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Editorial inger/songwriter John McCutcheon has written a moving ballad, Christmas in Susan Corson-Finnerty (Publisher and Executive the Trenches, that tells a true story of German and Allied soldiers laying down Editor), Robert Dockhorn (Senior Editor), Rebecca Howe (Assistant Editor), Judirh Brown (Poetry Stheir weapons one Christmas during World War I and approaching each other, Editor), Ellen Michaud (Book Review Editor), white flags in hand, to meet and celebrate Christmas with each other in no man's J. Brenr Bill {Assistant Book Review Editor), Joan Overman (Book Review Assistant}, Christine Rusch land. Christmas carols were sung together in German and English; chocolates, (Milesumes Editor), Roberr Marks, George Rubin cigarettes, and photos from home shared; an impromptu flare-lit soccer game engaged (News Editors), Kara Newell (Columnist), Marjorie Schier (Copyeditor), Mary Hoeffel (Intern), Joanna both sides. "Soon daylight stole upon us and France was France once more; With sad Vaughan (Volunteer) farewells we each began to settle back to war; But the question haunted every heart Production that lived that wondrous night; 'Whose family have I fixed within my sights?"' Barbara Benron (ltn Dirtctor), Alla Podolsky (Assistant Art Dirn:tor), Perer Deitz (Web Manager) McCutcheon's song goes on to conclude, "Each Christmas come since World War I, Advertising, Circulation, Development I've learned its lessons well; That the ones who call the shots won't be among the dead Nagendran Gulendran (Advertising Manager), and lame; And on each end of the rifle, we're the same." Perhaps more than any other Nicole Hackel (Circulation Assistant}, Gabriel Schoder-Ehri {Project and Database Manager), Anira antiwar song I know, this one points to the deep irony that today's enemy is Gutierrez (Circulation and Marketing Manager), tomorrow's potential friend. Two friends of mine from New York Yearly Meeting Grerra Srone (Devewpment Coordinator), Kay Bacon, Rurhanna Harlley, Rurh Peterson (Volunteers) embody this reality. One fought in World War II on the German side, the other on Administration ' the U.S. side. The U.S. soldier was shot down and became a prisoner ofwar in Marianne De Lange (Office Manager), Tom McPeak Germany. Later in their lives, after the war, both became Quakers. Many years later, {ltccounting Services) having become very good friends in the United States, the friend who'd been a Board of Trustees Barbara Andrews, Serh Barch, Paul Buckley, German soldier accompanied the friend who was a former U.S. soldier back on a TylaAnn Burger (Treasurer), Karharine Clark, Linda healing journey to Germany to revisit the sites of his capture and captivity, serving as Coffin, Karen Cromley, John Darnell, William Deursch (Assistant Clerk), Mary Ann Downey, his interpreter. Walrer Evans, Marsha Green (Recording Clerk), T he implications of these stories are so powerful they can easily move me to tears. Linda Houser, Paull..andskroener, Linda Lyman, Ellen Massey, Janer Ross Melnyk, Larry Miller, It underscores the insanity of armed confrontation and the incalculable loss to the Julian O'Reilley, Ann Trueblood Raper, Jonarhan world of all the potential good that might have issued from those who die in such Tamez, Lynn Waddingron, Pamela Willjams, Elizaberh Years (Clerk) conflicts. And it opens the imagination to the possibilities that lie beyond today's FRIENDS j OURNAL (ISSN 00 16-1322) was established tragic battles: what collaborations and mutually beneficial relations will one day in 1955 as the successor ro Tin- Frimd(l827-1955) and Friends /nulligmetr{IB44-1955). emerge between us in the United States and those in the Muslim world, Iraq in • FRIENDS jOURNAL is published monrhly by particular? 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6 The Divine Source of Vocal Ministry 2 Among Friends Benjamin Lloyd Several problems ofpresent -day vocal ministry need 4 Forum attention. 5 Viewpoint 9 Meetings for Learning Economics from an indigenous perspective Chris Ravndal 24 Peace Churches Here is a teaching method with strong Quaker roots. mztu ~ Amani conference 11 A Correspondence on Economics 27 Books Walter and Pamela H aines A young Friend's bookshelf Ethical approaches offer more hope for developing a just economy than economic models do. 34 News 16 My Spiritual Journey 36 Bulletin Board Francine E. Cheeks 38 Milestones Her quest for a spiritual home ended with Quakers. 43 Classified 19 We Are All Seekers Elizabeth S. Helfman 46 Meetings Needing quiet and finding Catholic retreat centers, she valued the chance to worship across religious lines. 21 Out of Silence C harles A. Waugaman A Baptist minister describes a visit to Bennington {Vt.} Meeting.

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less subject to democratic processes. safety of the meeting for worship. In IdentifYing the seeds of It is true that the WTO ruled against the disagreeing, we should treat each other violence Bush administration's protective steel tariffs tenderly. (as expected) and against the tax advantage FRIENDS j OURNAL presents a different Jack Powelson's attack on me enjoyed by U.S. offshore companies. I am opportunity for dialogue. These pages ("Economics by innuendo and error," somewhat heartened by these rulings. Our provide a forum for both spiritual and Viewpoint, Fj Aug.) is unfortunately First World agriculrural subsidies are also on political concerns. I, for one, long to see a personal and sufficiently wrong that I feel I the bargaining table. These rulings support better quality of intellecrual exchange, like must respond. I hope not to respond in the notion that some entity such as the the dialogue surrounding Scott Simon's lcind, but rather to address his ideas. WTO is required to decide trade disputes article, "Reflections on the Events of His implied premise that Quakers are and to prevent large corporations from September 11 " (F]Dec. 2001). bad economists is questionable at best. running roughshod over the world-a I hope to see the same lively exchange Economics is not an exact science. position held by many Friends, as I took brought to the issue of economic Economists cannot agree on issues as basic as pains to indicate in my article. No one wants globalization. A robust Quaker faith must the importance of paying off the national chaos. raise queries appropriate to the 21st century. debt or whether the housing boom is But the WTO is a seriously flawed This brings me back to the thrust of my destined to collapse. To assume that one instirution, and these rulings do not address article. How do we identifY the seeds of school of economics has a monopoly on the most pressing inequities. It is simply not violence that are scattered by U.S.-style truth is to fail to see the larger picture. true, as Jack Powelson contends, that the capitalism when it is forced upon the world? The field of economics is far more WTO behaves according to "no general Where does Spirit lead us? pluralistic than Jack Powelson seems to pattern, only adherence to international David Morse realize. For instance, David Konen is one of trade rules agreed on by 147 member Storrs, Conn. a growing number of economists who countries." He is missing the obvious. The challenge the assumptions behind the 1944 rules agreed on by the power elites in these Faith vs. fact? Bretton Woods conference and the 147 countries and their corporate sponsors instirutions it spawned. Herman E. Daly, do in fact enforce a general pattern by which I was intrigued by Russell Nelson's letter formerly a senior economist in the decisions are made solely on the basis of in the August 2004 issue, raking David Environmental Department of the World trade, without regard to human rights, Morse to task for his article on globalization Bank, argues that "sustainable economic environmenral and social costs, and the that appeared in the May issue. It seemed to growth" is impossible, that the world ubiquitous subsidies to the petroleum me that there were some fairly specious economy cannot "grow its way out of industry that artificially inflate the volume of claims made to support his argument that poverty and environmental degradation." global trade. David Morse's claims were specious. For Lester Brown, founder of Earth Policy Thus it was not the WTO, but a separate example, I had always thought that Instirute, contends that the present market agreement known as The Common Code reductions in disease, srarvation, early death, economy-the cornerstone of traditional for the Coffee Community, signed in and pestilence were brought about by laissez faire economics--does not tell the September between trade unions and NGOs advances in science, medicine, and ecological truth. Dozens of other thinkers and large producers and distributors such as transportation; but Friend Nelson presented are revolutionizing economics and Nestle, that introduced minimum standards me with the unexpected revelation that it is advocating social change. and labor rights for the 25,000,000 workers capiralism that has caused these I stand by the particulars in my article, and farmers in developing countries such as improvements. He went on to propose that "A Quaker Response to Economic Guatemala and Vietnam. This landmark the extent to which a society suffers is Globalization" (F]May). It is facrually agreement came about as the consequence of directly proportional to the extent to which accurate, even if the facts are organized along labor and human rights activism around the it has failed to embrace capitalism. For a lines alien to the traditional economic world, and of pressure by consumers on person like myself, who is somewhat aware thinlcing in which Jack Powelson is so companies such as Nestle that are sensitive of living conditions in, say, Denmark or heavily invested-as a former professor, to boycorts. Cuba, this seemed rather disingenuous. To a consultant, and employee of the Jack Powelson accuses me of trying to person who has lived in South Africa for International Monetary Fund. politicize Quakers. Earlier in FRIENDS more than 30 years, it might be completely I also stand by my central premise, that jOURNAL ("Friends in Business" Fj May perplexing. "What our press touts as 'free trade' is, in 2003), he has argued his conservative It struck me as fairly pretentious, perhaps reality, an elaborate set of rules written by economic agenda-he opposes increases in even arrogant, for Russell Nelson to relegate large-scale international organizations to give the minimum wage, boycorts ofsweatshops, David Morse's arguments to matters of them a competitive advantage over small­ and forgiveness of the poorest nations' debts. faith, while presenting his own as "scientific scale local operations." Jack Powelson's He wishes that Republicans could be more fact." I understand this is a common practice contention that the rules are "worked out by comfortable attending unprogrammed among C reationists in refuting Darwinism, consulting governments" has little meaning Friends meetings. but I'm not sure it has a place in discussion in practice to the largely disenfranchised This is a valid concern. Those of us who of economic philosophy among Friends. rural populations of the world. Even in our believe passionately in our convictions­ The assertion that "capitalism is a good own industrialized, literate, and putatively whatever those convictions might be-must thing for all free people" just as surely as "the democratic country, few ifany members of be careful not to intrude on those who do Earth is not flat" seems not to leave much Congress had acrually read the telephone­ not share our devotion to a particular cause. room for further enlightenment. But then, book-sized provisions ofNAFTA before This is truest in our individual encounters, ratifYing the agreement. The WTO is even and among Friends who wish to insure the Continued on page 42 4 December 2004 FRIENDS JouRNAL Viewpoint Economics from an indigenous perspective•

oth David Morse ("A Quaker Re are still learning? This is a basic element currents of universal reciprocity." sponse to Economic Globaliza of democracy. For the Mbya-Guarani of Morro dos Btion," F]May) and Jack Powelson Fortunately concerned individuals, theo­ Cavalos in Brazil the word fo r "word" is ("Economics by innuendo and error," logians, anthropologists, and archeologists are the same as for "soul." Their way of Viewpoint, F] Aug.) seem genuinely in­ documenting indigenous peoples' oral history life is informed by the myth of the "Land tent on bringing justice and balance to an and integrity that have been denied by U.S. of no Evil." Rather than being a utopia or exceedingly powerful economic system. society during the whole of its existence. In dream of a perfect world, this is an inter­ The concern raises the question of how the process of choosing to engage as equals, nalized balance that has historically been we introduce recognition of indigenous subtle and rich perspectives are once again sustained through sacred everyday activ­ cultural ways not yet recognized in West­ being heard. ity, including migration through vast re­ ern economic structures. Indigenous The culture of many indigenous peoples gions of forest protecting and nurturing peoples are increasingly insistent (and is based in an economy of reciprocity. This balances we are only beginning ro under­ rightfully so) about being equal partici­ includes material matters but is also based in stand. The children are nurtured from pants in the process of recognition in a meeting of equals in all encounters, includ­ conception and nested in the commu­ order to meet increasingly critical situa­ ing elemental respect for spiritual clarity. The nity. Parents hold sacred their own well­ tions. The marginalization of indigenous Western idea of profit through accumulation being through dietary and behavioral prac­ perspectives reflects an asymmetry of ideas is neither accepted nor rejected, but simply tices and are supported in a sacred com­ and priorities between western and indig­ not a part of the heritage of many indigenous munity network. Anger is regarded as the enous cultures. cultures. To find oneself with an excess of root of all evil, and spiritual integrity in­ The conditions of participation in something is to be enabled to assure the forms community activity to assure pro­ Western economic aid projects through well-being of others. We in the U.S. have tection of the children, which sustains the the WTO, IMF, and other institutions been conditioned ro reject this as commu­ way of being true Mbya-Guarani. are determined by their very structures. nism when it is a communitarian practice. The forest in which they live is what As noted by Jack Powelson, "No govern­ This ethic and spiritual perspective reflects a Westerner might think of as home, li­ ment is forced to borrow from the Fund, Matthew, Chapter 14. To accumulate, with­ brary, pharmacy, and link to the cosmos. but if it does borrow, it must accept our distributing so that everyone has what It has been said that a jurua (non-Indian) the Fund's conditions." The altruistic is needed, is interpreted by many cultures as could walk through a portion of the "arduous task oftraining to increase worker a profound spiritual weakness. Perhaps forest regions without even being aware ski lls" reflects a denial in many instances these questions are worth exploring while con­ of horticultural management because of legitimate indigenous ethics and prac­ sidering why so many of our societal patterns it is so well integrated with natural tices regarding work and life. Indigenous and practices are troubled by being addictive, forest growth. leaders are very patiently working ro wasteful, and poisonous to the environment. Western economics is an imperfect express their ways to theWestern systems Many surviving indigenous people live the institution ofhuman design. Unlike West­ of nations. These differences are a gifr Christian ethic: "Do unto others as you ern structures, which historically seek and they introduce perspectives that per­ would have them do unto you." The Mbya­ to impose ways of being, the Mbya seek haps yield greater clarity for us if ap­ Guarani of South America have continued to only the means to continue to exist in proached in the spirit of Matthew 7:2-5. practice this spiritual ethic despite 500 years full integration with the sacred in daily In a spirit of reciprocity one must ask of conquest of nearly every aspect of their life. There is increasing evidence that how it is that we enjoy the fruits of way of being. within our ecological, social, and eco­ cultures born ofa way of being that West­ Ifwe claim that Western systems ofthought nomic problems, when considered in this ern systems seek to dominate, control, must define all reasoning we exclude ourselves context, we may fmd richly promising and at times eliminate. It is not an easy from the breadth of the Creation at our own perspectives to explore. question, but all of us can benefit from peril. What does it mean for our own spiritual We are being asked to affirm that the the answer. integrity if we ignore the path of our indig­ sacred Creation involves how we do ev­ Both justice and balance involve equal enous brothers and sisters in the family of erything we do, and to journey together at recognition of perspectives of the people humanity? In the words of Marrin Buber, a mutually critical time. Humility, spiri­ seeking to engage in life. We must be "Relation is reciprocity. My You acts on me as tual clarity, and fearless faith to journey aware that to claim the right to defme the I act on it. Our students teach us; our works in this evolving reality can only prove to terms by which we "help" is in fact a form us. The 'wicked' become a revelation be a gifr for all ofGod's children. form of governing. How do we address when they are touched by the sacred basic the concept of informed consent of word. How are we educated by children, by Margaret A. Kidd the governed of peoples about whom we animals! Inscrutably involved, we live in the Peterborough, N.H.

fRIENDS } OURNAL December 2004 5 t was one of those pristine June days my New England breth­ what is spoken for you alone, it is for in New England, with bright sunshine ren. No one spoke. Soon, in meeting rises them as well. And as if and a steady breeze to keep the sweat a deep sadness began to lifted by the scruff of my I at bay. The meetinghouse was recent­ well up inside me. This to the level of neck, with no dear idea ly painted. The ceiling was a pale blue, so house was so obviously what I was to say, I stood that as I sat in worship it felt as though the cared for, but who, I won­ ministry- and spoke. sky had come to cover me inside as well. dered, would care for it in communication Weeks later, I returned The median dividing wall, meant to sepa­ 20 years? The others in the to my home meeting in rate men from women during meetings room were older than I, that deeply Pennsylvania. It is a much for business a hundred years ago, was and I am 42. And there larger room, with more down, and the sunlight lit the small, plain were so few of them. My affects and members, yet it too feels room in warm, golden splashes. heart began to pound. I under-anended, playing I sat among eight fellow seekers, in a felt suddenly on edge, moves others-­ only to 25 percent capac­ room built to hold a hundred. As a visitor nervous. I became aware will we attract ity, as it were. There was from a Pennsylvania meeting, I waited in that I might be called to little silence in the room the silence, eager to receive ministry from ministry mysel£ But I put others to stay. for the first 15 minutes, as the thought aside, and latecomers dribbled in Benjamin Lloyd, a member ofHaverfo rd (Pa.) sank into the delicious until 10:45 and others Meeting, is an assistant professor of Theatre at silence again. Then the jitters returned. I rose to leave and return. Then someone Villanova University, has 16years ofprofession­ felt slightly dizzy. I need to say something, spoke. Her ministry was about the loca­ al acting experience, and has been teaching act­ I thought. Still, I put the urge aside and tion of the soul. I rested in the silence ing since 1991. waited. No, a voice inside said, this is not afterward, musing on the images she had 6 December 2004 FRIENDS JOURNAL shared. Then someone else spoke. I Divine experience for the early Quak­ lead me to believe that we are hungry for glanced at my watch. It was 11 :00 A.M. ers was felt as opposed to reasoned. such ministry. During the next half hour, eight more Indeed, George Fox railed often against I do not mean to imply that only overt people spoke, some as soon as the previ­ what he called "head knowledge," and he expressions of feeling qualify as effective ous speaker sat. I was in agony, and my understood how intellectual ideas could vocal ministry. There is certainly a broad wife, who seldom speaks, was distraught be used to oppress and obscure. He expe­ spectrum of what is felt, and each of us afterwards as she had felt urged to min­ rienced his great revelation as the lifting of experiences emotions differently and has istry but had not had the silence in which his anguish; he felt it lift and he knew that a different level of tolerance for them. to share it. Christ had lifted it. So when he and his What I am suggesting is simply this: the I love my meeting, and I have been early followers spoke at meetings, they touchstone for vocal ministry must be more often nurtured there than frustrat­ were prompted by felt experiences: great something you feel. After that it is ed. And yet, a deep concern has risen in joy, or sadness, or fear, or awe. It mattered between you and God. me, Friends. This article is partly in little to them if they lost their composure response to it, as is a workshop on vocal as they ministered to those gathered with ministry I have begun to plan. them. It was, in fact, this loss of compo­ As I began to prepare this workshop, I sure that made their ministry so compell­ The Oprah Effect tried to present myself as neutral and ing, so attractive, so different from the An­ 2 "agenda-less." But then I saw that this was glican services they were rebelling against. We live in a culture in which it has dishonest, so I wish to share my concern Think of the messages that have become customary to see each other speak in advance: I believe that we 21st-century moved you in meeting for worship. about our own lives and experiences. TV members and attenders are losing the abil­ Unquakerly though it may be, I would shows like Oprah, not to mention the ity to discern the Divine impetus to speak wager that all of them were either com­ plague of "reality television," have made at unprogrammed meetings for worship. municated emotionally, or engendered a voyeurism popular entertainment. It's just This loss leads to meetings that tend to felt, emotional experience in you. This not a big deal to tell a bunch of people extremes: either almost entirely silent past 4th of July, a man stood and sang what's going on in your life. There is a every week; or noisy with chatter, people "America the Beautiful" at another New much smaller wall of privacy around us, standing to speak without reverence for England meeting I attended. He sang it and the evolution of psychotherapeutic the silence, which is the Divine Source of slowly and cried periodically. It was not techniques and the recovery movement our ministry. This disconnect spells doom accomplished singing, but it was powerful have assisted in making the act of speak­ for our society, for it is only by ensuring ministry and I was quite affected by it. ing to a group about personal matters less that what is spoken in meeting rises to the Great ministry travels on the wings of of a hurdle than it was even 50 years ago. level of ministry-<:ommunication that feeling, not in the nicely wrapped box of There are many reasons why these deeply affects and moves others-that we the Neat Idea. developmentS are a good thing, especially will attract others to stay in those meet­ Yet we in the 21st century are com­ in the realm of mental health and psycho­ ings, and perhaps become Friends. Unless pelled to present ourselves neatly. Many of spiritual recovery. Indeed, the similarities we address this issue we will see our num­ us who attend meeting for worship work between 12-step meetings and meetings bers continue their steady decline. in environmentS in which we are condi­ for worship have brought some recover­ I think this disconnect from the tioned to make effective presentations: ing people into our Religious Society. Divine has happened for several reasons: schools and universities, political organi­ But the ease we feel in speaking about zations, law offices, medicine. We study to ourselves poses a challenge for meetings compose elegant paragraphs. We are eval­ for worship. We are accustomed to hear­ uated based on "resulrs" and "outcomes." ing and seeing people speak about them­ The Fear of Feeling Most harmfully for our society, we are selves publicly in a way that would have 1 taught not to let our feelings get the bet­ been unthinkable to early Friends. But It is worth remembering what Quaker ter of us, a kind of emotional repression speaking about yourself is not the goal of worship was like when it began. The early often reinforced by mistakes in child rear­ spoken ministry. 17th- and 18th-century Friends often ing. Expressing our feelings publicly The goal ofministry is to minister. The recorded their meetings for worship as leaves us open to ridicule and gossip, and word is derived from a latin word that deeply moving. In these Friends' diaries, it may lead others to think that we are "a means servant. When I speak at a meet­ there is frequent mention of emotional little off," or "slightly kooky." But in my ing for worship, I must improve the vocal ministry, and of visitors being so experience, one of the great gathered mo­ silence by serving something to the whole impressed by what they witnessed at a mentS in a meeting for worship occurs group. It need not be uplifting. There has meeting for worship, that they became after emotional ministry. I have felt a been great ministry borne out ofgrie£ But "convinced" then and there and became meeting close around such ministry, col­ if I speak, I must bear responsibility for Friends themselves. T hese early Friends lectively bringing it into the silence being the agent of God's healing energy quaked when they spoke: their hands where it resonates. I have also witnessed a on Earth. My personal problems from the shook, their voices trembled and cracked, gathering of Friends around the minister previous week may be ofgreat concern to they cried, they occasionally wailed and ofs uch a message after the meeting, where me, but they only become ministry if: a) shouted. And so we received our nick­ a kind of profound and personal "after the thought of them engenders a new and name: Quakers. worship" takes place. These observations urgently felt experience, and b) there is a FRIENDS JOURNAL December 2004 7 way I can offer them to the group for the worship can sometimes feel more like ings for worship? Do we tolerate bigoted betterment of all attending. political rallies than the divinely led explo­ language or swearwords in our ministry? My stepmother is a Unitarian minister. rations of mysticism engaged in by our Where do we draw the line, and who de­ Every two weeks or so she is responsible founders. The ministry I have heard cides? And do we truly have faith in God's for delivering a sermon. We are instruct­ about peace and social concerns that has love to guide us ifwe meet with each other ed to leave her alone if she is preparing a been most affecting has come from the to talk about our vocal ministry? Are there sermon when we visit. She obsesses over speaker's own experience. not among us trusted servants of great them. And so should we in the Religious For many in our Religious Society, experience, who might collectively nur­ Society of Friends. Not so that we prepare there is an integral connection between ture and guide a meeting's ministry? Let them; the power of our ministry is that it the political and the spiritual. This is a us have a deeper trust in our compassion is so immediate, so present-tense. But we connection to be celebrated and support­ for each other, in our own basic human must reawaken an awe for the responsi­ ed. Nothing I am saying should be con­ goodness. Let us imagine a way we might bility of being ministers, each one of us, strued as a comment on the content of assist our Religious Society by helping and raise the bar for what we share in our one's ministry. And yet I need to stress each other with what is, in my opinion, meetings for worship. that protest alone is not vocal ministry in the most important and challenging Great ministry is attractive and com­ a meeting for worship. It is not enough to aspect of Quakerism: vocal ministry. pelling. People will come back for more. announce how angry something makes We have an obligation to sustain our Self-indulgent speaking at meetings for you. Protest is active ministry in the world, meetings for worship as dynamic, mysti­ worship is boring at best, agonizing at but in meeting for worship, it must some­ cal, and safe places for fellow seekers to worst. It drives attenders away and lowers how be linked to personal experience and look for God within, and in each other. the bar for all. In a conversation I had offered to the group in supplication. Part of that sustenance must be a willing­ with an elderly Friend recently, I asked, ness to help each other with vocal min­ "What should we do to ensure our Reli­ istry. This help must be offered with love gious Society's survival?" He pointed to and gentleness, but it must be offered. our meeting room and said, "It has to do Loss ofEidering Vocal ministry is spiritual pole vaulting. with what happens, or doesn't happen, 4The We must raise the bar higher, and support in there." Who helps the ministers minister? It each other to minister from a deeper place used to be a group known as elders. Some­ of felt experience. times it is the Worship and Ministry And thus my workshop. It will be a Committee. Too often, it is no one. Out workshop unconcerned with the content Third-Party Ministry of fear of censuring each other, or facing a of vocal ministry. It will focus instead on 3 difficult situation squarely, we have slow­ helping folks discern the felt experience Have you ever heard this in a meeting ly lost the internal monitoring system that that is, I believe, the root of all great min­ for worship? "I want to share with you existed in monthly meetings until the istry. It will use some exercises I've adapted something I read today in the New York mid-20th century. With it, we have lost from my years of teaching acting, so as to Ttmes . . . " I call this third-party ministry. the ability ofour meetings to monitor the help people get out of their heads and into In this case, the New York Ttmes is the third nature ofvocal ministry and to assist those their bodies, where the feelings live. We party. But I can read the Ttmes mysel£ in need of guidance or appeal to those will read some thoughts from other Quak­ What hast thou to say of thine own expe­ who may be speaking poorly. ers on the subject, and discuss with each rience, Friend? Our history teaches us that At present, at the beginning of the 21st other what we have learned-and felt. Friends are led to minister to each other century, I fear we have cultivated "hyper­ My ministry in that New England out of their own experience. This is a cen­ democracy," in which authority equals meeting last June had to do with our tral aspect of Quaker worship, and I fear oppression. We have lost the ability to urgent need to change the Religious Soci­ we are losing track of it. speak to each other about what we say in ety of Friends, tore-imagine it in the same Many of us are drawn to Friends meet­ meetings, except to say "Thank you for way Rufus Jones did at the beginning of ings out of deep concerns for peace and your message today." Some of us feel that the 20th century. It had to do with the social justice. With the horrible world is the only acceptable thing to say about fear that beautiful meetinghouses, like the wars of the 20th century, Friends found a someone's vocal ministry. After a woman one I was speaking in that First Day, new calling: the active effort worldwide to carne to me in tears about the repetitive would soon be put up for sale, or turned bring relief to those suffering from war, speaking of a man whose ministry she into museums so that others could pay a and a renewed effort to see our Peace Tes­ found deeply troubling, I went to meet dollar to see where the Quakers once wor­ timony realized. Our Religious Society with my Worship and Ministry Commit­ shiped. But I was as surprised as any to became identified with the peace move­ tee. I was surprised to hear a seasoned feel the Inner Teacher lead me to these ment of the 1960s, and many meetings Friend, a woman I admire greatly, tell me words at the end: how grateful I am to be were centers for antiwar activities. A new flatly that there was nothing to be done. a Quaker today, and to have the chance to generation of members and attenders was Her position was that there is no way to do something to ensure that the beautiful drawn in. These were people of great con­ speak to someone about what they say in house I am standing in will someday viction, many of whom had been led into meeting for worship that will be anything again be full. 0 lives ofsocial activism in other areas. With but an invitation for conflict. them carne their voices, and meetings for I disagree. Does anything go in meet-

8 December 2004 FRIENDS JOURNAL by Chris Ravndal

hen I think of writing about \W of knowledge. Quaker higher educatioiL- ;, -the law oflove. W general, and the Resirl- ~d out, knowl­ grarn at Pendle Hill in r>~· · rh, hope, and of words and fi.rv 1portance of about a Zen m~ 'Y the high­ his students all k ~rtain per­ than where the finl ndary to into the same trap that the truth does ' lNG themselves but in pointing. Or, as attention to the Word. And the Word i. higher education is about.

