December 1991 Quaker Thought FRIENDS and Life OURNAL Today

MAKING ROOM IN MY INN WORLD GATHERING OF FRIENDS: KENYA REPORT VILLAGE CHRISTMAS Editor-Manager Among Friends Vinton Deming Associate Editor Melissa Kay Elliott Art Director Barbara Benton Finding the spirit Advertising Manager Catherine Frost Circulation and Promotion urely, we think, we'll find inspiration here for this month's column, Nagendran Gulendran something to get the writing started: an essay, perhaps, by a Friend Typesetting Services James Rice and Susan Jordhamo Son "The Meaning of Christmas"; maybe a bit of verse describing a Secretarial Services snowy scene outside the old meetinghouse, a new rendering of the babe in Edward Sargent Bookkeeper the manger story, some holiday message of peace. James Neveil Our search begins in a bound, dusty volume of the first issues of The Volunteers Jane Burgess, Carol Eresian, Anders Hansen, Friend-not the current publication of the same name of London Yearly Emily Conlon Meeting, but the Quaker weekly published in Philadelphia beginning Board of Managers 1989-1992: Jennie Allen (Secretary), Richard Seventh Day, Tenth Month, 13, 1827. It resides on a shelf outside our office Eldridge (Assistant Clerk), Bernard Haviland, near the bound volumes of FRIENDS JOURNAL and issues of our other Eric Larsen, Marcia Mason, Janet Norton, David Samuel, Carolyn Sprogell, Wilmer predecessor, Friends' Intelligencer. Tjossem, Alice Wiser But nothing seasonal catches our eye. In the Seventh Day, Twelfth 1990-1993: Clement Alexandre, Marguerite Clark, Leonard Kenworthy, Lee Neff, Mary Month, 22, 1827, issue, for instance, the best we can find is an article Ellen Singsen 1991- 1994: Frank Bjornsgaard, Emily Conlon, criticizing ''the peculiar tenets of Elias Hicks.'' Another contribution cites Nancy Cocks Culleton, Dian Fatula, Sam Legg "examples of disregard for the rules of good writing," and there's an (Clerk), Parry Jones, Richard Moses (Treasurer), Harry Scott, Larry Spears accounting of the number of boat shipments of coal from Mauch Chunk to Honorary Managers Philadelphia on the Schuylkill River (30,305 tons, actually). Eleanor Stabler Clarke, Mildred Binns Young A volume of the Intelligencer doesn't get our Christmas writing juices FRIENDS JoURNAL (ISSN 0016-1322) was established in 1955 as the successor to The flowing either. Consider, if you will, this fare from Twelfth Month 21, Friend (1827- 1955) and Friends lntelligencer (1844- 1955). It is associated with the Religious 1861: the lead article is an "Account of the Last.Journey of John Society of Friends, and is a member of the Pemberton to the Highlands of Scotland" (continued from the previous Associated Church Press. issue); then a piece from Scientific American by Dr. Stephens, "The 0 FRIENDS JOURNAL is published monthly by Friends Publishing Corporation, 1501 Cherry St., Geological History of North America (Third Lecture)"; finally, under a Philadelphia, PA 19 102-1497. Telephone (215) heading "Philadelphia Markets," a notation that "there has been a decided 241-7277. Accepted as second-class postage at Philadelphia, Pa. and additional mailing offices. advance in the price of cattle over last quotation," and, "At H.G. • Subscriptions: one year $18, two years $34. Imhoff's Union Hog Yard, 6356 head of hogs were quoted as having Add $6 per year for postage to countries outside the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. 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2 December 1991 FRIENDS JoURNAL December 1991 FRIENDS Volume 37, No. 12 JOURNAL Features Departments 7 Fifth World Conference of Friends 2 Among Friends Melissa K. Elliott, Joram M. Amadi, Joram A. Avugo, 4 Forum Herbert Tucker, EdwardS. Nattress, and Peter Hancock Reports from the Kenya Gathering 26 Reports 15 Making Room In My Inn 30 QUNO Notes Helen Weaver Horn 31 Parents' Corner The Holy Family finds a place to stay. 32 Bulletin Board 17 Village Christmas Calendar Natalie Pierce Kent Through the eyes of WWII refugee children, Christmas 34 Books wishes take on a different cast. 38 Resources 20 Worship After the Manner of 39 Milestones Friends 40 Classified Jay C. Rochelle The power of the Spirit among early Friends brought a 42 Meetings freedom for ministry, not a freedom from it. 22 A Sharing of Silence Claire Gerber There are ways of saying nothing and meaning every thing. 23 Starting First-day Schools In Small Meetings Cover: Timothy Cole's wood engraving Michelle O'Kane from Jean Francois Millet's painting, Our important causes should include reaching our own Woman with a Lamp, courtesy of the Free children. Library of Philadelphia.

Here's our annual FRIENDS JouRNAL staffportrait. Gathered around Mary Dyer's statue are (back row) Vinton Deming, Catherine Frost, Barbara Benton, Jim Rice, and Susan Jordhamo; and (front row) Melissa Kay Elliott, Nagendran Gulendran, Jim Neveil, and Edward Sargent.

3 Uplifted by the source Thanks for the wonderfully wise " Reflections on Forgiveness" article by Rick Herrick (FJ August). I'm reminded of a banner with the message, "Only your love enables the poor to forgive you the bread you give them." The Lord's Prayer comes to mind with its request for the gift of our daily bread followed by an agreement to find forgiveness by being forgiving. I've reread the article using a highlighter and find its essence in Herrick's statement, "The act of forgiving allows love to flow," but of major significance too is his decision "to A work daily on the problem" with suitable techniques. His desired results came not dramatically but gradually as ~ ---~-- understanding grew and his view response of Friends. The play centers are prophesied Jewish messiah with a new changed. the only place where the children find meaning. But they don't understand why While I agree that a benefit accrues to peace and safety on the West Bank away we today must make a leap beyond us from our being forgiving, I'm from the troubles and upheavals around reason to accept without question what convinced a benefit at least becomes them. may well be a first-century "Christ available to the person forgiven. If the Property maintenance in these difficult legend." reaction is merely that nothing is needed times is an ongoing expense. We've had Those who accept commitment to to be forgiven, then that's just a lost to put hardy mesh wire over all the openness and obedience to God as Jesus chance of being aware of the flow of windows to protect the glass from taught are not, in truth, secular love and acceptance-uplifted by the breakage, which has used up most of the humanists, or eclectic universalists, or source of a mystery commonly known as money donated. And for the safety of worshipers of the occult (convenient ways God. the children we would like to rebuild the to dismiss them), and they seriously Ruth W. Marsh playground wall that tumbled down last regard themselves as Christian, though Houston, Tex. winter. often without the label. Orthodox Perhaps we cannot prevent the world Christians appear to ignore any faith in from being a place in which children the religion of Jesus that does not say the Of the Spirit suffer, but we can reduce the number of right words, insisting that the name of suffering children. The children say, God's spirit to which Jesus referred must The class self-portrait made by second "Don't forget us!" be Christ. But today's message derived graders in Boulder, Colo., on the cover Violet Zarou from Jesus' teachings is powerful and (FJ October) is delightful and inspiring. Ramallah Friends Meeting relevant in today's world, and it needs to There is one bewildering aspect: Why Play Centers Project be witnessed to in word and deed. does the title of the portrait appear as Box 1325 This witness says we rely on nothing written from left to right and the Ramallah, W. Bank, via Israel done " for us" in the past; that Jesus children's names from right to left? Is lives in the scriptural record but that the this one of the Spirit's unanswerable living Spirit among us and within us is questions? We and You, God God's spirit, not the being envisioned by Collin Boyd the early Christians to give hope to their Ashland, Oreg. Since the beginning of Christianity, anguish and despair. But experiencing the Christians have looked to Christ, the Spirit is not enough: each of us is called (Why? Well, the children, in creating transformed Jesus, for spiritual guidance, to be God's "real person," to be present their self-portrait on material, chose to comfort, and help-God's intermediary. to each other and to the stranger. write their names on the other side, and Human beings seem to need God's spirit they show through. As for the Spirit ... in the presence of a person. William Kriebel well, it clearly shows through too, I feel a need to speak for those who N. Easton, Mass. doesn't it! -Eds.) seek to be committed to the religion of Jesus (as it can be understood with the help of God's spirit) without "accepting Support requested Christ" as that necessary presence. This Don't forget us understanding makes it possible to share I have been reading FRIENDS JoURNAL belief with the many who turn away-not for the past year and have been On behalf of the children of the because they don't want to turn to the impressed with its unequivocal support Friends and Amari Refugee Play Centers, Light but because they are unable to for an individual's right to conscience as I would like to thank you for publishing believe in Christ. well as its efforts to promote human May Munn's article "Suffer the They acknowledge that the early dignity, integrity, and spirit through Children" (FJ January), and for the kind Christians interpreted Jesus as the peaceful existence. Of special interest to

4 December 1991 FRIENDS JouRNAL me was your unwavering support for specifically to wage war. sales. The sanctions keep Iraq from Capt. David Wiggins, M.D. (Among I'd like to hear from JOURNAL readers. rebuilding its civilian infrastructure, the Friends, FJ June) as he endeavored to Perhaps others may realize from my total cost of which the UN estimates will be obtain a C.O. discharge from the army. experience that peace is never the product over $21 billion. Lifting the non-military It is the result of my respect for FRIENDS of military conquest or mandate but sanctions would enable Iraq to rebuild its JoURNAL that I write requesting your rather of a concerted effort dedicated electric, water, and sewage systems, restore prayers and moral support in my own toward mutual respect, cooperation, and its agriculture and industry, provide jobs complex personal situation involving the understanding. and income for its people and allow them to right to conscience. Apollo Leong, M.D. return to work and a life without physical I am a physician, who, for the past 14 14110 Chepstow Rd. deprivation. Mercifully, it might also allow months, has been attempting to obtain a Midlothian, VA 23113 the Iraqi people, especially the children­ discharge from the U.S. Army Medical haunted by grief, sadness, and desperate Corps based upon my opposition to all fear-to begin the process of psychological war. The military committee assigned to Lift the sanctions healing. Mary Arnett investigate my application found my In October, the International Study Team Philadelphia, Pa. beliefs sincere and well-grounded. on the Gulf Crisis published an in-depth Subsequently, they and my entire chain assessment entitled Health and Welfare in of command recommended approval of Iraq After the Gulf Crisis. Without Iraqi my C.O. application because each government interference or supervision, 87 Spiritual gifts requirement was fulfilled in accordance researchers, drawn from a variety of with army regulations. Only at the final disciplines, visited the length and breadth of In his article " Being Present for step in this lengthy process was my Iraq. They reaffirm that unless Iraq quickly Another" (FJ August), Ted Hoare application denied. Review of the reasons obtains food, medicine, and spare parts, says, " In the past it was recognized that given to deny my claim clearly millions of Iraqis will continue to many Friends had the gift of spiritual demonstrate the military's ignorance of experience malnutrition and disease. guidance." He then mentions several the legal precedents established to protect Children by the tens of thousands will well-known early Friends who had this the rights of individuals. My case is now remain in jeopardy. Thousands will die. gift, and he closes the paragraph saying, under review in federal court, as I have Moreover, on the basis of in-depth " ... and the Society today is the poorer filed for a writ of habeas corpus interviews of over 200 Iraqi children of because of our reluctance to recognize requiring my release. primary school age, two professional child such a gift." I feel tremendous frustration, having psychologists report levels of anxiety and I believe the Society is actually richer spent much of my entire adult life stress unprecedented in their experience. today because of a recognition that all of helping to preserve human life through Representative Meeting of Philadelphia God's children have such a gift. Friends the practice of medicine; yet I may very Yearly Meeting (PYM) has just sent a letter today no longer need to look to a special well be incarcerated for maintaining to President Bush and all PYM-area person or substitute preacher for spiritual allegience to religious and moral members of Congress urging them to take help. We accept the fact spiritual help convictions that preclude me from being steps to lift all non-military sanctions on comes through the chemistry between a part of an organization that exists Iraq, including the removal of limits on oil people and not from a special gift of

Correction: By error we omitted a biographical note to accompany Phyllis Sanders's article in our November issue. Phyllis was F'RIENDS JouRNAL's representative to this summer's Friends World Conference in Honduras. A member of Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting, she is host and co­ producer of the "Over-Fifty" TV show in Philadelphia. Our printer apologizes for the incorrect placement of the mailing label on the November issue. We were outraged to see it placed over the photograph of Chester McCoy. -Eds.

FRIENDS JouRNAL December 1991 5 Fon1m continued certain select individuals. As an shared. She calls us all to remember that influence in a job that needs the lesson illustration of this attitude, note Friends' the ocean of light does not always come of nonviolent conflict resolution more renewed interest in the use of clearness in with thundering waves or openings, than any other job I can think of. committees, where spiritual help comes but sometimes with the gentle, quiet from members of the meeting who are thoughtfulness of everyday working David Rose chosen because their gifts are appropriate people. Easton, Pa. to the question at hand rather than from I believe Jesus may have been thinking someone recognized as having superior the same thing when he told Matthew, insight. "Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one Several years ago at Unami (Pa.) of the least of these my brethren, you did Rheta Molleran (FJ June) asked if Meeting our Religious Education it to me." there had ever been Quakers "who Committee led us in a wonderful activity. George Edwards identified themselves as being part of the We were each asked to choose a person Highland, Md. justice system." I am one Friend who has in the meeting and prepare a short worked in the so-called "justice system. " statement describing the spiritual gifts of I spent four years working in corrections that Friend to the meeting. In the and for a large metropolitan sheriff's preparation of these we all recognized Quaker cops department. anew our dependence upon one another During this time I deeply enriched my in the meeting community. Also, in the Something bothered me about the letter faith in the doctrine of the Inner Light. I sharing that followed, we each learned that questioned the possibility of found that if you treat the criminal, the something new and deepened our "Quaker cops" (FJ June). I have worked murderer, the rapist as a fellow human appreciation of each other. in corrections and delinquency prevention being, and with dignity, they will almost Clearly, early Friends recognized the programs since college and found it always respond with appreciation. You do special gifts of some members. They were difficult to accept what was implied in not forget who they are or why they are trying to escape the tyranny of the the question-that Friends' values are in prison or jail, but you do not brutalize established Church, but they could not incompatible with law enforcement. them and treat them inhumanely. We are step forward 300 years and create the It appears ironic to me that on the all children of the Light. God, love, and Society of today. They needed the 200th anniversary of the first the ability to do good and be good exist minister without calling him/ her a penitentiary, started by Friends in in all people-even deep within the worst minister. The "him/her" was a huge step Philadelphia in 1790, we have forgotten of us. forward in and of itself. the extent to which Friends were involved You cannot change people. You can be Today we see the feet of clay on with creating and enforcing the law an example, though. Many times those everyone. I hope we can also see the during the early stages of Pennsylvania's who are confined in prisons and jails glorious visions of all those heads in the "Holy Experiment." need to see a person in uniform who will clouds. In our meeting library I came across an give them self-worth and treat them Irving Hollingshead example of what Friends did when they differently than the ordinary officer. The Boyertown, Pa. were the majority in the government, system, and the people working within before they could blame all problems on that system, can often be brutal and someone else in power: " ... the home indifferent to human needs. We all know government had intimated rather strongly that power can very often be a corrupting GulfWar 101 to Penn that unless he suppressed piracy influence. in the neighborhood of his province he Criminals should be punished for their I love the Gulf War 101 quiz (FJ might forfeit his charter. Penn went to offenses but sometimes our justice system October)! It's very thought-provoking, a work on them with a strong hand, dehumanizes them. I believe strongly that wise and concise comment on the war. pursuing and arresting in a way which you can help these individuals by they probably did not expect from a performing small acts, such as just Marjorie T. Schier Quaker preacher. But the Quakers were talking to them, showing concern, Levittown, Pa. very active, energetic people in those showing an interest in them as people. days .... " Just by doing a few things, an officer (We liked it ~oo. However, one of its The True William Penn, by Sydney can greatly influence the behavior of authors, Mike Byrd, from Madison George Fisher, was published in 1899 and some individuals, and maybe-just Meeting in Wisconsin, called us to say the author may have made a more maybe-an offender will change a pattern that the first sentence in question 6 is in favorable comparison with early Quakers of behavior. If you treat people with error due to a faulty source. In fact, had he been aware of the work that dignity, it also makes the job easier for 6, 666,500 tons of bombs were dropped in Quakers have done in the area of social oneself. Indochina-not 66,375 tons as written in justice in recent years. Compared to early I left this work because it takes a great the quiz. Our apologies for the mistake. Friends who tried to create and conduct a amount of energy to remain a humanist - Eds.) government, we are still, however, in the and battle the system. I never carried outsider role, only being able to "speak weapons and never wanted to work the truth to power." streets, where police need weapons. My Until we can protect the innocent interests were to remain working in the No thundering waves without the final threat of force, to correctional area, yet I do not believe I assume that no Friend would be involved could ever carry a gun. We need to work Thanks for the small article "Working in law enforcement shows a lack of toward a society where guns are not the Man," by Donna Williams (FJ understanding of what motivates many way to solve conflict. September). I admired her writing skill men and women to become police Robert Koehler and was deeply moved by the love she officers. It also eliminates Friendly Colorado Springs, Colo.

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This is the %~·1 ~ second in a 7 I? series of articles You Can Get There 19 91 about the Fifth World Conference of Friends. Articles about gatherings in the Netherlands and Honduras From Here were published in November in FRIENDS JouRNAL. by Melissa Kay Elliott

s the mystery of yet another sun­ onto a concrete porch, we hoped there set, yet another dusk enfolded were beds for us somewhere-and a way A the plane bound for Kenya for to find them in the African night. the Fifth World Conference of Friends, Our bewilderment was in stark con­ I settled back into my seat and breathed trast to those who greeted us. They in the thought of it all. Before I left, a didn't seem fazed by what we saw as friend advised me, "A trip is always an mud and mess and no clear plan. "Mir­ odyssey, a question to be Jived out and embe!" " Jambo!" they said, pumping puzzled over.'' After dangling in the sky our hands and giving us hugs before for hours on end, removed from reality learning our names. "Glad you're here, and the touch of the earth, the one thing we've been looking forward to meeting that seemed real was the sense of being you," they told us, while we glanced borne up by the dreams of those who about, trying to be polite, but wonder­ planned this gathering, the hopes of ing what came next. This was an early those who sent me, and my own wonder taste of Kenyan warmth in the face of and apprehension. We traveled across whatever else was happening, in contrast the Earth to meet face to face people to our Euro-American need to have from other branches of the Religious everything orderly and laid out on Society of Friends. Joined by the name paper. We each were issued a wool Quaker, we were looking for what might blanket and a roll of toilet paper, were join us in spirit. told which dormitory we'd be sleeping We would see many things in each in, and were shown a map of the cam­ Below: Daisy Westra (New York Yearly other to puzzle over. The answers were pus, posted on the wall. It gave us hope Meeting) on her bunk in the dormitory. Above: often beneath the surface, sometimes that maybe things had a way of work­ Derry Gordon (Aotearoa/ New Zealand Yearly out of reach~ We came seeking unity in ing out here, despite appearances. Meeting) helps wash dishes after a banquet. spirit; on the way, we stumbled over dif­ Within the next three days, things ferences in culture that sometimes seemed looked a little unpromising. Several hundred more people arrived, and the insurmountable. We brought what we rains kept coming. In spite of the could to it, we did the best we knew downpours, we ended up with no water how, and we carried away the imprint for personal use because the local water of faces and personalities and human department, which had folded a few warmth, rather than rumors and stereo­ days earlier, cut off the school's water types about each other. Our theme, ''In supply. As a result, all the flush toilets Spirit and in Truth: Faith in Action," plugged up. Then a hailstorm took out would challenge us in many practical the electricity, and some of us discov­ ways during our time together. ered that it's a good deal harder to focus The night we arrived by bus in Chava­ on either Spirit or Truth when we're kali for the conference (to be joined later separated from our creaturely comforts. by approximately 200 local Kenyans), we Under the guidance of the conference were greeted by a tropical rainstorm. Al­ staff, we did what any good Quakers though considered to be a blessing for would do: we organized committees. visitors (especially since it ended a iii~ The Mud Committee, using a load of drought), for us it meant jumping into ~ gravel, created walkways. The Water brilliant, red, ankle-deep mud when we .. Committee brought in bottled water and got off the bus and not shaking loose of ~ a tanker truck, and got a borrowed it for the next ten days. In the dark, dig- .6' pump going. The Sanitation Committee ging our bags out of the underbelly of ~ made periodic sweeps through the cam­ the bus in the rain and dragging them ~ pus to flush toilets with any waste water

