otego by organtzmg his wry sense of humor to desert him. He ts sur­ where she served on the Committee for Mmtstry resident committees at housing projects, serving vived by his wife, Phyllis Agard; four daughters, and as a trustee. A&er nearly a year of intense on the mayor's task fo rce, and Anne Agard, Ellen Agard, Susan Agard Krause, treatments, outstanding courage, and determina­ repr~enting ~er meeting on the board of the lnterfa.tth and C hamman Tan; and nine grandchildren. cion to maintain the life she loved, Janet suc­ Hou ~ mg Project. She was active in the United Nauons cumbed to cancer. Janet was predeceased by a Besse-RaymondBesse, 45, at his home in Lafayette, Association; International Women's Conferences sister, Ruth, in 1986. She is survived by her hus­ La., on December 4, 2003. He was born on Janu­ in Mexico, Mrica, and Beijing; the Asso­ band, Donald E. Cook; their son, Darren Cook; Nar i~n al ary 8, 1958, in Crowley, La., to Dave A Besse J~. ciation of Social Workers; the Women s Interna­ her parents, Donald and Lois Laughlin; two broth­ and Elsie Boudreaux Besse. Raymond attended his tional League for Peace and Freedom; Grand­ ers, David Laugh.lin and wife Brenda, and Roger fusr Friends meeting in 1993, and two years later mothers for Peace; League of Women Voters; Laughlin and wife Connie; two sisters, Marth~ he requested membership in the. ~eligious Society Audubon Society; and the Sierra Club. On her Laughlin and partner Kate Warner, and Naomt of Friends. In a break from tradiuon, all of Baron 90th birthday, Martha packed a tent and camp Laughlin-Richard and husband Scott; and several Rouge Friends mer with him for clearness, and his stove and traveled solo up the coast from San nieces and nephews. request was approved. Raymond was kind and Diego to Oregon, spending almost two months gentle, always concerned about the less fortunar~ . Fort- Martha Fort, 96, on February 17, 2004, in exploring alternative ways people de~~lop commu­ His love extended to the three cats who shared hts Sacramento, Calif. She was born on June 12, 1908, nity as she visited communes, religwus centers, home, and to his lawn, which grew freely, allowed in Monongahela, Pa., and spent her childhood in and friends. In 1999 she moved to Sacramento,

32 August 2004 FRIENDS JouRNAL attenomg both :>acramemo ana Uav1s Meetmgs. and their adopted baby boy moved back to New University in lJetroit, Michigan. After a year ot Her messages in meeting for worship were simple, York. Paul taught woodworking at the George postdoctoral work under D. H. R. Barton at the inspirational, and loving. At the time of her death, Junior Republic, a school in Freeville with proven University of Glasgow, Scotland, Cecil joined the she was recording a history of her life. She is success helping troubled students to develop into Northern Regional Research Center of the U.S. survived by her two daughters, Eloise Peper and law-abiding, self-respecting citizens by allowing Department of Agriculture, Peoria, Ill., where he Elizabeth Hartin; fi ve grandchildren; and seven them to live and work in a community with its worked until1985. An internationally recognized great-grandchildren. own laws, its own currency, its own studem researcher in organic chemistry, he worked on judge, and even student-staffed law enforcement. unusual lipids, alkaloids, and other natural prod­ Olmstead-Paul Durfu Olmstead, 88, on March When their son was five years old, Paul and Shirley ucts, emphasizing biologically active compounds 28, 2004, in Sanra Fe, N.Mex. Paul was born on moved to Wasatch Academy, a strongly academic including cephalotaxus. His group did work lead­ April 7, 1915 in Ann Arbor, Mich. His mother Presbyterian Mission school in a small rown in ing to the discovery of a potential anti-cancer was a schoolteacher, and his father a leader in Utah, with boarding students from all over the agem , harringtonine. Cecil also worked at West­ the YMCA. T he family had a long history of world. H ere Paul taught woodworking and Shirley ern Michigan University in Kalamazoo; Southern attending Quaker meeting in Poplar Ridge, N.Y. started an art department that eventually devel­ University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; lnstitut de Paul studied industrial arrs and community plan­ oped some outstanding artists. After 28 years in Chimie des Substances Naturelles, Gif-sur-Yvette, ning at the New College, Teache.rs' College, Co­ the beautiful Utah mountains, the couple retired France; the Ariwna State University Cancer Re­ lumbia University, and visited intentional com­ to Plaza del Mome in Santa Fe, where they search Institute, Tempe, Ariwna; and the USDA munities in Europe. During World War II, Paul, a became active members of Santa Fe Meeting Western Cotton Research Lab, Phoenix, Arizona. pacifist and conscientious objector, was assigned to and Paul sculpted wood and alabaster, gardened, Interested in issues of peace and justice and drawn work fighting fires in western forests, serving painted oils of his beloved mountains, took his to silent meditation, Cecil and his wife fi rst be­ in a mental hospital, and constructing sanitary grandchildren skiing, and became the Senior came involved with Friends in Glasgow. When pit privies in Florida. He became head of the Olympic Ping Pong Champion of New Mexico. they moved tO Peoria they joined Peoria Meeting War Resisters' League in New York, and went on He is survived by his wife, Shirley Olmstead; his (later Peoria-Galesburg) and became involved with to work full-time tor the WRL, touring the CO son and daughter-in-law, Chuck and Joanne Illinois Yearly Meeting. As they moved, their mem­ camps, cheering the men and boosting morale. Olmstead; and two grandchildren, Katie Olmstead bership moved as well, finally transferring to Gun­ In 1944 Paul married Shirley Bramkamp. They and Charlie Olmstead. powder Meeting in Sparks, Maryland. Cecil was worked in Alpine, Tenn., in a Presbyterian mission involved with FCNL, Planned Parenthood, Union station where Paul taught the mountain men Smith-Cecil Randolph Smith, 79, on February 6, ofCo ncerned Scientists, and the Democratic Parry. how to make furniture, boars, and salad bowls 2004, in Cockeysville, Maryland. He was born to He is survived by his wife, Donna Smith; their from native first-growth walnut, cherry, and Elsie and Cecil R. Smith in Denver, Colorado on daughter, Carolyn Smith and husband Earl Brown; oak, and Shirley developed a pottery-making May 3.1, 1924. H e earned his bachelor's and their sons, Stanley Smith, and David Smith and training program using native clays. After estab­ master's degrees at University of Colorado and, in wife Laura C hang and their children Zachary lishing a thriving Alpine Industries, the couple 1955, his PhD under Carl Djerassi at Wayne State and Madeleine.

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FRIENDS ]OURNAL August 2004 33 expressed their opinion. and the person who successfully chal­ FCNLs new pamphlet, Peacefol lenged the "superior being" requirement Prevention ofDeadly Conflict, reflects this for CO claims, wrote in favor of con­ ambiguity. It speaks of preventing war, scious support of international law with a but not stopping it. It states (p. 86): "The police/judicial component. He states, § International Criminal Court is a major "Such progress will require development ~ advance ... to handle cases of genocide, of a body of international law .. . and a ~ crimes against humanity, and war crimes capacity for the international community '-4 to enforce these laws on behalf of the common good ... . This will involve some sort of international police force." We witness worldwide strife, but great dangers are great opportunities: this can be the birth pangs for a new world of peace. Let us end 350 years of hesitation and become sophisticated, loving, com- ~ mitred, and effective in our call for peace. ~ My case here is incomplete, merely an ~ outline of a concern; the next step could ~ be assembling and publishing a booklet on "police power for peace" by FCNL when national governments are incapable and/or AFSC, as a sequel toAFSC's 1955 or unwilling to do so." The pamphlet pro­ booklet Speak Truth to Power. This could poses "international civilian [meaning provide a basis for discussion, programs, nonmilitary] police corps." IfFCNL were and public advocacy. not inhibited by the uncertainty among Several actions that could implement a Friends concerning police, these propos­ new policy are: programs in meetings and als could be elaborated and the policy Friends organizations on minimum-force could deal at length with stopping and policing; coalition work with the United preventing wars. Nations Association and World Fed­ For another indication of ambiguity, eralists; encouraging Quaker UN Office Books Wanted see a statement in Faith and Practice of staff to work on this subject; contribu­ Harvest Book Company LLC North Pacific Yearly Meeting, 1993: tions to research on nonlethal weapons; Books ofMerit Bought b Sold Since 1988 "Proper police activities ... seem neces­ cooperation on curricula for police acad­ sary and helpful." The word "seem" sug­ emies on minimum-force community www.HarvestBooks.com gests hesitation. These policy statements policing and restorative justice; advocacy 185 Commerce Drive Call: 8oo.56p222 might be revised to clarify and strengthen for courses in police history and practice Ft. Washington. 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T here is much to disagree with in D avid not in the pocket ofcapital ists, and A front-line Friends Peace witness Morse's (F] May) article on globalization. capitalism is a good thing for all free people. Let me say only three things. First, that the Gl Counselling, Draft/CO Information condition ofhumaniry for hundreds of Russell Nelson Peace Research, Education & Action thousands of years has been poverry, Potsdam, N.Y. 223 Hillside Ave., Fayetteville, NC 28301 starvation, early death, and pestilence. Three 910-3 23-3912. www.quakerhouse.org hundred years ago, capitalism was invented. A slip? [email protected] Some cultures have adopted capitalism, and they have largely escaped those ill effects. I was reading Margaret H ope Bacon's Chuck Fager, Director One of these is the United States, where you fine review of the book Harriet jacobs: A Life can own a house with electriciry and indoor (F]May) with interest when I felt moved to plumbing, own a car, and two color write. I wish to live in a way that reflects no televisions, and still live on public chariry prejudice toward anyone, and the because you are poor. Other cultures have information about Harriet Jacobs was adopted capitalism, only in part, and they providing helpful details to fill in a portion Gree~!.~~~ still suffer some. Other cultures know of history that I tend to characterize with nothing about capitalism, either by ignorance vague generalizations. "the small school that or by choice, and they still suffer. I absolutely However, when I reached the final makes big people" cannot decry capitalism, and would certainly paragraph, I cringed with embarrassment not seek to deny its benefits to the entire and flashed back to a recent column by world, as David Morse seems to want to do. George W ill. He was analyzing a statement "Ye shall know them by their fruits. " by President George W. Bush. The Second, David Morse makes the case for statement had sounded vaguely racist to me, the United States being wealthy on the but I didn't know why. George Will pointed backs of the entire world, and he thinks out that when George W . Bush affirmed the that's horrible. And yet as I write this, the belief that "people whose skin color may not hottest topic of conversation is be the same as ours" can be free and self­ "offshoring"-a transfer ofwe alth from the govern, he "seemed to be saying that white U.S. to T hird World countries through the is, and brown is not, the color ofAmerican s' Greene Street Friends School export of jobs-and everybody thinks that's skin. He does not mean that." 5511 Greene Street horrible. I, myself, accept neither problem I'm afraid the last paragraph of Margaret Philadelphia, PA 19144 definition, and so David Morse's proposed Hope Bacon's review contains the same slip. • solutions are completely beside the point. When I read of"the often complicated Pre-K through Grade 8 Third, David Morse arrives at several relationships between Q uakers and people of Founded in 1855 conclusions about economics that if color" I infer that the two groups have presented to economists would provoke different identities. That is, Quakers are not Please call TODAY for a howling laughter. For example, he claims persons of color. tour. 215-438-7545 that the WTO is run by capitalists for the Did Friend Margaret mean that? Was she benefit of capitalists (which fails to explain forgetting the Friends who do not classify the WTO's ruling against President George themselves as white? Does she think that W. Bush's steel tariffs). If he were to propose only white Friends are really Quakers? Or M~~e ~ spf~~ similar conclusions about physics, say, that does she think that nonwhite Quakers aren't all objects fell at different speeds, or really persons of color any more? I fervently i·t'l hieild~ ·. cosmology, say, that the Earth is flat, or that hope that she merely meant that 1(51.irf'l~L the sun rotates around the Earth, surely relationships are complicated only everyone would laugh at him. Why can he between some (white) Quakers and some

38 August 2004 FRIENDS JouRNAL {Quaker and non-Quaker) persons of color, and could find no better phrase to express her thought. Melody Ashworth Ashland, Oreg.

"Fraudulent,? When I picked up the June edition of FRIENDS JouRNAL, it fell open at John Calvi's article "Quakers, Sexuality, and Spirituality." On completing it, I thought it important to write to you commending the article. We have a history of downplaying, even ignoring, sexuality-especially homosexuality! Thanks both to John Calvi for writing the article and to FRIENDS JouRNAL for publishing it. On the other hand, the article "On Marriage and Divorce," by Anne E. now and guarantee an ongoing with some of the Barschall, in my mind was poorly written, lacked congruence with Quaker values, and stimulating Quaker thought and today. As an independent fell below the standards of FRIENDS jOURNAL. ""l"~'"'~ magazine that celebrates and a broad spectrum of Of course, there are kernels of truth in t us to remain in a marriage that is draining or call (800) 471-6863 during regular business hours. God's gift out of ourselves and our children. This special offer expires on December 31, 2004. A decade among single parents in If I am not satisfied, I can get a full refund for all unmailed copies. Fairfield County, Conn., showed me many bad marriages but few bad divorces. Many couples get divorced only after working 1216 Arch Street, 2A harder on their marriages than m any happily Philadelphia, PA 19107-2835 married couples ever have to. Divorce may FR I ENDs have grown common, but that scarcely Fax: (215) 568-1377 makes it easy. The best that two people can JouRNAL E-mail: [email protected] do if they do divorce is to cooperate to the fRIENDS ]OURNALAugust 2004 39 Retirement Living in the Heart o extent possible for the well being of their Historic West Chester children. The best a meeting can do, I believe, is to nurture the unhappy family, not censure the parents. Malcolm Bell Weston, Vt. Residential and Assisted Living Since 1891 Marriage without mutual love When Hickman residents Anne and Before responding directly to some of the Tom Moore aren't volunteering, you ideas put forth in Anne Barschall' s recent might find them hosting a luncheon article, "On Marriage and Divorce" (FJ or enjoying the convenience of June), I would like to relate the stories of three marriages. The first is that of my walking through quaint and historic parents. They married with little in common downtown West Chester just a besides their German origin, had two kids few blocks away. right away, and then my mother decided she was incompatible with her husband and left him after his decision to follow an obvious career move to another state. Heavily Call or stop by for a tour today! influenced by feminism, my mother severed all ties with her fumily for half a year after 400 N. Walnut Street this move. When she returned, she drove West Chester, PA home her hostility toward my father to my (610) 696-1536 r::-....-.. .=.o;o-~..•. sister and me regularly. [email protected] . The second is my own experience of deep love and commitment to my first wife. I brought her home to the U.S. from Russia, but then I faced mental difficulties and subsequently experienced a head injury. She, Irena, was hugely supportive but eventually HEAD OF SCHOOL had a nervous breakdown and had to return to Russia after a year and a hal£ After Buckingham Friends School another year and a half oflong-distance romance, I became so lonely that I asked for Lahaska, PA a divorce. We still have a truly committed July 1, 2005 friendship in which my new wife now participates, regarding her as a sister-in-law. The third is that of a fundamentalist Buckingham Friends School is seeking candidates for the position of Christian acquaintance, whose husband Head of School. BFS is an independent elementary school enrolling remained distant emotionally although 176 students in grades K - 8. The school was founded in 1794 and is intimate in other ways. She also became lonely in her marriage and agonized over governed by a school committee composed of parents and members divorce, having the value that "we should of Bucks Quarterly Meeting. The school has an excellent praise ... faithful sufferers because of their commitment of the truthfulness of their academic program and strong Friends traditions. Candidates should word to God" {to quote Anne Barschall). be conversant with Friends values, governance, and practice and be Was this the right choice for her? experienced in independent school administration. A resume, cover Could a "village" have saved my parents' marriage? My own? My neighbor's? Most letter, and personal statement should be sent to: probably. Is pain in marriage always therapeutic, as Anne Barschall puts forth? Clay V. Stites Maybe, but only to the extent that it makes Resource Group 175 for personal growth and leads to greater understanding between parmers. Is generous POBox 104 action all that comprises love in a marriage, Dartmouth, MA 02714 or is there something deeper, alluded to by CarlJung in his notion of"mysterium [email protected] conjunctionum"? Generous actions derive 508-636-4984 ideally &om love, and while doing service comes &om the love of God, marriage