Chris Ravnda~ a member ofStillt. in Barnesville, Ohio, is in his 14th ident teacher at Pendle HiU in Wall~

Chris Ravndal in a moment of learning with two students at Pendle Hill FRIENDS j OURNAL December 2004 9 the primary importance of love. Similar­ role of the teacher are very different. Just is to facilitate the development ofa group ly, the importance of intellectual rigor is as in the Quaker business meeting it is the environment in which students feel safe secondary to the rigor oflove. By the rigor Spirit that guides the meeting, so it is the enough to be honest about their actual of knowledge many students have been Spirit or Inner Teacher that is the true thoughts, feelings, and experiences. The greatly enriched. By the rigor of love teacher in a meeting for learning. As Jesus presence and activity of the Spirit seem to many have been transformed. taught: when two or three are gathered in require that all present speak and listen his name, he will be with them (Matt. from the heart as well as from the head. hen I was a student at Pendle 18:20). In other words, when a group are The activity of the lefr brain is not invali­ Hill, one of my fellow students gathered in the same Spirit that guided dated, but it is balanced by an apprecia­ suggested in class that Jesus and sustained him, that very same Spirit tion of what the right brain has to offer in really welcomed crucifixion as a way to will be present and active in the group. the process of transformation. In the escape this world. I sat there thinking, What, then, will be the role of the meeting for learning, George Fox's query "How ridiculous-what about the scene teacher in a meeting for learning? First of about what can be said from one's own in the Garden of Gethsemane in which all, as suggested earlier, the teacher's experience of the Light is both the alpha Jesus prays to God to let the cup pass from knowledge and responsibility as leader and the omega, for on the path of trans­ him?" (Matt. 36:29). From my point of have not been invalidated, but the formation one must, as George Fox also view at the time, the student's interpreta­ acknowledged presence and activity of the taught, stay within one's measure. tion, and he himself by association, did Spirit mean that we are again dealing with Although the meeting for learning is not even warrant a response. Now, as a higher laws and a changed perspective. usually associated with what happens in Pendle Hill teacher looking back on that The acknowledgment of this presence the classroom, clearly it is not confined to experience, it is clear to me that I broke and activity and the desire to respond to the classroom. Here at Pendle Hill, there both the law of knowledge and the law it are essential to our identity as Friends. are a daily meeting for worship, weekly of love. "A friend," someone said in meeting meetings with one's consultant, the meet­ With my present perspective I would for worship, "is one who knows the song ings in various contexts for physical work, have been faithful to the law of knowledge in your heart and can sing it back to you and the many ways, formal and informal, by asking the student how he reconciled when you have forgotten it." Surely this is that folk gather in the resident program­ his point of view with Jesus' prayer in the true also of a Friend. George Fox spoke of all, when two or three (or more) are gath­ Garden. But more importantly, I would answering that of God in another person. ered consenting to the presence and activ­ have made entirely different assumptions Teachers in a meeting for learning, then, ity of the Spirit, are meetings for learning. about him and would have addressed him seek to answer that of God in their stu­ Ultimately, though, the meeting for respectfully in a spirit that gave him the dents-to be their friend in the deepest learning is not just the way we do things. benefit of the doubt, rather than trying to sense. So the teachers in a meeting for It is the spirit in which we do things. I emphasize how ridiculous he and his learning must themselves be deeply com­ vividly remember one time when an eager point of view were. Although, even to this mitted and truly humble learners. And in but unassuming student came into Bill day, it seems very unlikely to me that this this context their listening skills become Taber's course on George Fox's Journal. student would have had an enlightening as important as their speaking skills. As I She came in last, and although there was answer, the truth is I will never really say to my students, "Gifted speakers may still an empty seat next to Bill in the circle know. And even if I am right, his mistake be encouraged to work on their listening in which all the rest of us were sirting, she at the time was of secondary importance. skills, and gifted listeners may be encour­ chose to sit alone outside the circle. Now, Mine was of primary importance. His aged to work on their speaking skills." to appreciate what happened, you have to lack of rigor had to do with knowledge. remember how the mother of James and My lack of rigor had to do with love. eetings for learning start and end John wanted to be sure her sons would sit All of this happened in a class at Pen­ with George Fox's searching at the lefr hand and right hand ofJesus in die Hill. More accurately, it happened in Illquery: "What canst thou say?" his Kingdom (Matt. 20:21). As soon as a "meeting for learning." The distinction Keeping this query in mind gives per­ Bill noticed that this student was sitting between a class and a meeting for learning spective to the importance of informa­ outside the circle, he invited her to sit next is important in the Religious Society of tion. Again, it is not invalidated, but its to him. Perhaps touched more than she Friends. A meeting for worship for busi­ importance is secondary to the impor­ wanted to let on, she exclaimed, "Ooh, ness is fundamentally different from a sec­ tance of transformation. The process of you mean I get to sit at the left hand?" ular business meeting, where decisions are transformation in a meeting for learning And in a spirit that continues to work in made by the majority. So also a meeting starts in part with each student seeking to me, Bill replied, "Perhaps it is I who get for learning is fundamentally different answer that question from his or her own to sit at the right hand." 0 from a class in which the students are grad­ actual experience. The reading and shar­ ed according to some external standard. ing in class gain greater transforming This external standard is usually deter­ power as they relate to the measure of mined by the teachers, whose authority is faith and knowledge, or sometimes even based on their knowledge and also on the doubt and ignorance, that are the well­ power vested in them to grade their stu­ spring of each student's voice as he or she dents. In a meeting for learning, on the participates in the dialogue. other hand, the dynamic of power and the Part of the teacher's task in this regard 10 December 2004 FRIENDS jOURNAL by much use in describing anything that is Pti!W\t~ going on in the real world. Walter (De ceirJrer 1 31 zoo 1) "Growth theory," which is at the heart of expanding markets, is only one and Pamela I'm puzzling, as usual, over what to do with all I know aspect of this general failure of ;o:.., about what's wrong in the world, particularly around economics to understand the real world. ~ Haines economics and globalization issues. It's hard to not be According to growth theory there should <-a, able to fix things. As we are urged to be patriotic and now be no underdeveloped countries on .~ buy, can you direct me to a cogent, current description Earth. By now growth theory has ~ of an economic model that is not based on ever­ become more of a faith than a science, .S expanding markets? but economists are unwilling to accept ~ that. So they go on trying to prove their ~ 'Nti!lt-tr tautologies against all the evidence. Or ~ they try to cook the evidence to fit their ~ 0 I 0 0 () ti!YLVf.l'lQ1 3 L L) theories (though, very slowly, more and ~ That is a 64-thousand-dollar question (surely it ~ must be 64 million these days). And maybe that's the real answer to your question of an economic model not based on ever-expanding markets. The answer is not economic. It is at the very least socioeconomic, and more likely goes to the heart of

the human condition. During the 20th century, economics tried to distinguish itself from the other social sciences by being more scientific, which meant dealing with hard facts. Since hard facts are often difficult to come by, economists are more apt to deal with abstractions and equations, whose mathematical structures are "scientific" but in which the real world is irrelevant. more economists are beginning to doubt Since economics, at its core, now bears no relation to their own theories). The search, reality, it is difficult to fmd any economic model that is therefore, is not for an economic theory that works, but for a theory of life that Walter Haines, a member ofRockland Meeting in Blauvelt, goes beyond economics. Such a theory N Y., is an emeritus professor ofEconomics at New 10rk cannot compete on the economics University. Pamela Haines, his daughter, is a member of playing field because it cannot be put Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting. Their conversation on into econometric equations. economics and the foture continues. There are a number of institutions, FRIENDS jOURNAL December 2004 11 probably numbered into the thousands, decrease in business morals to the extent go out and buy things, which seems that are looking for a broader canvas. that it is hard to find a really honest totally obscene, but if everybody goes For the most part they know more about corporation (in the past five years 19 of home and makes their own coffee, what is wrong with the world than how the 20 largest brokerage houses in New Timothy loses his job. Or, all these to fix it. They know that money mania York City have been convicted of fraud); people come to the U.S. from poor is wrong; it is not only destructive, it crushed the populations of the poorer countries and are thrilled out of their isn't even fun. They know that poverty is peoples of the world, who are at the minds to earn enough money-from the a sin against humanity, and that much mercy of our large corporations; and discretionary income of wealthy people, of it is caused by wealth. They know been a primary breeding ground of which we think shouldn't exist-to be that governments are too often bought. terrorists (ask any al-Qaida member why able to support themselves and their They know that wars don't solve he hates the United States). families back home. problems. They know that power If we want to stimulate the nation's Do we want a system where more corrupts. They know that small is economic activity, get the rich (or the people go back to putting their labor beautiful. And they know that corporations) to spend; they are the into the things that we now do (often cooperation (love in action) often works ones who have the excess money. Or ask poorly) with expensive high-tech wonders. They just have a strong the corporations to hire more workers machinery? What will everybody be feeling that putting one foot in front of so that they will naturally go out and employed at? Is it possible for hundreds the other in what appears to be the spend. Or provide more relief for the of millions of people to have a good life right direction might hopefully get poor; they'll spend almost every bit of it. on the farm? What about regional us somewhere. Asking the rest of us to spend out of economies? (Will we stop eating mangos P.S. About the push to "buy, buy, current income is mere advertising for in the northeast?) For that matter, what buy; it's good for the economy'': That the purpose of increasing the profits about nation-states? of business. It's hard to know how much "progress" and "evolution'' are actually at work in our social systems, whether there's a natural inevitable globalization and specialization of human society or whether it's just decisions that have been made and can be changed (not easily, of course). Maybe it's a combination of both. Is specialization just a social construct? The idea of progress is so deeply embedded in our collective P~rn.t~ psyche that it's hard to get a good 21 2o 2) perspective on it. I just wish that I could (Fe6-rvu;rry o be more confident that what seems right I know a lot of what is wrong, and and good and true to me wouldn't end I know a lot of the elements of what up, if put into practice, throwing push has lowered the incomes of the would make a good society. But things millions of people into greater misery. lower three-fifths of the population; happen that are confusing. For example, increased the debt burden of consumers, the guy that my son Timothy works for leaving some in serious financial runs a coffee shop, and is now 'N~lt-er condition (and less able to buy); been a expanding to two. He sells a product 0 major factor in the merger and that only the well-to-do (i.e. middle-class (~f!=tlr~~:re,i~ l) acquisition movement, which has people) can buy, and his business is questions, and I am not sure of the reduced the level of competition and completely nonessential, but it allows at answers, but I will try to start at the hence of fairness in the market; increased least half a dozen young people to make beginning. Your coffee shop example monumentally the income and power of a living. Or, after September 11 , people poses a difficult problem in the real the large corporations; led to an were afraid to travel, and all these folks world of today. I would not suggest that emphasis on material rewards that has in the hotel and tourist industry lost Timothy give up that job, and I assume warped many persons' concept of what their jobs. President George W. Bush that you wouldn't, either. You are life is all about; led to a phenomenal said that the patriotic thing to do was to deliberately raising the questions that 12 December 2004 FRIENDS JOURNAL should give us pause precisely because possible to get 10-15 farmers to together a model airplane, growing the answer disturbs us. In this economy cooperate. At the end of four years he things, getting together with ftiends, the answer to such questions is not, had over 10,000 cooperating to making clothes, helping neighbors, or "Which is good and which is bad?" but distribute equitably a still scarce supply, crafting toys. I've built three houses, you "Given the present choices, which is which led to noticeably increased crop helped with two of them. We chop our merely unfortunate and which is productivity. Maybe primitive peoples own wood and heat the house with it. intolerable?" My basic response to that do this sort of thing better than we Mangoes are fun, but it is possible to dilemma is to do what work can be sophisticates with our high standards find healthful, nutritious, and tasty food done with a clear conscience under of living. from around the corner. It would be today's rules, to try to do our best to find I am sure that we will never manage difficult to get all our food locally, but work (in the generic sense) that (or want) to go back to those primitive we could go a long way in that direction conforms to our ideals, and to do our conditions. But there is a lot of without feeling deprived. And don't fall darnedest to change the rules. sentiment for back-to-the-land, and for the argument that we are helping It is undoubtedly true that buying there are still real farmers left. There is farmers around the world by buying today will help some people to stay employed, but the major fraction of the money spent will help a coterie of rr T/te C'th.J'Ntr lues f1JJt fJt1v s;;rsttrns a-r ~ws a-r millionaires (and billionaires) amass their own fortunes, and the devil take the WYTYl{JYNr~ ~vtt fJt1v t'Ke fteC'trt crf ~ workers. The corporations, with vastly increased sales, laid off hundreds of ~-e~s. The rtvtts C'tM ~aits C'trt svtelt r~s C'tS thousands of workers in an attempt to squeeze more money out of a vibrant c~ ry; SlYrjAL£0t;t; rt~tUCf -tTr tfte economy. The very unusual side effect of these massive layoffs has been, until very ~11.fl; C't~ rtSftcr fer~ CJtfter ftcrflt." recently, a reduction in unemployment. Where all these laid-off workers went I don't know, but most of them must have found self-employment, local jobs, Consumer Supported Agriculture. There their crops. We are in fact destroying or work with smaller companies and is a multitude of craftsmen and women, native agriculture in large doses by those who were more concerned for local merchants and contractors, lawyers, forcing specialization and mass their employees. Which is what we dentists, doctors, and many sophisticated production of the crops that we want, want. (I worked two summers, and my business persons who run their own while pushing out the native foods that brother worked almost his whole life, companies. And there is a vocal plea the farmers and their neighbors have with Disston, a small company, from the labor unions for shorter hours, traditionally subsisted on. Our demand particularly in those days, that never laid which, among other things, would shifts native agriculture away ftom the off a single employee throughout the spread the work. food they have traditionally grown, and Great Depression.) The real question is not what actually increases hunger. With regard to food production, not everybody will be employed at, but I don't think that anybody has the everything primitive is per se admirable, rather, whether we will be satisfied with answers to your overall question: what but civilization didn't get its start in our manner of living. Society in the are the implications of possible 20th-century United States. Cooperative United States today is constantly being solutions? Or perhaps everybody has a farming is not doing too well in this bombarded with the necessity for a partial answer. The economist is totally country because both business and growing economy. Why? Does it disqualified from even trying. While he government practices have practically produce happiness? The answer is clearly knows a little about raising maximum eliminated the small farmer, but don't no. Are we happier today than we were GDP, that is more likely to cause more tell that to the farmers in Vermont, 30 or 60 years ago? Are the rich happier problems than to solve the ones we rocky as their soil is. We have our than the poor? Public opinion polls already have. The answer lies not in garden; you have yours in what little show overwhelmingly that a rise in systems or laws or moneymaking but in space you have in the city; we have our personal income or gross domestic the heart of human beings. The answer ducks (and this morning took 3 dozen product does not increase personal is love. Just think a bit about what the eggs to the homeless shelter). Perhaps perceptions of well-being. In fact, they implications of that are! more to the point, I know an economist show that most people don't put money More concretely, the nuts and bolts who worked with farmers in Sri Lanka or wealth very high on their list of are such things as community (you grew to institute an equitable plan for sharing wants. What do people want? Family, up in an intentional community, you irrigation waters as they flowed from the health, a satisfYing job, children. help run a community school, and you source reservoir to the sea. The farmers In the same vein, many people get work in other community involved were of two highly hostile great pleasure out of doing things they organizations); simplicity (you know all tribes, and the government agent of the are interested in, but not paid for, like about that from several angles, including district said that it would hardly be knitting, making chess sets, putting your childhood, your school, and your

FRIENDS j OURNAL December 2004 13 mother's example); relating to the land, profits to reduce pollution) or to take In the line of economists, Adam to nature, and to the conservation of other measures to protect the Smith was followed by David Ricardo, resources; respect for other people, and environment. You can't cut military then by John Stuart Mill, who was particularly, because it is most difficult, budgets significantly (even without the considered one of the most notable those who are different from us; being War on Terror) because that would social reformers of the 19th century, and alive, aware, compassionate. destroy the big military contractors. I a strong defender of women's rights. In a sense what I am saying is that would be willing to guess that if we Then comes Alfred Marshall, whose you are the answer. Yes we need some abolished corporations, a large Principles ofEconomics , first published in expertise in particular aspects of life. We number of our substantial economic, 1890, was still being used as the need farmers who know how to raise military, and environmental problems economics text into the 1930s, both in food. We need mothers who know how would disappear. Enough. Read David England and the United States. Alfred to raise children. We need mechanics to C. Konen's When Corporations Rule Marshall is a social scientist to the core. give us tools (and, God forbid, the World. At the "top level of human achievement" computers). We need teachers and What is economics? OikoS=house; he talks about honesty, good faith, doctors (but not lawyers). We need nemein=to manage. So in its Greek generosity, kindness, love of virtue, community groups. We need dear­ origin, the first economist was the richness of character, duty, the mandates minded thinkers. We need churches, woman who managed a household. The of conscience, family affection, altruism, synagogues, and mosques. We probably first modern economist, Adam Smith, philanthropy, and love of one's neighbor. He ultimately states that "the joys of religion are the highest of which men are capable." How would he fit into the corporate United States? John Maynard Keynes is the only really outstanding economist of the 20th century, and outside of academia he was a banker and one of the two primary theorists behind the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Yet he

need visionaries who can give us a glimpse of the possible future. What we don't need are armies. What we don't need is advertising screaming that we have to go out and buy what we don't need or often even want. What we don't need are billionaires or millionaires and the gospel of wealth, a chimera that says that more money means more happiness. What we don't need are the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (both of which I praised highly in my doctoral wrote a remarkable essay in 1930, dissertation). What we decidedly don't called "Economic Possibilities for Our need are the World Trade Organization Grandchildren," in which he said, and corporations that have gotten so "When the accumulation of wealth large that they are above both law and is no longer of high social morality-essentially a new world importance, ... we shall be able to government. The WTO is a very clever rid ourselves of many of the pseudo tool for promoting corporation welfare. moral principles which have hag-ridden Are you aware of the fact that in matters us for 200 years, by which we have of trade the WTO, through its court, was a professor of moral philosophy, and exalted some of the most distasteful of which operates in secret and from which his first book was The Theory ofMoral human qualities into the position of there is no appeal nowhere, nohow, can Sentiments. As for corporations, he says highest values." The worst of these overturn national laws? It is corporations they "scarce ever fail to do more harm qualities is "the love of money as a who are preventing us from signing the than good," and he upbraids "the natural possession, . . . a somewhat disgusting Kyoto Protocol (it would hurt their selfishness and rapacity of the rich." morbidity, one of those semicriminal, 14 December 2004 FRIENDS JoURNAL semipathological propensities which one inoculating ourselves against I've just started reading Eco-Economy, hands over with a shudder to the advertising-and checking whether the by Lester Brown. While economists specialists in mental illness." felt want/need will be best satisfied with know about pricing and I should apologize for the length of a purchase) is simply to give it all away. environmentalists know about pollution, this response. But you got me started on If everybody who was inclined to buy the problem is that pollution has no thinking through the significance of coffee at Tim's shop donated that $5 price. If economists and much of my work over the last 30 years. instead to a nonprofit engaged in Third environmentalists get together and work World development, then maybe that out ways of establishing satisfactory cost group could help provide the kind of estimates of environmental damage, then P~W\t~ employment that I worry about in tax the polluters (mainly corporations) (F.e,~~CJ lt, lool) countries that really need it. While his for the cost of their fouling the coffee shop might close in the process, environment, the only pollution lefr is, What a treat to get your letter. Your we would have to hope that its style of by definition, beneficial (if that's not a thinking helped clarifY mine. Thank you operation (small, personal, job­ contradiction in terms). My addition to for being so clear in stating that we won't producing- the best of entrepreneurial) that (and he may say it later in the book) solve all our problems simply with a would be reproduced in other places is that this serves the poor by protecting better economics model. (And it is so and ways. the forests, the soil, the agricultural base useful to hear the emphasis on ethics Withholding money from the system that peasants worldwide are now being and values in those economist giants of does not help anybody; putting money thrown out of, as well as saving all of us the past.) I guess so many people are into the system through the market from environmental catastrophe. suffering so much under this system that helps the corporations more than the One example: If the current Chinese maybe we shouldn't worry too much people who actually make the products; plans for developing an automobile­ about the dislocations that will be putting money into the hands of centered transportation system such as inevitable in a switch to something more groups/people that create and enhance that in the United States were to human-oriented. It just doesn't seem livelihood around the world can actually materialize, "China would need over 80 right that that suffering will probably help. Then the question comes down to million barrels of oil a day-slightly happen to others while 1/we, who aren't how to help people get disentangled more than the 7 4 million barrels per day doing too badly under this system, enough from the system first to that the world now produces." might get by relatively unscathed. recognize that they have disposable The crux of the matter is in your I think the thing that's scary is that it income, and then to see the life-giving sentence: "Somehow we have to is our disposable income that is at the opportunities of giving it back. It acknowledge our complicity and our service of the corporations. The fact that requires community, love, and faith. unequal share, then go on to make the we have money to spend makes possible, I'm looking forward to thinking best decisions we can." I know I'm rich for example, the creation of factories in more clearly about how best to though I never earned anything China that produce goods that nobody contribute to the antiglobalization significant other than my teaching salary. needs for our market. If I don't use my movement. It seems imperative to Our answer so far has been to tithe 25 disposable income to buy those things, address the issue not only in terms of percent of our joint income, but even then a Chinese peasant has to go back to personal and ethical choices but also in that doesn't seem to be enough. subsistence farming (on land that has the realm of institutional change. To end on a positive note. What I been grievously polluted by Western­ I love having this conversation. It read in the New York Times, considered inspired chemical technology). really goes to the heart of what I care by some to be a highly conservative It's like we're trapped in the middle about. I guess I haven't quite given up paper, is becoming distinctly ("we" being anybody who has something hope that somebody can confidently lay encouraging. I read that the protest in in poor countries, and everybody who out how an equitable and functional Seattle was the start of a quiet has anything in rich countries). My global economy would work, so we revolution. As a very clear indicator of personal wealth is nothing compared to could have something clear and this kind of progress, I read that inside the corporations, but it's pretty striking workable to rally around. It sounds like the halls of the New York meeting of the compared to the millions of the world's nobody can, but the idea that we have World Economic Forum, more time was poor. I'm not the one who is making a to go forth into the unknown, armed spent discussing the problems ofThird profit, but my relative wealth in a only with a faith that there has to be World poverty than was spent on globalized capitalist system gives me something better, is a little scary. I corporate affairs. The times they are power in relation to the really poor that guess I just shouldn't underestimate love a-changin'. 0 I never asked for. Somehow we have to and faith. acknowledge our complicity and our unequal share, then go on to make the N~lt-tr best decisions we can- both about our own relative wealth and our response to ( M~rcf.v lo, lo o l) the corporations. I got your exciting letter almost a I guess the obvious way to address the month ago and hoped to answer it issue of our disposable income (after right away .... FRIENDS jOURNAL December 2004 15 MY SPIRITUAL JOURNEY by Francine E. Cheeks THE SEARCH FOR y spiritual journey is-to bor­ Eastern Orthodox churches, one syna­ THE RIGHT row a phrase from the Beatles­ gogue, and the churches the first families M "a long and winding road" that of the city usually attended: the white SPI R I TUAL HOME led to the Religious Society of Friends. Methodist, Presbyterian, and Episcopalian IS NO EASY The starting point is the African churches. There was also an Assembly of Methodist Episcopal (AM.E.) Church, God Church, some of whose members ASSIGNMENT. where my first memory of the worship continued to live in the nonwhite sections experience is when I was three years old. of the racially segregated community. The The AM.E. Church's motto is "God few African American Catholics who a strong belief in doing good works in our Father, Christ our Redeemer, Man our migrated to Clairton usually joined one of church and community groups, and Brother." The church was founded by the black churches in time. accepting everyone for what is in their Richard Allen, who--1 later learned­ There was no racial diversity in mem­ heart and not for their color. Even now, I worked with Quakers, including during bership in any house of worship. The one strive to be the woman that she was. the yellow fever epidemic in 1793, collect­ glimmer of hope across color lines was ing and burying the dead in Philadelphia. that in the mid-1950s, through the Pas­ spent a disproportionate amount of My home church was the First AM.E. tors' Association, our minister and the my childhood in the old church Church of Clairton, Pa. In the summer Presbyterian minister agreed to exchange I building, which was razed for a new of 2003 this church proudly marked its pulpits at least once a year. Each would modern structure in 1960. The basement centennial as a continuing spiritual com­ take a choir and a couple dozen members housed the private kindergarten that most munity with a full week of homecoming and preach from the other's pulpit on one black children in Clairton attended before and celebratory worship services. Al­ agreed-upon Sunday. It was a good early going to frrst grade in public school. though there is the usual amount of beginning that seems not to have pro­ Church was the center of most cultural parochial pride among the black church­ gressed much in the past 50 years. I am and social events. My two older sisters and es in Clairton (two Baptist and two Holi­ not aware if they still do it. I were members of the Sunday school, the ness), this celebration was embraced city­ My late grandmother, Rosa Eleanor Junior Choir, the Junior Usher Board, wide. Manigault Jones, was the grandest and the Allen Christian Endeavor Youth Clairton is a small steel mill town 18 woman I have ever known and is my organization. We attended church youth miles south of Pittsburgh. Its population model of the Christian who lives her reli­ conferences and were active in the has dwindled from 20,000 to well under gious beliefs. She was a refmed lady who NAACP Youth Council. We had chaper­ 10,000 since the 1950s. Back oned fun at picnics and hay­ then, as now, it was racially rides. We put on plays and segregated by practice and operettas-and teas, where through housing patterns in young girls learned how to be most areas. As in most com­ young ladies. Although we liked munities then, the 11 A.M. ser­ to go to parties, church was first. vice on Sunday morning was If we did not get to Sunday the most segregated hour. school on time, there was no The newer residents of partying at the community cen­ Clairton included two distinct ter on Friday or Saturday night groups: black families who that week. That was law! had come to the Pittsburgh These experiences, full of region to work in steel mills love and support, were crucial in during the Great Migration of African (in the words of Rudyard Kipling) could making me the person that I am today, Americans from the South to the North "talk with crowds and keep her virtue and spiritually and emotionally. Sunday in the early decades of the 20th century, walk with kings and not lose the common school training included memorizing the and immigrants from central Europe who touch." She spoke respectfully to and Apostles' Creed and Bible verses, learning had come at about the same time-and about all. I never heard her gossip or speak to understand the meaning ofHoly Com­ for the same reason: to seek a better life. ill of people, including those she encoun­ munion and the crucifixion of Jesus In addition to the black churches, there tered who were staggering down the Christ. I wholeheartedly accepted Christ were three Roman Catholic churches, two street. Her faith in God was deep and rich as my personal savior. and a part of her everyday life. I remem­ But questions I had about the very seg­ Francine E Cheeks, a member ofNewton Meet­ ber hearing her sing hymns from memo­ regated nature of church being inconsis­ ing in Camden, NJ, isdirectoroJCommunica­ ry as she cooked or did housework. Both tent with the ideals of true Christianity tions for American Friends Service Committee. her church and family values centered on ("We are all brothers and sisters in

16 December 2004 FRIENDS JOURNAL Christ"), the sometimes authoritari­ good works in many different places, an role of ministers in managing but could not find my spiritual home. church affairs, and the rote repetition I recognized the critical leadership role in some rituals began to brew just that black ministers played in the civil below the surface. However, I still rights movement. Because I had fami­ responded when pressed by unbe­ ly responsibilities in the surnrner, I did lievers. I remember a lively conversa­ not participate in sit-ins in the South tion with a friend who entered Uni­ in the 1960s. I was emotionally moved versity of Cincinnati in 1957 and in the early 1970s by the important who adopted the position that there practical work accomplished by the was no God. As a high school fresh­ Black Panthers through their children's man, I engaged him in debate and feeding programs. Malcolm X's mes­ held my own. sage of blacks taking responsibility for At college, I sang in Penn State's their own development and commu­ chapel choir and listened to a range nity uplifting resonated powerfully ofs peakers at the nondenomination­ with me. Who would direct these al (though clearly Protestant) servic­ Lefu Francine Cheeks at her desk at es. The speakers were social scientists, American Friends Service Committee, philosophers, and historians, and Philadelphia several in the course of my four years were black. The most memorable Below: Francine Cheeks's speaker for me was the late Dr. Ben­ grandmother, jamin Mays. He was then president Rosa Eleanor of Morehouse College in Atlanta, one of against segregation in cities North Manigault ~.. the most highly regarded historically and South, it was difficult for me to Jones 6 black colleges for men. Dr. Mays reconcile the inconsistencies in the Opposite: · preached a sermon on the theme, "Who practices of people who called § Francine (left) ~ Are the Least of These." That was an themselves Christians and yet had and sisters t5 important consciousness-raising experi­ so much hate for others. Can a true Rosalyn and ~ ence for me, and it helped me more clear­ Christian believe in white suprema­ Saundra ~ t: ly define my personal responsibility to cy or belong to the White Citizens § help the less fortunate. Council? Can you believe in Jesus ~ Dr. Mays's message connected to me Christ and spit at little African American <:> through his personal charisma and the children trying to go to school, even to a ~ depth of his spirituality as demonstrated previously all-white school? My faith in separate positive movements by taking his text from the Bible. He was God was strong, but my faith in people to be combined or linked to get everyone an academic who wore his religion on his was shaken. I have always witnessed as a on the same track pulling together and sleeve. I often daydreamed at chapel but Christian and believe wholeheartedly in not in conflicting or opposing directions? listened attentively to what Dr. Mays the Golden Rule. Despite being active in civil rights and said-that we are all equal in the sight of Learning the history of my spiritual women's leadership organizations in God and have a responsibility to help community, the AM. E. Church, includ­ Philadelphia, I was unsure how I should those in need. This message was consis­ ed knowledge that Richard Allen tried to connect that with my daily spiritual life. tent with what I had always been taught worship in white churches and was rele­ A chance meeting while I was working as in Sunday school and knew in my heart, gated to balconies and back benches. The a manager at a television station in but it meant more with his expression. A.M. E. Church was established as a seg­ Philadelphia brought an epiphany. Dur­ Perhaps, the civil rights struggles in the regated entity in response to white rejec­ ing that time, stations had to do "ascer­ streets of the cities and the back roads of tion. Although my religious beliefs and tainments"-interviews with leaders in rural communities in the South gave it a values as a Methodist were consistent with the community to find out what they sharper contrast. On the campus ofa large Quaker values, it never occurred to me as thought were critical issues and if we, as a university with a very small enrollment of a younger woman to pursue anything station, were addressing them. On one of people ofcolor, and where the water hoses other than an Afro-centric church or these ascertainments, I interviewed the and sniping dogs were a world away, it movement. I could not visualize being head of the Salvation Army program in was easy to not know what was going on drawn to a faith outside of my culture. West Chester, who was not yet 30 years in the outside world. Nor did I know then that Richard Allen old and already a colonel. He seemed to After graduating from college in 1965, was involved with Quakers and modeled do a lot of the interviewing! I told him I I lived in several East Coast cities, usually the processes of the Free African (aboli­ believed in Jesus Christ, but that some attending an AM.E. church in town, but tionist) Society on the experience of forms of Christianity seemed unrelated to never taking the formal step of becoming Quaker meeting. everyday life. I wanted to have a clear and a member. During this time of wide­ I was seeking spiritually without obvious connection between what I do on spread protests and demonstrations knowing what I was looking for. I saw Sunday and the rest of the week. He gave

