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Solllh Alrica: Agonvand . Hope Equipping lor MinisbY Quakenlale ollowa Among Friends Edltor-MIUUig8r Vinton Deming .Aasoclllte Editor Melissa Kay Elliott Westward Ho! Art Director Barbara Benton am driving to Friends General Conference in Stillwater, Oklahoma, in a few Advertl•ng U.n~~ger days. (Yes, I know, you'll be reading this in August and the gathering will be Catherine Frost I over by then, but this issue gets produced in late June!) I'll be in the company of Circulation and Promotion my two sons, Andrew and Simeon. They love FGC gatherings, having attended Nagendran Gulendran Computer Production them quite regularly over the years. They asked me recently to tell them all about Susan Jordhamo Oklahoma. Since it's one of the five states I've never visited, I thought it advisable Secretarial Services not to give a phony response. I chose instead to ask an Oklahoman directly. Edward Sargent The Stillwater (Okla.) Meeting's clerk, Ann Ratcliff, answered my phone call Bookkeeper James Neveil one evening, just a week before FGC. Ann, I learned, has lived in Oklahoma 17 Editorial Assistant/Computer years or so. She joined the meeting in 1985 when it was still a worship group under Production the care of Oklahoma City Meeting. Timothy Drake I asked her what I should tell my boys about Oklahoma-what might they Volunteers Jane Burgess, Emily Conlon expect? "Well," she laughed, "don't let them read The Grapes of Wrath; it's not Board of U.nagers like that any more. [I assured her they hadn't.] Tell them to come on out and 1991-1994: Frank Bjornsgaard, Emily Conlon, experience it. What's it like? Well ... it's a lot like everyplace else, I Sam Legg (Clerk,), Parry Jones, Richard Moses guess ... better than most, my partner Anna says [Anna had just walked by the (Treasurer), Harry Scott, Larry Spears, Robert Sutton, Carolyn Terrell phone at that moment]. Do the boys have cowboy boots? If so they'll feel right at 1992-1995: Phoebe Cottingham, Richard Eldridge home. A lot of people wear them here, though I don't." (Assistant Clerk), Deborah Fisch, Kitty Harrison, Bernard Haviland, Paul Jolly, Eric Larson, There are three unprogrammed meetings in the state, I learned, Oklahoma City Margery Rubin, David Samuel, Carolyn Sprogell, (the largest), Stillwater (about 14 members plus attenders, and growing), and Green Wilmer Tjossem, Alice Wiser (Secretary) Country Meeting in Tulsa. In the state, Ann thinks there are fewer than 100 active /993-1996: Marguerite Clark, Lee Neff, Mary Ellen Singsen Friends in unprogrammed meetings, all part of South Central Yearly Meeting. Honorary Managers Stillwater Friends meet in the Methodist Student Center on the university Eleanor Stabler Clarke, Mildred BinnsYoung campus, "a nice, welcoming place to meet," as Ann put it. Friends have been very FRIENDS JOURNAL (ISSN 0016-1322) was involved in the peace movement in the area, particularly through all the years of the established in 1955 as the successor to The Central America crisis. Friend ( 1827-I 955) and Friends Jntelligencer (1844-1955). It is associated with the Religious So what's it been like for a small meeting to be preparing for an FGC Society of Friends. gathering- 1,200 or so Friends converging on their town for a week? Ann laughed: • FRIENDS JOURNAL is published monthly by "Well, I think we didn't know quite what we were gettting into. Only in the last Friends Publishing Corporation, 1501 Cherry St., couple of days have I been able to kind oflaugh about it and to see the light at the Philadelphia, PA 19102-1497. Telephone (215) 241-7277. 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Features Departments 7 Quakerdale of Iowa: Legacy of a 2 Among Friends Philadelphia Friend Wilmer Tjossetn 4 Forum Josiah White's dream a century and a half ago makes a difference 5 Viewpoint to Iowa teens, victims ofabuse. 21 Reports 9 The Ministry of Presence 23 News of Friends GreggLamm 25 Calendar The grandfather who offered his presence made the gift that lasted. 26 Bulletin Board 27 Books 10 The American Friends Service Committee: What's in a Name? 29 Resources Irwin Abrams To what extent is its inspiration from the spiritual source? How 30 Milestones may more Friends find opportunities to serve? 32 Classified 12 Equipping for Ministry 34 Meetings Margaret Benefiel Far from being antithetical to Friends faith and practice, it is necessary to our continuing vitality. Poetry 15 South Africa: Agony and Hope 18 Prayer Margaret Hope Bacon P. F. Newcomb Though a spiral ofviolence continues, the forces that have brought about change have been largely unarmed. 19 Time Robert C. Murphy In accepting God's love, life becomes easy, and time makes room for all our needs and concerns.

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How to value-life? imperialisms and endless violence. Then A three-second portion of the national . suddenly, after fighting the most devastat­ TV news on January 15 featured the ing war in human history, they gave history bloodied body of a young Baghdad hotel a new turn; they came together in friend­ receptionist lying on a piece of plywood. ship and built a community of nations. This scene triggered instant anguish for Can this be done in the Middle East? Stephen Long, a member of our Quaker Yes, provided relationships there can be meeting. His own daughter is preparing for shifted from an adversarial mode to one of a career in hotel service. He felt compelled friendship. to shout "Stop!" to the insanity of war. He Israel holds the key. Iflsrael came realized tears were on his face. boldly forward with an offer to relinquish Steve is a college science teacher. He is the occupied territories, recognize the PLO a gifted writer. The most obvious avenue to and welcome a neighboring Palestine­ express his distress was to write a letter to provided the Arab world would respond the editor of the local newspaper. He tried, with peace and friendship and take part in but words would not transfer to paper. The building a Middle East Community of pain did not go away, and during the Nations, with mutual security and eco­ weekend he prayed to be led. nomic cooperation-it is probable that On Monday during an amazing moment history could, indeed, be given a creative of clarity, he found the following seven new turn. uplifting passage before meditating. At sentences in his thinking. He wrote them U.S. leadership played a vital role in the meeting, I am often staring at a book. within a five-minute period coupled with emergence of the European Community. Sometimes I am reading, sometimes just the sounds of his own sobbing. Those tears Likewise, our support for Israel should staring at the page. I am more comfortable were repeated by many of the members of continue in generous measure, but should staring at a book than at other people. What our preparatory meeting when he read the be conditional on Israel taking the lead in do you do with your eyes while "gather- statement to us at our next meeting for launching a Middle East Community. ing''? . worship. Failing in that, the Middle East is doomed Why does everyone keep mentioning Steve's statement poignantly reverses to endless years of violence and hatred. A readers and late comers? What about the the depersonalization process that so often grudging "peace treaty" is little better than people who sleep at meeting? Are they contributes to prejudice, discrimination, none. "gathering''? and war. It is couched in the gentleness of Now is the historic moment. For Before recent major surgery, I found it Quaker query. It moves the reader to feel decades the Arab world demanded the impossible to sit anywhere for one hour. the pain of war. It offers the reasonable destruction of Israel. Today it is calling Take care lest you embarrass those who peace strategy of remembering that war is instead for relinquishing the territories. The don't want to discuss their physical personal to its victims. two sides are no longer goaded by the Cold problems with you. Eldon L. Morey War. My point is this: people who read at Brainerd (Minn.) Meeting It will not be easy to build a Middle East meeting could more easily, cheaply, and PO Box 156 Community. As in Europe it will take years environmentally safely (saving gas) stay at Motley, MN 56466 of patient, friendly negotiation. The more home. They are reading at meeting because developed nations will need to help the less they are getting something out of their Stephen Long's statement: developed, as in Europe. Human rights presence there. Please let us all try to Did you see the body on the TV news­ need to be developed, democracy encour­ "gather" in our own way, and don'tjudge. the body of the young Iraqi woman killed aged, and complex economic factors dealt by one of our missiles when we sought to with. Mary Jane Sexton "teach Saddam Hussein a lesson"? Did you As was the case in Europe, an 11 Filmont Dr. wonder who she was? adversarial mentality is deeply ingrained in New City, NY 10956 This young woman, working as a hotel both sides and has strong historic roots, but receptionist, surely had hopes and plans for constructive revolutionary change is Liberals and evangelicals her future, a future which we have de­ possible. stroyed. Should she remain nameless in our With determination, history can be I found Edward Elder's Viewpoint thoughts, a necessary sacrifice for our given that new turn. article (FJMay) touching in its way national political agenda? Ernest Morgan because it was so heartfelt and I think Is our commitment to the sanctity of life 1901 Hannah Branch Rd. reflects the experience of many people. His so shallow that the pictures of this young BW"Iisville, NC 28714 thesis is that the evangelical branch woman's death have no effect on our persecutes homosexuals; its peace hearts? Should our own daughters be Gathered meetings testimony is diluted or abandoned; it is valued as poorly as we value the lives of trapped in dogma and unable to accept Iraqi daughters when we condone such The subject of"gathering" has been on reality; it cannot convey a direct sense of violence? Is the blood of this young hotel my mind too, so I am responding to "The the divine. It is therefore not a body worth receptionist on the hands of each of us? Gathered Meeting" (FJ May). maintaining links with, there being better While I am coming to appreciate what ones. Our Friend chooses contemporary you are striving for, I must point out some attitudes to homosexuality as his criterion Anew tum points from those "readers" at meeting. I rather than historical and theological roots For centuries the nations of Western was led to everything noble and good in my and similarities, and assuming the truth of Europe lived in fear and hatred, with life through example and the written word. his analysis, argues closer association not diverse languages and religions, rival In order to quiet my mind I read a short, with other Quakers but with certain non-

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Quakers who are more acceptable to him. However, his assumptions may be questionable. These charges can be true, Maintaining.Our Unity partially true or false, applicable to some ow big a vessel is the Society of formed between the World Wars to bring evangelicals and not others. The situation Friends? This is the message the Quaker peace testimony into the world is, I believe, more complicated than our which came to me in regard to the of action. Friend assumes, and also transcends his H question of "realignment," as it came to In New England there were five meet­ own concerns, strong though they may be. New England Yearly Meeting in 1991: ings formed in this way, and they eagerly There is an historical dimension to the NEYM has, in its 46 years of being joined in urging the two yearly meetings liberal-evangelical division that will reunited, learned through much hard spiri­ to cooperate. Most of their meetings in­ continue to govern us regardless of our own tual work how to live together, allocate its cluded Friends of varied persuasions. Af­ wishes. The past cannot be undone, and funds, and often move out into the world ter a number of years of exploration, the people will continue to return to it, reviving to witness for peace and justice. This two yearly meetings and the five inde­ and reassessing its controversies. One is knowledge I feel came experientially, but pendent meetings joined in 1945. After not free to walk away from the other kind with hard wrestling. And any return to the her experience in this revived Friends of Friend. Moreover, the whole question of times when Friends accused each other of community, Thyra Jane Foster firmly met leadership is involved. In colleges, not standing for the right doctrines is a the complaints of her son, my husband, institutions like Earlham School of Religion return to the times ofbittemess and loss of and me that these Friends could not really and Pendle Hill, bodies like the American membership in the Society, which oc­ be true Friends; she made a statement of Friends Service Committee, Friends curred after the 1845 Separation. how this was better than the old days. The Committee on National Legislation, and This message came to me early one Connecticut Valley Meeting, which we Friends World Committee for Consultation, morning during the sessions, from my helped to enlarge and build a new meet­ these inter-Quaker boundaries become very spiritual mother in Quakerism, my mother­ inghouse, was one of those independent loose. In working with other Friends, the in-law in life, the late Thyra Jane Foster. meetings that still used their own "prac­ basis of cooperation is always an issue. She taught all her family the strengths and tices"; in time we got acquainted with I tend to think the whole issue of failures of Quakers in the stories she told NEYM, and one of our own convinced homosexuality and religion is frequently at family gatherings and which she re­ members became the clerk of the yearly discussed at a nonfundarnentallevel. corded in books. And she did the same for meeting. People on both sides of the argument argue all ofNEYM when she collected andes­ My participation in NEYM has con­ through their own emotions, but I think the tablished an archives for the yearly meet­ vinced me that Friends General Confer­ issue is too important for us to allow our ing, who, as she was fond ofsaying, should ence and Friends United Meeting Friends personal thoughts to get in the way. From not repeat history. have learned to work together. But I do the liberal side there is a problem, I think. I did not come to New England until not think it is a pattern that could extend In my experience, Friends never really the yearly meeting was a decade old. I had to a larger "super-Quaker" organization accept that evangelicals actually mean what become acquainted first with British Quak­ including yearly meetings not in those they say about the authority of scripture, ers in India, associates in the work of two groups. For that, the viable pattern is and thus fail to see why they think as they Mahatma Gandhi, who sat in worship in the consultative model such as in Friends do, interpreting their stance in other ways the Fellowship ofTruth with the co-work­ World Committee for Consultation. which are not in fact to the point. There is, ers of all religions. New England Friends, Friends must always be aware ofthem­ of course, a profound ignorance on the with their evangelical zeal, were a puzzle selves in the present climate, where all evangelical side which they need to tome. churches are having conflict on sociaV overcome. I was once clerk to a large Gradually I learned the story of the theological issues. When we make "heavy meeting that had to decide about a matter uniting of the yearly meetings. When weather" (to quote Geoffiey Hubbard) of that raised all these things, and the Thyra Jane Foster arrived in New En­ issues in regard to what theological ideas experience has entered my soul. gland she was an Ohio Wilburite bride in Friends must follow, we should ask our­ There also seem to be those who are a Wilburite household so staunch that the selves how significant this is to the world willing to make this the issue for the future local meeting consisted only of Fosters at large, where there is so much death and of bodies like Friends United Meeting. Ifl and met on First Day in their front parlor. destruction. am opposed to them for making this a (Historians have called it the Foster Fam­ During the period before the Civil War, litmus test issue, then I am logically bound ily Meeting.) When her own widowed in the ferment about the abolition of sla­ to disagree with our Friend also, who, father came to live with them, he spent his very, Friends were involved, in New En­ however understandable his reasons may days writing of Quakers he had known, gland, in disowning John Wilbur; they be, does exactly the same thing. I think with criticisms ofany failure in the minor were also discontinuing the membership Quakerism is too important for its nature testimonies of plain speech and dress. ofAbbey Kelley Foster, a famous woman and composition to be decided either by When this older generation had slipped Quaker campaigner for abolition. We single issue agitation or the contemporary away, Thyra, her husband, and his sib­ should be mindful not to destroy our wisdom ofany given period. We are lings went to Providence, Rhode Island. grounds for unity, when we need our certainly creatures ofour times, but at the There they formed, in 1936, an indepen­ strength to take our witness out into the same time, we must not forget the rock dent meeting with Friends from both yearly world. from which we were hewn. meetings and others, under the auspices John Punshon ofthe Friends Fellowship Council ofPhila­ Georgana M. Foster Earlham School of Religion delphia. Under this little known body 21 Still Comer Rd. (Leverett) Richmond, IN 47374 (sponsored, I believe, by Friends General Amherst, MA 0 I 002 Conference), a number of meetings were I am bewildered and troubled by Edward Elder's broad brush treatment of

FRIENDS JoURNAL August 1993 5 Friends United Meeting (FUM) and strength to the very forces that are at work Billy Graham, Coretta Scott King, the Dalai Evangelical Friends International (EFI). It to divide and distract us from our unity in Lama, and Mother Teresa. Why not add seems that Elder (and by implication, God? some skilled negotiators such as Jimmy others) have a fundamental lack of I would hope Friends Journal would be Carter or Terry Waite? We call on these understanding of what sets FUM and EFI about holding up Friends values. It is my people to go to Bosnia or get as close as apart from "liberals" (Elder's language). It perception that you have done something they can to the leaders who can make is not our positions on homosexuality, else here. You have provided a chamber for peace. Let them talk to anyone who will peace, worship styles, doctrine, or anything pain to echo. listen and listen to anyone who will talk to else. It is our understanding of who Jesus Greg Robie them. Let's ask every country to call upon Christ is and why he came, lived, died, and RD #1, Mineral Springs Rd. its religious leaders and those who have a rose. It is our view that human beings are Highland MilJs, NY 10930 history of being active in the quest for deficient without the grace and love of peace and human rights. Let them go. God-"sinners." We know that some people will tell us Only minority Friends in orthodox and Just lightning bugs our idea is impractical, that there is no evangelical circles come close to Elder's I'm pleased my note on "Governor clear-cut agenda, that efforts like this won't accusations about hireling ministers (I am Who?" went so well with Ruth Dahlke's work when the warring parties are drenched one), sacraments, the Inward Light, and piece about the FGC Directory ofTraveling in each other's blood. These skeptics may voting. They are peripheral remarks that Friends (FJ March). I thought I would be right, but no elected or appointed serve to underscore his lack ofexposure to share another Directory story as welJ: government official has been able to do Friepds beyond his own experience. A young couple from George Fox anything to stop the conflict. At this point, Like Elder, I disagree with Doug College in Oregon came to visit in New what do we have to lose? Gwyn's conclusions that there can be unity York and had a terrible time on their arrival Lucille L. Carlson among FriendS. However, it is not a case of in the big city. Their bags were lost, they 50 Old Chunns Cove Rd. #204 oppression by FUM or EFI Friends against couldn't find their way on the subway, but Asheville, NC "liberals." Rather, it is because we cannot finally they did make it to my apartment on Virginia E. McCullough come to terms with Jesus Christ. The the westside of Manhattan. After they had 1759 W. Berteau "unprogrammed'' Friends and rested a bit, I asked if they'd had any Chicago, IL 60613 "programmed" Friends have become two supper. When they said no I suggested we entirely different animals. Much like the pick up some food at the salad bar of a home where an adult child returns to live, local deli and have a picnic in Riverside Replies sought trying to bring two groups as divergent as Park. They agreed and I was pleased to lead As a political scientist (and a Quaker those back under the same roof would the way just two blocks from my house. As parent) with a focus on international peace simply not work. we walked down the hill it was just and family issues, I am developing a Friends need to come to the place of beginning to become dusk and they noticed manuscript, "How Do Our Children Grow: agreeing to disagree, without the name little lights flashing at the side of the path in Raising Quaker Families in the 1990s." calling and false understandings of each the grass. "What's that?" they asked. "Oh, "Families" are loosely defined as an other, and let each other do their business. just lightning bugs," I said. "We've never individual, a couple (same gender or Certainly if that doesn't make any of us seen lightning bugs-there aren't any in heterosexual), or a group actively raising Quakers happy, at least it should please Oregon." So these folks found the little children (newborn to 18 years of age). This God. lights among the bright lights and were able would include the involvement of children Brian Daniels to feel much more welcome-as we sat and in the life of a meeting. I am interested in 228 E. Main St. ate and looked at the community flower learning ''what's going on out there" in Portland, IN 47371 garden and the sky turned colors over the both meetings (First-day programs, for Hudson River. example) and individual families. My Edward Elder's Viewpoint creates for Sally Campbell interest is in both the spiritual nurturing of me a number of concerns and dilemmas. I 252 W. 91 St., Apt. 64 children as well as the daily emotional and am trying to follow the practice of taking New York, NY 10024 physical care of the family. Replies from my concern to the person with whom I have both Friends in the United States and the concern/conflict on a one-to-one basis overseas would be greatly appreciated. to seek resolution. To publish a piece such A peace proposal Specific details will not be cited in the text as that from a person who chooses not to go No one knows what to do about the without written permission of the to the person with whom they have a violence in Bosnia. If we don't take contributors. conflict and labor with them is military action we will be guilty of Margaret Clark unconscionable. To give weight to a person passively witnessing the horror ofethnic 495 W. 26th who has chosen to reject commitment to cleansing. If we do intervene with our Eugene, OR 97405 Friends rather than join and labor for powerful weapons of destruction, people clarity, who writes to criticize a "them" that will continue to die in perhaps even larger does not exist as he has stereotyped them, numbers. In short, we would be engaged in brings me to you with my concern. another "destroy it in order to save it" folJy. Regardless of the purpose of the Viewpoint Because there are no easy answers, we FRI ENDS JoURNAL welcomes contributions column, were you clear to give voice to a are puzzled that no one has yet suggested from readers. Submissions to Forum non-Friend who, while active and calling on the world's spriritualleaders and should be no longer than 300words, View­ committed to Friends, is stuck in a position other well-known men and women who point 1,000 words. Unless authors request based in ignorance and fortified by fear and have vision and have shown their otherwise, names and addresses will be pain? Did you feel clear to generate preference for peace over war. As a start, published with all/etters. controversy and illicit responses by giving we suggest asking Bishop Desmond Tutu,

6 August 1993 FRIENDs JOURNAL uakerdale of Iowa I LEGACY OF A PHILADELPHIA FRIEND I by Wilmer Tjossem

one drives north on state road 299, a few miles north of the A Friends neighborhood of New Providence, Iowa, one sees to the east a cluster of brick buildings, broad lawns, a barnyard; and beyond those the sweep of hundreds of acres of the world's finest farmland. While "campus" is often used to identify this place, the word is in fact a gentle euphemism for a residential treat­ ment center for troubled adolescents­ Quakerdale. Each year some 600 adolescent boys and other abuses. Some 75 percent of the ware merchant in neighboring P~iladel­ and girls, and their Iowa families, are girls and 25 percent of the boys are suf­ phia. Later he started his own business involved in Quakerdale programs that fering consequences of one or another and was married. When his wife died in "will empower them to face the future form of sexual abuse. 1807, he sold the business and went South with hope," says Michelle Herman, ex­ Most Friends in the United States prob­ for a year. There he witnessed the horror ecutive director. She says the 108 young­ ably will not recognize the name of slavery and pledged himself to a reor­ sters currently assigned to Quakerdale "Quakerdale," and even fewer will know dered life of service. and three other of its facilities by the its history and purpose. It developed be­ Following remarriage, Josiah White Iowa Department ofHuman Services are cause of the dream a century and a half led in finding a profitable market for from the familiar and growing litany of ago of a Philadelphia Quaker, .Josiah "hard coal" from the Lehigh Valley of lower economic backgrounds and family White, to endow a "Rural Manual Labor Pennsylvania, and used the Lehigh River breakup--and victims of drug, alcohol, Institute for Homeless Children." for its economical transport to Philadel­ Born in 1781 in Mt. Holly. New Jer­ phia. He and his second wife, Elizabeth, A retired fund-raiser, Wilm er Tjossem is ac­ sey, thirdsonofJohnandRebecca White, had five children. The three sons died tive among Friends in Iowa. He is a member Josiah became fatherless at the age of young. Without sons to carry on his busi­ ofth e F RIENDS JoURNAL's Board ofManagers . four. At 15 he was apprenticed to a hard- ness, he turned to philanthropy. It be-