40 August 2004 FRIENDS j OURNAL without mutual love is hollow. Display Is our society's divorce rate caused by Ad October issue: Reserve space by August 9. lack of"peer pressure," the influence of Deadlines Ads must be received by August 12. "Hollywood," and "bad therapists"? I chink November issue: Reserve space by September 6. chat, in addition to whatever unrealistic Ads must be received by September 9. FRI ENDS expectations these things may bring about, JOURNAL general societal disconnect as manifested in Ad rate is $38 per column inch. the breakdown of neighborhoods, a widespread inability to compromise, and Call (215) 563-8629 now with your reservation or questions. society's emphasis on the individual all rank E-mail: [email protected] higher among the reasons. I chink chat Anne Barschall has fundamentally misconceived the phenomenon of marriage. My impression is chat she chinks of it as a duty. Her article leaves me wondering ifs he has ever i FARM & WILDERNESS i experienced utter loneliness in marriage or if, = ::::::::::::::: on the ocher hand, she has ever really had Summer Camps that Specialize in Kids the joy of a soul mate. Five Quaker-based overnight camps and the Barn Day camp for girls and/ or boys ages 3-17 As someone who has come upon the love of his life already two times, I would like to "Splendid, wonderful, excellent, miraculously human and rich!" -Parent assure single readers chat there really can be transcendent experience in marriage. It's available to people in planned marriages, as Farm & Wilderness. Unplugged and Unforgettable. A summer of rugged excitement. well as to chose who marry for love or for Fun. Cooperation. Skill-building. Individualized attention. Self-awareness and self­ ocher reasons. Ifl had a suggestion for expression. Nurturing and supportive. Adventure and Community. singles, it would be not to pay surreptitious attention to chose supermarket tabloids, as Anne Barschall says she does. Attention is our most precious commodity. We become what we pay attention to. Quakerism encourages us to pay attention to the leadings of the heart. In my experience it is precisely these promptings chat lead to the most fulfilling marriages. I have had two good ones so far, and by the grace of God, may someday even find myself in a third, equally fulfilling, if calamity should befall again. As the saying goes, the world is full of wonderful people. I know chat in any case, I will always be true to the woman I marry. Thomas Hartmann Havenown, Pa. Marriage and our true selves Your "controversial" article on marriage The Meeting School ("On Marriage and Divorce," F]June) ran counter, for the most pan, to my most deeply 56 Thomas Road, Rindge, NH 03461 held values, so much so chat I am writing a Organic Farm reader's response for the first time ever. ~ rare breeds, active student involvement I do resonate with Anne Barschall's thought regarding the necessity of / Caring Quaker Community putting faith into practice in our daily lives "continuous exertion toward forgiveness" and equally strongly with the idea chat Prog~;essive Secondary Education "responsibility for one's own happiness lies day/boarding, small classes, hands-on learning with oneself, not with one's spouse," but I am unable to relate beyond chat to the attitude put fonh. In my marriage, what holds us together is our belief in our own divinity. My husband, email:[email protected] (603) 899-3366 www.meetingschool.org with his personality, set of preferences, and

FRIENDS ] OURNALAugust 2004 41 • style, is really a deeper being, an expression of God, constantly able to channel divine inspiration ifencouraged . For my part, I find Year2005 that our marriage brings me closer to my Quaker Motto Calendar true self, my true desires and my clearest and most loving actions. We can trust each other to drop false posturing and return to love. Inspirational messages This is not stupid Hollywood with its unrealistic expectations, deceptions, and for each month disappointments. Thanks to the Quaker Since 1884 clearness process, so integral to our meeting, marriage is growth toward our own true 25 calendars $21.00 selves. It's an ongoing act oflove, Open your child's forgiveness, integrity, inspiration, generosity, 25 calendars & envelopes $23.00 and patience, all that, not because of peer mind to the world pressure, not due to a sense of obligation, Send orders with check to: not as a result of guilt, but because of who ABINGTON we really are. The Motto Calendar FRIENDS This can be a joyful journey of two 1101 Ridge Road SCHOOL souls if both people truly want it to be and Pottstown, PA 19465 are ready to take hold ofan d share their A Quaker coeducational own futures. day school grades Lee Hamilton [email protected] Preschool through 12 Havenown, Pa.

Telephone: 301-320-3931 For more information, call Fax: 301-320-7370 215-886-4350 Not a light decision 575 Washington Lane • Jenkintown, PA 19046 I have just finished reading Anne E. Barschall's article "On Marriage and Divorce" (F]June) and hardly know where to begin, so I will start with her musical examples. "Some Enchanted Evening" is fro m South Pacific, the main theme of which is overcoming racism in a relationship. Are some Q!taker perspectives Nellie Forbush, the young nurse in love with a man who has interracial children, does not take the easy way out, but works on the wrong track? hard to overcome her youthful attitudes. Fiddler on the Roofalso contains the characters ofYenta, who tries to arrange marriages between young, penniless women and older, inappropriate men just because Do you want to know what sincere Quakers think, who the girls have no dowries, and a young truly advocate peace, justice, and helping the poorest of the woman who falls in love with the local radical, marries him afi:er gening her parents' poor, but who think many Quaker perspectives are on the reluctant consent, and chooses to follow him into exile in Siberia. Was Yenta's choice wrong track? better than the young woman's? I am divorced. My husband left me and Try reading The {)Juzker Economist, a free weekly online news our two children for another woman afi:er we had been married for ten years. Even commentary on peace, justice, and world affairs, somewhat though he was living with her, I offered to different from the usual Quaker line. go to counseling to try and save our marriage, with the condition that he had to leave her. He chose to stay with her, and I Over eighty letters have now been published and appear on filed for divorce. Would Friend Barschall the e-mails of over 600 subscribers, mostly Quakers. To see have me continue in my marriage under those circumstances? I don't think so. them all online, visit http://tqe .qtiaker.org. To subscribe (fee), Should someone always stay with an alcoholic or drug-addicted spouse, or one send an e-mail to [email protected]. who may never physically abuse them, but won't allow them to have any money, go outside the house, or continually tells them

42 August 2004 FRIENDS j OURNAL they are stupid, ugly, incompetent, etc.? How much of this non-physical abuse is one supposed to keep taking? And her comments about therapists. In the interest of full disclosure, I am one. In my Scauergood Friends School, founded experience, the worst thing to do with people in 1890, is commiued to fostering in trouble is to tell them what to do. lifelong and self-clirected learning, Listening, deep loving listening, works far developing a sense of personal responsibility and cultivating global better. I have worked with couples and never citizenship. encouraged them to divorce. I have helped them work through their problems. In • All recent graduates have gained addition, my second husband and I have college acceptance been to marital counseling. (Yes, just like • Student-to-teacher ratio: 4 to I • Innovative block scheduling doctors sometimes need doctors, therapists • Community service graduation sometimes need therapists.) We saw someone requirement who listened deeply, did not take sides, and • Shared work program did not encourage us to divorce. It was very • Organic garden, farm hard, painful work, but well worth it. • Comprehensive, exciting Arts Department I agree that celebrities often set a bad • Daily Collection, weekly example for society in many ways, but few Meeting for Worship "real" people come to the decision to divorce lightly, and when they do, they need the For information, call toll-free at 1-888-737-4636, or e-mail support of their religious community, not its [email protected] censure. I suggest that Friend Barschall heed another saying from the Bible: "Judge not 1951 Delta Avenue that ye be not judged." (Matt. 7: 1) West Branch, Iowa 52358 Name withheld by request 'vV 'vV 'vV. S C ;1 t Let's look at a vibrant marnage I look forward to each issue of FRIENDS JOURNAL for inspiration as well as information on a range of topics that provoke thought 1904-2004 and enrich my life. I was recently dismayed, however, by an article, "On Marriage and Stapeley Divorce," in the June issue, that seemed, in IN GERMANTOWN contrast, closed in thought and harmfully BUILDING A CARING COMMUNITY judgmental. Filled with false assumptions and lacking critical thought, the article ... its not like home, it is home portrayed a very sad and erroneous notion of marriage today and the possibilities it offers ... where every resident enjoys those who choose to marry. George Fox and Margaret Fell redefined a comfortable lifestyle marriage for all of us, if we are led to it, ... where newcomers simply feel offering a marriage of spiritual equals instead of an institution for the purpose of at home and long-time residents protecting and gaining property or even the find new delights every day procreation of children. Marriage is very much concerned with personal fulfillment as each person encourages, helps, supports, Quaker Sponsored etc., the other. As each spouse grows, so • Residential Apartments grows the marriage and, one could argue, so does the wimessing meeting. • Personal Care Community Marriage is, like other experiences, often • Health Care Center the best teacher. Sometimes therapists and/ or clearness committees can ask those difficult questions that can provide 6300 Greene Street • Philadelphia, PA 19144 clarification and new direction for the couple and the meeting alike. It is this 215-844-0 700 modern marriage, firm in its commitment www.stapeley.org and vibrant in its openness to grow, that I'd

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For further information, please call Nirmal or Quaker Writers and Artists I week, or month. For more information call (505) 289-9105. Diana Kaul at (740) 425-2344, or write to Walton Retirement Home, 1254 East Main Street, Barnesville, OH 43713. Quakers used to shun the arts-but no more! Join the Bl~eberry Cotta~e on organic lavender, blueberry, and Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts; get our exciting, infor­ da1ry goat . farm 1n the mountains of N. Carolina. Pond, Beautiful Pleasant Hill, Tennessee. Diverse activist com­ mative newsletter, "Types & Shadows"; keep up w~h mounta1n v1ews, protected river. Sleeps 8+. Family farm vis~ munity. Full Service facility. Independent homes to skilled other artistic Friends around the country; and help create or romantiC getaway. Near Celo Friends Meeting. By week nursing care. Quaker meeting on premises. (931 ) 277-5003, a new chapter in Quaker history. Membership: $24/yr. or day. or (866) 212-2100. Phil Thomforde. (931) 277-3518, office, brochure. FQA, P.O. Box 58565, Philadelphia, PA 19102. e-mail: . Web: . Paris: Near Bastille Opera House. Luminous, completely renovated. one-bedroom on 6th floor of elevator building. Schools New appi1ances and furnishings, antiques, oriental rugs, The Woolman Semester at Sierra Friends Center offers a and a_rt. Authentic Parisian neighborhood with food shops, Personals Quaker educational opportunity In a one-semester high bakenes, w1ne merchants, open-air markets, and outdoor school experience emphasizing Quaker Testimonies: Single Booktovers, a national group, has been getting cafes. Metrolbuscloseby. $850/Wk. · Peace, Justice, Sustainability, and Service; rigorous college unattached booklovers together since 1970. Please write (781) 237-0153 ' P.O. Box 1658, Andalusia, PA 19020orcall (800)717-5011 . preparatory courses and simple living in community. Unique Cuernavaca, Mexico: Families, friends, study groups h1ghlight to a student's porHolio. Scholarships available. See enJoy thiS beautiful Mexican house. Mexican family staff and contact Kathy Runyan at (530) prov1de excellent food and care. Six twin bedrooms, with 273-3183. Concerned c5ingkQ bath and Large living and dining room, long own.e~trance. Accepting Applications for Boarding Concerned Singles links socially conscious singles who terrace w1th d1mng area and mountain and volcano views. care about peace, social justice, race, gender equity, envi­ Large garden and heated pool. Close to historic center and Day Students I ronment. Nationwide/international. All ages, straight/gay. and transportation. Call Edith Nicholson (011 ) 52-777- S1nce 1984. Free sample: Box 444-FJ, Lenox Dale, MA 3180383, or Joe Nicholson, (502) 894-9720. 01242; (413) 243-4350; . Cape May, N.J. Beach House-weekly rentals; weekend a Arthur Morgan Schoof re~tals 1n off-season. Sleeps 12+. Great for family re- 60 AMS Circle, Burnsville, NC 28714 Positions Vacant umons! Block from beach. Close to mall. Ocean views (828) 675-4262 from wraparound porch. Call: (718) 398-3561. Friend In Residence-Burtt House Friends Center Ithaca (New York) Friends Meeting. Person or couple to dversee Pocono Menor. Beaut1ful, rustiC mountain house SUitable the funct!on1n{! the Bu_r« House, to nourish the of ~I spir~ for gatherings, retreats, and reunions. Seven bedrooms. A Living, Learning Community for 7th, 8th, ~perat1on W1th1n small Intentional living commun~ shar­ & 9th Graders Ing Quaker values and concerns, and to serve as liaison to Three full baths. Beds for 15. Fully equipped. Deck with mountain view. Hiking trails from back door. Weekends or Meeting._Experience with Quaker traditions required. Historic ~nlted Friends School: coed; preschool--S; emphas1z1ng home, s1te of t>9ace activism and outreach. living space by the week, April through October. Contact Melanie Douty: (215) 736-0948. Integrated, developmentally appropriate curriculum, after plus common kitchen, laundry. Beautiful lake view, adjacent school arts, sports, and music programs. Busing available. to ~ate~all . Ithaca College nearby; short walk to Cornell Tranquil Topsell Island, N.C. New 2-story house, 3 bed­ 1018 West Broad Street, Quakertown, PA 18951 . (215) Umvers1ty and downtown. 227 N. Willard Way Ithaca NY rooms, 2.5 baths, sleeps 6. Overlooks marshlands and 538-1733. . 14850. Contact Ginny at (607) 272-3471 dr Wilm~ at Intercoastal Waterway. Two blocks from beach. Polite . dogs welcome. Weekly rates: 713-8/1 4 $775, 8/1 4-1012 Lansdowne Friends School-a small Friends school for boys and girls three years of age through sixth grade, rooted Resident managers. The American Friends Service Com­ $675, 10/2-10/31 $550. Off-season daily, weekend, and 1n Quaker values. We provide children with a qual~ academic mittee seeks live-in co-resident managers for 9-bed guest long-term rentals ava1lable. For information, visit website: facilities at 1ts Washington Office in the Dupont Circle neigh­ ; call (610) 796-1089· or e-mail and a developmentally appropriate program in a nurturing enVItonment. Whole language, thematic education conflict borhood of Wash1ngton, D.C. Fostering Quaker hospitality, . ' resolution, Spanish, after-school care, summer program. the res1dent managers book overnight guests, supervise 110 N. Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, PA 19050. (610) housekeeper, arrange relief house-sitters, oversee opera­ Retirement Uving lions, and market the guest accommodations. The AFSC is 623-2548. an ANEEO employer. Contact Willa Streater, (215) 241 - Friends Homes, Inc., founded by North Caro­ Junior high boarding school for grades 7, 8, 9. Small 7167, or . lina Yearly Meeting of the Society of academic classes, challenging outdoor experiences, com­ Fnends, has been providing retirement op­ Director. Scattergood Friends School, a coeducational col­ munity service, consensus decision making, daily work lege-preparatory boarding high school, is seeking a director tiOns Since 1968. Both Friends Homes at projects in a small, caring, community environment. Arthur to start July 1, 2005. Located in rural Iowa, the school enrolls Guilford and Friends Homes West are fee-for­ Morgan School, 60 AMS Circle, Burnsville, NC 28714. 60 students in a close, caring community. The campus I. . service, continuing care retirement communi­ (828) 675-4262. , . restored p~a1ne.. The Umvers1ty of Iowa, only 20 minutes skilled nursmg care. Located in Greensboro, North Caro­ lina, both are close to Guilford College and away, prov1des d1verse cultural attractions. Learn more about commun~ies Sandy Spring Friends School. Five- or seven-day board­ several Fnends meetings. Enjoy the beauty of four sea­ the school at . Apply to: Anita ing option for grades 9-12. Day school pre-K through 12. sons, as well as outstanding cultural, intellectual, and Allwood, 1 Shoreline Drive, Grinnell, Iowa 501 12. Or bye­ College preparatory, upper school AP courses. Strong arts mail at . sp1ntual opportunities in an area where Quaker roots run and academics, visual and performing arts, and team ath­ deep. F?r information please call: (336) 292-9952, or Superintendent. Western YM (FUM, offices in Plainfield letiC programs. Coed. Approximately 480 students. 140- write: Fnends Homes West, 6100 W. Friendly Avenue, Ind.) seeks FT superintendent beginning July 2005. Que: acre campus less than an hour from Washington, D.C., and Greensboro, NC 27410. Friends Homes, Inc. owns and nes, resumes, and/or recommendations to WYM Search Baltimore, Md. International programs. Incorporating tradi­ Committee, Dan Smetzer, clerk, 112 W Thornton, Paoli, IN operates communities dedicated to the letter and spirit of tional Quaker values. 16923 Norwood Road, Sandy Spring, Equal Hous1ng Opportunity. . 47454, (812) 723-2042, . MD 20860. (301) 774-7455, ext. 375. .