FRIENDS JOURNAL December 2004 17 I had never identified myself as a pacifist, I wholeheartedly endorsed the nonviolent movement for justice and peace led by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As an individuaJ and through organizations I have worked all of my life to oppose oppression. The struggle for justice ofany person is connected to me. I believe we must live and do what we say we believe. Despite the popularity of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech, I have aJways believed that his most powerful statement was his "Letter from Birmingham Jail," in which he challenged the white religious establishment for opposing the civil rights movement and criticizing him for his leadership in that community. It is a sim­ Newton Meeting Friends and friends in Camden, N.J. ple and profound message. me a Bible and emphatically told me to modern sociaJ movements that I had The search for the right spirituaJ home read it. I wondered for a moment if what learned about or studied were initiated or is no easy assignment. T here were at least I was seeking might be the SaJvation led by AFSC: establishing an interraciaJ three monthly meetings in the section of Army. I was familiar with it, and each per- program led by African American CrysraJ Philadelphia where I lived- very estab­ son I had ever met in the organization Bird beginning in 1927; working with lished, subsrantiaJ and not small. I visited demonstrated in their daily work a com- Eleanor Roosevelt to assist families ofcoaJ all of them, but held off making a deci­ mitment to the Christian ethic of caring miners during the Depression; feeding sion. Although I wasn't sure what I was for "the least of these." Even though the and assisting children (German and Jew- looking for, I knew I would know when SaJvation Army proved not quite a fit for ish) in Europe during and after World I found it. me (I could not embrace the military style War II; supporting Japanese American I found a smaJl meeting in a commu­ of the organization), that meeting helped families during their oppressive wartime nity that is predominantly black and Lati­ me in many ways to better understand internment; and supporting Martin no. I am now a member ofNewton Meet­ what I needed spiritually. Luther King Jr. personally in many ways ing in Camden, N.J., which actually pre­ during the modern civil rights movement. dates Philadelphia's historic meetings. ith this encounter, it is clear in And then there was the peace movement Founded in 1680, Newton's fortunes have retrospect that I was moving in the 1960s and '70s. suffered with the exodus of many whites, W toward the Religious Society including Quakers, from Camden during of Friends while not knowing it. As a re­ found myself very comfortable with its decline since the 1970s. But a core porter, I had come into Friends Center in the beliefs and practices of Quakers, group of mostly white and sometimes dis­ Philadelphia severaJ times to cover press I including the deep silent worship affected former members of larger meet­ conferences organized by the American experience at AFSC Board meetings. I ings has held it together. We have grown Friends Service Committee. I don't re­ had never been to a business meeting to more than 20 members in five years member the topics. I had a vague idea of where the first halfhour was deep worship and are making our mark as a haven for the Service Committee and some know­ and the clerk asked that the meeting con­ sociaJ activists in the city and county. Our ledge ofQuakers, but nothing substantive. tinue in that spirit as we conducted busi­ campus of a small schoolhouse and a I interviewed at AFSC in 1993 for a ness. I believe in the transforming power meetinghouse is undergoing some reha­ position in what was then caJled Informa­ oflove and nonviolence over injustice and bilitation similar to that of the spirituaJ tion Services. By then I knew what I violence, and trust in the power of the community. SeveraJ of our members are wanted. And with each of the many Spirit to guide me and the collective. I am active with the Greater Camden Unity interview sessions, I was flabbergasted by aJways moved by the power of gathered CoaJition, which holds regular meetings what I found- the variety, breadth, and silence and individuaJ witnessing, which I at Newton. As a mark of our develop­ geographic range of AFSC's work. Even found to be akin to "testifYing" in a more ment, Newton Meeting hosted a meeting more striking to me was the Quaker foun­ evangelicaJ experience. and picnic of Haddonfield Quarter of dation on which that program work was Soon after joining AFSC, it was clear Philadelphia Yearly Meeting on June 26, built. I yearned to be part of this. Afrer to me that the vaJues and beliefs of the 2004. We could not be more proud of severaJ months ofAFSC process, my wish Religious Society of Friends were conso­ how far we have come as a spirituaJ com­ was granted. nant with mine. It makes me smile to munity. And having found my spirituaJ As the new director of media relations, think that one African American friend of home in a small, struggling meeting, I I was being washed in the history of mine greeted me regularly after I came to have reached a personaJ benchmark in cel­ Quakers and swept up in their profound work at AFSC by saying '~e you a Quak­ ebrating seven years as a member of the commitment to seeing that of God in er yet?" The answer is that I had been for Religious Society ofFriends. 0 every person. Many of the important many years without knowing it. Although 18 December 2004 FRIENDS j OURNAL here are many ways to God. This Guest House at the Convent of Saint Bir­ OUR EXPERIENCE CAN is surely part of our Quaker tradi­ gitta in Darien, Connecticut. It would BE BROADENED BY T tion, and yet, like other believers, surely offer quiet, except in the summer we feel most comfortable with our own when it became a haven for vacationers. SHARI NG WORSHIP way. There are times nevertheless when And so, after getting lost in numerous AND SOMETIM ES our experience can be broadened by shar­ byways, I arrived one dark November ing worship and sometimes living evening at the front door of the massive LIV I NG ARRANGEMENTS arrangements with others who have dif­ Victorian mansion that had been given to WITH OTHERS WHO HAVE ferent ways. I would like to tell a little of the Sisters as their Guest House. I was DIFFEREN T RELIGIOUS my experiences with sharing worship and welcomed warmly by Sister Christina, day-by-day living at my own "retreats" who was dressed in long grey robes and a TRADITIONS. among Roman Catholics. headdress fastened by a white circle and a My association with Roman Catholics white cross with a single spot of red (rep­ dusk. As a writer I welcomed the long, began almost by accident, some time ago. resenting Christ's blood). At the door to uninterrupted hours but also the com­ An illness had left me with damaged ears the central hall I read a sign: "Let each panionship of mealtimes, when the guests and excessive sensitivity to noise. Clearly I guest be received as Christ." assembled to partake of abundant food at would have to spend periods of time away No questions were asked. Since the a long oval table. The priest who rook care from the city where we lived. Some coun­ time of the Swedish Saint Birgitta, these of the spiritual needs of the community try inn, perhaps? Too expensive, and any­ Sisters, in various parts of the world, have ate at a separate table, but we knew him way, not a place where I would want to go welcomed the weary traveler. Vtk.ingsborg as our friend. "Welcome home!" he would alone. A Catholic friend suggested the was the name ofthis house, for the owner greet me after I became a regular visitor, Elizabeth S. He/finan, who was a member of too had been Swedish. and indeed Vikingsborg came to be prac­ New Paltz (N. Y) and Medford (NJ) meetingr, For a modest fee I occupied a big room tically my second home. died in 2001. She wrote books for children and with a bay window overlooking a cove of Once at Vtk.ingsborg I was asked to say taught journal writing. This article was written Long Island Sound, where often I could grace before dinner, as others had. I in 1985. watch a great blue heron catching fish at offered a Quaker grace, all of us sitting

FRIENDS JOURNAL December 2004 19 awhile in silence with hands linked residents, all elderly, were well cared for by and I felt, as I so often have elsewhere, together around the table. In silence each the Sisters. Some became my friends. that God's blessing was with us in this of us thanked God in his or her own way. In time we moved to Heritage Village peaceful domesticity. Aie we really so different after all? in Connecticut, a very busy adult condo­ When a visiting Father was to.celebrate Mass was held early every morning in minium community, and I sought a place the Eucharist with Brother Aelred in the the little chapel. No one urged me to go, nearby where I could possess my soul in little meditation room, I was invited to but in time I did. The service was simple quiet, and write, for a few days at a time. share the service with them. There were and modern, in English. At one point all A friend discovered such a place, Day­ just the three of us, and as we first sat in of us, Sisters and guests, would take the spring, for me. A Benedictine Brother, silence, I could truly feel that the meeting hands of our nearest neighbors and whis­ Aelred-Seron, had elected to go his own was gathered. Together we worshiped the per some such phrase as "Peace be with way rather than to belong to a religious same God, through the same Christ. The you!" How Quakerly! Communion, how­ community. He had set up housekeeping bread that was to represent Christ's body ever, was denied me because I was not a in a borrowed cottage only ten miles from was not white wafers this time, but tiny Catholic. This was the only time I felt me. This was Dayspring. There Brother consecrated loaves baked in Aelred's oven. rejected. I had been to many churches Aelred-Seron welcomed individuals and And there was the wine to represent before becoming a Quaker and I believed small groups of people who felt inclined Christ's blood. This is of course not my very deeply in the spiritual meaning of to share his life for a few days. He made usual way of worship. But for many peo­ communion, though I did not myself feel his living, meanwhile, by doing and ple this celebration of the Eucharist I needed such symbolism to feel at one teaching fine calligraphy, bookbinding, imparts a feeling of Christ's presence, and with God. and religious painting. I was glad to share this with Brother A query ro Brother Aelred-Seron Aelred and his visitor. IN A CLEAR VOICE HE brought the reply, "Come and have lunch I have found other places. At Wisdom with me and see how you like it." Again, House in Litchfield, Connecticut, Sister SANG HIS MOSTLY my being a Quaker was no obstacle. Thus Irene, on saying goodbye to me, said, "I GREGORIAN CHANTS; began a meaningful connection that last­ ask of you only one thing- to pray for ed for several years, until Aelred lost his us." And so I have, mingling my informal READ WITH HIM THE borrowed cottage and began his plans, not Quaker prayers with the Sisters' more SERVICE HE SPECIFIED, then complete, for building his own house. formal ones. Sharing Brother Aelred's life was quire I have heard that many people are now AND WE SAID THE different from being a guest at Vikings­ flocking to Catholic guest houses as a LORD'S PRAYER borg. Five times a day, without fail, he place for a quiet and inexpensive vacation. devoted himself to prayer. Guests were To what extent they share in the worship TOGETHER. SURELY not required to share these prayers and I do not know. And friends of mine spent GOD WAS NO LESS indeed were never expected ro rise with several days at the Benedictine Monastery him at 4 AM for the first of them (the best of Christ in the Desen, far at the end ofa PRESENT TO ME THERE time of day, he said). Bur to me it would bumpy din road in New Mexico. There THAN IN A SILENT have been unthinkable nor to share at they shared the religious life of the monks. When they asked if communion would QUAKER MEETING. other times. Before each meal, and again before retiring, often only the two of us, be open to non-Catholics, the answer we sat on benches in the little chapel was, "We do not ask." It might reasonably be asked why I did Brother Aelred had set up at one end of I am not suggesting that all Quakers not sojourn at Pendle Hill or at Powell the dining room. In a clear voice he sang would feel comfonable with my way of House in Old Chatham, New York. I am his mosdy Gregorian chants; I read with sharing. I cannot say, either, that all sure Pendle Hill would have satisfied my him the service he specified, and we said Catholics, or other religious groups, would needs perfecdy, but traveling was difficult the Lord's prayer together. Surely God was be as welcoming. But I feel that this will­ for me; it was too far. I did sojourn sever­ no less present to me there than in a silent ingness to worship together is a fairly new al times, very happily, at Powell House, as Quaker meeting. And when silence was thing under the sun, and that it helps to well as taking in some programs, but at wanted, there was the half hour of medi­ bring us together in our seeking. that rime it was not available for sojourn­ tation in the late afternoon, in a little All this is not a matter of sharing ing as often as it is now. And, again, I upstairs room furnished only with a sin­ beliefs, creed, dogma, or the lack of these needed something nearer. gle bench and round cushions for sitting things. Rather, it means sharing our When we moved away from the noise comfortably on the floor. search for the Light Within, by whatever of New York City to New Paltz, New Delicious meals, often with vegetables name or by no name at all. As Quakers York, I still visited V!kingsborg at times, fresh from the garden, appeared miracu­ offering our special way of sharing, surely but I also discovered Saint Dominic's, a lously after prayer sessions. T hough to be we include people ofother religions when Guest House in another Victorian man­ true to Benedictine tradition we might we say, in words that were used to wel­ sion on a high bluff above the Hudson have eaten in silence, we used this time come me to membership in New Paltz River. There, too, I was welcomed with for sharing our thoughts about different Meeting: "We are all seekers. May we help love. Unlike Vikingsborg, Saint Domin­ religious ways and about his work and each other and never weary in the search." ic's received only women; the permanent mine. Then we washed dishes together 0

20 December 2004 FRIENDS JOURNAL usk mustered forces in the shrub­ It was like a satiny bow on the gift ofa bery when I pulled out of my memorable day. D friends' driveway. It was deep into 6 P.M. and the shadows of evening were Directly across the circle ofchairs is a window gathering. Earth's colors were muted, but with three Afocan violets resting on its generous the dear sky above was washed in peach sill The center plant is crowned in royal bloom. and the small, thin douds glowed amber. "God is waiting, " I thought as I sat, "and we The eastern heaven wore a pure, warm gather in God's peace. " opalescence; and as I turned right at the first traffic light, heading toward Ver­ Despite all planning, getting off to typical or the exception, I had wondered mont, the sun winked deep vermilion and Sunday morning service can be a little as I planned another visit? sank behind the far hills. anxious, it seems to me. And driving to I leafed through a couple of magazines. I switched on the car radio just as a service an hour away always carries the People were arriving. There is not the charcoal smudge appeared against the chance of unpredictable delays that charter here typical among Baptist, Con­ luminous sky. Glancing up from the should be reckoned with. gregational, and Community churches I untrafficked road, I watched the smudge I did well for once. Only two ladies attend. Yet warm recognition and quiet focus into a wedge of geese. The V's were in the second floor assembly room of welcome embrace all comers. Gradually uneven arms were a checkmark of affir­ Bennington Senior Center when I people fmd places in the circle of armless mation as the opening bars of the fmal arrived. They were putting out books and blue upholstered chairs. movement of Beethoven's Ninth Sym­ pamphlets on a table and welcomed me Sunlight foods through the window across phony filled the car. with smiles and handshakes. Bennington from me and bathes the blossoms in splashes of Meeting has been gathering in this public purple, violet, amethyst, and mauve- jewels Charles A. Wlugaman, a retired Baptist minis­ facility for some time, while it studies the tiaraed on slender stems above the lush, succu­ ter, artist, and writer, lives in jamaica, Vt. His feasibility of a permanent home. I had lent leaves. poems have appeared in FRIENDS j OURNAL over been privileged to visit once before and "God is waiting, and we gather in God's many years. enjoyed peace and inspiration. Was that peace." FRIENDS j OURNAL December 2004 21 '1 hadforgotten, "I think, 'Jorgotten this one to a polished wooden floor, visually redo­ quilt with the nine-piece patches. Her essential fact ofworship. Habit and tradition too lent ofgrained boards in multi-hued tans, blouse is dulled blue also, her slacks white, easily erase this central truth. " ochres, and warm browns: incense for the her socks navy. The chairs in the circle are eyes: sweet fragrances for thought. Quilts padded blue. With closed eyes and hands The usual services I attend are so set on hung against the mat white walls. Antique relaxed, she is one with silence and setting. preluding, processing, and invoking God's drums rested on the rafters. H er entrance is not so much a signal for presence (hopefully to dialogue, but usu­ the meeting to begin as for worship to ally just to listen) that I do not picture "God had them redecorate for the ()}takers, I continue-to expand-to grow. Out of God there before me. Waiting. Expecting. thought. "The reflective restfUlness ofblues pre­ eloquent silence. Watching for my arrival. One does not ®minates. And the wood accents. " place the return of the prodigal son in a WOod as symbol. The Carpenter is at home. I am often annoyed as ideas, thoughts surface. sanctuary, yet is that not the very home we And we are wekome. Occasionally the very words that spring to mind stumble to, and find God waiting? seem out ofp!dce in such a group. Am I bringing I so easily forget that it is God's The decorators had not just used my ideas and concepts and superimposing them summons to come. God's call to assem­ wood. They had accented brown weath­ on Quaker ideas-ideals? The crosses, the flood­ ble. God's house-where God hosts­ ered beams against the flat white walls. ing light, the very words cause me reflection­ and blesses. And the beams echo crosses. Salvaged light that bathes, washes, anoints, "immersing, " beams from some ravaged building, they "cleansing," 'absolution': ... echo barn, and manger, and shelter­ With that word "absolution" I realize it is not "Lord, thou hast been our dweUing place in I shaping the reflection. "This is no Baptist idea, nor Congregational, or necessarily Community, " aU generations. " One does not I tell myself "This springs from a liturgy for As people find their places I notice more structured than mine. Here in this p!dce of place the return of more men this time. I see young and old, concern for the world, justice for all, God is free couples, children. (Later I learn they to be the God ofaiL Why shouldn't God, out of the prodigal son in a include current members of the meeting, the silence, seed my mind with thoughts that and past members visiting for the day.) unite rather than separate? Seed my mind­ sanctuary, yet is that Generations face each other in multiple our minds?" meanings of the word. Even as I meditate upon this more inclusive not the very home Upon the wall before me, and floating view, one in the circle speaks. He mentions jesus above in the rafters, the cross whispers on the Sea of Galilee-stilling the winds and waves, catching to safety the sinking Peter. '\:%ter God's love. Even the blue-and-white, 9- we stun1ble to, and again, " I think. "The catching of Peter from piece patches of the quilt hold crosses­ death. Into new life--salvation-resurrection ... . " find God waiting? Greek crosses: crosses with equal arms say­ ing, 'Justice is for all, salvation available to The hour ticks to a close. We rise, join anyone"-crosses of azure hope pieced hands in common gratitude, in quiet against the pure corners offorgiveness. acceptance, recognition, benediction. I am too prone to ponder catch phras­ Across from me, my foends, who arrive after At last we share names, identification, es, '~dvent carries Lent," "Stable links I am seated, are taking chairs to the right ofthe greetings, around the circle. Then divide. with Sepulchre," as ifMessiah can be cap­ winMw. The husband is left in shadow, but the Some to write letters of protest, opinion, tured and declined. Here simple timbers food oflight anoints her hair-her shoulder. It concern. Others to snack and share inter­ reveal Truth. No word, no explanation is streams a rectangle oflight across the floor beyond ests, explanations, experiences in a friend­ them-'a light unto my path!" necessary. How quietly the members take ly, quiet way. H aving found new under­ their places. standing and acceptance of self in wor­ Almost at the point of arrival I knew Such pregnant silence. ship; out of the silence we are free to inter­ that this would not just be a repetition of Such revitalizing peace. act, and then depart on our individual, my earlier experience. I had purposely Quietness flooding room and soul like united, inspired ways. decided to sit across the circle from where abs_olution. Silence immersing, cleansing Now as the heavens dull above my I was seated on my first visit. I wanted us m peace. travel, Beethoven's masterpiece throbs in assurance of a new perspective, to escape waves of joy to its conclusion. Above the mere echoes of my fust meeting with the And through the silence . . . Light! surging chorus, beyond the opulent blend Religious Society of Friends. I sought Light in fragments touches persons and rectangles worship, not recall. the floor, moving as the hour whispers by. Light, ofa superb quartet, the orchestra climbs to touching one and then another. Reminding us of stirring heights and soars beyond hearing. But I need not have p!dnned God had God Light behind us and before us. Above us. And the audience of this live performance already accomplished that. God had not just Among us. Within! bursts into appreciative applause. rearranged, God had redecorated God was And God is light. I remember stories of the deaf indeed awaiting me. Beethoven being turned by the perform­ One of my greeters moves past me ers to behold the audience's thunderous Since my prior visit, the Senior Center now, to take a chair across the circle on the response to the premiere; to accept tribute had redecorated the entire room. Walls left. She sits beneath the wall-hung quilt for such glorious beauty, heard and were repainted, the carpet had given place in blues and yellow, prints and plains. The shaped and born--out of silence. 0

22 December 2004 FRIENDS j OURNAL lti&Chlldyou buttoned, hatted, zipped and booted to take out of doors

who stands rapt on the edge of this pure snowfield staring up

will never stop expecting now that winter skies will give him

once again a wild and clamorous undulating wedge of wings.

This giant beating V will make the V words he lays eyes on when he takes to books

blaze out -Vast, Valiant, Vigor, Venture, Vanquish, Veneration, Vortex-

He will hear again this honking, see this host sweep over him out of the blue. Helen ~aver Hom is a member of Athens (Ohio) Meeting.

FRIENDS j OURNAL December 2004 23 Peace Churches treet Watu Wa Amani Conference "the small school that makes big people" by David Zarembka

was invited to attend the Watu WaAmani (People of Peace) conference in Limuru, I Kenya, at the Brakenhurst Baptist Inter­ national Conference Center from August 8 to 14. "People of Peace" is the Swahili equiv­ alent of "Historic Peace Churches." I like this much better since "history" is already over and no new churches can join this exclusive club. People of Peace allows new Greene Street Friends School denominations to enter the club, and I have 5511 Greene Street found that almost all churches have a peace Philadelphia, PA 19144 witness (although for some it is much hid­ • den) and it would be nice if they joined us. Pre-K through Grade 8 Founded in 1855 Historically the peace churches are Quakers, Mennonites, and Church of the Brethren. This conference was for Africans &om these Please call TODAY for a Malesi Kinaro churches, since the first conference in tour. 215-438-7545 Bienenberg, Switzerland, in 2001 of the His­ talked more of their peacemaking efforts. The toric Peace Churches was mostly Ameri­ best example was when one of his churches can/European participants. This conference was burned down by the Muslims and the was part of the World Council of Churches' hotheads wanted ro burn down a mosque; he Guilford Decade to Overcome Violence. About three­ asked, "Then what will happen?" and got the • COLLEGE quarters of the participants were &om Africa. people ro agree to take the Muslims ro court The first interesting point is that, while ro pay for the damages. 2005 Luby Casey Campus all three denominations had missionaries Two of these Nigerians were in my small Ministry VISitors who came from the United States, all now group as was Sizeli Marcellin from Rwanda. I Tom Mullen and Nancy Faus have more adherents in Africa than in the spoke of how his son had been saved during United States. the genocide by a Muslim who hid him in a January 23-29 The Church of the Brethren is only in mosque. I asked the Nigerians how they Quaker Education Since 1837 northern Nigeria (160,000 members) in the responded to that. They answered that during Ad.u..ion Office area of Christian/Muslim conflict. Mennon­ times of violence many Muslims hid Chris­ 5800 West Friendly Ave • Grttnsboro, NC 27410 ites are in Bukino Faso, western Congo, Zim­ tians and many Christians hid Muslims. 336-316-2100 • 1-800-992-n59 • FAX 336-316-2954 The Mennonite church in Zimbabwe is www.guilford.tdu babwe, Ethiopia, Kenya (2,000), and Tanza­ nia. Quakers are mostly in Kenya (130,000), called the Church of the Brethren in Christ Burundi (13,000), Rwanda (5,000-all since and I am not certain how it is different &om 1986), Uganda, Tanzania, and eastern other Mennonite churches. It is almost Congo (1,300). exclusively in the Ndebele area of southern The Church of the Brethren in northern Zimbabwe. This is the minority tribe that was 8ewr~ Nigeria does not consider itself a pacifist attacked in 1981-82 by the Shona Zimbab­ church. It defmes "pacificism" as "passivity"­ wean leader Robert Mugabe in a reign of nonresiscance to evil. It does not seem to have terror that could be considered genocide. r.ertif~ the concept of active nonviolent action. Some Their first speaker emphasized this slaughter of irs speakers spoke for a conspiracy theory and the danger their church members were ~ J\{a~pdd?tnan that the Muslims have a grand plan to convert in due to the current conflict in Zimbabwe. Car~t~@J all the world (or at least Africa) to the Muslim I asked another Zimbabwean participant if faith. This theory is strongly adhered to by they had any Shona (the majority tribe) www.mtcalligraphy.com fundamentalist Christians in the United adherentS and he said, "Less than 50," but that 18 Lonsdale Ave, Northampton, MA 01062 States. I have heard this theory in Africa they were going to try to establish churches in (413) 529 9212 E-mail: [email protected] before-but in the 1960s and 1970s, it was the Shona areas. the godless CommunistS who were trying to The Mennonites &om Ethiopia were inter­ Moving? take over Africa. esting. When the Ethiopian Socialist regime Please let us know 8 weeks in advance. Send A pastor &om the Nigerian Brethren took over in 1974, all churches were banned us your address label if possible. and the Mennonite church had to go under­ Otherwise, be sure to include your David Zarembka is coordinator of African ground. At that point it had 9,000 adherents name and old zip code as well Great Lakes Initiative ofFriends Peace Teams. but when this regime was overthrown 17 years as your new address. A member of Bethesda (Md.) Meeting, he is later, it had 50,000 adherentS. It is still dis­ sojourning at St. Louis (Mo.) Meeting. criminated against in Ethiopia as it is not an