FRIENDS JouRNAL December 1991 7 FIFTH WORLD CONFERENCE OF FRIENDS we could save. And the rest of us learned take things as they came. The pace of to use pit toilets, bathe in an inch of cold life in Africa makes its own rules. water in the bottom of a dishpan, and This began to dawn on me one morn­ wash our clothes in rainwater caught in ing as I sat on the lawn in the warm holding tanks. In the kitchen, volunteers African sunshine, scrubbing a basin of helped staff members prepare and serve clothes. I was grateful to have water to meals and organize lines of hungry peo­ scrub them in, and I put out of my mind ple; so we could eat on time and get on the things I knew I should be reading, with the day's activities. notes I should be taking, people I should Our first two plenary sessions, which be meeting. A few feet away from me might otherwise have involved discus­ sat my new British friend, Trinity Ann sions on theology or international issues, Fry. We settled in together, scrubbing became a much earthier mix. We volun­ and talking. Then with a sigh of content­ teered for committees and were schooled ment and camaraderie, Trinity said, ~ in the art of sponge bathing. As the pit "You know, I kind of like this." She ~ ;­ toilets became messy with use by such dunked her muddy sneakers into a basin '< a large number of people, a British of water and added, with a mixture of ~ Friend offered a helpful, if unforget­ puzzlement and perception, "Have you ~ table, hint: "Your aim improves great­ noticed that it's really hard to get Trinity Ann Fry (London Yearly Meeting) ly if you squat, Friends." He was right, anything accomplished around here?" squeezes the drips out of the day's laundry. and things got better. Some of us were beginning to catch Would we ever, as a group, get past on. At home we could toss dirty clothes watches) would roll in after that time, the grit and grime and wrestle with more in the washer and go on to other things. carrying on noisy conversations, and substantive issues? Some of us won­ But here, washing socks in the sunshine sometimes even turning the lights back dered. Fortunately, we found that reve­ or getting in a good visit while waiting on. To those of us who were taught not lations appeared, if we kept our eyes in a meal line took on a beauty all its to make noise when other people are open. Some of us faced the question, own. It was like learning to speak an­ sleeping and who believe that bedtime does our faithfulness depend on per­ other language. is a point on the clock, not a point in sonal comfort? And sometimes the words were harsh­ the conversation, it's a radical notion One Kenyan said, "Now you know er than we meant them to be, coming, that the person who's trying to sleep what it means to be poor," and I as they did, from our lack of under­ may be the party-pooper. struggled with that idea, because I had standing. Mostly, we danced around Some of the questions were so direct, naively always thought being poor each other carefully, reluctant to open they could catch a person off guard and meant being without things. Little did up differences, but under stress such make you want to move on to something I realize it could also mean being with­ things get blurted out. "How did you let else-fast. "Is it true some Quakers out time to do anything other than take your women get so much power?" one where you come from haven't been saved care of basic needs. When conveniences African man asked the Euro-American by Jesus Christ?" aren't available or don't work, plans men in his worship group. That com­ "Yes," said the person who fielded can't happen on schedule. It began to ment (with no names attached) made the this one, as he hurried to get into a ple­ occur to me that getting things done on rounds among some of us women after­ nary session. time, being goal-oriented, and having ward and was discussed with anger and "And is it true that some men in your everything laid out in advance may go incredulity. But it wasn't the most tact­ country make love to other men?" deeper than mere cultural values. Maybe less thing that was said. "Yes." And gratefully, the conversa­ they're luxuries. One Friend seemed to speak others' tion had run out of time, because they I also began to realize that as I rushed minds when h~ asked, with a hint of des­ had to look for seats in a packed house. past African Friends to get to my next peration, "Do evangelicals think since Usually, our discoveries were more activity on time, they were stopping to they've been saved they don't have to be. like finding treasure than like opening greet people along the way, putting their considerate to people here on Earth?" letter-bombs, though. For instance, emphasis on congeniality. For the first You see, at first we didn't understand some of us went expecting to meet Bible­ time, I began to consider that perhaps that standing in line without crowding thumping, hellfire-and-brimstone types my own culture is a bit chilly. I also is something people are taught in our among African Friends, and instead we looked with envy and admiration at the part of the world, but not necessarily found gentle, searching people, whose African Friends, who appeared every elsewhere. Africans make sure everyone Christianity involves practical ways of day in immaculate clothes, good-natured gets plenty to eat, but don't care wheth­ caring for each other, improving per­ smiles, and no mud on them anywhere. er people are served by number. Similar­ sonal relationships, and working together They were much better at this than I ly, we Anglo-types didn't understand on economic solutions. In the United was. Although living habits of 40-plus why, after we agreed lights in the dor­ States, we have nothing that quite com­ years don't change drastically in a few mitories would go out at 10:30 p.m., a pares to it. I found, too, that most days, I did learn to slow down a bit and few African Friends (who don't wear African Friends were curious about our

8 December 1991 FRIENDS JOURNAL KENYA silent worship, longed for access to our hearing each other's voices, as we tried enough collection to make a complete printed material, wanted to know more to blend into something that sounded picture. about early Friends, and wanted to like music. Then we took turns reading Today, though, I look back at my know about what we believe. Living the Book of James in our different photos and see the people we were dur­ together for a week, we had many voices, accents, and languages. As we ing that week: There are the ever­ chances to experience, rather than de­ read, a remarkable thing happened. It gracious African Friends handsomely scribe, what being a Friend meant to had something to do with the way those dressed in suits and bright dresses, each of us. words can take us outside ourselves and proud and joyful smiles on their faces, Surely, one of the most moving days center us on what really counts. Some­ always pleasant, no matter what shock­ in my worship group was the day after where in there, we also began to hear ing things the rest of us brought up. we'd had a particularly Western-style each other in different ways, as we laid There are the rest of us, bedraggled with argument that hadn't gotten us any­ aside our opinions and let those timeless place. After the argument, the leader words wash over us. Looking back I asked, "How would Friends like to think that was one of the golden mo­ structure this tomorrow?" In a touch­ ments of the conference for me, and I'll ingly quiet voice, a Kenyan woman said, haul it out every once in a while and en­ "I would like an evangelical one." The joy it with a cup of tea or a glance out next day, we sang several hymns to­ the window. Little glimpses of Truth, I gether, picking out tunes tentatively, call them. Maybe someday I'll have a big

Programmed Worship in Nairobi Beads on a Necklace

Before I got to the world conference glimpse of a culture where people at Chavakali, I got a few glimpses of don't live by watches and don't even how I see things, where I come from, own them. Ushered firmly but with Friends and their luggage gather at Friends and how the way I interpret things has great welcome to our seats, we squeezed International Center in Nairobi. more to do with background and up­ together on backless wooden benches, bringing than truth with a capital "T." like beads on a necklace, while others or "Stand up." I was sure at least one Other people may act differently, poured in behind us and did likewise. of the men up front was the pastor, but and-surprise of surprises-things are In all the activity, it took me at least instead of his giving a single sermon, likely to come out just as well or better. 20 minutes to realize everyone on our several people took turns telling their For example, let me take you with side of the room was female, everyone stories of faith. In between testimonies me to my first programmed worship on the other side was male, and just and Bible readings, we sang hymns service in Kenya. It took place in about everyone but four or five of us that sounded vaguely familiar, and I Nairobi at Friends International Cen­ was black. However, just like Quaker discovered a convenient thing: Kiswa­ ter, where I was part of a preconfer­ meeting at home, a little kid kept hili has a bouncy pronunciation one ence work camp. I stayed with a host crawling over our laps to get from one can imitate, as long as no one else is · family, Timothy and Julia Makunda person to another, while everyone pa­ trying to understand you. and their seven children and two neph­ tiently helped him get there. Unlike I was also surprised to find myself ews. My roommate, Linda Jenkins, meeting at home, every seat was filled, fighting off tears throughout the entire was a Quaker lawyer and mother of and we were constantly being asked to service. I was surrounded by awareness two from New Hampshire. Linda and squeeze tighter together to make room. of all the people from home who were I understood that meeting for worship Within a few minutes, there was an there with me in spirit, and how very on Sunday would start at 8:30 a.m. overflow of faces in the doorway be­ much I wanted them to know and see Convinced it was written in stone-or hind us, with more arriving all the time and feel and hear the people who were at least on a photocopied schedule of and trying to fit inside. with me in that room. I couldn't have events, as it would be back home-we I couldn't understand a word that explained our amazing family of passed along the information to Julia. was said in the Kiswahili service, but Quakers to anyone at that moment, ex­ She poo-pooed it and, with a flip of the spirit was beyond belief. The room cept to say there is a place where faith her hand, said, "That's too early. rapidly became warm, I could feel the comes from that words don't reach We'll go when we get up." people beside me breathing in and out very well, and I believe that is our com­ So, closer to 9:30 we arrived at the against my ribs, and Julia would nudge mon ground. meetinghouse and joined the crush of me periodically to point out the Bible people who were just getting there-a verse being read or to tell me, "Pray," -Melissa Kay Elliott

FRIENDS JOURNAL December 1991 9 FIFTH WORLD CONFERENCE OF FRIENDS mud, in clothes we would probably never wear in such combination at home, the stress and strangeness of our Kenyan Quakers living situation written all over us. There's a funny thing about those photos, though. It's as though the faces are separate from the dirty or clean clothes, the fuzzy background of rainy in Search of Peace windows and dimly lit rooms. I see ra­ diant smiles and determination, a spirit of adventure and eagerness, a tenacious by Joram M. Amadi kind of reaching out. Those photos tell me worlds about our nspired by the Holy Spirit, ignited tears and said, ''There is not one yearly belief in finding that of God in each at the Fifth World Conference of meeting in Kenya that has been estab­ other, and in the power of love and ac­ I Friends at Chavakali, Kenyan Quak­ lished in peace and joy." Miriam, who ceptance. Gifts of the spirit aren't as ob­ ers vowed to come together, to recon­ is the World Health Organization repre­ vious as red mud; it takes love and con­ cile, and bring about peace and under­ sentative in Addis Ababa, was raised in fidence in the other person to find com­ standing, which has long evaded them. a Quaker family, her father having been mon ground. But, then, that's what we As the delegates.hugged one another in one of the earlier converts to Friends Quakers believe in, isn't it? One ten-day farewell after the ten-day conference Church in Kenya. conference can't teach us everything we came to an end, the Kenyan Friends There are five yearly meetings recog­ need to know about getting along with said, "Let's come together and work in nized by the Friends World Committee each other, but it does give us a glimpse unity." for Consultation in Kenya. There is into each other's souls. D What touched the Kenyan Friends mounting pressure to establish a sixth most at Chavakali was the speech by one. The present five are East Africa A member of Corvallis (Oreg.) Meeting, Melissa Miriam Were on "Faith in Action," Yearly Meeting, based at Kaimosi; East Kay Elliott is associate editor ofFRIENDS JoURNAL. when she dramatically broke down in Africa Yearly Meeting (South), operat­ ing from Vihiga; Elgon Religious Soci­ ety of Friends, operating from Lugulu; ·East Africa Yearly Meeting of Friends (North), operating from Kitale; and Nairobi Yearly Meeting. Pressure is building to set up Central Yearly Meet­ ing, to be based at Lirhanda. Miriam Were is aware of the split among Kenyan Quakers, and that is why she challenged them to come together. She said: "Let there be love and caring among us. We in Kenya must introduce a new type of Quakerism. Friends who came to us brought love, training, cor­ porate responsibility, and peace in our community. We need to re-establish that community.'' She went further and said: "What are we doing in our churches? We are kill­ ing the fellowship of Christ! We are so much occupied with power politics that nobody cares about proper church lead­ ership. We are getting into a muddle and do not know what to do with Christ." These were strong words for Quakers

Left: Friends visit outside Chavakali Friends Church after a plenary session. Page 11: A night of singing and feasting ends a day of performances by African Friends.

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name was unanimously accepted. She will take over from Filemona Indire at the end of the year. Joyce is from Soweto, South Africa. A dedicated Quaker, she created a very positive im­ .Pression at the Chavakali conference. In a brief speech after her election, Joyce read a verse from Isaiah 6:8, which says: "Then I heard the Lord say, 'Whom shall I send, and who will be our messenger?' Then I said, 'Here am I! Send me.' " 0

(As a result of the spirit of peace and unity at the Chavakali gathering, Ken­ yan Friends decided to hold a peace con­ ference among themselves on Oct. 12. FRIENDS JouRNAL has received word that the event was canceled, due to dif­ ficulties. We hope that such efforts will in Kenya, coming from one of them. Africa Section caused some anxious continue, and we will publish word if we They suddenly realized that the split moments during the Chavakali confer­ receive it. -Eds.) among them was causing untold harm. ence. At the first meeting, Friends ex­ The Fifth World Conference of pressed reservation about the suggested Joram Amadi is a journalist in Kenya. He was Friends at Chavakali brought together nominee and asked the Nomination managing editor ofThe Standard, one ofthe three more than 200 Kenyan Friends who Committee to think again. Finally, Joyce national newspapers in Kenya. He was born ofa had not met for some years. The Friends Quaker family and is a member of East Africa Duduzile Mtshazo, from Central and Yearly Meeting (South). He worked/or 35 years Church in Kenya, established in 1984, Southern Africa Yearly Meeting, was before he retired to his present home at Chango, was supposed to bring together all appointed, and, at a second meeting, her in Margoli, Kenya. the yearly meetings and coordinate all the Quaker activities in Kenya. The ex­ ecutive secretary, who was supposed to be appointed by the Central Council, has not been named, and a proper secre­ Reflections on Togetherness tariat has not been set up at Kaimosi. The Central Council of the Friends Challenged by 'lhlth Church in Kenya is supposed to coor­ The World Conference at Chava­ luhya. Some women moved on to dinate links between all the yearly kali is a blessing to the Quakers of wear African clothes and covered meetings and approve all requests for Africa. The gathering showed great their heads with pieces of cloth. On new yearly meetings. The final authori­ joy. One long-time Quaker stated at a deeper level, Africans appreciated ty of the Friends Church in Kenya is the meeting for worship that he had the absence of discrimination and the vested in its triennial meeting of repre­ met his friend he last saw years ago. interest Friends showed in one an­ sentatives from all constituent yearly The two old friends expressed their other. At this time I was reminded of meetings. happiness even after the worship out­ the issue of Jesus and the Samaritan Some concerned Friends even think side the church by shaking hands for woman at the well. Jesus set an ex­ that the name "East Africa Yearly about three minutes. I was convinced ample of breaking the racial barriers Meeting" is a misnomer and rather ludi­ that it was very important for the between the Jews and the Samaritans crous. East Africa covers Kenya, Ugan­ Quakers to meet at Chavakali. by interacting with the Samaritan da, and Tanzania. Both Tanzanian and I also observed mutual listening woman. Ugandan Quakers have their own year­ and understanding among partici­ It is my conviction that the good ly meetings, affiliated with Friends pants. The respect toward one another relationships among the participants World Committee for Consultation, was encouraging. Race or color was were guided in spirit and in truth. Africa Section. They do not operate not important. I noticed that in spite Dear Friends, we are challenged to under the Kenyan yearly meetings. So of the conference's common language maintain the practice. it seems unwise for Kenyan Friends to being English, Friends from outside Joram A. Avugo, cling to the original name, "East Africa Africa worked hard to learn and East Africa Yearly Meeting Yearly Meeting," when Tanzania and speak some words in African lan­ Uganda are separate entities. guages, especially Kiswahili and Ki- continued The appointment of a new clerk of the

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Reflections ·Epistle from continued

ear Friends Everywhere, Staying in Kenyan Homes D Mirembe A valina!* Greet­ {Most participants at the World Con­ ings in Spirit and in Truth. As we meet ference in Kenya stayed in the homes for the third and final gathering of the ofKenyan Friends either during work Fifth World Conference of Friends at camps preceding the conference or two Chavakali near Kaimosi, the birthplace days during the conference whenhome­ of Quakerism in Kenya, we are con­ stays were part of the program. The scious of the prayers and preparatory following are two Friends' reflections study of Friends around the world. on that experience.-Eds.] A ride on someone's back is a way of life We give thanks for the gatherings at f or small Kenyan Friends. Elspeet, the Netherlands, and Tela, The force of Kenyan Quaker sim­ Honduras, the accompanying gather­ plicity emerged most clearly through Kenyan hosts enacted daily the pre­ ings of Young Friends, and the work homestays. We were met with great cepts of a faith that appeared to my camps that preceded our present gath­ and winning hospitality by hosts who northern eyes to be as simple and pro­ ering. Nearly 400 Friends are gathered were glad to share what they had, and found, as demanding and fulfilling, as here from 29 countries. We rejoice proud of the bounty of the gorgeous, the material conditions of their lives. that for the first time at a World Con­ A Quaker from the United States such ference, so many Friends from Africa as myself, coming out of a computer­ have been able to participate. programmed worship, had all the We arrived in this beautiful place in world to learn from the faith and the midst of heavy downpours. Ken­ practice I was privileged to share in yan Friends assured us that this was Kenyan homes. God's blessing, ending a two-month Herbert Tucker, local drought just in time for the sec­ Baltimore Yearly Meeting ond planting season. We were also faced with water shortages, electricity Kaimosi is the village in which I failures, and rich, red mud. Many of spent a weekend with a simple farm­ us were at first uncomfortable, appre­ ing family, living in a typical Kenyan hensive, and thrown off balance, but house they made from mud and cow these problems became opportunities dung. One of the highlights of my for service to each other. We appreci­ visit was when they showed me "The ate the efforts that Kenyan Friends Hill of Vision," where the two have made to have such a large gather­ Ronis Chapman (Australia Yearly Meeting) original U.S. Quakers, who had just ing in a rural area, rather than in a city. with Kenyan Friends at a work camp arrived in that area, mounted the hill As we lived simply, many of us learned and had a vision that they could build how few material comforts we need in fertile red earth from which they liter­ a Quaker community in the area. I order to praise God and be happy. For ally draw their livelihood. Sharing was shown the original church they it is in the intimate sharing and love with host families the produce of had built and the home they built and experienced in the community of the their own shamba gardens, around lived in. Holy Spirit that Friends know unity. plain tables on earth floors, in unelec­ From those two Quakers who ar­ The Spirit moved powerfully among trified and unplumbed homes, seemed rived in 1902 have arisen a Bible col­ us as we praised God in worship, song, uncannily like reliving the experience lege, a number of Quaker schools, and fellowship. As we met in various of early Friends in the Northern and a Quaker hospital, as well as the forms of worship, we experienced the Hemisphere. . . . thousands of Quakers all over Kenya same divine fellowship in other Quak­ It may have been because the reli­ now, with hundreds of churches and er worship traditions as we experi­ gious spirit of the Kenyan Quakers schools. In my view, the vision has enced in our own. The enthusiasm and who honored me in their homes was turned into a miracle. This will be my depth of insight of the many Young so completely knit with the physical lasting impression of Kenya. Friends among us enhanced our time texture and ground of their lives that together. Weekend home visits provid­ I could know that spirit best in their Edward S. Nattrass, ed a rich opportunity for hosts and homes. With solemnity and joy, my London Yearly Meeting visiting Friends alike to share together

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Gathering in the life of the community. The con­ have been challenged to be more coher­ trade, to remove the causes of war, and ference became host to local Friends ent about our faith, and more charita­ to achieve a right distribution of the who met with us to praise Jesus in ble in our serving and in our leading. Earth's scarce resources. gospel singing and traditional enter­ And we must be more informed in our The young tree that was planted and tainments, followed by a lavish Afri­ attempts to do God's will on Earth as tended in the Netherlands and Hon­ can banquet, provided by the Kenyan we reach across cultural differences. duras has deepened its roots and has United Society of Friends Women. All We are called to transcend our divi­ been nourished by living water. As we through the gathering, whether in un­ sions, be they local, theological, cul­ return to our communities, we pray programmed ministry or gospel sing­ tural or international, so we can be a that this tree will grow, blossom, and ing, we experienced times when, in the beacon of compassion in our ravaged produce the fruits of the Spirit: love, words of George Fox, "The power of world. joy, peace, patience, kindness, gener­ the Lord was over all." We stand at a turning point in hu­ osity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self­ In worship and celebration, we have man development. The dignity of hu­ control (Gal. 5:22-23). We urge Friends felt the power of the Spirit. Yet we have man life and the sustainability of all life to seek the deepening of our faith, many different understandings of the forms on the planet are at stake. We which is the only true basis for effec­ source of the Spirit and of the ways in are troubled by the oppression of wom­ tive action. which it works in our lives. Some en, the sufferings of people all over the Signed on behalf of the gathered Friends find a welcome richness in this world, and the violation of Mother Friends, diversity of faith, while others are an­ Earth. We are urged to turn away from Dan Seeger, Clerk guished that we do not share a com­ weapons and toward the wisdom of mon religious understanding. We pray women. We call upon Friends to inten­ *" Greetings Friends!" in Luhya, the for reconciliation among Friends. We sify our campaign to end the arms language of Western Kenya. FIFTH WORLD CONFERENCE OF FRIENDS YOUNG FRIENDS

Friend from the United States, who said she had purchased a Bible, intending to One Body, leave it in Kenya, but now planned to take it back with her for further study. The plethora of clerks led me to sug­ gest an interest group on the Quaker business method, which was well-attend­ Many Parts ed. Kenyan yearly meetings use the meth­ od common in the United States of hav­ ing separate recording and presiding by Peter Hancock clerks and presenting minutes at a later session or subsequent meeting. If the mmediately following the world con­ and unprogrammed worship. The latter, membership of the subsequent meeting ference at Chavakali High School though tending to be rather filled with differed from the original, minutes Iwas the third of the Young Friends Bible readings, worked surprisingly well, might be reviewed in the light of new follow-up gatherings. Four new faces given the number of those present who opinions, a concept that caused London from overseas joined 20 or so people were wholly unused to the format. The Yearly Meeting Friends to boggle some­ who stayed on from the main conference, singing tended to be faster than in the what. However, on the whole I got the together with about 40 new Kenyans, al­ main conference: after one slow open­ impression that at least the theory of most exclusively male. Many of the Ken­ ing verse, we were urged to sing the rest what we think of as the Quaker business yans also rather stretched the definition at "young Friends speed." The tight method is quite widely understood. How of young; although one member of my timetable resulted in everything starting well it fares in practice is open to ques­ sharing group was 16, three were in their late, which unfortunately resulted for tion (including within London Yearly 40s. I was further struck by the number me in a general feeling that nothing was Meeting). I was most impressed by an of assorted clerks present. Indeed, the very important. Worship-sharing groups intervention during a difficult period in first Kenyan to admit to being just an came at the end of the morning and suf­ our open epistle drafting session. We ordinary member in the introductory fered most from the sliding timetable. weren't getting anywhere, and it was a session got a round of applause. As a result, ours only rarely achieved Friend from Burundi who suggested that The timetable was rather ambitious­ much depth, though we learned quite a we needed a period of silence, which in ly packed, with plenary sessions, wor­ lot about the way things are done in our his experience allowed the Holy Spirit to ship-sharing groups, Bible studies, inter­ various yearly meetings. The Bible stud­ be heard. est groups, and alternating programmed ies had a positive effect on at least one Part of the problem with the epistle was wondering whether we had anything Paul Niebanck, Jr., much to say. We agreed that most of the (North Pacific Yearly challenges had come from the interest Meeting), paints a chair at a preconference work camp. groups, which sadly had a rather Euro­ pean/ North American agenda, with only the problem of enthusing Young Friends groups being suggested by a Ken­ yan. One of the best-attended groups was on AIDS, a subject particularly ter­ rifying for Kenyan Quakers, given its alarming prevalance in the country and its association with "unChristian" activities. Was it all worth it? Despite the rather negative tenor of this report, I have to say yes. Such contacts allow us all to become clearer on what being Quaker means for us. The answers will differ widely between cultures, but the young­ er this happens, the better. Many of those present will doubtless go on to be "leaders," as the Kenyans would put it, in their meetings.