F RJENDS j OURNAL August 2004 45 Stratford Friends School provides a strong academic pro­ FAYETTEVILLE-Unprogrammed worship 9 a.m. 902 W. gram in a warm, supportive, ungraded setting for children Meetings Maple. (479) 267-5822. ages 5 to 13 who learn differently. Small classes and an LITTLE ROCK-Unprogrammed meeting, discussion enriched curriculum answer the needs of the whole child. An A partial listing of Friends meetings in the 10 a.m., worship at 11 a.m. at 3415 West Markham. at-risk program for five-year-olds is available. The school United States and abroad. Phone: (501) 664-7223. also offers an extended day program, tutoring, and summer school. Information: Stratford Friends School, 5 Llandillo b=Handicapped Accessible California Road, Havertown, PA 19083. (610) 446-3144. Meeting Notice Rates: $18 per line per year. ARCATA-It a.m. 1920 Zehndner. (707) 677-0461. $24 minimum. Payable a year in advance. No Frankford Friends School: coed, Pre-K to grade 8; serving BERKELEY-Unprogrammed meeting. Worship 11 a.m., center city, Northeast, and most areas of Philadelphia. We discount. New entries and changes: $12 each. 2151 Vine St. at Walnut. (510) 843-9725. provide children with an affordable yet challenging aca­ Notice: A small number of meetings have BERKELEY-Strawberry Creek, P.O. Box 5065, (51 0) 524- demic program in a small, nurturing environment. Frankford been removed from this listing owing to diffi­ 9186. Unprogrammed worship and First-day school10 Friends School, 1500 Orthodox Street, Philadelphia, PA culty in reaching them for updated informa­ a.m. At Berkeley Alternative High School, Martin Luther 19124. (215) 533-5368. tion and billing purposes. If your meeting has King Jr. Way and Derby Street, Berkeley. Come visit Olney Friends School on your cross-country been removed and wishes to continue to be CHICQ-9:45--10:15 a.m. singing; 10:30 a.m. travels, six miles south of 1-70 in the green hills of eastern listed, please contact us at 1216 Arch Street, unprogrammed worship, children's classes. Hemlock and Ohio. A residential high school and farm, next to Stillwater Ste. 2A, Philadelphia, PA 19107. Please ac­ 14th Street. (530) 895-2135. Meetinghouse, Olney is college preparation built around cept our apologies for any inconvenience. 0. CLAREMONT-Worship 9:30a.m. Classes for children. truthful thinking, inward listening, loving community, and 727 W. Harrison Ave., Claremont. useful work. 61830 Sandy Ridge Road, Barnesville, OH 43713. (740) 425-3655. DAVI$-Meeting for worship First Days 9:45a.m. AUSTRALIA 345 L St. Visitors call (530) 758-6492. Services Offered All Australian meetings for worship are listed on the FRESNo-Unprogrammed meeting. Sunday 10 a.m. 2219 Australian Quaker Home Page (www.quakers.org.au). San Joaquin Ave ., Fresno, CA 93721. (559) 237-4102. Meetinghouses in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and GRASS VALLEY-Meeting for worship 9:45 a.m., Senior Solutions: Retired pastoral psychotherapist can Perth offer overnight accommodation. Further details from discussion/sharing 11 a.m. Sierra Friends Center campus, ~ provide assessment and treatment plans; fa- Yearly Meeting Secretary (), or 13075 Woolman Ln. Phone: (530) 265-3164. cilitate relocation; respite/post hospital care/ phone + 61 (0) 3 98278644. LA JOLLA-Meeting 10 a.m. 7380 Eads Ave. Visitors call hospice; and travel companionship. Contact: (858) 456-1 020. Kay Bainbridge, M.A., (610) 296-5489. BOTSWANA MARIN COUNTY-tO a.m. Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 GABORONE-phonellax (267) 394-7147, . Mission Ave. atE St., San Rafael, Calif. (415) 435-5755. MARLOMA LONG BEACH-tO a.m. Orizaba at Spaulding. • Calligraphy CANADA (310) 514-1730. • Graphic Design c ...... OTTAWA-Worship and First-day school10:30 a.m. MENDOCINo-Worship 10 a.m. at Caspar Shut, halfway e."'""''• Note Cards 91A Fourth Ave. (613) 232-9923. between Mendocino and Ft. Bragg. (707) 937-0200. • Illustration TORONTO, ONTARlO. Worship and First-day school It MONTEREY PENINSULA-Friends meeting for worship, Ahimsa Graphics, 24 Cavanaugh Ct., Saunderstown, Ri a.m. 60 Lowther Ave. (north from cor. Bloor and Bedford). 02874. (401) 294-7769 or (888) 475-6219. Sundays, 10 a.m. Call (408) 649-8615. . COSTA RICA NAPA SONOMA-Friends meeting. Sundays 10 a.m. at Atdea House, 1831 First St., Napa, Calif. Information: Joe Moving to North Carolina? Maybe Dav1d Brown, a Quaker MONTEVERDE-Phone 645-5207 or 645-5036. Wilcox (707) 253-1505. . real estate broker, can help. Contact him Ul,1208 Pinewood SAN JOSE-Unprogrammed meeting, It a.m. Sunday at OJAI-Unprogrammed worship. First Day 10 a.m. For Dr., Greensboro, NC 27410. (336) 294-2095. The Friends Peace Center/Guest Hostel, (506) 233-6168. meeting place, call Quaker Dial-a-Thought (805) 646- . Custom Marriage Certificates, and other traditional or 0939, or may be read and heard on . tercolor designs available. Over ten years' experience. Pam ACCRA-Unprogrammed meeting 10 a.m. Sundays. Hill ORANGE COUNTY-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. 117 W. Bennett, P. 0 . Box 136, Uwchlan, PA 19480. (610) 458- House near Animal Research Institute, Achimota Golf 4th St., Ste. 200, Santa Ana, CA 92701-4610. (714) 836- 4255 Area. Phone: (233 21) 230 369. 6355. PALO ALTo-Meeting for worship and First-day classes for NICARAGUA children 10:30 a.m. 957 Colorado. (650) 856-0744. H FREEMAN 1501 East Main Street • Centerville, IN 47330 MANAGUA-Unprogrammed worship, 10 a.m. Sundays, PASADENA-Orange Grove Monthly Meeting, 520 E. 765-939-6910 El Centro de los Amigos, APTDO 5391, Managua, Orange Grove Blvd. First-day school t O a.m., meeting for ASSOC/A TES, LLC [email protected] Nicaragua. Info: (727) 821-2428 or (011) 505-266-0964. worship 11 a.m. Phone: (626) 792-6223. REDLANDS.RtVERStDE-SAN BERNARDINO.Inland Consulting services for educational institutions and UNITED STATES Valley Friends Meeting. t O a.m. 4061 Mission Inn Ave., nonprofit organizations. Fundraising. Capital campaigns. Riverside. (909) 782-8680 or (909) 682-5364. Planned giving. Recent clients include liberal arts col- Alabama leges, seminaries, independent schools, social service SACRAMENTo-Meeting 10 a.m. 890-57th Street. Phone: agencies, Pendle Hill, FGC, and many other Friends AUBURN-Unprogrammed meeting, Sundays 9 a.m. Room (916) 457-3998. organizations. . 205, 132 N. Gay St. Phone: (334) 887-9688 or 826-6645. SAN DIEGo-Unprogrammed worship, First Days, BIRMINGHAM-Unprogrammed meeting. 10 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 3850 Westgate Place. (619) 687-5474. Sundays. 4413 5th Ave. S., Birmingham, AL 35222. (205) SAN FRANCISCo-Meeting for worship and First-day Purchase Quarterly Meeting (NYYM) maintains a peace 592-0570. school, It a.m., Sundays. 65 9th Street. (41 5) 431-7440. tax escrow fund. Those interested in tax witness may FAIRHOPE-Unprogrammed meeting 10 a.m. Sundays at wish to contact us through NYYM, 15 Rutherlord Place, SAN JOSE-Worship and First-day School10 a.m. Friends Meetinghouse, 9261 Fairhope Ave. Write: P.O. Discussion 11 :30a.m. 1041 Morse St. (408) 246-0524. New York, NY 10003. Box 319, Fairhope, AL 36533. (251) 928-Q982. SAN LUIS OBISPQ-Call: (805) 528-1249. HUNTSVILLE-Unprogrammed meeting 10 a.m. Sundays SANTA BARBARA-Waldorf School, 2300 Garden St., 10 in various homes. Call (205) 837-6327 or write P.O. Box a.m. children's program and childcare. P.O. Box 40120, Summer Camps 3530, Huntsville, AL 35810. Santa Barbara, CA 93140-4012. Phone: (805) 965-0906. Journey's End Farm Camp Alaska SANTA CRUZ-Meeting 10:30 a.m., 225 Rooney St., is a farm devoted to children for sessions of two or three Santa Cruz, CA 95065. ANCHORAGE-Call for time and directions. (907) 566- weeks each summer. Farm animals, gardening, nature, 0700. SANTA MONICA-Meeting for worship and First-day ceramics, shop. school10 a.m. 1440 Harvard St. Phone: (310) 828-4069. Nonviolence, simplicity, reverence for nature are empha­ FAIRBANKs-Unprogrammed, First Day, 10 a.m. Hidden SANTA ROSA-Redwood Forest Meeting. Worship 10 sized in our program centered in the life of a Quaker farm Hill Friends Center, 2682 Gold Hill Rd. Phone: 479-3796. 0. a.m. 1647 Guerneville Rd. Phone: (707) 578-3327. family. For 32 boys and girls, 7-12 years. Welcome all JUNEAU-Unprogrammed, 10 a.m. Sunday. 750 St. Anns races. Apply early. Kristin Curtis, RR 1 Box 136, New­ St., Douglas, Alaska 99824. Phone: (907) 586-4409. SEBASTOPOL-Apple Seed Mtg. Unprogrammed worship foundland, PA 18445. Telephone: (570) 689-391 t. Fi­ 10 a.m. Garzot Bldg., Libby Park (cor. Valentine and nancial aid available. Arizona Pleasant Hill Rd.). (707) 573-6075. FLAGSTAFF-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day STOCKTON-Delta Meeting, Unprogrammed, 10 a.m. 2nd school10 a.m. 402 S. Beaver, 86001. First Day, 645 W. Harding Way (Complementary Medical Summer Rentals McNEAL-Cochise Friends worship group at Friends SW Center). For info call (209) 478-8423. Center, Hwy 191 , m.p. 16.5. Worship Sun. 11 a.m. except VISALIA-Worship 10 :30 a.m. 17208 Ave. 296, Visalia. Palm Springs, California, golfer's paradise; two bed- June. Sharing 10 a.m. 3rd Sun. (520) 456-5967 or (520) (559) 734-8275. room, two bath condo. Fully furnished with patio and 642-1029. WHITTIER-Whitleaf Monthly Meeting, Administration swimming pool. Available during July, August, and Sep- PHOENIX-Worship and First-day school tO a.m. 1702 E. Building, corner Painter and Philadelphia. Worship !ember. Please call (909) 312-6836 for complete details. Glendale, Phoenix, 85020.943-5831 or955-1878. 9:30a.m. P.O. Box 122. Phone: 698-7538. TEMPE-Unprogrammed worship and First-day school Provence, France. Beautiful secluded stone house, village 10 a.m. 318 East 15th Street, 85281. Phone: 968-3966. Colorado near Avignon, 3 BR (sleeps 5--6). kitchen/dining room, TUCSON-Pima Friends Meeting (unprogrammed). First­ BOULDER-Meeting for worship 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. spacious living room, modern bathroom. Terrace, court- day school and worship 8:15 and 10 a.m. and Wednesday Childcare available. First-day school t 0 a.m. Phone Mary yard, view of medieval castle. Separate second house att1 a.m. 931 N. 5th Ave., 85705-7723. Information: (520) Hey at (303) 442-3638. sleeps 4. Both available year-round $1 ,20(}-$2,900/mo. 323-2208. COLORADO SPRINGs-Meeting Sunday at 10 a.m. at . Marc Simon, rue Oume, 524 South Cascade Ave, Suite 5, Colorado Springs, Colo. 30290 Saint Victor, France, ; or J. Arkansas Tel: (719) 685-5548. Address: Colorado Springs Friends Simon, 124 Bondcroft, Buffalo, NY 14226; (716) 836-8698. CADDO.(Ark., La., Okla., Tex.). Unprogrammed. Call Meeting, P.O. Box 2514, Colorado Springs, CO 80901 - (Hope, Ark.) (870) 777-1809, (Mana, Ark.) (479) 394-6135. 251 4.