24 December 2004 FRIENDS JOURNAL official religion (Coptic, Catholics, and Mus­ lims are the only official religions) and there­ fore not allowed to build churches. It must have more than 50,000 members now and they all meet in homes. The Mennonites from the Congo (Kin­ shasa and western Congo) were much more like average Quakers doing peacemaking as they felt that they were able. Some had gone through extensive looting in Kinshasa and they were promoting the testimony that a good Christian does not participate in looting during a time of unrest. The Friends presented their many peace activities in their conflict-ridden countries. Ann Riggs from Annapolis (Md.) Meeting, Personalized Care in the Baltimore Yearly Meeting, and the National Quaker Tradition Council of Churches (USA) gave a presenta­ tion on Quaker peace wimess that was full of quotes from George Fox, William Penn, John Since 1896 Woolman, and relations with Native Ameri­ cans. Malesi Kinaro, from Nairobi Yearly A Quiet, Meeting, Kenya, followed with a history of Friends in all of Africa and an overview of Home-Like Setting in a their substantial peacemaking work on the continent. She concluded, "The Friends Beautifully Landscaped Church is one of the fastest growing churches Atmosphere in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and the DRC [Congo). If a true culrure of peace is practiced by these churches, great strides can be made in • Private Rooms, Suites and • Recreational Activities peace work. Together we must reexamine our Apartments theology so that there is rooting of what we • 24 Hour Security believe, then resolve to practice it." • Assistance with Activities of Daily • Some Financial David Niyonzima from Burundi Yearly Living Meeting gave the major theological address Assistance Available for the Quakers. He gave many concrete exam­ • Emergency Response System ples from Burundi from his work with the Trauma Healing and Reconciliation Services. • Three Nutritious, Home-Cooked For information please Each denomination was given four slots Meals Served Daily in Elegant call856-235-4884 for storytelling. The Quaker presenters were Surroundings from the eastern Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, 28 Main Street, and Kenya. Representatives from the first • Linen and Housekeeping Services Moorestown, NJ 08057 three countries gave summaries of the work they are doing-trauma healing, Alternatives FRIENDS j OURNAL December 2004 25 ~ FARM &WILDERNESS ~ to Violence Project (AVP), peace schools, rec­ Summer Camps that Specialize in Kids onciliation activities, work with orphans, Five Quaker-based overnight camps and the Barn Day camp for girls and/or boys ages 3-17 HIV/AJDS program, and relief for widows and others impacted by fighting and disease. The "Splendid, wonderful, excellent, miraculously human and rich!" -Parent Congolese Quakers have a program putting people of various ethnic background in peace cells and having the members sign a pledge Farm & Wilderness. Unplugged and Unforgettable. A summer of rugged excitement. that includes not harming people ofother eth­ Fun. Cooperation. Skill-building. Individualized attention. Self-awareness and self­ nic groups and not looting. It also encourages expression. Nurturing and supportive. Adventure and Community. positive relationships between members of various tribes. The Kenyan speaker was Norah Musundi, who during the ethnic clashes in the Rift Valley of Kenya in 1991 organized a prayer group ofwomen who went to the relief of those who had been atracked. This was quite moving because it was an example of how a small group of people can pray togeth­ er and do peace work. Her group continues today but focuses now on HIV/AIDS work. The best sermon/meditation was given by Cecile Nyiramana ftom Rwanda. She was the leader in forming a widows' group in Rwanda consisting ofTutsi survivors of the genocide and the Hutu wives of genocide suspects who have been in jail for up to ten years. Her med­ itation was a clarion call to become peace­ makers: "Thus, like the early churches, we are going to be able to attract peacemakers to us. We will have gathered a large army to build, promote, and maintain peace in our respective countries, in our Africa, and in the whole world. Why not?" A Warm, Welcoming The Quakers carried out another one of our testimonies. Although almost half the participants were women, there were only Retirement Communi9' five female presenters in the whole conference Foxdale ts a Quaker-Directed, Continuing Care Retirement Community and four of these were Friends. I also noted that the women &om the three denomina­ The Foxdale Village community encourages each resident to live fully and tions &om all those various countries quickly compassionately, with respect and care for each other. Three levels of care developed a rapport that the men never contribute to a graceful life at Foxdale: residential living in ground-floor garden seemed to accomplish. apartments, assisted living, and skilled nursing. The Quakers in Rwanda are confronting the aftereffects of genocide, those in the east­ • Front-door public transportation to theatres, r:: ,vd ( museum, sporting events and shopping g rOA! a e ern Congo with continued ethnic violence (about a month before the conference 250 •Cultural and educational opportunities at Vi Ilave Quakers had to flee Bakavu along with thou­ nearby Penn State's campus - '0 sands of others when fighting broke out • Reasonable fees include lifetime medical care there). In Burundi, violence has continued and pharmacy with ebbs and flows since 1993, and in Kenya a politics based on ethnicity makes the nation always a tinderbox for violence. The Brethren and Mennonites in Africa also confront the issues of stability and violence in their com­ munities. The purpose of the conference was to raise up the peace witness among the his­ toric peace churches in Africa. Hopefully this will be used to encourage the other main­ stream churches to remember and focus on their peace testimonies so that the people of peace can increase throughout Africa and the rest of the world. 0

26 December 2004 FRIENDS JOURNAL Strength in Weakness: These eight English women were all work­ 0 ing for the same Master, all engaged in being u Writings by Eighteenth­ honed as useful tools in God's hands. But they • Century Quaker Women had their individual emphases and experi­ V) ences. One can see, for example, the exhorta­ V) Edited and introduced by Gil Skidmore. tions to a more strict upholding of the out­ AitiMira Press, 2003. 187 pages. $25/ ward testimonies of plainness, or an under­ (]) paperback. standing that there are cultural differences s... This useful book makes available well­ that should be taken into account while seek­ chosen, sizeable excerpts from the writings of ing true simplicity. Over time there is a subtle a.. eight 18th-century Quaker women ministers shifr in choice of words that heralds the in­ whose work most of us would not otherwise creasing influence ofevangelicalism that even­ ~ have an opponunity to read. Two were born tually fueled the separations of 1827-28 within in the 17th century and four lived into the many North American meetings. -u 19th. They are arranged chronologically by Thegreatestvalueofthe book is the comfon s... birth, and provided with biographies and brief and wisdom offered by these experienced min­ Dr. Abraham Sarker-a former Muslim-­ descriptions of their writings. Gil Skidmore isters to those today who feel that same divine ~ shares his pe11onal testimony of God's grace, begins with a helpful introduction to Quaker­ nudge toward becoming faithful instruments a dear comparison between Christian ity and ..0 Islam, and a thorough presentation of ism and its history to provide the context for for God's use in the world. Their struggles to the facts and fictions of the world's the writings. She concisely explains the style become qualified are the same that we face: to fastest-growing rei~ ion. S18 .00 ofs piritual autobiography, use ofBiblical lan­ give up self-will in obedience to Divine Will. guage, and the qualifications for ministry that There are specific jewels ofadv ice that will BARCLAY PRESS provide the matrix within which these women be treasured by Friends who recognize the 211 N. l1eOOian St. ' 101, Newberg.~ 97132 lived. The book concludes with brief bio­ situations. These are not lengthy disquisitions, graphical notes about 34 other Friends men­ ofren only a pithy sentence or two. Ruth 800.9 62 .40 14 tioned in the various texts. Alcock described the necessity to give up the It is both edifYing and discouraging to whole self to God in order to become a minis­ compare the inward spiritual exercises of these ter for God. She underwent the exercise of Friends Committee on faithfully remaining silent when traveling in FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON women with our own. Reading their experi­ National Legislation ences, their struggles and joys, helps point to the ministry when wordlessness was required www.fcnl.org some of the differences between the Religious of her. Catherine Payton Phillips felt there nFC Society of Friends (and ofthe larger dominant were none in her meeting who understood or 1-800-630-1330 UNL 245 Second St., NE culture) then and now. These women under­ could help her. She wrote of the necessity to N ATIONAL L EOISLATION took the inward qualification to ministtywith try the spirits and also gave solid advice to Washington, DC 20002 fear and trembling. Once they heard and unmarried women traveling in the ministry. We seek a world free of war & the threat of war accepted God's call to ministry they submit­ Lydia Rawlinson Lancaster described the quali­ We seek a society with equity & justice for all ted-not without much backsliding and ties of being a good, useful tool in God's struggle--to stand in increasing obedience to hand, and dealing with unhelpful criticism We seek a community where every person's divine instruction. The result was Spirit-led from other Friends. Sarah Tuke Grubb de­ potential may be fulfilled ministry that nourished its hearers. They were scribed the difference between good and bad We seek an earth restored... . enabled to speak words that were needed and ministry and of the difficult work when those heard by troubled and hungry souls, both who are reprimanded dislike the messenger. within and outside of Quakerdom. T heir re­ Priscilla Hannah Gurney described the im­ ward was internal peace and joy. portant service of opening the door (we might Listening to users The work was not easy. Each woman say preparing the space) for her companion's Designing/or people struggled to put obedience to God above her longer message. Mary Alexander warned User interfaces that work natural love and responsibility to her family. against encouraging young ministers too soon, Many became ill and exhausted by the diffi­ when they are too dependent on human ap­ culties of travel. The highest priorities for proval, and of the imponance of humility. most of us today are family and job/liveli­ Ann Crowley advised nor asking other Friends Arthur Fink Consulting hood, with rest and relaxation corning close for help or advice bur waiting on God ro reach [email protected] behind. If there is any rime or energy lefr we in God's own time and way. might consider penciling in rime for God. It There are common themes in these was nor this way for these women who no red women's experience: the struggle to lay aside Jesus' admonition that those who love any­ youthful social pleasures; the lifelong learning CREMATION thing more than him are nor worthy of him. of putting God's will first; recurring ill health Friends are reminded that the The writings are steeped in Biblical language and weakness; a somewhat austere, self­ Anna T. Jeanes Fund and imagery. This provides a shorthand to a denying lifestyle honed to listening carefully will reimburse cremation costs. (Applicable to members of larger context, in much the way modern folks to the still, small voice. They lived in a small, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting only.) close-knit world ofQuaker ministers that trav­ quote lines from a popular song or advertising For information, write jingle. Use of the Bible connects the individual eled extensively, visiting not only meetings DORIS CLINKSCALE Friend's experience to a larger story, and an­ but also families. Then as now there are choices. 414 Foulkeways Gwynedd, PA t 9436 chors it firmly in a rich tradition and context. These eight women felt the inward impulse to

FRIENDS J OURNAL December 2004 27 minister and reordered their entire lives to be ofserv ice to God. This book will be a useful addition to any meeting's library, and could serve as the basis of prayerful self-examination and fruit­ ful discussions. -Marty Grundy Marty Grundy is a member ofCleveland Meet­ ing, Lake Erie Yearly Meeting, and is past clerk ofFCC's Traveling Ministries Committee. The cn"tical balance het11Jeen academic rigor andJf!Y in leami A Quaker Woman's Cookbook: The Domestic Cookery of Elizabeth works on food and ethnicity, gardening, and ABINGTON FRIENDS SCHOOL Ellicott Lea culture over a span ofsome two decades), has, A coeducational Quaker school Edited with an introduction by William Woys in previous publications, brought alive the Weaver. Revised edition. Stackpole Books, drama of early Pennsylvania German food from preschool through grade 12. 2004. 352 pages. $14.95/paperback. ways. In this volume, he turns his attention to "[Elizabeth] Lea was largely unknown and another subculture: Quakers. 575 Washington Lane,Jenkintown, PA 19046 lacked the feverish inrellecrual enthusiasm of In a short and highly readable preface, he 215-886-4350 other accepted writers." So William Woys introduces his readers to the context of Eliza­ www.abingtonfriends.net Weaver seeks to explain why the Hicksite beth Ellicott Lea's life. Raised in a Quaker Friends Weekly !ntelligencer failed to list Lea's fam ily, corning ofage as the Religious Society popular cookbook among her life accomplish­ of Friends fractured, related to farmers who ments in her obituary. Forrunately for mod­ spanned the distance from Bucks County, ern readers, Weaver has resuscitated Lea's Do­ Pennsylvania, to Montgomery County, Mary­ mestic Cookery-a bestseller in mid-19th-cen­ land, Lea carne slowly and quietly into her tury America and an equally popular work in authority as a kitchen sage. She first wrote her its 1982 reprinted edition. guide to domestic cookery in the early 1840s Weaver, who is no stranger to food and for her own daughter, who seemed unenthu­ We manage Investment Portfolios cooking (he writes regularly for Gourmet maga­ siastic about the tasks of running a home and from a sociaUy responsible perspective zine, and has published more than a dozen kitchen. When it was picked up by a pub- Investment Advisory Socially Responsible Investment Portfolios that perform Friend's Bookshelf Charles Schwab custodian A Stmriti~ ojfertd through Each December, the j OURNAL reviews anum­ Armstrong is short and fanciful, filled with the Capital Portfolio Management, ber of recent books and other media that wonderful message ofGod 's love. Although nor Mtmber ofNASDISIPC. ckared through nurture our children's spiritual development. a Quaker herself, Esther Armstrong has done Bear Suams Sec. Inc. Although all Friends can bask in the Light a magnificent job of distilling the concept of [email protected] these books share, most are particularly of that of God in everyone into a lighthearted, interest ro Friends who celebrate Christmas. playful book that will be as fUn for grown-ups to read aloud as it is for kids ro hear. The God -Ellen Michaud Seed reUs the story of God's joy in creating the ~aUngJCl.t. world and the people who fill it. It explains how /~... <: Ellen Michaud is the j OURNALs book review editor the one special gift God gives to each of us is a and a member ofSouth Starksboro {Vt.) Meeting. God seed, a piece of God's self, to grow inside ~ T . \ each of us so we will never be alone. God does Ages3 to 7 this because God is so crazy about each one of us, God is moved ro share God's love. 17150 The God Seed, A Children's The text for the book is silly and sweet. 'When we're gone, OUT hearts wiU stiU belong" Book for Everyone "God made food: Trees full offrui r like apples Pre-K through 6th Grade and pears, bushes ripe with grapes and black­ Admission Open Houses: Thursd. Oct. 14, By Esther Armstrong. Illustrated by Tarra Kai. berries, plants bearing tomatoes and corn. Sat. Nov. 6. Wed. Jan. 19. 2005. journey into Freedom, 2004. 27pages. $10/ And when God studied all this yummy food, paperback. God said Woo, woo, woo! This is just very, 2150 ~lltler Pike, P4Jmouth !rfeeting Pll 19462 • (610) 828-2288 This book is a winner. The God Seed, A very good."' And later still, when God made Children s Book for Everyone by Esther you, " ... God said, 'Oh my! Ka-bang, Ka-

28 December 2004 FRJENDS j oURNAL lisher in 1847, and its fifth edition appeared in 1853 (this is the edition Weaver is re­ Olney Friends School releasing), Lea became well-respected among housewives who needed to know that rhubarb Est. 1837 and chalk would help assuage the effects of sour milk on the intestines, or that the whites of two eggs will clarify sugar. An intellectually challenging The reappearance of Elizabeth Elliott Lea's work is a gift to modern readers. By opening college preparatory out this Q uaker woman's down-to-earth ap­ proach to the herbs, vegetables, fruits, and program within a minerals around her, readers are invited to supportive Quaker contemplate "history" through the experiences of those who lived it. Lea was not a politician, community. poet, financier, or military strategist. We know a great deal about the public lives of such folks. And she "lacked the . . . intellectual Olney Friends School enthusiasm" that often gets one noticed in in Barnesville, Ohio historical texts. Yet the steady sales of Lea's volume show us what was important in the is a small co-educational households ftom which politicians, poets, fin­ boarding school for anciers, and military strategists emerged. grades 9-12. W illiam W oys Weaver reminds us that there is nothing uniquely or specifically Quaker about Lea's recipes and remedies; but rather, he suggests that food ways and kitchen lore were among many aspects oflife where 19th­ century Friends were not out of step with the commonalities of their world. This book is, not surprisingly, a great read. - Emma]. Lapsansky-Werner Emma J Lapsansky-Werner is professor ofHis ­ tory and curator ofspecial collections at Haver­ ford College.

zooey, Ka-booey. This one is fabulous! This one is very, very, very, very good!"' What a great message to give our children! The art­ work by Tarra Kai gives wonderful expression to the whimsical text. T he humanoid figures January 23- 28 that leap about the pages bring to mind the .,._....Paths to a Bellar World work of Dr. Seuss and are unexpectedly en­ with Jeremy Taylor dearing, given their sirnpliciry. This is an ex­ cellent book for young Quakers, either at January 28- 30 home or at meeting. Couple Enrichment - Abby McNear with Joan and Rich Uversld8e Abby McNear is a mother oftwo, writer, and January 30-February 4 member ofEvans ton (IlL) Meeting. Simple Living with Frank Levering Papas Birthday Gift By Lynn Downey. Illustrated by Stacey Contact Steve Jackson Schuett. Augsburg Books, 2003. 29 pages. PENDLE HILL to find out more: $16.99/hardcover. A QUAKER CENTER FOR STUDY AND CONTEMPLATION 800.742.3150 (US. only) ext 142 Papa's Birthday Gifiexplains an important 338 Plush Mill Road ·Wallingford, PA 19086 610.566.4507 ext. 142 concept about God that is often forgotten by www.pendlehill.org [email protected] both children and adults. In the book, six-

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30 December 2004 FRIENDS JOURNAL lDSlae eacn cnua : wonaer n /( ) an urban setting, calmly experiencing God's protection and love. The illustration for the / Ve-- ~ ib fxr 41w· feast sec out by the Lord is particularly engag­ ing, showing sparrows enjoying a windowsill meal, presumably sec out by the children in the picture, while a pane of glass keeps them protected from an overly interested kitty. The final picture in the book does depict a tradi­ tional non-Quaker church service, with a min­ ister ac the front, but the meaning should be dear even co young Quakers. While there are many, many children's books that depict Bible stories and texts, the good ones are hard co come by. The Lord is My Shepherd is a wonderful introduction co Psalms. - Abby McNear WESTIOWN SCHOOL CD Everything that matters most. Earth Mama: Christmas Heart Open H ouse, Saturday, December 4th, 10:00 a.m. By joyce johnson Rouse andfriends. Rouse Saturday, January 8th, 10:00 a.m. House Records, 2003. $19.95/CD. Tennessee Quaker, songwriter, and envi­ ronmental educacorJoyceJohnson Rouse (the spirited Quaker education since 1799 subject of Linda Bryant's "Crooning for the Earth in Nashville and Beyond," F]October) Westtown School pre.K-8 day I• 9-10 day & boarding I 11-12 boarding has written a down-co-earth, toe-capping col­ Westtown, Pennsylvania 19395 610-399-7900 www.westtown.edu lection of contemporary Christmas songs as a gifr from her beautiful heart co the children of the world. Flavored with country, couched with blues, and grounded in the traditional folk music of an Iowa childhood, her husky treatment is fresh, original, thought-provok­ Join us for deep Friends for ing, and utterly irresistible. The cen tracks speak co Quakerly concerns worship and hearty Lesbian, Gay, that span the entire religious landscape of the Religious Sociery of Friends, and nurtures an laughter Bi-sexual, ecumenical spiritual life among our children. Transgender "Close co the Earth" begins, FLGBTQC H e was noc born in a marble palace and Queer They did not wrap him in silken robes Midwinter Gathering There was no music Concerns is ••• From golden instruments 2005 The manger's humble creatures a community of Quakers Warmed the cold Spiritual Work at the of diverse sexual And concludes, orientations and genders If we want co walk with Jesus Edge of Certainty who believe that our We need co walk a path of simple ways spirituality and sexuality With respect for the cycles and the seasons HumiLity and love in aLL our days. Ghost Ranch are not only reconciled, but divinely intertwined ... "Christmas Morning" offers Conference Center, It's winter and light is alive on the Earth For registration materials: Wake up! It's Christmas morning Starlight and firelight and sunlight gave Abiquiu, [email protected] or birth New Mexico Santa Fe Monthly Meeting Wake up! The Christ-child's a-borning. of Friends, (505) 983-7241. He's man and he's woman I 8-2I Or http//flgbtqc.quaker.org H e's old and he's young February He's Buddhist and Christian and Jew

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32 December 2004 FRIENDS ] OURNAL has encountered the work of Quaker author Richard Foster. His Celebration ofDiscipline Friends Academy was named one of the 100 most important religious books of the 20th century by a pres­ Founded 1876 Located on scenic Long Island, tigious group of religious scholars and editors less than 30 miles from New York City. gathered by HarperSanFrancisco; and his Renovar!workshops, communities, and gath­ erings have encouraged a C hrisitan spiritual Celebrating our 125th Anniversary renewal in individuals and faith communities throughout the world. Now, two of his disciples, former kinder­ garten teacher and founding dean ofthe online Teachers College, Marti Watson Garlett, and Renovar! group leader Valerie H ess, have com­ bined their deeply centered spiritual lives and experience with children to give parents a down-to-earth and amazingly practical manual on how to help our children develop rich, spiritual lives. Each chapter of Habits ofa Child's Heart focuses on a different discipline--the meaning Founded in 1876 by Gideon Frost for "the children of Friends and those of which, the authors tell us, "comes directly similarly sentimented," Friends Academy is a Quaker, coeducational, inde­ from the Latin disciplina, which connotes 'giv­ pendent, college preparatory day school serving 750 students from age three ing instruction to a disciple."' The purpose of through the twelfth grade. The school awards significant financial assistance. these disciplines, they write, is that, "When we personally practice the disciplines, we are in­ viting God to change us, to make us more like Friends Academy • Duck Pond Road • Locust Valley, NY 11560 his Son, and to 'correct' how we live our lives Phone: 516-676-0393 • Fax: 516-671-2025 • [email protected] in community with others, God, and the world." The disciplines included are meditation, prayer, fasting, study, simplicity, solitude, sub­ mission, service, confession, worship, guid­ ance, and celebration. Using a highly readable contemporary style, the authors include in each chapter a discussion that briefly helps parents understand the discipline under study. Fam­ ily anecdotes, pragmatic exercises broken down by age from early childhood through adoles­ cence, and a "Bottom Line" section that unpatronizingly sums up the take-home mes­ sage of the chapter are also provided. At the conclusion of the chapter on "The discipline of solitude," for example, the authors write: At the pace many of us live, we desperately need to hear Jesus call us to come away and rest, to withdraw from the fever and pitch of our lives and to refresh and restore ourselves in the Spirit of Christ. We need aquietenvironment to let our minds rest, and we need quiet minds to let our souls rest in God. As we learn to practice this discipline, we become better at speaking words of comfort and direction to the people around us. We discover that silence is not empty when God fJls it. - Ellen Michaud A Quaker Sponsored Retirement Community Residential Apartments • Personal Care • Skilled Nursing 6300 Greene Street, Philadelphia, PA 19144-2596 215-844-0700 www.stapeley.org

FRIENDS JouRNAL December 2004 33 Bennington (Vt.) Meeting calls for the re­ covery ofan heroic spirit in order to emulate the love of Christ in the world: "The torture and mistreatment of prisoners in Iraq, Af­ ghanistan, and Guantanamo by the United Scacrergood Friends School, founded in 1890, is committed to fostering States government and its agents in no way lifelong and self-directed learning, affums the spirits of freedom or tolerance­ developing a sense of personal generosity for which we Americans are known. responsibility and cultivating global ... The first steps in solving this problem are citizenship. to be rotally honest, admit our own mistakes, • All recent graduates have gained take responsibility for our errors, be willing to college acceptance change our policies, . . . reexamine our mo­ • Student-to-teacher ratio: 4 to I tives, and plan how we can work more effec­ • Innovative block scheduling tively ro achieve real improvement of the lives • Community service graduation requirement of the people of Iraq, ... refuse ro kill or take • Shared work program human life in any circumstance, .. . refuse • Organic garden, farm violence as a tool, . . . refuse to denigrate • Comprehensive, exciting others.... We declare the importance to the Arts Department • Daily Collection, weekly Society of Friends, indeed to the country and Meeting for Worship the world, that the recovery of this heroic spirit is the best workable solution and the real For information, call toll-free at road to national and international security. 1-888-737-4636, or e-mail We invite all to join us in creating heroic [email protected] actions that emulate the love of Christ.. .. 1951 DeltaAvenue Remember that God is on everybody's side. West Branch, Iowa 52358 God bless the world and all that share it." - Newsletter of the Northeast Quarter of New \IV \IV \IV. S C ct t England Yearly Meeting, August 2004 Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting, during its an­ nual sessions, approved a minute opposing "Defense of Marriage" amendments to fed­ eral and state constitutions. In sessions July 28-August 4, 2004, at Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio, the meeting experienced An> some Qyaker perspectives unity in approving the following minute: "Friends affirm that there is that of God in each person, regardless of race, creed, national on the wrong track? origin, or sexual orientation. Further, Friends consider marriage primarily a spiritual rela­ tionship. OVYM opposes anempts to add discriminatory 'Defense of Marriage' amend­ ments to federal and state constitutions. Such Do you want to know what sincere Quakers think, who laws would preempt public dialogue. We af­ truly advocate peace, justice, and helping the poorest of the firm that discriminatory laws and amend­ ments are contrary to our understanding of poor, but who think many Quaker perspectives are on the the Spirit of God's love." -Reportfrom Ohio wrong track? Valley Yearly Meeting Multnomah (Oreg.) Meeting has been ac­ Try reading The {}Jiaker Economist, a free weekly online news tive in support of same-sex couples who have been married under its care. The meet­ commentary on peace, justice, and world affairs, somewhat ing opposed Measure 36 on the state ballot in different from the usual Quaker line. the November election, charging that the measure "would write marriage discrimina­ tion into the Oregon Constitution and set a Over eighty letters have now been published and appear on precedent of restricting human rights rather the e-mails of over 600 subscribers, mostly Quakers. To see than broadening them.lt would deny Quaker meetings their ability to celebrate marriage them all online, visit http:/ /tqe.quaker.org. To subscribe lfree), according to the light they have been given." In a news conference prior to the election, send an e-mail to [email protected]. the meeting's Marriage-Equality Committee released statements from other Q uaker meetings in Oregon opposing Measure 36. 34 December 2004 FRIENDS JouRNAL Do your Multnomah Meeting has opened marriage equally to all couples since 1989, without regard to the sex of the partners. North Pacific holiday shopping Yearly Meeting recorded support for legal recognition of same-sex marriage in 1997. Multnomah Meeting joined American in the pages of Friends Service Committee and Love Makes a Family organization in a "Marriage Equal­ ity" booth at the Oregon State Fair. "As a community of faith, we cannot stand by and Friends journal! watch some of the marriages under our care face discrimination simply because of their sexual orientation," Tom Crump, clerk of Multnomah Meeting, said. -Multnomah (Oreg.) Meeting newsletter

Lillian Willoughby, of Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting, chose a week in jail over a $250 fine for blocking a federal courthouse the day after the start of U.S. bombing in Iraq. Now age 89, she has been an activist and participant in nonviolent demonstrations op­ posing war, race discrimination, and nuclear proliferation for 65 years. On September 29, she joined five other activists who were among 107 arrested on March 20,2003, and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count. Before the Please enter one-year (12 issue) gift subscriptions to FRIENDS JouRNAL at the sentencing, she and the five others gathered with supporters for worship at Central Phila­ special Holiday Savings Rate of $33. delphia Meeting and then made a "Walk for Sendgiftto: Name ______Peace" to the U.S. Courthouse at Sixth and Market Streets. She gave U.S. Magistrate Judge Address------­ Stat ___ Zip ___ Arnold C. Rapoport a book, Fifty-two Stories City------ofNonviolence, and spoke for about five min­ Send gift to: Name,______utes about her sadness about the U.S. involve­ ment in the Iraq War. The courtroom was Address ------packed with around 50 people, there to City ------State ___ Zip ___ offer support. - Philadelphia Inquirer, Sept. Sendgiftto: Name ______30,2004 Address ------City ------State ___ Zip ___ Filmmaker and Peace Advocate Speaks at Olney Friends School. Paul Hood of Burlington, Vt., recendyvisited Olney Friends Payment information: School, Barnesville, Ohio, to share life Name ______experiences with students and show his docu­ Address ------mentary, Wildflowers in Holy Ground. A 77- City ______State ___Zip ____ year-old World War II veteran and longtime peace advocate, he works to alleviate poverty Phone number------and suffering around the world. He spent a week at Olney Friends School speaking in D Payment enclosed D Charge my D Visa D Mastercard classes and sharing in-depth personal experi­ # ______E xpiration date------ences of war and peace with students and faculty. His film documents his month-long For fastest service, log on to or call (800) 471 -6863. Gift cards will stay at Ramallah Friends School on be mailed in December. This special offer expires on February 1, 2005. Orders must be received the West Bank, founded by Quakers in the by December 1 to start service with the January issue. late 1880s as a school for girls. Today the school educates both boys and girls in grades K-12. Despite a climate of fear and extreme 1216 Arch Street, 2A, Philadelphia, PA 19107-2835 political tension, Ramallah Friends School FRIENDS has remained open to students. Paul Hood Fax: (215) 568-1377 characterizes his documentary as "a testimony JOURNAL E-mail: [email protected] HOL 12/04 to the goodness of life in the midst of over­ whelming violence."