FRIENDS JOURNAL August 1993 7 came his passion to provide training and easily recognize what became of his observes that currently two-thirds of the education for poor orphan boys. dream in 1848. The one constant for him young people at Quakerdale are psycho­ Described as short and heavyset, and might be the barns and acres of prime logically sick (with obvious needs), one­ always dressed in Quaker garb, he went cropland at the New Providence campus. third philosophically sick (confused about to Indiana in the rnid-1840s to see about He'd have to accept a more complex the nature of life). Few, he believes, are establishing two schools under the care defmition, however, of "homeless chil­ mentally ill or suffer clinical depression. of Indiana Yearly Meeting-one to be in dren." David Castle-a Friend, resident Most are physically robust and healthy, Indiana, the other in Iowa. In 1850 he psychologist, family therapist, and hus­ and of average intelligence. suddenly fell ill and died. However, by band ofEllie Castle (see article below}- For many Quakerdale youth, drugs bequest he provided and alcohol have seemed to provide tem­ $40,000 for the two porary escape from the traumas of their schools, and his daughters, lives. For others, perceptions oflove and Hannah and Rebecca, sex get dangerously confused. Conse­ were directed to carry out quently, verbal and physical violence be­ his plan. In 1851, I ,440 come usual among both boys and girls. acres were purchased near The on-campus curriculum is expanding the Salem Quaker com­ to include training in conflict resolution. munity in southeast Iowa Yet, at best, their futures remain un­ with $10,000 reserved for certain. It's obvious, says David Castle, new buildings. that lasting benefit to these youngsters IfJosiah White were to requires in-home family therapy as well. visit today's Quakerdale Though expensive and time-consuming, (as the Iowa Institute was family therapy is a growing part of the renamed in 1940) he'd not program. Finally, David observes, when every­ thing else runs out, maybe all that re­ mains for many of these kids is faith in God. Stories of Troubled Lives "As Quakers we think differently about spirituality," says David. "We represent uring the day ofmy recent visit tough-minded and fundamentalist it as everyday and practical, not just out to Quakerdale I was invited family. She distrusts "religion." of the sky. We have a unique (not doctri­ D to observe one ofits programs Marsha, at Quakerdale for over a naire) view of the Spirit, somewhat at in action. Friend Ellie Castle, a retired year and appearing mature beyond variance with other denominational po­ teacher and social worker, gathered her years, tearfully describes being a sitions today. 'That of God in every per­ six teen-agers to talk with me about victim of both her "real" dad and son' is still revolutionary. These youth why they're at Quakerdale. They're "adoptive" dad. More recently she's are getting some of this Quaker exposure volunteers in a group, created and led suffered severe resentment from her here but not, we believe, in a threatening by Ellie, called Helping Us Resolve mother upon having, at 14, her step­ way. Most had abandoned religion be­ Traumatic Situations (HURTS). For a father's child. fore they came. But eventually some ac­ time these students had already been Sharon, now two years at cept spirituality as a safety net and are talking to one another about the con­ Quakerdale and still quite self-con­ strengthened. We see this as one of duct and circumstances that brought scious, says she's felt required, for Quakerdale's particular services." them under state custody. protection, to become a compulsive To the credit ofgenerations ofQuaker Would these teen-agers tell their liar. She first experienced abuse at Trustees (appointed by Iowa Yearly stories before a stranger? When Ellie, age four, though memory of it has Meeting, Oskaloosa) who have cared for whom they trusted, completed intro­ become strangely vague. Later she "White's Iowa Institute" for nearly a cen­ ductions all around, most appeared to was under repeated assaults by an tury and a half, the original intent of relax. Soon, one by one, they offered older boyfriend and his friends. Josiah White remains respected and pre­ details of their troubled lives. I was Randy, resident for six months, de­ served. It's regrettable that this deeply­ permitted to take notes. scribes being fairly regularly abused, rooted Quaker project is so little known Bob (all names are changed) is from mostly by his dad's friend, from about in the larger Quaker family. 0 central Iowa and has been at age four through twelve. He says it is Quakerdale nine months. Shy but ar­ probably violent rebellion that got him ticulate, he describes childhood sexual into juvenile court. abuse by adult men and women; some Karen, 16, was often abused by were family. At flrst he thought this two family members (mother and A professional filmmaker in "normal." brother) and a cousin. She was unable Waterloo, Iowa, has contributed a mov­ Lorrie, 17, was an early victim of to say more. ing half-hour video of the Quakerdali her step-father, though he vigorously Five of the above said they've con­ program that can be borrowed by writ­ denies it. Speaking barely above a sidered or attempted suicide. ing Donna Lawler, development direc­ whisper, she says she comes from a Wilmer Tjossem tor, Quakerdale, New Providence, /A 50206; telephone (515) 497-5294.

8 August 1993 FRIENDS JOURNAL by Gregg Lamm

hor Joseph Campbell had a keen understanding of the "power of the myth"-which, most simply put, is the wonder created in the life of the listener as he/she hears and absorbs the telling of someone's story. I feel our society has lost the power of oral tradi­ tion. To be a person is to have a story to tell. Let me share with you what I mean. I had two kinds of grandpas. One gave me gifts he bought with money­ treasures I could hold in my hands. The other one gave me gifts he bought with life-narratives I could hold in my heart. If you'd asked me when I was ten years old which grandpa I liked the best, I would have said "the one with the pre­ sents." But if you'd ask me now, rd say "the one with the presence." The grandpa with the presents seemed so real back then. I could run with the stick horse. I could build with the blocks. I could trip with the jump rope. But the grandpa with the presence seemed kind of bor­ ing, just a denim-covered lap with an enormous story-telling mouth at the top. Many ofmy perceptions have changed since I was ten. When someone gives you a present, you're left with a visible enough to offer them their story, their less mystery that it is, for the boredom and representation of what their resources journey, a glimpse into their lives, so as to pain of it no Jess than in the excitement and can afford. A toy or a knickknack, no encourage them along their own path. gladness; touch, taste, smell your way to the matter how much it is cherished, will The oral tradition has the power to not holy and hidden heart of it, because, in the someday become dusty, broken, or lost. only convey Truth, but also to inspire last analysis, all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace. But when someone gives you their pres­ change. And I sense that each of us (in As you ponder the "story of you," I invite ence, you're left with a part of the person ways spoken and unspoken) longs for a you to "listen to your life," asking how your themselves: a memory of what it means place as inviting as a lap, where the chal­ presence and God's grace can combine to to have loved and been loved; a glimpse lenge to worship and reflect is shared in make a difference in the lives ofthose around into the grace-waves of their life; a re­ an atmosphere ofhonesty and acceptance. you. So often we miss the miraculous be­ flection on chances passed by or seized; Are our meetings and churches respond­ cause we're looking for the spectacular, and a history of a person who isn't willing to ing to that need? In our gatherings, do we all the while the holy and the hidden lie be defined merely by what they've done, give one another the chance to celebrate waiting to be uncovered and shared through but by who they are. redemption and compassion, explore the miraculous ministry of our presence. Many people today are crying out for struggles and doubts, and discover faith someone who will offer them the gift of and grace? God, may we know the spirit required their presence, someone courageous In his book Now and Then, Frederick to leap beyond that which is comfort­ Buechner writes, able, towards that which is life-chang­ Gregg Lamm is campus pastor at George ing- not only for ourselves, but for those Fox College, Newberg, Oregon. Listen to your life. See it for the fathom- to whom we will share our presence. 0

FRIENDS JOURNAL August 1993 9 THE AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMI'I.I'EE-

by Irwin Abrams We couldn't appoint everybody with the spirit in which it was performed that such convictions who applied (we had to was so important. much appreciated the excellent is­ look into earlier experience and matters When relief work was no longer the sue of the FRIENDS JouRNAL on the oftemperament), but we tried to be faith­ major emphasis, my next AFSC assign­ I 75th anniversary of the American ful to AFSC's mission to open the gates ment was to organize our international Friends Service Committee (Aprill992): of opportunity as widely as possible. In work camp programs, which enabled well planned, well written, a first-rate one way, to be sure, our "ordinaries" young people to serve abroad in ways depiction of the AFSC today. But several were especially qualified for their work not so demanding but more appropriate articles raised questions that have been overseas. The chairman of the Norwe~ to their talents, and again I had the privi­ nagging. gian Nobel Committee, in presenting the lege of facilitating the service of some Paul Lacey suggested that each of us 1947 peace prize to the AFSC and the wonderful people. may have our own AFSC. In his own British Friends Relief Service, said that it So my time with the AFSC was in­ conception, based on Jerry Frost's fine was not the extent of the relief work, but deed a golden age. Moreover, in the train- article on AFSC beginnings, "though the AFSC isn't what it used to be, it never was." So we are to be freed from our illu­ sions of "a golden age," espe­ cially those of us who "fear we have lived in an age oflead." In my own experience work­ ing with the AFSC during war and post-war years, the AFSC was indeed what it used to be, an organization that was devoted to providing opportunities for service for Friends. I was in the personnel office, helping train workers for their overseas as­ signments, and I can testify that many wonderful people passed through those gates for which the office under Elmore Jack­ son, with Anna Brinton as the chair of the Personnel Commit­ tee, was the gatekeeper. Not all were Friends, to be sure, but all were imbued with ·Friends principles and convic­ tions. Few were professionally trained for the work they were ·to do; most were, in the apt phrase Elise Boulding uses, "God's ordinaries," young and older people from all walks of ~ life seeking to put their inner ~ convictions into practice by an- ~ swering the call to relieve suf- ~ fering. ~ -:---:--=-:-::--:.,---:c---- :::: A memberofYellowSprings (Ohio) ] Meeting, Irwin Abrams is profes- ti sor ofhistory emeritus at Antioch ~ College. ::!

10 ing programs I conducted I would bring John tells us that in the '60s there was can be confident the AFSC as a Friends the trainees together with Rufus Jones an "internal debate" in the AFSC as to committee draws its inspiration and and other AFSC founders and with work­ whether it should be an instrument of strength from the spiritual source. ers from the earliest era who described social change or a service framework for As the criterion of policy becomes their experiences in a period that seemed Friends. A major question, he says, was social "impact," moving society further to me perhaps not pure gold, but still far "what would enable AFSC to have the toward the Kingdom of God on earth, is from leaden. greatest hope of impact," and the out­ there a danger the AFSC might neglect Now we have a different AFSC. John come "shifted the balance toward social the proper concern of Friends, to ad­ change." Perhaps this em­ vance first the Kingdom ofGod which is phasis resulted in more ef­ within? We all know how we can be­ fectively advancing the so­ come so absorbed in trying to respond to cial concerns of many the pressing calls from the needy world Friends, but was it making without that we may not heed the divine of the Service Committee call within. more of a social reform or­ In my golden age, the outside calls ganization? were just as pressing as today, but there Now, I have no problem were meetings for worship for staff both with Quakers helping run an in Philadelphia and in the field which organization that works for gave us inspiration and strength and social change and is not helped us keep our priorities straight. To unmindful of Quaker prin­ what extent today does the staff "seek ciples. I recognize that to be spiritual guidance together?" most effective in this work it We are hardly prepared to lay upon needs a professional staff, ourselves "the burden of the world's suf­ and I can see the value in fering" if we have not in worship some­ having this staff reflect the how participated in that suffering our­ ethnic and cultural diyersity selves and let ourselves be filled with an of the society toward which abundance of the divine spirit of love that change is directed. I can and caring. Only then can our good works happily support such an or­ be truly Friends' service. Left: Quaker relief work In France, 1947 ganization. As a historian, I am well aware how Above: A volunteer In AFSC's Material Aids But is this still an Ameri­ institutions change in time and face new program, 1989 can Friends Service Commit- conditions. I know that in both AFSC tee? Does the hallowed name "golden ages" in the great war and post­ Sullivan sees it as a microcosm of the still fit? The Friends Committee on Na­ war periods of this century, there were "harmonious pluralist society," the King­ tional Legislation, for example, is ex­ available large pools of Quaker and dom of God on earth of which Friends actly what its name implies. On the page Friendly volunteers ready to serve over­ may dream. But to achieve the diversity of the FRIENDS JouRNAL opposite Elise's seas and staff the Philadelphia office, of which John writes so compellingly, article, the FCNL calls on all Friends to conscientious objectors to war eager to the AFSC has encountered some criti­ "help us choose our road," which "the give years of their lives to repair its rav­ cism. Paul Lacey refers to those Friends 250 Friends on FCNL's General Com­ ages. who argue "that both affirmative action mittee, seeking spiritual guidance to­ This is past history. But would it be and professionalization of staff have ex­ gether," were to decide about in direct­ possible for the AFSC today to find the cluded Quakers from working for AFSC." ing the FCNL's future policies on na­ right projects and provide the right op­ Tony Henry tells of how this may tional legislation. portunities for more Friends to serve, actually happen. He gives an interesting In Jerry Frost's article we find the perhaps with the financial support oftheir example illustrating how if you really AFSC Board insisting in 1920 that "the meetings? "want to advance what AFSC wants to Service Committee was to provide serv­ Could the AFSC help mobilize our advance," you may not hire the Quaker ice and was to be evaluated on how well young people to undertake a period of applicant, but the "person best suited for its members served." To what extent is significant service? Today there is much the job" [italics his]. the AFSC today a service committee, talk of national service for youth. I re­ John Sullivan refers to the ending of centrally concerned about providing op­ member how Clarence Pickett would the work camp programs, in which so portunities for the service ofFriends and point to the voluntary service which Mor­ many of us served the kind of appren­ others with Friendly convictions? mon young people undertook in their own ticeships for which Elise Boulding is call­ The larger question is to what extent way and would ask whether young Quak­ ing. One of the reasons for dismantling the AFSC is a Friends committee? Since ers could not also make such a commit­ the youth projects, John explains, was the matter ofthe relations between AFSC ment. because they were not contributing to the staff and the Society of Friends is under Are we up to such challenges? Could empowerment ofthe disadvantaged com­ present discussion, with good prospects the American Friends Service Commit­ munities for which the work campers for continued closer attention of AFSC tee once again become a great service labored. They were not, in effect, ad­ to relations with yearly meetings, I will committee in a new golden age? And vancing what the AFSC wanted to ad­ not address this particular question here. keep its hallowed name without ques­ vance. But I do ask myself to what extent we tion? 0

FRIENDS JouRNAL August 1993 11 EQUIPPING FOR MINISTRY by Margaret Benefiel hat has equipping for ministry it occur. In an epistle to Friends in 1654, Rebecca persevered in her spiritual jour- meant for Friends historically? she wrote: ney and later became one of the most W And what does it mean for influential 18th-century Friends minis- Friends today? Is equipping for ministry Therefore, my Dear Hearts be Faithful every ters. one in your particular measure ofGod's Gift antithetical to Friends worship, at least in which hath [been] given you .... Therefore Early Friends ministers frequently the unprogrammed tradition and perhaps as you tender your own Souls, and your traveled in the ministry. For these Friends in the programmed tradition as well? That Eternal Good, keep in the fear of the Lord, the entire process of discerning one's is, are we not supposed to come to wor- and be low, that the Plant of the Lord may call to ministry and discerning a leading ship open to the fact God can speak take root downward in you. to travel in the ministry-in short, the through anyone, not just through those discerning of vocation-was firmly who are specially equipped? Margaret Fell was aware that the process rooted in community. A Friend was rec- It is my conviction that equipping for ofspiritual growth was like the growth of ognized as a minister and recorded after ministry is not antithetical to Friends faith a tender young plant and that it needed she or he spoke enough times in meeting and practice. In fact, quite the op- and the meeting experienced posite; it is necessary to our con- God's voice speaking through tinuing vitality. Early Friends knew him or her to their hearts. El- this. We Friends have a rich heri- ders viewed it as their respon- tage in this area, with many ex- sibility to be attuned to the amples of people who W<';re gift of ministry in their midst, equipped for ministry and who to encourage it as it began to equipped others. Historically emerge, and to begin the re- Friends have had a keen aware- cording process when it had ness of and strong commitment to matured. They had a special nurturing the two things that one responsibility to nurture min- writer, Donald Reeves, has named isters. as the central elements ofa middle- When a minister had a class liberation movement: voca- leading to travel in the minis- tion and community. These two try, the community would dis- elements can be seen both in his- cern with him whether it was tori cal examples and in contempo- 6 genuine and, if so, send him rary Quakerism. Let us examine ~ off with their blessing, a trav- each of these in turn. ~ eling minute, their prayers, One ofthe most important com- ~ and often financial support. ponents of equipping for ministry ~ They also helped him fmd a is the offering of spiritual nurture. ~ traveling companion if he did Without spiritual nurture, the ten- ~ not have one in mind already. der shoots ofnewly-emerging gifts ro They saw the traveling minis- of ministry, of new calls to minis- · ~ teras part of their community try, ofvocation, dry up and wither & even when they were apart, away. Without spiritual nurture, es- .______. and looked forward to reports tablished ministers burn out and give up. careful nurture and attention. ofhis ministry through letters and in per- Spiritual nurture was one of the most Later Friends continued this practice son when he returned. important pieces of work that first-gen- of spiritual nurture. Catherine Phillips, One example of the traveling minis- eration Friends did. for example, wrote a letter ofencourage- try comes from the Journal of John Margaret Fell, for example, early es- ment to 16-year-old Rebecca Jones, who Woolman, in which Woolman reports tablished what it meant to be a spiritual was converted under her ministry when one of his trips in the ministry. His pro- nurturer. She visited, was visited by, and Catherine was traveling in the ministry in cess began with a leading or, as he called corresponded with many Friends, com- America in 1754. Rebecca had written it in this situation, with an "exercise." He menting on and encouraging the devel- Catherine a letter about her spiritual con- said he felt ''the exercise in relation to a opment ofth eir irmer lives. She expected dition, and Catherine responded: visit to the Southern Provinces increase spiritual maturity of her friends, chal- upon me." The next step for Woolman lenged them to it, and in many cases saw 1 have carefully read thy letter, and from a was to check his perception with others. tendemessofspiritwhich 1feel towards thee, Was he correct in assuming that this "ex­ Margaret Benefiel teaches at the Earlham conceived much hope that thou wilt do well, ercise" was from God? And so he brought School ofReligion . She is a member ofFresh if thou keep to the Power which has visited the concern to his local Friends meeting. Pond Friends Meeting, Cambridge, Mass. thee. They listened to him and concurred with

12 August 1993 FRIENDS JoURNAL him, and he "obtained their certificate" among traveling ministers. Catherine's try journey (which lasted several months) to take with him on his journey, to show writings reveal in more detail than most Catherine and Mary continued to corre­ that he had the approval ofhis local meet­ Friends writings her relationship with her spond with one another. In 1753, they ing for his travels. The next step was to spiritual nurturer, Mary Peisley, in the again felt led to travel in the ministry discern whether he was to go alone or to early days of her ministry. together and embarked for America on a have a companion, and when his brother In 1751, at age 24, Catherine first trav­ journey which was to last for three years. from Philadelphia came toWoolman and eled in the ministry with Mary Peisley. The spiritual nurture relationship contin­ offered to go with him, Woolman was Mary was older and more experienced ued in this three-year period. not sure, because ofsome business com­ than Catherine. In her journal, Catherine A letter Catherine wrote to Mary in mitments the brother had that could hinder expresses her gratitude to God "in af­ 1753,just before they traveled to America him in the ministry. But Woolman "had fording me one so steady and experi­ together, reveals the spiritual closeness conversation with him at sundry times," enced, from whose conduct I might gather she continued to feel when they were so that they could mutually seek God's instruction." During this journey, in ad­ apart: "I rejoice to find that unity, and will. Finally, after many conversations, dition to their mutual work in the minis­ sympathy of spirit, which so remarkably Woolman said "[I] ... fe[lt] easy in my try, Mary spent time with Catherine at­ attended us when present, subsists now mind" to accept his brother as a compan­ tending to the movements ofthe Spirit in absent. ..." She goes on to indicate that ion in the ministry. Again, Woolman Catherine's life, accompanying Catherine she feels spiritually known and under­ checked his discernment with others be­ on her spiritual journey. After the minis- st<;>od by Mary when she refers to and fore proceeding. He "had conversation with several elderly Friends of Philadel­ phia on the subject." When they con­ curred with the discernment, they issued his brother a certificate, too. And so the two set out on their travels through the southern provinces of America to talk to conceived in Philadelphia Yearly slave owners about the practice of own­ altimore Yearly Meeting has a Spiritual Formation Program, Meeting and later spread to New En­ ing slaves and to convince them to give it which focuses on spiritual nur­ gland, Indiana, and other yearly meet­ up. B Much spiritual nurture occurred on ture as a context for discovering vo­ ings. A one-year program, it usually begins with a weekend retreat in the these travels in the ministry as two or cation and building community. Par­ more ministers traveled together. A young ticipants from across the yearly meet­ fall and ends with another weekend ing begin the one-year program with retreat in the spring. The fall term is minister usually traveled with an older a weekend retreat in the fall, designed spent studying the Bible, the winter minister or elder. First journeys in the to provide spiritual nurture and to studying Christian thought, and the ministry were usually short, both in time spring studying Quaker faith and prac­ and distance. But as a minister matured, introduce them to a variety of spiri­ tice. Each participant, in addition to she often felt called to travel longer dis­ tual disciplines to provide ongoing support for spiritual growth. Through­ the classes, meets regularly with a tances, perhaps from England to Europe out the year, participants meet in spiritual friend. The spiritual friend­ or America, and these journeys some­ ships provide a place for mutual shar­ times lasted as long as two or three years. smaller local groups to do worship­ These times of traveling together in the sharing related to readings from spiri­ ing, support, and prayer. ministry, discerning together the spiri­ tual classics and in even smaller The Gifts and Discoveries pro­ groups to share their spiritual jour­ gram, available through Woodbrooke tual condition of Friends meetings or families they visited were times of pro­ neys and to support one another in and now being used in the United found spiritual bonding and growth. the spiritual disciplines they have cho­ States as well as England, provides a sen to practice. These groups are de­ context in which Friends can discover , Probably the traveling ministry, more their vocations and build community. than anything else, gave Friends the op­ signed to build a community in which Through worship, Bible study, study portunity to be together spiritually, to one can learn to listen to the Spirit. A spring workshop day and a closing of Quakerism, and personal sharing exercise their gifts of leadership, and to and spiritual nurture, Friends in a lo­ be nurtured and challenged to deeper weekend retreat in early summer pro­ levels in the spiritual life; in short, to be vide opportunities for these Friends cal meeting can meet these needs without having to bring in outside equipped for ministry. These Friends who have been learning to listen to the Spirit to identify what next step were in life and death situations together, leadership. often with no one else to rely on than one that Spirit is calling them into, what Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conserva­ tive) carries on the tradition of equip­ another and God. Thus, a network of their vocation is, and with what gifts of ministry that Spirit may be equip­ ping for ministry in the Wilburite tra­ spiritual support and nurture was estab­ dition. Ministers are recorded, and lished among Quaker ministers. Their ping them. A series of classes for the elders' responsibility to notice and spiritual lives grew and deepened in the "graduates" of the program offer on­ going community and spiritual nur­ nurture budding ministers is taken fertile soil of this environment, the com­ munity of ministers. ture for those who are trying to be very seriously. When it becomes clear A closer look at one example of spiri­ faithful to their call to ministry in that someone is called and gifted as a minister, the recording process is be­ tual nurture, ofequippirig for ministry, in whatever form that takes. gun, and the elders and the meeting the journal and letters of Catherine The Quaker Studies Program was Phillips, reveals this spiritual nurture