46 August 2004 FRIENDS JouRNAL Mt:LI:IUUHNt:-(;j077. (;all tor location and time. 11U\.oi\I"U11LI-UIIp10QiaiTHIIIIO WOISIIIp, l'lrSt uays, I I Phone': (303) 777-3799 or 235-0731 . . a.m., 326 N. Avon St. (815) 964-7416 or 965-7241. DURANGo-Unprogrammed worship, First-day school, MIAMI-CORAL GABLE5-Meeting and First-day School URBANA-CHAMPAIGN-Meeting for worship 11 a.m., in and adu~ discussion. 803 County Rd. 233. (970) 247-0538 10:30 a.m. 1185 Sunset Dr., (305) 661-7374. Clerk: Warren Illinois Disciples Foundation Chapel, 610 E. Springfield, or (970) 247-5597. Please call for times. Hoskins, (305) 253-2635. Website: . Champaign. Phone: (217) 328-5853 or (217) 384-9591 . FORT COLLIN5-Meeting for worship and First-day school OCALA-1010 NE 44th Ave., 34470. 11 a.m. Contact: 10 a.m., 2222 W. Vine. (970) 491 -9717. George Newkirk, (352) 236-2839. . Indiana Connecticut ORLANDo-Meeting and First-day school 9:30 a.m. BLOOMINGTON-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. Moores 316 E. Marks St., Orlando, 32803. (407) 425-5125. Pike at Smith Road. (812) 336-5576. HARTFORD-Meeting and First-day school tO a.m., ST. PETERSBURG-Meeting for worship and First-day FORT WAYNE-Friends Meeting. Plymouth Congregational discussion 11 a.m. 144 South Quaker Lane, West Church UCC 501 West. Berry Room 201 , Fort Wayne. Hartford. Phone: 232-3631. schoolt0:30 a.m. 130 19th Ave. S.E. Phone: (727) 896- 0310. 10:30 a.m. Unprogrammed worship. 10:45 a.m. Joint MIDDLETOWN-Worship 10 a.m. For information, call Religious Education with Plymouth Church. (260) 482-1836. (860) 347-8079. SARASOTA-Worship 10 a.m., discussion 11 a.m., 3139 57th St., Sarasota, FL. NW corner 57th St. and lockwood HOPEWELL-Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m., discussion NEW HAVEN-Meeting and First-day school, Sundays, Ridge Rd. (941) 358·5759. 11 a.m. 20 mi. W of Richmond between 1-70 and US 40. 1- 10:30 a.m. 225 East Grand Ave., New Haven, CT 06513. 70 exit Wilbur Wright Rd., > 1 1/4 mi. S., then 1 mi. W on (203) 468-2398. TALLAHASSEE-2001 S. Magnolia Dr., 32301 ; hymn 700 South. Contact: (765) 987-1240 or (765) 478-4218. singing 10 a.m .• worship 10:30 a.m.; weekly Bible study; . NEW LONDON-Meeting for worship and First-day midweek worship. (850) 878-3620 or 421-6111. school tO a.m., discussion 11 a.m. Friends Meetinghouse, INDIANAPOLI5-North Meadow Circle of Friends, 176 Oswegatchie Rd., off Niantic River Rd., Waterford, TAMPA-Meeting and First-day school tO a.m. 1502 W. 1710 N. Talbott. Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m. Children Conn. (860) 444-1288 or 572-0143. Sligh Ave. Phone contacts: (813) 253-3244 and 977-4022. welcome. 926-7657. e, NEW MILFORD-Housatonic Meeting. Ate. 7 at WINTER PARK-Meeting 10 a.m. Alumni House, Rollins INDIANAPOLIS.Valley Mills Friends Meeting, 6739 West Lanesville Rd. Worship 10 a.m. Phone: (860) 355-9330. College. Phone: (407) 894-8998. Thompson Road. Charles Bunner, pastor. Call (317) 856- STAMFORD-GREENWICH-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. 4368 for meeting times. Web page: 869-0445. ANNEEWAKEE CREEK-Worship Group-30 miles West o RICHMOND-Clear Creek, Stout Memorial STORRs-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Corner North of Atlanta. Unprogrammed Worship 11 a.m. Discussion Meetinghouse, on the campus of Earlham College, Eagleville and Hunting Lodge Ads. Phone: 429-4459. following. 5525 Dorsett Shoals Lane, Douglasville, GA unprogrammed, 9:15a.m. (765) 935-5448. 30135. Call for directions Janet or Free: (770) 949-8079. WILTON-Worship and First-day school tO a.m. SOUTH BEND-Unprogrammed worship, First-day school 317 New Canaan Rd., Ate. 106. (203) 762-5669. ATHENs-Unprogrammed worship and First-day school 9:45a.m. (219) 277-7684, 232·5729. 9:30a.m. Sunday, discussion 11- 12 a.m. On Poplar St. in WOODBURY-Litchfield Hills meeting for worship, 10 a.m. VALPARAISQ-Duneland Friends Meeting. the parsonage of Oconee St. Methodist Church. (706) Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m. Youth Service Bureau, Main St. and Mountain Rd., Woodbury. (203) 267-4054 or 353-2856. (203) 263-3627. 253 Lincolnway. (219) 462-9997. ATLANTA-Worship and First-day school 10 a.m. WEST LAFAYETTE-Unprogrammed worship at 10 a.m. at Delaware 701 W. Howard Ave., Decatur, GA 30030. (404) 377-2474. 176 E. Stadium Ave., West Lafayette. CAMDEN-Worship 11 a.m., (10 a.m. in June, July, Aug.), ST. SIMONS ISLAND-Meeting for worship. For First-day school tO a.m., 2 mi. S of Dover, 122 E. information, call (912) 635-3397 or (912) 638-7187. Iowa Camden-Wyo Ave. (Ate. 10). 284-4745,698-3324. AMES-Worship 10 a.m. Sunday. 121 S. Maple. (515) 232- CENTRE-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. 1 mile east of Hawaii 2763. Centreville on the Centre Meeting Rd. at Adams Dam Rd. BIG ISLAND-tO a.m. Sunday. Unprogrammed worship, DECORAH-First-day school9:30, worship 10:30. 603 E. HOCKESSIN-Worship 10:45 a.m. First-day school tO a.m. potluck lunch follows. Location rotates. Water St. (563) 382-3922. Summer schedule varies. Call (808) 322-3116, 325-7323. Sept.-May. Childcare provided year round. NW from e, DES MOINEs-Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m., Hockessin-Yorklyn Rd. at first crossroad, 1501 Old HONOLULU-Sundays, 9:45a.m. hymn singing; 10 a.m. discussion 11:30 a.m. Iowa Yearty Meeting (Conservative), Wilmington Rd. (302) 239-2223. worship and First-day school. 2426 Oahu Ave., 96822. childcare provided. Meetinghouse, 4211 Grand Ave. (515) NEWARK-to-11 a.m. First-day school, t o-10:30 a.m. Overnight inquiries welcomed. Phone: (808) 988-2714. 274-4717. adult singing, 10:3o-tt :30 a.m. worship. Newark Center MAUl-Friends Worship Group. Call for meeting times and o EARLHAM-Bear Creek Meeting-Discussion 10 a.m. for Creative Learning, 401 Phillips Ave. (302) 456-0398. locations; Jay Penniman (808) 573-4987 or . Worship 11 a.m. (unprogrammed). One mile north of 1-80 ODESSA-Worship, first and third Sundays, 11 a.m., W. exij #104. Call (515) 758-2232. Main Street. Idaho IOWA CITY-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 10 a.m. WILMINGTON-Worship and First-day school 10 :30 a.m. BOISE-Boise Valley Friends. Unprogrammed worship, 311 N. Linn St. Call 351-2234. 4th and West Sts. Phone: 652-4491. 9:30a.m. First Day. (208) 344-4384. PAULLINA-Small rural unprogrammed meeting. Worship MOSCOW-Moscow-Pullman Meeting, Campus Christian 11 a.m. Sunday school! 0 a.m. Fourth Sunday dinner. District of Columbia Center, 822 Elm St., Moscow. Unprogrammed worship Business, second Sunday. Contact Doyle Wilson, clerk, WASHINGTON-Friends Meeting of Washington, 2111 11 :30 a.m. Sunday. Childcare. (509) 332-4323. (712) 757-3875. Guest house available. Florida Ave. NW (north of Dupont Circle Metro, near Conn. SANDPOINT-Friends Meeting, unprogrammed worship at e, WEST BRANCH-Unprogrammed worship at 10 a.m .• Ave.), (202) 483-3310. (www.quaker.org/fmw). 1025 Alder St., 10 a.m. Sundays. For information call 2nd Sunday worship includes business; other weeks, Unprogrammed meetings for worship are regularly held at: Elizabeth Willey, 263-4788. discussion follows. 317 N. 6th St. Call: (319) 643-5639. MEETINGHOUSE-2111 Florida Ave. Worship at 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., and 6 p.m. Sundays, also 7 p.m. Illinois Kansas Wednesdays. First-day school at 10:50 a.m. BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL-Unprogrammed worship and e, LAWRENCE-Oread Friends Meeting, 1146 Oregon. QUAKER HOUSE-2121 Decatur Pl., next to First-day school10:30 a.m. in members' homes. (309) Unprogrammed meeting for worship at 10 a.m. Child care meetinghouse. Worship at 10 :30 a.m. with special 454-5463 or (309) 862-1908. awailable. (785) 843-3277. welcome for lesbians and Gays. CARBONDALE-Southern Illinois Society of Friends. MANHATTAN-Unprogrammed meeting. For time and FRIENDSHIP PREPARATIVE MEETING-at Sidwell Unprogrammed worship on Sundays at 10 a.m. at the location please telephone (785) 539-4028, or 539-2046, or Friends Upper School, 3825 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Interfaith Center, 913 S. Illinois Ave. Phone (618) 457- 537-2260, or write to Friends Meeting, c/o Conrows, 2371 Kogod Arts Bldg. Worship at 11 a.m. First Days. 8726, or (618) 549-1250. . Grandview Terrace, Manhattan, KS 66502. CAPITOL HILL WORSHIP GROUP-at William Penn CHICAGo-57th St., 5615 Woodlawn. Worship 10:30 a.m. TOPEKA-Unprogrammed worship 9:45 a.m. followed by House, 515 E. Capitol St. SE, at 7:30a.m. seven days a Monthly meeting follows on third Sunday. Phone: (773) discussion. 603 S.W. 8th, Topeka. First-day school and week. 288·3066. childcare provided. Phone: (785) 233-5210 or 232-6263. CHICAGO-Chicago Monthly Meeting, 10749 S. Artesian e, WICHITA-Heartland Meeting, 14505 Sandwedge Circle, Florida Ave. Worship 10 a.m. Phone: (312) 445-8949. 67235, (316) 729-4483. First Days: Discussion 9:30 a.m. CLEARWATER-Clerk: Priscilla Blanshard, 8333 Seminole CHICAGo-Northside (unprogrammed). Mailing address: Unprogrammed worship 11 a.m. On 2nd First Day of Blvd. #439, Seminole, FL 33772. (727) 786-6270. P.O. Box 408429, Chicago, IL 60640. Worship 11 a.m. at month carry-in brunch 9:30a.m .• business 12 noon. . Worship, 2"' and 4., First Days at 10:30 a.m. 87 Bosarvey Committee). Phone: (773) 784-2155. Dr., Ormond Beach. (386) 677-6094, or (386) 445-4788. DOWNERS GROVE-(West Suburban Chicago) Worship Kentucky DELAND-Worship and First-day school 10 :30 a.m. and First-day school10:30 a.m. 5710 Lomond Ave. BEREA-Meeting Sunday 9 a.m. AMERC Building, 300 Unitarian Church, 820 N. Frankfort. Info: (386) 734-8914. (3 blocks west of Belmont, 1 block south of Maple). Phone: Harrison Road, Berea, Ky. Call: (859) 986·9256 or (859) FT. LAUDERDALE-Meeting 11 a.m. Information line (954) (630) 968-3861 or (630) 652-5812. 986-2193. 566-5000. e, EVANSTON-1010 Greenleaf St.; (847) 864-8511 LEXINGTON-Meeting for worship and First-day school FT. MYER5-Meeting at Calusa Nature Center, First Days meetinghouse phone. Unprogrammed meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. Sundays. 649 Price Ave., Lexington, KY at 10:30 a.m. Telephone: (239) 274-3313. 10 a.m.; First-day school (except July-Aug.) and childcare 40508. Telephone: (859) 254-3319. FT. PIERCE-Stuart Area Worship Group, 10:30 a.m., fall­ available. . LOUISVILLE-Meeting for worship 10 :30 a.m. 3050 Bon Air spring. (772) 460·8920 or 692-2209. GALESBURG-Peoria-Galesburg Meeting. 10 a.m. in Ave., 40205. Telephone: 452-6812. GAINESVILLE-Meeting and First-day school 11 a.m. homes. (309) 343-7097 for location. 1921 N.W. 2nd Ave. (386) 462-3201 . LAKE FOREST-Worship 10:30 a.m. at meetinghouse. Louisiana JACKSONVILLE-Meeting for worship, First Days. For West Old Elm and Ridge Ads. Mail: Box 95, l ake Forest, BATON ROUGE-Unprogrammed worship 11:30 a.m. location and time phone (904) 768·3648. 60045. Phone: (847) 234-8410. Sunday. 2303 Government St. Clerk: Pam D. Arnold (225) KEY WEST-Meeting for worship, First Day, 10 a.m. 618 McHENRY COUNTY-Worship 10 a.m. (815) 385-8512. 665-3560. . Grinnell St. Garden in rear. Phone: Barbara Jacobson McNABB-Clear Creek Meeting, 11 a.m. Meetinghouse 2 NEW ORLEANs-Unprogrammed worship Sundays 10 a.m. (305) 296-2787. mi. south, 1 mi. east of McNabb. (815) 882-2214. Nursery provided. 921 S. Carrollton Ave. (504) 865-1675.