Peter Hancock and his wife Laura five in Stirling, Great Britain, and are members of London Year­ ly Meeting.

14 December 1991 FRIENDS JouRNAL Making Room in My Inn

accumulate images. They nourish shepherd, and the king, and set them on me. My garret hideaway is a mu­ by Helen Weaver Hom the rock as they had been on our man­ I seum crowded with sculptures, col­ telpiece. Just one last celebration of that lages, paper cuts, and paintings I have Amazing Grace before the cows nosed made, and pictures that have spoken to I unwrapped each them off and ground them under hoof. my condition. Although new urgencies Firmly, I closed the door and braced breed new symbols and new hungers member of the Holy against it the 4 x 4 David uses to keep clamor to be fed, the old images still Family, the shepherd, sou'westers from blowing it open. I glow with power for me. They spill out went back to the attic to burrow further. all over the house. As an advocate of and the King, and But as I consolidated boxes and Quaker simplicity, I am a laughingstock. set them on the rock stacked up old camping gear, I got to This summer, simplification became thinking. That big-breasted Earthrnother essential. My parents sold their summer as they had been on Mary, lying on her side propped up on cottage, and my sister and I cleared it her elbow so she can see her kicking new out, bringing horne heirlooms for our­ the mantelpiece. baby Jesus-isn't she the Goddess I selves and our children. My 23-year-old need right now in my first efforts at pro­ daughter moved back in with all her ac­ fessional counseling with hard pressed cumulation while she made a transition superfluous. I strode with the boxful Appalachian women? A hill country from school to job. I bulldozed through down to our workshop and flung open mother, broad shouldered, big footed, the attic beforehand, trying to make the back door to chuck them into the rough, tender, genuine to the core. I room. Among the Christmas things were pasture where the cows would trample need her right in front of me now to love creche figures I had sculpted out of clay them and they would go back to the soil. me into powerful authenticity beyond all from our own stream bank here on the Clean sweep. my book learning. farm. We have my parents' beautifully There was a large flat rock just be­ What a babe I am at the diagnoses carved nativity figures now, so they were yond the doorjamb. (Had my Shadow and treatment plans and split second, Helen Weaver Horn is a member ofAthens (Ohio) known that all along?) I unwrapped life-and-death decisions! But following Meeting. each member of the Holy Family, the a real leading from the Holy Child in-

FRIENDS JouRNAL December 1991 15 side me, for sure. Don't I need that of the cow I drew a decade ago to in­ the shepherd yet, nor the king. I kneel Jesus with his kicking feet at the end of voke healing when I felt stressed enough down. I don't even know what it is my days to revive the sweet vigor of my to get an ulcer. "Drink my milk and about the shepherd that makes me want new calling? I clatter down the stairs. chew your food slowly as I do, child," him close to me in this needy season. Has the herd come up from the water that cow seemed to say. "Rest in the Something about the limits of my brain­ trough yet? Are the figures smashed? I long grass and let those flies do their power to respond effectively to the vic­ heave aside the 4 x 4 and pull open the buzzing. Smell the flowers." Like the timized women I am confronted with. door. There they sit in the quiet sunlight, understanding mother of Ferdinand the Something about knowing I have to be Mary and Jesus, my own dear Parent Bull. I called that cow ·picture "Easy more fully available, with whatever and Child. I take them back up to the Does It." She helped breathe peace in­ powers of the Spirit I've got, making house and settle them on the ledge be­ to me then. This cow could do it now. room in my inn. I realize suddenly that tween the windowsill and the screen in I pick her up along with Joseph and my mouth is gaping open at the shep­ front of my desk. I can't close the win­ carry them both back to my window herd just as his own is gaping at the now dow with them there, of course, but it's ledge. I even go, as though in a dream, transported baby Jesus. I pick him up summer, and the porch roof keeps out to the shed and fetch back hay to tuck tenderly and stand. the rain. under her and cushion the baby Jesus. Before I turn, though, I look down at Cutting up carrot sticks and cukes for Later that afternoon, I read in Gerald the lone king I made to represent all lunch, I think about the inner parenting May's Addiction and Grace about are­ principalities and powers, all prognosti­ I need these days to keep me steady and tarded person who had a palpable sense cators and wise men. He was my least help me sort through doubts. I think of of reverence. "He had room for Him in favorite figure. Creek bank clay wasn't bearded Joseph, leaning on his stick, his his inn," May wrote. My mind flashes right for the likes of him. I had tried to big clay work shoes, the loving tilt to his on the kneeling clay shepherd I had decorate his robe with royal stripes and head as he stands over Jesus, protecting made for our creche, with big blunt give him a treasure box to carry, but his him from harm, feeding the donkey hands and a gaping mouth, bringing the train stuck out awkwardly behind like faithfully through all the hullabaloo, Holy Family fruits in a bowl. He really some old walrus flipper, his hands and paying heed to disturbing dreams, sad­ didn't look all there, and yet all of him feet were ignoble blobs, his golden cas­ dling up when they need to move on. My there was was there, bringing the best he ket looked more like a lump of dross. feminist iconoclasm has mellowed, I re­ had, not standing on ceremony, given. Stiff old battered royalty, creaking its alize. That most human father who is He was like the Latin round, Ego sum way toward a new Coming. He even had loyal to Mary in the face of her mystery pauper, nihil habeo, cor meum dabo ("I a bad crack in his side. It wouldn't take fills me with gratitude. His rod and his am poor. I have nothing. I will give my much of a cow swipe to do him in. Good staff, they comfort me. It would be heart"). riddance to the ancien regime! But then, good to have Joseph parenting that child I bolt out of my chair and run to the I thought, he did come. Twelve days self of mine too. I go back down to the workshop, shove aside the 4 x 4 and late, but he finally heeded, and gathered shop before calling David for lunch, fling open the door again. As I feared, his forces and came. The crack in his move aside the 4 x 4, and reopen the the cows are grazing just beyond the flat heavy robe might even make it easier for door. Joseph's stick has rolled off into rock, but they haven't nosed up against him to get down off his high horse and the grass, but he is there, smiling to him­ kneel. He knows he needs the Simple self as though he knew I would come. One. He is there without a retinue, I crouch down. My clay cow has lost himself attending. Don't I know that a horn, but she still speaks to me, lying There they sit in stiffness, starting a new career at almost down, ruminating, breathing out great the quiet sunlight, 60, stripped of my old certainties, con­ warm hay-smelling breaths, lowing. She fronting woundedness that confounds gave Jesus her manger for a bed. I think Mary and Jesus, my theories and makes all the labels my own dear parent libelous. Forced to be swift when I ache to be deliberate and weigh everything. and child. Forced to think fast, pray, trust and let go. No wonder I want to leave him out in the cold to be trampled. He can barely make it, dragging that train of thought and patterned action behind him. But he needs to be with the others. He is part of the Mystery, dross and all. Yes, they are all reassembled here be­ fore me where I write in my journal this morning. Joseph has a new staff. Cow ruminates. King waits his turn. When the cold weather comes, I'll have to close the window. But there is an old table out on the porch, just beyond my screen. And Christmas will be corning­ the one that isn't each naked new day of my life. 0

16 December 1991 F'IuENDS JouRNAL VILLAGE CHRISTMAS times up to the ceiling. One and all had been chopped down by the boys and dragged there from the woods outside the Village fence. Every tree hung heavy with handmade ornaments, colored chains, and shiny bells cut from alumi­ num foil sent from U.S. grocery stores. Packaged icicles from the States had been carefully counted and divided so that each child had four strands for his or her Christmas tree. Sorka, the Kalmuk boy who had lived six years in refugee camps and had still no hope of moving on because his skin was dark, his features Asian, and his religion Buddhist, painted a head of Santa Claus for the door of the room he shared with the Russian, Niki. A friendly Santa it was, too, with round face, red hat, and thick white beard, but a Santa without mirth, ·without, one was certain, the kind of laughter that was belly-shaking. The dining halls were crisscrossed with t Christmas in 1949 my husband red streamers and camouflaged with by Natalie Pierce Kent and I were working in Germany branches of green. Even the policeman A with the American Friends Serv­ at the gate had a little tree attached to ice Committee, living in the Internation­ the red and white railroad-like barrier al Refugee Organization's Children's he raised each time a car came or went Village in Bad Aibling, between Munich from this former Luftwaffe camp. In and Salzburg. The Village was, in the the middle of the great field, visible to Even the policemen time of which I write, the stopping place all the barracks, including the nursery for 500 displaced boys and girls, month­ (once the Nazi officers' quarters) stood at the gate had old babies to 21-year-old youths. the biggest tree of all, resplendent in The stores in Germany that year were each night's darkness, boasting the on­ a little tree not filled with ornaments and toys, so ly string of electric Christmas tree lights we could not shop. Nor could we climb in the Village. attached to the to any attic to fetch the treasured boxes One damp Thursday in this holiday holding the accumulation of Christmas­ time, several grammar school classes red and white es gone by. Christmas began in August from a school for U.S. occupation chil­ for those of us who started then to write dren arrived in buses to visit. They came railroad-like letters to all the people we had ever to hear our children sing "Silent Night" known and even ones we scarcely knew, in English and to themselves sing "0 barrier he raised asking for the makings of a holiday. Christmas Tree" in German. The visi­ As December came to the Village, tors, though self-assured, seemed uneasy each time a car there was still no snow except on the in their performance, perhaps feeling the highest slopes of the Alps, where it had intent gazes with which they were being came or went been all summer and all fall. Everywhere watched. There had always been Ameri­ in the bleak, echoing corridors, in the cans in the Village, but rarely an Ameri­ from this former bare bedrooms with their narrow cots can child. Now here were whole rows of and wooden stools, it was looking more them, alive and singing. Whispers about Luftwaffe camp. like Christmas. In every bedroom stood the "amerikanische Kinder" raced a Christmas tree, sometimes small, some- through the rooms. To be an American child, or at least to be a child in Ameri­ Natalie Pierce Kent's article appeared in the December 13, 1958, issue ofFluENDs JoURNAL. At ca, was the dream of many in those days the time it was written, the Kent family were mem­ of waiting. bers of Ithaca (N.Y.) Meeting. At lunch the American children filled

FRIENDS Jou RNAL December 1991 17 nearly two of the dining rooms, our refu­ All three were Polish girls, all yellow­ gee children eating in hurried shifts haired, all blue-eyed, all wearing-and around them. The Village fare that day this I had scarcely noticed before that was good: There was meat, usually found day-long brown stockings, wrinkled at only in soup as a taste, not a substance. the knees, and thick, ill-fitting coats There was also gravy, potatoes, cab­ made from U.S. Army uniforms. We bage, black bread, and ersatz coffee walked together, the girls pointing out with powdered milk. All was served as cowboy boots, bright- plaid skirts, col­ usual in the tin, partitioned eating trays ored socks, and· shiny patent leather and eaten with the familiar utensil, a shoes. " American children are so pret­ fork at one end and a spoon at the other. ty," whispered Ursula, lovely in her The guests busied themselves opening olive drab. "And all the girls have cur­ metal lunch boxes, spreading the con­ ly hair!" tents on the tables. They drank orange As we neared the sleeping quarters, juice from glass jars, ate ham between thin slices of buttered white bread, and finished up with oranges or bananas and cookies. Most Village children under ten It was not having had never, except in pictures, seen a ba­ nana, and white bread was a novelty to permanently waved all. Some visitors shared cookies or fruit with their hosts, and more of them hair and bananas would undoubtedly have done so had it occurred to them that such everyday that mattered. lunch-box fare could have interest. We, the grown-up ones, who stood What mattered was along the sidelines among the children awaiting a place to eat, were questioned: having someone "Are they all American?" "Do they all speak English?" "Will they go back to who cared whether America?" Henry, 17 and Polish, stood quietly watching; then he quietly asked, those things were "Do they all have mothers and fathers?" A great shyness overcame our little had or not had. girls, usually so full of talk. Malvina, a Rumanian girl who could speak fluent­ ly four languages, including Hebrew, resolved to converse in her fifth lan­ guage, English. Carefully she rehearsed the girls, flattered that their rooms clicked and clacked and echoed through what she would say and then approached would be visited, ran in ahead of the the halls; the teachers' voices told the a girl her own size. Her words were guests, certain that now at last they had children to stop pushing or they would spoken with a voice so small that she something wonderful to show. These have to return to the buses. was either not heard or not understood, girls were part of the smallest Village One cannot know what these groups and the strange little girl moved on, group, the Six-to-Teners-smallest be­ of children, separated by barriers of never knowing that Malvina was there. cause Six-to-Teners were the children language and experience, communicated From the dining room the American born in wartime when births were few to one another that day. The American teachers led their charges by twos in col­ and survivors fewer. These were the chil­ children, it seemed, had no idea of what umns to inspect the Village. These dren who, lost, abandoned, surviving in this place with the stone buildings, as stylishly slim teachers aroused the inter­ the ruins of war, had at last been found. long as a city block and three stories est of the displaced adults here, where Now, four years after war's end, for the high, and the many children, quiet and one ate bread and potatoes and became first time in their lives they were settled staring, were all about. The Village chil­ fat but never full, where dieting was un­ where there was the certainty of heat in dren were at least as boggled by these heard of, and to be well fed was of great winter and beds for sleeping. Always outsiders, about whose coming they had importance. At lunch Mama Anna whis­ proud of their bedrooms, they were es­ been so excited, in whose presence they pered, ''American women really are as pecially so at this time, when they had suffered such agonies of shyness and un­ thin as in the magazines. Some look as displayed with such care their four satisfied curiosity. All sensed, no doubt, though they have the great hunger!" strands of tinfoil, had made angels for some distance, some difference, but The Village children, even the oldest their evergreen branches, and tiny paper what and how great that distance was, boys, gathered in subdued groups around creches for their radiator tops. they had no way of knowing. the grounds, just looking, as the guests The well-disciplined columns of school A few of us there knew, at least a lit­ strode confidently along the sidewalks. children filed in and out of buildings tle. We were the ones who had started I joined three small girls standing at the and bedrooms, orderly and politely curi­ as one of these carefully dressed, well­ edge of a walk, eyes wide with staring. ous. The teachers' high-heeled shoes chaperoned children. We had filed in

18 December 1991 FRIENDS JoURNAL and out of neat, red-brick school build­ ings, had been well nourished, prudently trained, secure in the rightness of our way, unmindful there could be another. We had slept at night in rooms with cur­ tains at the windows and had been tucked comfortably into beds made with sheets. Now we were here, too. Not that we could ever comprehend what being a child here could mean. But we had lived awhile in this place, where 500 children were termed by the books at headquarters, the rules of the United Nations, "Unaccompanied." These few syllables signified that they had come here alone and would have no one to go with them whenever and wherever they might go. We were the ones who could see, as some few like Henry saw, or al­ most saw, that it was not having per­ manently waved hair and bananas that mattered. What mattered was having someone who cared whether these things were had or not had. In the weeks of December, as gifts poured in from America, predictions spread that the children would be spoiled, that they would, after all, receive more for Christmas than they had thought of wishing for, than they needed or even wanted. I listened to these warnings, half believing, but Christmas night the fear of the children's having too much gave way to the aching knowledge that there could never be enough, not if the gifts were piled to the sky, to make up for the lack of love that is the precious part of Christmas and of life. These chil­ dren could have all the chocolates and toys a child could dream of and still be left forever wanting. Late in the night of Christmas Eve, when all was still, we found Eugeneusz carefully packing a shoe box with orang­ es, a washcloth, and candy for the moth­ er who lived in a distant refugee camp. She, who had borne him out of wed­ lock, was mentally incompetent and therefore ineligible for immigration. He was the privileged one, for there was someone who would care above all to receive a gift from him. Months after Christmas, in June, I went the last time down the long stone halls, saying good-bye, or rather, Auf­ Wiedersehen, since it was the intention that all would meet again sometime, somewhere, in America perhaps. The Santa Claus head still smiled from Sarka's door, a reminder of the Christ­ mas which, like this Santa Claus, was bright and friendly, yet lacking, too, in some quality of joy. 0

19 On Worship After the Ma

by Jay C. Rochelle contemplating other faces in the meet­ Jesus' birth. God submits to violence to ing. For all it takes form when we con­ raise up nonviolence, hope, and peace­ sider the effect of our life on others and fulness through the cross of Christ. We The following is an attempted their effect on and contribution to ours. do not need elaborate theories of divini­ summary of the thoughts and words In some meetings, people feel free to ask ty to encourage submission; we can yield of 15 Friends of57th Street Meeting, Friends to hold them in the Light for to the sense of the meeting, if the Chicago, Illinois, in conversation that day. We encourage, among us, such meeting is a matrix of love and trust. or on retreat 11 and 12 May 1990. a beseeching of the prayers and medita­ Since this time, the meeting has moved tions of others. Things that hinder worship ahead in adult forums and evening In meeting for worship, memory is a The latecomer poses a problem; classes to deepen our understanding major quality of meditation. We are re­ Friends want to incorporate all who are of worship, oversight, eldering, minded of aspects of our personal his­ present, but worship cannot center down and vocal ministry. tories that hold meaning for us. These and fully gather when others drift in aspects may bring pain as well as pleas­ throughout the appointed time. Friends ures, sorrow as well as support. It is im­ who come to meeting later and who then, portant to offer these memories into the only moments after arrival, breathless­ sense of the meeting to be healed, since ly offer vocal ministry are under suspi­ uaker meeting for worship re­ denial of the past is not. good for us cion of having outrun their Guide before quires a communal setting in psychologically or spiritually. In memory they even arrived. Friends do well to Q which to flower. With nothing as in other mental activities, we know come to worship having brought the af­ visible or audible in the way of ourselves to be-at least as interpreters fairs of the week into the realm of med­ structure, with an almost total absence -the creators of our own world; the itation and prayer and having read clas­ of spiritual symbols among us, assembly creative force of life may be known and sic devotional writings of Quakers and itself becomes a principal sign of the acknowledged and thanked in these of others. Spirit's presence. If the meeting is not moments of recollection. Previously planned vocal ministry can community, then we devolve to individ­ Images and symbols and words arise be a burden hard to tolerate among ual meditation, which quickly becomes in the silence and must be fit into a Friends. Those who plan such ministry isolated and disconnected. We seek that history of signs, whether personal or may have the advantage of forethought, connectedness in the Spirit which has corporate. Historic roots assist us with but suffer from the disadvantage of of­ been a hallmark of the Friends since the the interpretation of our experience in fering too many points or confusing the 1660s. the present. Good literature, Quaker spiritual with the solely political. Fur­ We often lack community-building and otherwise, can prepare us for life ther, there is often a surfeit of notional among us, either before or after meet­ among Friends. speech, in which the Friend who minis­ ings. We need to sense our belonging in Worship among Friends has been ters rambles on about a topic (or several) order to attain the level of trust and sen­ understood as a submission to the Spirit. rather than speaking from the spirit­ sitivity with one another that marks deep Worship has been called a yielding of the filled heart. Some Friends seem to repeat commonality and serves as a threshold self into the hands of God. In the the same message often in different to spiritual community. The meeting­ language of some contemporary psy­ words; these Friends might do well to house should be inviting and offer a set­ chologies, there must be a grounding for wait further guidance. ting in which our inner violence may be there to be a surrender. Put another Messages that extol the virtue and healed, allowing us to minister to one way, we must know the self before we value of the meeting itself may well be another in a spirit of love and kindness. are free to render it up to the Self of left at the door; Friends suffer embarass­ We also seek calmness· to take time to God. At the same time, we need a con­ ment and confusion when told how be with one another. Too much rush text for submission, an environment of good they are in the-context of a meeting · among friends means little time to sink trust and concern, or else we cannot and for worship, as many may be at that mo­ deep with another into spiritual conver­ will not submit. ment dwelling on their unworthiness to sation and common knowledge. The body must be healthy for submis­ sit in the silence. Affirmation and sup­ In meeting for worship, community sion to make spiritual sense to people. port is crucial to the life of the meeting is built as we hold one another in the Women today understand only too well but might better be delivered outside Light. For some this takes the form of that submission was required of them worship where such affirmation can prayer; for others it takes the form of but not of men, and the idea can be bond one friend to another. frightening for this reason alone. We Those who must hear such messages Jay C. Rochelle is associate professor of worship need to affirm that, in the mythology of are also perplexed because we currently and dean oft he chapel at the Lutheran School of biblical religion, God submits into hu­ have few means by which to elder people Theology in Chicago. man life, affirming humanity through in their ministry. The lack of centering