FRIENDS JouRNAL December 2004 35 The following are a few of the International life, and beyond, for its 25th annual gather­ agreements that the United States has with­ ing, June 16-19, 2005, at Haverford College, drawn from or refused to sign: (I) Anti­ Haverford, Pa. The theme is "Centering on Ballistic Missile treaty, signed in 1972. Presi­ the Edge: Intellect, Spirit, Action." Please send dent George W. Bush announced withdrawal a basic description of your idea, an individual from the treaty on December 13, 2001. (2) session, or a panel ASAP. Final abstracts are Anti-Land Mine Treaty. The administration due January 10,2005. For more information announced it would not sign on February 27, and a lise of focusing queries contact Greg 2004. (3) International Criminal Court (ICC). Barnes (for conference program) at , Helene Pollock (for logis­ signature. (4) Kyoto Protocol. In March 2001, tics) at , or go to President Bush announced that his adminis­ . tration opposes the protocols. (5) UN Con­ vention on Biological Diversity. The U.S. •The Listening Center joins with the Dela­ refused to sign this convention when it went ware Valley Wage Peace and Justice group co into effect in 1993. -Befriending Creation, invite you co Second Friday Sharing of Cre­ newsletter of Quaker Earthcare Wt'tness, Sept.! ative Expressions, every second Friday of the Oct. 2004 month in Springfield, Pa. Second Friday Shar­ ing offers an opportunity for people to come Veterans for Peace has created an alternative to listen to God, self, and others through art, and supporting voice to the current "Sup­ movement, poetry, music, and telling of sto­ port Our Troops" yellow ribbon campaign. ries. Folks are encouraged to share their work It has created a blue ribbon car magnet, but performance is not required. Those who which represents support for our troops, enjoy listening are also encouraged co come. and that they are wanted home as soon as Simple meal and fellowship is at 6 PM, and possible. For more information go to . Center is located at 1001 Old Sproul Road. For more information contact Jennifer Elam at (215) 242-9555, or Tom Mullian at (610) Bulletin Board 565-7878. •Friends World Committee for Consultation, Upcoming Events Section of the Americas, has awarded its an­ nual Elizabeth Ann Bogert Memorial Fund Support •January 5-7, 2005-El Salvador Yearly for the Study and Practice ofChristian Mysti­ Meeting QUAKER HOUSE cism. Awards of up to $1,000 were given this Fayetteville/Ft. Bragg, N.C. • January 5-9, 2005-Bolivia Yearly M eeting year for: a traveling exhibition of mystical A front-line Friends Peace witness artwork; assistance to build a hermitage cabin • January 13-15, 2005-Peru Yearly Meeting for mystical retreats; development of books, Gl Counselling, Draft/CO Information videos, and other resources on mysticism for a Peace Research, Education & Action •April 4, 2005-Lecture by Elaine Pagels, university program; scholarly research into Gnostic scholar and author of Beyond Belief 223 Hillside Ave., Fayetteville, NC 28301 the mysticism of Friedrich von Hugel; and an The Secret Gospel of Thomas, at Arch Street inner-city art project by a contemplative com­ 910-323-3912. www.quakerhouse.org Meetinghouse in Philadelphia, Pa, at 9:15AM. [email protected] munity. Individuals wishing to apply for grants This event is sponsored by The Lecture Work­ in 2005 should submit seven copies of their ing Group, under Philadelphia Yearly Chuck Fager, Director proposal and two or three letters of reference Meeting's Standing Committee on Worship from individuals who are familiar with the and Care. This is a ticketed event, at $1 0 per applicant's work by March 1, 2005. Send to ticket, since the lecturer wishes that all those Books Wanted 4818 Warrington Ave., Philadelphia, Pa., attending read the short Gospels ofThomas 19143. For more information contact Harvest Book Company LLC and Mary (copies of these will be sent out . with each ticket). The name, meeting, ad­ Books ofMerit Bought & Sold Since I988 dress, e-mail, mailing address, and phone num­ • National Resources Defense Council's www.HarvestBooks.com ber of each ticket holder will be needed. 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Night Journeys The Power of Dreams in Transadantic Qyaker Culture Carla Gerona

"Night journeys is a fascinating study of the meaning of dreams in the history of early Qyakerism. Gerona combines meticulous scholarship with a sophisticated use of dream theory to trace the changing meanings of dreams as they were told and retold, both within and outside the Qyaker community."-Phyllis Mack, Rutgers University

"Carla Gerona offers an interesting and rich exploration of the Qyakers' use of dreams and dream narratives. Dreams both guided and justified Qyaker action, legitimating their potentially subversive and troubling reli­ gious, political, and social practices. There has been far too little attention to the role of dreams and dreaming in early America, and this book makes an important and exciting contribution."- AnnMarie Plane, University ofCa lifornia, Santa Barbara $35.00 hardcover

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F RIENDS JouRNAL December 2004 37 Milestones Births/Adoptions "This mountain is a place where the God of Moreno--juliet Markblnd Moreno, on March 1, many names, Goddess of many faces, meets us." Year2005 2004, to Amy and Carlos Moreno and sisters Comment from a recent visitor Emma and Elena ofAbington (Pa.) Meeting. A Sampling of Upcoming Events! Quaker Motto Calendar Empowered for Change: Marriages/Unions Nonviolence Training for Peacemaking Janet Cliisliolm February 18 - 21 Inspirational messages Shinkman-Tunis-Matthew Christopher Shinkman and Amy Aline Tunis, the latter a Love Your Enemies for each month member of Herndon (Va.) Meeting, on May 15, Barbara Cawthorne Crafton March II - 13 Since 1884 2004, at Friends Meeting of Washington, D .C. The couple lives in London, England. Waking Up to the Inner World: Exploring Your Night Dreams 25 calendars $21.00 Jeremy Taylor March 18 - 20 ' Deaths 25 calendars & envelopes $23.00 Beyer-Margaret Herriot Wagenet Beyer, 79, on • Private Ret.reat Space Available April 17, 2004, at home in Pateros, Wash., of • Ask about Spiritual Direction Send orders with check to: cancer. Margaret was born on August 3, 1924, to • Group space for 6 - 96 persons The Motto Calendar Russell Gordon and Betsy Morrison Wagoner in • Adjacent to Appalachian Trall Rochester, N.Y. She gcew up in Connecticut and • 2005 Pilgrimages to south India 1101 Ridge Road graduated in Vermont from Pumey School. In and Talze' 1946 she graduated from University of California Pottstown, PA 19465 at Berkeley with degrees in Economics and Fine Call for a catalog, or visit our website. Arts. After her marriage to Richard Beyer in 1948 and the subsequent birth of two children, she www.kirkridge.org [email protected] received a master's degcee in Education from Uni­ versity ofVermont, specializing in early childhood 2-tiJ:' l·o\ Cap Road Telephone: 301-320-3931 development. During this time she was assistant to Ban:,.:or . l'\ lXIII.' Fax: 301-320-7370 the Curator ofAsian Art at Brooklyn Museum and (6111) 3XX-1793 also taught nursery school. In 1957, the Beyers moved to Seattle where Margaret worked at the Bush Preschool, first as a nursery school teacher and later as director, a position she held for 14 years. Margaret joined University Friends Meeting in Seattle in 1964. She served on many committees and as clerk of the meeting from 1970 to1973. Ranked among Philadelphia's After leaving the Bush School, Margaret studied at University of Puget Sound Law School, and for "Top Hospitals" five years managed the Department of Domestic AJFairs ofKing County Prosecutor's Office. Work­ in Mental Health ing closely with architects, she helped to design the General Fremont Condominium in Fremont. In 1988, Rich and Margaret moved to Pateros to be • Child and Adolescent 190 near daughter Liz and the grandchildren. They Programs also purchased a small farm nearby where Marga­ Ways we care ret developed an acre of organic strawberries to sell in the farmers' markets of Chelan and Twisp, • Adult Services where she also helped to sustain the Confluence Gallery. She created watercolors, bronze sculp­ • Older Adult Program tures, weavings, and played the harpsichord. In 1994 Margaret was a founding member of the • Eating Disorders Program C helan-Methow Worship Group. She served on the Pateros School Board and had a strong interest • Long-term residential care for chronic mental illness in helping students with learning differences. At the age of79, she became a certified professional read­ • Women's Program ing specialist. H er goal was to share with other teachers so the students most in need could be • 24-hour evaluation, assessment and referral service better helped. In 1999,Margaretwrotea book about her husband, TheArt People Love: Stories ofRi chard • 190 year commitment to our Quaker mission S. Beyer'sLiftandHisSculptures. Margarerwas quiet, strong, and wise. She touched others with her gen­ erosity, grace, encouragement, and enthusiasm. She is survived by her husband, Richard Beyer; son, Call215 ... 8Jl ... 6300 or 800... 889... 0548 Charles Beyer; daughter, Elizabeth Miller; seven grandchildren; and several gteat-grandchildren. Brown-Bruce Minton Brown, on December 29, 2003 under the care of his devoted wife, Elizabeth, at home in Flagstaff, Arizona. He was born on

38 December 2004 FRIENDS JouRNAL June .lU, l~.l~ m l'tttstteld, iVlassachusetts to February issue: Reserve space by November 29. Noland and Mittie Brown. Bruce graduated from Ad Pittsfield H igh School with honors and, in the fall Deadlines Ads must be received by December 2. of 1947, began his studies at Randolph Macon March issue: Reserve space by January 3. College in Virginia. After receiving his bachelor's Ads must be received by January 6. FRIENDS degree in Political Science and History, he spent JOURNAL the summer volunteering with the Department of Ad rate is $38 per column inch. Mental Health in Madison, Wisconsin. It was there that he lived with a Quaker family and first learned about the Religious Society of Friends. In Call (215) 563-8629 now with your reservation or questions. 195 1, with growing interest in families and com­ E-mail: [email protected] munity, Bruce began work on a master's degree in Sociology at the University of North Carolina ar Chapel Hill. He completed his degree while teach­ ing at University ofCalifornia at Berkley, where he mer and married his first wife, Suzanne Guilbert. ~DSifo After teaching for three years at the University of Montana, he returned to California, where he Jl Century of Q_uaker Care worked for the next 32 years as a research analyst ~~~ for the State of California Department ofRehabili­ tation. D uring his 30 years in Sacramento, Bruce ~~§ was active in social and civic activities. He served "'~Oons~o Featuring: Skilled Nursing Care on the board of the now defunct Sacramento Symphony, was one of the founding members of • Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy • the Chamber Music Society, and with the late Mary Brubaker, was instrumental in reviving the • Activities and Special Events • Patient, supportive staff • Sacramento Statistical Association. Bruce loved the outdoors and organized camping, backpack­ Medicaid/Medicare Certified ing, river-rafting, and bicycling adventures with family and friends. A member of the Sierra C lub, he especially loved hiking in the Sierra Nevada. In Friends Home will soon become a 1984 Bruce married Elizabeth Clark, who shared his fondness for hiking and Scottish country danc­ Continuing Care Retirement Community ing, as well as interests in family, friends, faith, and community involvement. Even before completing their 1992 move to Flagstaff, the couple became Coming soon: Assisted Living with Alzheimers Floor active participants in Flagstaff Monthly Meeting,

FRIENDS j OURNAL December 2004 39 steaas m .)oumampton, ra., an mtennonaJ com­ tecting Friends houses of worship and schools munity encouraging diversity and cooperative liv­ ing. In 1948 the family became one of Bryn for more than 20 years. In fact, since 1979, Gweled's early members. Margaretta's sister, GuideOne has been the Friends Insurance Caroline, and her husband, Armin Saeger, were members ofFairhill Meeting (Nicetown, Philadel­ Group property and casualty insurer of choice. phia); here Margaretta and Werner began artend­ To arrange for a FREE premium quotation, and ing meeting, becoming members of Frankford to learn more about GuideOne Insurance, call Meeting in 1943. In 1950 they transferred to r. 4 Southampton Meeting, where Margaretta served 1-877-448-4331 ext. 5429. Gu1de0ne· lnsur.Jnce three terms as clerk. A founding member and enthusiastic performer of the Bucks County Choraliers, she also served on the board of Old York Road Community Concerts. She was active in the Girls' High School Alumnae Association, Needlework Guild of America, Bucks County Board of Elections, and most recently, many ac­ tivities at Friends Village, a retirement community in Newtown where she lived for 23 years. She served the Friends Hospital Auxiliary for 20 years, and was proud of her role in organi2ing the Inter­ faith Church Women's Lemen Series, an ecu­ Simplicity menical forum for Montgomery and Bucks Coun­ ties. Since its inception she served on various com­ Integrity mittees of Chandler Hall. Her body was donated to the Humanity Gifrs Registry for medical re­ An abiding reverence for detail search. Margarerta is survived by her husband of 69 years, Werner E. Muller; their son, Richard THOMAS O'DONOVAN Muller; son, Werner Muller Jr. and wife, Helen; goldsmith daughter, Marjorie Ann M uller; six grandchildren; and rwelve great-grandchildren. Walsh-Claire Holcomb Walsh, on February 29, 2004. She was born on October?, 1917, to Charles and Grace H olcomb in Seattle, Wash. An only HARBOR child, she enjoyed a happy family life, sharing a home with her maternal grandparents and cousins. SQUARE She was a bright student, and adventures with the Girl Scouts established her lifelong enthusiasm for GALLERY the outdoors, nature, travel, and photography. At University ofWashington, Claire studied history, a place of beauty English literature, and playwriting. Her plays were produced in the Brander Marthews Theatre at Columbia University. After graduating in 1940 she moved to New York City and became a writer, publishing scientific and sociological articles for 3 74 Main Street • Rockland • Maine 04841 'Illumination' The Reporter, Reader's Digest, and other ma~ines . 207-594-8700 • (toll free) 877-594-8700 18K white and yellow gold In 1951 she became a student at Pendle Hill where www.HarborSquareGallery.com .33 ct diamond she met Peter Walsh. In 1952 they were married in Providence Meeting in Media, Pa. For the next 12 years they lived in a small cottage in Wallingford. Claire worked as an administrator for American Friends Service Commirtee and in public relations for Women's International League fo r Peace and Guidelines for Writers Freedom, while Peter worked in commercial art and as an occupational therapist. They became the T he articles that appear in FRIENDS j OURNAL are freely given; authors receive copies of the issue in parents of three children, and in 1963, in need ofa which their article appears. Manuscripts submitted by non-Friends are welcome. We prefer larger home, they purchased an old farmhouse in articles written in a fresh, nonacademic style, using language that clearly includes both sexes. We Tanguy Homesteads, a cooperative community in appreciate receiving Quaker-related humor. Glen Mills, Pa., consisting of 40 families living •:• maximum 8-10 double-spaced, typewritten pages (2,500 words) together on 100 acres of common land. The rural •:• include references for all quotations setting and program ofcommunity activities made •:• author's name and address should appear on the manuscript it a wonderful place for family life. The family transferred their membership to Middletown Meet­ •:• for the full guidelines, see ing in Lima, Pa., and Claire worked as an adminis­ Submissiom are acknowledged immediate!); however, writers may wait f RI ENDS trator in the Public Relations Department at nearby several months to hear whether their manuscripts have been accepted. JOURNAL C heyney University. By 1986, when the children had set off on their own careers, Claire and Peter For more information contact Robert Dockhorn, Senior Editor. sold their beloved old farmhouse and moved to an m6 Arch St., 2A Philadelphia, PA 19107-2835 • (215) 563-8629 • E-mail- [email protected] apartment in Swarthmore, Pa. In this quiet setting, while Peter pursued his passion for landscape paint-

40 December 2004 FRIENDS JoURNAL ing, Claire used an early-model computer to ex­ plore her creative ideas with new intensity, writing fiction, poetry, and drama. In 1990 the couple collaboration moved to Friends House Retirement Community working with Friends since 1991 in Sandy Spring, Md., and lived independently in a cottage by the pond. C laire became involved in a rich program of activities with new friends and fellowship. She took joy in her writing and fre­ Buckingham Friends School quent visits from daughter Peggy and family, who live in nearby Takoma Park. In 2000 Claire and George School Peter moved from their cottage to the apartment Germantown Friends School complex at Friends House, and soon afrerwards, Greene Street Friends School because of her failing health, Claire moved to the nursing home, where she spent three quiet years. Newtown Friends School She is survived by her husband of 52 years, Peter Pennswood Village Walsh; daughters, Peggy Edwards and Henny William Pen n Charter School Walsh; son, David Walsh; and three grandsons. Zirnmerman-L. Wilbur Zimmerman, 97, on May 5, 2004, in H averford, Pa. He was born on Janu­ ary 19, 1907, of Mennonite ancestry in Harris­ burg, Pa. The son of a dentist, WJ..!bur grew up in Philadelphia and Ardmore, and graduated from college at La Salle and dental school at Temple. In 1934 he set up practice in Ardmore, where many cfu'rnoround Haverford College faculty and meeting members marketing communic a tions became patients. In 1926 he married Mary Larkin, strategic marketing and design a Friend, and soon joined her at Haverford Meet­ for independent schools ing, becoming a member in 1935. An amateur photographer, he rook his First-day school class for ext.103 a day trip to New York City and later helped them 800.979.3555 develop their photos in his darkroom. He served www.turnaroundmkt.com briefly in the Navy, and afrer World War II he and Mary became expert orchid growers, traveling widely as collectors and judges. A clerk of meeting late in life, Wilbur was always active in the minis­ cry, but did nor believe in pushing nonmembers to join. He was a beloved figure in meeting, where his diplomatic skills and careful, low-key approach to problems were invaluable. His messages reflected an inquiring mind, wide reading, sound judg­ ment, and a liberal approach to Quakerism. H e worked to create the present corporate structure of the meeting and ofFriends School Haverford. At a Learning for Life, Learning with Joy time of administrative crisis in FSH in the early 1990s, Wilbur, then clerk of the meeting, stepped in to reorganize the school committee and worked Coeducational with others to assure a successful outcome. His fascination with honiculrure continued, and Wilbur Academic Excellence served as president of the Arboretum Association Quaker Values of Haverford College and as board member for Bartram's Gardens. He worked with Pennsylvania Honiculrural Society and its library, serving as Age Three head of the Philadelphia Flower Show and chair of the Council. His fascination with photography to continued as well, and in 1997 more than 100 of Grade 6 Wilbur's images were used to illustrate Haverford Friends' former member William Woys Weaver's book on heirloom vegetables. Wilbur also served as longtime head of the Lower Marion School Board, of the School Committee of Friends School Call 61 0-642-03 54 Haverford, and as vice president of the Harcum for more information College board. Severe deafness and decreasing mo­ bility limited his participation in his final years, bur or visit our website: a mini-gallery of his photographs was hung in the www.friendshaverford.org corridor outside his apartment at the Quadrangle Retirement Community. Wilbur was predeceased by his wife, Mary Larkin Zimmerman, in 1984. He is survived by his daughter, Joan Brinton; his son, Milton Zimmerman; 15 grandchildren; and 851 Buck Lane • Haverford, PA 19041 57 great-grandchildren.

F RIENDS JouRNAL December 2004 41 NEWTOWN FRIENDS perhaps none is needed, or perhaps none is possible. It had never occurred to me that SCHOOL any economic theory might ascend to a place of infallibility in Friends practice, but that may be because otherwise earnest, sincere, and honest Friends like myself and David Morse are simply mired in fallacy, as Russell Nelson asserted. Steve Livingston PENN C H ART E R Asheville, N.C. The oldest Quaker school in the nation, "The accomplishments of adults Marriage can be fun begin as the dreams of children. William Penn Charter School embraces Thank you, Ron McDonald, for Newtown Friends is a place tradition and welcomes innovation. "Reflections on the Purpose of Marriage" where dreams begin." (F]Sept.). I have been clisturbed by so many - NFS Mission Statement Essential Quaker principles and practice clivorces ~ong friends and neighbors. guide Penn Charter, a Friends school by Personally, I have been lucky--with a wonderful husband for 49-112 years. He Pre,K to Grade 8 birthright and conviction. Within a diverse died in February 1995. A year later I OPEN HOUSE community, we engage students in a married his best friend, whose wife of 56 January 30, 2005 stimulating and rigorous educational years died September 1992. He and I had program. We foster academic discipline only a few good years, till he was 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and intellectual curiosity to prepare hospitalized for dementia and spent over For further information, graduates for higher education and for life. two years on a nursing facility close to me. call 215-968-2225, or visit H e died on December 3, 2001. One thing that helped both marriages us at newtownfriends.org Call to visit our 44-acre campus in East Falls: was my husbands' wonderful sense of 215-844-3460 llCC'Iediiedb.tlk~ll~ol humor. Other things that helped: singing 3000 West School House Lane, Philadelphia and dancing together. Music hath charm! I P~ll~SdtooU www.penncharter.com attribute support by our Friends meetings-­ in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan--to srrengthenjng both marriages. My first husband and I attended a Marriage Enrichment weekend workshop, FRIENDS j OURNAL offers the classic book which helped each of us not to take the other for granted. Also, we learned to speak positively: "I like it when you ..." BENJAMIN Neither husband liked to dance, but I learned late in life, with my second husband, The Meetinghouse Mouse to lead him! (Wishing I had learned with my fust husband.) We sometim es danced to by Benjamin, as told to Clifford Pfeil, Lawrence W elk's music on TV Saturday and with illustrations by John D. Gummere Sunday evenings. His daughter said, "Dad doesn't dance." My answer: "H e does now." If you remember the Benjamin stories in past (In his 80s!) I hope we as Quakers--and other issues, you will be happy to share them­ religions--<:an help make marriages "till now in book form-with your children, grandchildren, and Friends! death do us part"--fun while they're together. I love to see couples holding hands Look for Benjamin in Friends bookstores or order directly from FRIENDSJ ouRNAL: and smiliing at each other. I love to hear Please send me __ copies of Benjamin @ $6.oo each, plus $2..00 shipping and handling about husband and wife allowing the other ($3.50 for shipping and handling outside U.S., Canada, and Mexico). My check is enclosed. to "follow his/her own star." Ofcourse, it helps to choose wisely in the fust place. N~e ______Adruess ______Marion Stow Frankfort, Mich. City ______State ___ ZIP ______Country, if other than U.S. ------­ A case of chutzpah Please mail to FRIENDS JouRNAL, m6 Arch Street, 2A, Philadelphia, PA 19107-2835· T hank you ro Tony Prete for his article If any questions please call (215) 563-8629. on the story of Abrah~ and Isaac ("Testing a Father's Faith," F]Sept.). Obviously, it's a 42 December 2004 FRIENDS JoURNAL difficult story tor a parent, or anyone, to is our living room/dining room too small Fax (215) 568-13n. read. How could a loving God ask me to for meeting?" While Margaret Fell hosted E-mail: [email protected] sacrifice my child-for any reason? Classified rates 75e per word. Minimum charge is $20. the first of many house meetings, George Logo is additional $18. Add 10% if boxed. 10% Was it faith or was it chutzpah that Fox was recording some biting comments discount for three consecutive Insertions, 25% for six. enabled Abraham to believe God wouldn't? Appearance of any advertisement does not about steeplehouses. imply endorsement by Friends Joumal Or are they the same thing? With changing numbers of those at Also, thank you to Tony for opening up meeting, we may well ask if our nostalgic Classified Ad Deadlines: the word fear to include awe and reverence. historical memories and sacrificial giving February issue: December 6 For the modern reader, fear implies power have blinded us to simple-living queries. Are March issue: January 10 Submit your ad to: and stands in the way oflove. But "fear" as we caught up in institutionalization to the Advertising Manager, Friends Joumal awe and reverence embraces love. extent that we are sacrificing our witness to 1216 Arch Street, 2A I look forward to more Bible simple living? Are we able to justify heating/ Philadelphia, PA 19107-2835 (215) 563-8629 commentary from Tony. maintenance of the number of square-feet Karen Evans whose usage/occupancy falls at the far Camp Hill, Pa. extreme of a continuum with, for example, 24/7 business establishments at the other Accommodations A crucial difference extreme? How does our continuing the Burtt House Friends Center, Ithaca (New York) Friends status quo affect the budget proportions and Meeting. Rooms for sojourners, students, residents. Historic home, site of peace activism and outreach. Beautiful lake I am not only offended, but deeply values of meeting? If we Quakers eschew view, adjacent to waterfall. Ithaca College nearby; short saddened by Elaine Fettig's comparison of sacraments in viewing all creation as walk to Cornell University and downtown. Intentional com­ munity of fou r to six persons sharing Quaker values and Richard Grossman's beliefs [about abortion, sacramental, have we unduly concerns. Common kitchen, living areas, laundry. 227 N. Forum, F]June] to those of Adolf Hitler in sacramentalized our meetinghouses? Willard Way, Ithaca, NY 14850. Contact Ginny at (607) 272- her letter to the editor (F] Oct.). As both a On the other hand, as we look at meeting 3471or Wilma at . Washington, D.C., your destination? The Washington Of­ Friend and a Jew, I find it crucial for dynamics, are we remembering that "small is fice of the American Friends Service Committee at 1822 R Friends-as well as society at large-to beautiful," not only in stewardship, but also Street, NW, offers overnight accommodations in a Quaker tradition. Reasonable rates. Two blocks from Dupont Circle know when it is appropriate to discuss Adolf in the primary relationships of face-to-face subway station on the Red Une; close to galleries and Hitler's beliefs and to compare them with encouragement? Do the aspirations of small bookstores. Shared and single rooms available. 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Louise Wilson, Wit Cooper, T . Canby Jones, D. Elton Monteverde Friends School seeks ass1stant d1rector, Trueblood-and, of course, George Fox, John Woolman, pre-K-12 teachers, and volunteers. School year begins in and William Penn. Inspiration, humor, fiction, and history August 2005. MFS is an English-dominant, bilingual school that take you to the roots of Quaker beginnings, belief, with multi-graded classes in Costa Rica's rural moun­ Positions Sought and beyond. Write 101 -A Quaker Hill Drive, Richmond, IN tains. While salaries are low, the experience is rich. Simple housing included for teachers. Application deadline Feb­ 47374 for a free catalog or call (800) 537-8839. HORTICULTURIST-See king full-time position. B.S./ . ruary 15, 2005, or until position filled, volunteers any month. Contact Jenny Rowe, Monteverde Friends School, Hort., experienced, !PM, Estates, Orchard, Hydroponics. Monteverde 5655, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Tel/fax 011 Allender, Purchase, N.Y. Meeting. (914) 237-4857. Quaker Books: Rare and out-of-print journals, history, (506) 645-5302. E-mail: . Visit . religion, inspirational. Contact us for specific books or topics. Vintage Books, 181 Hayden Rowe Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748. (508) 435-3499. E-mail us at STUDY TOUR- BOLIVIA, PERU. Meet some of Positions Vacant . Bolivia's 40,000 Aymara Indian Quakers. Visit life- changing small development projects funded by Quaker ARC Ecumenical Retreat Community (Action, Reflection, Bolivia Link. See Lake Titicaca, Cusco, and Machu Celebration) invites applications now from adult volunteers For Sale Picchu, optional Inca Trail. June 23~u ly 14, 2005. for up to one year or longer beginning in 2005. ARC's $2780. Contact Barbara Flynn (707) 823-6034, residential community, centered in the Christian hospitality web: . rest, and spiritual renewal. Room, board, health insurance, baskets for all occasions, shipped where you need them and stipend provided. For information see . (512) 940·0559. The Carpenter's Boat Shop in Pemaquid, Maine, is .org>, or contact the Director at , offering free, one-year apprenticeships in wooden boat or (763) 689-3540. Candle lanterns hand-crafted from sus­ and furniture building. The Boat Shop is an ecumenical The Earlham School of Religion (ESR) seeks candidates tainably harvested wood. Available with two community/school based on the Benedictine tradition. It for a two-thirds to full-time teaching faculty appointment in mirrors $50, wavy opaque glass $50, plain teaches the skills of carpentry, boatbuilding, and boat use Practical Theology, with an emphasis in Pastoral Care and glass $35, plus shipping of $1 Order at o. while living in simple community. For further information Counseling, to teach introductory and advanced courses in ; (828) 669- please write or call Rev. Robert lves, 440 Old County a seminary setting. Qualified candidates will have academic 2073 or Clark Goslee Earthaven Ecovillage, Road, Pemaquid, ME 04558. Phone: (207) 677-3768. e- and practical experience that demonstrates competency in 1025 Camp Elliott Rd., Black Mt., NC 28711. mail: . pastoral theology and pastoral counseling, and the ability and passion to equip individuals for a ministry of caring. Tour: Meet Friends in Riga, Kiev, Moscow, St. Peters- Candidates must be capable of working respectfully and Opportunities burg. June 2005. 17 days, approximately $3,700. Spon- collegially with students and faculty representing a wide sored by Friends House Moscow. Contact Julie Harlow range of theological, political, and social perspectives in Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, and Uganda Workcamps with ASAP to reserve space: or 1163 Au- both on-campus and distance-education environments. Pre­ the African Great Lakes Initiative/Friends Peace Teams­ burn Drive, Davis, CA 95616 or (530) 753-6826. ferred academic preparation would include a doctoral level construct classrooms-refurbish Quaker schools-rebuild degree as well as the Master of Divinity. Preference will be homes-July 3 to August 6, 2005. Teams with international Costa Rica Study Tours: V1s1t the Quaker community 1n given to candidates with experience in clinical pastoral edu­ and local workcampers. Good health and willingness to do Monteverde. For information and a brochure contact Sarah cation, demonstrated teaching ability, and ability working manual labor. Construction skills unnecessary. Living condi­ Stuckey: 011 (506) 645-5436; write: Apdo. 46-5655, Monte­ with emerging educational technologies. Ability to teach in a tions will be Spartan. Fundraising required. Applications on verde, Costa Rica; e-maii:; , or call in the USA (520) 364-8694. ing a full-time appointment. @charter.net>. Qualified candidates from the Religious Society of Friends, Quaker Writers and Artists! women, and minorities are encouraged to apply. Applica­ Friends Association for Higher Education Call for Quakers used to shun the arts-but no more! Join the tions will begin to be reviewed in December and the search Papers at Haverford College. Conference June 16-19, Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts; get our exciting, infor­ will continue until the position is filled. Teaching responsibili­ 2005, "CENTERING ON THE EDGE: INTELLECT, mative newsletter, "Types & Shadows"; keep up with ties commence in the 2005--2006 academic year. SPIRIT, ACTION." Witnessing through scholarship, work other artistic Friends around the country; and help create A cover letter explaining interest in the position, vita, and in the classroom, campus life, and beyond. Deepening a new chapter in Quaker history. Membership: $24/yr. the names of three references may be sent to: Clerk of the intellect while feeding the spirit and the soul. . . Web: . College Avenue, Richmond, IN 47374-5360. (765) 983- 1423.