FRIENDS JouRNAL August 2004 47 rt'liiiJI" Wheeler). Clerk: Sally Jeffries, (978) 263·8660. DULUTH-Superior Friends Meeting. 1802 E. 1st Street, BAR HARBOR AREA-Acadia Friends. Worship 9 a.m., AMESBURY-Worship 10 a.m. 120 Friend Sl. Duluth, MN 55812. Meeting for worship and First-day Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor. (207) 288-4941 Call (978) 463-3259 or (978) 388-3293. school Sunday, 10 a.m. (218) 724-2659. or (207) 288·8968. AMHERST-GREENFIELD-Mount Toby Meeting. Worship MINNEAPOLI5-Minneapolls Friends Meeting, BELFAST AREA-Unprogrammed meeting for worship, and First-day school10 a.m. 194 Long Plain Rd. (Rte 63), 4401 York Ave. South, Mpls., MN 55410. Call for times. 10 a.m. Telephone: (207) 338·3080. Leverett. (413) 548-9188, or clerk (413) 253-5687. (612) 926·6159. . BRUNSWICK-Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m. 333 Maine ANDOVER-LAWRENCE-Worship: 1st, 3rd Sundays of NORTHFIELD-Cannon Valley Monthly Meeting. Worship St. 725·8216. month at 2 p.m. Veasey Memorial Pari< Bldg, 201 (unprogrammed) and First-day school, 10:30 a.m. CASCO-Quaker Ridge. Unprogrammed worship 10:30 Washington Sl., Groveland; 2nd, 4th Sundays of month at Sundays. First Sunday each month, meets in private a.m. summer only. 1814 meetinghouse open to visnors, S 9:30a.m. SHED Bldg, 65 Phillips Sl., Andover. (978) 470· homes. Other Sundays, meets at 313 1/2 Division Sl. of Rl. 11 near Hall's Funeral Home. (207) 693-4361 . 3580. (upstairs), Northfield. For information: Corinne Matney, 8651 Spring Creek Road, Northfield, MN 55057. (507) FARMINGTON AREA-Unprogrammed meeting for BOSTON-Worship 10:30 a.m. First Day. Beacon Hill worship, 10--11 a.m. Telephone: (207) 778-3168. Friends House, 6 Chestnut Sl., Boston, 02108. 663-1048. LEWISTON-Unprogrammed worship and First-day school Phone: 227·9118. ROCHESTER-Worship First Day 9:30 a.m. Place: 11 9th 10 a.m., 29 Frye Street (off Main Street, U.S. 202). No Sl. NE. Phone: (507) 287·8553. . meeting July-August. Telephone: (207) 786-4325. Forum at 9:30 a.m. 5 Longfellow Pari< (near Harvard Sq., ST. PAUL-Prospect Hill Friends Meeting-near U of M MIOCOAST-Unprogrammed meeting for worship, First· off Braille Sl.). Phone: (617) 876·6883. 6. day school, 10 a.m. Friends meetinghouse, Damariscotta. campus. Meets Sun. 4 p.m. Call (612) 379-7398, or (651) CAMBRIDGE-Fresh Pond Monthly Meeting. Worship and 645-3058 for more information. Watch for signs to the meetinghouse on Rl. 1. Coming First-day school 10 a.m. Cambridge Friends School, from the south on Rl. 1, turn left onto Belvedere Rd., right ST. PAUL-Twin Cities Friends Meeting, 1725 Grand Ave., 5 Cadbury Road if coming from the north. (207) 563-3464 or 354-8714. St. Paul. Unprogrammed worship Sunday at 8:30a.m. and ORONO-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 10 a.m. FRAMINGHAM-Worship 10 a.m. First-day school. Year 11 a.m., Wednesday at 6:30p.m. Call for times of Friends Orono Senior Center. (207) 862-3957. (207) 285-7746. round. 841 Edmands Rd. (2 mi. west of Nobscot traffic Forum (adult education), First-day school, and meeting for lights). Wheelchair accessible. (508) 877-1261. 6. OXFORD HILLs-Unprogrammed meeting, worship 9:30 worship with attention to business (651) 699·6995. a.m. 52 High Sl. Hope Ripley Ctr., So. Paris, (207) 583-2780. 6. GREAT BARRINGTON-South Berkshire Meeting. STILLWATER-St. Croix Valley Friends. Unprogrammed Unprogrammed: 10:30 a.m. First Day. 280 Main Rd. (Rt. PORTLAND-Unprogrammed worship, First-day school, worship at 11 a.m. (I 0 a.m. Summer). Phone: (651) 439· 23). Phone: (413) 528· 1230. 7981, 773·5376. 8 and 10:30 a.m. 1837 Forest Ave. (Rte. 302). Call for summer hours (207) 797-4720. 6. LENOX-Friends Worship Group, 10:30 a.m., little Missouri VASSALBORO-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 10 Chapel, 55 Main Sl. (413) 637·2388. a.m. Friends Meetinghouse, Stanley Hill Road, East MARTHA'S VINEY ARC-Unprogrammed 10 :30 a.m. COLUMBIA-Discussion 9:30 a.m., unprogrammed Vassalboro. (207) 923-3572. Hillside Village, Edgartown Rd. (508) 693·1834. worship 10:30 a.m. 6408 Locust Grove Dr. (573) 474· 1827. WATERBORO-Unprogrammed worship, call (207) 636· 6. MATTAPOISETT-Unprogrammed 9:30a.m., Marion 4149, 490·7113. Road (Rte. 6). All are welcome. (508) 758-3579. KANSAS CITY-Penn Valley Meeting, 4405 Gillham Rd. 10 a.m. Call: (816) 931·5256. WHITING-Cobscook Meeting, unprogrammed. Worship NANTUCKET-Unprogrammed worship each First Day, ST. LOUI5-Meeting 10:30 a.m. 1001 Pari< Ave., St. and child care 10 a.m. (207) 733·2191. 10 a.m., Fair Street Meetinghouse, (508) 228·0136. 6. Louis, MO 63104. (314) 588-1122. Maryland NEW BEDFORD-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 10 SPRINGFIELD-Sunrise Friends Monthly Meeting a.m. 83 Spring St. Phone (508) 990-0710. All welcome. (unprogrammed). Worship and First-day school 11 a.m. ADELPHI-Worship tO a.m. Sunday. Sunday school10:20 NORTH SHORE-Worship and First-day school10 a.m. a.m. (Fourth Sunday at 10 a.m.). Additional worship: 9- each First Day at United Ministries Center, SMSU campus, Glen Urquhart School, Beverly Farms, Mass., (978) 283· 680 S. Florence Ave. (417) 777-5924. 9:40a.m. 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th Sunday. 7:30p.m. each 1547. Wednesday. Singing 9-10 a.m. 3rd Sunday. Nursery. 2303 Metzerott, near U. of Md. (301) 445-1114. 6. NORTHAMPTON-Worship 11 a.m., adu~ discussion Montana ANNAPOLI5-351 Dubois Rd. Worship 11 a.m. 9:30; childcare. 43 Center Street. (413) 584·2788. Aspiring BILLINGs-Call: (406) 252·5647 or (406) 656-2163. Phone: (410) 573-0364. to be scent-free. GREAT FALL5-(406) 453-2714 or (406) 453·8989. 6. BALTIMORE-Stony Run: worship 9:30 and 11 a.m. SANDWICH-East Sandwich Meetinghouse, 6 Quaker Rd., MISSOULA-Unprogrammed, Sundays, 11 a.m. winter, 10 except 8:30 and 10 a.m. July and August. 5116 N. Charles N of junction of Quaker Meetinghouse Rd. and Rte. SA. a.m. summer. 1861 South 12th Street W. (406) 549-6276. Sl. 435·3773. Homewood: worship and First-day school Meeting for worship Sunday 10 a.m. (508) 888·7629. 10:30 a.m. year round. 3107 N. Charles Sl. (410) 235· SOUTH SHORE-Worship and First-day school 10 a.m. Nebraska 4438. Fax: (410) 235-4451 . E-mail: . (617) 749-3556 or Cieri<, Henry Stokes (617) 749-4383. Don Reeves. Telephone: (308) 946·5409. 6. BALTIMORE/SPARKs-Gunpowder Meeting. Worship WELLESLEY-Meeting for worship and Sunday school LINCOLN-Unprogrammed worship 10:30 a.m. 3319 and First-day school11 a.m. Call for directions. Phone: 10 a.m. at 26 Benvenue St. Phone: (781) 237·0268. S. 46th. Phone: 488·4178. (410) 472-4583. 6. WEST FALMOUTH-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. OMAHA-Unprogrammed worship 9:45 a.m. Strawberry 6. BETHESDA-Worship, First-day school, and childcare at Sunday. 574 W. Fa!. Hwy I Rte. 28A. (508) 398·3773. Fields, 5603 NW Radial Hwy, Omaha, NE 68104. 292· 11 a.m. on Sundays; mtg for business at 9:15a.m. 1st WESTPORT-Worship Sundays 10 a.m. 938 Main Road. 5745, 391 -4765. Sun.; worship at 9:30a.m. other Suns. Washington, D.C. (508) 636·4963. metro accessible. On Sidwell Friends Lower School WORCESTER-Unprogrammed meeting for worship, child Nevada campus, Edgemoor Lane and Beverly Rd. (301) 986·8681 . care and religious education, 11 a.m. 901 Pleasant St. LAS VEGAs-Unprogrammed worship group. . Phone: (508) 754-3887. Call (702) 615·3673. CHESTERTOWN-Chester River Meeting, 124 YARMOUTH-Friends Meeting at 58 North Main Street in RENO-Unprogrammed worship. For information, call: 329· Philosophers Terrace. Worship 11 a.m. Cieri<: Anne 9400. website: . Briggs, 220 N. Kent Sl., Chestertown, MD 21620. (41 0) South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, welcomes visitors for worship 778-1746. at 10 a.m. each Sunday. (508) 398-3773. New Hampshire DARLINGTON-Deer Creek Meeting. Worship 10:30 a.m. CONCORD-Worship 10 a.m. Children welcomed and Cieri<, HenryS. Holloway, (41 0) 457·9188. Michigan cared for. Merrimack Valley Day Care Center, 19 N. Fruit EASTON-Third Haven Meeting, 405 S. Washington Sl. 6. ANN ARBOR-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 9 St. Phone: (603) 224-4748. 10 a.m. Sun., 5:30p.m. Wed. Marsie Hawkinson, clerk, a.m. and 11 a.m. Meetinghouse, 1420 Hill St.; guest room DOVER-Unprogrammed worship 10:30 a.m. 141 Central (410) 822-0589 or -0293. reservations, (734) 761-7435. Cieri<: Nancy Taylor, (734) Ave. Childcare available. Cieri<, Bill Gallot: (207) 490· FALLSTON-Little Falls Meeting, 719 Old Fallston Rd. 995-6803. . 1264, or write: P.O. Box 124, S. Berwick, ME 03908. Worship 10:30 a.m. John C. Love, clerk, (410) 877-3015. BIRMINGHAM-Meeting 10 :30 a.m. Brookside School GONIC-Worship 2nd and 4th First Day at 10 a.m. Comer FREDERICK-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. First-day school Theatre. N.E. corner Lone Pine Rd. & Cranbrook Rd., of Pickering Rd. and Quaker Lane. Cieri<: Shirley Leslie. 10:15 a.m. Wednesday 5:30p.m. 723 N. Market Sl. Bloomfield Hills. Summer: Springdale Pari<, (end of) Phone: (603) 332·5472. (301) 631-1257. Strathmore Rd., (248) 377·8811 . Co-clerks: Margaret HANOVER-Worship and First-day school, Sundays, PATAPSCO-Friends Meeting 10:30 a.m. MI. Hebron Kanost (248) 373·6608, David Bowen (248) 549-8518. 10 a.m. Friends Meetinghouse, 43 Lebanon St. (next to House, Ellicott City. First-day school, weekly simple meal. 6. DETROIT-First Day meeting 10:30 a.m. Call341· 9404, high school). Clerk: Mary Ann Cadwallader, (603) 643· (410) 465-6554. or write 4011 Norfolk, Detroit, Ml 48221 , for information. 1343. SALISBURY-Unprogrammed worship 11 a.m. Carey Ave. 6. EAST LANSING-Red Cedar Friends Meeting. KEENE-Worship group-unprogrammed 10:30 a.m. at Glen. (410) 749·9649. Unprogrammed worship and First-day school, 12:30 p.m. Children's program and child care. 98 S. lincoln St., 6. SANDY SPRING-Meetinghouse Road off Md. Rl. 108. Edgewood UCC Chapel, 469 N. Hagadorn Rd., E. Keene, N.H. Call (603) 352·5295. Worship Sundays 9:30 and 11 a.m. and Thursdays Lansing. Worship only, 9:30a.m. (except 1st Sunday of NORTH SANDWICH-10:30 a.m. Contact: Webb, 7:30p.m. Classes Sundays 11 a.m. First Sunday of month month), Sparrow Well ness Center, 1st floor, 1200 East (603) 284-6215. worship 9:30a.m. only, followed by meeting for business. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 371-1047 or PETERBOROUGH-Monadnock Meeting at Peterborough/ Phone (301) 774-9792. . Jaffrey town line on rte. 202. Childcare and First-day SENECA VALLEY-Preparative Meeting 11:30 Kerr Hall, GRAND RAPID5-Worship and First-day school10:30 school at 10:30 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. (603) 532-6203, Boyds. Children's program and weekly potluck. (301) 540- a.m. (616) 942-4713 or 454·1642. or write 3 Davidson Rd., Jaffrey, NH 03452. 7828. KALAMAZOO-First-day school and adu~ education 9:30 WEARE-10:30. Quaker St., Henniker. Contact M. Baker, SOUTHERN MARYLAND-Patuxent Friends Meeting. a.m. Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. Friends (603) 478-5650. Worship 10 a.m. 12220 H.G. Trueman Rd., P.O. Box 536, Meetinghouse, 508 Denner. Phone: 349· t 754. Lusby, MD 20657. (410) 394·1233. MT.PLEASANT·Pine River Friends Meeting. New Jersey . Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m., discussion 11 a.m., ARNEY'S MT.-Worship, tO a.m., 2nd and 4th Rrst Days; UNION BRIDGE-Pipe Creek Meeting. Worship 10 a.m. Wesley Foundation, 1400 S. Washington St. Don/Nancy intersection of rtes. 668 and 669. Snowtime, call (609) P.O. Box 487, Union Bridge, MD 21791 . (301) 831-7446. Nagler at (989) 772·2421 or . 894-8347. 