20 D ecember 1991 F RIENDS JoURNAL er of Friends

The old Quaker admonition to yield to the Spirit in meeting cuts both ways: one may yield to the spiritual urge either to speak or to remain silent.

among contemporary Friends makes it sages offered as ministry in worship are the cuteness of children, we need to seek hard to say, ''This is not helpful vocal offered best when people move from earnestly to know how to minister to ministry." We do not wish to presume their particularities to a universal setting. children and how to include them in we know what is right. Yet if we do not To refer to yourself a lot when you speak worship in ways that are beneficial to begin again to risk such statements, how may block hearers from finding the uni­ the whole meeting community. will we discern our center for a new age? versal tone in your personal melody. Often a flow develops in meeting, and We confess our failure to orient new­ We need a common narrative of a theme may emerge in vocal ministries comers about clear traditions of worship freedom and growth for our time. The that is summed up by a Friend called to and vocal ministry among Friends. We movement of Friends was characterized the ministry of summarizing. In such a need constantly to learn about the set­ by the unleashing of the power of the setting people's hearts are strangely ting and the specifics of meeting for Spirit, which was perceived to be stifled warmed. It is a covered meeting. Mes­ worship as these have been understood under organization, institution, and pro­ sages that sense the flow of the meeting across our history. If people do not fessional clergy. Yet if this Spirit is not are especially welcome, and messages know what they want or what to expect present among us today, of what use is that move from the personal to the uni­ from worship, then meeting will not cen­ the protest against these external forms, versal are best received. When we sense ter down. When people come among which often lead others to renewal of in the words that the speaker is search­ Friends seeking refuge from other tradi­ other forms of faith? In times past, ing and open to the Spirit and the mes­ tions in which they felt oppressed, a Quakerism was not an ideology or a sage is fervently felt, our inner receptivi­ burden is placed upon Quakerism that program or even so much a protest as ty interacts with the speaker to bring it cannot bear. Too many folks may it was a way of life that engendered a forth more and more Light. Friends are come to Quakerism on the rebound, es­ people with a language and a culture of urged to come to meeting for worship caping words, hiding in silence, fleeing their own, a "third force" in spirituali­ without deciding in advance either to fundamentalism. ty. This gentle but forceful culture was, speak or not to speak. The old Quaker The early flowering of Spirit among and may still be, acquired among us. admonition, "Did thee yield?" cuts Friends brought a freedom for ministry both ways: one may yield to the spiritual and not a freedom from it. There is no Things that foster worship urge either to speak or to remain silent. place for anger and abuse and animosi­ Silence that is full and vital fosters There is tension in the delicate balance ty. Friends who hold such feelings in worship. We cannot blank out the rest between introspection and social appli­ their hearts need help to overcome such of the world as we enter into the silence cation in vocal ministry. The Spirit alone feelings and find healing, but not in the of meeting for worship. In a sense, we guides us into voice, but we can remind meeting for worship, which is not set up ought not blank it out. This is the world ourselves of this tension from time to to address such concerns and ought not of our livelihood, where joys and sor­ time, so we do not unwittingly lose our be burdened by them. rows are experienced as the ground of balance and resolve the tension in favor Friends have been admonished, in the our faith and our faithfulness. Yet un­ of either side. Self-revelation is not past, to minimize the use of the personal necessary noise and fidgeting can disturb enough; only as the revelation of our pronoun in speaking out in worship. This us as well. Children have a place in wor­ selves is bound up in and amplified by is due not to a false sense of humility ship, but it is the place of the learner. the revelation of Spirit will ministry but rather to the genuine belief that mes- Since our attention is so easily drawn to come to fruition among us. D

FRIENDS JoURNAL December 1991 21 A Sharing of Silence by Claire Gerber Y appreciation of the medita­ tive quiet of Friends meeting Mwas augmented by a stay in an Episcopal monastery. I attended an Elder Hostel there for a week of learn­ ing about birds, flowers, and rocks of the Hudson River Valley. And I learned more about silence. I was the only Quaker-oriented mem­ ber of the group of senior citizens and, therefore, adapted more easily to the morning silence than the others, who were experiencing communal silence for the first time. However, two of the three daily meals were eaten wordlessly by all 25 of us, along with the ten monks who were in charge of the monastery. Eating without speaking took some getting used to for me, as well. This led to introspection on my part, and I should like to share some of my further realizations. All too often, quietness is a social hole that people feel they must ftll with mind­ less conversation. Silence has become a rare and even paradoxical condition, a presence known mostly by its absence, like thew in answer. Yet silence is poten­ tially in every midst. Friendship and love may deepen in a rapport that does not depend on the spoken word. There are ways of saying nothing and meaning everything. Personal pursuits are often enhanced by quiet: reading, fishing, painting, just sitting outdoors. The natural world has constant reminders of soundless beau­ ty, an endless wealth for the perceptive, such as flowers, butterflies, underwater motion, frost, fog, clouds, the stars. How to explain the common fear of silence, the need for noise? Is it an ef­ fort to blot out harsh reality or self­ confrontation? For some, silence is no longer than a held breath, no more wel­ come than a restraining hand over a mouth. But it can be a beckoning world, the only place where truth is to be found.D

Claire Gerber enjoys bicycle riding and being a hospice volunteer. She attends Atlantic City Area (N.J.) Meeting.

22 December 1991 FRIENDS JouRNAL Starting First-day Schools in Small Meetings

by Michelle O'Kane hen I first became a convinced ment that money spent on First-day member of my meeting, I was school was wasted, as ''the children Wfilled with new perspectives on wouldn't come anyway." Given the past ministry and the guiding Light that experience of the meeting, this comment shines within us all. I looked about the may have been justified. meeting with joy-filled eyes. However, But an inner voice called to me that coming from a Methodist background, this was all wrong and that First-day where Sunday school was an absolute school was not a lost cause. Our meeting given, I was shocked at what I felt was (what was left of it) used a lot of energy a lackadaisical attitude toward First-day for the very important cause of racial school. But with greater knowledge and unity. Various members have been in­ a little thoughtful prayer I began to volved in community projects ranging comprehend the special problems innate from child abuse, to tax reform, to in a small Quaker meeting. peace. All of these things are important, First, some members had in the past but so are our children. These important tried valiantly to start a First-day pro­ causes might well be lost if we could not gram. After a few committee meetings, reach our own children so they could a sign-up sheet was produced. The idea continue after we were gone. was that adults should volunteer a Sun­ To state the problem is often easy; to day or two at a time so that no one find a solution is more difficult and re­ would be burdened excessively with the quires time. I do not pretend to have the "chore" of teaching First-day school. ultimate solution to First-day school in Adults could bring literature and make small Quaker meetings, but perhaps the up a lesson for all the children. While following points can serve to clarify and this was a noble idea, volunteers were to guide: few. There were so few children it was me how much the meeting appreciated difficult to work up any enthusiasm. Attitude my efforts. I don't know how she knew Soon only two children ever came to In a meeting that had tried and failed I needed that so much. meeting-both of them mine. They were to establish a First-day school, this was relegated to a quiet room with a few old a potential brick wall in the way of Priorities toys and some coloring books while another attempt. A positive attitude and How important are the children? We are adults had silent worship and group encouraging feedback can make a dif­ always able to make time and money discussion. This did not happen from ficult task seem much easier. available for those things that are the lack of caring. It happened because of Fortunately, this turned out to be an most important to us. frustration with a program that did not exceedingly low wall and one quickly Our meeting had only five to ten mem­ work. overcome in our case. Without the sup­ bers who attended regularly. Donations Second, along with the decline in child port of the meeting, any attempt at the were low and therefore money was tight. attendance came a decline in weekly sometimes awesome job of teaching How could we possibly justify spending adult attendance at silent worship. The children is doomed to failure. When a money for children who weren't even meeting hit an all-time low . I am told few of us attempted to turn First-day there? I cheekily told Bill, the treasurer, by other Friends that this is a common school around, we had tremendous sup­ that children brought their parents and scenario among small meetings. Along port from the meeting clerk, his wife, parents brought checkbooks. We did with low attendance came some finan­ our treasurer, and tacit approval to find (eventually) that with an active cial concerns. From an older long-time "give it a go" from nearly all the other First-day school, regular attendance member of the meeting came the com- members of the meeting. Whenever the grew-and with it donations. In fact, situation looked hopeless, Mary Lou­ monthly receipts increased by far more Michelle O'Kane is First-day school coordinator one of the long-time members of the than the amount spent on First-day at Winchester Centre (Va.) Meeting. meeting-used to give me a hug and tell materials.

FRIENDS JOURNAL December 1991 23 organization is that if the person who coordinates First-day school follows a wrong path, there is room for change that does not humiliate or deprive some­ one of their means of living. There are other ways in which this person can minister. Consistency Many childhood experts will tell you that the one essential to raising children is consistency. It is no less important in First-day school. It is virtually impossible to have con­ sistency when adult leadership changes from week to week. Ideally, adults should commit themselves to one year, six months at the least. Our meeting saw no growth in First-day attendance until an adult became committed to the pro­ gram. Others in the meeting help for various lengths of time, usually an en­ tire month. In this way, children who come infrequently have someone they know will be there for them. Children who come regularly have a chance to be close to another adult within the meeting. Persistence This sometimes gets the job done when nothing else will. It took months before children other than my own came to First-day school. Week after discourag­ ing week, a lesson was prepared with no one to receive it. Notices were sent to past members and long-lost attenders announcing First-day school had ar­ rived. Children were contacted by phone. It was nearly a year before the meeting Accountability problem with my new "Quaker eyes." saw a significant change. But change did If something is everyone's job, it is in This was an opportunity to minister to come. With slow and faltering steps, effect no one's. Just as with any other some very important people. As we say, our First-day school has grown from administrative function, coordinating "the Way opened," and I was presented one student and no dasses to as many religious education by committee or with a possibility I never would have had as 14 in three classes. Just wait till next group is virtually impossible. For exam­ in church. As I began to teach "lessons" year! ple, picture one person buying a box of each week to our haphazard group, I was crayons and then picture a group of five lovingly allowed to bungle my enthusias­ Simplicity people trying to buy that same box of tic way through a learning period. I am It's an old Quaker tradition and a prac­ crayons. I'm sure you can imagine the sure most of the time I received more in tical idea. We found through heavy trial, long, involved discussions about price, terms of ministry than did the children and much error, that the simplest les­ type of crayons, how many, where and in our meeting. sons and First-day materials worked when to get everyone all together to buy Quaker organization, though loose, is best. In a world with little time left over, them. A single person will simply pick flexible. Much work is done in commit­ adults responded the best to teaching up a box at the store. tees but the responsibilities of clerk and lessons that were prepackaged with sim­ Through my "Methodist eyes" I saw treasurer are normally invested in a ple craft ideas and low preparation time. disarray and dysfunction in our meeting. single person at a time. Perhaps the Reviving a tired old brain each week to How could one possibly hope to run a responsibilities of religious education prepare a lesson is dreaded drudgery. responsible First-day school by commit­ should be vested in a single person as Talking over a story and helping chil­ tee, and one day at a time? No one in well. In a large organization a religious dren cut out a pattern for 30 to 45 min­ the meeting seemed to have time, energy, education coordinator would be fired if utes, however, is easy and fun. Children or expertise in religious education. With the program did not proceed satisfac­ will respond to a happy adult while be­ careful inner inspection, I looked at the torily. One of the advantages to meeting ing cold or rude to a hassled one.

24 December 1991 FRIENDS J OURNAL Isabel, who thought she could not re­ late well to children, nevertheless agreed cheerfully to take over a class for one day. She had long been interested in his­ tory-in particular, Quaker history. On First-day morning, I put out a pictorial history of Philadelphia Quakers and a storybook on William Penn. She began to tell about the different Philadelphia meetinghouses and their histories and what she knew about William Penn. My own class overheard and became so en­ Scattergood Friends School is a co-educational, college thralled with what she was doing, they preparatory, boarding and day high school for 50 students ended up in her classroom!

I feel that these are some of the keys • Excellent success in placing graduates in colleges and universities to a successful First-day program. Most • 4:1 student to faculty ratio other things a program ends up with are the tricks that work for a particular • Small classes and attention to the needs and interests of individuals meeting and the people involved. Liter­ • Extensive outdoor and farm experiences ature, crayons, and modeling clay do • Caring and supportive community life not work magic all by themselves. A car­ • Emphasis upon cooperation rather than competition ing adult who is familiar with the kids • Affordable tuition with extensive financial assistance and can read a Bible story and talk to them is far more important. A consis­ tent, supportive, and loving meeting will For additional information, or to arrange a visit, make that teacher's work easier and more rewarding. 0 call or write, Director ofAdmissions , Scattergood Friends School, Route 1, Box 32, West Branch, lA 52358 (319) 643-7600 Resources for First-day Schools For catalogs or other information, contact: • Friends General Conference Publications 1216 Arch St., 2B Philadelphia, PA 19107 Telephone: (215) 561-1700 • Friends United Meeting 101 Quaker Hill Dr. Richmond, IN 47374 Telephone: (317) 962-7573 • Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Library I 1515 Cherry St. EARLHAM SCHOOL Philadelphia, PA 19102 OF RELIGION Telephone: (215) 241-7220. A Quaker Seminary serving all Christian The library includes many books denominations about religious education and curric­ Preparing Men & Women to Serve Pastors • Chaplains • Teacher.~ ulum materials for all ages. Monthly Campus MJI\Ister.l • Church Adminlsrator.l meetings may request assistance in Peace & Justice Worlter.1 choosing and borrowing books, and materials will be mailed upon re­ Inquiries are welcome. Write or call: quest. Membership for non-mem­ Earlham School of Religion bers of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Qw.m Ministry. A" lm>itllli

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enabled to hear and obey God. We cannot George Fox puppetry expect the yearly meeting to be a shining ex­ dazzles Lake Erie YM ample of a faith community under the direct guidance of the Spirit unless a solid core of Lake Erie Yearly Meeting gathered on members are seriously engaged in living in­ Sixth Month 13-16 at Olney Friends School to the Truth, as we are challenged to do by in Barnesville, Ohio. The highlight came our history and faith. Saturday evening as the group sat on a steep Marty Grundy hillside overlooking a pond. Young Friends presented a pageant of episodes from Quaker history. Out of the woods on the far side of North Pacific YM the pond solemnly came George Fox-a giant puppet with five pairs of small legs sup­ North Pacific Yearly Meeting convened porting his massive head and hands. He was July 25-29 in Dillon, Montana, at Western followed by a single-file line of more than Montana College. Because the annual session 40 children, wearing bonnets and broad­ had never been held so far away from the brimmed hats, carrying pennants and ban­ west coast of Washington and Oregon, those ners reading "peace," "justice," " love." who gathered were amazed to learn they The program was restructured this year, numbered 389 persons. Friends asked them­ an experiment to provide more time for selves: Was it the distance traveled that workshops, discussions, and worship shar­ augmented the sense of community? Or was ing, with less time for business sessions. The it the presence of 49 Junior Friends, who had ambiance of the old Stillwater meetinghouse a lively group of their own? No one was cer­ helped center Friends for making several im­ tain. At meeting for worship on Sunday portant decisions in a short amount of time. morning, the Junior Friends led in the very We approved a clearness committee for a young Friends to sit in silence on the floor Kenyan Friend Simeon Shitemi, Friend in Friend who feels a leading to become a secre­ in the center of the huge circle of worshipers. Residence at North Pacific Yearly Meeting tary of nurture, and an oversight committee Many present felt moved by this communi­ for a modest experiment in funding a meet­ ty, which encompassed infants and the very Committee and other such organizations to ing nurturer. We reaffirmed our commitment old alike in a spiritual bonding many had not make these celebrations a time for gaining to Friends education by approving financial sensed before. fuller understanding about both unfortunate support for the Friends School in Detroit, Junior Friends throughout annual session and healthy interactions between native under the care of Green Pastures Quarterly were involved with adults in a new way. At peoples and Europeans. Meeting, and we also affirmed Olney Friends the final plenary session, a group of teen­ Eastside (Wash.) Meeting asked other School. We rejoiced at the approval of agers read their epistle, with its inclusion of meetings in NPYM to consider the Beyond monthly meeting status for the Mid-Ohio a loving letter of strength and support ad­ War Resolution, which condemns the Valley Worship Group (meeting in Mariet­ dressed to the yearly meeting's lesbian and worldwide arms trade as a violation of uni­ ta, Ohio) and the revival of Delaware (Ohio) gay people. versal human rights. The resolution was to Meeting. Simeon Shitemi, from Nairobi Yearly be considered at the Conference on Security Geoffrey Kaiser's marvelously humorous Meeting in Kenya, was Friend in Residence. and Cooperation in September. but well-aimed overview of North American His presence deepened the spiritual experi­ There were no central and conflicting Quaker history and theology, "15 Proposi­ ence of those in attendance and broadened issues at this annual session to give plenary tions and the Beanite Revelation," focused international awareness. Simeon also led sessions intensity. In fact, some Friends on our theme, "Perspectives of Quakerism: several lively small groups, giving Friends a found them dull. The theme of the Fifth Past and Present." A variety of worship­ sense of the complexities of being a delegate World Conference of Friends, "Faith in Ac­ sharing groups and workshops helped us re­ of his government to the United Nations, tion: In Spirit and in Truth," became a reali­ flect on Geoff's insights and to share our while at the same time being a Quaker who ty for many at this gathering, who found historical and current Quaker witness. Repre­ eschews violence. He met with children, ages their faith turned into at least some limited sentatives described the ministries of their five through eight, who were particularly ex­ action, with the hope that those actions will, Friends organizations. Johan Maurer of cited when, after he told them about Kenya, in turn, augment their faith. Right Sharing of World Resources reflected invited them to feel his hair. That "touch" on the past and present of FWCC, this year's of Africa will stick with them, possibly long­ Judith Brown featured Friends organization. er than anything he might have said. There is an undercurrent of concern for Plenary sessions dealt with three seasoned deepening the life of the Spirit in our yearly concerns. Salem (Oreg.) Meeting challenged Illinois Yearly Meeting meeting. As we explored this in the opening other meetings to look at the effects of rac­ session, we realized it must begin with the ism as it affects Friends' lives at both na­ Illinois Yearly Meeting met July 24-28 in inner work of each individual. We must con­ tional and personal levels. Eugene (Oreg.) McNabb, Illinois, in the same rural setting, tinually pay attention to the Light as it shows Meeting challenged Friends to affirm their amidst corn and soybeans, as it has for· more us things inside that do not conform to the solidarity with native peoples of this hemi­ than a century. Fortunately, the weather Light. We must then ask God to transform sphere, on the occasion of the 1992 quincen­ turned cool and crisp as the sessions started those parts so we are better able to hear and tennial of Columbus's arrival in North and Friends considered the theme "Walking obey God. As we commit ourselves to this America. Eugene Friends encouraged others Cheerfully Over All the Earth." individual process, we as a group will be to join with the American Friends Service Evening events helped Friends focus and