FRJENDS JouRNAL August 1993 13 affirms "the sense thou hadst ofmy [spiri­ After the women returned home in meetings where they would have seen tual] state." In the same letter, she re­ 1756, they probably continued their rela­ one another. It is also likely they contin­ quests Mary's help in discernment about tionship of spiritual nurture, as they both ued to correspond about spiritual mat­ the trip to America. She is not sure she is continued to travel in the ministry and ters. discerning correctly whether she should also attend various quarterly and yearly The kind of spiritual nurture relation­ go, and turns to Mary as her spiritual ship Mary and Catherine had was not guide: uncommon among Quaker ministers. Some of their relationships may have I intreet [sic] thee to weigh it well, and as been of only a few years' duration; oth­ disinterestedly as possible, and give me thy ers lasted longer. But it is clear from thoughts thereupon with all the freedom which reading letters and journals of 17th and our friendship, and the nature of the case, 18th century Friends ministers that they requires, not concealing one doubt; for I am relied heavily on relationships of spiri­ exceedingly afraid of being deceived, and tual nurture to be sustained in their min­ would willingly be convinced, if this appear­ ance is but for the proving of my submission. istry; their community was essential as ongoing support for their vocations. In Mary's letter back to Catherine, she In the context ofspiritual nurture, these offers her help in discernment, as well as Friends named the gifts of ministry they her comments about Catherine;s present saw in one another and provided ongo­ spiritual condition. ' ing nurture for their development. What were the gifts these Friends named? The two that were most prevalent were being > as a whole discern with the Friend getting spiritual nurture and of help­ ministers and elders. Ministers were those what this call is and how it can be ing a person get clear about vocation. who spoke frequently in meeting and carried out faithfully. The elders and Perhaps you or others you know touched people's hearts with God's mes­ the meeting uphold the minister in are just beginning to get an inkling of sage. Elders were those who had a gift prayer from start to finish, and respect a gift of ministry the Spirit is giving for listening, for discerning where the and cherish the gift of ministry that you. How can you~make space to let Spirit was moving in an individual's and has been given to the meeting com­ that gift emerge and follow it wher­ a meeting's life. These Friends were able munity through this particular Friend. ever it takes you? to see and name these manifestations of There are a few other forms of Perhaps you or others in your meet­ the Spirit's work in their midst. Are support for vocation and community ing are clear about your vocation, but Friends today doing the same? In some that deserve mention. First, worship­ have been feeling stuck as to how to places, yes. Consider a few contempo­ sharing groups- groups that meet follow it. What can you do to get the rary examples. regularly and commit themselves to a help you need for the next step? Many present-day Friends are reclaim­ certain number of times meeting to­ Perhaps you or others in your meet­ ing the skill ofn aming the Spirit's mani­ gether and sharing in a worshipful con­ ing have been following your calling festation in their midst. The gifts of min­ text with one another. These can often but are beginning to bum out. What ister aad elder are being recognized again be a place for spiritual nurture and a can you do to get the help you need? today. Some Friends are being recog­ resource for the discovering of voca­ Perhaps you or others in your meet­ nized in their meetings as vocal minis­ tion and the forming of community. ing find all this talk about gifts and ters. Others are recognized and supported Second, going to a place like Pendle calling and vocation opaque; and any­ in their call to travel in the ministry under Hill or Woodbrooke or School of the way, you already feel overburdened a specific concern. Others are being rec­ Spirit can be a way of being equipped with all the tasks you are doing. What ognized as elders, those who have the for ministry and getting spiritual nur­ can you do to get out from under the gift oflistening, or discerning, of spiritu­ ture. Pendle Hill offers a course regu­ burden and learn to listen to the ally nurturing others. In addition, some larly called "On Being a Spiritual Spirit's movement within you? are discovering other gifts, other mani­ Nurturer," which helps elders to learn Remember, ifit's burdensome and festations of the Spirit's work in their how to carry out their task of spiritual oppressive, it's probably not from midst. Perhaps the most precious heri­ nurture in a meeting. Pendle Hill also God. The God who calls us also gives tage left to us by early Friends is not just offers a course regularly called "Trav­ us the resources to do the task to which the tradition of ministers and elders, but eling in the Ministry" in which those we are called. The hallmarks of the the practice of discerning the manifesta­ who want to explore this direction can Friend responding to his or her call tions of the Spirit in our midst, the dis­ read about Friends in the past who are courage, energy, and joy. cernment process. For as the needs of have done it and also have the experi­ Finally, remember that as you people vary from time to time and from ence themselves of traveling in the name and respond to your vocation, place to place, so may the manifestations ministry if they feel so led. School of your obedience and aliveness can free of the Spirit vary to meet these needs. the Spirit offers a year-long program others. Your response can empower But it is one and the same Spirit, and as to nurture nurturers, helping elders others to respond to their call. we Jearn from those early Friends who identify and develop their gifts. Third, What is the next step for you? grew to be expert listeners to the Spirit, spiritual friendships, spiritual direc­ we too can learn to listen and we will tion, and retreats can all be ways of Margaret Benefiel hear and see the Spirit's movement among us for our day. 0

14 August 1993 FRIENDS JoURNAL SOUTH AFRICA:

by Margaret Hope Bacon n a mud and wattle house, in the vil­ there, they shot and killed his brother, lence that ranges from massacres such as lage ofMsobomvu, an extended Afri­ wounded his wife, and moved to another Biopatong and Bisho, to large-scale at­ I can family has gathered to mourn its house belonging to the same extended tacks on whole communities, killings on dead. They sit in silence, except for the family, where they could not find their commuter trains, targeted assassinations, occasional sobs of a young woman who intended victim but killed instead his and endless reprisals. In the vast major­ has lost both mother and father. Outside, mother, father, and a young niece. ity ofthese cases, the perpetrators are not the rolling hills of Ciskei are green with Throughout South Africa, which I vis­ brought to judgment. It is the perception spring, and the view of Hogback Moun­ ited in October of 1992 as part of a six­ of most of the people with whom we tain is breathtaking. Inside, there is the person American Friends Service Com­ talked that the South African police, numbness of raw grief. mittee team, scenes like these are re­ which enforced apartheid for many years Four nights ago, hooded men came to peated over and over as a vicious spiral with great vigor and cruelty, makes little the door and demanded one of the sons of violence takes its toll on the lives not or no effort to stop the violence, and is in of the family. When told he was not of the politicians but of ordinary people many cases itself complicit. Without a trying to tend their animals, send their sense of there being an impartial law and Margaret Hope Bacon's most recent book is children to school, buy groceries, sur­ order that will bring the perpetrators of One Woman's Passion for Peace and Free­ vive from day to day. violence to justice, the victims see no dom (Syracuse, 1993). She is a member of Since January 1990, more than 9,000 alternative but to take reprisals into their Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting. people have been killed in intense vio- own hands. A cycle of attack and re-

FRIENDS JOURNAL August 1993 15 sponse is thus put into motion, which black South African has yet voted. uct of an elaborate fantasy in the minds perpetuates the violence until sometimes Moreover, the level of anger, so ap­ of South African Nationalists. Africans the original cause is obscured and the parent in 1964, has risen to volcanic pro­ denied citizenship in the white areas humanity of the participants diminished. portions in the intervening years. Ifyoung where they lived and worked were prom­ The violence is such that people live people were angry then, a new genera­ ised it in the supposedly independent in a constant state of fear. "You cannot tion, their children, aie furious now. While homelands, barren wastelands for the trust your neighbor or your child, you the violence in South Africa today is most part, where their wives and chil­ can barely sleep at night," one woman rooted fundamentally in the refusal of dren were sent and they sometimes vis­ told us. No one attends night meetings in the white regime to share power, it is ited. Altogether, at least three million the villages. Church work, women's meet­ fueled by the explosive nature of this Africans were forcefully relocated to ings, adult education all suffer as a result. anger. People in South Africa talk of a keep this fiction alive. In creating the Ciskei security forces in the area that I spiral of violence in which retaliation homelands, the governrnent promised was told families would prefer to go with­ plays a role. It is very often the young amenities such as water and jobs. But out water than to make the application. people ofthe community who respond to water was never supplied, and the jobs I had visited South Africa once before attacks upon their leaders with further created by heavily subsidized foreign in­ in 1964, and came away deeply depressed violence. A whole generation is growing dustry offered wages far below the mini­ by the structures of apartheid, but en­ up with little respect for law and order, mum standards, and working conditions couraged by the strength and determina­ little interest in education, little faith in that were exploitative. Whenever Afri­ tion of the people we met. This time I their leaders; a lost generation who rely cans tried to organize to improve these experienced the same roller coaster of on drugs and violence for excitement. conditions, the industries fled. feelings. The visible signs of petty apart­ However the present political struggle By creating the fiction ofindependent heid are gone; no more Nie Blanke signs comes out-and it seems clear there will homelands, the Nationalist governrnent at restroorns or on park benches. But the be some sort of nonracial governrnent developed a group ofFrankensteins . Sub­ structures ofapartheid, the reservation of within the next year-the leaders of the sidized by the Nationalists, the leaders of 87 percent of the land .to the 13 percent new South Africa face a fearful legacy. the homelands tasted power and found it ofthe population who are white, the con­ It is in fact very hard to see how· the to their liking. Today, in the Ciskei and in trol of economic and political power in structures ofapartheid can be dismantled. Bophuthatswana, dictators rule who ruth­ white hands, the inadequate schools, hous­ The creation of the Bantustans, areas lessly repress the free political expres­ ing, and services for nonwhites, were where various tribal groups were sup­ sion oftheir citizens. Two recent massa­ still present. Despite all the talk, not one posed to create homelands, was the prod- cres at Bisho and Boipotang bear witness

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16 August 1993 FRIENDS JoURNAL to this policy. And while KawZulu has system itself, sanctions, and the flight of very moved when she told us she be­ never accepted independence, Chief industry frightened by the current levels lieves nevertheless the community has to Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi and his of violence, South Africa is experiencing learn to live with its differences. "That is KwaZulu Police bear down heavily on a major recession, with unemployment the only way we can grow." any political gathering not of their liking, as high as 50 percent in some areas. In the Ciskei, still reeling from the and seem intent on destabilizing the Af­ From the South African consul to the aftermath of the Bisho massacre, we in­ rican National Congress leadership in the UN, to members ofthe Communist party, terviewed a teacher and mother of four area. everyone we talked to said they were children whose house was bombed at 11 Could the Nationalist government very worried about the future and about p.m. Only her quick thinking, in dousing reign in its puppets if it would? Most meeting even the minimum expectations herself with water and removing the flam­ people with whom we talked think so. of the people. Basic rural development is ing bedspread, saved her house from con- The violence South Africa is experienc­ ing consists largely of attacks on ANC Margaret Bacon leadership in KwaZulu, in Bophuthats­ (left) and delegation members Harry wana, and in the Ciskei. The police and Amana (rear) and the security forces at best play a passive Tandl Gcabashe role there, and are often suspected of (right) visit with being in league with the assassins. Until Ela Ramgobln, recently, the police and the army have granddaughter of been taught to regard members of the Mahatma Gandhi, ANC and other liberation movements as and her daughter. the enemy, to be gotten rid of by any means necessary; it is not swprising if this mindset is hard to change, especially since most of the officers are far to the right of the DeKlerk government. More­ over, there is no question that the Nation­ alists will hold on to some white power in the new South Africa to the degree they are successful in weakening the popular movement, and in strengthening badly needed to permit rural families to flagration. She was still frightened, she the homeland leaders and others who make a living on the land, and industrial confided to me, and could not sleep at want a decentralized government, with development is needed to create jobs. night. We also talked with Marie Bevu, maximum power in regional units such None of this, however, can happen be­ 34, publicity secretary for ANC, and the as the homelands. When we were in South fore violence is curtailed. While the mother of four children, whose house Africa, many people shared with us their present South African government re­ had been shot into and its windows bro­ suspicion that this state of affairs was mains in power, it must be held account­ ken. Two other houses in the same vil­ orchestrated by a shadowy "third force" able for maintaining law and order. It is lage had been recently hit. Our trip to within the government. In December, unacceptable for a regime that maintained Msobomvu, near Alice, in the shadow of President DeKlerk admitted the existence one of the most efficient police states in Hogback, came the next day. In each of such a force, and fired 23 officers as a the world to plead that it is unable to stop case I felt in the depths of outrage and of result. violence between its citizens. grief, the determination of the survivors Aside from the problems ofthe home­ It was our painful task to interview to keep on with their struggle. lands, I was appalled at the legacy of victims of violence in various areas of In the Ciskei we also talked with three apartheid that will face the city planners the country. In Natal we met Eric Dhlomo young women who were refugees from and the educators ofa new South Africa. Mkharyk, 22, an ANC youth organizer, their village, having participated in the The townships surrounding the major cit­ who had been awakened and shot at by a killing of the hated headman. While the ies have experienced immense over­ group of armed men in the early hours of injustice that caused them to decide to crowding in recent years. Families have the morning. He had escaped but the kill the man was clear, we were all dis­ fled starvation in the homelands, and men, one of whom was white, had shot turbed by the matter offact way in which crowded into squatter communities on his mother and terrorized his little sister. they described the killing. Discussing this the fringes of the townships, where they This was bad enough but the next day we incident with a local Episcopal minister, live without adequate sanitation, water, heard the numbing story ofJames Zulu, a an African, we heard what we had been or streets. How to undo this nightmare is member of Inkatha who had lost his told many times before, that the climate a challenge to the brave city planners mother, only brother, and his small son of violence was causing the young people trying to envision a future. And the and infant daughter in a midnight raid. In to lose their sense of the preciousness of schools, for so long offering a segregated Empangeni we interviewed Mrs. Abbie human life, their humanity. and inferior education, are beginning to Mchumu, 54, a community nurse and But while there was much in South experiment timidly with integration, and member of the Inkatha Women's Bri­ Africa to cause dismay, I also found many face many challenges. gade, who described being shot at in 1987 grounds for hope. One was the apparent Thanks to the drop in the price of and having her house bombed in 1990. ease with which at least some South Af­ gold, the worldwide recession, a lack of One of her sons had been threatened rican whites have adjusted themselves to skilled workers created by the apartheid with death and had disappeared. I was living in a multiracial society, where ho-

FRIENDS JOURNAL August 1993 17 tels, resorts, and theater are all integrated, it difficult for me to spend as much time sanctions and isolation, internal boycotts, and school and housing integration is with Friends as I would have liked, but I rent strikes, mass marches, and mass ac­ beginning. Having lived in the U.S. South was deeply impressed with their total tions. The memory of both chief Albert in the 1930s and visited racist South Af­ dedication to the struggle. In Durban, for Lithluli (whose daughter, Tandi rica in the 1960s, I was acutely aware of instance, a group with whom we spent an Gcabashe, was one member of our del­ this development, though I know well it evening had all been in detention for egation) and of Mahatma Gandhi are can be only skin deep. their roles in the fighting for justice, a cherished by South Africans. I met young Another and more important hopeful fact that made me feel deeply humble. Africans in several areas who are eager change was the level of involvement in South Africa is currently experienc­ to study unarmed conflict and conflict the struggle for democracy among the ing the birth of a women's movement, in resolution techniques. people we met. From Beyers Naude, the which I was delighted to learn Friends On my first trip to South Africa I met courageous Dutch Reform minister who are playing an important role. Women Gandhi's daughter-in-law, Sushila broke with his community years ago to from the whole spectrum ofpolitical opin­ Gandhi, widow of Manilal, and her become an agent for change, to Arch­ ion, Nationalist to Communist, are joined daughter, Ela Ramgobin. It was a great bishop Dennis Hurley, a legendary name in a Women's National Coalition to de­ joy to meet Ela again on this trip, and to in the struggle, to George Bizos, the cru­ mand more representation in the groups find her deeply involved in both the sading human rights lawyer who de­ preparing for an interim government, a struggle and the new women's move­ fended Stephen Biko, to former univer­ woman's charter of rights for the new ment, along with her daughter, Asha, a sity students, black and white, who had constitution, and a women's agenda young lawyer with the fighting spirit of thrown in their lot with the movement for touching the issues of rape, abortion, in­ her great-grandfather. Richard Steele, a justice, we met dozens ofmen and women cest, bigamy, sexual harassment at the Quaker who has worked for the Interna­ of all racial backgrounds who deeply in­ work place, the spread of AIDS among tional Fellowship of Reconciliation, and spired us with their commitment and teenage girls, etc. Since last April, when his wife, Anita Kromberg, also an activ­ courage. Many were giving their full time the coalition was formed, regional groups ist, work closely with Ela Ramgobin in to work as lawyers for human rights, have been developed in the western Cape, trying to keep Gandhi's spirit alive in monitors of violence, church leaders, hu­ Transvaal, and Natal. In a country where Phoenix settlement, once his home in man rights advocates, members of the political opponents have had little oppor­ South Africa. regional dispute resolution committees, tunity to rub shoulders on common con­ It is people like these and their Afri­ and in many other capacities. The South cerns, and develop political tolerance, can allies who will decide the future of African Council of Churches, which the possibility that women can lead the South Africa. Those of us on the outside sponsored our trip, and the Border Coun­ way in such conciliation work is exciting. should be doing what we can to support cil ofChurches, which arranged our travel While the level of current violence in them materially and spiritually. Our pres­ in the Ciskei, were full oftotally engaged South Africa is dismaying, I took hope sure on our government and our corpora­ men and women willing to risk even life from the amount ofefforts to solve prob­ tions have helped, but without the strength itself in the cause of freedom. lems without violence put forward by the of the indomitable human spirit we so This was true also of the members of churches, the various dispute resolution often glimpsed in the lives we touched, the Religious Society of Friends whom I groups, and the ANC itself. To date, the the spiral of violence could continue to met in Johannesburg, Durban, and Cape­ forces that have brought about change engulf South Africa, that beautiful but town. The flying nature of our visit made have been largely unarmed: international troubled land. 0

We live by faith-a stubborn, natural kind PRAYER that seams our days and lives in place. by P. F. Newcomb We close our eyes against the dark, tum our backs on all it takes from us, becoming children again, vulnerable again, laid down defenseless to our dreams, to the morals others lack-but trusting, hopeful, sure we'll rise. Rise to tend a way of living whose simplicity eludes us-a world following the sun across the sky, a world separated from the primitive only by the focus of our visions, by manners, by the faith unacknowledged. Still, we live by that faith, and every act becomes an act of faith. This is not religion, not words repeated over and over, over and over again. Regardless of what we think we believe, or know, or need­ P. F . Newcomb lives in we live by faith, and living becomes our prayer. Norfolk, Virginia.

18 August 1993 FRIENDS JOURNAL TIME by Robert C. Murphy

ears ago I published a Prayer in this JouRNAL Y which included these lines: Thank you for Lesson # one hundred thousand and four: There is time for everything, which in shorthand is written: Yes. Thank you for time itself, the gift, party-wrapped in Yes. As usual my poetry proved to be a long, tapered leader drawing me unaware Might we slip out from under the culture over the years toward its meaning. In recent years my psychiatric prac­ that has taught us this-is-just-the-way­ tice has become more slender, not be­ cause I am "old," not because I'm not life-is, and find that time is our beloved­ "good," but I think because many who seek me out are not ready for all that I and delightful-friend? quietly want for them. The result is that I have time. Time is no longer a divinely conceived line in a poem; it now lies ness of, and care for, my patients. I am a perfectly serious report that was made patiently at my reach awaiting my plea­ discovering that time is friendly, gentle, by a well-schooled military officer in sure. Recovering from 77 years of cul­ and enlivening. It seems in some way Vietnam: "In order to save the village it tural time-training, I am fmding it like akin to the ceremonial sweats we take was necessary to destroy it" Saving time, Christmas to a five year old. I can read, with our Northern Cheyenne Reserva­ we tend to convert it into anxiety and write in my journal, ski and bicycle as I tion friends: sweats that leave every cell destroy the gift. Who among us has not please, offer demilitarizing sessions for in the body at peace. had clubbed into our soul the violent local high school classes, explore the di­ It is giving me an opening to explore urgency of "saving" and "using" our rections in which my life is heading and time's personal meaning- mine, and I time, while efficiently doing 16 interre­ the skills I need. I find fresh energy freed think that of others who may be less lated tasks all at once? up by my leisure sharpening my aware- time-rich than I am now. It will be good to do all of those things Bob Murphy and his wife, Georgia Foster, I have seen several articles on the after we have begun to accept the gift, arefounding members ofthe Sheridan (Wyo.) violence of our use--our misuse--of and learned no longer to murder it in the Worship Group. They are also members of time. Because it carmot be recycled we frenzy of ''using" it. There is nothing Wyoming Monthly Meeting and the Montana rightly regard it as -precious. Then we wrong with getting a whole lot accom­ Gathering ofFriends . often murder it in a marmer analogous to plished; it can be enormously satisfying.