48 August 2004 FRIENDSJ ouRNAL Leeds.) TAOS-Ciearlight Worship Group. Sundays 10:30 a.m. at ORCHARD PARK-Worship and First-day school11 a.m. BARNEGAT-Worship 10 a.m., 614 East Bay Ave. Visitors Country Day School. (505) 758-8220. East Quaker St. at Freeman Rd. (716) 662-5749. welcome. (609) 698-2058. POPLAR RIDGE-Worship 10 a.m. (315) 364-8102. CINNAMINSON-Westfield Friends Meeting, rte. 130 at New York e. POUGHKEEPSIE-Meeting for worship and Sunday Riverton-Moorestown Rd. Meeting for worship 11 a.m., school 10 a.m. 249 Hooker Ave., 12603. (845) 454-2870. First-day school 10 a.m. ALBANY-Worship and First-day schooltt a.m. 727 Madison Ave. Phone: 436-8812. PURCHASE-Meeting for worship and First-day school CROPWELL-Mealing for worship 10 a.m. Old Marlton 10 :30 a.m. Purchase Street (Rt. 120) at Lake St. Meeting Pike, one mile west of Marlton. ALFRED-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. each First Day in The Parish House, West University St. VisH us at telephone: (914) 946-0206 (answering machine). 0. CROSSWICK5-Meeting and First-day school 9:30 a.m. . QUAKER STREET-Worship 10 a.m. Easter to (609) 298-4362. AMAWALK-Worship 10:30 a.m. Quaker Church Rd., N. of Thanksgiving. Rte. 7, Quaker Street, New York 12141. For DOVER-RANDOLPH-Worship and First-day school Ate. 202-35, Yorktown Heights. (914) 923-1351 . winter schedule call (518) 234-7217. 11 a.m. Randolph Friends Meetinghouse, Quaker Church BROOKLYN-Worship and First-day schooltt a.m. 0. ROCHESTER-84 Scio St. Between East Avenue and E. Rd. and Quaker Ave. between Center Grove Rd. and Main St. Downtown. Unprogrammed worship and child Millbrook Ave., Randolph. (973) 627-0651. (childcare provided). 110 Schermerhorn St. For .. information call (212) 777-8866 (Mon.-Fn., 9--5). Mailing care 11 a.m. Adu~ religious ed 9:45 a.m. Child RE GREENWICH-First-day schoolt0:30 a.m., worship address: Box 730, Brooklyn, NY 11201. variable. 6/15-9/7 worship 10 a.m. (585) 325-7260. 11:30 a.m., Ye GreateSt., Greenwich. (609) 451-8217. BUFFALO-Worship 10:30 a.m. 72 N. Parade near ROCKLAND-Meeting for worship and First-day school HADDONFIELD-Worship 10 a.m.; First-day school Science Museum. (716) 892-8645 for further information. 11 a.m. 60 Leber Rd., Blauvelt. (845) 735-4214. follows, except summer. Babysitting provided during both. SARANAC LAKE-Meeting for worship and First-day Friends Ave. and Lake St. Phone: 428-6242 or 428-5779. CANTON-St. Lawrence Valley Friends Meeting, (315) 386-4648. school; (518) 891-4083 or (518) 891-4490. 0. MANASQUAN-First-day school t O a.m., meeting SARATOGA SPRING5-Worship and First-day school 11:15 a.m. Rte. 35 at Manasquan Circle. CATSKILL-tO a.m. worship. Rt. 55, Grahamsville. November-April in members' homes. (845) 434-3494 or 10 a.m. Phone: (518) 399-5013. MARLTON- See CROPWELL. (845) 985-2814. SCARSDALE-Meeting for worship, 2nd Sundays 10 a.m., MEDFORD-Worship 10 a.m. First-day school9:45 a.m. CENTRAL FINGER LAKE5-Geneva vicinity/surrounding all other Sundays 11 a.m. year-round exce~t August, when Union St. Meetinghouse. Call (609) 953-8914 for info. counties. Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school. all worship is at 11 a.m. First-day school, th1rd Sunday 1n MICKLETON-Worship 10 a.m., First-day school tt a.m. Call for time and place: (585) 526-5196 or (607) 243-7077. September through second Sunday in June, at meeting for (609) 848-7449 or 423-5618. worship times. 133 Popham Rd. (91 4) 472-1807 for CHAPPAQUA-Unprogrammed meeting for worship and recorded message and current clerk. MONTCLAIR-Meeting and First-day schooltt a.m., First-day school 10:30 a.m. Rte. 120 Quaker Rd. except July and Aug. 10 a.m. Park St. and Gordon hurst (914) 238-3170. SCHENECTADY-Meeting for worship and First-day school, 10 a.m. 930 Albany Street. (518) 374-2166. Ave. Phone: (973) 744-8320. Visitors welcome. CUNTON·Mohawk Valley Monthly Meeting. New MOORESTOWN-118 E. Main St. For meeting information Swarthmoor Meeting House, Austin Rd., Clinton, NY STATEN ISLAND-Meeting for worship 2nd and 4th Sundays call (856) 235-1561. 13323. (315) 853-3035. at 10:30 a.m.128 Suet Ave. Information: (718) 720-0643. MOUNT HOLLY-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. High and CUNTON CORNER5-BULLS HEAD-Oswego Monthly SYRACUSE-Worship 10:30 a.m. 821 Euclid Ave. (315) Garden Sts. Visitors welcome. Call: (609) 261-7575. Meeting. Worship and First-day school 10:30 a.m. 1323 476-1196. MULUCA HILL-Main St. Sept.-May First-day school Bulls Head Road (Northern Dutchess County) 1/4 mile E 0. WESTBURY MM (L.I.)-Contact us at 9:45 a.m., meeting for worship 11 a.m. Meeting only, June, of Taconic Pky. (845) 876-3750. or (631 ) 271-4672. Our July, and Aug., 10 a.m. CORNWALL-Worship with childcare and First-day school, websHe is . NEW BRUNSWICK-Meeting and First-day school 10:30 a.m., Quaker Ave. Phone: 534-7474. North Carolina 10:30 a.m. Meeting only July and Aug., 9:30a.m. EASTON-Unprogrammed worship and First-day school 11 109 Nichol Ave. at Hale St. (732) 846-8969. a.m. Rt. 40, 20 miles N of Troy. (518) 664-6567 or 677- ASHEVILLE-Unprogrammed meeting for worship and NEWTON-Meeting for worship tQ-11 a.m. each First Day. 3693. First-day school 10 a.m., forum and childcare 11 a.m. 227 Edgewood Rd. (828) 258·0974. Sundays. Haddon Ave. and Cooper St., Camden. Rose ELMIRA-10:30 a.m. Sundays. 155 West 6th St. Phone: Ketterer (856) 428-0402. (607) 962-4183. BEAUFORT CITY-Unprogrammed. First and third PLAINFIELD-Meeting for worship and First-day school Sundays, 2:30p.m., St. Paul's, 209 Ann Street. FLUSHING-Unprogrammed meeting for worship First Day Discussion, fellowship. Tom (252) 728-7083. 10:30 a.m. 225 Watchung Ave. at E. Third St. (908) 757- 11 a.m. 137-16 Northern Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11354. 5736. (718) 358-9636. BLACK MOUNTAIN-Swannanoa Valley Friends Meeting. Unprogrammed worship 9:30a.m. (828) 299-4889. PRINCETON-Worship 9 and 11 a.m. First-day school FREDONIA-Unprogrammed meeting 10:30 a.m. Call: 11 a.m. Oct-May. 470 Quaker Rd. near Mercer St. (716) 672-4427 or (716) 532-6022. Summer season BOONE-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 10 a.m. (609) 737-7142. Chautauqua lnst. 9:30a.m. Michael Harless, clerk, (828) 263-0001. QUAKERTOWN-Worship and First-day school 10:30 a.m. HAMILTON- Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Upperville BREVARD-Unprogrammed meeting for worship, 11 a.m. Box 502, Quakertown 08868. (908) 782-0953. Meetinghouse, Route 80, 3 miles W of Smyrna. Phone: Oakdale and Duckworth Aves. (828) 884-7000. RANCOCAs-Worship 11 a.m., First-day schoolt 0 a.m. Chris Rossi, (315) 691-5353. CELO-Meeting 10:45 a.m., near Burnsville, off Rt. 80S, Summer schedule-worship only 10 a.m., 6/15-9/15. 201 HUDSON-Unprogrammed meeting for worship every 455 Hannah Branch Rd., (828) 675·4456. Main St., Rancocas (Village), NJ 08073. (609) 267-1265. Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Telephone: (518) 537-6618 or (518) CHAPEL HILL-Meeting for worship 9 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. E-mail: . 537-6617 (voice mail); e-mail: [email protected]. First-day school 11 :15 a.m. Childcare. During June, July, RIDGEWOOD-Meeting for worship and First-day school ITHACA-Worship 11 a.m., Anabel Taylor Hall, Oct.-May, and August, worship at 9 and 10:30 a.m. 531 Rale1gh Rd. 10:30 a.m. 224 Highwood Ave. (201) 445-8450. worship 10:30 a.m., Hector Meeting House, Perry C1ty Rd., Clerk: Carolyn Stuart, (919) 929-2287. Meetinghouse, SALEM-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m., First-day school June-Sept. Phone: 273-5421. (919) 929-5377. 9:30a.m. East Broadway. LONG ISLAND QUARTERLY MEETING-meetings CHARLOTTE-Unprogrammed meeting for worship and SEAVILLE-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. South Shore Rd., normally at 11 a.m. First-day school tO a.m., forum 11 a.m. 570 W. Rocky River Rd. (704) 559-4999. R1e. 9, Seaville. (609) 624-1165. Beach meeting in Cape BETHPAGE P.M.-second and fourth First Days DAVIDSON-tO a.m. Carolina Inn. (704) 892-3996. May-Grant St. Beach 9 a.m. Sundays, June/Sept. CONSCIENCE BAY M.M.·St. James DURHAM-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school SHREWSBURY-Meeting for worship and First-day school JERICHO M.M. 10:30 a.m. Rte. 35 and Sycamore. Phone: (732) 741- 10 a.m. 404 Alexander Ave. Contact Karen Stewart, 4138. MANHASSET M.M.-10 a.m. June to August (919) 732-9630. SOMERSET/MORRIS COUNTIE5-Somerset Hills MATINECOCK M.M.-10 a.m. FAYETTEVILLE-Unprogrammed worship, 6 p.m.; Meeting, CommunHy Club, E. Main St., Brookside. PECONIC BAY E.M.-Southampton College and discussion, 5 p.m. 223 Hillside Ave. (91 0) 323-3912. Worship held 9 a.m. Sept.-May. (908) 876-4491. Southold GREENSBORO-Friendship Meeting (unprogrammed), SUMMIT -Meeting for worship and First-day school 11 a.m. SHELTER ISLAND E. M.-10:30 a.m. May to October 11 03 New Garden Rd. Worship 10:30 a.m. Call: (336) 294-2095 or 854-5155. (July, Aug., 10 a.m.). 158 Southern Blvd., Chatham WESTBURY M.M. Township. Visitors welcome. GREENSBORO-N ew Garden Friends Meeting. Meeting Contact us at or (631) for worship: unprogrammed 9 a.m.; semi-programmed 11 TRENTON-Meeting for worship and primary First-day 271-4672. Our website is . school 10 a.m. Hanover and Montgomery Sts. Children a.m. First-day school 9:30a.m. John Young, clerk; Dav1d welcomed and cared for. NEW PALTZ-Worship, First-day school, and childcare W. Bills, pastoral minister. 801 New Garden Road, 27410. 10:30 a.m. 8 N. Manheim. (845) 255-5791. (336) 292-5487. TUCKERTON-Little Egg Harbor Meeting. Left side of Rte. 9 traveling north. Worship 10:30 a.m. NEW YORK CITY-Brooklyn Meeting at 11 o Schermerhorn GREENVILLE-Unprogrammed worship and First-day Street: unprogrammed worship every Sunday at 11 a.m. school. (252) 758-6789. WOODBURY-First-day school tO a.m., meeting for and every Tuesday at 6:30p.m.; Fifteenth Street Meeting HICKORY-Unprogrammed worship, First-day school worship 11:15 a.m. 140 North Broad St. Telephone: at 221 East 15 Street (Rutherford Place), Manhattan: (856) 845-5080, if no answer call 845-9516. 10:15 a.m., forum 11 :30 a.m. 503 4th St. SW, Hickory, unprogrammed worship every Sunday at 9:30a.m. and 11 N.C., (828) 328-3334. WOODSTOWN-First-day school 9:15a.m. Meeting for a.m. and every Wednesday at 6 p.m.; Manhattan Meeting RALEIGH-Unprogrammed. Meetin~ for worship Sunday at worship 10:30 a.m. 104 N. Main Street. (856) 769-9839. at 15 Rutherford Place (15th Street), Manhattan: 10 a.m., with First-day school for children. DISCUSSions at programmed worship first, third, and fifth Sundays at 9:30 11 a.m. 625 Tower Street, Raleigh, N.C. (919) 821-4414. New Mexico a.m.; Morningside Meeting at Riverside Church 10th fl.: unprogrammed worship every Sunday at 11 a.m.; and WENTWORTHIREIDSVILLE-Qpen worship and childcare ALBUQUERQUE-Meeting and First-day school10:30 Staten Island Meeting: worship 2nd and 4th Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Call: (336) 349-5727 or (336) 427-3188. a.m. 1600 5th St., N.W., (505) 843·6450. 10:30 a.m. Phone (212) m-8866 (Mon.-Fri., 9-5) about WILMINGTON-Unprogrammed worship 11 a.m. Disoussion LAS CRUCE5-Meeting for unprogrammed worship 10 First-day schools, business meetings, and other 10 a.m., 202 N. 5th Street. Call (910) 251-1953. a.m. 622 N.Mesquite. Call: (505) 647-1929. information. WOODLAND-Cedar Grove Meeting. First Day discussion SANTA FE-Meeting for worship, Sundays 9 and 11 a.m. OLD CHATHAM-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. Powell 10 a.m., meeting tor worship 11 a.m. Call (252) 587-2571 Olive Rush Studio, 630 Canyon Rd. Phone: 983-7241 . House, R1e. 13. Phone (518) 794-0259. or (252) 587-3902.