26 December 1991 FRIENDS JouRNAL WILLIAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL Est. 1689 Kindergarten through share together. Judy Gottlieb led a threshing 302 Years of Quaker Education Twelfth Grade session on goals and aspirations for the year­ ly meeting while in the middle of many Operated under Charter issued by William Penn. The William Penn Charter changes. On Thursday, representatives of School is a Quaker college-preparatory school committed to nurturing in four Quaker organizations led discussions girls and boys the education of the mind, the quickening of the spirit, and about their work. On Friday, Friends helped the development of the body. Penn Charter stresses high standards in Clear Creek (Ill.) Meeting celebrate its l50th academics, the arts, and athletics. birthday as a monthly meeting in Indiana Friends are encouraged to apply both as students and as teachers. Yearly Meeting. Many descendants of the original Quakers were present, and events in­ Earl J. Ball III, Headmaster cluded skits about the life of founder and 3000 W. School House Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19144 Quaker abolitionist Benjamin Lundy and the (215) 844-3460 dramatic events leading to organizing Clear Creek Meeting. Homemade ice cream and folk dancing completed the birthday party. Saturday evening the keynote speaker, Muriel Bishop, called on Friends to "Be Pat­ terns, Be Examples ... , " and to be mind­ ful of all, especially the poor, to question comfortable lifestyles, and to be careful of burnout. Sunday morning Eldora Spiegel­ berg, a Friend from St. Louis, presented the Jonathan Plummer Lecture, in which she traced the spiritual lives of Marcus Aurelius and Julian of Norwich, as well as experiences This Christmas, give from her own life. Her message was: each of us as ordinary Quakers can have direct ex­ the gift that will last periences of the mystical God. all year-not with Business sessions focused on the yearly candied fruit and meeting's struggle to adjust the expanding nuts, but with activities and goals to match the time and energy of the people available. Friends calendar events, agreed for the first time in 40 years to con­ book reviews, articles sider developing Illinois Yearly Meeting's on environmental own Faith and Practice, with the first step awareness, social and of exploring the yearly meeting's needs. political concerns, Also, Friends decided on several structural spiritual awareness, changes, including addition of a part-time, paid field secretary to minister to the needs and messages of of meetings and members. Again, Friends peace. struggled to find unity on a minute on repro­ ductive rights, but fmally reached consensus. To give your loved one a subscription to FRIENDS JOURNAL, just use Children were ever-present, giggling and the envelope in this issue. With the gift subscription, we'll send an enjoying one another. The youngest Friends attractive greeting card announcing the subscription as your gift. were explorers, investigating such realms as Native American culture, Quaker process, FRIENDS JOURNAL. It's the gift that's appreciated all year. and the railroad tracks near the meeting­ house. Junior high school Friends grew clos­ er by making paper cranes and learning of the Tfttaning behind them, by interviewing older Friends, and by videotaping their own activities. High school Friends learned about ~WOODS COURT______~ the peace movement through hearing the ex­ periences o f Chicago Friend David Finke. One bedroom apartments available for people age 60 They also explored through dialogue with and above. Applications to be put on waiting list one another their perceptions of gender roles in today's society. Long walks also helped are being accepted. strengthen their friendships. A new group of adult young Friends, Quakers Anonymous, Robert L. Hawthorne, Administrator held a workshop on the biblical origins of Quaker testimonies and shared a hike Friends Home at Woodstown through Starved Rock State Park. VJ. Woodstown, NJ 08098 Telephone (609) 769-1500 Diverse worship-sharing workshops on WOOOSTOWN! women's and men's issues, peace, personal

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stress, the environment, and religious educa­ ,2his book, with its combination of stirring photos tion strengthened Friends' searching together. and extensive interviews with correctional officers Sharing chores such as dishwashing, serving and inmates, makes for an unforgettable journey food, or cleaning, as well as daily worship, gave opportunities for fellowship. In this ru­ to the Lebanon Correctional Institution in Ohio. ral and historic setting, many felt the presence Every facet of prison life, from its daily routines to of those who came before and had planned poignant family visits, come alive in this vivid well for the future, giving present-day Friends a feeling of being part of a chain, as they left portrayal. The collection of over 70 photographs to "walk cheerfully over all the earth." by Grace Wojda, an award-winning photo­ grapher, were originally taken as part of the Roy C. Treadway, Don Smith, Jeanette Baker, and Becky Westling 200th Anniversary Celebration of Quaker involve­ ment in prisons. See them displayed at the prison museum opening at Wilmington College Pacific Yearly Meeting in Wilmington, Ohio later this year, and also at the Smithsonian Museum of The 45th annual session of Pacific Yearly American History in Washington, D.C. from April7 to July 26, 1992. Meeting took place at Chico in northern California on Aug. 5-10 under the clerkship t-- ~ 'e ~ lfdu. '-~ 1/ ,.._ tt., ,.._" • /tNt. - A .&~.,.. of Jane Peers. There were 445 Friends in e...~~~ attendan~. 'l'-. ..e ~ t. ~ 'l't~e ~ 23 ~""1ft deu ~· &I 'l ~ The world came into our meeting room as ,.e our representatives to the Netherlands and ~ e¥r'IU•ee4t ~ 11M 'l'-. e¥-tte«•~--. -A ,&~c,.. 'l~ Honduras gatherings of the FWCC Fifth World Conference of Friends told of their ex­ periences. They told of the feeling of unity and the sense of really hearing each other, and of the satisfaction in Honduras of sharing in building a church as part of a work project. From other Friends, we heard of the work and concerns of Friends World Committee for Consultation, the Quaker United Nations Of­ fice, of Friends Committee on National Leg­ islation, and of our own environmental group, Friends in Unity with Nature. From the East-West Committee came word of a work camp in the Soviet Union and of a wor­ ship group after the manner of Friends in We Moscow. Southern California Friends told of the work of the Border Peace Patrol between Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, Calif., Can where as many as 1,500 Central Americans try to cross into California every night. We heard of vigils at the Nevada Test Site and Learn the Concord Naval Weapons Station, and we held our own vigil of 'remembrance on Hiroshima Day, Aug. 6. Together Another concern dealt with ongoing dif­ Find out how you can build a friendship with an American Indian student to encourage ferences with the American Friends !'t:rvice success at school. The learning goes both ways! If you would like more information, Committee. There was an excellent discus­ please call 1-800-545-6843, or write: sion, characterized by one Friend as "most heartening," which considered shortcomings Futures for Children of both Friends and the AFSC, including 805 Tijeras NW possible steps each group could take toward Albuquerque, NM 87102 re-establishing the effective union of former days. "People everywhere will do remarkable things when they Friends also asked themselves whether the focus their concern on the well-being of children.· volume of business at yearly meeting is stress­ - Dr. Richard P. Saunders, Futures for Children Founder ing us out and detracting from all-important Self-help programs of education, leadership spiritual sharing. Some changes were made and community action throughout the Americas. this year, such as putting meeting· for wor­ ship at the start of each day and shortening the routine parts of our sessions.

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Some of the most significant and difficult away with a fresh perspective on their place Reservations for display ads in FRIENDS work of this time together happened when within the world movement of Friends. jOURNAL are now required. the focus turned to personal and immediate The clerk opened one business session with Issue: February 1991. Reservations must problems. Despite a large Junior Yearly a reading from the Epistle of the World be made by December 3, 1991. All ads Meeting attendance, we continue to receive Conference in The Netherlands: "God is must be received by December 10, 1991. few requests for membership from young love; love accepts us where we are and Issue: March 1992. Reservations must Friends. Why? This year we sought to draw transforms us to what we must become.'' She be made by january 13, 1992. All ads young folks into the adult program where ap­ noted, "I have experienced this power. 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" when we had the courage to peer into the of the children and young adults to whom dark, mostly in sharing groups after the she ministers bear the scars of poverty and GERMANTOWN FRIENDS evening plenary. Here, after recognizing that abuse. In their 15 years there, Marlene and domestic violence, sexual abuse, and lesbian­ Steve Pedigo have found that the Quaker SCHOOL gay harassment are known among us, there faith transcends cultural barriers. Philadelphia, PA could be frank sharing of experiences and Patty Brown, of Philadelphia Yearly Meet­ looking toward healing. In another vein, ing, led a well-attended, two-day workshop Eleanor M. Elkinton what can we do to help, in love, about men­ on pastoral care, which she defined as Director of Admission and Financial Aid tal illness in our meetings? "knowing God is real and alive and that we (215) 951-2346 Important and helpful information came can touch that of God in another." In its out of these sessions. 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FluENDS JouRNAL December 1991 29 ~fW fROM fRifNOS ~NilfO ~RfSS QUNO Notes Reminiscences of Levi Coffin An abridged editioo of Levi Coffin's original jounlal. This volume also includes an updated preface which the editor has Uprooted and added to bring clarity and historical illformatioo to the work. Suspense. heartache, joy, and tears comes to the reader as the pages ullfold the story of the hundreds of slaves that passed his is her story: "My name is Amelia, through Indiana oo the way to freedom. and I live here at Coacra in Angola. T Many of us settled here when our villages were attacked by UNITA rebels. George Fox aild the Quakers They killed people and took some of our chil­ Cecil Sharman does an important work as he has placed the dren as hostages. I have spent all the money key events of George Fox's life within their historical setting. I brought with me, and there is not enough Fox, the founder of the Society of Friends, (Quakers) is rain to make a proper farm. I really want to shown to be a warm personality and one with an intense sense go back to my village in the hills." of mission, mirrored in what his friends lilce John Banks and Nobody knows exactly how many people William Penn told of him. are displaced within their own country. There is no intergovernmental agency to provide protection and assistance, and there are few Luke's Summer Secret international agreements to govern their treat­ An exciting historical novel for junior age ruders through ment. As a result, internally displaced persons adult. Young Luke gets the opportunity to travel to Indiana to are extremely vulnerable to human rights vio­ meet Levi Coffin. He finds himself in the middle of activities lations and often live in conditions of that not only make him fearful, but also give him the insecurity. satisfaction of the ~underground R.ailroed. ~ It was against this background that the Quaker United Nations Office in Geneva Friends United Press e 101 Quaker Hill Drive e Ridunood, (QUNO), in cooperation with the World IN 47374 e 1 (800) S37-8838 Council of Churches (WCC), decided to draw the United Nations' attention to the plight of persons who are internally displaced. In 1990, QUNO and the WCC invited Roberta Cohen from the Refugee Policy Group to address a gathering of senior diplomats and UN officials in Geneva. Following this successful meeting, Quakers and the wee submitted a joint written state­ STTOWN ment to the UN Commission on Human Rights, which urged the commission to give SCHOOL attention to the human rights of internally displaced persons. Westtown, Pennsylvania- Founded In 1799 At this year's UN Commission on Human Rights, QUNO urged government delega­ tions to adopt a resolution that would study Westtown is a Quaker school of 600 students in Pre-K through the protection needs of this vulnerable group. 12th grade, co-educational, college preparatory, day and boarding On introducing the resolution, the delegate of Austria expressed his appreciation to the Quakers for 'their work in this matter. The • Excellent academic programs resolution, adopted by consensus, expresses concern about " ... the high numbers of in­ • Individual attention within a caring community ternally displaced persons suffering through­ • Before and after school day care programs out the world" and " ... the serious prob­ lems encountered by internally displaced per­ • Performing and fine arts sons and the lack of humanitarian assis­ tance." The resolution ends by requesting the • 600-acre campus with lakes and woods UN secretary-general to take into account the protection needs of internally displaced per­ • Outstanding facilities (science center, arts center sons and to submit a report to the UN Com­ fieldhouse, 25-meter indoor pool) mission on Human Rights in 1992. Voluntary agencies estimate there may be as many as 20 million people who are uproot­ For more information and to arrange to visit classes, ed within their own country- substantially more than the worldwide refugee population. please call Henry Horne, director of admissions, Westtown School The number of people internally displaced Westtown, PA 19395 (2151399-0123) is larger still, if one includes those who are uprooted because of environmental disasters,

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DECEMBER U-Guatemala and El Salvador Yearly Meeting, at Tabernaculo Amigos, Chiquimula, Guatemala. Contact Luis Espino Martinez, Apartado 8, Chi­ quimula, Guatemala, telephone 42-01-49. Newtown, PA 18940 14-Christmas Peace Pilgrimage, a ten-mile hike from Nazareth to Bethlehem, Pa. (See description in Bulletin Board.) 25-Pemba Yearly Meeting, at ChakeChake, Tan­ zania. Contact Thobious B. Bwerre, P .0. Box 100, Chake Chake, Pemba, Tanzania, Africa. 26-30-Burundi Yearly Meeting, at Kibimba, Africa. Contact Nduwimana Masasse, B.P. 120, Gitega, Burundi. 27-29-Silent retreat at Woolman Hill Quaker Center. (See details in Bulletin Board.) 27-Jan. 1, 1992- Youthquake! To be held at Bur­ lington, Vt. Speakers will be Tony Campolo, Jane Smith, George Verwer, and Buster Soaries. Also in­ cluded: daily Bible study, music, ski trips, a visit to Founded in 1893 by the SOciety of Friends, Qeorge School is a co­ Old Montreal, and a New Year's Eve celebration. educational boarding and day school for students in grades 9- 12. Cost: $325, including lodging, food, insurance, and The college preparatory curriculum emphasizes Friends values & includes: registration. Contact Youthquake!, P .0. Box31081, Des Moines, lA 50310, or call Tom Klaus at (515) • Courses on 4 levels of cUftlculty • International Baccalaureate (18) 279-8604. • Advanced Placement (AP) • lnternadonal workcamps • EngUsh as a second Language (ESL) • Required community service JANUARY • Foreign study • Required full-year courses In the arts • 13lnterscholasdc sports for boys I& girls 11-Conference on diversity of beliefs among Friends, to be held in Woodstown, N.J. (See details For more information. please contact the Admissions Office: 215/968-381 1 in Bulletin Board.)

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Vale of Tears realities of a unique life. When written clear­ his interaction with nature. Some of his ly and sensitively, as this one is, journals teachers are bunnies, birds, wolves, flowers, By Nicolai Leskov. Translated by James speak to us of our own journeys. Here is a trees, sky, and clouds. He says he differs Muckle. Bramcote Press, Nottingham, caring, Quaker psychiatrist trying to find from Thoreau: "I love nature and solitude, United Kingdom, 1991. 126 pages. $12. time for more silence in a life often flooded and I seek ever-increasing simplicity. But I (Available from AFSC Bookstore, 980 with the suffering of his patients. Here he have friends, family, patients, and co-work­ North Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena, CA wonders, in mid-career, if he is being called ers whom I love. I have obligations to them, 91 103; or from Pendle Hill Bookstore, to use his gifts in new directions. Here is a which I will honor." These obligations and Pendle Hill, Wallingford, PA 19086. Add busy lecturer and author (A Laughing Place, persons are ever-present in the journal, $2 for shipping and handling on orders 1988), observing the changing seasons and woven into the author's consideration of from either bookstore.) feeling concerned for the natural world. deeply difficult areas of life. Thoughts about A curious and captivating work, this novel Some of the most lyrical passages in Chris­ death often surface. "Thinking of death tian Hageseth's journal are descriptions of was brought to my attention as appealing to causes me to savor all aspects of living-most those interested in Russian history and the nature, especially of the moon, as he is a especially love, contemplation, and the lover of the moon: role of Quakers in it. Written in 1892 and marvels of our Mother Earth." now translated for the first time, it portrays Friends may be surprised by discourse on the life of a small village in the province of I have come to the conclusion that my favorite hunting and shock treatment, but they will moon phase is the waxing gibbous moon. Its light Orel during the famine of 1840. Perhaps the know intimately other moments described. fills the early night time sky when I am most in "In my morning silence, a recurring phrase fiction has a fum basis in historical fact. The the mood for moon watching. It's bright enough village may have been Leskov's home; he was repeats in my head, 'I pray for peace of the to illumine the landscape, etching sharply defined world.''' nine years old at the time, and the story is shadows. It lasts so much longer than the full narrated in the first person. moon, which is really only present for one night. Love and mystery are dominant notes in It is a good story, well told. Leskov would It offers promise of more to come. It gradually Christian Hageseth's journaL He shares no doubt be a much better-known figure if reveals itself to us. It unfolds like the unconscious openheartedly these aspects of his life and search. In reading this book, we can come he had not lived among the giants of Rus­ mind, slowly but steadily illuminating more and sian literature. Like Turgenev, he captures promising more to come. to know more about our world and our journeys. the flavor of country life and shares the love Just so do the chapters of this journal of the common people, an attribute praised One word of advice: Friends who know slowly reveal more. Christian Hageseth re­ they want to explore a new method of jour­ by Maxim Gorky. Famine conditions were flects, in meeting for worship or in his silent nal writing should skim over the introduc­ horrible. Suffering drove mothers to desper­ times, on the messages revealed to him by ate acts of dramatic courage and self-sacri­ tion and move quickly into the journal. Later fice. Others succeeded in fleeing. The neglect they may want to study the explanations and of the authorities was nearly total. instructions found in the introduction and Into this scene arrived the practical Aunt the italicized comments scattered throughout Polly and her English Quaker friend Hilde­ the journal. Certainly readers will return to gard. They care. They bring hope and re­ this book to reread and mark passages re­ flecting light on the journey toward inner spect. Leskov felt moved to write a postscript peace. "On Quakeresses," in which he argues that at that time there were women Friends ac­ Mary Wood tive in Russia on missions of mercy, as there were in later periods. Some were exiled to Mary Wood is a member of Media (Pa.) Meeting Siberia as dangerous heretics. and a former member of the FRIENDS JouRNAL Board of Managers. George Peck

George Peck is clerk of Quakers Uniting in Publishing and past clerk ofthe Pendle Hill Board Realizing Peace: An In­ of Directors. troduction to Peace Studies A Thirteen Moon Journal By Thomas Keefe and Ron Roberts. Iowa By Christian Hageseth III, M.D. Berwick State University Press, Ames, Iowa, 1991. Publishing Co., Fort Collins, Colo., 1991. 225 pages. $19.95/paperback. 320 pages. $13.95/paperback. (Available This book looks at war and tries to make from Pendle Hill Bookstore, Pendle Hill, sense of something that makes no sense. Why Wallingford, PA 19086. Inc/ude$2for is there war? Why is there violence and ag­ postage and handling.) gression? How can there be peace? Divided Journal writing is a time-honored Quaker into three sections, Realizing Peace examines tradition. This journal, written by a psychosocial perspectives, social forces in war psychiatrist, joins the best in a line going all and peace, and skills of conflict resolution. the way back to George Fox. Such journals A highlight of the book is the discussion describe the author's journey to self­ on empathy. Empathy, or the humanization discovery in the midst of the inner and outer of "the other," is contrary to the teachings

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What Is God? George Fox & The Quakers Births by Etan Boritzer by Cecil W. Sharman Landskroener-Kari Neal Landskroener, on June Delightfully illustrated children's George Fox first gathered Friends 340 13, to Marybeth Neal and Paul Landskroener. Marybeth is a member of Ann Arbor (Mich.) book tackles a very big question in a years ago by "opening to them the Meeting. Paul is a member of Duneland (Ind.) very clear way, beginning with what way;" for our time also, his life has Meeting; both attend Twin Cities (Minn.) Meeting. God might be, how God might feel, become part of his message. Here The maternal grandparents, Barbara and Bruce Neal, attend Boulder (Colo.) Meeting. what people long ago thought God Cecil Sharman has done us important Moore-Katherine Ellen HostetlerMoore, Aug. 18, was. The central message is that God service, placing all the key events of to Barbara Hostetler and Jeffrey Moore. Both are is expressed in many ways in the Fox's life within their historical setting, members of Memphis (Tenn.) Meeting. world, that people believe different and bringing out warmth of personality Tjossem-Bergen J. Tjossem,Oct.1,toSusanand BradTjossem ofVail, Colo. Born at 81bs. 6ozs., he things, and that we are all connected and his intense sense of mission, joins 4-year-old Jenna. Grandparents are Wilmer in God. Invites reader to queitly mirrored in what his friends like John and Joan Tjossem, members of Des Moines Valley experience that connection. Banks and William Penn told of him. (Iowa) Meeting; great-grandparents are Merle and Ellen Tjossem, members of Paullina (Iowa) Item# b89 $5.95 plus postage Item #b229 $14.95 plus postage Meeting. Deaths Barrow-Ethel Gulick Barrow, 93, on Aug. 2, at her home in Austin, Tex. The daughter of missionaries, she was born in Kobe, Japan. In 1913, her family settled in Oberlin, Ohio, where she attended high Available from school and, in 1922, graduated from Oberlin Col­ FGC Publications lege. She received her M.A. in 1924 from Columbia 1216 Arch Street, 2B University and worked five years in Japan with the American Board of Commissioners. In 1926, she Philadelphia PA 19107 married John Graves Barrow. In 1932, they were of­ We will bill you for the books you order plus postage and handling. fered jobs at Berea College, where, in addition to raising two young sons, she studied pottery and auto mechanics, and she designed an architecturally 1991-92 FCC Publications Catalog Free upon request. modern house, which they built and moved into in 1939. Later they moved to Washington, D.C., where they joined Florida Avenue Meeting. In 1950, the 800-966-4556 (book orders only) family moved to Austin, Tex., into a house she designed. She was an early member and president

