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February 2010 Newsletter Special Edition
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Quaker & Community Opportunities
Quaker work at Fair Hill Burial Ground:
This spring at Fair Hill, the restoration of the
old brick carriage way and cobblestone entry will
be completed. April 10 is our Spring clean up and
Easter Egg hunt. Friends are welcome to come transplant
daylilies, hide Easter Eggs for neighbor children,
and hear Bill Moran speak about his great great
grandfather, a mill worker buried at Fair Hill.
School field trips in Nature study will start in
April, and guides are always welcome. The gardens
will be planted in May and the children's summer
program will begin in June on Saturdays, Sundays
and Wednesdays from 3-6 pm. July 17 will be the annual
summer festival with games, cookout, music and time
to meet the neighbors.
If you would like to help, please call Jean WArrington
at 215-242-6974.
PYM and FGC Happenings
Tutoring at Parkway School for Peace and Justice: Just a short walk from the meetinghouse on the New Covenant Church campus is the first public high school in the US dedicated to Peace Studies. CHFM friends gather there every Thursday at 11am to tutor students in the library. Hollister Knowlton, Diane Dunning and Jean Warrington have found the interactions with students very satisfying. No one needs to come every week, and those who can come feel the time is well spent. See Jean’s video, youtube.com, “Philadelphia’s Peace High School.”
Want to learn more about Quakers?
Quaker Information Center: A gateway to Quakerism http://www.quakerinfo.org/index.html
Swarthmore Friends Historical Library: Established in 1871, Friends Historical Library is located on the campus of Swarthmore College in suburban Philadelphia and is open to the public. Its mission is to document the history of the Society of Friends (Quakers) and its concerns from the 17th century to the present. http://www.swarthmore.edu/fhl.xml.
Friends Historical Association: The Friends Historical Association is an association devoted to the study, preservation and publication of material relating to the history of the Religious Society of Friends. Founded in Philadelphia in 1873, FHA has become an organization that is international in membership and interests and which anyone, Friend or not, is invited to join. The Annual Meeting in the Fall, and an historical pilgrimage in the Spring to an area associated with the history of Quakerism are important activities of the Association. http://www.haverford.edu/library/fha/welcome.html
Quaker History Website Links: http://www.quaker.org/#7
Friends General Conference (FGC): Founded in 1900, FGC has grown from a voluntary organization of seven yearly meetings created to hold a “general conference” every other year into a vibrant association of fourteen yearly meetings and regional groups and nine directlyaffiliated monthly meetings that serves Quakers yearround with a vast array of programs and services. http://www.fgcquaker.org
Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL): The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) is the largest peace lobby in Washington, DC. Founded in 1943 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), FCNL staff and volunteers work with a nationwide network of tens of thousands of people from many different races, religions, and cultures to advocate social and economic justice, peace, and good government. FCNL is nonpartisan. http://www.fcnl.org/.
What’s Going on in the other Quarterly Meetings?
Abington Quarterly Meeting: http://www.pym.org/abington-qm/
Bucks Quarterly Meeting: http://www.quakersbucks.org
Burlington Quarterly Meeting: http://www.pym.org/burlington-qm/index.htm
Caln Quarterly Meeting: http://www.calnqm.org/
Chester Quarterly Meeting: http://www.pym.org/pym_qms/chesterqm.php
Concord Quarterly Meeting: http://www.pym.org/pym_qms/concordq.php
Haddonfield Quarterly Meeting: http://www.pym.org/haddonfield-qm/index.htm
Haverford Quarterly Meeting: http://www.pym.org/pym_qms/haverfordq.php
Salem Quarterly Meeting: http://www.pym.org/salem-qm/index.htm
Southern Quarterly Meeting: http://www.pym.org/southern-qm/index_2007.php
Upper Susquehanna Quarterly Meeting: http://www.pym.org/upper-susquehanna-qm/
Western Quarterly Meeting: http://localquakers.org/WordPress/
Chestnut Hill and Community Events
Interfaith Book Club: The Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia sponsors a monthly book group, Quest, at Borders in Chestnut Hill. The books are selected by people of various faith traditions and led by them. The books are listed on the Center’s website, with a schedule. More information, including a list of past books read, can be found at http://www.interfaithcenterpa.org/programs/program-quest.html.