FRIENDS JoURNAL August 1993 19 It can even bring us into awareness ofthe The problem with love is ours, not wonderful power that resides in us. God's; we, all of us, to some extent­ But the gift-accepting the gift-I death squad leaders and brutal dictators, think that is where we get into trouble. to a greater extent-shut that love out,tum We are told from the cradle that we are it off before we can know it. To that supposed to be grateful for gifts. extent we are not loved, because we do Often enough we are. But supposed not permit love to penetrate. And God, to? Should? Ought to? NO! Not if we respectful of our independence, does learn the simple truth of Hildegaard and not-cannot- interfere, cannot offer us Jean Goss-Mayr's claim that God is more than that gift of infinite importance "madly in love with us." We delight in and the joy and personal empowerment the awarenesses of God that we pick up that goes with it. from within and from each other-per­ For most of us, there's no harm in our haps one in every 10,000 available. But turning away; the beauty of our journey gratitude? Yes, when we are given it to is that we can learn to do so less and take Imagine a vacation so relaxing you flow sweetly through us. But no-not at in the joy and power of knowing our feel like part of the scenery. times when we are spiritually dead, which relationship with God more, with each Experience a farm vacation: I think 100 percent of us are some of the day, year, or decade. I don't know any -Explore hundreds of acres of pristine time-too much, for it is a dull and·frus­ other point to life. In letting go to the wilderness -Participate in the activities of farm life trating place. Trying to feel what we can­ simple acceptance of that love, life be­ -Experience animal life first hand not feel, we do violence to ourselves. comes easy, and time stretches gener­ -Relax in a peaceful simple That we experience as guilt. Guilt drowns ously out to make room for all our needs atmosphere gratitude; to the extent we flail ourselves and concerns. -Enjoy beautiful scenery I think God is the meaning of life and - Excellent Family Get Away for something we cannot feel, we love Mountain Dale Farm not ourselves, spouses, God, our chil­ that we live for no other reason than to (formerly the Water Co Farm) dren, or even the grosbeaks squabbling come as near to the Infinite as we possi­ RR 02 , Box 985 over the plentiful seeds at our feeder. We bly can. As we do so, our unconscious­ McClure, PA 17841 become restless and without goal. in the deepest reaches of which we and 717-658-3536 Open Year Round, Groups Welcome, Private Then we may get caught up in that old God touch each other-becomes in its Accommodations, Meals Available. poison: "There's too much to do." more accessible reaches an executive; it "There's never enough time!" Then we­ takes over our schedule, informing us in Bringing Friends' Concerns some of us- take oil so feverishly out of the most friendly and courteous possible lor Peace & Justice to the ground that we can't take time for its terms what we are to do and when. "Never Congress Since 1943 Wr~te or can 12021547·4343 safe transport; clearcut forests because having enough time" dwindles to vanish­ tor achon sugges11on tape selective harvesting takes time; or work ing, and our selfness and power become 14 hours a day for more money than we magnified by the sheer release ofenergy need, crowding out any danger offeeling in that transformation. joy and its frightening vulnerability. Life is joy in all of creation right here As soon as we know how unnecessary where we are, and when. Its sorrows and it all is, we will be bound to time only even its despairs are gateways to its fur­ when that binding is appropriate, and ther joy. We are free, free to think what recognize it as temporary. We will slip we think, feel what we feel, and do what out from under the culture that has taught we need to do with leisure and no frenzy. us this-is-just-the-way-life-is, and find We can love each other, God, and swal­ that time is our beloved-and delight­ low-tailed butterflies to the end of time ful-friend. God, whose gifts appear in and give our hearts to each other and to The Guest House at Knoll Fann measures of time, is madly in love with the bee-balm on which the swallowtails hnd Peace of ~Hittd and 'Renewal of Spirit us. Because it is impossible to tum off rest. We owe nothing; life, time, and Ott a 150 .f!cre Organic Fe:"" God's love for us, because that love is consciousness are gifts without the slen­ In tlte Hills of "'crmont infinite, because what is infinite cannot derest thread of strings attached. Within Scotch Highland cattle, horses, pond, be diminished, we owe God nothing and far wider limits than I think most of us organic gardens, pastures with spec­ can gain nothing but guilt by thinking realize, we can let joy and time and grati­ tacularviews, a well established guest that we do. The God of my experience tude take care of themselves. house serving three hearty meals a demands absolutely nothing from us and day. Work in our gardens, hike our loves us unconditionally. There is noth­ Thank you for joy, nature trails, relax in our hammocks, ing we can possibly do to make God love and for anxiety, hopelessness, and recreate your own spirit with a per­ us less. We might do well to be like our despair, sonal retreat or in fellowship with cat, who is given no chance to be un­ into the comers ofwhich you have other guests. Reasonable rates by day aware that we love her and who walks slyly concealed or week. 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Friends were reminded that these projects est Conference Center in Northern Indiana, FWCC Annual Meeting rely on contributions earmarked for Interna­ for our annual Midwinter Gathering. We were One hundred and sixty Friends from the tional Quaker Aid. warmly welcomed by the Epworth staff to a Friends World Committee for Consultation, Among other items, the Section's repre­ campus with rustic accommodations and Section of the Americas, were enthusias­ sentatives rejoiced at the participation of friendly fireplaces. Over 160 attenders and tically welcomed by Friends in Mexico as many younger Friends, heard testimony from children arrived in the midst ofa brilliant ice they gathered in Ciudad Victoria for the an­ two young Friends who had been on the storm. Many traveled great distances to the nual meeting, March 18-21. Although the 1992 Quaker Youth Pilgrimage to England rural location and experienced long transpor­ 1985 Triennial was held in Mexico, and one and Northern Ireland, and adopted a 16-month tation delays due to treacherous road condi­ site of the 1991 Friends World Conference budget of $763,431 that included a $31,487 tions, but we all arrived safely! was in Honduras, this was the first-ever an­ deficit item described as "additional income" Each dawn broke with views of a land­ nual meeting ofthe Section in Latin America. from sources not yet identified. scape renewed by fresh snowfalls and glis­ Yearly meeting representatives learned The local planning committee of Mexi­ tening tree limbs. As the Canada geese drifted of the history and activities of the 19 differ­ can Friends could not have been more car­ gracefully in and out of their refuge on fro­ ent groups ofFriends all over Mexico, linked ing. Matamoros Friends intervened with im­ zen Lake Webster, our own angels spoke to with Friends from North Carolina (FUM), migration authorities to allow a number of us of original blessing and the mysteries of Friends Church Southwest Yearly Meeting, North American Friends to enter Mexico the night sky. We were gathered in our meet­ Northwest Yearly Meeting, Pacific and without proper documents. Several U.S. ings for worship and reminded that we are, Intermountain Yearly Meetings. The work Friends discovered what it means to be an one and all, deeply spiritual beings in a firmly of Friends in Mexico began in the city of undocumented alien. The Friends Church in anchored faith community of Friends, allies, Matamoros in 1871 with the missionary ef­ Ciudad Victoria provided the opportunity for seekers, brothers and sisters, straight and forts of Samuel and Gulielma Purdie, who Friends to worship together in songs ofpraise gay. had the support of Indiana Yearly Meeting. and thanksgiving and hosted a fellowship Friday evening we got acquainted, en­ Highlights of the annual meeting under­ hour for the representatives. The local com­ joyed a soup supper, and were entertained by scored the importance of the growing role of mittee also arranged tours to a biological the coffee house performance of Jamie Fota. Latin American Friends in the Section. The reserve, El Cielo, and to the Balcon de On Saturday morning, Elizabeth Watson meeting welcomed with enthusiasm the af­ Montezuma, an archeological site of the spoke to us from our theme, "Expressing filiation ofSantidad Yearly Meeting of Gua­ Huasteca culture. Our Spirituality-Night and Day." She coun­ temala. The Bilingual Communications Com­ Friends were saddened by the news that seled us to recognize, embrace, and create mittee that provides English-Spanish trans­ visa difficulties prevented Friends from Bo­ from our individual rhythms in the day and lations at business meetings is assuming livia, Peru, Cuba, Jamaica, Guatemala, El night. Drawing from the Bible story ofJacob greater responsibilities. Among its new func­ Salvador, and Honduras from participating. and Esau, she also encouraged us to see the tions are the following: compiling a list of Mexican immigration authorities refused a face of God in those who wrestle with us in Quaker publications in Spanish; translating, Guatemalan Friend permission to enter the the long night of the soul. This includes all editing, producing, and distributing Quaker Mexican state of Tamaulipas because he those who may challenge us at the very core books and pamphlets from both English and Jacked a current U.S. visa. of our being. Spanish sources; maintaining historic ar­ FWCC, Section of the Americas, is going After First Day worship, a panel ofFriends chives with the assistance of Earlham Col­ through a period of growth and transition. related stories of finding their spiritua1life's lege; and developing skills of interpreters. With Johan Maurer moving to the Friends work and reassured us we could also find our Current projects in translation include United Meeting and Cilde Grover and Dinora "bliss" if we faithfully followed our pas­ Barclay's Apology, the Journal of John Uvalle retiring from their positions, the Sec­ sions. Sunday evening, John Calvi gathered Woolman, Friends for 300 Years, the 1991 tion will be appointing new staff for COAL, us in shared song, laughter, and love. The World Conference book, Faith in Action, Right Sharing of World Resources, and Mid­ weekend also included a dance on Saturday and the writings of 17th century Quaker west and Western U.S. field secretaries. The and workshops on Sunday on a wide range women. It is producing, in collaboration with Section looks forward to meeting in St. Louis, of topics: Friends exploring racism, spiritu­ the Wider Quaker Fellowship, addresses by Missouri, from March 17-20, 1994, and to ality and sexuality, origami, the poetry of Hipolito Llanque from Bolivia and Heredio hosting the FWCC Triennial in Ghost Ranch, Walt Whitman, and personal power in the Santos from Cuba. An anonymous donor New Mexico, from August 13-22,. 1994. gay '90s. offered to help fund these efforts to supple­ Although it is difficult to share the depth This Friend found the gathering was char­ ment the limited funds provided in the bud­ of worship periods, two messages stand out. acterized by the immanence of the Spirit in a get. One evangelical Friend was quoted as ob­ collage of winter images-from the simple The meeting approved the restructuring serving that, for the most part, silent Friends pen-and-ink outline of a bare maple tree to plan submitted by COAL (Committee of listen to God, but do not address God, while the first blooming snowbells one attender Latin American Friends), which had recom­ evangelical Friends often speak to God, but brought from southern Indiana. mended the definition of three regional com­ do not listen. Then, in the First Day meeting mittees, South, Central, and North, with a for worship~ one Friend reminded us that Beckey Phipps, co-clerk COAL executive secretary stationed in Phila­ birds may be singing even if we don't hear delphia during a one-year transition period. them; and that God is always present even if Goals were approved for the 17 Interna­ we don' t listen. Perhaps it is time that we Australia Yearly Meeting tional Quaker Aid projects designed to assist both listen and speak. The 1993 Yearly Meeting, January 1-9, Friends' work in various parts of the world. Robert S. Vogel in Hobart, began with the annual-Backhouse The grants, which are still to be raised, range Lecture, "Living the Way: Quaker Spiritual­ from $1,000 to $5,000 and include INELA­ ity and Community," delivered by Janey Peru 's Health Center, Ramallah Friends Play FLOC Midwinter Gathering O'Shea ofWoodbrooke. Speaking in a circu­ Center in the West Bank, George Fox School Friends for Lesbian and Gay Concerns lar room at Emmanuel College, by the peace­ in Honduras, and a clinic in El Salvador. (FLGC) met February 12-15, at Epworth For- ful waters of the wide Brisbane River, Janey

FRIENDS JOURNAL August 1993 21 FRIENDS HOME AT WOODSTOWN spoke with sincerity, courage, and convic­ A Quaker-Sponsored Retirement Facility tion about her personal spiritual quest. Perhaps the most important issue ofyear ly • One-bedroom Woods Court • 60-bed Medicare & Medicaid meeting was consideration of the Australian Apartments for People over 60 Certified Nursing Home Council ofChu rches' new constitution, which • Residential facility with • Pastoral Setting all member churches must adopt, and new community dining • Caring, supportive staff member churches sign. Though Friends are W()(X)STOWN • Delicious, nutritious meals not required to sign the credal statement to be admitted to the council, the yearly meet­ P.O. Box 457, Friends Drive • Woodstown, NJ 08098 • (609) 769-1500 ing was not comfortable with the credal ba­ sis. Friends' long and active association with the council, expecially over issues of com­ mon interest, was acknowledged, however. The yearly meeting decided it should con­ tinue to present its insights, listen to the Highland Park Club is a Florida wisdom of other Christian traditions, and, oasis of gracious tradition. Our through the council, respond to issues of exclusive club features a diverse Australian society-yet make clear our diffi­ membership and warm hospitality. culties with the credal statement. And we enjoy a rich influence from Further revisions to the Handbook ofPra c­ tice and Procedure have been issued, and an SHARE our Quaker members past and ongoing revision committee appointed. The present. possibility of an Australian version of OuR You'll find ample opportunities for "Advices and Queries" was considered, as recreation, the arts and Disney World well as an Australian supplement of Chris­ BLESSINGS••• tian Faith and Practice. A book about Quak­ less than an hour away. Our club­ ers for young people is also being prepared. house overlooks beautiful Lake Easy Quaker Service Australia continues to and amenities include golf, tennis, work in Cambodia, Vietnam, and elsewhere. croquet and swimming pool. You'll Friends in North Queensland have been or­ find beautiful guest quarters and ganizing a campaign aga inst the arms race. enjoy fine dining. Canberra Friends have combined with other Quaker organizations worldwide for an ap­ We love to share our blessings, your peal to lift all UN sanctions against Iraq. In HIGHLAND pARK visit is encouraged. Contact: Hobart, Simon Weber, the new yearly meet­ C LUB ing peace worker, conducts conflict resolu- Highland Park Club • tion workshops and mediation training. 1650 S. Highland Park Drive Yearly meeting secretary Topsy Evans has EsT. 1924 Lake Wales, FL 33853-7465 visited Burma with the UN Development 813-676-1812 Program for discussion on AIDS. There are 36 meetings or worship groups in Australia. Friends wrestled with the famil­ iar Quaker problem that arises when only FRIENDS JouRNAL is a forum for discussing one child, or only one family with children FREE! today's concerns: global peace, human rights, regularly attends meeting. One telling point was that children, being very open to the 3 issues of environmental awareness, Friends education, Spirit, learn by contact with others, and ev­ social injustice, and current political events. ery encounter by a child with a Quaker adult Friends Journal You can receive 3 issues of FRIENDS j OURNAL is a learning experience. One of the queries absolutely free through this introductory offer. prepared by the yearly meeting's Children's Committee reads: "Are you open to the min­ for Just use the coupon below. If you enjoy the istry of children of all ages, however it may non-subscribers! magazine, we'll invite you to subscribe. be expressed?" Australian Friends try to live the Way Yes, please send me 3 free issues both spiritually and as a community. Perhaps of Friends Journal. our need is for greater faith. As the final sentence of this year's epistle says, "Let the Spirit be the limits of our inspiration." NAME Charles Stevenson ADDRESS 1501 Cherry Street Philadelphia, PA 19102-1497 (215) 241-7115 Fax:(215)~1377 CITY /STATE/ZIP Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery.

22 August 1993 FRIENDS JoURNAL News of Friends THE HICKMAN OF CONCORD QUARTERLY MEETING The m~ting does not marry people. Indi­ and is recognized as a leader in proving the viduals marry each other in the presence of viability of socially responsible investing. God. After four years of seeking consensus, For more information, contact Pax World Urbana-Champaign (Ill.) Meeting approved Fund, 224 State St., Portsmouth, NH 03801, a minute regarding same-sex marriage on telephone (800) 767-1729. 100 Year History March 21. Recognizing that the same Divine A Personal Care Home Spirit moves both same-sex and opposite­ Quakers are on the tube! Travelers on • Reasonable Rates sex couples, the minute ensures that all London's Tube were recently able to read • Not-for-profit • Quaker Tradition couples be provided the opportunity to enter advertisements about Quakers. Some 70 ads, In Town Location convenient into a committed relationship under the care placed in carriages for one month, carried to Shops and Businesses of the meeting. With this statement comes a messages that included an "Info Line"-a recognition that this is not an end point but telephone number with a recorded message. (215) 696-1536 I that further work and seeking must be done. Callers were invited to leave their name and West Chester, PA (Submitted by Mariel/en Gilpin) address to receive an enquirer's pack. De­ tails and results of this advertising campaign Ingeborg Jack of Swarthmore (Pa.) Meet­ are available from the outreach secretary at ing is representing the Friends World Com­ Quaker Home Service, London Yearly Meet­ mittee for Consultation in UNICEF's Work­ ing, Friends House, Euston Road, London Looking Find out ing Group on Children in Armed Conflict. NWI 2BJ, England. ifrom Quaker News) about This group has produced a popular summary for a job nationwide of international treaties which protect chil­ and interna­ dren. She explains that the summary's pur­ in the tional pose is to, "educate as many people as pos­ non-profit positions in sible about these international humanitarian COMMU- laws .. .. It is hoped this will help to prevent SeCtOr? N/1Y Joss .. children from being killed and physically Tire Employ­ disabled in such large numbers during armed ment Newspaper for the Non-Profit conflict." The release is addressed to the Sector, a monthly newspaper military as well as the general public, and is inc; Juding feat\Jre articles and more being translated and distributed in many coun­ tries around the world. The six-page sum­ than 200 job listings in every issue. mary is free from the Sub-Working Group on Call or write for more information. Children in Armed Conflict, NGO Commit­ tee on UNICEF, Room H-6F, 3 UN Plaza, AACCESS Nt:two11t.fn9 In the Public lntt:r~st New York, NY 10017. £ ..v 50 Beacon St. • Boston, MA 02108 >- ( 6 17) 720-5627 .., ., Deborah Shaw has been named to the new .gc position of administrative assistant in c Friends Center at Guilford College, Greens­ ~ boro, N.C. Aside from leading Friends Cen­ ~ CREMATION ter fund-raising activities, she will also be ~ Friends are reminded that the working with campus ministry programs, the Anna T. Jeanes Fund Quaker Leadership Scholars Program, will reimburse cremation costs. Quaker Studies seminars, and program sup­ (Applicable to members of i L---~~----~~~~~~ Philadelphia Yearly Meeting only .) port activities in the Friends community. The 50th anniversary jubilee of Friends For InformaCion, write or telephone Shaw, a graduate of Olney Friends School Committee on National Legislation is be­ RICHARD R. BEllS and Guilford College, has served on com­ 500·8 Glen Echo Road ing celebrated by Eastern Massachusetts Philadelphia, PA 19119 mittees of the World Gathering of Young Friends on Sunday, August 22, at (215) 247-3354 Friends, the Friendly Woman Collective, Framingham (Mass.) Meeting. The keynote Friends World Committee for Consultation, speaker will be Ed Snyder, FCNL executive American Friends Service Committee, and secretary emeritus. All are invited to worship the steering committee of Friends Center. with Framingham Friends and bring a picnic l]Jl!l1& She is currently the clerk ofFriendship (N.C.) lunch to share before the program begins. Meeting. There will be a children's program and child A QUAKER CENTER care, plus stalls with books and AFSC mate­ for Rest, Reflection, & Assets of Pax World Fund have exceeded rials. For more information, write to Renewal on 110 acres half a billion dollars. The Fund shares Framingham Friends Meeting, 841 Edmands ls-ootMAN "''"'- of farm & woodlands. Friends' interests in investing in life-sup­ Rd., Framingham, MA 01701. Ideal for personal, group, portive goods and services such as health, & Friends Meeting Retreats food, housing, pollution control, environment, Five volunteers from Washington (D.C.) !A 1Nll\D ~1i' l\D~OINJ@ ~IN1Vm©IM~ ~IM1i' and education. The increase of assets adds to Quaker Workcamps have departed for Uoo t!\llJl. IW©©~ )]lfil1l1 the Fund's credibility and influence, reduces East Africa to join with five young people its expense ratio, and attracts investments from the Tanzanian Workcamps Associa­ Keets Road from institutions with major endowments. tion. The group will be led by Harold Confer, write¥or ... Deerfield, MA 01342 The Fund, which began in 1971 with $1 01,000 Executive Director of Washington Quaker call · -· (413) 774-3431 and 21 investors, now serves over 65,000 Workcamps and former volunteer and teacher

FRIENDS JOURNAL August 1993 23 Pox World is o no-load, The Fund does not invest diversified, open-end, in weapons production, balanced mutual fund nuclear power, South in Tanzania. They will be working with the designed for those who Africa, or the tobacco, St. Alban's Street Children Project, provid­ wish to receive income alcohol, or gambling ing shelter and food for just some of the and to invest in life­ industries. Various types rapidly expanding population of homeless supportive products and of accounts ore available: children in Africa. services. Pox invests in Regular Accounts, IRAs, such industries as pollu­ Educational Accounts, tion control, health core, Custodial Accounts for food, clothing, housing, For o free prospectus and Minors, SEP-IRAs, Auto­ education, energy, and other materials coli toll-free: matic Investment Pions, leisure activities. 1-800-767-1729 and 403!b) Pension Pions. Minimum investment is $250. Therefore, with Pox there This is not a solicitation in those Send no money. Post perfor­ ore social as well as states where the securities hove mance is no guarantee of economic dividends. not been qualified. future results. A SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FUND

Ten-Year Total Return Avcraqc Anntt.ll Rate of Return The Clear Creek (Ill.) Meetinghouse was For PPrtod Enctwq 3/31/93 placed on the National Register of His­ 1 Year: 2 .90% toric Places on Nov. 5, 1992. The Register, 5 Years: 12.20% maintained by the National Park Service, is 10 Years: 12.17% the nation's premier list of significant his­ toric sites thought worthy of preservation. The building was determined to be signifi­ cant both in architecture and in U.S. reli­ gious history. ifrom Among Friends)

A Peace Trust Fund Bill was introduced in the Canadian House of Commons by Ray Funk, on March 16. Although debated in 1983, this is the first such bill to come before the House ofComrnons. Over the past several decades, Canadian Quakers, Con­ science Canada, churches, and peace organi­ zations across Canada have built a base of support for the Peace Trust Fund. Individu­ als and peace groups are encouraged to help with letters to Members of Parliament, sig­ natures on petitions, and endorsements from Newtown, PA 18940 organizations. For more information, contact Ray Funk, M.P. for Prince Albert/Churchill River, Room 268 Wellington Bldg., Ottawa, ON KIA OA6, telephone (613) 995-7325, (800) 667-9328, or Fax (613) 995-5342.