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Deerfield, MA 01342 in March of 1906 in Oakland, Calif., about one trails, and restaurants. Open all year. Pool, hiking, maps call - -- (413) 774-3431 month before the big earthquake and fire in San and menus. Francisco. Her mother, a young singer, died two NYC- Grn n wlc:h Vlll8ge Bed & Bre•kf• •t. Walk to 15th weeks after her birth. Her father remarried and Street Meeting. 1·4 people; children welcome. (Two cats in house.) Reservations: (212) 924-6520. reared his family in Oakland. In graduate school, FRIENDS' Nlc:eregue Frlencla Center. Refuge for socially concerned at the University of California, she became certified travelers. Apar1ado 5391 , Managua, Nicaragua. Phone CENTRAL in both education and social work. As a case-worker (011-505-2) 663216 or 660984. SCHOOL with the San Francisco schools she was part of a Tldlout- Frlendly E89le B&B. Peaceful oil rush town, Founded in 1845 movement toward a casework approach for delin­ N.W. Pa., Allegheny River, forests, chamber music; chil­ quent students, a less authoritarian approach to dren welcome. Box 222, Tidioute, PA 16351. (814) A CO-EDUCATIONAL DAY SCHOOL working with young people. She was married from 484-7130. FOR GRADES K-12 1938untilherdivorcein 1946. In 1946shepioneered Simple low-coat lodging for individuals and groups. the Hearing Test Survey Program which is still used Seminar planning available. Quaker center on Capitol Hill. 23-Acre Overbrook Campus William Penn House, 515 E. Capitol St. SE, Washington, today in the Santa Clara County schools. In 1953 she DC 20003. (202) 543-5560. New 18-Acre Lower School Campus receivedhermaster'sdegreeineducationatStanford London? Stay at the Penn Club, Bedford Place, London in Wynnewood University. She becameamemberofthePalo Alto WC1B 5JH. Friendly atmosphere. Central for Friends (Calif.) Meeting in the early 1950s. She was the House, West End, concens, theater, British Museum, David M. Felsen, Headmaster leading light for the Friends Committee on Legisla­ university, and excursions. Telephone: 071-636-4718. For information: (215) 649-7440 tion Harvest Festival for its first twenty years. Watlington , D.C., sojourners welcome in Friends' home Without her dedication and inspiration, this major in pleasant suburb nearby. By day, week, or month. For 68th Street &: City Line Av enue, fund-raising effort for FCL would never have suc­ details call: (301) 270-5258. Philadelphia. PA 19151 ceeded. She is survived by her son, Chris. Looking for • CI'Ntlve living eltemlltlve in New York City? Penington Friends House may be the place for you! We are Wenck-Peter R. Wenck, 86, on Sept. 30, at his looking for people of all ages who want to make a serious

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AFSC welcomes applications from prCuba. July and August. Working knowledge of Spanish Hospitality abroed sought by high school senior from is essential. Ages 18-26. Cost: round trip travel to the area February through April . Happy to participate in family For Sale and a participation fee. We also seek two or three c-1536 or write: The Hickman, 400 North Walnut Street, Lively, Informative, tor outreach ming social justice ministry at the University of Michigan, West Chester, PA 19380. and education. Who are Quakers? seeks director(s). Society of Friends person(s) with graduate Foxdale Village, part of the tradition of line Quaker lifecare New video! 27 min., VHS, by Claire degree or equivalent experience invited to apply. Ordina· communities. Thoughtfully designed cottages are comple­ Simon. $26.50 plus $3.00 postage. tion preferred, but not required. Contact Search Commit· mented by attractive dining facilities, auditorium, library and Quaker Video, P.O . 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We seek someone with lower The school is based on simplicity, honesty, the peaceful Friends and elsewhere, confirms the timeliness of this proj· or middle school teaching and administrative experience, resolution of conflict, the dignity of physical labor, mutual

FRIENDS JouRNAL December 1991 41 trust and respect, and care for the earth. Admissions: The Arkansas Meeting School, Rindge, NH 03461 . (603) 899-3366. LITTLE ROCK-Unprogrammed meeting, First-

42 December 1991 FRIENDS JouRNAL COKEDALE-Worship and religious studies, 10 a.m. to 12 Florida CHICAGO-AFSC, Thursdays, 12:15 p.m. 427-2533. noon. Every First Day. 3 Elm Street. Clerk: Bill Durland CLEARWATER-Worship tO a.m. St. Paul's School, Oct­ CHICAG0-57th St., 5615 Woodlawn. Worship 10:30 a.m. (719) 846-7480. May (homes June-Sept) Co-Clerks: Paul and Priscilla Monthly meeting follows on third Sunday. Phone: 288-3066. COLORADO SPRINGS-Meeting Sunday at 10 a.m. at 19 Blanshard. 8333 Seminole Blvd #439, Seminole, FL 34642. CHICAGO-Chicago Monthly Meeting, 10749 S. Artesian. N. Tejon, basement level, Colorado Springs, CO. Tel: (719) (813) 397-8707. Worship 11 a.m. Phones: 445-8949 or 233-2715. 685-5548, shared answering machine. Address: Colorado DAYTONA BEACH-Sunday 10:30 a.m. in homes. Please CHICAGO-Northside (unprogrammed). Worship 10:30 Springs Friends Meeting, P.O. Box 2514, Colorado Springs, call (904) sn-6094 or 672-6885 for information. a.m. For location call (312) 929-4245. co 80901-2514. FT. LAUDERDALE-Worship group. (407) 495-9642 or DECATUR-Worship 10 a.m. Mildred Protzman, clerk. DENVER-Mountain View Friends Meeting, 2280 South (305) 523-6169. Phone 422-9116 or 877-0296 for meeting location. Columbine St. Worship and adult religious education 9 a.m. FT. MYERS-Worship 12 noon. Contact (8t3) 481-4239 or DEKALB-Meeting 10:30 a.m. Please call for location. Worship and First-day school, 10:30 a.m. Worship at 12100 455-8924 (Naples). (815) 895-5379, (815) 758-1985. W. Alameda, Lakewood 10 a.m. Phone: 777-3799. GAINESVILLE-Meeting and First-day school1 1 a.m. 1921 DOWNERS GROVE-(West Suburban Chicago) Worship DURANGO-Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m., First-day N.W. 2nd Ave. 462-3201 . and First-day school 10:30 a.m. 5710 Lomond Ave. (3 school and adult discussion 11 a.m. Call for location, JACKSONVILLE-Sunday 10:30 a.m. (904) 768-3648. blocks west of Belmont, 1 block south of Maple). Phone: 247-4550 or 884-9434. LAKE WALES- Worship group, (813) 676-2t99. 968-3861 or 852-5812. EVANSTON-Worship 10 a.m. 1010 Greenleaf, 864-8511. ESTES PARK-Friends/Unitarian Fellowship. Unpro­ LAKE WORTH-Palm Beach Meeting, 823 North A St. grammed worship 10 a.m. Phone: 586-2686. 10:30 a.m. Phone: (407) 585-8060. GALESBURG-Peoria-Galesburg Meeting. 10 a.m. in homes. (309) 343-7097 for location. FORT COLLINS-Meeting for worship and First-day school MELBOURNE- 10:30 a.m. FIT campus (Oct.-May). (407) 10 a.m. 493-9278. 676-5077 or 777-1221. Summers call. LAKE FOREST-Worship 10:30 a.m. at meetinghouse. West Old Elm and Ridge Ads. Mail: Box 95, Lake Forest, MIAMI-CORAL GABLES-Meeting 10 a.m. t185 Sunset Dr., 661-7374. Clerk: Doris Emerson, 1551 Slavatierra 60045. Phone: (708) 234-8410. Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33134. (305) 661-3868. McHENRY COUNTY-Worship 10 a.m. (815) 385-8512. Connecticut ORLANDO-Meeting and First-day school10 a.m. 3t6 E. McNABB-Clear Creek Meeting. Unprogrammed worship HARTFORD-Meeting and First-day school 10 a.m., Marks St., Orlando, 32803. (407) 425-5125. 11 a.m., First-day school 10 a.m. Meetinghouse 2 miles south, 1 mile east of McNabb. Phone: (815) 882-2214. discussion 11 a.m. 144 South Quaker Lane, West Hartford. ST. PETERSBURG-Meeting, First Day School, and Teen Phone: 232-3631 . Group 10:30 a.m. 130 19th Ave. S.E. Phone: (813) OAK PARK-Worship 10 a.m., First-day school (children MIDDLETOWN-Worship 10 a.m. Center for Humanities, 896-0310. and adults) 11 a.m. , Hephizbah House, 946 North Blvd. 10 Pearl St. Phone: 347-0866. SARASOTA-Worship 11 a.m., discussion 10 a.m. PhOne: 386-5150. NEW HAVEN-Meeting and First-day school, Sundays, Women's Resource Center, 340 South Tu111e Ave. Clerk: PARK FOREST-Thorn Creek Meeting. 10:30 a.m. 9:45a.m. At Connecticut Hall on the Old Campus of Yale Ann Stillman, 355-8193 or 359-2207. Sunday. (708) 748-0184. University. Clerk: Bonnie Mueller, 25 Tuttle Ave., Hamden, STUART-Worship group. (407) 286-3052 or 335-0281 . QUINCY-Friends Hill Meeting. Unprogrammed worship 10 CT 06518, (203) 228-0579. May through October (407) 287-0545. a.m. 223-3902 or 222-6704 for location. NEW LONDON-Meeting for worship and First-day school TALLAHASSEE-Worship Sunday 4 p.m. United Church, ROCKFORD-Meeting for worship, First-days, 10:30 a.m., 10 a.m., discussion 11 a.m. Friends Meeting House, 1834 Mahan Dr. (US 90 E). Unprogrammed. Potluck first Friends House, 326 N. Avon. (815) 962-7373, 963-7448, or Oswegatchie Rd., off the Niantic River Rd., Waterford, Sunday. (904) 878-3620. 964-0716. Conn. 536-7245 or 889-1924. TAMPA-Meeting and First-day school 10 a.m.; SPRINGFIELD- Meeting in Friends' homes, unpro­ NEW MILFORD-Housatonic Meeting. Rte. 7 at Lanesville Hillsborough Developmental Center, 14219 Bruce B. grammed 10 a.m. Eve Fischberg and Steven Staley, Route Rd. Worship 10 a.m. Phone: (203) 746-6329. Downs Blvd. Phone contacts: 238-8879 & 977-4022. #1 , Box 83, Loami, IL 62661. (217) 624-4961 . POMFRET-1st and 3rd First-days of each month. 10:30 WINTER PARK-Meeting 10 a.m. Alumni House, Rollins URBANA-CHAMPAIGN-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. 714 a.m. 928-6356 or 928-5050 for more information. College. Phone: (407) 894-8998. W. Green St., Urbana. Phone: (217) 328-5853 or 344-5348. STAMFORD-GREENWICH-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. 572 Roxbury Rd. (corner of Westover), Stamford. (203) 637-4601 or 869-0445. Georgia STORRS-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Corner North Indiana Eagleville and Hunting Lodge Rds. Phone: 429-4459. AMERICUS-Plains Worship Gr. 11 a.m. Fran Warren, Koinonia, Rt. 2, Americus 31709. Phone Fran (9t2) BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL- Unprogrammed. Sun., WILTON-Worship and First-day school10 a.m. 317 New 924-t224, or Gene 824-3281. 10:30 a.m. Sept-May; Campus Religious Center, 210 W. Canaan Rd., Rte. 106. (203) 762-5669. ATHENS-Worship 10 to 11 a.m. Sunday, t1 to 12 Mulberry, Normal. Summer-homes. (309) 454-1328. WOODBURY- Litchfield Hills Meeting (formerly Water­ discussion Methodist Student Center at U. of GA campus, EVANSVILLE- Worship 11 a.m. Sundays at Patchwork town). Woodbury Community House, Mountain Rd. at Main 1196 S. Lumpkin St., Athens, GA 30605. (404) 548-9394 Central, 100 Washington Ave. St. Worship and First-day school10 a.m. Phone: 263-3627. or (404) 353-2856. FORT WAYNE-Maple Grove Meeting, unprogrammed ATLANTA-Worship and First-day school tO a.m. 701 W. worship. Phone Julia Dunn, (219) 489-9342, for time and Howard Ave., Decatur, GA 30030. Perry Treadwell, (404) place. Delaware 377-2474. HOPEWELL- Unprogrammed worship 9:30 a.m. , discussion 10:30 a.m. 20 mi. W. Richmond; between CAMDEN-Worship 11 a.m., First-day school10 a.m. 2 mi. AUGUSTA-Worship 10:30 a.m. at Meetinghouse, 340 1-70, S. of Dover. 122 Camden-Wyo Ave. (Rte. 10). 284-4745, Telfair St. (404) 738-8036 or 863-7684. US 40; 1-70 exit Wilbur Wright Rd., IV• mi. S., 1 mi. W. 697-n2s. CARROLLTON - Worship First and Third Sundays. tt4 478-4218. CENTRE-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. 1 mile east of Oak Ave., Carrollton, GA 30117. Contact Marylu (404) INDIANAPOLIS-North Meadow Circle of Friends, 1710 Centreville on the Centre Meeting Rd. at Adams Dam Rd. 832-3637. N. Talbott. Unprogrammed, worship 10 a.m. Children welcome. 926-7657. HOCKESSIN-First-day school 10 a.m., worship 11 a.m. ST. SIMONS-Weekly meeting for worship in homes t1 N.W. from Hockessin-Yorklyn Rd. at first crossroad. a.m. Call (912) 638-9346 or 1200. PLAINFIELD-Unprogrammed worship 8:30 a.m., meeting for study and discussion 9:30 a.m., programmed meeting NEWARK- First-day school9:30 a.m., worship 10:30 a.m. STATESBORO-Worship at 11 a.m. with child care. (912) 764-6036 or 764-5810. Visitors welcome. for worship 10:40 a.m . 105 S. East St. at the corner of U.S. Newark Center for Creative Learning, 401 Phillips Ave. 40 and East St. David Hadley, clerk; Keith Kirk, pastoral (302) 368-7505. minister. (317) 839-9840. ODESSA-Worship, first Sundays, 11 a.m. RICHMOND-Clear Creek Meeting, Stout Memorial WILMINGTON- Worship 9:15a.m., First-day school10:30 Hawaii Meetinghouse, Earlham College. Unprogrammed worship a.m. Alapocas, Friends School. HONOLULU-Sundays, 9:45a.m. hymn singing; 10 a.m. 9:15a.m. Clerk: Hugh Barbour (317) 962-9221. WILMINGTON-Worship and First-day school 10 a.m. 4th worship and First-day school. 2426 Oahu Ave. Overnight SOUTH BEND-Worship 10:30 a.m. (219) 232-5729, & West Sts. Phones: 652-4491 , 328-7763. inquiries welcomed. Phone: 988-2714. 256-0635. MAUl-Friends Worship Group. Contact: John Dart (808) VALPARAISO-Duneland Friends Meeting. Singing 11 :00 878-2t90, t07-D Kamnui Place, Kula, HI 96790; or (808) a.m., unprogrammed worship 11 :15 a.m. First United 572-9205 (Witarellis). Methodist Church, Wesley Hall, 103 N. Franklin St., 48383. District of Columbia Information: (219) 462-4107 or 462-9997. WASHINGTON-Friends Meeting, 2111 Florida Ave. NW WEST LAFAYETTE-Unprogrammed worship at 10 a.m. (north of Dupont Circle Metro, near Conn. Ave.). 483-3310. Idaho at 176 E. Stadium Ave., West Lafayette. Unprogrammed meetings for worship are held on First Day at: BOISE-Unprogrammed worship 9 a.m. Sundays. Contact Ann Dusseau, 345-2049; or Curtis Pullin, 336-4620. FLORIDA AVE. MEETINGHOUSE-Worship at 9 a.m. and •11 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Wed. Discussion at 9:30 MOSCOW-Moscow-Pullman Meeting, Campus Christian a.m. on First Days. First-day school at 11 :20 a.m. Center, 822 Elm St., Moscow. Unprogrammed worship 1t Iowa •Interpreter for the hearing impaired at 11 a.m. a.m. Sunday. Childcare. (509) 334-4343. AMES-Worship 10 a.m. Ames Meetinghouse, 427 QUAKER HOUSE-2121 Decatur, adjacent SANDPOINT-Unprogrammed worship group at Gardenia Hawthorne Ave. Information: (515) 292-1459, 292-2081. meetinghouse. Worship at 10 a.m. Center, 4 p.m. Sundays. Various homes in summer. Call DES MOINES-Meeting for worship 10 a.m., classes 11 :30 SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL- 3825 Wisconsin Ave. Elizabeth Willey 263-4290. a.m. Meetinghouse, 4211 Grand Ave. Phone: 274-4851. NW, in the Arts Center. Worship at 1t :00 a.m. TACOMA PARK-Worship group, worship third First IOWA CITY-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 10 a.m. Day in members' homes. Contact Nancy Alexander 311 N. Linn St. Call351-2234 or Selma Conner, 338-2914. (301) 891-2084. Illinois WEST BRANCH- Unprogrammed worship 10:30 a.m., WILLIAM PENN HOUSE- 515 E. Capitol St. Worship BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL-Unprogrammed. Call (309) discussion 9:45a.m. except 2nd Sunday. 317 N. 6th St. at 11 a.m. 543-5560. 454-1328 for time and location. Call (319) 643-5639.

FRIENDS JouRNAL December 1991 43 Kansas FREDERICK-Worship and First-day school10 a.m. 22 S. Minnesota Market St., Frederick. 293-1151 . LAWRENCE-Oread Friends Meeting, 1146 Oregon. DULUTH-Duluth-Superior Meeting. Unprogrammed Unprogrammed worship 11 a.m. 749-1316, 843-4895. SALISBURY-Unprogrammed worship 11 a.m. First-day worship and First-day school at 9:30a.m. Sundays, 1730 MANHATTAN-Unprogrammed. Baptist Campus Center, school and adult class 10 a.m. Carey Ave. at Glen. (301) E. Superior St. Elaine Melquist, clerk: 722-1287. 543-4343, or 289-6893. 1801 Anderson, Manhattan, KS 66502. School year: 10 MINNEAPOLI5-Minneapolis Friends Meeting, 3125 W. a.m. silence, 11 a.m. discussion. June/July: members' SANOY SPRING-Worship 9:30 and 11 a.m., first Sundays 44th St., Mpls., MN 55410. Unprogrammed worship, 8:30 homes, 9:30 a.m. 539-2636, 539-2046. 9:30 only. Classes 10:30 am. Meetinghouse Rd. at Rte. 108. a.m.; First-day school and Forum, 10 a.m.; Semi­ TOPEKA-Unprogrammed worship 4 p.m. followed by SOUTHERN MARYLAND-Patuxent Preparative Meeting. programmed worship 11 :15 a.m. Summer worship schedule discussion. Phone: (913) 233-1698, 233-5455, or 273-6791 . Worship 10 a.m. Call Ann Trentman 884-4048 or Peter is 9:00 and 10:30. (612) 926-6159. WICHITA-Heartland Meeting, unprogrammed worship Rabenold 586-1199. NORTHFIELD-SDGN-CANNON FALLS TWP.-Cannon 1:30 p.m., discussion following. St. Paul's Un~ed Methodist UNION BRIDGE-Pipe Creek Meeting. Worship 11 a.m. Valley Friends Meeting. Unprogrammed worship 11 a.m. Church, 13th and Topeka. 262-1143 or 682-8735. Margaret Stambaugh, clerk, (301) 271-2789. Child care. (507) 663-7969. WICHITA-University Friends Meeting, 1840 University. ROCHESTER-Unprogrammed meeting. Call (507) Sunday school 9:30a.m., Meeting for worship 10:45 a.m. 282-4565 or 282-3310. Gene Maynard and Shelli Kadel, pastors. Phone: (316) Massachusetts ST. CLOUD-Unprogrammed meeting 3:00 p.m. followed 262-0471. ACTON-Worship and First-day school 10 a.m. Harvey by second hour discussion. 1114 S.E. 9th Ave. Wheeler Community Center, corner Main and Church Sts., ST. PAUL- Twin Cities Friends Meeting, 1725 Grand Ave., Kentucky West Concord (during summer in homes). Clerk: Jane St. Paul. Unprogrammed worship, 10:30 a.m., Weyer­ BEREA-Meeting Sunday 9 a.m. Berea College: (606) Westover, (508) 369-2465. hauser Chapel, Macalester College two blocks east. Call 986-1745. AMESBURY-Worship 10 a.m.; 120 Friend St. Call (612) 699-6995. LEXINGTON-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. (Summer-9 948-2265 or 388-3293. STILLWATER-St. Croix Valley Friends. Unprogrammed a.m.) Sundays. Box 186, Lexington, KY 40584. Phone: AMHERST-NORTHAMPTON-GREENFIELD-Worship wo15hip at 10 a.m. Phone (612) 777-1698, 777-5651 . (606) 223-4176. and First-day school10 a.m. Mt. Toby Meetinghouse, Ate. LOUISVILLE-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. 3050 Bon 63, Leverett. 548-9188; if no answer 584-2788 or 549-4845. Missouri Air Ave., 40205. Phone: 452-6812. BOSTON-Worship 10:30 a.m. First Day. Beacon Hill COLUMBIA-Meeting for worship and First-day school Friends House, 6 Chestnut St., Boston, 02108. Phone: 10:30 a.m., First-day school9:30 a.m. Presbyterian Student Louisiana 227-9118. Center, 100 Hill St., Columbia, MO 65201. Phone: (314) BATON ROUGE-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 3 CAMBRIDGE-Meetings, Sundays, 9:30 and 11 a.m. 442-8328. p.m. 333 E. Chimes St. Clerk: Marshall Vidrine, (504) During July and Aug., Sundays, 10 a.m. 5 Longfellow Pk. KANSAS CITY-Penn Valley Meeting, 4405 Gillham Rd. 629-5362. (near Harvard Sq., off Brattle St.). Phone: 876-6883. 10 a.m. Call (816) 931-5256. NEW ORLEANS-Unprogrammed meeting for worship, DEERFIELD-GREENFIELD-Worship group Wednesday ROLLA-Preparative meeting 10:30 a.m. On Scoest Rd. Sundays 10 a.m. 7102 Ferret St. (504) 885-1223 or 6:00 p .m. at Woolman Hill Conference Center, Keels Road, opposite Rolla Jr. High School. Phone: (314) 341-2464 or 861-8022. Deerfield, MA 01342. (413) 774-3431 . All are welcome. 265-3725. FRAMINGHAM-Worship 10 a.m. First-day school. 841 ST. LOUI5-Meeting 10:30 a.m. 2539 Rockford Ave., Rock Maine Edmands Rd. (2 mi. W of Nobscot). Visitors welcome. Hill. Phone: 962-3061. Phone: 877.()481 . BAR HARBOR-Acadia. Unprogrammed meeting for SPRINGFIELD-Worship, First-day school 3 p.m. each worship 6 p.m. (7 p.m. June, July, Aug.). 288-3888 or GREAT BARRINGTON-South Berl