44 December 2004 FRIENDSJ ouRNAL Beautiful Pleasant Hill, Tennessee. Diverse activist ' r , Cape May, N.J. Beach House-weekly rentals; weekend community. Full Service facility. Independent homes rentals in oN-season. Sleeps 12+. Great for family re­ to skilled nursing care. Quaker meeting on prem1ses. unions! Block from beach. Close to mall. Ocean views (931) 277·5003, Phil Thomforde. (931) 277-3518, office, HAVER}Um from wraparound porch. Call: (718) 398·3561. brochure. Havertord College seeks candidates for the following positions: Walton Retirement Home, a nonprofit ministry of Ohio History of Science Yearly Meeting since 1944, offers an ideal place for re­ A tenure-track appointment in the History Department at Retirement Uving tirement. Both assisted living and independent llv1ng fa· the rank of assistant professor with a specialization in the cilities are available. For further information, please call History of Science. We are especially interested in schol· Nirmal or Diana Kaul at (740) 425·2344, or write to Watton ars who focus on the medieval and/or early modem eras Retirement Home, 1254 East Main Street, Barnesville, and whose research emphasizes comparative scientific OH 43713. traditions and/or interactions between Western and non­ Western knowledge cunures, including Islam. Candidates MEDFORD LEAS Schools should send a detailed letter of application including a statement of teaching and research interests, c.v., at Medford Leas Continuing Care Retirement least three current letters of recommendation, and a Community sample of scholarship by December 1, 2004, to: Sharon Medford Leas welcomes you to visit our CCAC·aocred· Nangle, Administrative Assistant to the History of Sci· ited, Quaker-related continuing care retirement commu· ence Search Committee, Haverford College, 370 nityl Blending the convenience and accessibility of subur­ EARLHAM Lancaster Avenue, Havertord PA 19041-1392. Questions ban living with the unique aesthetic of an arboretum and SCHOOL •/ RELIG ION to Professor Usa Jane Graham, Dept. Chair () tradition of Quaker interest in plants and nature and Crises do not oocur in isolation; they unfold or explode within a system. ESR's Pastoral Care and Counseling Political Science their restorative qualities. A wide range of residential A tenure-track position at the assistant professor level to styles (from garden-style apartments to clustered emphasis provides the sound theoretical framew?':'< and begin Fall 2005. Spedalists in any region excluding Latin townhouses) are arranged amidst the unique beauty of practical skills needed by those m1nrstenng to 1ndrviduals America are welcome to apply. Research and teaching over 200 acres of landscaped gardens, natural wood· and families. Scholarship and Federal Student Aid loan possibilites exist. For study online or in a campus format. interests in the fields of political eoonomy, nationalism, lands, and meadows. With campuses in both Medford and/or identity politics would be considered an asset. and Lumberton, New Jersey, the cultural, intellectual, contact Sue Axtell at <[email protected]>, or (800) Havertord College is particularly interested in diversifying and recreational offerings of Philadelphia, Princeton, 432·1377. its faculty and in attracting women and minority candi· and New York City are just 30 to 90 minutes away. In dates. Please send a letter of application including a addition, many popular New Jersey shore points are United Friends School: coed; preschool-8; emphasizing statement of teaching and research interests, curriculum also within similar driving distances. Medford Monthly integrated, developmentally appropriate cur~iculu m ,_ after vitae, a sample of written work, graduate transcripts, and Meeting is thriving, active, and caring. Amenity and school arts, sports, and music programs. Busrng available. at least three letters of recommendation to Carol Henry, program highlights include: walking/biking trails, tennis 1018 West Broad Street, Quakertown, PA 18951. (215) Secretary, Search Committee in Political Science, courts, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, fitness 538·1733. . Havertord College, 370 Lancaster Avenue, Havertord, centers and programs, computer center, greenhouses, Lansdowne Friends School-a small Friends school for PA 19041 . For fullest consideration, applications must be very active self-governed residents' association with boys and girls three years of age through sixth grade, rooted submitted by November 15, 2004. over 80 committees, on-site 'university' program, and in Quaker values. We provide children with a quality academic For Information about the College please visit our much more. Extensive lifenmeResidence and Care Agree­ and a developmentally appropriate program in a nurturing website (). ment covers medical care, prescription drugs, and future environment. Whole language, thematic education, conflict AAIEOE, to diversify its faculty and enrich its cu"icu· long-term nursing and/or assisted living care without resolution, Spanish, after-school care, summer program. lum and the life of the College, Haverford encourages caps or limits. For more information call (800) 331·4302. 110 N. Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, PA 19050. (610) women and minority candidates to apply. For lnfor· . 623·2548. mat/on concerning Haverford College, please visit our web site (). Junior high boarding school for grades 7, 8, 9. Small Orchard Friends School seeks head of school. K-8 for academic classes, challenging outdoor experiences, com· language-based learning differences, in Moorestown, N.J. munity service, consensus decision making, daily work projects in a small, caring, community environment. Arthur . Morgan School, 60 AMS Circle, Burnsville, NC 28714. Resident managers. The American Friends Service Com· SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE (828) 675-4262. , . facilities at its Washington Office in the Dupont Circle neigh· borhood of Washington, D.C. Fostering Quaker hospitality, Kendal communities and services reflect sound man­ Sandy Spring Friends School. Five· or seven-day board· agement, adherence to Quaker values, and respect for the resident managers book overnight guests, supervise ing option for grades 9-12. Day school pre·K through 12. housekeeper, arrange relief house-sitters, oversee opera­ each individual. College preparatory, upper school AP courses. Strong arts tions, and market the guest accommodations. The AFSC is Continuing care retirement communities: and academics, visual and performing arts, and team Kendal at Longwood; Crosslands ·Kennett Square, Pa. an AAIEEO employer. Contact Willa Streater, (215) 241· athletic programs. Coed. Approximately 480 students. 140· 7167, or . Kendal at Hanover • Hanover, N.H. acre campus less than an hour from Washington, D.C., and Kendal at Oberlin • Oberlin, Ohio Baltimore, Md. International programs. Incorporating trad1· Interns: 9-12 month commitment. Assist with hospi· Kendal at Ithaca • Ithaca, N.Y. tality and seminar planning at William Penn House. Room tiona! Quaker values. 16923 Norwood Road, Sandy Spnng, Kendal at Lexington • Lexington, Va. MD 20860. (301) 774·7455, ext. 375. . lesbians, and people of color are welcome. 5 blocks Kendal on Hudson · Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. from the Capitol, Supreme Court, and near the Smithsonian Kendal at Granville • Granville, Ohio Stratford Friends School provides a strong academic pro­ Museums. 515 East Capitol Street, SE, Washington, Independent living with residential services: gram in a warm, supportive, ungraded setting for children DC 20003, (202) 543-5560, fax: (202) 543·381 4, Coniston and Cartmel • Kennett Square, Pa. ages 5 to 13 who learn differently. Small classes and an , . Easthampton, Mass. at-risk program for live-year-olds is available. The school Nursing care, residential and assisted living: also offers an extended day program, tutorrng, and summer Barclay Friends • West Chester, Pa. school. Information: Stratford Friends School, 5 Llandillo Real Estate Advocacy/education programs: Road, Havertown, PA 19083. (610) 446·3144. Quaker REALTOR specializing in Bucks County, Pa., and Untie the Elderly • Pa. Restraint Reduction Initiative Frankford Friends School: coed, Pre·K to grade 8; serving Mercer County, N.J. I welcome the opportunity to exceed Kendal Corporation Internships center city, Northeast, and most areas of Philadel~hia. We your expectations. Mark Fulton, Prudential Fox and Roach For Information, call or write: Doris Lambert, The Kendal provide children with an affordable yet challeng1ng aca· Realtors, 83 South Main Street, Yardley, PA 19067. (215) Corporation, P.O. Box 100, Kennett Square, PA 19348. demic program 1n a small, nurtunng envrronment. Frankford 493-0400ext. 131. (610) 388·5581. E-mail: . Friends School, 1500 Orthodox Street, Philadelphia, PA 19124. (215) 533·5368. Rentals & Retreats Friends Homes, Inc., founded by North Carolina Yearly Meeting of the Society of Services Offered Friends, has been providing retirement op· Cuernavaca, Mexico: Families, friends, study groups lions since 1968. Both Friends Homes at enjoy this beautiful Mexican house. Mexican family staff Guilford and Friends Homes West are fee· Santor Solutions: Retired pastoral psychotherapist can provide excellent food and care. Six twin bedrooms, with for-service, continuing care retirement com· bath and own entrance. Large living and dining room, long I munities offering independent living, assisted living, and ~ p~••facilitate ~m"' relocation; '"'respite/post ""'"' "'hosp1ta p<='l terrace with dining area and mountain and volcano views. skilled nursing care. Located in Greensboro, North Caro· care/hospice; and travel companronsh1p. Large garden and heated pool. Close to historic center lina, both communities are close to Guilford College and Contact: Kay Bainbridge, M.A., (610) 296· and transportation. Call Edith Nicholson (011) 52-777· several Friends meetings. Enjoy the beauty of four sea· 5489. 3180383, or Joe Nicholson, (502) 894-9720. sons, as well as outstanding cultural, intellectual, and spiritual opportunities in an area where Quaker roots run Pocono Manor. Beautiful, rustic mountain house su1table deep. For information please call: (336) 292·9952, or All Things Calligraphic for gatherings, retreats, and reunions. Seven bedrooms. write: Friends Homes West, 6100 W. Friendly Avenue, Carol Gray, Calligrapher(Quaker). Specializing in wed· Three full baths. Beds for 15. Fully equipped. Deck with Greensboro, NC 27410. Friends Homes, Inc. owns and ding certificates. Reasonable rates, t1mely turnarounds. mountain view. Hiking trails from back door. 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FRIENDS JouRNAL December 2004 45 FAYETTEVILLE-Unprogrammed worship 9 a.m. 902 W. ·Marriage Certificates Maple. (479) 267-5822. · Calligraphy Meetings LITTLE ROCK-Unprogrammed meeting, discussion • Graphic Design ·Note Cards A partial listing of Friends meetings In the t 0 a.m., worship all 1 a.m. at 341 5 West Markham. Phone: (501) 664-7223. • Illustration United States and abroad. Ahimsae Graphics , 24 Cavanaugh Ct., Saunderstown, Rl b=Handicapped Accessible California 02874. (401) 294·7769 or (888) 475-6219. Meeting Notice Rates: $18 per line per year. . $24 minimum. Payable a year in advance. No ARCATA·II a.m. 1920 Zehndner. (707) 677-Q461. discount. New entries and changes: $12 each. BERKELEY-Unprogrammed meeting. Worship 1 t a.m., 2151 Vine St. at Walnut. (510) 843-9725. Moving? Maybe David Brown, a Quaker real estate broker, Notice: A small number of meetings have can help. Contact him at . been removed from this listing owing to dlffl· BERKELEY-Strawberry Creek, P.O. Box 5065, (510) 524- 9186. Unprogrammed worship and First-day school tO Custom Marriage Certificates, and other traditional or culty in reaching them for updated informa­ a.m. At Berkeley Alternative High School, Martin Luther decorated documents. Various calligraphic styles and wa­ tion and billing purposes. If your meeting has King Jr. Way and Derby Street, Berkeley. tercolor designs available. Over ten years' experience. Pam been removed and wishes to continue to be CHICQ-9:45-10:15 a.m. singing; 10:30 a.m. Bennett, P. 0. Box 136, Uwchlan, PA 19480. (610) 458- listed, please contact us at 1216 Arch Street, unprogrammed worship, children's classes. Hemlock and 4255. . Ste. 2A, Philadelphia, PA 19107. Please ac­ 14th Street. (530) 895-2135. cept our apologies for any inconvenience. 6. CLAREMONT-Worship 9:30a.m. Classes for children. 727 W. Harrison Ave., Claremont. H FREEMAN 1501 East Main Street DAVIS..Meeting for worship First Days 9:45a.m. • Centetville, IN 47330 345 L St. Visitors call (530) 758-8492. 765-939-6910 AUSTRALIA All Australian meetings for worship are listed on the FRESNo-Unprogrammed meeting. Sunday 10 a.m. 2219 ASSOC/A TES, LLC HFreeAssoctiaolcom Australian Quaker Home Page (www.quakers.org.au). San Joaquin Ave., Fresno, CA 93721 . (559) 237·4102. Consulting services for educational institutions and Meetinghouses in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and GRASS VALLEY-Meeting for worship 9:45a.m., nonprofit organizations. Fundraising. Capital cam- Perth offer overnight accommodation. Further details from discussion/sharing 11 a.m. Sierra Friends Center campus, paigns. Planned giving. Recent clients include liberal Yearly Meeting Secretary (), or 13075 Woolman Ln. Phone: (530) 265-3164. arts colleges, seminaries, independent schools, social phone +61 (0)7 3374 3364. LA JOLLA-Meeting 10 a.m. 7380 Eads Ave. Visitors call service agencies, Pendle Hill, FGC, and many other (858) 456-1020. Friends organizations. . GABORONE-phonelfax (267) 394-7147, . Mission Ave. atE St., San Rafael, Calif. (415) 435-5755. MARLOMA LONG BEACH-10 a.m. Orizaba at Spaulding. CANADA (310) 514-1730. Purchase Quarterly Meeting (NYYM) maintains a peace OTTAWA-Worship and First-day school 10:30 a.m. lax escrow fund. Those interested in tax witness may MENDOCINO-Worship 10 a.m. at Caspar Shul, halfway 91 A Fourth Ave. (61 3) 232-9923. between Mendocino and Ft. Bragg. (707) 937-Q200. wish to contact us through NYYM, 15 Rutherford Place, TORONTO, ONTARIQ-Worship and First-day school 11 New York, NY 10003. MONTEREY PENINSULA-Friends meeting for worship, a.m. 60 Lowther Ave. (north from cor. Bloor and Bedford). Sundays, 10 a.m. Call (408) 649-8615. COSTA RICA NAPA SONOMA-Friends meeting. Sundays 10 a.m. at Aldea House, 1831 First St., Napa. Calif. Information: Joe MONTEVERDE·Phone 645-5207 or 645-5036. Summer Camps Wilcox (707) 253-1505. . SAN JOSE-Unprogrammed meeting, t t a.m. Sunday at OJAI-Unprogrammed worship. First Day 10 a.m. For Camp Woodbrooke, Wisconsin The Friends Peace Center/Guest Hostel, (506) 233-6168. meeting place, call Quaker Dial-a-Thought (805) 646- Make friends, experience community, develop skills, . and learn about the environment. Daily meeting. 0939, or may be read and heard on . 2-3 wks. Brochure (608) 647-8703, . House near Animal Research Institute, Achimota Golf 4th St., Ste. 200, Santa Ana, CA 92701·4610. (714) 836- Make friends, make music. FRIENDS MUSIC CAMP at Area. Phone: (233 21) 230 369. 6355. Olney. Grow musically in a caring Quaker community. Ages PALO ALTO.Meeting for worship and First-day classes for 10-18. Brochure, camp video: FMC, PO Box 427, Yellow NICARAGUA children 10:30 a.m. 957 Colorado. (650) 856-Q744. Springs, OH 45387. (937) 767-1311. . El Centro de los Amigos, APTDO 5391 , Managua, Orange Grove Blvd. First-day school tO a.m., meeting for Want FRIENDS MUSIC CAMP brochures/video- free for Nicaragua. Info: (727) 821-2428 or (01 t) 505-266-0984. worship 11 a.m. Phone: (626) 792-6223. your meeting or school? Contact FMC, PO Box 427, Yellow REDLANDS..RIVERSIDE-SAN BERNARDINQ-Inland Springs, OH 45387; (937) 767-1311 ; . Riverside. (909) 782-8680 or (909) 682-5364. Alabama SACRAMENTQ-Meeting 10 a.m. 890-57th Street. Phone: J ourney's End Farm Camp AUBURN-Unprogrammed meeting, Sundays 9 a.m. Room (916) 457-3998. is a farm devoted to children for sessions of two or three 205, 132 N. Gay St. Phone: (334) 887-9688 or 826-6645. SAN DIEGo-Unprogrammed worship, First Days, weeks each summer. Farm animals, gardening, nature, BIRMINGHAM-Unprogrammed meeting. 1 0 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 3850 Westgate Place. (619) 687-5474. ceramics, shop. Sundays. 4413 5th Ave. S., Birmingham, AL 35222. (205) SAN FRANCISCo-Meeting for worship and First-day Nonviolence, simplicity, reverence for nature are empha· 592-Q570. school, 11 a.m., Sundays. 65 9th Street. (415) 431-7440. sized in our program centered in the life of a Quaker farm FAIRHOPE-Unprogrammed meeting 10 a.m. Sundays at SAN JOSE-Worship and First-day School 10 a.m. family. For 32 boys and girts, 7-12 years. Welcome all Friends Meetinghouse, 9261 Fairhope Ave. Write: P.O. Discussion 11:30 a.m. 1041 Morse St. (408) 246-0524. races. Apply early. Kristin Curtis, RR 1 Box 136, New­ Box 319, Fairhope, AL 36533. (251) 928-0982. SAN LUIS OBISPQ-Call: (805) 528-1249. foundland, PA 18445. Telephone: (570) 689-3911. Fi­ HUNTSVILLE-Unprogrammed meeting 10 a.m. Sundays nancial aid available. SANTA BARBARA-2012 Chapala St., meeting for in various homes. Call (256) 837-6327 or write P.O. Box worship 10 a.m., First Days. Children's program and 3530, Huntsville, AL 3581 0. childcare. P.O. Box 40120, Santa Barbara, CA 93140- Alaska 4012. Phone: (805) 965-0906. Summer Rentals SANTA CRUZ-Meeting 10:30 a.m., 225 Rooney St., ANCHORAGE-Call for time and directions. (907) 566- Santa Cruz, CA 95065. 0700. Provence, France. Beautiful secluded stone house, vil­ SANTA MONICA-Meeting for worship and First-day FAIRBANKS-Unprogrammed, First Day, 10 a.m. Hidden lage near Avignon, 3 BR (sleeps 5-6), kitchen/dining school t O a.m. 1440 Harvard St. Phone: (310) 828-4069. room, spacious living room, modern bathroom. Terrace, Hill Friends Center, 2682 Gold Hill Rd. Phone: 479-3796. SANTA ROSA-Redwood Forest Meeting. Worship 10 JUNEAU-Unprogrammed, a.m. Sunday. 750 St. Anns 6. courtyard, view of medieval castle. Separate second tO a.m. 1647 Guerneville Rd. Phone: (707) 578-3327. house sleeps 4. Both available year-round $1,200- St., Douglas, Alaska 99824. Phone: (907) 586-4409. $2,900/mo. . Marc Simon, SEBASTOPOL-Apple Seed Mtg. Unprogrammed worship rue Oume, 30290 Saint Victor, France, ; orJ. Simon, 124 Bondcrolt, Buffalo, NY FLAGSTAFF-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day Pleasant Hill Rd.). (707) 573·6075. 14226; (716) 836-8698. school tO a.m. 402 S. Beaver, 86001 . STOCKTON-Della Meeting, Unprogrammed, 10 a.m. 2nd McNEAL-Cochise Friends worship group at Friends SW First Day, 645 W. Harding Way (Complementary Medical Center, Hwy 191, m.p. 16.5. Worship Sun. 11 a.m. except Center). For info call (209) 478-8423. June. Sharing 10 a.m. 3rd Sun. (520) 456-5967 or (520) VISALIA-Worship 10:30 a.m. 17208 Ave. 296, Visalia. 642-1 029. (559) 734-8275. PHOENIX-Worship and First-day school tO a.m. 1702 E. WHITTIER-Whilleaf Monthly Meeting, Administration Glendale, Phoenix, 85020. 943-5831 or 955-1878. Building, corner Painter and Philadelphia. Worship TEMPE-Worship and First-day school tO a.m. 318 E 15th 9:30a.m. P.O. Box 122. Phone: 698-7538. St., 85281. (480) 968-3966. . TUCSON-Pima Friends Meeting (unprogrammed). First­ Colorado day school and worship 8:15 and tO a.m. and Wednesday BOULDER-Meeting for worship 8:30a.m. and 10 a.m. at t t a.m. 931 N. 5th Ave., 85705-7723. Information: (520) Childcare available. First-day school! 0 a.m. Phone Mary 323-2208. Hey at (303) 442-3638. COLORADO SPRINGS-Sunday at 1 0 a.m. with Arkansas concurrent First-day school, call for location, (719) 685· CADDO·(Ark., La., Okla., Tex.). Unprogrammed. Call 5548. Mailing address: Colorado Springs Friends Meeting, (Hope, Ark.) (870) 777-1809, (Mena, Ark.) (479) 394-6135. P.O. Box 2514, Colorado Springs, CO 80901 -2514.

46 December 2004 FRIENDS Jo uRNAL DENVER-Mountain View Friends Meeting, 2280 South LAKE WALEs-Worship group, (863) 676-2199. McNABB-Giear Creek Meeting, 11 a.m. Meetinghouse 2 Columbine St. Worship and adult discussion 9 a.m. LAKE WORTH-Palm Beach Meeting, 823 North A St. mi. south, 1 mi. east of McNabb. (815) 882-2214. Worship and First-day school 10:30 a.m. Westside 10:30 a.m. Phone: (561) 585-8060. OAK PARK-Worship 10 a.m. (First-day school, childcare), worship at 363 S. Hanan, #200, Lakewood, 10 a.m. Oak Park Art League, 720 Chicago Ave., P.O. Box 3245, Phone: (303) 777-3799 or 235-0731. MELBOURNE-(321) 676-5077. Call tor location and time. . Oak Park, IL 60303-3245. (708) 386-6172-Katherine. DURANGO-Unprogrammed worship, First-day school, MIAMI-GORAL GABLEs-Meeting and First-day school ROCKFORD-Unprogrammed worship, First Days, 11 and adu~ discussion. 803 County Rd. 233. (970) 247-0538 a.m., 326 N. Avon St. (615) 964-7416 or 965-7241 . or (970) 247-5597. Please call for times. 10:30 a.m. 1185 Sunset Dr., (305) 661-7374. Co-clerks: Doris Emerson, Joan Sampieri. . URBANA-GHAMPAIGN·Meeting for worship 11 a.m., FORT COLLINs-Meeting for worship and First-day school Sunday. 1904 East Main Street, Urbana, IL 61802. 10 a.m., 2222 W. Vine. (970) 491-9717. OCALA-1010 NE 44th Ave., 34470. 11 a.m. Contact: George Newkirk, (352) 236-2839. . Phone: (217) 328-5853. Connecticut ORLANDO-Meeting and First-day school 9:30a.m. HARTFORD-Meeting and First-day school10 a.m., 316 E. Marks St., Orlando, 32803. (407) 425-5125. Indiana discussion 11 a.m. 144 South Quaker Lane, West ST. PETERSBURG-Meeting for worship and First-day BLOOMINGTON-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. Moores Hartford. Phone: 232-3631. school 10:30 a.m. 130 19th Ave. S.E. Phone: (727) 896- Pike at Smith Road. (812) 336-5576. MIDDLETOWN-Worship 10 a.m. For information, call 0310. FORT WAYNE-Friends Meeting. Plymouth Congregational (860) 347-8079. SARASOTA-Worship 10 a.m., discussion 11 a.m., 3139 Church UCC 501 West. Berry Room 201 , Fort Wayne. NEW HAVEN-Meeting and First-day school, Sundays, 57th St., Sarasota, FL. NW corner 57th St. and Lockwood 10:30 a.m. Unprogrammed worship. 10:45 a.m. Joint 10:30 a.m. 225 East Grand Ave., New Haven, CT 06513. Ridge Rd. (941) 356-5759. Religious Education with Plymouth Church. (260) 482-1836. (203) 466-2398. TALLAHASSEE-2001 S. Magnolia Dr., 32301; hymn HOPEWELL-Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m., discussion NEW LONDON-Meeting for worship and First-day singing 10 a.m., worship 10:30 a.m.; weekly Bible study; 11 a.m. 20 mi. W of Richmond between 1-70 and US 40. 1- school 1o a.m., discussion 11 a.m. Friends Meetinghouse, midweek worship. (850) 878-3620 or 421-6111 . 70 exit Wilbur Wright Rd., > 1 1/4 mi. S., then 1 mi. W on 700 South. Contact: (765) 987-1240 or (765) 478-4216. 176 Oswegatchie Rd., oH Niantic River Rd., Waterford, TAMPA-Meeting and First-day school10 a.m. 1502 W. Conn. (860) 444-1288 or 572-0143. Sligh Ave. Phone contacts: (813) 253-3244 and 977-4022. . INDIANAPOLI$-North Meadow Circle of Friends, 6. NEW MILFORD-Housatonic Meeting. Rte. 7 at WINTER PARK-Meeting 10 a.m. Alumni House, Rollins 1710 N. Talbott. Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m. Children Lanesville Rd. Worship 10 a.m. Phone: (860) 355-9330. College. Phone: (407) 894-8998. STAMFORD-GREENWICH-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. welcome. 926-7657. 572 Roxbury Rd. (corner of Westover), Stamford. (203) Georgia INDIANAPOU$-Valley Mills Meeting, 6739 W Thompson Rd. 869-0445. (317) 856-4368. . ANNEEWAKEE CREEK-Worship Group-20 miles W of b RICHMOND-clear Creek, Stout Memorial STORRs-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Comer North Atlanta in Douglasville, Ga. 112 mile South of 1·20, Exit 37, Eagleville and Hunting Lodge Rds. Phone: 429-4459. Meetinghouse, on the campus of Ear1ham College, at 2078 Fairburn Road #10 in the "I Am Wonderful" Hea~ unprogrammed, 9:15a.m. (765) 935-5448. WILTON-Worship and First-day school 10 a.m. and Nutrition Store. Unprogrammed Worship 11 a.m. 317 New Canaan Rd., Rte. 106. (203) 762-5669. Discussion following. Call tor information: Free at (770) SOUTH BEND-Unprogrammed worship with concurrent WOODBURY-Litchfield Hills meeting for worship, 10 a.m. 949-1707 or Web: . First-day school, 10:30 a.m. (574) 255-5781. Main St. and Mountain Rd., Woodbury. (203) 267-4054 or ATHENs-Unprogrammed worship and First-day school VALPARAISO-Ouneland Friends Meeting. (203} 263-3627. 9:30a.m. Sunday, discussion 11-12 a.m. On Poplar St. in Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m. Youth Service Bureau, the parsonage of Oconee St. Methodist Church. (706) 253 Uncolnway. (219) 462-9997. Delaware 353-2856. WEST LAFAYETTE-Unprogrammed worship at 10 a.m. at CAMDEN-Worship 11 a.m., (10 a.m. in June, July, Aug.), ATLANTA-Worship and First-day school10 a.m. 176 E. Stadium Ave., West Lafayette. First-day school10 a.m., 2 mi. S of Dover, 122 E. 701 W. Howard Ave., Decatur, GA 30030. (404) 377-2474. Camden-Wyo Ave. (Rte. 10). 284-4745, 698-3324. ST. SIMONS ISLAND-Meeting for worship. For Iowa CENTRE-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. 1 mile east of information, call (912) 635-3397 or (912) 638-7187. AMES-Worship 10 a.m. Sunday. 121 S. Maple. (515) 232- Centreville on the Centre Meeting Rd. at Adams Dam Rd. 2763. HOCKESSIN-Worship 10:45 a.m. First-day school10 a.m. Hawaii DECORAH-First-day school 9:30, worship 10:30. 603 E. Sept.-May. Childcare provided year round. NW from Water St. (563) 382-3922. Summer schedule varies. Hockessin-Yorklyn Rd. at first crossroad, 1501 Old BIG ISLAND-10 a.m. Sunday. Unprogrammed worship, Wilmington Rd. (302) 239·2223. potluck lunch follows. Location rotates. 6. DES MOINEs-Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m., discussion 11:30 a.m. Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative), NEWARK-10-11 a.m. First-day school, 10-10:30 a.m. Call (808) 322-3116, 325-7323. childcare provided. Meetinghouse, 4211 Grand Ave. (515) adult singing, 10:30-11:30 a.m. worship. Newark Center HONOLULU-Sundays, 9:45a.m. hymn singing; 10 a.m. 274-4717. tor Creative Learning, 401 Phillips Ave. (302) 733-0169. worship and First-day school. 2426 Oahu Ave., 96822. Summer (June-Aug.) we meet at historical London Britain Overnight inquiries welcomed. Phone: (808) 988-2714. b EARLHAM-Bear Creek Meeting-Discussion 10 a.m. Meeting House, worship 9 a.m. Call for directions. MAUl-Friends Worship Group. Call for meeting times and Worship 11 a.m. (unprogrammed). One mile north of 1-80 ODESSA-Worship, first and third Sundays, 11 a.m., W. locations; Jay Penniman (808) 573-4987 or . exit #1 04. Call (515) 758-2232. Main Street. IOWA CITY-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 10 a.m. WILMINGTON-Worship and First-day school10:30 a.m. Idaho 311 N.linnSt.Call351-2234. 4th and West Sts. Phone: 652-4491. BOISE-Boise Valley Friends. Unprogrammed worship, PAULLINA-Small rural unprogrammed meeting. Worship 9:30a.m. First Day. (208) 344-4384. 11 a.m. Sunday school10 a.m. Fourth Sunday dinner. District of Columbia Business, second Sunday. Contact Doyle Wilson, clerk, MOSCOW-Moscow-Pullman Meeting, Campus Christian (712) 757-3875. Guest house available. WASHINGTON-Friends Meeting of Washington, 2111 Center, 822 Elm St., Moscow. Unprogrammed worship Florida Ave. NW (north of Dupont Circle Metro, near Conn. 11:30 a.m. Sunday. Childcare. (509) 332-4323. 6. WEST BRANCH-Unprogrammed worship at 10 a.m., Ave.), (202) 483-3310. (www.quaker.org/lmw). 2nd Sunday worship includes business; other weeks, Unprogrammed meetings for worship are regular1y held at: SANDPOINT-Friends Meeting, unprogrammed worship at discussion follows. 317 N. 6th St. Call: (319) 643·5639. 1025 Alder St., 10 a.m. Sundays. For information call MEETINGHOUSE-2111 Florida Ave. Worship at 9 a.m., Elizabeth Willey, 263-4788. 10:30 a.m., and 6 p.m. Sundays, also 7 p.m. Kansas Wednesdays. First-day school at 10:50 a.m. 6. LAWRENCE-Qread Friends Meeting, 1146 Oregon. QUAKER HOUSE-2121 Decatur Pl., next to Illinois Unprogrammed meeting for worship at 10 a.m. Child care meetinghouse. Worship at 10:30 a.m. with special BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL-Unprogrammed worship and awailable. (785) 843-3277. welcome for Lesbians and Gays. First-day school10:30 a.m. in members' homes. (309) MANHATTAN-Unprogrammed meeting. For time and FRIENDSHIP PREPARATIVE MEETING-at Sidwell 454-5463 or (309) 862-1908. location please telephone (785) 539-4028, or 539-2046, or Friends Upper School, 3625 Wisconsin Ave. NW, CARBONDALE-Southern Illinois Society of Friends. 537-2260, or write to Friends Meeting, c/o Conrows, 2371 Kogod Arts Bldg. Worship at 11 a.m. First Days. Unprogrammed worship on Sundays at 10 a.m. at the Grandview Terrace, Manhattan, KS 66502. CAPITOL HILL WORSHIP GROUP-at William Penn Interfaith Center, 913 S. Illinois Ave. Phone (618) 457- TOPEKA-Unprogrammed worship 9:45 a.m. followed by House, 515 E. Capitol St. SE, at 7:30a.m. seven days a 8726, or (618) 549-1250. . discussion. 603 S.W. 8th, Topeka. First-day school and week. CHICAG0-57th St., 5615 Woodlawn. Worship 10:30 a.m. childcare provided. Phone: (785) 233-5210 o r 232-6263. Monthly meeting follows on third Sunday. Phone: (773) 6. WICHITA-Heartland Meeting, 14505 Sandwedge Circle, Florida 288-3066. 67235, (316) 729-4483. First Days: Discussion 9:30a.m. CLEARWATER-Gierk: Priscilla Blanshard, 8333 Seminole CHICAGO-Ghicago Monthly Meeting, 10749 S. Artesian Unprogrammed worship 11 a.m. On 2nd First Day of Blvd. #439, Seminole, FL 33772. (727) 786-6270. Ave. Worship 10 a.m. Phone: (312) 445-8949. month carry-in brunch 9:30a.m., business 12 noon. . Worship, 2"' and 4" First Days at 10:30 a.m. 87 Bosarvey P.O. Box 408429, Chicago, IL 60640. Worship 10 a.m. at Dr., Ormond Beach. (386) 677-6094, or (386) 445-4788. 4427 N. Clark, Chicago (Japanese American Service Kentucky DELAND-Worship and First-day school10:30 a.m. Committee). Phone: (773) 784-2155. BEREA-Meeting Sunday 9 a.m. AMERC Building, 300 Unitarian Church, 820 N. Frankfort. Info: (386) 734-8914. DOWNERS GROVE-(West Suburban Chicago) Worship Harrison Road, Berea, Ky. Call: (859) 986-9256 or (859) FT. LAUDERDALE-Meeting 11 a.m. Information line (954) and First-day school10:30 a.m. 5710 Lomond Ave. 986-2193. 566-5000. (3 blocks west of Belmont, 1 block south of Maple). Phone: LEXINGTON-Meeting for worship and First-day school FT. MYERs-Meeting at Calusa Nature Center, First Days (630) 968-3861 or (630) 652-5812. 10:30 a.m. Sundays. 649 Price Ave., Lexington, KY at 10:30 a.m. Telephone: (239) 274-3313. 6. EVANSTON-1010 Greenleaf St.; (847) 864-8511 40508. Telephone: (859) 254-3319. FT. PIERCE-Stuart Area Worship Group, 10:30 a.m., fall­ meetinghouse phone. Unprogrammed meeting for worship LOUISVILLE-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. 3050 Bon Air spring. (772) 569-5087. 10 a.m.; First-day school (except July-Aug.) and childcare Ave., 40205. Telephone: 452-6812. GAINESVILLE-Meeting and First-day school 11 a.m. available. . OWENSBORO-Friends worship group. Call for meeting 1921 N.W. 2nd Ave. (386) 462-3201. GALESBURG-Peoria-Galesburg Meeting. 10 a.m. in time and location: Maureen Kohl (270) 264-5369. JACKSONVILLE-Meeting for worship, First Days. For homes. (309) 343-6847 for location. location and time phone (904) 788-3648. LAKE FOREST-Worship 10:30 a.m. at meetinghouse. Louisiana KEY WEST-Meeting for worship, First Day, 10 a.m. 618 West Old Elm and Ridge Rds. Mail: Box 95, Lake Forest, BATON ROUGE-Unprogrammed worship 11 :30 a.m. Grinnell St. Garden in rear. Phone: Barbara Jacobson 60045. Phone: (847) 234-8410. Sunday. 2303 Government St. Clerk: Pam D. Arnold (225) (305) 296-2787. McHENRY COUNTY-Worship 10 a.m. (815) 385-8512. 665-3560. .