The first ever gathering of Nevada Friends and attenders took place at Stove­ pipe Wells, Death Valley (Calif.), April 30 to May 2, 1993. The program involved the shar­ ing ofpersonal journeys, discussing the prob­ lems and opportunities of small meetings, worshiping together, and considering unique aspects ofQuaker faith and practice. Connie Jolly and Bob Vogel were the resource per­ Founded in 1893 by the Society of Friends, George School is a co­ sons for these Friends from Reno (Nev.) educational boarding and day school for students in grades 9 - 12. Meeting, and from worship groups in The college preparatory curriculum emphasizes Friends values & includes: LasVegas, Nev., and Bishop, Calif. All but • Courses on 4 levels of difficulty . • International Baccalaureate (IB) two ofthe 25 participants came from Quaker • Advanced Placement (AP) • lntemadonal workcamps families. Isolated Friends from Nevada and • English as a second Language (ESL) • Required community service the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains are • Foreign study • Required full-year courses in the arts invited to get in touch with Dorothy Goetz, • 13 interscholastic sports for boys&. girls Clerk, Reno Meeting, 621 Woodridge Circle, For more information, please contact the Admissions Office: 215/968-3811 Incline Village, NV 89451, telephone (702) 831-3888.

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AUGUST progressive national housing policy, the confer­ Thomas, 91-A Fourth Ave., Ottawa, Ont. KIS ence and a two-day training workshop costs $290. 2Ll, Canada, telephone (613) 235-8553. 2-8-Baltimore Yearly Meeting, at Wilson Col­ Contact the Technical Assistance Dept., Institute lege, Chambersburg, Pa. Contact Frank Massey, 15-22-"Womyn and Men: Celebrating our Iden­ for Community Economics, Inc., 57 School St., 17100 Quaker Lane, Sandy Spring, MD 20860, tities, Examining our Roles," the Young Friends Springfield, MA 01105-1331, telephone (413) telephone (301) 774-7663. of North America Summer Gathering, at Friends 746-8660. Camp, South China, Maine. Tentative workshop 3-7-Mid-America Yearly Meeting, at Friends 7-10-lndiana Yearly Meeting, at Indiana topics include Communication between Men and University, Wichita, Kans. Contact Maurice Rob­ Wesleyan University, Marion, Ind. Contact David Women, Spirituality and Sexuality, Gender and erts, 2018 Maple, Wichita, KS 67213, telephone Brock, 4715 N. Wheeling Ave., Muncie, IN 47304- Justice, and Exploring a Gender-free View of (316) 267-0391. 1222, telephone (317) 284-6900. God. Cost ranges from $135-$150. Contact Nikki 3-8-Pacific Yearly Meeting, at Walker Creek Coffey Tousley, YFNA, 4 Friends Way, St. James, 7-12-New England Yearly Meeting, at Hamp­ Ranch, Petaluma, Calif. Contact Ellie Huffman, NY 11780, telephone (5 16) 862-6213. shire College, Amherst, Mass. Contact Elizabeth P.O. Box 136, Rescue, CA 95672, telephone (916) Cazden, 901 Pleasant St., Worcester, MA 01602, 17-21-Seventh Annual Pilgrimage to the United 626-1524. (508) 754-6760. States Peace Places. The 165-mile route will go 4-7-Iowa Yearly Meeting, at William Penn Col­ from Appomattox, Va., where the Civil War ended 7-14--Central Yearly Meeting, at Central Camp­ lege, Oskaloosa, Iowa. Contact Del Coppinger, with the South's surrender in 1865, to Yorktown, ground, Muncie, Ind. Contact Arthur Va., where the British surrender ended the Revo­ Box 657, Oskaloosa, lA 52577, telephone (515) Hollingsworth, 109 W. Berry St., Alexandria, IN 673-971 7. lutionary War in I 781 . Participants seek pledges. 46001 , telephone (3 I 7) 724-9668. Contact Lynchburg Peace Education Center, Box 4-7-North Carolina Yearly Meeting, at Guilford 3143, Lynchburg, VA 24503, telephone (804) College, Greensboro, N.C. Contact Billy M. Britt, 8-14-"Swords and Plowshares,'' the summer in­ 847-5477. 5506 W. Friendly Ave., Greensboro, NC 27410, stitute ofChildren's Literature New England, Inc., telephone (919) 292-6957. at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Pro­ 17-22-0hio Yearly Meeting (Cons.) at Stillwater gram includes lectures, seminars, and book dis­ Meetinghouse, near Barnesville, Ohio. Contact 4-8-0hio Valley Yearly Meeting, at Manchester cussions that will examine the impact on young Edward N. Kirk, 182 Bethesda St., Barnesville, College, Manchester, Ind. Contact Barbaric Hill, people of war and peace, conflict and resolution, OH 43713, telephone (614) 425-4109. 6921 Stonington Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45230, tele­ in historical and contemporary settings. Cost is phone (613) 232-5848. $625, plus housing. Contact Martha Walke, Reg­ 28-Sept. 5-Centenial observance of the Parlia­ ment of World Religions, at Palmer House, Chi­ 4-8-Westem Yearly Meeting, at Western Yearly istrar, 21 I I North Brandywine St., Arlington, VA 22207, telephone (703) 243-5135. cago, Ill. Its purpose is to foster cooperation among Meetinghouse, Plainfield, Ind. Contact James the world's religious communities and institu­ Johnson, Clerk, P.O. Box 70, Plainfield, IN 46168, 13-18-Jamaica Yearly Meeting, at the Happy tions, to assess and renew the role of religion in telephone (317) 839-2789. Grove School. Contact Angela Beharie, 11 relation to global challenges, and to develop in­ 5-8-Conference on community land trusts, in Caledonia Ave., Kingston 5, Jamajca, W.l. terfaith programs to be carried into the 21st cen­ Cincinnati, Ohio. Highlighting efforts to develop 14-21-Canadian Yearly Meeting, at Pickering tury. Participants will include the Dalai Lama and permanently affordable housing and create a more College, Newmarket, Ontario. Contact Anne Mother Teresa.

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• The lOth Annual Twin Oaks Women's • Submissions are still being accepted for the Gathering will be taking place August 20- new hymnal to be published by Friends Gen­ • m~aoe C<:J

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the general population. Perhaps it is the fact Old Order Amish have faced in the 20th Year 501: that both have traditionally been peace century. Some of the issues, such as their The Conquest Continues churches, or that both churches have shared experience as conscientious objectors in both an emphasis on plain dress, simple living, world wars and during the draft era, will be By Noam Chomsky. South End Press, 116 and the importance ofcommunity . However, very familiar to Friends. Others, such as the St. Botolph St., Boston, MA 02 I I 5, (61 7) while our appetites for Amish lore have been Amish battle to educate their children as they 266-0629, 1993. 280 pages. $16/paperback. tantalized with the 1986 film Witness and saw fit, may not be quite as analogous, but This is the latest in a series of Noam other books offering glimpses of Amish life, are interesting in the questions they pose for Chomsky's books about world crises that few books have offered a look at Amish the religious freedom of any organization provide otherwise hard-to-get information. history written from the inside. While histo­ that operates "differently" from the U.S. These books also confirm the biases ofpeople rian Steven M. Nolt is not Amish, he has mainstream. in the United States about the nature and used a wide variety of Amish and historical Overall, A History ofthe Amish is delight­ effects of national policy. Most Friends share sources to offer us a hearty slice of the life fully easy to understand, packed with pho­ these to a certain degree. and history of a religious movement that has tos, illustrations, and sidebars that give the The book was written during the year of existed for 300 years. reader a good feel for the sights and words of the 500th anniversary of Columbus's arrival The Amish church has its roots in the Amish communities both current and his­ in the Western Hemisphere. It shows how Anabaptist movement that sprang up after torical. Nolt goes to great lengths to explain the United States continues policies adopted Martin Luther's call for reformation of the the context in which Amish beliefs have by its precursors, and allies, from the Age of Roman Catholic church in 151 7. Nolt guides developed, making this church, which has Exploration. At the heart of this analysis is the reader through the evolution that the traditionally shunned publicity in favor of an assumption that institutions of power are Anabaptists (later called Mennonites, after what they call "the humble life," infinitely not agents of moral discernment; in the end, leader Menno Simons) made as they en­ less mysterious. this is the role of the individual. Therefore, dured nearly two centuries of imprisionment, we should expect power to be wielded when harassment, and migration from one Liz Massey most advantageous, regardless of the human "friendly" territory to another. Because the cost. We should also expect that government Anabaptist/Mennonites were not well-re­ A freelance writer, Liz Massey attends Penn rhetoric will aim at reconciling the results ceived in many places, staying separate from Valley (Mo.) Meeting. with the more decent impulses of the popu­ those who did not take their path became lace. very important to them. This somber, reasonable theme can be As a result, it is not surprising that Jakob Whittier and the Quaker seen at work in the growth of British power Ammann, an Anabaptist leader in the late "Argonauts" during colonial times, the Middle East (in­ 1600s, broke from the main Anabaptist move­ cluding the roots of the Iraq war), Haiti's ment over the issue of shunning, i.e., the by Roland L. Warren. Essex Institute agony since throwing off the French, and social avoidance ofand non-cooperation with Historic Collections, Salem, Mass., Vol. U.S. policy in Central America. Throughout those church members living in s in. 128, No.2, April/992. 74 pages. $7.50, these situations runs a subtext of the "mur­ Ammann's sect resisted being absorbed into plus $1.50 postage/paperback. dering of history," the amnesia that afflicts the mainstream by this and other practices What happens when two visions of God­ our politicians, media, and ultimately the that placed the good of the church commu­ given authority conflict-when two groups voters. This helps the nation avoid seeing the nity above the will ofeach individual. Guided draw from the Bible strong commitments to consequences of its actions and policies. by their elders and bishops at a congrega­ create a way of life based on divine guid­ Though not easy reading, this book is tional level, as well as by a sense of church ance, yet are seen as absolutely incompat­ compelling and drives home the point that order and the simple, farm-centered life that ible? In the case of Massachusetts Puritans many of the most pressing problems around functioned productively in a neighbor-ori­ and early Quakers, the conflict was extreme, the world are natural outcomes of institu­ ented community, the Amish flourished as a including banishment and death by hanging. · tional processes. How can we, as Friends, unified people, especially in North America, It is easy to see the Quakers as living in understand our current world and name al­ until the middle of the 19th century. God's word, as "spiritual argonauts," in the ternatives consistent with our faith, which The middle third of the book is devoted to words of Rufus Jones, challenging extreme asserts our kinship with the neediest ofGod 's chronicling the multiple fractures the Amish injustice. That is what we might want to see children? It is not Chomsky's concern to church suffered in the late 1800s. Like many as Friends, and that is certainly what John address our task, but books such as this one other churches, the Amish were split by the GreenleafWhittier saw and vividly portrayed can help us do our work with open eyes. changes wrought by technological advances in his six lengthy, dramatic, narrative poems and the influence of U.S. society as a whole. of Quaker heroism. Brian Drayton Nolt does an excellent job of explaining this How do we confront denial ofbasic rights? "sorting out" process, which took several How do we face persecution, cruel and un­ Brian Drayton is a recorded Quaker minis­ decades and left the Old Order Amish as the usual punishment? These were the realities ter, member of Friends Meeting of bearers of traditional church order and theol­ for Quakers and others living in Massachu­ Cambridge (Mass.), and has been active with ogy. The sorting out also gave birth to the setts in the mid-1600s. These were also reali­ the American Friends Service Committee and more progressive"Amish Mennonites," who ties faced deliberately by Quaker missionar­ Friends World Committee for Consultation welcomed many of the technological won­ ies who ventured into the colony in direct ders of the late 1800s and early 1900s into confrontation oflaw. their communities. They became more ac­ Roland Warren, professor emeritus at A History of the Amish tive participants in U.S. society, and were Brandeis University, gives us material to look By Steven M. Nolt. Good Books, Intercourse, gradually absorbed into the mainstream Men­ afresh into these dramatic episodes, which Pa., 1992. 318 pages. $9.95/paperback. nonite church, losing most of their distinc­ blend into Quaker lore and mythology with Quakers seem to have a certain fascina­ tively Amish characteristics in the process. the hanging of Mary Dyer and three others tion with the Amish that goes beyond that of The end of the book deals with issues the on Boston Commons. Warren describes the

fRIENDS JOURNAL August 1993 27 conviction of the Puritans regarding the di­ vine nature of the corrunonwealth they were attempting to create, after fleeing from per­ secution themselves. The Quakers "did not hesitate to engage in verbal harangues against the Puritans, sometimes using language that can only be acknowledged as provocative .... " These early Friends are portrayed by Warren as a mix of people inclined to "bizarre deeds" and others of"quiet courage, and disposition to forgive and love those who punished [them]." This perspective challenges my sometimes naive perceptions ofearly Friends and makes them more vivid, more like Friends I might have known. Warren sees direct con­ frontation of"the stern Puritan autocracy" as a key aspect of the shift from a "cursed sect ofheretics" to a rei igion that "won the admi­ ration of defenders offreedom everywhere." We agree today that religious freedom is essential, but how would we react to some­ one in church crying "Repent, repent! ere the Lord shall speak in thunder and breaking seals!"? Such a person would probably be escorted out of most meetinghouses today. This brief volume blends hi story and bi­ ography with six of Whittier's lesser known poems. These describe, with "poetic license," the persecution of early Friends by Puritans in Massachusetts. Warren vividly brings forth the historic setting of these poems. It is his ability to do this, and to contrast the facts with Whittier's vision, that makes this vol­ ume of interest. The context highlights and provides a valuable contrast to the romanti­ cism of Whittier's poems. STTOWN Marge Abbott Marge Abbott is clerk ofNorth Pacific Yearly SCHOOL Meeting and a memberofMultnomah (Oreg.) Meeting. Westtown, Pennsylvania- Founded In 1799 In Brief Westtown is a Quaker school of 600 students in Pre-K through 12th grade, co-educational, college preparatory, day and boarding Seeking Peace By Titus Peachey and Linda Gehman Peachey. Good Books, Intercourse, Pa., * Excellent academic programs 1991. 238 pages. $11.95/paperback. These are true stories of individual Mennonites * Individual attention within a caring community around the world struggling to live their be­ * Before and after school day care programs lief in peace. The authors served as directors of the Mennonite Central Committee relief * Performing and fine arts and development program in Laos. They in­ clude a bibliography of books on Anabaptist * 600-acre campus with lakes and woods history and their peace theology. * Outstanding facilities (science center, arts center fieldhouse, 25-meter indoor pool)

For more information and to arrange to visit classes, please call Sarah Goebel, director of admissions, Westtown School, Westtown, PA 19395 (215/399-0123)

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ports the use of economic sanctions as an effective alternative to war, but warns that the context for sanctions is of major impor­ QUAKER tance because they can make a bad situation worse. Included is a set of action guidelines and case studies on Iraq and South Africa. The cost is $2 per copy, with discounts for bulk purchases. To order, write or call Ameri­ can Friends Service Committee, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102, (215) 241- 7167. ~ • Reason, Compassion and the Drug War: A ~ Statement by Religious Men and Women and <:I Richard J. Dennis' essay, Toward a Moral ~ Drug Policy, are available from Religious .E Coalition for a Moral Drug Policy. The pub­ ~ lications are recommended for those doubt­ ~ L_~~------~ ing the current approach to the drug issue, What better way to give expression but who are unsure of any alternative. They to your Quaker values than by sell for $5.85 and $2, respectively, and can MEETING be ordered from RCMDP, 3421 M St., N.W. leaving a portion of your estate to Suite 351, Washington, DC 20007. FRIENDS JouRNAL? You will assure REUGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS the growth of Quaker thought and life long into the future. Consider a • The Fire and the Hammer is a recording by provision in your will for ALL WELCOME Leaveners Arts Base, London, England. Ar­ FRIENDS jOURNAL. ranged from George Fox'sJournal, plus con­ temporary Quaker and other writings, this For more information, contact: • Help seekers find your meeting and raise presentation by narrators, choir, tenor solo­ FRIENDS jOURNAL community awareness with a sign from FGC. ist, and instrumental group celebrates the 1501 Cherry Street These black on white, aluminum signs come spiritual quest of Fox and the early Friends. Philadelphia, PA 19102-1497 with a separate directional arrow and can be The 90-minute casssette includes words to (215) 241-7820 attached to a utility pole or signpost. The the songs and is available for $12.50 (post­ price is $25 per set ofsign and arrow, plus $5 age included) from Pendle Hill Bookstore, shipping and handling. Call 800-966-4556 338 Plush Mill Rd., Wallingford, PA 19086, for ordering information. (215) 566-4514; Quaker Hill Bookstore, 101 DELAWARE VALLEY Quaker Hill Dr., Richmond, IN 47374, (317) • North Carolina Friends have produced a FRIENDS SCHOOL 962-7575, (800) 537-8838; and Friends Gen­ Morris &t Montgomery Avenues video for stimulating discussion about the eral Conference Publications Office, 1216 Bryn Mawr, Pa. work and mission of Friends Committee on Arch St. 2-B, Philadelphia, PA 19107, (2 15) National Legislation. Featuring interviews 561-1700, (800) 966-4556. For Students with with founders ofFCNL and past and current Learning Differences staff, it provides a glimpse of the vision of • The Wilmington College Peace Resource the people dedicated to a Friends' presence Center now circulates all of the peace and College preparatory, Grades 7-12 in Washington, D.C. To borrow a copy, write justice audio-visuals previously handled by Summer School or call Bob and Susie Fetter, P.O. Box 8023, Dayton AFSC. Peace education films and Come to an Open House Roanoke, VA 24014, (703) 982-1034. videotapes on conflict resolution, global edu­ 526-9595 for info & video, cation, the environment, and much more are "Learning with a Difference" • The Harmonist, the only hand-set and hand­ available. For a free A-V catalogue, contact: printed newsletter in the country is now be­ PRC, Pyle Center Box 1183, Wilmington, ing published by Christiansbrunn Brother­ OH 45177, (513) 382-5338. hood of central Pennsylvania. The monthly For Prices & Quality newsletter will present the teachings, his­ • Partners for Peace: Quaker International tory, and activities of the Harmonist Broth­ Service and Peacemaking, by Stephen G. in the Quaker ers who live at a 63-acre, self-sufficient clois­ Cary, former American Friends Service Com­ ter. The $15 cost per year includes Associate mittee staff and committee member, is a re­ Tradition Membership in the Brotherhood and a 10 port on a 1992 Colloquium on Quaker Inter­ • Medical Forms percent discount on craft items made by the national Affairs. He examines the connec­ • Computer Forms Brothers. For a complementary copy, write tion between reconciliation work and service Christiansbrunn Brotherhood, RD 1, Box 149, with advocacy in the historic and future roles • Checks Pitman. PA 17964. ofAFSC and (British) Quaker Peace & Serv­ • Business Printing ice. Economic cooperation and cross-regional • Dollars or Bombs: The Search for Justice dialogue are stressed in future AFSC efforts. :7/ccurale 23us.iness 9orms Through International Sanctions is a work­ The 65-page paperback is available for $3.50 9 Bank St. • Medford, NJ ing issues report from the American Friends from AFSC, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadel­ Service Committee. The 22-page report sup- phia, PA 19102. (609) 654-2374

FRIENDS JOURNAL August 1993 29 Milestones Births/Adoptions WILLIA~ PENN CHARTER SCHOOL Est. 1689 Wbltcraft-Luke.R}wl Whitaqfi,mApi23,ilGuam, Kindergarten through 303 Years of Quaker Education Twelfth Grade adopted by Connie and John Whitcraft. John is a member ofSan Fernando Valley (Calif.) Meeting. Operated under Charter issued by William Penn. The William Penn Charter School is a Quaker college-preparatory school committed to nurturing in girls Marriages and boys the education of the mind, th.e quickening of the spirit, and the Black-Kendlg-Usa Kendig and Eric Block, on April development of the body. Penn Charter stresses high standards in academics, 17. under the care of Marl om a (Calif.) Meeting. the arts, and athletics. Forbes-Flngesten-Caro/e Fingesten and Brian Friends are encouraged to apply both as students and as teachers. Forbes, on Oct. 17, 1992. Carole is a member of 15th Street (N.Y.) Meeting. Earl J. Ball III, Headmaster McCoy-Loeppert-Liezbette Loeppert and · 3000 W. School House lane, Philadelphia, PA 19144 George Robert McCoy, on Oct. 11, 1992, under (215) 844-3460 the care of57th Street (Ill.) Meeting, where George is a member. Liezbette is a member of 15th Street (N.Y.) Meeting. Deaths Bouldlng-Kenneth E. Boulding, 83, on March 18, of cancer. Born in Liverpool, England, Ken­ A Quaker Sponsored neth attended Oxford University on a chemistry scholarship, but switched to economics. There he Retirement Community became a Quaker because of his commitment to pacifism. He won a Commonwealth Fellowship Contemporary Apartments for an Independent Lifestyle that brought him to the University of Chicago, Personal Care Residence for Assisted Living and he eventually emigrated to the United States A Fully-Licensed Nursing Home On Site in 1937. Kenneth first met Elise Biom Hansen in Meals, Transportation, Housekeeping • Cultural and Social Activities 1941 at a Quaker meeting in Syracuse, New York. A History of Caring Since 1904 • Beautiful, Secure Setting They were engaged in 18 days and married two months later. During his career as an economist, Call Carol Nemeroff, Admissions Director: 844-0700 Kenneth was heaped with many awards and re­ 6300 Greene St. • Philadelphia, PA 19144 ceived 36 honorary degrees. He was also nomi­ nated at different times for Nobel Prizes in both peace and economics. He taught at several col­ leges before settling in Boulder, Colo., in 1967, and joining Boulder Meeting. Both Kenneth and Elise taught at the University of Colorado, she in Name sociology and he in economics. After retirement in 1980, he continued as a research associate and Address project director at the Institute of Behavioral Sci­ Sl-tbsc~be ence, and as an itinerant professor. In his aca­ demic life, he developed new fields, including [J 1 year ($21) [J 2 years ($40) grants economics, conflict resolution and peace FRIENDS studies, the economics of peace, general systems theory, and environmental economics. He wrote JOURNAL almost 40 books and three volumes of poetry, and Name published more than 800 articles. His spiritual here! beliefs had a strong effect on his intellectual Address development, and his intellect contributed sig­ nificantly to Quaker thought and practice. Ken­ Please begin a neth Boulding's extraordinary life manifested the subscription for: [J 1 year ($21) [J 2 years ($40) very best of Quaker ideals. He had an unswerving and clear vision of what he wanted to do, and that was to make the world a better place. Spontane­ ously honest, he ceaselessly pushed toward more Name refined truths. He possessed an ability to take Address disparate threads and lead others toward an in­ sight- always new, always fresh and unexpected, Check(s) are enclosed for always searching. He enjoyed creating poetry, $ payable watercolors, and clay architectural models along­ to FRIENDS jOURNAL. [J 1 year ($21) [J 2 years ($40) side his most rigorous intellectual work. As can­ (Please add $6/ year for cer sapped his energy, his purity of spirit strength­ ened, and those who visited him left renewed. His postage outside North optimism was boundless to the end. He will be America.) Name remembered best for his humor and his love and FRIENDS jOURNAL, Address gentle guidance, which inspired many. He is sur­ 1501 Cherry St., vived by his wife, Elise Boulding; five children, J. Russell, Mark, Philip, William, and Christie Philadelphia, P A Boulding-Graham: and 16 grandchildren. 19102-1497 [J 1 year ($21) [J 2 years ($40) Greenleaf-Virginia (Sue) Allen Greenleaf, 76, on April27, in Tampa, Fla., following an automo-