44 December 1991 FRIENDS JoURNAL CINNAMINSON-Westfield Friends Meeting, Rte. 130 at SOCORRO-Worship group, first, third, fifth Sundays, 10 110 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn: unprogrammed worship Riverton-Moorestown Rd. Meeting for worship 11 a.m., a.m. Call 835-0013 or 835-0277. at 11 a.m. every First Day. Phone (212) 777-8866 (Mon.· First-day school 10 a.m. Fri., 9-5) about First-day schools, monthly business CROPWELL-Meeting for worship 10:45 a.m. Old Marlton New York meetings, and other information. Pike, one mile west of Marlton. OLD CHATHAM-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. Powell ALBANY- Worship and First-day school 11 a.m. 727 House, Ate. 13. Phone 794-8811. CROSSWICKS-Meeting and First-day school 9:30 a.m. Madison Ave. Phone: 436-8812. (609) 298-4362. ONEONTA-Butternuts Monthly Meeting. Worship 10:30 ALFRED-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. each First Day a.m. First Sunday. (607) 432-9395. Other Sundays: Coopers­ DOVER-RANDOLPH-Worship and First-day school 11 in The Parish House, West University St. a.m. Randolph Friends Meeting House, Quaker Church Rd. town, 547-5450; Delhi, 829-6702; Norwich, 334-9433. AMAWALK-Worship 10:30 a.m. Quaker Church Rd., N. and Quaker Ave. between Center Grove Rd. and Millbrook ORCHARD PARK-Worship and First-day school11 a.m. of Ate. 202-35, Yorktown Heights. (914) 271-4074 or Ave., Randolph. (201) 627-3987. East Quaker St. at Freeman Rd. 662-5749. 737-3n5. POPLAR RIDGE-Worship 10 a.m. (315) 364-7244. GREENWICH-6 miles west of Bridgeton. First-day school AUBURN-Unprogrammed meeting 1 p.m. Seventh-day 10:30 a.m., meeting 11 :15 a.m. Phone (609) 451-4316. worship. By appointment only. Auburn Prison, 135 State POUGHKEEPSIE-Meeting for worship and Sunday school HADDONFIELD-Worship 10 a.m.; First-day school St., Auburn NY 13021. Requests must be processed 10 a.m. 249 Hooker Ave., 12603. (914) 454-2870. follows, except summer. Babysitting provided during both. through Ruth Stewart, 46 Grant Ave., Auburn NY 13021 . PURCHASE-Meeting for worship and First-day School Friends Ave. and Lake St. Phone: 428-6242 or 428-5n9. Phone: (315) 253-6559. 11 a.m., Purchase Street (Rt. 120) at Lake St. Meeting MANASQUAN-First-day school tO a.m., meeting 11:15 BROOKLYN-Worship and First-day school11 a.m. (child telephone: (914) 949-0206 (answering machine). a.m. Rte. 35 at Manasquan Circle. care provided). 11 0 Schermerhorn St. For information call QUAKER STREET -Worship 11 a.m. Rte. 7 Quaker Street, MARLTON-See CROPWELL. (212) 7n-8866 (Mon.-Fri. 9-5). Mailing address: Box 730, New York 12141 . Phone (518) 895-8169. MEDFORD-Worship 10 a.m. First-day school10:30 a.m. Brooklyn, NY 11201 . ROCHESTER-Labor Day to May 31, Meeting for Worship Union St. Meetinghouse. (609) 953-8914 for information. BUFFALO-Worship and First-day school, 11 a.m. 72 N. 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. First-day school11 a.m. June 110 Labor MICKLETON-Worship 10 a.m., First-day school 11 a.m. Parade near Science Museum. Call for summer hours. Day worship at 10 a.m. with babysitting available. 41 (609) 848-7449 or 423-5618. 892-8645. Westminster Rd., 14607, (716) 271-0900. MONTCLAIR-Meeting and First-day school 11 a.m. BULLS HEAD RD.-Worship 10:30 a.m. Sundays. N. ROCKLAND-Meeting for worship and First-day school11 except July and Aug. 10 a.m. Park St. and Gordonhurst Dutchess Co., 'h mile E. Taconic Pky. (914) 266-3223. a.m. 60 Leber Rd., Blauvelt. (914) 623-8473. Ave. Phone: (201) 74&-0940. Visitors welcome. CANTON-St. Lawrence Valley Friends Meeting, (315) RYE-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 9 a.m., 624 MOORESTOWN-Meeting for worship 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., 386-4648. Milton Road. Phone (914) 967-0539. except 10 a.m. second Sunday Sept., last Sunday Dec., CENTRAL FINGER LAKES-Penn Van, Sundays, Sept. SARANAC LAKE-Meeting for worship and First-day and third Sunday June. First-day school 10 a.m. Oct. to through June, 160 Main St. rear, adult and child's study school 10:00 a.m. Phone (518) 891-0299 or 523-9270. May, Main St. (Rte. 537) and Chester Ave. (Rte.) 603. 10 a.m., worship 11 a.m. July through Aug., worship in SARA TOGA SPRINGS-Worship and First-day school 11 Worship also at MI. Laurel Meetinghouse, June through homes. Phone (315) 789-291 o. a.m. Phone: (518) 399-5013. Sept. 10:30 a.m., Moorestown-MI. Laurel Rd. (Rte. 603) and CHAPPAQUA-Unprogrammed meeting for worship and SCARSDALE-Meeting for worship, second Sunday in Hainesport Rd. (Rte. 674). Call (609) 235-1561 . First-day school 10:30 a.m. Rte. 120 Quaker Rd. (914) Sept. through June, 11 a.m.; July through first Sunday in MOUNT HOLLY- Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. High and 737-9089 or 238-9202. Sept. 10 a.m. First-day school, third Sunday in Sept. Garden Sis. Visitors welcome. CLINTON-Meeting, Sundays, 10:30 a.m. Kirkland Art through second Sunday in June, 11 a.m. 133 Popham Rd. MULLICA HILL-Main St. Sept.-May FDS 9:45, meeting Center, On-the-Park. Phone: 853-2243. SCHENECTEDY-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. Albany for worship 11 a.m. Meeting only, June, July and Aug., 10 a.m. CORNWALL-Meeting for worship and Sunday school Street United Methodist Church, 924 Albany Street. (518) NEW BRUNSWICK-Meeting and First-day schoo110:30 10:30 a.m. Ate. 107, off 9W, Quaker Ave. Phone: 496-4463. 374-0369. a.m. Meeting only July and Aug., 9:30a.m. 109 Nichol Ave. EASTON-Unprogrammed worship and First-day school STATEN ISLAND-Meeting for worship Sundays at 11 (201) 846-8969. 11 a.m. Ate. 40. (518) 664-6567, 692·9227, or 6n-3693. a.m. Information: (718) 816-1364. PLAINFIELD-Meeting for worship and First-day school ELMIRA-10:30 a.m. Sundays. 155 West 6th St. Phone: SYRACUSE-Worship 10:30 a.m. 821 Euclid Ave. 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. 225 Watchung Ave. (607) 733-7972. at E. Third St. 757-5736. FREDONIA-Unprogrammed meeting 10:30 a.m. Call North Carolina PRINCETON-Worship 9 and 11 a.m. First-day school11 (716) 672-4427 or (716) 672-4518. a.m. Oct.-May. Quaker Rd. near Mercer St. (609) 924-7034. ASHEVILLE-Unprogrammed meeting for worship and HAMILTON-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Chapel House, First-day school10 a.m., forum and child care 11 a.m. 227 QUAKERTOWN-Worship and First-day school10:30 a.m. Colgate University. Phone: Joel Plotkin, (315) 684-9320. Box 502, Quakertown, 08868. (201) 782-0953. Edgewood Rd. (704) 258-0974. HUDSON-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. first and third RANCOCAS-First-day school 10 a.m., meeting for BREVARD-Unprogrammed meeting for worship, 11 a.m. Sundays. 343 Union St. (518) 851-7954, 966-8940, or Morgan and Oaklawn Aves. (704) 884-7000. worship 11 a.m. 329-0401 . RIDGEWOOD-Meeting for worship and First-day school CELO- Meeting 10:45 a.m., near Burnsville, off Rt. 80S, ITHACA-Worship 11 a.m., Anabel Taylor Hall, Oct.-May, 455 Hannah Branch Rd., (704) 675-4456. 11 a.m. 224 Highwood Ave. worship 10:30 a.m., Hector Meeting House, Perry City Rd., SALEM-Meeting for worship 11 a.m., First-day school June--Sept. Phone: 273-5421. CHAPEL HILL-Meeting for worship 9 a.m. and 11 :15a.m. 9:45 a.m. July and Aug. worship 10 a.m. East Broadway. First-day school11 :15 a.m. Child care. During June, July LONG ISLAND (QUEENS, NASSAU, SUFFOLK and August, worship at10 a.m. Clerk: Marnie Clark, (919) SEAVILLE-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. (July/Aug. 10 COUNTIES)-Unprogrammed meetings for worship, 11 967-9342. a.m.) Main Shore Rd., Ate. 9, Seaville. (609) 624-1165. a.m. First-days, unless otherwise noted. CHARLOTTE-Unprogrammed meeting for worship and SHREWSBURY-Meeting for worship and First-day school First-day school tO a.m., forum and child care 11 a.m. 2327 10:30 a.m. Ate. 35 and Sycamore. Phone: (201) 741-4138. EASTERN LONG ISLAND (3 worship groups) Remount Rd. (704) 399-8465 or 537-5808. SOMERSET/MORRIS COUNTIES-Somerset Hills Meet­ Shelter lsland-10:30 a.m.; Summers, Circle at Quaker Martyrs' Monument on Sylvester Manor (inclement DURHAM-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school ing, Community Club, E. Main St., Brookside. Worship 10 10 a.m. 404 Alexander Ave. Contact Alice Keighton, (919) a.m. Sept.-May. (908) 234-2486 or (201) 543-74n. weather: George Fox House, end of George Fox Lane). Winters: 96 Hempstead St., Seg Harbor. (516) 725-1132. 48~52 . SUMMIT-Meeting for worship and First-day school11 a.m. Southampton-Administration Building, Southampton FAYETTEVILLE-Unprogrammed. Phone 485-5720. (July, Aug., 10 a.m.). 158 Southern Blvd., Chatham Town­ College. (516) 287-1713. ship. Visitors welcome. GREENSBORO-Friendship Meeting (unprogrammed) Southold-2060 Leeward Drive. (516) 765-1132. 1103 New Garden Rd. Worship 10:30 a.m. Cali (919) TRENTON-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Hanover and FLUSHING-Discussion 10 a.m.; FDS 11 a.m. 137-16 294-2095 or 854·1644. Montgomery Sts. Visitors welcome. Northern Blvd. (718) 358-9636. GREENVILLE-Unprogrammed meeting & First Day at 9 TUCKERTON-Little Egg Harbor Meeting. Left side of Ate HUNTINGTON-LLOYD HARBOR-Friends World a.m., 1110 Arlington Blvd. P. Mitchell, Clerk: (919) 9 traveling north. Worship 10:30 a.m. College, Plover Ln. (516) 261-4924 (eves.). 355-7230. WOODBURY-First-day school 10 a.m., meeting for JERICHO-Old Jericho Tpke., off Rte. 25, just east of GUILFORD COLLEGE, GREENSBORO-New Garden worship 11 :15 a.m. 140 North Broad St. Telphone (609) intersection with Rtes. 106 and 107. Friends Meeting. Meeting for worship: unprogrammed 9 84>5080, if no answer call 848-1990. LOCUST VALLEY-MATINECOCK-10 a.m. all year, a.m.; sem~programmed 11 a.m. First-day school9:45 a.m. WOODSTOWN-Forst-day school9:45 am., worship 11 am. FDS Sept. .June. Duck Pond and Piping Rock Ads. Gary C. Dent, clerk; David W. Bills, pastoral minister. 801 July and Aug., worship 10 a.m. N. Main St. Phone (609) MANHASSET-Adult class 10 a.m., FDS 11 a.m., New Garden Road, 27410. (919) 292-5487. 358-3528. Winter. (Worship 10 a.m. June- August). (516) 365-5142. RALEIGH-Unprogrammed. Worship 10 a.m. 625 Tower ST. JAMES-CONSCIENCE BAY-Friends Way, off Street. Moriches Rd. Adult discussion, FDS, and singing. (516) WENTWORTH/REIDSVILLE-Open worship and child New Mexico 862-6213. care 10:30 a.m. Call (919) 349-5727 or (919) 427-3188. WESTBURY-550 Post Ave., just south of Jericho Tpke. WILMINGTON-Unprogrammed worship 11 :00 a.m., ALBUQUERQUE-Meeting, First-day school 10:30 a.m. at Exit 32-N, Northern State Pkwy. (516) 333-3178. discussion 10:00 a.m., 313 Castle St. 1600 5th St. N.W. Clerk: Avis Vermilya, (505) 897-7093. WOODLAND-Cedar Grove Meeting. Sabbath school10 GALLUP-Friends Worship Group, First Day 10:30 a.m. MT. KISCO-Croton Valley Meeting. Meetinghouse Road, a.m., meeting for worship 11 a.m. Bill Remmes, clerk. (919) For information, call: 722-9004. opposite Stanwood. Worship 11 a.m. Sunday (914) 666-8602. 587-9981 . LAS CRUCES-10 a.m. Sunday, worship, First-day school. NEW PALTZ-Worship 10:30 a.m. Plutarch Church. First­ 2610 S. Solano. 522.()672 or 526-4625. day school 10:15 a.m. every other Sunday, Sept.-June. North Dakota SANTA FE-Meeting for Worship, Sundays 9 and 11 a.m. (914) 255-5678 or 5528. Olive Rush Studio, 630 Canyon Rd. Phone: 983-7241 . FARGO-Unprogrammed meeting, 10:30 a.m. Sundays, NEW YORK CITY-At15 Rutherford Place (15th Street), 1239 121h St. N. 234-0974. Chamisa Friends Preparative Meeting, at Brunn School. Manhattan; unprogrammed worship every First Day at9:30 Worship and First-day school, 5 p.m. (505) 983-2073. a.m. and 11 a.m.; programmed worship at10 a.m. on the SILVER CITY AREA-Gila Friends Meeting. 10 a.m. Call first First Day of every month. Earl Hall, Columbia Universi­ Ohio 388-3388, 536-9565, or 535-4137 for location. ty: unprogrammed worship every First Day at 11 a.m. At AKRON-Unprogrammed worship and First-day school.