Jim Cox advises us of http://iSepta.org This site was designed primarily for web-enabled cell phones but can also be viewed on a desktop or laptop computer. Go to the site, click the gigantic “NEW TRIP” button in the middle, select the Start Station, then click on the End station. It will immediately give you a simple display of departure and arrival times. It stays current because it actually pulls the info from Septa’s site at that moment. It’s so simple it’s awesome!
YOGA CLASS FORMING will meet at Chestnut Hill Meetinghouse! WELCOMING CHESTNUT HILL MEETING MEMBERS AND ATTENDERS! The class will meet on Wednesday mornings at 6 A. M. It will be one hour long. The first group of classes will meet for six weeks. After that, we will see what the interest is. The maximum class size is around 10.
INSTRUCTOR: The class will be taught by Tricia Sletten, a Kripalu trained Yoga instructor who also teaches prana yoga flow as offered by Shiva Rea.
PHILOSOPHY: In her statement about yoga, Tricia writes:
…for thousands of years the physical practice of yoga was applied as a means to strengthen the body for the demands of a rigorous spiritual practice.….”yoga” [refers to] the union of mind, body, and spirit.….Every class is “well-rounded” – following the mandala of the body – to create whole body transformation of strength and fluidity, circulation and centering.
COST depends on how many people are in the class. Here's the pricing structure Tricia originally suggested. It will likely be tweaked to allow for the rental of the meetinghouse ($12.50 per hour.)
2 students @ $20 for 6 weeks = $120.00 per person ; 3 @ 15 x 6 = $90.00; 4 @ 12 x 6 = $72.00; 5 @ 11 x 6 = $66.00 ; 6 + @ 10 x 6 = $60.00
DATES: The class will begin as soon as possible.
If you are interested, please contact Martha Kemper by email or phone: MLK11@PSU.EDU or 215 248 0728.
Some Quaker Blogs of Interest
http://imperfectserenity.blogspot.com/
http://quakerreflections.blogspot.com/
http://www.quakerquaker.org/
http://quakeragitator.wordpress.com/
http://friendinneed.blogspot.com/
Queries: Equality
How does our Meeting help to create and maintain a society whose institutions recognize and do away with the inequities rooted in patterns of prejudice and economic convenience?
Is our Meeting open to all regardless of race, ability, sexual orientation, or class?
What steps are we taking as a Meeting to assure that our Meeting and the committees and institutions under our care reflect our respect for all and are free from practices rooted in prejudice?
Do I examine myself for aspects of prejudice that may be buried, including beliefs that seem to justify biases based on race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, class, and feelings of inferiority or superiority?
What am I doing to help overcome the contemporary effects of past and present oppression?
Am I teaching my children, and do I show through my way of living, that love of God includes affirming the equality of people, treating others with dignity and respect, and seeking to recognize and address that of God within every person?
-Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Faith & Practice, 2002
Standard Reminders
Assistive listening devices: A "hearing helper" system amplifies spoken messages in meeting. These devices can also be used for people in the gathering room who wish to hear spoken messages in the worship room. Contact a member of Worship and Ministry if you want to learn more.
Please help center Meeting for Worship: Friends are invited to arrive early for meeting for worship to help the meeting settle and provide a more meaningful worship experience for our children and adults alike.
On-line calendar for Chestnut Hill Monthly Meeting can be viewed at http://www.quaker.org/chestnuthill/e-calendar.htm Please submit updates to calendar@chestnuthillquakers.org
Please submit announcements for the bulletin to secretary@chestnuthillquakers.org
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