30 August 1993 FRIENDs JoURNAL Moorestown bile accident. Active in Southeastern Friends Con­ ference, which became Southeastern Yearly Meet­ ing, Sue served as the second executive secretary, Friends School from 1969 to 1982. She provided much informa­ tion and nurturing to Friends in Augusta, Geor­ gia, and was one of the overseers appointed by Coed College Preparatory Friends World Committee when they became an official meeting. A guiding light, along with her Pre-K -12 husband Bill, in the establishment of Jacksonville (Fla.) Meeting, she served as recording clerk and was a nurturer of members and attenders, as well Educational excellence as of the two Cuban and Vietnamese refugee families the meeting sponsored. When the for over 200 years Greenleafs moved to Tampa, they became active members ofTampa (Fla.) Meeting, with Sue once again serving as recording clerk. Although Sue 110 East Main Street, Moorestown, NJ • 609-235-2900 ext. 227 rarely gave vocal messages in meeting, her pres­ ence was deeply felt and her infectious smile appreciated. A devoted wife, mother, and grand­ mother, she was diligent in the research of her Quaker heritage. Sue co-authored Quakers Dis­ ENRICH YOUR MINISTRY AS A SPIRITUAL cover the Southeast and quietly worked for the DIRECTOR OR GROUP LEADER- improvement of race relations and for peace and Group Leaden Program-1 year justice causes. Forthright and punctual, she was a Spiritual Guidance Program-2 yean lively, vibrant presence who "got things done." She constantly reminded that we are governed by O ur ecumenical, accredited extension programs are open to the sense of the meeting, arrived at through deep clergy, religious, counselors, and laity. Emphasis is on direct worship. She is survived by her husband, J. Wil­ contemplative presence to God for others. Both programs liam Greenleaf; daughters, Carol G. Letson, and include residencies in Washington, OC, as well as monitored Joan C. Greenleaf; sister, Esther Palmer; grand­ work in your own locale. children, Fred and Ann Letson; and Southeastern Ecumenical staff: Rose Mary Dougherty, Tilden Edwards, Gerald May, and others. Yearly Meeting. For information & application, contact: Lamborn-Helen Lamborn, 97, on June 7. Born SliALEM INSTITUTE FOR SPiRITUAL FORMATION on a homestead near Liberty Square, Pa., she was a birthright member of Drumore (Pa.) Friends Mount St. Alban, Washington, OC 20016 Phone: 202-966-7050 Meeting. When she left the farm in the early 1950s, she transferred her membership to Chester (Pa.) Meeting. Helen volunteered for different organizations throughout her life, but her main interest was the American Friends Service Com­ mittee. She continued to knit sweaters for them until her final illness. She read continually and was concerned with current affairs, often writing letters to her congressmen expressing her con­ cern for a peaceful world. She was known as a skilled seamstress, and many enjoyed listening to her sing. She was a long-time member of Fulton Grange #66. She is survived by her sister, Esther Palmer; one niece; and five nephews. Mathlot-Eiizabeth Mathiot (Betsy Moen), 54, on March 11 , in Madurai, India, of a heart attack. Born in Chicago, Ill., she grew up in Hickory, N.C., where she graduated from Lenoir-Rhyne College with a degree in medical technology. She worked in medical research at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Md., and mar­ ried Thomas Moen in 1964. She received a PhD in demography and sociology from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and taught at the Univer­ sity of Oregon before going to the University of Colorado in 1976. She became a member ofBoul­ der (Colo.) Meeting in 1984. A 1983-84 sabbati­ cal trip to Asia and India crystallized her concerns about poverty and inequality into a passionate commitment that permeated her life and research. The motto of the Right Sharing of World Re­ sources, "Live simply, that others may simply live," became the cornerstone of her personal life. She was on the national board of Right Sharing, and helped evaluate for them both funding pro­ posals and ongoing projects in lndia. She was also deeply concerned with the plight of refugees in the United States, visited the border region, and

FRIENDS JouRNAL August 1993 31 was very active in Boulder Meeting's efforts in number of organizations. She is survived by her this area. She was a major force in developing on daughter, Rachel Setola; a son, Penn Szittya; a the Boulder campus the International and Na­ sister, Mary Outland Katsuki; a brother, Charles tional Voluntary Service Training (INVST) pro­ Outland; and four grandchildren. gram, and served as its acting director in 1992. Utter-Ruth Hentschke Utter, 74, on Nov. 22, She returned for several extended periods to In­ Meeting. This interest became a 1992, in Long Beach, Calif., ofemphysema. Born dia, studying grass-roots self-help movements, full-fledged activity after she moved to in Los Angeles in 1918, Ruth was an advocate of and especially women's role in these movements. Foulkeways in 1988. She leaves a wonderful legacy whatever seemed to need attention. An avid vol­ With her passion for economic and social justice of fanciful creatures, which shows her loving, unteer of the Woman's International League for came naturally a profound respect for religions creative approach to life. Mary Jane is survived Peace and Freedom, League of Women Voters, and cultures and an abiding interest in studying by a daughter, Carol Peacock Kinne; two sons, Friends ofthe Library, and Partners for Parks, she them. Elizabeth also took much joy in nature, and Jonathon and Joseph; a brother, Thomas Taylor; a was a member ofMarloma (Calif.) Meeting since had a whimsical sense of humor that helped her sister, Henrietta Vitarelli; three grandchildren; 1970. With each new organization came new through difficult times and delighted her friends. and several nieces and nephews. friends-and dinner guests. Ruth's home became She is survived by her ex-husband, Tom Moen; Ristad-Adam Alfred Ristad, on March 31, at the gathering place for people of many back­ and a large international community of friends, grounds. A collector of cookbooks of all kinds of whose lives she has touched deeply. home in Nederland, Colo. Adam was born in 1911, in Long Branch, N.J., the son of a Norwegian food, Ruth enjoyed testing new recipes from dif­ Osborn-Joseph C. Osborn, 81, on March 28, in ship's engineer,andgrandsonofaship'scaptain.ln­ ferent countries. Despite her illness, she contin­ Bethlehem, Pa. A descendant of many genera­ stead of going to high school, he joined the Mer­ ued her schedule of meetings and gatherings for tions ofQuakers, he was born and raised in Muncie, chant Marine, serving 20 years on various vessels the final two years of her life. Ruth was preceded Ind., as a birthright member of Friends Memorial around the world. At age 35, he went into the ad­ in death by her husband, Donald Utter. She is Church (now Meeting) of Muncie. In 1955 he trans­ vertising business in California and the South­ ferred his membership to Lehigh Valley (Pa.) west. A growing interest in Quakerism led him to Meeting, for which he was twice appointed clerk as work for the American Friends Service Commit­ well as member of many committees. He also tee as a fund-raiser in the 1950s. After receiving served on Representative Meeting of Philadelphia his GED, he entered the University of Utah at age Yearly Meeting and on the Friends Camp Asso­ 45, and obtained his BA, and an MA from the ciation Board for Camp Onas in Ottsville, Pa. University of Colorado when he was 53. He then During World War II he spent four years in Civil­ taught high school history, anthropology, and Classified ian Public Service camps, including the Smoke­ economics for 16 years. Adam volunteered exten­ jumpers Unit centered in Missoula, Mont., for sively for the AFSC, Legal Aid Services, and which he enthusiastically attended several re­ For Information call (215) 241-727t. Hospice. A member of Boulder (Colo.) Meeting, 55¢ per word. Minimum charge is $11. unions. Having received his BS in Mechanical he was also active with the Sons of Norway, and Add 10% if boxed. 10% discount for three Engineering at Purdue University in 1933, and his other academic and historical societies. In 1985, consecutive insertions, 25% lor six. MS in Engineering Mechanics from the Univer­ he worked for the Sanctuary movement, helping Appearance of any advertisement does not sity of Michigan in 1946, he taught mechanics to bring political refugees from Guatemala and El imply endorsement by Friends Journal. and applied mechanics at Purdue, Montana State, Salvador across the border and into Canada. Adam Classified Ad Deadlines: Michigan State, and Lehigh Universities until his was an active hiker, folk dancer, political activist, retirement in 1977. He was an active member of October issue: August 16 peace advocate, amateur actor, and a shameless November issue: September 13 the American Society of Engineering Education, punster. Even as he suffered severely from serving from 1963 to 1988 as Editor of its Me­ Alzheimer's disease, he maintained his high moral Submit your ad to: chanics Division Bulletin. A skilled amateur pho­ standards and sense of humor. Adam was pre­ Advertising Manager, Friends Journal tographer since 1935, he received recognition for ceded in death by his wife of 18 years, Eloise 1501 Cherry Street Philadelphia, PA 19102-1497 many of his black-and-white photographs, which Ristad, also by a sister, two sons, and a grand­ Fax: (215) 568-1377 have been displayed in various university galleries child. He is survived by his other children, Victoria and at the 1939 World's Fair in Queens, N.Y. He Peterson, Judy Huston, Dona Smith, Rhonda also sang bass with the Bethlehem Bach Choir for Smith, Tamara Smith, Brian Smith, Sue Sumpter, 35 year.;. A Jnefrileroflocal and national model rock­ Carol Plummer, Sheila Ferguson, and Nicholas etry societies, he took pleasure in sharing the joy Marshall-Bonny: and 15 grandchildren. Accommodations ofmaking and launching model rockets with chil­ Szittya-Ruth Mendenhall Outland Szittya, 83, Beacon Hill Friends House: Quaker-sponsored dren. Camping and hiking remained avocations on April 10, in Black Mountain, N.C. A life long residence of 19 interested in community living, spiri­ throughout his physically active life. At Lehigh tual growth, peace, and social concerns. All faiths Friend, activist with the American Friends Ser­ Valley Meeting, he is also cherished for his rolls welcome. Openings immediately and in September; vice Committee, teacher, and author, she was one please apply early. For information, application: and jellies, his Scrabble playing, and his assidu­ of the founding members ofthe Ashville (N.C.) BHFH, 6 Chestnut Street, Boston, MA 02108-3624. ous care of the meetinghouse. Joseph is survived Meeting. She was born in Lansdowne, Pa., to a (617) 277-9118. by his wife, Rebecca (McNees) Osborn; two family rich in Quaker heritage, and was nurtured The Berkshlres, Massachusetts. Baldwin Hill Farm daughters, Julia B. Osborn and Rachel B. Osborn; in Lansdowne and Rich Square (N.C.) Meetings. Bed & Breakfast, Box 125, RD3, Great Barrington, a son, Frank E. Osborn; and six grandchildren. MA 01230. (413) 528-4092. Friend's victorian farm She was educated at Westtown School, Guilford homestead of 450 acres on Berkshire mountaintop. Peacock-Mary Jane (fay/or) Peacock, 76, on College, and Mount Holyoke College. In the 1930s, Panoramic views with warm hospitality and country May 16, at Foulkeways, Gwynedd, Pa. She was she taught for the AFSC at Hindman Settlement breakfasts. Close to golf, skiing, concerts, drama, born in Lincoln, Va., and was a birthright member School in rural Kentucky, and later became prin­ museums, shops, trails, and restaurants. Open all of Goose Creek (Va.) Meeting. She graduated cipal of Haddonfield Friends School in New Jer­ year. Pool, hiking, maps, and menus. from George School in 1936 and Earlham College sey. In 1939, Ruth went to Germany as an AFSC Hawaii-island of Kaual. Cozy housekeeping cot­ tages. Peace, palms, privacy. $6Q-$80/nightly. 147 in 1941, where she met and later married Edward volunteer in the Quakerburo in Berlin, where she Royal Drive, Kapaa, Hi 96746. (808) 822-2321. B. Peacock in 1943. The Peacocks lived in Ohio helped dissidents and Jews escape the country NYC-4reenwich VIllage Accommodation. Walk and North Dakota during World War II while until almost the moment war broke out. She met to 15th Street Meeting. One-four people; children Edward did alternative service in Civilian Public her husband, Dr. Sandor Szittya, when she worked welcome. (Two cats in house.) Reservations: (212) Service. After the war they moved to the Philadel­ for the AFSC Newcomer's Hostel at Quaker Hill, 924-6520. phia, Pa., area and joined Gwynedd (Pa.) Meet­ in Richmond, Ind. She later taught on the Chero­ NYC midtown B&B bargain! Charming, one-bed­ ing, where they became active members. Mary kee Indian Reservation in N.C. and in public room apartments of your own in historical, Eastside Jane worked in school cafeterias and later became schools around Asheville. An avid gardener and a neighborhood. $7Q-$125 double, plus $15 per addi­ tional guest. From simple to sublime. (212) 228-4645. a dietition at a county school for the physically weaver, she was a life member' of the Southern Ocala, Florida, Meetinghouse: Two twin-bed handicapped. Mary Jane's first love and interest, Highland Handicraft Guild. Hers was a life of rooms, split plan, private baths, spacious living ar­ however, was handcrafts. She was active until the giving. In her later years she tutored disadvan­ eas, fully equipped. Reasonable. George Newkirk, end of her life in the group of"Friendly Crafters" taged students in public schools and institutions, Correspondent, 4910 N.E. 16th Street, Ocala, FL that made articles to sell for the benefit of Phila- and served on the boards of AFSC, SANE, and a 3447Q-1151. (904) 236-2839.

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Casa Heberto Seln Friends Center. Reasonable Handsome private lodge set in a working orchard, accommodations. Reservations. Asociacion in a town that Michener called "perfect." Eight bed­ Sonorense de los Amigos, Felipe Salido 32, For Sale rooms, large living and dining areas, kitchen, sauna, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Friends Meeting, Sun­ Mid-coast Maine. Prime 27-acre saltwater farm. woodstove. Ideal for retreat, conference, reunion, or days 11 a.m. Phone: (011-52-621) 7-01-42. Four bedroom cape, barn. Gardeners' delight. Green­ vacation. P.O. Box 534, Walpole, NH 03608. (603) Looking for a craatlve living alternative in New house, fruit trees, berries, perennials. Magnificent 756-9800. York City? Penington Friends House may be the water view. $255,000. (207) 354-8128. Pocono Manor. Rustic mountain house. Seven bed­ place for youl We are looking for people of all ages Cape Cod. 300-year-old, small, "bowed" roof, Martha rooms, sleeps 15, large mountain view deck, full who want to make a serious commitment to a com­ Hoxi house on two acres. Adjacent land, guest house, kitchen, large dining room, access to hiking trails, munity lifestyle based on Quaker principles. For and beach lot also available. Five minute walk to great golf and tennis, ideal for groups, retreats, fami­ information call (212) 673-1730. We also have over­ Sandwich Meetinghouse. Write to H. H. VonLaue, lies. Year-round week and weekend rentals. Contact: night accommodations. Box 576, West Dover, VT 05356. (802) 464-3929. Jonathan Snipes, (215) 736-1 856, or 493-3664. Peaceable World Murals. Original, by a Quaker Beautiful S.W. England (U.K.). Your chance to live artist; acrylic on canvas 10' x 6' with over 20 differ­ in part of an English Victorian country mansion. Spa­ Audio-VIsual ent nationalities and 40 different animals. Background cious ground floor garden apartment. Antique landscape from British Columbia to Africa. Suitable furniture. Two bedrooms, two living rooms, two Who ara Quakers? New Videol for home or business (applies to wall with heavy­ shower rooms, kitchen/breakfast room. Rent: VHS, 27 min., by Claire Simon. duty wallpaper adhesive). $1,900 plus shipping. For $11,000 inclusive of taxes for one year. Telephone/ Uvely, informative, for outreach and 5" x 7" photograph, send $3 to: Rachel Carey-Harper, fax-Street (U.K.): 0984 24486. education. $26.50 plus $3 postage. Box 585, Dennis, MA 02638. Share award-winning home In Coventry Conn. Quaker Video, P.O. Box 292, Typesetting equipment. Compugraphic MCS 10 Swimming pond, stream, woods, gardens, 167 win­ Maplewood, NJ 07040. with 8400 typesetter, two work stations, four disk dows. Interdependent, environment-conscious drives. Price negotiable. Friends Journal, 1501 household. Stately dog. Rooms available June. (203) Friends Journal OUT LOUD. Now available on au­ Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102. (215) 241- 742-8338. dio cassette are six articles on spiritual growth, 7116. Woolman Cottage. Minutes from Acadia National challenges, and support; personal transitions and Park on Maine coast. Enjoy safe, quiet retreat in political development; simplicity; and the spiritual rural, shore-front home with kitchen privileges. Rea­ power of metaphor. Cost: $8.75 includes postage Opportunities sonable rates. Weekly minimum. Carol Woolman, and handling. Send to FRIENDS JouRNAL, 1501 Cherry Consider a Costa Rican study tour. February 3- (207) 288-9695; R.R. 1, Box 1710, Bar Harbor, ME St., Philadelphia, PA 19102-1497. (215) 241-7277. 14, 1994. Call or write Roy Joe and Ruth Stuckey, 04609.

FRIENDS JOURNAL August 1993 33 Small, comfortable home available for Friends at United Friends School: coed; K-6; emphasizing Meetings low cost, whilst we visit our daughters overseas. integrated, developmentally appropriate curriculum, Three months from November 1993. Further periods including whole language and manipulative math; later. Cardiff, capital of Wales; good public trans­ serving upper Bucks County. 20 South 1Oth Street, A partial listing of port. For further information, telephone 0222 624029 Quakertown, PA 18951 . (215) 538-1733. Friends meetings in the or write, Charles and Doris Gardner, 12 Lon lsa, Cardiff CF4 6ED, U.K. United States and abroad. MEETING NOTICE RATES: $13.50 per line per S.W. Wisconsin vacation in the country. Gardens, Services Offered year. Payable a year in advance. No discount. animals, 35 acres woods, and paths. Quiet. Simple General Contractor. Repairs or alterations on old Changes: $8 each. guest house. Meals with family (up to four). $250 or historical buildings. Storm and fire damage re­ weekly. (608) 525-8948. stored. John File, 1147 Bloomdale Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19115. (215) 464-2207. BOTSWANA GABORONE·Kagisong Centre. 373624 or 353552. Retirement Living Forum Travel CANADA Foxdale VIllage, a Quaker life-care community. Quaker-owned and managed travel HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA-(902) 461-0702 or 477-3690 . Thoughtfully designed cottages complemented by agency. Friendly, experienced service; attractive dining facilities, auditorium, library, and • • domestic and international; overnight OTTAWA-Worship and First~ay school 10:30 a.m. 91A full medical protection. Setting is a wonderful combi­ delivery. (800) 888-4099. Fourth Ave. (613) 232-9923. nation of rural and university environment. Entry TORONTO, ONTARIO-Worship and First~ay school 11 a.m. 60 Lowther Ave. (North from cor. Bloor and Bedford). fees from $38,000-$120,000; monthly fees from Friendly financial planning. let me help you pre­ $1 ,11 Q-$2,040. 500 East Marylyn Avenue, Depart­ pare for retirement or work out an estate plan. Socially COSTA RICA ment F, State College, PA 16801. Telephone: (800) responsible investments are my specialty. Call Joyce MONTEVERDE-Phone 61-09-56 or 61-26-56. 253-4951 . K. Moore, Registered Representative, John Hancock The Hamed. lovely old house and carriage house Financial Services, (215) 258-7532. SAN JOSE-Unprogrammed meeting, 11 a.m. Sunday. Phone 24-43-76 or 33-61-68. on quiet, residential, tree-lined street south of Me­ Loans are available for building or improving Friends dia, Pa. Meals served in main house. Short walk to meetinghouses, schools, and related facilities. We EGYPT train. Eleven units. 505 Glenwood Avenue, Moylan, are Friends helping Friends to growl For information PA 19065. (215) 566-4624. CAIRO.First, third, and fifth Saturday evenings, August contact Margaret Bennington, Friends Extension Cor­ through June. Call: Stan Way, 352 4979. poration, 101 Quaker Hill Drive, Richmond, IN 47374 . Phone: (317) 962-7573. (Affiliated with Friends United Schools FRANCE Meeting.) PARis-Worship Sundays 11 a.m. Centre Quaker, 11 4, John Woolman School. Rural California, grades 9- Quaker Universalist Fellowship is a fellowship of rue de Vaugirard. 12. Preparation for college and adulthood, small seekers wishing to enrich and expand Friends' per­ classes, caring staff, work program, service projects; spectives. We meet, publish, and correspond to GERMANY board, day. 13075 Woolman Lane, Nevada City, CA share thoughts, insights, and information. We seek HEIDELBERG-Unprogrammed meeting 11:00 a.m. Sun­ 95959. (916) 273-3183. to follow the promptings of the Spirit. Inquiries wel­ days Hauptstrasse 133 (Junior year). Phone 06223-1386. Junior high boarding school for grades 7, 8, 9. come! Write QUF, Box 201 AD 1, landenberg, PA Small, academic classes, challenging outdoor expe­ 19350. GUATEMALA riences, community service, daily work projects in a GUATEMALA-Unprogrammed. First and third Sundays. small, caring, community environment. Arthur Transcribing: oral history, family stories, etc. $3/ Call Trudie Hunt: 0343686, Nancy Espana: 0392461 . Morgan School, 1901 Hannah Branch Rd., Burnsville, page double spaced, or $5/page single spaced. In­ NC 28714; (704) 675-4262. cludes 5.25" diskette of ASCII DOS file and postage MEXICO MEXICO CITY-Unprogrammed meeting, Sundays, 11 a.m. The Meeting School celebrates the transition from and handling. For more information, please wr~e or call: Chuck Freidel, 4004 Third Avenue, San Bernar­ Casa de los Amigos, Ignacio Mariscal 132, 06030, Mexico youth to adulthood by encouraging students to make 1, D.F. 705-0521. decisions in their own lives in a Friends (Quaker) dino, CA 92407-3402. (909) 882-4250. boarding high school in southern New Hampshire. NICARAGUA We emphasize experiential education, striving for Wedding Certificates, birth testimonials, poetry, MANAGUA-Unprogrammed Worship 10 a.m. each Sun­ innovative and challenging academics while working gifts all done in beautiful calligraphy and watercolor day at Centro de los Amigos, APTOO 5391 Managua, with consensus and equality regardless of age. Teen­ illumination. Book early for spring weddings. Write Nicaragua. 66-3216 or 66-0984. agers live on campus in faculty homes. The school or call leslie Mitchell, 2840 Bristol Rd., Bensalem, is based on simplicity, honesty, the peaceful resolu­ PA 19020. (215) 752-5554. SWITZERLAND tion of conflict, the dignity of physical labor, mutual GENEVA-Meeting for worship and First-