FluENDS JouRNAL December 1991 45 119 Augusta Ave. Zip: 44302. (216) 867-4968 (H) or BUCKINGHAM-Meeting for worship 11 a.m.-12. First-day MILLVILLE-Worship 10 a.m., First-day school 11 a.m. 253-7151 (AFSC). school, beginning with worship at 11 a.m. lahaska, Ales. Main St. Dean Girton, (717) 458-6431. ATHENS-10 a.m. 18 N. College St. (614) 592-5789. 202-263. (215) 794-7299. NEWTOWN (Bucks Co.)-V'tbrship 11 am., FirSt-day school BOWLING GREEN-Broadmead Friends Meeting FGC. CARLISLE-First-day school (Sept.-May). Worship 10 a.m. 9:45a.m. Summer worship only. 968-5143 or 968-2217. Unprogrammed worship groups meet at: 163 E. Pomfret St., 249-2411. NEWTOWN SQUARE (Del. Co.)-Meeting 10 a.m. Ate. BLUFFTON-Sally Weaver Sommer, (419) 358-5411 . CHAMBERSBURG-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. (717) 252 N. of Ate. 3. (215) 566-4808. FINDLAY-Joe Davis, clerk, (419) 422-7668 263-5517. NORRISTOWN-Meeting for worship and First-day school TOLEDO- Rilma Buckman, (419) 385-1718 CHELTENHAM-See Philadelphia listing. 10 a.m. on First Day at Swede and Jacoby Sts. Phone: CINCINNATI-Eastern Hills Friends Meeting (previously CHESTER-Meeting for worship 11 a.m., Sunday. 24th and 279-3765. Mail: P.O. Box 823, Norristown, PA 19404. Clifton Friends Meeting), 1671 Nagel Road, Sunday 10 a.m. Chestnut Sts. • (215) 874-5860. OXFORD-First-day school 10 a.m., Meeting for worship 793-9242. CONCORD-Worship and First-day school11:15 a.m. At 11 a.m. 260 S. 3rd St. (215) 932-8572. Janet P. Eaby, clerk. CINCINNATI-Community Meeting (United FGC and Concordville, on Concord Ad. one block south of Ate. 1. (717) 786-7810. FUM), 3960 Winding Way, 45229. Worship from silence and DARBY-Meeting for worship and First-day school11 a.m. PENNSBURG-Unami Monthly Meeting meets First-days First-day school 10 a.m. Quaker-house phone: (513) Main at 1Oth St. at 11 a.m. Meetinghouse at 5th and Macoby Sts. Bruce 861 -4353. Byron Branson, clerk. Grimes, clerk, 234-8424. DOLINGTON·MAKEFIELD-Worship 11-11 :30 a.m. First­ CLEVELAND-Meeting for worship and First-day school dayschool11 :30-12.30. East of Oolington on Mt. Eyre Ad. PHILADELPHIA-Meetings 10:30 a.m. unless specified; 11 a.m. 1091 6 Magnolia Dr. (216) 791-2220. phone 241·7221 for information about First-day schools. DOWNINGTOWN-First-day school (except summer COLUMBUS-Unprogrammed meeting 10:30 a.m. 1954 months) and worship 10:30 a.m. 800 E. Lancaster Ave. Indianola Ave. Call the Meetinghouse at (614) 291-2331 or (south side old Ate. 30, 'h mile east of town). 269-2899. Gerry Brevoort at (614) 268-2002. BYBERRY-one mile east of Roosevelt Boulevard at DOYLESTOWN-Meeting for worship and First-day school Southampton Ad., 11 a.m. DAYTON- Friends meeting FGC. Unprogrammed worship 10:30 a.m. East Oakland Ave. and First-day school 10 a.m. 1516 Salem Ave., Am. 236. CENTRAL PHILADELPHIA-II a.m., 15th and Race Phone: (513) 426-9875. DUNNINGS CREEK-First-day schooVMeeting for worship Sts. begins 10 a.m. NW Bedford at Fishertown. 623-5350. DELAWARE-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day CHELTENHAM-Jeanes Hospital grounds, Fox school, 6:30p.m., chapel room on the second floor of the ELKLANDS-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. May through Chase, 11 :30 a.m. July and Aug. 10:30 a.m. OWU Memorial Union Building. (614) 369-{)947. Oct. Ate. 154 between Forksville and Canton, Pa. CHESTNUT HILl-100 E. Mermaid Lane. GRANVILLE-Area worship group meets second and ERIE-Unprogrammed worship. Call (814) 866-0682. FOURTH AND ARCH STS.-10 a.m. on Thursdays. fourth Sundays 10 a.m. For information, call Mike Fuson: FAlLSINGTON (Bucks County)-Falls Meeting, Main St. FRANKFORD-Penn and Orthodox Sts., 10:30 a.m. (614) 587-4756. First-day school10 a.m., meeting for worsh1p 11 a.m. F1ve miles from Pennsbury reconstructed manor home of FRANKFORD- Unity and Wain Sts., Friday eve. 7:30 KENT-Meeting for worship and First-day school 10:30 p.m. a.m. United Christian Ministries Chapel, 1435 East Mam William Penn. Street. Phone 673-5336. GLENSIDE-Unprogrammed, Christ-centered worship. GERMANTOWN MEETING-Coulter St. and German­ town Ave. MANSFIELD-Unprogrammed meeting 10 a.m., first and First-day 10:30 a.m .• Fourth-day, 7:30p.m. 16 Huber St., third Sundays. (419) 756-4441 or 289-8335. Glenside (near Railroad Station) Ph. 576-1450. GREEN STREET MEETING-45 W. School House Lane. MARIETTA-Unprogrammed worship 10:30 a.m. Betsey GOSHEN-First-day school 10 a.m., worshiP. 10:45 Mills Club, 4th and Putnam Sts. Phone: (614) 373-2466. Goshenville, intersection of Ate. 352 and Paoli P1ke. OBERLIN-Unprogrammed meeting, First-days: (216) GWYNEDD-First-day school9:45 a.m., except summer. PHOENIXVILLE-Schuylkill Meeting. East of Phoenixville 775-2368 or (216) 774-3292 . Worship 11 :15 a.m. Sumneytown Pike and Ate. 202. and north of juncture of Whitehorse Ad. and Ate. 23. PARKERSBURG-Mid-Ohio Valley Friends. Phone (304) HARRISBURG-Worship 11 a.m., First-day school and Worship 10 a.m., forum 11:15. 422-5299 or (304) 428-1320. adult educalion (Sept. to May) 9:45a.m. Sixth and Herr Sts. PITTSBURGH-Meeting for worship and school 10:30 Phone: (717) 232-7282 or 232-1326. WAYNESVILLE-Friends meeting, First-day school 9:30 a.m.; 4836 Ellsworth Ave., (412) 683-2669. a.m., unprogrammed worship 10:45 a.m. 4th and Hight Sts. HAVERFORD-First-day school 10:30 a.m., meeting for PLYMOUTH MEETING-Worship, First-day school 11:15 (513) 885-7276, 897-4610. worship 10:30 a.m .• Fifth-day meeting for worsh1p 10 a ..m . a.m. Germantown Pike and Butler Pike. during college year. Buck lane, between lancaster P1ke WILMINGTON-Campus Meeting (United FUM and FGC), and Haverford Rd. POCONOS-Sterling-Newfoundland. Worship group under College Kelly Center. Unprogrammed worship 10:15 a.m. the care of North Branch (Wilkes-Barre) Meeting. (717) Barbara Olmsted, clerk, (513) 382-4118. HAVERTOWN-Old Haverford Meeting. East Eagle Ad. at 689-2353 or 689-7552. Saint Dennis Lane, Havertown, First-day school and adult WOOSTER-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school forum, 10 a.m., meeting for worship 11 a.m. POTTSTOWN-READING AREA-Exeter Meeting. Meet­ 10:30 a.m. S.W. corner College and Pine Sts. (216) inghouse Rd. off 562, 1 and 6/10 miles W. of 662 and 562 345-8664 or 262-7650. HORSHAM-First-day school, meeting 11 a.m. Ate. 611 . intersection and Yellow House. Worship 10:30 a.m. YELt.OW SPRINGS-Unprogrammed worship, FGC, 11 HUNTINGDON-Worship 10 a.m. 1715 Mifflin St. (814) QUAKERTOWN-Richland Monthly Meeting, 244 S. Main a.m. Rockford Meetinghouse, President St. (Antioch 643-1842 or 669-4038. Street, First-day school and meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. campus). Clerk, Betty Wagner, (513) 767-8021 . INDIANA-Unprogrammed meeting for worship, 10:30 RADNOR-Radnor Meeting for worship and First-day ZANESVILLE-Area worship group meets first and third a.m., first and third Sundays. United Ministry, 828 Grant school tO a.m. Conestoga and Sproul Roads. lthan, Pa. Sundays 10 a.m. For information, call Ginger Swank: (614) St. (412) 349-3338. (215) 688-9205. 455-3841 . KENDAL-Worship 10:30 a.m. Ate. 1, 1 mi. N. of l ong­ READING-First-day school tO a.m., meeting 11 a.m. 108 wood Gardens. North Sixth St. Oklahoma KENNETT SQUARE-First-day school I 0 a.m., worship 11 SOLEBURY-Worship 10 a.m., First-day school10:45 a.m. a.m. Union & Sickles. Betsy McKinistry, clerk, (215) Sugan Ad. , 2 miles N.W. of New Hope. 297-5054. OKLAHOMA CITY-Friends Meetinghouse, 312 S.E. 25th. 444-4449. Unprogrammed meeting for worship 10 a.m. Quaker study SOUTHAMPTON (Bucks Co.)- Worship and First-day group, midweek. (405) 632-7574, 631-4174. LANCASTER-Meeting and First-day school 10 a.m. 110 school tO a.m., Adult forum 11 a.m. Street and Gravel H1ll Tulane Terr. 392-2762. STILLWATER-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 11 Ads. (215) 364-0581 . a.m. For information call (405) 372-5892 or 372-4839. LANSDOWNE-First-day school 9:45 a.m., worship 10 SPRINGFIELD-Meeting and First-day school, 11 a.m., W. a.m. Lansdowne and Stewart Aves. TULSA-Green Country Friends Meeting (unprogrammed); Springfield and Old Sproul Ads. Del. Co. 328-2425. 4 p.m. worship, 5: 15p.m. forum, 6:30 p.m. potluck, each LEHIGH VALLEY-BETHLEHEM-Worship and First-day STATE COLLEGE-First-day school and adult discussion First Day. Call for location (918) 743-6827. school 9:30a.m. Programs for all ages 10:45 a.m. On rte. 10 a.m. worship 11 a.m. 611 E. Prospect Ave. 16801 . 512, '12 mile north of rte. 22. . SWARTHMORE-Meeting and First-day school 10 a.m., LEWISBURG-Worship 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Vaughan lit. forum 11 a.m. Whittier Place, college campus. Oregon Bldg. library, Bucknell University. Clerk: (717) 524-0191 . ASHLAND-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. Sunday. 1150 UPPER DUBLIN-Worship and First-day school 11 a.m. LONDON GROVE-Friends meeting Sunday 10 a.m., child Ft. Washington Ave. and Meetinghouse Rd., near Ambler. Ashland St. (503) 482-4335. care/First-day school 11 a.m. Newark Rd. and Ate. 926. VALLEY-First-day school and forum 10 a.m. (except CORVALLIS-Meeting for worship 9:30a.m. 3311 N.W. MARSHALLTON-B radford Meeting (unprogrammed), Polk Ave. Phone: 752-3569. summer), Worship 11 :15 (summer, 10). Monthly meeting Ate. 162, 4 mi. west of West Chester. 11 a.m. 696-6538. during forum time 2nd Sunday of each month. West of K1ng EUGENE-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. Sunday. 2274 Onyx MEDIA-Worship 11 a.m. (10 a.m. July-Aug.) Joint First­ of Prussia on old Ate. 202 and Old Eagle School Ad. St. Phone: 343-3840. day school 9:30 a.m. at Media, Sept.-Jan., and at WEST CHESTER-First-day school 10:30 a.m., worship FLORENCE-Central Coast Meeting for worship 11 a.m .• Providence, Feb.-June., 125 W. Third St. 10:45. 425 N. Hight St. Carolyn Helmuth, 696-0491 . Second and Fourth Sundays. (503) 997-4237 or 997-7024. MEDIA (Providence Meeting)-Worship 11 a.m. ,. except WEST GROVE-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. 153 E. PORTLAND-Multnomah Monthly Meeting, 4312 S.E. at 10 a.m. on the first Sunday of the month. Worship at 11 Harmony Road. P.O. Box 7. Stark. Worship 10 a.m. Phone: 232-2822 . a.m. every Sunday in July and Aug. Joint First-day school 9:30 a.m. at Providence MM Feb.-June; at Med1a MM WESTTOWN-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday. SALEM-Meeting for worship 10 a.m., Forum 11 a.m. Westtown School campus. Westtown, PA 19395. YWCA, 768 State St., 399-1908. Call for summer schedule. Sept.-Jan. Providence Ad. (Ate. 252) near 4th St. MERION-Meeting for worship 11 a.m., First-day school WILKES-BARRE-North Branch Monthly Meeting. Pennsylvania 10:15 except summer months. Babysitting provided. Wyoming Seminary Lower School, 1560 Wyom1ng Ave., Meetinghouse Lane at Montgomery. Forty Fort. Sunday school tO a.m., worship 11 a.m .• For ABINGTON-First-day school (summer-outdoor meeting) summer and vacations, phone: (717) 675-2438 or (717) MIDDLETOWN-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. First-day 9:45a.m., worship 11 :15 a.m. Child care. Meetinghouse 825-0675. Rd./Greenwood Ave., Jenkintown. (E. of York Ad., N. of school 10:30-11 :30 a.m. Adult education 10:30-11 a.m. Delaware County, Ate. 352 N. of lima. 358-3212. WILLISTOWN-Worship and First-day school 10 a.m. Philadelphia.) 884-2865. Goshen and Warren Ads .• Newtown Square, A.D. 1. MIDDLETOWN-First-day school 9:30 a.m., meeting for BIRMINGHAM-First-day school and worship 10:15 a.m. worship 11 a.m. Seventh and eighth months worship 10-11 WRIGHTSTOWN-Ate. 413. Gathering 9:30a.m. Meeting 1245 Birmingham Ad. S. of West Chester on Ate. 2!J21o a.m. At Langhorne, 453 W. Maple Ave. for Worship 10 a.m . First-day school, children 10:15 a.m., Ate. 926, turn W. to Birmingham Ad. , turn S. '4 m11e. adults 11 a.m.

46 December 1991 fRIENDS JoURNAL YARDLEY-Meeting for worship 10 a.m. First-day school Utah Wisconsin follows meeting during winter months. North Main St. LOGAN-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school. BELOIT-Unprogrammed worship 11 a.m. Sundays, 81 1 YORK-Worship. 11 a.m. 135 W. Philadelphia St. (717) Sundays, 10:30 a.m. 220 N. 100 E. Call 563-3345, or Clary St. Phone: (608) 365-5858. 854-8109. 752-2702. EAU CLAIRE/MENOMONIE-Meeting for worship and First­ SALT LAKE CITY - Unprogrammed meeting and First-day day school, Sunday, 10:30 a.m. 1718 10th St., Menomonie, Rhode Island school 10 a.m. Friends Meeting House, 161 E. Second Ave. 54751. Call 235-5892 or 832-0094. Phone (801) 359-1506, or 582-0719. PROVIDENCE- Meeting for worship 11 a.m. each First GREEN BAY/APPLETON-Meeting for worship and First­ Day. 99 Morris Ave., corner of Olney St. day school11 a.m. Contact Jill Hardy, clerk, (414) 337-{)904. SAYLESVfLLE-Worship 10:30 a.m . each First Day. Vermont MADISON-Meeting House, 1704 Roberts Ct., (608) Lincoln-Great Ad. (Ate. 126) at River Ad. BENNINGTON-Worship, Sundays, 10 a.m. Old First 256-2249. Unprogrammed worship Sunday at 9:00 & 11 :00 WESTERLY- Unprogrammed worship and First-day school Church barn on Monument Circle at the obelisk. (802) a.m., Wednesday at 7:00a.m., 12:00 noon, 5:15 & 8:30p.m. 10:30 a.m. 57 Elm St. (203) 599-1264. 447-7980 or (802) 442-4859. Children's Classes at 11 :00 a.m. Sunday. MILWAUKEE-Meeting for worship 10:30 a.m. 3224 N. WOONSOCKET-Smithfield Fr iends Meeting, 108 BURLINGTON-Worship 11 a.m. Sunday. 173 North Smithfield Road, (Ate 146-A). Unprogrammed worship 9:30; Prospect St. Phone: (802) 864-7364, or (802) 863-3014. Gordon Pl. Phone (414) 332-9846 or 263-211 1. pastoral worship 11 a.m. (401) 762-5726. MIDDLEBURY-Worship 10 a.m. at ParenVChild Center. -Wyoming 11 Monroe Street. Middlebury. (802) 388-7684. JACKSON-Unprogrammed meeting and First-day school; MONADNOCK-The Meeting School, Rindge. Summer, South Carolina Information phone: (307) 733-5680 or (307) 733-9438. 9:30. Clerk: (603) 673-4821 or 924-6150. CHARLESTON-Worship 9:45 a.m. Sundays. The Chris­ LARAMIE-Unprogrammed worship 9 a.m. Sundays. UCM tian Family Y, 21 George St. (803) 556-7031 . PLAINFIELD-Each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Call Hathaway, House, 1115 Grand. Call 742-5969. (802) 223-6480 or Gilson, (802) 684-2261 . COLUMBIA-worship 10 a.m. Presbyterian Student Center, 1702 Greene St., 29201. Phone: (803) 256-7073. PUTNEY-Worship, Sunday, 10:00 a.m. Ate. 5, north of village, PU1ney. HOARY-Worship Sundays, 10:30 a.m. (unprogrammed), Grace Gifford, inland, (803) 365-6654. WILDERNESS-Sunday meeting for worship at 10 a.m. in Wallingford. Rotary Building, N. Main St. Phone Kate Brinton, (802) 228-8942, or Leo Cadwallader, (802) 446-2565. South Dakota MOVING? SIOUX FALLS- Unprogrammed meeting 11 a.m. 2311 S. VIrginia Center Ave., 57105. Phone: (605) 338-5744. ALEXANDRIA-Worship every First Day 11 a.m., unpro­ Please let us know 8 weeks grammed worship and First-day school. Woodlawn Meeting in advance. Send us your Tennessee House, 8 miles S. of Alexandria, near US 1. Call (703) 765-6404 or 455-0194. address label if possible. CHATTANOOGA-Worship 10 a.m., discussion 11:30 a.m. 335 Crestway Drive. Co-clerks: Becky Ingle, (615) CHARLOTTESVILLE-Discussion 10 a.m., Worship 8:45 Otherwise, be sure to include 629-5914; Judy Merchant, (615) 825-6048. and 11 a.m. (childcare available) except summer, Worship your name and old zip code CROSSVILLE-Worship 9:30a.m., then discussion. (615) only 8:45 and 10 a.m. 1104 Forest St. Phone: (804) 484-6059 or 2n-5003. 971-8859. as well as your new address. FARRAGUT- Worship group. St. Elizabeth's Episcopal FARMVILLE-Worship 10 a.m., discussion 11 a.m. Church . 690-5491. 223-4160. Friends Journal, 1501 Cherry St. JOHNSON CITY- Tri-<:ities, 11 a.m. Sunday; Clerk, Betsy HARRISONBURG-Unprogrammed worship, 5 p.m. Phila. PA 19102 (215) 241 -7277 Hurst. Home: (615) 743-6975. Work: (615) 743-5281. Sundays, Ate. 33 West. (703) 433-8574 or 885-7973. Catholic-Episcopal Center, 734 West Locust St. LEXINGTON-Maury River Meeting, First-day school and MEMPHIS-Unprogrammed meeting, child care 11 a.m. unprogrammed worship 10 a.m. Discussion 11 a.m. Phone (703) 463-9422. Special Studies Bldg. N. Pkwy at University, Rhodes College. (901) 323-3196. LINCOLN-Goose Creek United Meeting for worship and First-day school 10 a.m. NASHVILLE-Meeting and First-day school10 a.m. 2804 Acklen Ave., (615) 269-0225. Penny Wright, clerk. McLEAN- Langley Hill Meeting. June. old Ate. 123 and WEST KNOXVILLE- Worship and First-day school10 a.m. Ate. 193. 10 a.m. First-day school, adult forum 11 a.m. D.W. NeWlon, 693-8540. NORFOLK-Worship and First-day school at 10 a.m. Phone (804) 627-6317 or (804) 489-4965 for information. Texas RICHMOND-Worship 11 a.m., children's First-day school 11 :20 a.m. 4500 Kensington Ave. 358-6185. ALPINE-Meeting fo r worship, Sunday, 10:30-11 :30 a.m. SUBSCRIBE! RICHMOND-Midlothian Meeting. Worship 11 a.m., in the home of George and Martha Floro. Call (915) children's First-day school 11:15 a.m. (804) 379-8506. Please enter a subscription to Friends 837-2930 for information . ROANOKE-Blacksburg/Roanoke Monthly Meeting; Roa­ journal, payment for which is enclosed. AUSTIN- Forum 10 a.m., unprogrammed worship 11 a.m. noke section, Genevieve Waring, 343-6769, and Blacksburg 0 One year $18 0 Two years $34 Supervised activities and First-day school for young section, Sandra Harold, 382-1842. Friends. 3014 Washington Square. Paul Stucky, clerk. (Add $6 per year for postage outside North America.) VIRGINIA BEACH-Meeting for worship 11 a.m. (based on CORPUS CHRISTi-Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m. Call silence). 1537 Laskin Aad., Virginia Beach, VA 23451 . Charles Arguell, (512) 991-2505. 0 Enroll me as a Friends Journal WILLIAMSBURG-Unprogrammed meeting for worship 4 Associate. My contribut ion of $ _ _ _ DALLAS-Sunday 10 a.m. 5828 Worth St. Clerk, Ward p.m. Sundays, First-day school 5 p.m. 1333 Jamestown Elmendorf, 826-2071 ; or call 821-6543. Road, (804) 229-6693. is in addition to the subscription price EL PASO-Meeting at 10 a.m. Sunday. 2821 Idalia, El WINCHESTER-Hopewell Meeting. 7 mi. N. on Ate. 11 and is tax-deductible. Paso, TX 79930. Please use the back door. Phone: (915) (Clearbrook). Unprogrammed meeting for worship 10:15 534-8203. Please leave a message. a.m., First-day school 11 a.m. Clerk: (703) 667-1018. My Name ______FORT WORTH- Unprogrammed meeting at Wesley Foundation, 2750 West Lowden, 11 a.m. Discussion follows worship. (817) 428-9941. Washington Address GALVESTON-Meeting for worship, First-day 10 a.m.; BELLEVUE-Eastside Friends. 4160 158th Ave. SE. Wor­ 1501 Post Office Street. (409) 762-1785. ship 10 a.m., study 11 a.m. (206) 747-4722 or 587-6449. Hill COUNTRY- Unprogrammed worship 10:40 a.m., dis­ OLYMPIA- Worship 10 a.m. 219 B Street S.W., Tumwater. cussion 10 a.m. Kerrville, TX. Clerk: Sue Rosier (512) First Sunday each month; potluck breakfast at 9 am. 698-2592. Address: P.O. Box 334, Olympia, WA 98507. Phone: · 943-3818 or 357-3855. HOUSTON-Live Oak Meeting, 1003 Alexander. Meeting 0 This Is a gift subscription in my name for: for worship 11 a.m. year round. Discussion 9:30a.m. except PULLMAN-see Moscow, Idaho. summer. Phone: clerk, Dee Rogers: (713) 358-3711 or SEATILE -University Friends Meeting 4001 9th Ave. NE. Name Meetinghouse: (713) 862-6685 for details. Quiet worship First Days 9:30 & 11 a.m., Weds. 7 p.m. LUBBOCK-Unprogrammed worship, Sunday morning 547-6449. Accommodations: 632-9839. Jl.ddress 10:45-11 :45 a.m. United Campus Ministries Building, 2412 SPOKANE-Unprogrammed worship. 747-7275 or 534-0793. 13th St. (806) 745-8921. TACOMA-Tacoma Friends Meeting, 3019 N. 21st St. MIDLAND-Worship 5 p.m. Sundays. Clerk, Mike Gray, Unprogrammed worship 10 a.m., Forst-day discussion 11 a.m. (915) 699-5512. Phone: 759-1910. RIO GRANDE VALLEY-Winter worship group Sunday WALLA WALLA-10 a.m. Sundays. 522-0399. mornings. For location call Carol J. Brown 686-4855. Send renewal notice SAN ANTONIO-Discussion 10:00 a.m., unprogrammed 0 to me. 0 to recipient. worship 11 a.m. at Methodist Student Center, 102 Belknap, West VIrginia San Antonio, TX 78212. Third First Days, 9:30a.m. Meeting MORGANTOWN-Monongalia Friends Meeting. Every for Business with potluck at rise of worship; Lori Ratcliff, Sunday 11 a.m. Phone: Lurline Squire (304) 599-3109. Friends journal, 1501 Cherry Street, clerk, 13647 High Chapel, San Antonio, TX 78231. (512) PARKERSBURG-Unprogrammed worship, first and third Philadelphia, PA 19 102-1497 493-1054. First Days at 10:30 a.m. Phone (304) 422-5299.

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