FRIENDS j OURNAL August 2004 49 Lt;;nr,;;u~u nu•rvl"t1UIIY lVI WVI~I II)J (II IV \..I IIIUit::ll ::> 1- ll~t ·ucty Ohio HOOD RIVER AND THE DALLE5-MOUNTAIN VIEW school at 10: 30 a.m. Sundays. E-mail or call (570) 522-0183 for current location. AKRON-Unprogrammed worship, 10:30 a.m. Discussion, Sundays at 601 Union Street, The Dalles, Oreg. Contact LONDON GROVE-Meeting 9:30a.m., childcare/First-day 9:30a.m. 216 Myrtle Place, Akron, OH 44303; 374· Lark Lennox, (541) 296·3949. school 10:30 a.m. Newark Rd. and rte. 926., 5 miles W of 0521 . SALEM-Meeting for worship 10 a.m., forum 11 a.m. 490 Kennett Square. (610) 268-8466. ATHENS. tO a.m., 22 Birge, Chauncey (740) 797-4636. 19th St. NE, phone (503) 399·1908 for information. MARSHALLTON-Bradford Meeting (unprogrammed), CINCINNATI-Eastern Hills Friends Meeting, 1671 Nagel Ate. 162, 4 mi. W of West Chester. 11 a.m. 692-4215. Road, Sunday 10 a.m. (513) 474-9670. Pennsylvania MEDIA-Worship 11 a.m. (10 a.m. July- Aug.) Joint First­ CINCINNATI-Community Meeting ( Un~ed FGC and FUM), ABINGTON-First-day school (summer~utdoor meeting) day school 9:30 a .m. at Media, Sept.....Jan., and at 3960 Winding Way, 45229. Worship from silence and 9:45a.m., worship 11 :15 a.m. Childcare. Meetinghouse Providence, Feb.-May, 125 W. Third St. First-day school tO a.m. Quaker-house phone: (513) 861· Rd./Greenwood Ave., Jenkintown. (E of York Ad., N of MEDIA-Providence Meeting, 105 N. Providence Rd. 4353. lisa Cayard, clerk. Philadelphia.) (215) 884-2865. (610) 566-1308. Worship 11 a.m. Joint First-day school CLEVELAND-Meeting for worship and First-day school BIRMINGHAM-Meeting for worship and First-day school 9:30 at Providence, Feb. ....June and at Media, Sept.....Jan. 11 a.m. 10916 Magnolia Dr. (216) 791-2220. 10 a.m. 1245 Birmingham Rd. S of West Chester on Ate. MERION-Meeting for worship 11 a.m., First-day school COLUMBUs-Unprogrammed meeting 10:30 a.m. 202 to Ate. 926, turn W to Birmingham Ad., turnS 1f4 10:1 5 except summer months. Babysitting provided. 19541ndianola Ave.; (614) 291-2331. mile. Meetinghouse Lane at Montgomery. DAYTON-Friends meeting FGC. Unprogrammed worship BUCKINGHAM-Worship and First-day school, 10:30 a.m. MIDDLETOWN-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. First-day and First-day school9:30 a.m. 1516 Salem Ave., Am. 236. 5684 York Rd. (Ate. 202-263), Lahaska. (215) 794-7299. school ! 0 :30--11 :30 a.m. Adult education 10:30--11 a.m. Phone: (937) 643-9161 . CARLISLE-252 A Street, 17013; (717) 249-8899. Bible Delaware County, Ate. 352, N of lima. Clerk, Thomas DELAWARE-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day Study 9 a.m. Meeting and First-day school, 1o a.m. Swain (610) 399-1977. school, 10 a.m., the music room in Andrews House, at the CHAMBERSBURG-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m., MIDDLETOWN AT LANGHORNE (Bucks Co.)· First-day corner of W. Winter and N. Franklin Streets. Meets from 630 lindia Drive. Telephone (717) 261-0736. school 9:45a.m. (except summer), meeting for worship 11 September to May ; for summer and 2nd Sundays, call CHELTENHAM· See Philadelphia listing. a.m (10 a.m. in Seventh and Eighth Months) on First days, (740) 362-8921 . and 7 p.m. (year-round) on Fourth days. 453 W. Maple CHESTER-Meeting for worship 10:45 a.m., Sunday. 24th Ave., Langhorne, PA 19047. (215) 757-5500. GRANVILLE-Unprogrammed meeting at 10 a.m. For and Chestnut Sts. (610) 874-5860. information, call (740) 587-1070. 0. MILLVILLE-Worship 10 a.m., First-day school 11 a.m. CONCORD-Worship and First-day school !! :15 a.m. At Main St. Dean Girton, (717) 458·6431. KENT-Meeting for worship and First-day school Concordville, on Concord Ad. one blockS of Ate. 1. NEWTOWN (Bucks Co.)·Worship 11 a.m. First-day 10:30 a.m., UCM lounge, 1435 East Main Street. David CORNWALL·(Lebanon Co.) Friends worship group, 0. school for adults and children, 9 :45a.m. In Summer, Stilwell. Phone: (330) 670-0053. meeting for worship First Days 10 a.m. Call (717) 274- worship 10 a .m., no First-day school. 219 Court St. (215) MARIETTA-Mid-Ohio Valley Friends unprogrammed 9890 or (717) 273-6612 for location and directions. 968·1655, . worship First and Third Sundays 10:30 a.m., Betsey Mills DOLINGTON·MAKEFIELD-Worship 11- 11:30 a .m. First­ NEWTOWN SQUARE (Del. Co.)-Worship 10 a.m. Ate. library, 4th and Putnam Sts. Phone: (740) 373-5248. day school 11 :30--12:30. E of Dolington on MI. Eyre Ad. 252 N of Ate. 3. (6 10) 356-4778. NORTHWEST OHIQ.Broadmead Monthly Meeting FGC. DOWNINGTOWN-First-day school (except summer Unprogrammed worship groups meet at: months) and worship 10:30 a.m. 800 E. Lancaster Ave. NORRISTOWN-Meeting for worship and First-day school 10 a.m. at Swede and Jacoby Sts. (610) 279-3765. P.O . BLUFFTON-Sally Weaver Sommer, (419) 358-5411 . (south side old Ate. 30, 112 mile E of town). (610) 269· Box 823, Norristown, PA 19404. FINDLAY..Joe Davis, (419) 422-7668. 2899. OXFORD-First-day school 10 a.m., worship 11 a.m. SIDNEY·(937) 497-7326, 492-4336. 0. DOYLESTOWN-Meeting for worship and First-day school tO a.m. 95 East Oakland Ave. (21 5) 348·2320. 260 S. 3rd St., Oxford, PA 19363. (610) 932·8572. TOLEDO-Janet Smith, (419) 874-6738, . DUNNINGS CREEK·First-day schooVmeeting for worship begins tO a.m. N.W. Bedford at FIShertown. (814) 839·2952. at 11 a.m. Meetinghouse at 5th and Macoby Sts. Bruce 0. OBERLIN-Unprogrammed worship Sundays, 10:30 a.m., Grimes, clerk: (215) 234-8424. ELKLAND-Meeting located between Shunk and Forksville A.J. Lewis Environmental Center, 122 Elm St., Oberlin. on At. 154. 11 a.m. June through September. (570) 924· PHILADELPHIA-Meetings for worship Sunday 10:30 a.m. Midweek worship Thursdays, 4:15p.m., Kendal at Oberlin. 3475 or 265-5409. unless specified otherwise. "indicates clerk's home phone. Phone (440) 774-6175 or Mail Box 444, Oberlin, OH 44074. ERIE-Unprogrammed worship. Call: (814) 866-0682. BYBERRY·3001 Byberry-Southampton Ad., 19154. OXFORD-Unprogrammed worship and First-day school, (215) 637-781 3' . Worship 11 a.m. (June-Aug. 10 a.m.) 10 a.m. (513) 524-7426 or (513) 523·1061. EXETER MEETING-191 Meetinghouse Ad., 1.3 miles N of Daniel Boone Homestead, Exeter Township, Berks CENTRAL PHILADELPHIA· 15th & Cherry Sts., 19102. WAYNESVILLE-Friends meeting, First-day school County, near Birdsboro. Worship 10:30 a.m. Clerk: (215) 241 -7260. Worship 11 a.m. (July-Aug. 10 a.m.) 9:30a.m., unprogrammed worship 10:45 a.m. 4th and Edward B. Stokes Jr. (610) 689-4083. CHELTENHAM..J eanes Hosp. grnds., 19111. High Sts. (513) 897·5946, 897-8959. FALLSINGTON (Bucks County)-Falls Meeting. Main St. (215) 947-6171. Worship 11:30 a .m. (Jul.-Aug. 10:30 WILMINGTON-Campus Meeting (FUM/FGC), Thomas Meeting for worship 11 a.m. Five miles from Pennsbury a.m.) Kelly Center, College St. Unprogrammed worship 10:30 reconstructed manor home of William Penn CHESTNUT HILL· tOO E. Mermaid Lane, 19118. a.m. year-round. GAP·Sadsbury Meeting. Unprogrammed worship 10: 15 (215) 247-3553. WOOSTER-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school a.m. First-day school. Simmontown Ad., off Ate. 41 , Gap, FRANKFORD-1 500 Orthodox St., 19124. 10:45 a.m. SW corner College and Pine Sts. (330) 345- Pa. Call (610) 593-7004. (215) 533·5523. 9343 or (330) 345·8664. GLENSIDE-Unprogrammed, Christ-centered worship. GERMANTOWN-47 W. Coulter St., 19144. 0. YELLOW SPRINGs-Unprogrammed worship, FGC, First Day 10:30 a.m., Fourth Day 7:30p.m. 16 Huber St., (215) 951-2235. (August at Green Street.) 11 a .m. Rockford Meetinghouse, President St. (Antioch Glenside (near Railroad Station). Telephone (215) 576- campus). Cleric Carl Hyde, (937) 767-3571. 1450. GREEN STREET-45 W. School House Lane, 19144. (215) 844-4924. (July at Germantown.) GOSHEN-Worship 10:45 a.m., First-day school!! a.m., Oklahoma SE corner Ate. 352 and Paoli Pike, West Chester. (610) MM OF FRIENDS OF PHILADELPHIA-4th and Arch Sts., 19106. (215) 625-0627 OKLAHOMA CITY-Friends Meeting. Unprogrammed 692-4281. meeting for worship 7 p.m. Sundays in parlor at 2712 0. GWYNEDD-First-day school 9:45a.m., except summer. UNITY-Un~ and Wain Sts., 19124. N.W. 23rd (St. Andrews Presb.). (405) 631-4174. Worship 11 :15 a.m. Sumneytown Pike and Ate. 202. (215) 295-2888'. Worship 7 p.m. Fridays. STILLWATER-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 11 HARRISBURG-Worship 11 a.m., First-day school and PHOENIXVILLE-Schuylkill Meeting. At. 23 and a.m. For information call (405) 372-5892 or 372-4839. adult education (Sept. to May) 9:45a.m. Sixth and Herr Whitehorse Roads, Phoenixville, PA 19460. (610 ) 933· TULSA-Green Country Friends Meeting. Unprogrammed Sts. Phone: (717) 232-7282 or (717) 232-1326. 8984. Forum 9 a.m., worship 10 a .m. worship 3:15p.m. Forum 4:30p.m. For information, call HAVERFORD-First-day school 10: 30 a.m., meeting for 0. PITTSBURGH-Meeting for worship 9 a.m. and 10:30 (918) 743-6827. worship 10:30 a.m., Fifth-day meeting for worship 10 a.m. a.m. First-day school 10:30 a.m.; 4836 Ellsworth Ave. at the College, Commons Room. Buck Lane, between (412) 683·2669. Oregon Lancaster Pike and Haverford Rd. PLUMSTEAD-Meeting for worship and First-day school ASHLAND-South Mountain Friends Meeting, 543 S. 0. HAVERTOWN-Old Haverford Meeting. East Eagle Rd. 9:30a.m. (215) 822-2299. Mountain Ave. First hour activities 9:30 a.m., children's at Saint Dennis Lane, Havertown; First-day school and PLYMOUTH MEETING-Worship, First-day school program and silent meeting for worship 11 a.m. Child care adult forum, 10 a.m., meeting for worship 11 a.m. 11 :15 a.m. Germantown Pike and Butler Pike. available. Bob Morse, clerk, (541) 482-0814. HORSHAM·First-day school (except summer) and POCON05-Sterling-Newtoundland. Worship group under BEND-Central Oregon Worship Group, unprogrammed worship 10:30 a.m. Ate. 6 11 and Meetinghouse Road. the care of North Branch (Wilkes-Barre) Meeting. (570) worship. (541) 923-3631 or (541) 330·6011 . HUNTINGDON-Unprogrammed meeting for worship, 689-2353 or 689· 7552. 0. BRIDGE CITY-West Portland. Worship at 10 a.m., First­ 10:30 a.m., for location/directions call (814) 669-4127. QUAKERTOWN-Richland Monthly Meeting, 244 S. Main day school at 10:15 a.m. . INDIANA·Meeting 10:30 a.m., (724) 349-3338. St., First-day school and meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. (503) 230-7181. KENDAL·Worship 10:30 a.m. Kendal Center, library. U.S. 0. RADNOR·Meeting for worship 10 a.m. year-round. First­ 0. CORVALL15-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. Ate. 1, 3'12 mi. Sol Chadds Ford, t 'i• mi. N of Longwood day school also 10 a.m. except summer. Conestoga and 3311 N.W. Polk Ave. Phone: 752·3569. Gardens. Sproul Roads (Ate. 320), Villanova, Pa. (610) 293-1153. 0. EUGENE-Meeting for worship 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. KENNETT SQUARE-on Ate. 82, S of Ate. 1 at Sickles St. READING-First-day school tO a.m., meeting 10:15 a.m. Sunday. 2274 Onyx St. Phone: 343-3840. First-day school 9:45a.m., worship 11 a.m. (61 0) 444- 108 North Sixth St. (61 0) 372-5345. FLORENCE-Unprogrammed worship (541 ) 997·4237 or 1012. Find us at . SOLEBURY-Worship 10 a.m., First-day school tO a.m. 964-5691 . LANCASTER-Meeting and First-day school tO a.m. Sugan Rd., 2 miles NW of New Hope. (215) 297-5054. PORTLAND-Multnomah Monthly Meeting, 4312 S.E. 110 Tulane Terr. (717) 392-2762. SOUTHAMPTON (Bucks Co.)-Worship and First-day Stark. Worship at 8 :30 and 10 a.m. First-day school at 10 LANSDOWNE-First-day school and activ~ies 10 a.m. school 10 a.m., adult forum 11 a.m. Street and Gravel Hill a.m. Phone: (503) 232-2822. Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Lansdowne and Stewart Aves. Ads. (215) 364-0581.