34 August 1993 FRIENDS JoURNAL Arkansas 685-5548. Address: Colorado Springs Friends Meeting, JACKSONVILLE-Meeting for worship, First Days. For lo­ P.O. Box 2514, Colorado Springs, CO 80901-2514. cation and time phone (904) 768-3648 or 733-3573. FAYETTEVILLE..Unprogrammed. (501) 521-8657 or 267- 5822. DENVER-Mountain View Friends Meeting, 2280 South KEY WEST·Worship group Sunday 10:30. 618 Grinnell Columbine St. Worship and adult religious education 9 HOPE..Unprogrammed. Call: (501) m-5382. Street in garden. Phone: Sheridan Crumlish, 294-1523. a.m. Worship and First-Adams Dam Rd. STATESBORo-Worship at 11 a.m. with child care. (912) ange Grove Blvd. First-

36 August 1993 FRIENDS JoURNAL Mississippi MARLTON-See CROPWELL. care provided). 110 Schermerhorn Sl For information call IIEDFORD-Worship 10 am. First-day school 10:30 a.m. (212) 777-8866 (Mon.-Fri. 9-5). Mailing address: Box 730, HAmESBURG-Unprogrammed worship, each Sunday 10 Brooklyn, NY 11201. am., Wesley Foundation, 210 N. 32nd St.; child care Union St. Meetinghouse. (609) 953-8914 for info. available. (601) 261 -1150, MCK~Worship 10 am., First-day school11 am. BUFFALo-Worship and First-day school, 11 am. 72 N. (609) 848-7449 or 423-5618. Parade near Science Museum. Call: for summer hours. 892-8645. Missouri MONTCLAIR-Meeting and First-day school 11 a.m. ex­ COLUMBIA-Discussion and First-day school 9:30, wor­ cept July and Aug. 10 a.m. Park St. and Gordonhur st Ave. BULLS HEAD RD.-Worship 10:30 a.m. Sundays. N ship 10:30 a.m. 6408 locust Grove Or. Call: (314) 442- Phone: (201) 746-0940. Visitors welcome. Dutchess Co., 1/2 mile E. Taconic Pky. (914) 266-3223. 8328 lor information. MOORESTOWN-Meeting for worship 9 am. and 11 am., CANTON-St. lawrence Valley Friends Meeting, (315) 386- KANSAS CITY-Penn Valley Meeting, 4405 Gillham Rd. 10 except 10 a.m. second Sunday Sept., last Sunday Dec., 4648. a.m. Call: (816) 931-5256. and third Sunday June. First-day school 10 a.m. Oct., to CENTRAL FINGER LAKEs-Penn Van, Sundays, Sept. ST. LOUis-Meeting 10:30 a.m. 2539 Rockford Ave., Rock May; Main St. (Ate. 537) and Chester Ave. (Ate.) 603. through June, 160 Main St. rear, adult and child's study 10 Hill. Phone: 962-3061. Worship also at MI. laurel Meetinghouse, June through a.m., worship 11 am. July through Aug., worship in homes. Sept. 10 :30 a.m., Moorestown-MI. laurel Rd. (Ate. 603) Phone: (716) 526-5196. SPRINGFIELD-Preparative Meeting. Worship and First­ and Hainesport Rd. (Ate. 674). Call: (609) 235-1561. day school 11 a.m. each First Day at the Ecumenical CHAPPAQUA-Unprogrammed meeting for worship and Center, SMSU campus, 680 S. Florence Ave. Contact MOUNT HOLLY-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. High ana First-day school 10:30 a.m. Ate. 120 Quaker Rd. (914) louis Cox: (417) 882-3963. Garden Sts. Visitors welcome. Call: (609) 261-7575. 238-3170. MULLICA HILL-Main St. Sept.-May FOS 9:45, meeting for CLINTON-Meeting, Sundays, 10:30 a.m. Kirkland Art Cen­ Montana worship 11 a.m. Meeting only, June, July and Aug., 10 a.m. ter, On-the-Park. Phone: 853-2243. BILLINGs-Unprogrammed worship, 10:30 a.m., Meeting NEW BRUNSWICK-Meeting and First-day school 10:30 CLINTONDALE-Clintondale Friends Meellng. 302 Cres­ for learning 11 :15 a.m. Child care. 2032 Central Avenue a.m. Meeting only July and Aug., 9:30 a.m. 109 Nichol cent Ave. Sunday school 9:45 a.m., worship 11 a.m. or call: (406) 252-5065 or (406) 656-2163. Ave. (201) 846-8969. (summer hours: July-Aug. 9:30 a.m.) Daniel P. Whitley, HELENA-Call (406) 449-6663 or (406) 449-4732. PLAINFIELD-Meeting for worship and First-day school Pastor. Phone: (914) 883-6456. MISSOULA-Unprogrammed 10 am. Sundays. 432 E. Pine. 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at 8:00p.m. 225 Watchung Ave. CORNWALL-Meeting for worship and Sunday school! 0:30 ( 406) 543-8497. at E. Third St. 757-5736. a.m. Ate. 107, off 9W, Quaker Ave. Phone: 496-4463. PRINCETON-Worship 9 and 11 am. Fwst-day school11 a.m. EASTON-unprogrammed worship and First-day school Nebraska Oct-May. Quaker Rd. near Mercer St. (609) 924-7034. 11 am. ~e. 40. (518) 664-6567, 692-9227, or 677-3693. LINCOLN-Discussion 10 a.m., worship 11 a.m. 3319 S. QUAKERTOWN-Worship and First-day school! 0:30a.m. ELMIRA-10:30 a.m. Sundays. 155 West 6th St. Phone: 46th. Phone: 488-4178. Box 502, Quakertown 08868. (201) 782-Q953. (607) 733-7972. OMAHA-Unprogrammed worship 10:30 a.m.; University RANCOCAs-First-day school 10 a.m., meeting for wor­ FREDONIA-Unprogrammed meeting 10:30 a.m. Call: (716) Relig. Ctr., 101 N. Happy Hollow. 289-4156,558-9162. ship 11 a.m. 672-4427 or (716) 672-4518. RIDGEWOOD-Meeting for worship and First-day school HAMILTON-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Chapel House, Nevada 11 a.m. 224 Highwood Ave. (201) 445-8450. Colgate University. Phone: Joel Plotkin, (315) 684-9320. RENo-Unprogrammed worship 10:30 a.m. Youth Center SALEM-Meeting for worship 11 a.m., First-day school HUDSON-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. first and third next to YMCA, 1300 Foster Drive. 747-4623. 9:45a.m. July and Aug. worship 10 a.m. East Broadway. Sundays. 343 Union St. (518) 851 -7954, 966-8940, or New Hampshire SEAVILLE-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. (July/Aug. 10 329-Q401 . a.m.) Main Shore Rd., Ate. 9, Seaville. (609) 624-1165. ITHACA-Worship 11 a.m., Anabel Taylor Hall, Oct.-May, CONCORD-Worship 10 a.m. Children welcomed and cared SHREWSBURY-Meeting for worship and First-day school worship 10:30 a.m., Hector Meeting House, Perry City for. Merrimack Valley Day Care Center, 19 N. Fruit St. Rd., June-Sept. Phone: 273-5421 . Phone: 783-4743. 10:30 am. Ate. 35 and Sycamore. Phone: (908) 741-4138. LONG ISLAND (QUEENS, NASSAU, SUFFOLK DOVER-Unprogrammed worship 10:30 a.m., sharing at SOMERSET/MORRIS COUNTIES-Somerset Hills Meet­ ing, Community Club, E. Main St., Brookside. Worship 10 COUNTIES)- Unprogrammed meetings for worship, 11 noon. 141 Central Ave. Clerk: Chip Neal, (603) 742-Q263 a.m. First Days, unless otherwise noted. or write P.O. Box 243, Dover, NH 03820. . ' a.m. Sept.-May. (908) 234-2486 or (201) 543-7477. SUMMIT-Meeting for worship and First-day school 11 EASTERN LONG ISLAND (3 worship groups) GONic-Programmed Worship 2nd and 4th Sundays. 10:30 Sag Harbor: 96 Hempstead St., Sag Harbor. (516) 725- a.m. Maple St. Clerk: Evelyn lang. Phone: (603) 895- a.m. (July, Aug., 10 a.m.). 158 Southern Blvd., Chatham 2547. 9877. Township. Visitors welcome. Southampton: Administration Building, Southampton Col­ TRENTON-Meeting for worship and primary First-day HANOVER-Worship and First-day school, Sundays, 10 lege. (516) 287-1713. school 10 a.m. Hanover and Montgomery Sts. Children a.m. Friends Meetinghouse, 43 Lebanon St. (next to high Southold: 2060 leeward Drive. (516) 765-1132. school). Clerk: Erica Brinton, (603) 643-4138. welcomed and cared tor. FLUSHING-Discussion 10 a.m.; FOS 11 a.m. 137-16 TUCKERTON-little Egg Harbor Meeting. Left side of Ate. LANCASTER-Unprogrammed meeting at the Episcopal Northern Blvd. (718) 358-9636. Rectory nearly every Sunday evening at 5:30. Check for 9 traveling north. Worship 10:30 a.m. HUNTINGTON-LLOYD HARBOR-11 :30 a.m., St. Paul's time. (802) 962-5290. WOODBURY-First-day school 10 a.m., meeting for wor­ Methodist Church, 270 Main St., Northport, NY. Tel: ship 11 :15 a.m. 140 North Broad St. Telephone: (609) NORTH SANDWICH-10:30 a.m. Contact: Webb, (603) (516) 757-4548. 845-5080, if no answer call 845-9516. 284-6215. JERICHo-Old Jericho Tpke., oft Ate. 25, just east of WOODSTOWN-First-day school 9:45 a.m., worship 11 PETERBOROUGH-Monadnock, Meeting at Peter­ intersection with Rtes. 106 and 107. borough/Jaffrey Une on Rt. 202. 10:30. (603) 924-6150, a.m. July and Aug., worship 10 a.m. N. Main St. Phone: (609) 358-3528. LOCUSTVALLEY-MATINECOCK-1 0 a.m. all year, FOS or Stine, 878-4768. Sept.-June. Duck Pond and Piping Rock Ads. WEARE-10:30 a.m., Quaker St., Henniker. Contact: Baker New Mexico MANHASSET-Adult dass 10 a.m., FOS 11 a.m., Win­ (603) 478-3230. ALBUQUERQUE-Meeting and First-day school! 0:30. 1600 ter. (Worship 1 0 a.m. June- August.) (516) 365-5142. WEST EPPING-Unprogrammed. 10 a.m. on 1st and 3rd 5th St., N.W., (505)843-6450. ST. JAMES-CONSCIENCE BAY-Friends Way, off First Days. Friend St. directly off 27. Clerk: Fritz Bell Rt. Moriches Rd. Adult discussion, FDS, and singing. (516) (603) 895-2437. GALLUP-Friends Worship Group, First Day 10:30 a.m. For information, call: (505) 722-5315. 862-6213. New Jersey LAS CRUCE$-10 a.m. Sunday, worship, First-day school. SHELTER ISLAND EXECUTIVE MEETING-10:30 a.m. Summers: Circle at Quaker Martyr's Monument, ATLANTIC CITY AREA-Worship 11 a.m., 437A, S. Pitney 2610 S. Solano. 522-Q672 or 526-4625. Sylvester Manor. (516) 749-Q555. Winters: 96 Hepstead Rd. Near Absecon. Clerk: Robert l. Barnett, (609) 965- SANTA FE-Meeting for worship, Sundays 9 and 11 a.m. St., Sag Harbor. (516) 324-8557. 5347. Olive Rush Studio, 630 Canyon Rd. Phone: 983-7241. WESTBURY-550 Post Ave., just south of Jericho Tpke. BARNEGAT-Meeting for worship 11 a.m.left side of East CHAMISA PREPARATIVE MEETING at Westminster at Exit 32-N, Northern State Pkwy. (516) 333- 3178. Bay Ave., traveling east from Ate. 9. Presbyterian Church, St. Francis and Manhattan. Wor­ CAMDEN-Newton Friends Meeting. Worship First Day ship and First-day school, 4:30 p.m. (summer varies). MT. KISCO-Croton Valley Meeting. Meetinghouse Road, 10:30 a.m. Cooper & 8th Sts. (by Haddon Ave.). Informa­ (505) 473-911 0. opposite Stanwood. Worship 11 a.m. Sunday (914) 666- tion: (609) 964-9649. SILVER CITY AREA-Gila Friends Meeting. 10 am. Call: 8602. CAPE MAY-Beach meeting michJune through Sept., 8:45 388-3388, 536-9565, or 535-4137 for locali on. NEW PALTZ-Worship, First-day school and child care a.m., beach north of first-aid station. (609) 624-1165. SOCORRo-Worship group, first, third, fifth Sundays, 10 10:30 am. 8 N. Manheim. (914) 255-5678. CINNAMINSON-Westfield Friends Meeting, Ate. 130 at a.m. Call: 835-0013 or 835-0277. NEW YORK CITY-At 15 Ruther1ord Place (15th Street), Riverton-Moorestown Rd. Meeting for worship 11 am., Manhattan; unprogrammed worship every First Day at First-day school 10 a.m. New York 9:30a. m. and 11 a.m.; programmed worship at 10 a.m. on the first First Day of every month. Earl Hall, Columbia ALBANY-Worship and First-day school11 a.m. 727 Madi­ CROPWELL-Meeting for worship 10:45 a.m. Otd Mar~on University: unprogrammed worship every First Day 11 son Ave. Phone: 436-8812. ct Pike, one mile west of Marlton. a.m. At 110 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn: unpro­ CROSSWICKs-Meeting and First-day school 9:30 a.m. ALFRED-Meeting for worship 1 0:30 a.m. each First Day in grammed worship at 11 a.m. every First Day. Phone (212) (609) 298-4362. The Parish House, West University St. m-8866 (Mon. -Fri., 9-5) about First-day schools, monthly DOVER-RANDOLPH-Worship and First-day school11 am. AMAWALK-Worship 10:30 a.m. Quaker Church Rd., N. of business meetings, and other information. Randolph Friends Meeting House, Quaker Church Rd. Ate. 202-35, Yorktown Heights. (914) 271-4074 or 962- OLOCHATHAM-Meetingforworship 11 am. Powell House, and Quaker Ave. between Center Grove Rd. and Millbrook 3045. Ate. 13. Phone 794-8811. Ave., Randolph. (201) 627-3987. AUBURN-Unprogrammed meeting 1 p.m. Seventh-day ONEONTA-Butternuts Monthly Meeting. Worship 10:30 HADDONFIELD-Worship 10 am.; First-day school fol­ worship . By appointment only. Auburn Prison, 135 State a.m. first Sunday. (607) 432-9395. Other Sundays: lows, except summer. Babysitting provided during both. St., Auburn, NY 13021 . Requests must be proc­ Cooperstown, 547-5450, Delhi, 829-6702; Norwich, 334- Friends Ave. and lake St. Phone: 428-6242 or 428-5779. essed through Ruth Stewart, 46 Grant Ave., Auburn, NY 9433. MANASQUAN-First-day school 10 am., meeting 11 :15 13021. Phone: (315) 253-6559, ORCHARD PARK-Worship and First-day school 11 a.m. a.m. Ate. 35 at Manasquan Circle. BROOKLYN-Worship and First-day school 11 a.m. (child East Quaker St. at Freeman Rd. 662-5749.