FRIENDS JouRNAL December 2004 47 NEW ORLEANs-Unprogrammed worship Sundays 10 a.m. UNION BRIDGE-Pipe Creek Meeting. Worship 10 a.m. Minnesota Nursery provided. 921 S. Carrollton Ave. (504) 865-1675. P.O. Box 487, Union Bridge, MD 21791. (301) 831 ·7446. BRAINERD-Unprogrammed meeting and discussion, RUSTON-Unprogrammed. Call: (318) 251-2669. Massachusetts Sundays. Call: (218) 829-6917. SHREVEPORT-Unprogrammed. Call: (318) 459-3751. ACTON-Worship and First-day school10 a.m. Minute Man . AMHERST-GREENFIELD- Mount Toby Meeting. Worship BELFAST AREA-Unprogrammed meeting for worship, NORTHFIELD-cannon Valley Monthly Meeting. Worship 10 a.m. Telephone: (207) 338-3080. and First-day school10 a.m. 194 Long Plain Rd. (Rte 63), Leverett. (413) 548-9188 or clerk (413) 253-3208. (unprogrammed) and First-day school, 10:30 a.m. BRUNSWICK-Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m. 333 Maine Sundays. First Sunday each month, meets in private St. 725-8216. ANDOVER-LAWRENCE-Worship: 1st, 3rd Sundays of homes. Other Sundays, meets at 313 112 Division St. CASCo-Quaker Ridge. Unprogrammed worship 10:30 month at 2 p.m. Veasey Memorial Park Bldg, 201 (upstairs), Northfield. For information: Corinne Matney, Washington St., Groveland; 2nd, 4th Sundays of month at a.m. summer only. 1814 meetinghouse open to visitors, S 8651 Spring Creek Road, Northfield, MN 55057. (507) 9:30a.m. SHED Bldg, 65 Phillips St., Andover. (978) 470- of Rt. 11 near Hall's Funeral Home. (207) 693-4361. 663-1048. 3580. FARMINGTON AREA-Unprogrammed meeting for ROCHESTER-Worship First Day 9:30a.m. Place: 11 9th worship, 10-11 a.m. Telephone: (207) 778-3168. BOSTON-Worship 10:30 a.m. First Day. Beacon Hill St. NE. Phone: (507) 287-8553. <-NWW.rochestermnfriends Friends House, 6 Chestnut St., Boston, 02108. .org>. LEWISTON-Unprogrammed worship and First-day school Phone: 227-911 8. 10 a.m., 29 Frye Street (off Main Street, U.S. 202). No . WELLESLEY-Meeting for worship and Sunday school S. 46th. Phone: 488-4178. . YARMOUTH-Friends Meeting at 58 North Main Street in 9400. website: <-NWW.RenoFriends.org>. CHESTERTOWN-chester River Meeting, 124 South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, welcomes visitors for worship Philosophers Terrace. Worship 11 a.m. Clerk: Anne at 10 a.m. each Sunday. (508) 398-3773. New Hampshire Briggs, 220 N. Kent St., Chestertown, MD 21620. (410) CONCORD-Worship 10 a.m. Children welcomed and 778-1746. Michigan cared for. Merrimack Valley Day Care Center, 19 N. Fruit DARLINGTON-Deer Creek Meeting. Worship 10 a.m. . 1264, or write: P.O. Box 124, S. Berwick, ME 03908. (410) 822-Q589 or -0293. BIRMINGHAM-Meeting 10:30 a.m. Brookside School GONIC-Worship 2nd and 4th First Day at 10 a.m. Corner FALLSTON-Little Falls Meeting, 71 9 Old Fallston Rd. Theatre. N.E. corner Lone Pine Rd. & Cranbrook Rd., of Pickering Rd. and Quaker Lane. Clerk: Shirley Leslie. Worship 10:30 a.m. John C. Love, clerk, (410) 877-3015. Bloomfield Hills. Summer: Springdale Park, (end of) Phone: (603) 332-5472. FREDERICK-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. First-day Strathmore Rd., (248) 377-881 1. Co-clerks: Margaret HANOVER-Worship and First-day school, Sundays, school10:15 a.m. Wednesday 5 :30p.m. 723 N. Market St. Kanost (248) 373-6608, David Bowen (248) 549-8518. 10 a.m. Friends Meetinghouse, 43 Lebanon St. (next to (301 ) 631-1257. . Jaffrey town line on rte. 202. Childcare and First-day worship 9:30a.m. only, followed by meeting for business. GRAND RAPIDs-Worship and First-day school10 a.m. school at 10:30 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. (603) 532-6203, Phone (301) 774-9792. (616) 942-4713 or 454-1642. or write 3 Davidson Rd., Jaffrey, NH 03452. SENECA VALLEY-Preparative Meeting 11:30 Kerr Hall, . Nagler at (989) 772-2421 or <-NWW.pineriverfriends.org>. 894-8347.

48 December 2004 FRIENDS j OURNAL ATLANTIC CITY AREA-Bible study 9:30a.m., worship 11 SILVER CITY AREA-Gila Friends Meeting. 10 a.m. Call: ONEONTA-Butternuts Monthly Meeting. Worship a.m. All welcome! Call for info: (609) 652-2637 or~ (505) 388-3478, 536-9565, or 535-2330 for location. 10:30 a.m. first Sunday. (607) 432-9395. Other Sundays: .acquakers.org> for calendar. 437-A S. Pitney Rd., SOCORRO-Worship group, first, third, fifth Sundays, Cooperstown, 547-5450, Delhi, 829-6702; Norwich, Galloway Twp. (Near intersection of Pitney and Jimmy 10 a.m. Call: 835·0013 or 835-0277. 334-9433. Leeds.) TAOS.Ciearlight Worship Group. Sundays 10:30 a.m. at ORCHARD PARK-Worship and First-day school11 a.m. BARNEGAT-Worship 10 a.m., 614 East Bay Ave. Visitors Country Day School. (505) 758-8220. East Quaker St. at Freeman Rd. (716) 662-5749. welcome. (609) 698-2058. POPLAR RIDGE-Worship 10 a.m. (315) 364-8102. CINNAMINSON-Westfield Friends Meeting, 2201 Riverton New York 0. POUGHKEEPSIE-Meeting for worship and Sunday Rd. Meeting for worship 11 a.m., First-day school 10 a.m. ALBANY-Worship and First-day school11 a.m. school10 a.m. 249 Hooker Ave., 12603. (845) 454-2870. (856) 829-7569. 727 Madison Ave. Phone: 436-8812. PURCHASE-Meeting for worship and First-day school CROPWELL-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Old Marlton ALFRED-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. each First Day in 10:30 a.m. Purchase Street (Rt. 120) at Lake St. Meeting Pike, one mile west of Marlton. The Parish House, West University St. Visit us at telephone: (914) 946-0206 (answering machine). 6. CROSSWICKs-Meeting and First-day school 9:30a.m. ~.alfredfriends.org>. QUAKER STREET-Worship 10 a.m. Easter to (609) 298-4362. AMAWALK-Worship 10:30 a.m. Quaker Church Rd., N. of Thanksgiving. Ate. 7, Quaker Street, New York 12141. For DOVER-RANDOLPH-Worship and First-day school Ate. 202-35, Yorktown Heights. (914) 923-1351. winter schedule call (518) 234-7217. 11 a.m. Randolph Friends Meetinghouse, Quaker Church BROOKLYN-Worship and First-day school 11 a.m. 0. ROCHESTER-84 Scio St. Between East Avenue and E. Rd. and Quaker Ave. between Center Grove Rd. and (childcare provided). 110 Schermerhorn St. For Main St. Downtown. Unprogrammed worship and child Millbrook Ave., Randolph. (973) 627-0651. information call (212) 777-8866 (Mon.-Fri., 9-5). Mailing care 11 a.m. Adult religious ed 9:45a.m. Child RE GREENWICH-First-day school 10:30 a.m., worship address: Box 026123, Brooklyn, NY 11202. variable. 6/15-9/7 worship 10 a.m. (585) 325-7260. 11 :30 a.m., Ye GreateSt., Greenwich. (609) 451-8217. BUFFALO-Worship 10:30 a.m. 72 N. Parade near ROCKLAND-Meeting for worship and First-day school HADDONFIELD-Worship 10 a.m.; First-day school Science Museum. (716) 892-8645 for further information. 11 a.m. 60 Leber Rd., Blauvelt. (845) 735-4214. follows, except summer. Babysitting provided during both. CANTON-St. Lawrence Valley Friends Meeting, SARANAC LAKE-Meeting for worship and First-day Friends Ave. and Lake St. Phone: 428-6242 or 428-5779. (315) 386-4648. school; (518) 891-4083 or (518) 891 -4490. 6. MANASQUAN-First-day school 10 a.m., meeting CATSKILL-10 a.m. worship. Rt. 55, Grahamsville. SARATOGA SPRING$-Worship and First-day school 11 :15 a.m. Ate. 35 at Manasquan Circle. November-April in members' homes. (845) 434-3494 or 10 a.m. Phone: (518) 399-5013. MARLTON-See CROPWELL. (845) 985-2814. SCARSDALE-Meeting for worship, 2nd Sundays 10 a.m., MEDFORD-Worship 10 a.m. First-day school10:30 a.m. CENTRAL FINGER LAKEs-Geneva vicinity/surrounding all other Sundays 11 a.m. year-round except August, when Union St. Meetinghouse. Call (609) 953-8914 for info. counties. Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school. all worship is at 11 a.m. First-day school, third Sunday in MICKLETON-Worship 10 a.m., First-day school11 a.m. Call for time and place: (585) 526-5196 or (607) 243-7077. September through second Sunday in June, at meeting for (609) 848-7449 or 423-5618. CHAPPAQUA-Unprogrammed meeting for worship and worship times. 133 Popham Rd. (914) 472-1807 for recorded message and current clerk. MONTCLAIR-Meeting and First-day school 11 a.m., First-day school 10:30 a.m. Ate. 120 Quaker Rd. except July and Aug. 10 a.m. Park St. and Gordonhurst (914) 238-3170. SCHENECTADY-Meeting for worship and First-day Ave. Phone: (973) 744-8320. Visitors welcome. CLINTON-Mohawk Valley Monthly Meeting. New school, 10 a.m. 930 Albany Street. (518) 374-2166. MOORESTOWN-118 E. Main St. First-day meeting 10 Swarthmoor Meeting House, Austin Rd., Clinton, NY STATEN ISLAND-Meeting for worship 2nd and 4th Sundays a.m. R.E. (including adults) 9 a.m. (Sept.-May). For other 13323. (315) 853-3035. at 10:30 a.m.128 Buel Ave. Information: (718) 720-0643. information call (856) 235-1561. CLINTON CORNERS-BULLS HEAD-Oswego Monthly SYRACUSE-Worship 10:30 a.m. 821 Euclid Ave. (315) MOUNT HOLLY-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. High and Meeting. Worship and First-day school10:30 a.m. 1323 476-1196. Garden Sts. Visitors welcome. Call: (609) 261-7575. Bulls Head Road (Northern Dutchess County) 1/4 mile E 0. WESTBURY MM (L.I.)-Contact us at MULLICA HILL-Main St. Sept.-May First-day school of Taconic Pky. (845) 876-3750. or (631) 271-4672. Our 9:45a.m., meeting for worship 11 a.m. Meeting only, June, CORNWALL-Worship with childcare and First-day school, website is ~.nyym.orgniqm>. July, and Aug., 10 a.m. 10:30 a.m., Quaker Ave. Phone: 534-7474. NEW BRUNSWICK-Meeting and First-day school EASTON-Unprogrammed worship and First-day school 11 North Carolina 10:30 a.m. Meeting only July and Aug., 9:30a.m. a.m. Rt. 40,20 miles N ofTroy. (518) 664-6567 or 677- ASHEVILLE-Unprogrammed meeting for worship and 109 Nichol Ave. at Hale St. (732) 846-8969. 3693. First-day school 10 a.m., forum and childcare 11 a.m. NEWTON-Meeting for worship 1o-11 a.m. each First Day. ELMIRA-10:30 a.m. Sundays. 155 West 6th St. Phone: 227 Edgewood Rd. (828) 258-0974. Sundays. Haddon Ave. and Cooper St., Camden. Rose (607) 962-41 83. BEAUFORT CITY-Unprogrammed. First and third Ketterer (856) 428-0402. FLUSHING-Unprogrammed meeting for worship First Day Sundays, 2:30p.m., St. Paul's, 209 Ann Street. PLAINFIELD-Meeting for worship and First-day school 11 a.m. 137-16 Northern Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11354. Discussion, fellowship. Tom (252) 728-7083. 10:30 a.m. 225 Watchung Ave. at E. Third St. (908) 757· (718) 358-9636. BLACK MOUNTAIN-Swannanoa Valley Friends Meeting. 5736. FREDONIA-Unprogrammed meeting 10:30 a.m. Call: Unprogrammed worship 9:30a.m. (828) 299-4889. PRINCETON-Worship 9 and 11 a.m. First-day school (716) 672-4427 or (716) 532-6022. Summer season BOONE-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 10 a.m. 11 a.m. Oct-May. 470 Quaker Rd. near Mercer St. Chautauqua lnst. 9:30 a.m. Michael Harless, clerk, (828) 263-0001. (609) 737-7142. HAMILTON-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Upperville BREVARD-Unprogrammed meeting for worship, 11 a.m. QUAKERTOWN-Worship and First-day school 10 :30 ·a.m. Meetinghouse, Route 80, 3 miles W of Smyrna. Phone: Oakdale and Duckworth Aves. (828) 884-7000. Chris Rossi, (315) 691-5353. Box 502, Quakertown 08868. (908) 782-0953. CELO-Meeting 10:45 a.m., near Burnsville, off Rt. 80S, RANCOCAs-Worship 11 a.m., First-day school 10 a.m. HUDSON-Unprogrammed meeting for worship every 455 Hannah Branch Rd., (828) 675-4456. Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Telephone: (518) 537-6618 or (518) Summer schedule-worship only 10 a.m., 6/15-9/15. 201 CHAPEL HILL-Meeting for worship 9 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. 537-6617 (voice mail); e-mail: [email protected]. Main St., Rancocas (Village), NJ 08073. (609) 267-1265. First-day school 11 :15 a.m. Childcare. During June, July, E-mail: . ITHACA-Worship 11 a.m., Anabel Taylor Hall, Oct.-May, and August, worship at 9 and 10:30 a.m. 531 Raleigh Rd. RIDGEWOOD-Meeting for worship and First-day school worship 10:30 a.m., Hector Meeting House, Perry City Rd., Clerk: Carolyn Stuart, (919) 929-2287. Meetinghouse, 10:30 a.m. 224 Highwood Ave. (201 ) 445-8450. June-Sept. Phone: 273-5421 . (919) 929-5377. SALEM-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m., First-day school LONG ISLAND QUARTERLY MEETING-meetings CHARLOTIE-Unprogrammed meeting for worship and 9:30a.m. East Broadway. normally at 11 a.m. First-day school 10 a.m., forum 11 a.m. 570 W. Rocky SEAVILLE-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. South Shore Rd., BETHPAGE P.M.-second and fourth First Days River Rd. (704) 559-4999. Ate. 9, Seaville. (609) 624-1165. Beach meeting in Cape CONSCIENCE BAY M.M.-St. James. July and August DAVIDSON-10 a.m. Carolina Inn. (704) 892-3996. May-Grant St. Beach 9 a.m. Sundays, June/Sept. 9:30a.m. DURHAM-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school SHREWSBURY-Meeting for worship and First-day school JERICHO M.M. 10 a.m. 404 Alexander Ave. Contact clerk, (919) 419- 10:30 a.m. Ate. 35 and Sycamore. Phone: (732) 741- MANHASSET M.M.-10 a.m. 4419. 4138. MATINECOCK M.M.-10 a.m. FAYETIEVILLE-Unprogrammed worship, 6 p.m. ; SOMERSET/MORRIS COUNTIEs-Somerset Hills discussion, 5 p.m. 223 Hillside Ave. (910) 323-3912. Meeting, Community Club, E. Main St., Brookside. PECONIC BAY E.M.-10:30 a.m. Southampton College and 11 a.m. Groenport GREENSBORO-Friendship Meeting (unprogrammed), Worship held 9 a.m. Sept.-May. (908) 876-4491. 1103 New Garden Rd. Worship and child care at 10:30 SUMMIT-Meeting for worship and First-day school11 a.m. SHELTER ISLAND E. M.-10:30 a.m. May to October a.m. Call: (336) 854-5155 or 851-2120. (July, Aug., 10 a.m.). 158 Southern Blvd., Chatham WESTBURY M.M. GREENSBORO-New Garden Friends Meeting. Meeting Township. Visitors welcome. Contact us at or (631) for worship: unprogrammed 9 a.m.; semi-programmed 11 TRENTON-Meeting for worship and primary First-day 271-4672. Our website is ~.nyym.orgmqm>. a.m. First-day school 9:30a.m. John Young, clerk; David school 10 a.m. Hanover and Montgomery Sts. Children NEW PALTZ-Worship, First-day school, and childcare W. Bills, pastoral minister. 801 New Garden Road, 27410. welcomed and cared for. 10:30 a.m. 8 N. Manheim. (845) 255·5791. (336) 292·5487. TUCKERTON-Little Egg Harbor Meeting. Left side of NEW YORK CITY-Brooklyn Meeting at 110 Schermerhorn GREENVILLE-Unprogrammed worship and First-day Ate. 9 traveling north. Worship 10:30 a.m. Street: unprogrammed worship every Sunday at 11 a.m. school. (252) 758-6789. WOODBURY-First-day school10 a.m., meeting for and every Tuesday at 6:30p.m.; Fifteenth Street Meeting HICKORY-Unprogrammed worship, First-day school worship 11:15 a.m. 140 North Broad St. Telephone: at 221 East 15 Street (Rutherford Place), Manhattan: 10:30 a.m., forum 11:30 a.m. 125 3rd St. NE, Hickory, (856) 845-5080, if no answer call 845-9516. unprogrammed worship every Sunday at 9:30a.m. and 11 N.C., (828) 328-3334. WOODSTOWN-First-day school 9:15a.m. Meeting for a.m. and every Wednesday at 6 p.m. ; Manhattan Meeting RALEIGH-Unprogrammed. Meeting for worship Sunday at worship 10:30 a.m. 104 N. Main Street. (856) 769-9839. at 15 Rutherford Place (1 5th Street), Manhattan: 10 a.m., with First-day school for children. Discussions at programmed worship first, third, and fifth Sundays at 9:30 11 a.m. 625 Tower Street, Raleigh, N.C. (919) 821-4414. New Mexico a.m.; Morningside Meeting at Riverside Church 10th fl.: unprogrammed worship every Sunday at 11 a.m.; and WENTWORTHIREIDSVILLE-Qpen worship and childcare ALBUQUERQUE-Meeting and First-day school10:30 Staten Island Meeting: worship 2nd and 4th Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Call: (336) 349-5727 or (336) 427·3188. a.m. 1600 5th St., N.W., (505) 843-6450. 10:30 a.m. Phone (212) 777-8866 (Mon.-Fri., 9-5) about WILMINGTON-Unprogrammed worship 11 a.m. Discussion LAS CRUCEs-Meeting for unprogrammed worship 10 First-day schools, business meetings, and other 10 a.m., 202 N. 5th Street. Call (910) 251-1953. a.m. 622 N.Mesquite. Call: (505) 647-1929. information. WOODLAND-Cedar Grove Meeting. First Day discussion SANTA FE-Meeting for worship, Sundays 9 and 11 a.m. OLD CHATHAM-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. Powell 10 a.m., meeting tor worship 11 a.m. Call (252) 587-2571 Olive Rush Studio, 630 Canyon Rd. Phone: 983-7241. House, Ate. 13. Phone (518) 794.0259. or (252) 587-3902.