50 August 2004 FRIENDS JOURNAL a.m Children's programs 10:45 a.m. Adult discussion on Tex. Supervised activities and First-day school for young Phone (757) 627-63t7 for information. most Sundays at 9:45a.m. 611 E. Prospect Ave., State Friends. (5t2) 452-t84t . RICHMOND-Worship 9:30 and 1t a.m. 4500 Kensington College, PA 16801 , phone (814) 237-7051. CORPUS CHRISTi-Costal Bend Friends Meeting, meets Ave. (804) 358-6t85. SWARTHMORE-Meeting and First-day school10 a.m. 12 t- 2 Sundays per month at 2 p.m. Contact Beverly at (36t) ROANOKE-Worship t 0:30 a.m. Usually at Hollins Whittier Place, off Route 320. 888-4t84 for information. Meditation Chapel. Info.: Waring, (540) 343-6769, or TOWANDA-Meeting for worship-unprogrammed. Sundays DALLAs-Unprogrammed meeting for worship Sundays t 0 Fetter, (540) 982-t034. at 10 :30 a.m. For location, call (570) 265-6523 or (570) a.m. 5828 Worth St. (2t4) 82t-6543. . silence). t 537 Laskin Rd., Virginia Beach, VA 23451 . UPPER DUBLIN-Worship & First-day school10 a.m. Fort EL PASO-Meeting at tO a.m. Sunday. 282t Idalia, (757) 48t -57tt. Washington Ave. & Meetinghouse Rd., near Ambler. (215) El Paso, TX 79930. Phone: (9t5) 546-5651. Please leave WILLIAMSBURG-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 653-0788. a message. tO a.m. Sundays, childcare and First-day school, t04 W. VALLEY-1121 Old Eagle School Rd., Wayne (North of FORT WORTH-Unprogrammed meeting tt a.m. Sundays Kingswood Dr., (757) 253-7752. Swedesford Rd.). Worship and First-day school10 a.m., at Wesley Foundation, 2750 W. Lowden. First-day school WINCHESTER-Hopewell Centre Meeting. 7 miles N from forum 11:10 a.m. Close to Valley Forge, King of Prussia, also at tt a.m. (817) 53t-2324 or 299-8247. Winchester. Interstate 8t to Clearbrook Exit. Go west on Audubon, and Devon. (610) 688-3564. GALVESTON-Worship, First Day tt a.m.; t50t Post Hopewell Rd. 0.7 miles. Turn Left into Hopewell Centre WELLSVILLE-Warrington Monthly Meeting, worship 11 Office St. Gerald Campbell, Cler1<, (409) 762-1785. Driveway. Unprogrammed meeting for worship tO a.m. a.m. Ate. 74 east. Call (717) 432-4203. HILL COUNTRY-Unprogrammed meeting tO a.m., June First-day schooltt a.m. Cler1<: (540) 667-9114. E-mail: WEST CHESTER-First-day school10:30 a.m., worship to September t0:30 a.m., discussion 1t a.m. Un~arian . 10:30. 425 N. High St. Caroline Helmuth, (610) 696-0491. Fellowship Bldg., 2t 3 Lorna Vista, Kerrville, Tex. WEST GROVE-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Catherine Matlock (830) 257-5673. Washington 153 E. Harmony Road, P.O. Box 7, 19390. HOUSTON-live Oak Meeting. Sundays 8:30 and t 0:30 AGATE PASSAGE-Bainbridge Island. Meeting for WESTTOWN-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday. a.m. Wednesdays: Discussion 7 p.m., meeting for worship worship t 0 a.m. Seabold Hall, t4454 Komedal Rd. Info: Westtown School campus, Westtown, PA 19395. 8-8:30 p.m. t318 W. 26th St. (7t3) 862-6685. (360) 697-4675. WILKES.BARRE-North Branch Monthly Meeting. LUBBOCK-Unprogrammed worship, Sunday morning at BELLEVUE-Eastside Friends. 4t 60 t 58th Ave. SE. Wyoming Seminary Lower School, 1560 Wyoming Ave., t0:45. Lutheran Student Center, 2615t9th St. Please use Worship t O a.m., study tt a.m. (425) 64t -3500. Forty Fort. Sunday school1 0 a.m., worship 11 a.m. For back door. (806) 799-3307 or 79t-4890. BELLINGHAM-Bellingham Senior Center, 3t 5 Halleck St. summer and vacations, phone: (570) 824-5130. RIO GRANDE VALLEY-Unprogrammed worship t0:30 a.m. Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m., sharing t t :30 a.m. WILLISTOWN-Worship and First-day school10 a.m. Sundays. For location call Carol J. Brown (956) 686-4855. Children's program. (360) 752-9223; clerk: Sharon Trent, Goshen and Warren Ads., Newtown Square, A.D. 1. SAN ANTONIO-Unprogrammed worship tO a.m. (360) 7t 4-6141. Phone: (610) 356-9799. Discussion tt a.m. at 7052 N. Vandiver. Mail: P.O. Box OLYMPIA-Worship tO a.m. 219 B Street S.W., Tumwater, WRIGHTSTOWN-Ate. 413. Meeting for worship Sunday 6t27, San Antonio, TX 78209. (2t 0) 945-8456. WA 98502. First Sunday each month potluck breakfast at t 0 a.m. for all. First-day school1 0:15a.m. for children, TYLER-Unprogrammed. Call: (903) 725-6283. 9 a.m. Phone: (360) 438-5440 or 357-3855. adult time variable. (215) 968-9900. PORT TOWNSEND-t O a.m. Sunday. (360) 385-798t. YARDLEY-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. First-day school Utah PULLMAN-See Moscow, Idaho. follows meeting during winter months. North Main St. LOGAN-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school t 0 SEATTLE-Salmon Bay Meeting at Phinney Center, YORK-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 11 a.m. 135 a.m. The Whittier Center, 300 North and 400 East. 6532 Phinney N.; worship at 10 a.m. (206) 527-0200. Telephone: (435) 753-t 299. W. Philadelphia St. (717) 848-6781 . SEATTLE-University Friends Meeting, 400t 9th Ave. N.E. SALT LAKE CITY-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day Quiet worship First Days 9:30 and tt a.m. (206) 547- Rhode Island school t 0 a.m. Ladies literary Club, 850 E. South Temple. 6449. Accommodations: (206) 632-9839. PROVIDENCE-Meeting for worship t 0 a.m. each First Telephone: (801) 359-t506 or 582-07t9. SULTAN-Sky Valley Worship Group. (360) 793-0240. Day. 99 Morris Ave., corner of Olney St. (40t) 331-42t 8. Vermont TACOMA-Tacoma Friends Meeting, 2508 S. 39th St. SAYLESVILLE-Worship t 0:30a.m. each First Day. Unprogrammed worship tO a.m., First-day discussion Lincoln-Great Rd. (Ate. t26) at River Rd. BENNINGTON-Worship, Sundays tO a.m., Senior Service Center, t24 Pleasant St., 1 block north, t /2 block east of tt a.m. Phone: (253) 759-t9t 0. WESTERLY-Unprogrammed worship and First-day school intersection of At. 7 and Main St. (At. 9). (802) 442-60t 0. WALLA WALLA· tO a.m. Sundays. 522-0399. t0:30 a.m. 57 Elm St. (40t) 348-7078. BURLINGTON-Worship t1 a.m. Sunday, noon WOONSOCKET· Smithfield Friends Meeting, t 08 Wednesday at t73 North Prospect St. Call: (802) 660- West Virginia Smithfield Road, (Ate 146-A). Worship each First Day at 922t about religious ed. CHARLESTON-Worship Sundays 10 a.m. Wellons t 0:30 a.m. (40t ) 762-5726. b MIDDLEBURY-Worship tO a.m. at Havurah House, 56 (304) 345-8659 or Mininger (304) 756-3033. South Carolina N. Pleasant St., Middlebury. (802) 388-7684. MORGANTOWN-Monongalia Friends Meeting. Every PLAINFIELD-Each Sundayx at 10:30 a.m. Call Alan Sunday tt a.m. Phone: Keith Garbutt, (304) 292-t26t. CHARLESTON-Meeting for worship Sundays t O-tt a.m. Taplow, (802) 454-4675. PARKERSBURG-Mid-Ohio Valley Friends. See Marietta, For latest location, call: (843) 723-5820, Ohio, listing. e-mail: , PUTNEY-Worship, Sunday, 8:30 and tt a.m. Adult website: . discussion, 9:45a.m. Singing, t0:45 a.m. Children's program, 11 :15 a.m. Ate. 5, north of village, Putney. (802) Wisconsin b COLUMBIA-Meeting for worship and First-day school 258-2599. BELOIT-Unprogrammed worship 11 a.m. Sundays, tO a.m., forum tt :30 a.m., Harmony School, 81t Clary St. Phone: (608) 365-5858. 3737 Covenant Rd., (803) 252-2221 . Visitors welcom e. SOUTH STARKSBORO-Unprog rammed worship and First-day school Sundays 9:30a.m. Singing 9 a.m. Call b EAU CLAIRE-Worship at t0:30 (9:30 June-Aug.) GREENVILLE-Unprog rammed, worship t :30 p.m., First Robert Turner (802) 453-4927. preceded by singing. 4t6 Niagara St. Call (7t5) 833-tt38 Christian Church, 704 Edwards Rd. (864) 895-7205. WILDERNESs-Meeting for worship t 0 a.m. in Wallingford. or 874-6646. HOARY-Worship Sundays, t 0:30 a.m. (unprogrammed), Rotary Building, N. Main St. Call Kate Brinton, (802) 228- GREEN BAY AREA· Fox Valley Friends Meeting, Sundays Grace Gifford, inland, (843) 365-6654. 8942, or Chris O'Gorman, (802) 775-9552. t1 a.m. September-May meetings at St. Joseph's Church SUMTER-Salem Black River Meeting. First Day meeting in Oneida. June-August meetings in members' homes. for worship tt a.m. Call (803) 495-8225 for directions. Virginia Call (920) 863-8837 for directions. ALEXANDRIA-Worship every First Day tt a.m., KENOSHA-RACINE-Unprogrammed worship on Sundays South Dakota unprogrammed worship and First-day school. Woodlawn at t O a.m. 880 Green Bay Rd., Kenosha. (262) 552-6838. RAPID CITY-(605) 72t -4433. Meeting House, 8 miles S of Alexandria, near U.S. t . Call . SIOUX FALLS AREA FRIENDS.tt a.m. worship and (703) 78t -9t85 or 893-9792. KICKAPOO VALLEY FRIENDs-Gays Mills. Worship First-day school. Phone: (605) 339-1t56 or 256-0830. CHARLOTTESVILLE-Discussion 9:45a.m., worship Sunday tt a.m. Children's program t st and 3rd Sundays 8:30a.m. and tt a.m. (childcare available). Summer (608) 637-2060. E-mail:. Tennessee worship only 8:30a.m. and 10 a.m. tt 04 Forest St. MADISON-Meetinghouse, 1704 Roberts Ct., (608) CHATTANOOGA-Unprogrammed meeting for worship Phone: (434) 97t-8859. 256-2249. Unprogrammed worship Sunday at 9 and and children's First-day schoolt 0 a.m. 335 Crestway FARMVILLE-Quaker Lake FM, (434) 223-4t60. t t a.m., Wednesday at 7 a.m., 12 noon, 5:t5 p.m., and Drive, 374tt. (423) 629-2580. FLOYD-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school 8:30 p.m. Children's classes at t t a.m. Sunday. CROSSVILLE-Worship 10 a.m., discussion tt a.m. t84 t O a.m. Call for directions. (540) 745-3252 and 745-6t93. MADISON/MONONA-Yahara Friends. Unprogrammed Hood Dr. Gladys Draudt, clerk: (93t) 277-5354. HARRISONBURG-Valley Friends Meeting. Unprogrammed worship, Sundays t 0:30a.m. 4503 Winnequah Rd., Meetinghouse: (93t ) 484-0033. worship, tO a.m. Sundays, 363 High St., Dayton. (540) Monona. (608) 44t -9t93. Web: . tO a.m. 731 E. Maple, (423) 283-4392 (Edie Patrick) HERNDON-Singing 10:t5 a.m. Worship and First-day MENOMONIE-Meeting for worship t0:30 a.m. 1718 10th MEMPHis-Meeting for worship (unprogrammed) and First­ schoolt 0:30a.m. 660 Spring St. (703) 736-0592. St. Phone: (7 t 5) 658-1042. day school1t a.m. Discussion tO a.m. 917 S. Cooper, LEXINGTON-Maury River Friends. Unprogrammed b MILWAUKEE-Meeting for worship t O:t5 a.m. (90t) 274-t500. worship Sundays tO a.m. First-day school t0:20 a.m. 3224 N. Gordon Pl. Phone (4t4) 967-0898 or 263-21tt. NASHVILLE-Meeting for worship (unprogrammed) and Child care. tO mi. W of Lexington off W. Midland Trail at OSHKOSH-Meeting for worship t0:30 a.m. on Sunday. First-day school10 a.m. Adult sharing tt :30 a.m. on Waterloo Rd. Info: (540) 464-35tt. (920) 233-5804. second and fourth First days. 530 26th Ave. North, (6t 5) LINCOLN-Goose Creek Un~ed Meeting for worship 9:45 329-2640. Penelope Wright, cler1<. a.m. each First Day. First-day school tO a.m. WEST KNOXVILLE-Worship and First-day school t Oa.m. LYNCHBURG-Worship 10 :30 a.m. Lynchburg College 15t7 Meeting House Lane, (865) 694-0036. Spimuallife Center, info: Owens, (434) 846-533t , or Koring, (434) 847-4301. Texas MCLEAN-Langley Hill Friends Meeting, 64t0 Georgetown ALPINE-Meeting for worship, Sunday, t 0:30-t t :30 a.m. in Pike, Mclean. Meeting for worship t 0 a.m., First-day the home of George and Martha Floro. Call: (432) 837- school and "Second hour" at tt a.m. Babysitting available. 2930 for information. (703) 442-8394.

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