fRIENDS JOURNAL August 1993 37 POPLAR RIDGE-Worship 10 a.m. (315) 364·7244. FINDLAY-Joe Davis, (419) 422-7668. DOUNGTON-MAKEFIELD-Worship 11-11 :30 a.m. First­ POUGHKEEPSIE-Meeting for worship and Sunday school TOLEDO-Rilma Buckman, (419) 385-1718. day school11 :30.12:30. East of Oolington on MI. Eyre Rd. 10 a.m. 249 Hooker Ave., 12603. (914) 454-2870. CINCINNATI-Eastern Hills Friends Meeting (previously DOWNINGTOWN-First-day school (except summer PURCHASE-Meeting for worshiP. and First-day school 11 Clifton Friends Meeting), 1671 Nagel Road, Sunday 10 months) and worship 10:30 a.m. 800 E. Lancaster Ave. a.m., Purchase Street (RI. 120) at Lake St. Meeting tele­ a.m. (513) 232-5348. (south side old Rte. 30, 1/2 mile east of town). 269-2899. phone: (914) 949-0206 (answering machine). CINCINNATI-Community Meeting (United FGC and FUM), DOYLESTOWN-Meeting for worship and First-day school QUAKER STREET·Worship 11 a.m. Rte. 7 Quaker Street, 3960 Winding Way, 45229. Worship from silence and 10:30 a.m. East Oakland Ave. New York 12141 . Phone (518) 895-8169. First-day school10 a.m. Quaker-house phone: (513) 861- DUNNING$ CREEK·First-day schooVMeeting for worship 4353. Byron Branson, clerk. ROCHESTER-Labor Day to May 31, Meeting for Worship begins 10 a.m. N.W. Bedford at Fishertown. 623-5350. 9 a.m. and 1 1 a.m. First-day school 1 1 a.m. June 1 to CLEVELAND-Meeting for worship and First-day school 11 ERIE-Unprogrammed worship. Call: (814) 866-0682. Labor Day worship at 10 a.m. with babysitting available, a.m. 10916 Magnolia Dr. (216) 791-2220. FALLSINGTON (Bucks County)-Falls Meeting, Main St. 41 Westminster Rd., 14607. (716) 271.0900. COLUMBUs-Unprogrammed meeting 10:30 a.m. 1954 First-day school! 0 a.m., meeting for worship 11 a.m. Five Indianola Ave. Call the Meetinghouse at (614) 291-2331 ROCKLAND-Meeting for worship and First-day school 11 miles from Pennsbury reconstructed manor home of Wil­ or Gerry Brevoort at (614) 268-2002. a.m. 60 Leber Rd., Blauvelt. (914) 623-8473. liam Penn. RYE-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 9 a.m., 624 Milton DAYTON-Friends meeting FGC. Unprogrammed wor­ ship and First-day school10 a.m. 1516 Salem Ave., Rm. GLENSIDE-Unprogrammed, Christ-<:entered worship. First­ Road. Phone(914)967-Q539. day 10:30 a.m., Fourth-day, 7:30 p.m. 16 Huber St., 236 Phone: (513) 426-9875. SARANAC LAKE-Meeting for worship and First-day school; Glenside (near Railroad Station) Ph. 576-1450. (518) 523-1899 or (518) 523-3548. DELAWARE-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., room 311 of the HamiltonWilliams GOSHEN-First-day school 10 a.m., worship 10:45 SARATOGA SPRINGS.Worship and First-day school 11 Goshen ville, intersection of Rte. 352 and Paoli Pike. a.m. Phone: (518) 399-5013. Campus Center at Ohio Wesleyan University. For summer and 2nd Sundays, call (614) 362-8921. GWYNEDD-First-day school 9:45 a.m., except summer. SCARSDALE-Meeting for worship, second Sunday in Sept. Worship 11:15 a.m. Sumneytown Pike and Rte. 202. through June, 11 a.m.; July through first Sunday in Sept. GRANVILLE-Area worship group meets Sundays I Oa.m. For information, call Mike Fuson: (614) 587-4756. 10 a.m. First-day school, third Sunday in Sept. through HARRISBURG-Worship It a.m., First-day school and adult second Sunday in June, 11 a.m. 133 Popham Rd. KENT-Meeting for worship and First-day school 10:30 education (Sept. to May) 9:45 a.m. Sixth and Herr Sts. Phone: (717) 232-7282 or 232-1326. SCHENECTADY-Meeting for worship 9:30 a.m. Albany a.m., UCM lounge, 1435 East Main Street. David Stilwell, Street United Methodist Church, 924 AI bany Street. (518) clerk. Phone: (216) 869-5563. HAVERFORD-First-day school 10:30 a.m., meeting for 377-4912. MANSFIELD-Unprogrammed meeting 10 a.m., first and worship 10:30 a.m., fifth-day meeting for worship I 0 a.m. third Sundays. (419) 756-4441 or 289-8335. during college year. Buck Lane, between Lancaster Pike STATEN ISLAND-Meeting for worship Sundays at 11 a.m. and Haverford Rd. Information: (718) 2i3-Q493. MARIETTA-Mid-Ohio Valley Friends unprogrammed wor­ ship First Day mornings at 10:30 o'clock. Betsey Mills HAVERTOWN-Old Haverford Meeting. East Eagle Rd. at SYRACUSE-Worship 10:30 a.m. 821 Euclid Ave. Club, 4th and Putnam Sts. Phone: (614) 373-2466. Saint Dennis Lane, Havertown; First-day school and adult North Carolina OBERLIN-Unprogrammed meeting, First Days: (216) 775- forum, 10 a.m., meeting for worship 11 a.m. 2368 or (216) 774-3292. ASHEVILLE-Unprogrammed meeting for worship and First­ HORSHAM-First-day school, meeting 11 a.m. Rte. 611. day school 10 a.m., forum and child care 11 a.m. 227 WAYNESVILLE-Friends meeting, First-day school 9:30 HUNTINGDON-Worship 10 a.m. 1715 Mifflin St. (814) Edgewood Rd. (704) 258-o974. a.m., unprogrammed worship 10:45 a.m. 4th and Hight 643-1842 or 669-4038. Sts. (513) 885-7276, 897-8959. BOONE-Unprogrammed worship 11 a.m., Unitarian Fel­ INDIANA-Unprogrammed meeting for worship, I 0:30a.m., lowship. King Street, Boone, N.C. Call for information. WILMINGTON-Campus Meeting (United FUM and FGC), first and third Sundays. United Ministry, 828 Grant St. Michael Harless, (919) 877-4663. College Kelly Center. Unprogrammed worship 10:15 a.m. (412) 349-3338. Barbara Olmsted, clerk, (513) 382-4118. BREVARD-Unprogrammed meeting for worship, 11 a.m. KENDAL·Worship 10:30 a.m. Rte. I, I mi. N. of Long Oakdale and Duckworth Aves. (704) 884-7000. WOOSTER-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school wood Gardens. CELO-Meeting 10:45 a.m., near Burnsville, off Rt. 80 S, 10:30 a.m. S.W. corner College and Pine Sts. (216) 345- 8664 or 262-7650. KENNETT SQUARE-First-day school10 a.m., worship 11 455 Hannah Branch Rd., (704) 675-4456. a.m. Union and Sickles. Betsy McKinistry, clerk, (215) YELLOW SPRINGs-Unprogrammed worship, FGC, tO a.m. CHAPEL HILL-Meeting for worship 9 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. 444-4449. Rockford Meetinghouse, President St. (Antioch campus). First-day school 11 :15 a.m. Child care. During June, July Clerk, John Eastman: (513) 767-7919. LANCASTER-Meeting and First-day school 10 a.m. ItO and August, worship at 10 a.m. Clerk: Marnie Clark, (919) Tulane Terr. 392-2762. 967·9342. Oklahoma LANSDOWNE-First-day school and activities 10 a.m. Meet­ CHARLOTTE-Unprogrammed meeting for worship and ing for worship I 0 a.m. Lansdowne and Stewart Aves. First-day school 10 a.m., forum and child care 11 a.m. OKLAHOMA CITY-Friends Meetinghouse, 312 S.E. 25th. 2327 Remount Rd. (704) 399·8465 or 537-5808. Unprogrammed meeting for worship I 0 a.m., Quaker study LEHIGH VALLEY-BETHLEHEM-Worship and First-day group, midweek. (405) 632-7574,631-4174. school 9:30a.m. Programs for all ages I 0:45a.m. On Rte. DAVIDSON·10 a.m. Carolina Inn. (704) 892·3996. STILLWATER-Unprogrammed meeting for worship It a.m. 512, 1/2 mile north of Rte. 22. DURHAM-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school For information call (405) 372-5892 or 372-4839. LEWISBURG-Worship 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Vaughan Lit. 10 a.m. 404 Alexander Ave. Contact Alice Keighton, (919) Bldg. Library, Bucknell University. Clerk: (717) 524-0191. 489-6652. Oregon LONDON GROVE-Friends meeting Sunday 10 a.m., child FAYETTEVILLE-Unprogrammed. Phone 485·5720. ASHLAND-Meeting for worship 10 a.m- Sunday. 1150 care/First-day school 11 a.m. Newark Rd. and Rte. 926. GREENSBORO-Friendship Meeting (unprogrammed) 1103 Ashland St. (503) 482-4335. MARSHALLTON-Br adford Meeting (unprogrammed), Rte. New Garden Rd. Worship 10:30 a.m. Call: (919) 294-2095 162, 4 mi. west of West Chester. 1 1 a.m. 696-6538. or 854-5155. CORVALLIS.Meeting for worship 9:30a.m. 3311 N.W. Polk Ave. Phone: 752-3569. MEDIA-Worship 11 a.m. (10 a.m. July-Aug.) Joint First­ GREENVILLE-Unprogrammed worship and First-day EUGENE-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. Sunday. 2274 Onyx day school 9:30 a.m. at Media, Sept.-Jan., and at Provi­ school. 355-7230 or 758-6789. St. Phone: 343-3840. dence, Feb.-June, 125 W. Third St. GUILFORD COLLEGE, GREENSBORO-New Garden FLORENCE-Central Coast Meeting for worship 11 a.m., MEDIA-Providence Meeting, 105 N. Providence Rd. (215) Friends Meeting. Meeting for worship: unprogrammed 9 am.; semi-programmed 11 am. First-day school 9:45 a.m. second and fourth Sundays. (503) 997-4237 or 997-7024. 566-1308. Worship 1 1 a.m. Joint Firsl-day school9:30 at Gary C. Dent, clerk; David W. Bills, pastoral minister. 801 PORTLAND-Multnomah Monthly Meeting, 4312 S.E. Stark. Providence, Feb.-June and at Media, Sept.-Jan. New Garden Road, 27410. (919) 292-5487. Worship 10 a.m. Phone: 232-2822. MERION-Meeting for worship 11 a.m., First-day school HICKORY-Unprogrammed worship, First-day school1 0:15, SALEM-Meeting for worship I 0 a.m., Forum It a.m. YWCA, 10: 15 except summer months. Babysitting provided. Meet· forum 11:30. 328 N. Center St., (704) 324-5343. 768 State St., 399-1908. Call for summer schedule. inghouse Lane at Montgomery. RALEIGH-Unprogrammed. Worship 10 a.m. 625 Tower MIDDLETOWN-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. First-day Street. Pennsylvania school 10:30-11:30 a.m. Adult education 10:3Q.11 a.m. Delaware County, Rte. 352 N. of Lima. 358-1528. WENTWORTHIREIDSVILLE.()pen worship and child care ABINGTON-First-day school (summer-outdoor meeting) 10:30 am. Call: (919) 349-5727 or (919) 427-3188. 9:45 a.m., worship It :15 a.m. Child care. Meetinghouse MIDDLETOWN-First-day school 9:30 a.m., meeting for Rd./Greenwood Ave., Jenkintown. (E. of York Rd., N. of worship 11 a.m. Seventh and eighth months worship 10- WILMINGTON-Unprogrammed worship 11:00 a.m., dis­ Philadelphia.) 884-2865. 11 a.m. At Langhorne, 453 W. Maple Ave. cussion 10:00 a.m., 313 Castle St. BIRMINGHAM-First-day school 10 am., worship 10: 15. MILLVILLE-Worship 10 a.m., First-day school 11 a.m. WOODLAND-Cedar Grove Meeting. Sabbath school 10 1245 Birmingham Rd. S. of West Chester on Rte. 202 to Main St. Dean Girton, (717) 458-6431 . a.m., meeting tor worship 11 a.m. Bill Remmes, clerk. Rte. 926, turn W. to Birmingham Rd., turnS. t /4 mile. (919) 587-9981. NEWTOWN (BucksCo.)-Worship 11 a.m., First-day school BUCKINGHAM-Worship and First-day school, 11 a.m.-12 9:45a.m. Summer worship only. 968-3801. North Dakota (June, July, Aug.: 10-11 , no FDS). Routes 202-263, NEWTOWN SQUARE (Del. Co.)-Meeting 10 a.m. Rte. Lahaska. (215) 794-7299. FARGO-Unprogrammed meeting, 10:30 a.m. Sundays, 252 N. of Rte. 3. (215) 566-4808. CARLISLE-First-day school (Sept.-May). Worship I 0 a. 1239 121h St. N. 234-o974. NORRISTOWN-Meeting for worship and First-day school m. 163 E. Pomfret St., 249-2411 . 10 a.m. on First Day at Swede and Jacoby Sts. Phone: Ohio CHAMBERSBURG-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. (717) 279-3765. Mail: P.O. Box 823, Norristown, PA 19404. 263-6976. AKRON-Unprogrammed worship and First-day school. OXFORD-First-day school 10 a.m., Meeting for worship United Church of Christ, 750 Work Dr., 44320; in little CHELTENHAM-See Philadelphia listing. 11 a.m. 260 S. 3rd St. (215) 932-8572. Janet P. Eaby, chapel in the back; 253-7141 (AFSC). CHESTER-Meeting for worship 11 a.m., Sunday. 24th and clerk. (717) 786-7810. ATHENs-10 a.m. 18 N. College St. (614) 592-5789. Chestnut Sis., (215) 874-5860. PENNSBURG-Unami Monthly Meeting meets First Days BOWLING GREEN-Broadmead Friends Meeting FGC. CONCORD-Worship and First-day school 11 :15 a.m. At at 11 a.m. Meetinghouse at 5th and Macoby Sis. Bruce Unprogrammed worship groups meet at: Concordville, on Concord Rd. one block south of Rte. 1. Grimes, clerk: 234·8424. BLUFFTON-Sally Weaver Sommer, clerk, (419) 358- DARBY·Meeting for worship and First-day school 11 a.m. PHILADELPHIA-Meetings 10:30 a.m. unless specified; 5411 . Main at 10th St. phone241-7221 for information about First-day schools.

38 August 1993 FRIENDS JOURNAL BYBERRY~ne mile east of Roosevelt Boulevard at CHARLESTON-Worship 9:45 am. Sundays. The Chrilr WILDERNEss-Sunday meeting for worship altO a.m. in Southampton Rd., 11 a.m. tian Family Y, 21 George Sl (803) 723-5820. Wallingford. Rotary Building, N. Main St. Phone Kate CENTRAL PHILADELPHIA-Meeting for worship 11 am. COLUMBIA·Worship and First-day school tO a.m. PALM Brinton, (802) 228-8942, or Leo Cadwalladar, (802) 446- (10 a.m. July and August). 15th and Cherry Sts. Center, 728 Pickens St. (803) 256-7073. 2565. CHELTENHAM-Jeanes Hospilal grounds, Fox Chase, 11:30 am. July and Aug. 10:30 a.m. GREENVILLE-Unprogrammed worship and Arst-day school Virginia CHESTNUT HILL·tOO E. Mermaid lane. 5:00p.m. Third Presbyterian Church, 900 Buncombe Street. (803) 233-o837. ALEXANDRIA-Worship every First Day 11 a.m., unpro­ FOURTH AND ARCH STS.·10 a.m. on Thursdays. FRANKFORD-Penn and Orthodox Sts., 10:30 a.m. HOARY-Worship Sundays, 10:30 a.m. (unpro­ grammed worship and First-day school. Woodlawn Meet­ FRANKFORD-Unity and Wain Sis., Friday eve. 7:30 grammed), Grace Gifford, inland, (803) 365-6654. ing House, 8 miles S. of Alexandria, near US 1. Call (703) p.m. 7654~04 or 455-o194. GERMANTOWN MEETING-Coulter St. and German­ South Dakota CHARLOTTESVILLE-Discussion 9:45a.m., worship 8:30 town Ave. SIOUX FALLs-Unprogrammed meeting 11 a.m. 2311 S. a.m. and 11:00 a.m. (child care available). Summer wor­ GREEN STREET MEETING-45 W. School House Lane. Center Ave., 57105. Phone: (605) 338·5744. ship only 8:30a.m. and I O:OOa.m. 1104 Forest St. Phone: (804) 971-8859. PHOENIXVILLE·Schuylkill Meeting. East of Phoenixville FARMVILLE-Worship 10 a.m., discussion 11 a.m. 223- and north of juncture of Whitehorse Rd. and Ate. 23. Tennessee 4160. Worship 10 a.m., forum 11:15. CHATTANOOGA-Worship 10 a.m., discussion 11:30 a.m. HARRISONBURG-Unprogrammed worship, 4:30p.m. Sun­ PITTSBURGH-Meeting for worship and school! 0:30a.m.; 335 Crestway Drive. Co-derks: Becky Ingle, (615) 629- 4836 Ellsworth Ave., (412) 683-2669. 5914; Judy Merchant, (615) 825-6048. days, Rte. 33 West. (703) 828-3066 or 885-7973. LEXINGTON-Maury River Meeting, First-day school and PLYMOUTH MEETING-Worship, FirsH:Iay school 11:15 CROSSVILLE-Worship 10 a.m., discussion 11 a.m. Rt. 8, a.m. Germantown Pike and Butler Pike. Box 25. Gladys Draudt, clerk: 484-6920. unprogrammed worship 10 a.m. Discussion 11 a.m. Phone (703) 463-9422. POCONOS·Sterling-Newfoundland. Worship group under JOHNSON CITY·Tri.Cities Friends (unprogrammed). In­ the care of North Branch (Wilkes-Barre) Meeting. (717) formation: Sharon Gitlin, (615) 282-5034. LINCOLN-Goose Creek United Meeting for worship and First-day school 10 a.m. 689-2353 or 689-7552. MEMPHIS-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school POTTSTOWN-READING AREA-Exeter Meeting. Meet­ 11 a.m. year round. S.E. corner Poplar & E. Parkway. McLEAN-Langley Hill Meeting. June. old Rte. 123 and inghouse Rd. off 562, 1 and 6/1 0 miles W. of 662 and 562 (90 1 ) 323·3196. Rte. 193. 10 a.m. First-day school, adult forum 11 a.m. intersection and Yellow House. Worship 10:30 a.m. NASHVILLE-Meeting and First-day school 10 a.m. 2804 NORFOLK-Worship and First-day school att 0 a.m. Phone QUAKERTOWN-Richland Monthly Meeting, 244 S. Main Acklen Ave., (615) 269.0225. Hibbard Thatcher, clerk. (804) 627-6317 or (804) 489-4965 for information. Street, First-day school and meeting for worship 10:30 WEST KNOXVILLE-Worship and First-day school 10 a.m. RICHMOND-Worship 9:30 & 11 a.m., children's First-day a.m. D.W. Newton, 693-8540. school11:20 a.m. 4500 Kensington Ave. (804) 358-6185. RADNOR· Radnor Meeting for worship and First-day school RICHMOND-Midlothian Meeting. Worship 11 a.m., 10 a.m. Conestoga and Sproul Roads, lthan, Pa. (215) Texas children's First-day schooltt :15 a.m. (804) 379-8506. 688-9205. ALPINE-Meeting for worship, Sunday, 10:30-11:30 a.m. ROANOKE-Worship 10:30 a.m. Info.: Fetter, 982-1034; READING-First-day school 10 a.m., meeting 11 a.m. 108 in the home of George and Martha Floro. Call: (915) 837- or Waring, 343-6769. 2930 for information. North Sixth St. (215) 372-5345. VIRGINIA BEACH-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. (based o n SOLEBURY·Worship 10 am., First-day school10:45 a.m. AUSTIN·Forum 10 a.m., unprogrammed worship 11 a.m. silence). 1537 Laskin Rad., Virginia Beach, VA 23451. Supervised activities and First-day school for young Sugan Rd., 2 miles N.W. of New Hope. 297-5054. WILLIAMSBURG-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 4 Friends. 3014 Washington Square. Paul Stucky, clerk. SOUTHAMPTON (Bucks Co.)-Worship and First-day p.m. Sundays, First-day school 5 p.m. 1333 Jamestown school 10 a.m., Adult forum 11 a.m. Street and Gravel Hill CORPUS CHRISTI-Unprogrammed worship 9:30a.m., dis­ Road, (804) 229-6693. cussion 10:45 a.m.; 5872A Everhart, 993-1207. Rds. (215) 364.0581. WINCHESTER-Hopewell Meeting. 7 mi. N. on Rte. 11 S PRINGFIELD-Meeting and First-day school, 11 a.m., W. DALLA S-Sunday 10 a.m. 5828 Worth St. Clerk, Jim (Clearbrook). Unprogrammed meeting for worship 10:15 Springfield and Old Sproul Rds. Del. Co. 328-2425. Garretson: (214) 238.0546, or call 821· 6543. a.m., First-day schoolt t a.m. Clerk: (703) 667-1018. EL PASo-Meeting at 10 a.m. Sunday. 2821 Idalia, El STATE COLLEGE-First-day school and adult discussion 10 a.m. worship 11 a.m. 611 E. Prospect Ave. 16801. Paso, TX 79930. Please use the back door. Phone: (915) Washington 534-8203. Please leave a message. SWARTHMORE-Meeting and First-day school 10 a.m., BELLEVUE-Eastside Friends. 4160 158th Ave. SE. Wor­ FORT WORTH-Unprogrammed meeting at Wesley Foun­ forum 11 a.m. Whittier Place, college campus. ship 10 a.m., study 11 a.m. (206) 747-4722 or 587-6449. dation, 2750 West Lowden, 11 a.m. Discussion follows OLYMPIA-Worship 10a.m. 219 B Street S.W., Tumwater. UPPER DUBLIN-Worship and First-day school11 a.m. Ft. worship. (817) 428-9941. Washington Ave. and Meetinghouse Rd., near Ambler. First Sunday each month; potluck breakfast at 9 a.m. GALVESTON-Worship, First Day 11 a.m.; 1501 Post Of­ Address: P.O. Box 334, Olympia, WA 98507. Phone: 943- VALLEY· First-day school and forum 10 a.m. (except sum­ fice St. (409) 762-1785 or 740-2781 or 762-7361. 3818 or 357-3855. mer), Worship 11 :15 (summer, 10). Monthly meeting dur­ HILL COUNTRY-Unprogrammed worship 11 :00 a.m., dis­ PULLMAN-See Moscow, Idaho. ing forum time 2nd Sunday of each month. West of King of cussion 10:00 a.m. Kerrville, TX. Clerk: Polly Clark: (512) SEATTLE-University Friends Meeting 4001 9th Ave. N.E. Prussia on old Rte. 202 and Old Eagle School Rd. 238-4154. Quiet worship First Days 9:30 and 11 a.m., Weds. 7 p.m. WEST CHESTER-First-day school 10:30 a.m., worship HOUSTON-live Oak Meeting, 1003 Alexander. Meeting Accommodations: 632-9839. 10:45. 425 N. High St. Caroline Helmuth, 696-0491 . 547~49 . for worship 11 a.m. year round. Discussion 9:30 a.m. SPOKANE-Unprogrammed worship. 747-7275 or 536- WEST GROVE-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. 153 E. Har­ except summer. Phone: clerk, Dee Rogers, (713) 358- 6622. mony Road, P.O. Box 7. 3711 or Meetinghouse, (713) 862-6685 for details. TACOMA·Tacoma Friends Meeting, 3019 N. 21st St. WESTTOWN-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday. LUBBOCK-Unprogrammed worship, Sunday morning Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m., First-day discussion 11 Westtown School campus, Westtown, PA 19395. 10:45-11 :45 a.m. United Campus Ministries Building, 2412 a.m. Phone: 759-1910. 13th St. (806) 747-5553 or 791-4890. WILKES.BARRE·North Branch Monthly Meeting. Wyo­ TRI-CmES·Unprogrammed worship. Phone: (509) 946- ming Seminary Lower School, 1560 Wyoming Ave., Forty MIDLAND-Worship 5 p.m. Sundays. Clerk, Mike Gray: 4082. Fort. Sunday school 10 a.m., worship 11 a.m., For sum­ (915) 699-5512. WALLA WALLA· t O a.m. Sundays. 522.0399. mer and vacations, phone: (717) 675-2438 or (717) 825- RIO GRANDE VALLEY·Winter worship group Sunday 0675. mornings. For location call Carol J. Brown 686-4855. West Virginia WILLISTOWN·Worship and First-day school 10 a.m. SAN ANTONio-Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m. Discus­ Goshen and Warren Rds., Newtown Square, R.D. 1. sion 11 a.m. at Methodist Student Center, 102 Belknap. MORGANTOWN-Monongalia Friends Meeting. Every Sun­ day 11 a.m. Phone: Lurline Squire, (304) 599-3109. WRIGHTSTOWN-Ate. 413. Gathering 10 a.m. Meeting for Mail: P.O. Box 6127, San Antonio, TX 78209. (210) 945- worship 10 a.m. First-day school, children 10:15 a m., 8456. PARKERSBURG-Mid-Ohio Valley Friends. Phone: (304) 428-1320. adults 11 a.m. TYLER-Unprogrammed. Call: (903) 725-6283. YARDLEY·Meeting fo r worship 10 a.m. First-day school Wisconsin follows meeting during winter months. North Main St. Utah BELOIT-Unprogrammed worship 11 a.m. Sundays, 811 YORK-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 11 a.m. 135 LOGAN-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school. Sun­ Clary St. Phone: (608) 365-5858. W. Philadelphia St.; clerk, lamar Matthew: (717) 843- ' days, 10:30 a.m. 220 N. 100 E. Call: 563-3345, or 752· 2285. 2702. EAU CLAIRE-Menomonie Friends Meeting for worship SALT LAKE CITY-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day and First-day school at the Meetinghouse (1718 1Oth Street, Menomonie, 235-6366) or in Eau Claire. Call: 235- Rhode Island school 10 am. Friends Meeting House, 161 E. Second 5686 or 832.0721 for schedule. PROVIDENCE-Meeting for worship 11 am. each First Ave. Phone: (801) 359-1506, or 582.0719. Day. 99 Morris Ave., corner of Olney St. GREEN BAY/APPLETON-Meeting for worship and First­ Vennont day schooltt a.m. Contact Peri Aldrich, clerk: (414) 865- SAYLESVILLE·Worship 10:30 am. each First Day. Un­ 4151. coln-Great Rd. (Rte. 126) at River Rd. BENNINGTON-Worship, Sundays, 9:30 am. Old First MADISON-Meeting House, 1704 Roberts Ct., (608) 256- WESTERLY .Unprogrammed worship and First-day school Church barn on Monument Circle at the obelisk. (802 447- 7980 or (802) 442-4859. 2249. Unprogrammed worship Sunday at 9:00 and 11 :00 10:30 a.m. 57 Elm St. (401) 596-0034. a.m., Wednesday at7:00 a.m., 12:00 noon, 5:15 and 8:30 WOONSOCKET-Smithfi eld Friends Me eting,108 BURLINGTON-Worship 11 a.m. Sunday. 173 North Prolr p .m. Children's classes attt :00 a.m. Sunday. pect St. Phone: (802) 660-9221 . Smithfield Road, (Rte 146-A). Unprogrammed worship MILWAUKEE-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. 3224 N. 9:30; pastoral worship 11 a.m. (401) 762-5726. MIDDLEBURY-Worship 10 a.m. at ParenVChild Center. Gordon Pl. Phone (414) 332-9846 or 263-2111. 11 Monroe Street. Middlebury. (802) 388-7684. South Carolina PLAINFIELD-Each Sunday at10:30 a.m. Call Hathaway, Wyoming BEAUFORT/FRIPP ISLAND-Unprogrammed meeting, 1 1 (802) 223-6480 o r Gilson, (802) 684-2261. JACKSON HOLE·Meeting for worship 9 a.m. (May 1 a.m. First Day, in homes. Call Diane or Ash Kesler: (803) PUTNEY·Worship, Sunday, 10:00 a.m. Rte. 5, north of through September 30, 8:30 a.m.) Unprogrammed. For 838-2983. village, Putney. location, call (307) 733-5432.

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