FRIENDS JoURNAL December 2004 49 North Dakota HOOD RIVER AND THE DALLEs-MOUNTAIN VIEW LEWISBURG-Meeting for worship and children's First-day WORSHIP GROUP-tO a.m. worship on first and third school at 10: 30 a.m. Sundays. E-mail or call (570) 522-Q183 for current location. Call for current location. (701) 237 -Q702. Lark Lennox, (541) 296-3949. LONDON GROVE-Meeting 9:30a.m., childcare/First-day Ohio SALEM-Meeting for worship 10 a.m., forum 11 a.m. 490 school10:30 a.m. Newark Rd. and rte. 926., 5 miles W of 19th St. NE, phone (503) 399-1908 for information. Kennett Square. (610) 268-8466. · AKRON-Unprogrammed worship, 10:30 a.m. DiSCtJssion, 9:30a.m. 216 Myrtle Place, Akron, OH 44303; (330) 336- Pennsylvania MARSHALLTON- Bradford Meeting (unprogrammed), 7043; . Ate. 162, 4 mi. W of West Chester. 11 a.m. 692-4215. ATHENs-to a.m., 22 Birge, Chauncey (740) 797-4636. ABINGTON-First-day school (summer-<>uldoor meeting) MEDIA-Worship 11 a.m. (10 a.m. July-Aug.) Joint First­ 9:45a.m., worship 11:15 a.m. Childcare. Meetinghouse day school 9:30a.m. at Media, Sept.-Jan., and at CINCINNATI-Eastern Hills Friends Meeting, 1671 Nagel Rd./Greenwood Ave., Jenkintown. (E of York Rd., N of Providence, Feb ...,.,ay , 125 W. Third St. Road, Sunday 10 a.m. (513) 474-9670. Philadelphia.) (215) 884·2865. MEDIA-Providence Meeting, 105 N. Providence Rd. CINCINNATI-Gommunity Meeting (United FGC and FUM), BIRMINGHAM-Meeting for worship and First-day school (610) 566·1308. Worship 11 a.m. Joint First-day school 3960 Winding Way, 45229. Worship from silence and 10 a.m. 1245 Birmingham Rd. S of West Chester on Rte. 9:30 at Providence, Feb.-June and at Media, Sept.-Jan. First-day school tO a.m. Quaker-house phone: (513) 861- 202 to Rte. 926, turn W to Birmingham Rd., turnS 1/4 MERION-Meeting for worship 11 a.m., First-day school 4353. Lisa Cayard, clerl<. mile. 10:15 except summer months. Babysitting provided. CLEVELAND-Meeting for worship and First-day school BUCKINGHAM-Worship and First-day school, 10:30 a.m. Meetinghouse Lane at Montgomery. 11 a.m. 10916 Magnolia Dr. (216) 791-2220. 5684 York Rd. (Rte. 202-263), Lahaska. (215) 794-7299. MIDDLETOWN-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. First-day COLUMBUS-Unprogrammed meeting 10:30 a.m. CARLISLE-252 A Street, 17013; (717) 249-8899. Bible schooi10:3D-11 :30 a.m. Adult education 10:3D-11 a.m. 1954 Indianola Ave.; (614) 291-2331. Study 9 a.m. Meeting and First-day school, 1 0 a.m. Delaware County, Ate. 352, N of Lima. Clerk, Thomas DAYTON-Friends meeting FGC. Unprogrammed worship CHAMBERSBURG-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m., Swain (610) 399-1977. and First-day school 9:30a.m. 1516 Salem Ave., Rm. 130. 630 Lindia Drive. Telephone (717) 261-Q736. MIDDLETOWN AT LANGHORNE (Bucks Co.)-First-day Phone: (937) 847-0893. CHELTENHAM ·See Philadelphia listing. school 9:45a.m. (except summer), meeting for worship 11 DELAWARE-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day CHESTER-Meeting for worship 10:45 a.m., Sunday. 24th a.m (10 a.m. in Seventh and Eighth Months) on First days, school, 10 a.m., the music room in Andrews House, at the and Chestnut Sts. (610) 874-5860. and 7 p.m. (year-round) on Fourth days. 453 W. Maple corner of W. Winter and N. Franklin Streets. Meets from Ave., Langhorne, PA 19047. (215) 757-5500. CONCORD-Worship and First-day school 11 :15 a.m. At September to May; for summer and 2nd Sundays, call Concordville, on Concord Rd. one block S of Ate. 1. 6. MILLVILLE-Worship 10 a.m., First-day school 11 a.m. (740) 362-8921. Main St. Dean Girton, (717) 458-6431 . CORNWALL-(Lebanon Co.) Friends worship group, GRANVILLE-Unprogrammed meeting at 10 a.m. For meeting for worship First Days 10 a.m. Call (717) 274- 6. NEWTOWN (Bucks Co.)-Worship 11 a.m. First-day information, call (740) 587-1070. 9890 or (717) 273-6612 for location and directions. school for adults and children, 9:45a.m. In Summer, KENT-Meeting for worship and First-day school worship 10 a.m., no First-day school. 219 Court St. (215) DOLINGTON-MAKEFIELD-Worship 11-11:30 a.m. First­ 968·1655, . 10:30 a.m., UCM lounge, 1435 East Main Street. David day school 11 :30-12:30. E of Dolington on MI. Eyre Rd. Stilwell. Phone: (330) 670-Q053. NEWTOWN SQUARE (Del. Co.)-Worship 10 am. Rte. DOWNINGTOWN-First-day school (except summer 252 N of Ate. 3. (610) 356-4778. MARIETTA-Mid-Qhio Valley Friends unprogrammed months) and worship 10:30 a.m. 800 E. Lancaster Ave. worship first Sundays 10:30 a.m., Betsey Mills library, 4th (south side old Ate. 30, 112 mile E of town). (610) 269- NORRISTOWN-Meeting for worship and First-day school and Putnam Sts. Phone: (740) 373·5248. 2899. 10 a.m. at Swede and Jacoby Sts. (610) 279-3765. P.O. Box 823, Norristown, PA 19404. NORTHWEST OHID-Broadmead Monthly Meeting FGC. 0. DOYLESTOWN-Meeting for worship and First-day Unprogrammed worship groups meet at: school tO a.m. 95 East Oakland Ave. (215) 348-2320. OXFORD-First-day school tO a.m., worship 11 a.m. 260 S. 3rd St., Oxford, PA 19363. (610) 932·8572. BLUFFTON-Sally Weaver Sommer, (419) 358-5411. DUNNINGS CREEK-First-day school/meeting for worship FINDLAY-Joe Davis, (419) 422-7668. begins 10 a.m. N.W. Bedford at Fishertown. (814) 839-2952. PENNSBURG-Unami Monthly Meeting meets First Days SIDNEY-(937) 497-7326, 492-4336. at 11 a.m. Meetinghouse at 5th and Macoby Sts. Bruce ELKLAND-Meeting located between Shunk and Forksville Grimes, clerk: (215) 234-8424. on Rt. 154. 11 a.m. June through September. (570) 924- TOLEDO-Janet Smith, (419) 874-6738, . 3475 or 265-5409. unless specified otherwise. •indicates clerk's home phone. ERIE-Unprogrammed worship. Call: (814) 866-Q682. 0. OBERLIN-Unprogrammed worship Sundays, 10:30 a.m., BYBERRY-3001 Byberry·Southampton Rd., 19154. A.J. Lewis Environmental Center, 122 Elm St., Oberlin. EXETER MEETING-191 Meetinghouse Rd., 1.3 miles N of (215) 637-7813". Worship 11 a.m. (June-Aug. 10 a.m.) Midweek worship Thursdays, 4:15p.m., Kendal at Oberlin. Daniel Boone Homestead, Exeter Township, Berks Phone (440) 774-6175 or Mail Box 444, Oberlin, OH 44074. County, near Birdsboro. Worship 10:30 a.m. Clerk: CENTRAL PHILADELPHIA-15th & Cherry Sts., 19102. (215) 241-7260. Worship 11 a.m. (July-Aug. 10 a.m.) OXFORD-Unprogrammed worship and First-day school, Edward B. Stokes Jr. (610) 689-4083. 10 a.m. (513) 524-7426or (513) 523-1061. FALLSINGTON (Bucks County)-Friends Meeting, Inc. CHELTENHAM-Jeanes Hosp. grnds., 19111. (215) 947-6171 . Worship 11 :30 a.m. (Jul.-Aug. 10:30 WAYNESVILLE-Friends meeting, First-day school Main St. Meeting for worship 11 a.m. Five miles from Pennsbury reconstructed manor home of William Penn. a.m.) 9:30a.m., unprogrammed worship 10:45 a.m. 4th and CHESTNUT HILL-100 E. Mermaid Lane. 19118. High Sts. (513) 897-5946, 897-8959. GAP-Sadsbury Meeting. Unprogrammed worship 10:15 a.m. First-day school. Simmontown Rd., off Rte. 41 , Gap, (215) 247-3553. WILMINGTON-campus Meeting (FUMIFGC), Thomas FRANKFORD-1500 Orthodox St., 19124. Kelly Center, College St. Unprogrammed worship 10:30 Pa. Call (610) 593-7004. a.m. year-round. GLENSIDE-Unprogrammed, Christ-centered worship. (215) 533·5523. First Day 10:30 a.m., Fourth Day 7:30p.m. 16 Huber St., GERMANTOWN-47 W. Cou~er St., 19144. WOOSTER-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school (215) 951·2235. (August at Green Street.) 10:45 a.m. SW corner College and Pine Sts. (330) 264- Glenside (near Railroad Station). Telephone (215) 576- 8661or (330) 262-3117. 1450. GREEN STREET-45 W. School House Lane, 19144. (215) 844-4924. (July at Germantown.) 0. YELLOW SPRINGs-Unprogrammed worship, FGC, GOSHEN-Worship 10:45 a.m., First-day school!! a.m., 11 a.m. Rockford Meetinghouse, President St. (Antioch SE comer Rte. 352 and Paoli Pike, West Chester. (610) MM OF FRIENDS OF PHILADELPHIA-4th and campus). Clerk: Carl Hyde, (937) 767-3571. 692-4281 . Arch Sts., 19106. (215) 625-o627 o. GWYNEDD-Worship 9 a.m. and 11 :15 a.m. FDS 9:45 UNITY-Unity and Wain Sts., 19124. Oklahoma a.m. Business meeting 3rd First Day of the month 9 a.m. (215) 295·2888". Worship 7 p.m. Fridays. OKLAHOMA CITY-Friends Meeting. Unprogrammed Sumneytown Pike and Ate. 202. Summer worship 9:30 PHOENIXVILLE-Schuylkill Meeting. Rt. 23 and meeting for worship 7 p.m. Sundays in parlor at 2712 a.m. No FDS. (215) 699-3055. . Whitehorse Roads, Phoenixville, PA 19460. (610) 933· N.W. 23rd (St. Andrews Presb.). (405) 631-4174. HARRISBURG-Worship 11 a.m., First-day school and 8984. Forum 9 a.m., worship 10 a.m. STILLWATER-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 11 adult education (Sept. to May) 9:45a.m. 1100 N 6th St. 0. PITTSBURGH-Meeting for worship 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. For information call (405) 372-5892 or 372-4839. Phone: (717) 232-7282 or (717) 232-1326. a.m. First-day school10:30 a.m. ; 4836 Ellsworth Ave. TULSA-Green Country Friends Meeting. Unprogrammed HAVERFORD-First-day school 10:30 a.m., meeting for (412) 683·2669. worship 3:15 p.m. Forum 4:30p.m. For information, call worship 10:30 a.m., Fifth-day meeting for worship 10 a.m. PLUMSTEAD-Meeting for worship and First-day school (918) 743-6827. at the College, Commons Room. Buck Lane, between 9:30a.m. (215) 822·2299. Lancaster Pike and Haverford Rd. PLYMOUTH MEETING-Worship, First-day school Oregon 0. HAVERTOWN-Old Haverford Meeting. East Eagle Rd. 11 :15 a.m. Germantown Pike and Butler Pike. ASHLAND-South Mountain Friends Meeting, 543 S. at St. Denis Lane, Havertown; First-day school and adult POCONOS.Sterling-Newfoundland. Worship group under Mountain Ave. First hour activities 9:30a.m., children's forum, 10 a.m., meeting for worship 11 a.m. the care of North Branch (Wilkes-Barre) Meeting. (570) program and silent meeting for worship 11 a.m. Child care HORSHAM-First-day school (except summer) and 689-2353 or 689-7552. available. Bob Morse, clerk, (541) 482-QS 14. worship 10:30 a.m. Ate. 611 and Meetinghouse Road. QUAKERTOWN-Richland Monthly Meeting, 244 S. Main BEND-Central Oregon Worship Group, unprogrammed HUNTINGDON-Unprogrammed meeting for worship, St., First-day school and meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. worship. (541) 923-3631 or (541) 33D-6011. 10:30 a.m., for location/directions call (814) 669·4127. 0. RADNOR-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. year-round. First­ 6. BRIDGE CITY-West Portland. Worship at 10 a.m., First· INDIANA-Meeting 10:30 a.m., (724) 349-3338. day school also 10 a.m. except summer. Conestoga and day school at 10:15 a.m. . KENDAL-Worship 10:30 a.m. Kendal Center, Library. U.S. Sproul Roads (Ate. 320), Villanova, Pa. (610) 293·1153. (503) 230-7181. Rte. 1, 3'12 mi. S of Chadds Ford, 1'/• mi. N of Longwood READING-First-day school tO a.m., meeting 10:15 a.m. 6. CORVALLIS:-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. Gardens. 108 North Sixth St. (61 0) 372·5345. 3311 N.W. Polk Ave. Phone: 752-3569. KENNETT SQUARE-on Ate. 82, S of Rte. 1 at Sickles St. SOLEBURY-Worship 10 a.m., First-day school t Oa.m. 6. EUGENE-Meeting for worship 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. First-day school 9:45 a.m., worship 11 a.m. (61 0) 444- Sugan Rd., 2 miles NW of New Hope. (215) 297-5054. Sunday. 2274 Onyx St. Phone: 343-3840. 1012. Find us at . SOUTHAMPTON (Bucks Co.)·Worship and First-day FLORENCE-Unprogrammed worship (541) 997-4237. LANCASTER-Meeting and First-day school tO a.m. school tO a.m., adult forum 11 a.m. Street and Gravel Hill PORTLAND-Multnomah Monthly Meeting, 4312 S.E. 110 Tulane Terr. (717) 392-2762. Ads. (215) 364-Q581. Stark. Worship at 8:30 and 10 a.m. First-day school at 10 LANSDOWNE-First-day school and activities 10 a.m. SPRINGFIELD-Meeting and First-day school, 11 a.m., a.m. Phone: (503) 232·2822. Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Lansdowne and Stewart Aves. W. Springfield and Old Sproul Rds. Del. Co. 328·2424. FAN NO CREEK WORSHIP GROUP-Worship, 10:30 Telephone: (610) 623-7098. Clerk: (610) 660-Q251. 0. STATE COLLEGE-Early and late worship 8:30 and 11 a.m. at Dan! House, Catlin Gabel School, 2nd and 4th LEHIGH VALLEY-BETHLEHEM-Worship and First-day a.m Children's programs 10:45 a.m. Adult discussion on Sunday. 8825 S.W. Barnes Road. Contact Sally school 9:30a.m. Programs lor all ages 10:45 a.m. On most Sundays at 9:45a.m. 611 E. Prospect Ave., State Hopkins, (503) 292·8114. Ate. 512, 112 mile north of Rte. 22. College, PA 16801 , phone (814) 237-7051.

50 December 2004 FRIENDS JoURNAL SWARTHMORE-Meeting and First-day school10 a.m. 12 CORPUS CHRISTI-costal Bend Friends Meeting, meets NORFOLK-Worship and First-day school at 10 a.m. Whittier Place, off Route 320. 1-2 Sundays per month at 2 p.m. Contact Beverly at (361) Phone (757) 627-6317 for information. TOWANDA-Meeting for worship-unprogrammed. Sundays 888-4184 for information. RICHMOND-Worship 9:30 and 11 a.m. 4500 Kensington at 10:30 a.m. For location, call (570) 265-6523 or (570) DALLAs-Unprogrammed meeting for worship Sundays 10 Ave. (804) 358-6185. 888-7873. a.m. 5828 Worth St. (214) 821-6543. . Meditation Chapel. Info.: Waring, (540) 343-6769, o r Washington Ave. & Meetinghouse Rd., near Ambler. (215) EL PASO-Meeting at 10 a.m. Sunday. 2821 Idalia, Fetter, (540) 982-1034. 653-Q788. El Paso, TX 79930. Phone: (915) 546-5651. Please leave VIRGINIA BEACH-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. (based on VALLEY-1121 Old Eagle School Rd., Wayne (North of a message. silence). 1537 Laskin Rd., Virginia Beach, VA 23451. Swedesford Rd.). Worship and First-day school10 a.m., FORT WORTH-Unprogrammed meeting 11 a.m. Sundays (757) 481-5711 . forum 11 :10 a.m. Close to Valley Forge, King of Prussia, at Wesley Foundation, 2750 W. Lowden. First-day school WILLIAMSBURG-Unprogrammed meeting for worship Audubon, and Devon. (610) 688-3564. also at 11 a.m. (817) 531 -2324 or 299-8247. 10 a.m. Sundays, childcare and First-day school, 104 W. WELLSVILLE-Warrington Monthly Meeting, worship 11 GALVESTON-Worship, First Day 11 a:m.; 1501 Post Kingswood Dr., (757) 253-7752. a.m. Rte. 74 east. Call (717) 432-4203. Office St. Gerald Campbell, Clerk, (409) 762-1785. WINCHESTER-Hopewell Centre Meeting. 7 miles N from WEST CHESTER-First-day school 10:30 a.m., worship HILL COUNTRY-Unprogrammed meeting 10 a.m., June Winchester. Interstate 81 to Clearbrook Exit. Go west on 10:30.425 N. High St. Caroline Helmuth, (610) 696-Q491. to September 10:30 a.m., discussion 11 a.m. Unitarian Hopewell Rd. 0.7 miles. Turn l eft into Hopewell Centre WEST GROVE-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Fellowship Bldg., 213 lorna Vista, Kerrville, Tex. Driveway. Unprogrammed meeting for worship 10 a.m. 153 E. Harmony Road, P .0. Box 7, 19390. Catherine Matlock (830) 257-5673. First-day school 11 a.m. Clerk: (540) 667-9114. E-mail: . WESTTOWN-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday. HOUSTON-live Oak Meeting. Sundays 8:30 and 10:30 Westtown School campus, Westtown, PA 19395. a.m. Wednesdays: Discussion 7 p.m., meeting for worship 8-8:30 p.m. 13 18 W. 26th St. (713) 862-6685. Washington WILKES-BARRE-North Branch Monthly Meeting. AGATE PASSAGE-Bainbridge Island . Meeting for Wyomtng Semtnary Lower School, 1560 Wyoming Ave., LUBBOCK-Unprogrammed worship, Sunday afternoons from 2 to 3 p.m. Grace Presbyterian Church, 4820 19th St. worship 10 a.m. Seabold Hall, 14454 Komedal Rd. Info: Forty Fort. Sunday school 10 a.m., worship 11 a.m. For (360) 697-4675. summer and vacations, phone: (570) 824-5130. (806) 763-9028/(806) 791-4890. . BELLEVUE-Eastside Friends. 4160 158th Ave. SE. WILLISTOWN-Worship and First-day school10 a.m. Worship 10 a.m., study 11 a.m. (425) 641-3500. Goshen and Warren Rds., Newtown Square, R.D. 1. RIO GRANDE VALLEY-Unprogrammed worship 10:30 a.m. BELLINGHAM-Bellingham Senior Center, 315 Halleck St. Phone: (610) 356-9799. Sundays. For location call Carol J. Brown (956) 686-4855. SAN ANTONIO-Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m. Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m., sharing 11 :30 a.m. WRIGHTSTOWN-Ate. 413. Meeting for worship Sunday Children's program. (360) 752-9223; clerk: Turtle Robb, Doscussoon 11 a.m. at 7052 N. Vandiver. Mail: P.O . Box 10 a.m. for all. First-day school10:15 a.m. for children (360) 312-8234. adu~ time variable. (215) 968-9900. ' 6127, San Antonio, TX 78209. (210) 945-8456. TYLER-Unprogrammed. Call: (903) 725-6283. OLYMPIA-Worship 10 a.m. 219 B Street S.W., Tumwater, YARDLEY-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. First-day school WA 98502. First Sunday each month potluck breakfast at follows meeting during winter months. North Main St. Utah 9 a.m. Phone: (360) 438-5440 or 357-3855. YORK-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 11 a.m. 135 PORT TOWNSEN0-10 a .m. worship, First-day school, W. Philadelphia St. (717) 848-6781. LOGAN-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school10 Community Ctr., Tyler & Lawrence, (360) 385-7981 . a.m. The Whittier Center, 300 North and 400 East. PULLMAN-See Moscow, Idaho. Rhode Island Telephone: (435) 753-1299. SEATTLE-Salmon Bay Meeting at Phinney Center, SALT LAKE CITY-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day PROVIDENCE-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. each First 6532 Phinney N.; worship at 10 a.m. (206) 527-Q200. Day. 99 Morris Ave., corner of Olney St. (401) 331-4218. school10 a.m. Ladies literary Club, 850 E. South Temple. Telephone: (801) 359-1506 or 582-0719. SEATTLE-University Friends Meeting, 4001 9th Ave. N.E. SAYLESVILLE-Worship 10:30 a .m. each First Day. Quiet worship First Days 9 :30 and 11 a.m. (206) 547- lincoln-Great Rd. (Rte. 126) at River Rd. Vermont 6449. Accommodations: (206) 632-9839. WESTERLY-Unprogrammed worship and First-day school SULTAN-Sky Valley Worship Group. (360) 793-Q240. 10:30 a.m. 57 Elm St. (401) 348-7078. BENNINGTON-Worship, Sundays 10 a.m., Senior Service Center, 124 Pleasant St., 1 block north, 112 block east of TACOMA-Tacoma Friends Meeting, 2508 S. 39th St. WOONSOCKET-Smithfield Friends Meeting,108 intersection of Rte. 7 and Main St. (Rt. 9). (802) 442-6010. Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m., First-day discussion Smtthfteld Road, (Rte 146-A). Worship each First Day at 11 a.m. Phone: (253) 759-1910. 10:30 a.m. (401) 762-5726. BURLINGTON-Worship 11 a.m. Sunday, noon Wednesday at 173 North Prospect St. Call: (802) 660- WALLA WALLA-10 a.m. Sundays. 522-0399. South Carolina 9221 about religious ed. West Virginia CHARLESTON-Meeting for worship Sundays 1o- 11 a.m. MIDDLEBURY-Worship 10 a.m. at Havurah House, 56 N. Pleasant St., Middlebury. (802) 388-7684. CHARLESTON-Worship Sundays 10 a.m. Wellons For latest location, call: (843) 723-5820, (304) 345-8659 or Mininger (304) 756-3033. e-mail: , PLAINFIELD-Each Sundayx at 10:30 a.m. Call Alan MORGANTOWN-Monongalia Friends Meeting. Every websote: . Taplow, (802) 454-4675. Sunday 11 a.m. Phone: Keith Garbutt, (304) 292-1261. COLUMBIA-Meeting for worship and First-day school PUTNEY-Worship, Sunday, 8:30 and 11 a.m. Adu~ PARKERSBURG-Mid-Ohio Valley Friends. See Marietta, 10 a.m., forum 11 :30 a .m., Harmony School, discussion, 9:45a.m. Singing, 10:45 a.m. Children's 3737 Covenant Rd., (803) 252-2221 . Visitors welcome. program, 11 :15 a.m. Rte. 5, north of village, Putney. (802) Ohio, listing. GREENVILLE-Unprogrammed, worship 1:30 p.m., First 258-2599. Wisconsin Christian Church, 704 Edwards Rd. (884) 895-7205. SOUTH STARKSBORO-Unprogrammed worship and BELOIT-Unprogrammed worship 11 a.m. Sundays, HOARY-Worship Sundays, 10:30 a.m. (unprogrammed) Forst-day school Sundays 9:30a.m. Singing 9 a.m. Call 811 Clary St. Phone: (608) 365-5858. Grace Gifford, inland, (843) 365-6654. ' Robert Turner (802) 453-4927. c!> EAU CLAIRE-Worship at 10:30 (9:30 June-Aug.) SUMTER,-Salem Black River Meeting. First Day meeting WILDERNESs-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. in Shrewsbury preceded by singing. 416 Niagara St. Call (715) 833-1138 for worshop 11 a.m. Call (803) 495-8225 for directions. library, 98 Town Hill Road, Cuttingsville. Call Kate Brinton, (802) 228-8942, or Chris O'Gorman, (802) 775-9552. or 874-6646. South Dakota GREEN BAY AREA-Fox Valley Friends Meeting, Sundays 11 a.m. September-May meetings at St. Joseph's Church RAPID CITY-(605) 721-4433. Virginia in Oneida. June-August meetings in members' homes. ALEXANDRIA-Worship every First Day 11 a.m., SIOUX FALLS AREA FRIENDs-Worship and First-day Call (920) 863-8837 for directions. school. Phone: (605) 339-1156 or 256-0830 for time. unprogrammed worship and First-day school. Woodlawn Meeting House, 8 miles S of Alexandria, near U.S. 1. Call KENOSHA-RACINE-Unprogrammed worship on Sundays (703) 781-9185 or 893-9792. at 10 a.m. 880 Green Bay Rd., Kenosha. (262) 552-6838. Tennessee . CHATTANOOGA-Unprogrammed meeting for worship CHARLOTTESVILLE-Discussion 9:45a.m., worship 8:30a.m. and 11 a.m. (childcare available). Summer KICKAPOO VALLEY FRIENDS-Gays Mills. Worship and children's First-day school1 0 a.m. 335 Crestway Sunday 11 a.m. Children's program 1st and 3rd Sundays Drive, 37411. (423) 629-2580. worship only 8:30a.m. and 10 a.m. 1104 Forest St. Phone: (434) 971-8859. (608) 637-2060. E-mail:. CROSSVILLE-Worship 10 a.m., discussion 11 a.m. 184 MADISON-Meetinghouse, 1704 Roberts Ct., (608) Hood Dr. Gladys Draudt, cleric (931) 277-5354. FARMVILLE-Quaker Lake FM, (434) 223-4160. 256-2249. Unprogrammed worship Sunday at 9 and FLOYD-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school Meetinghouse: (931) 484-Q033. 11 a.m., Wednesday at 7 a.m., 12 noon, 5:15p.m., and 10 a.m. Call for directions. (540) 745-3252 and 745-6193. JOHNSON CITY-Foxfire Friends unprogrammed worship 8:30p.m. Children's classes at 11 a.m. Sunday. 10 a.m. 731 E. Maple, (423) 283-4392 (Edie Patrick) HARRISONBURG-Valley Friends Meeting. Unprogrammed MADISONIMONONA-Yahara Friends. Unprogrammed worship, 10 a.m. Sundays, 363 High St., Dayton. (540) MEMPHI5-Meeting for worship (unprogrammed) and First­ worship, Sundays 10:30 a.m. 4503 Winnequah Rd., 879-9879. day school11 a.m. Discussion 10 a.m. 917 S. Cooper, Monona. (608) 441-9193. Web: . school10:30 a.m. 660 Spring St. (703) 736-Q592. NASHVILLE-Meeting for worship (unprogrammed) and MENOMONIE-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. 1718 10th First-day school10 a.m. Adult sharing 11:30 a.m. on LEXINGTON-Maury River Friends. Unprogrammed St. Phone: (715) 658-1042. second and fourth First Days. 530 26th Ave. North, (615) worship Sundays 10 a.m. First-day school 10:20 a.m. c!> MILWAUKEE-Meeting for worship 10:15 a.m. 329-2640. John Potter, clerk. Chold care. 10 mi. Wof lexington off W. Midland Trail at 3224 N. Gordon Pl. Phone (414) 967-o898 or 263-2111. WEST KNOXVILLE-Worship and First-day school10 a.m. Waterloo Rd. Info: (540) 464-3511. OSHKOSH-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. on Sunday. 1517 Meeting House Lane, (865) 694-Q036. LINCOLN-Goose Creek United Meeting for worship 9:45 (920) 233-5804. a.m. each First Day. First-day school10 a.m. Texas LYNCHBURG-Worship 10:30 a.m. Lynchburg College ALPINE-Meeting for worship, Sunday, 10:3Q-11 :30 a.m. in Spiritual life Center, info: Owens, (434) 846-5331, or the home of George and Martha Floro. Call: (432) 837- Konng, (434) 847-4301 . 2930 for information . MCLEAN-Langley Hill Friends Meeting, 6410 Georgetown AMARILLC>-Call (806) 372-7888 or (806) 538-6241. Poke, Mclean. Meeting for worship 10 a.m., First-day AUSTIN-Meeting for worship, Sunday 11 a.m., Hancock school and "Second hour" at 11 a.m. Babysitting available. Recreation Center, 81 1 E. 41st (W of Red River), Austin (703) 442-8394. Tex. Supervised activities and First-day school for young MIDLOTHIAN-Worship 11 a.m., children's First-day school Friends. (512) 452-1841. 11:15 a.m. (804) 598-1676.

FRIENDS JouRNAL December 2004 51 FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Do you have too much "stuff?" As the holiday season approaches, perhaps you are thinking about others In your life you want to remember-but they may have an abundance of life's material possessions, too.

Through a "gift card," the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) offers a meaningful way to recognize the Importance of your loved ones. For each $35 gift, you're entitled to a card (see picture) called "Guardian of Nature" which Includes an Inspirational quote and a message that you've made a contribution to AFSC In the name of the recipient.

Goats .-ve milk for Haiti's clllklren Work camps teach roan• people tile Haiti's Grand' Anse peninsula Is •. Joy of service one of that beautiful country's · From the beginning. AFSC has Involved young people poorest and most remote In Its programs. We continue to provide service regions. A milk goat gives opportunities by sponsoring work camps In Latin children In a needy family an America, China, and In Native American communi­ additional source of protein. ties In the United States. While offering their help to AFSC provides families with Nublens and Boer goats as communities In need, the young people Immerse well as feed and training In animal care. themselves In a different culture and have a life. $75 can provide a Haitian family with a milk 1011t. changing experience. $200 provides sc:ltolarshlp aid for work campers. Water buffalo Improve tile harvest In Cambodia Manco trees prevent erosion and Sturdy draught animals remain a lynchpln provide nlltrltlon of economic security and food production In rural societies around the world. Few In the last 40 years, Haiti's forests have animals are sturdier or more reliable than been diminished from 30 percent to just the water buffalo, which can plow, assist 5 percent of the country's land area. In clearing land, and pull heavy loads. Mango trees prevent hillside erosion and provide an additional supplement to a family's diet. Since 2000, the American Friend Service Committee has founded •animal banks" $50 will allow a family In HaHI to have Its for water buffalo In seven Cambodian villages. The own mango trees and prevent erosion. banks are village cooperatives that distribute calves to members of the group, allowing those who otherwise A way to help people worldwide could not afford to have a draught animal to have a From Maine to Mozambique, Kosovo to Kansas City, buffalo of their own. Colombia to Chicago, Hanoi to Haiti, AFSC Is at work. $100 can help provide a cambodlan family with a Programs for economic stability, civil rights, water buffalo calf. reconciliation, education, and human dignity for all carry forward an 85-year-old mission. Finding To buy Gifts w1t1t Heart and Hope: modem expression for Quaker values Is the hallmark ofAFSC. Call toll free 1-888 58~2372, ext. 1 Go online to www.afsc.org $35 supports all of AFSC's work around the world.

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