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SUMMARY:Memorial to the Lost - at Wilmington Friends
DESCRIPTION:MEMORIAL TO THE LOST \nat 4th and West Streets\, Wilmington DE \nWilmington Friends and Pacem in Terris will host a memorial on our side yard from December 28th to January 11th.\n It will commemorate the 38 individuals who have been killed by gun violence in our own community since the mass killing in Sandy Hook in 2012. There will be 38 empty t-shirts displayed on the lawn. The names\, ages\, and date killed are written on each t-shirt. They will be standing in silent witness to the tragedy of gun violence in our neighborhood. We want the community to know that we have not forgotten the deaths of these  individuals and that we will seek meaningful ways to establish a culture of peace in Wilmington. \nWe will be erecting the memorial on Dec. 27th at  10:00 am and need all willing volunteers to help. The dedication will be held on Dec 28th at 11:30 after worship.  \nPlease contact Mary Ellen Green (302-292- 1793) if you would like to volunteer.
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/memorial-to-the-lost-at-wilmington-friends/
LOCATION:Wilmington Friends Meeting\, 401 West Street\, Wilmington\, DE\, 19801\, United States
CATEGORIES:General
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150106
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SUMMARY:Young Adult Friends Winter Retreat
DESCRIPTION:January 2-4\, 2015\, at Swarthmore Friends Meeting  \nClick here for more information on the PYM website.  \nA weekend retreat for Young Adult Friends – expect worship sharing\, workshops\, games\, and fellowship as our time is centered around a theme. \n\n\n\n\nWhen: January 3-5\, 2014 \nWhere: Swarthmore Friends Meeting\, 12 Whittier Place\, Swarthmore\, PA 19081 \nWho: all YAFs (age 18-35ish) \nCost: $35 (financial aid & workgrants available) – Register by December 30th \n\n\n\n\nWinter Retreat Schedule
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/young-adult-friends-winter-retreat/
LOCATION:Swarthmore Meeting\, 12 Whittier Place\, Swarthmore\, PA\, 19081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150103T050000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150103T210000
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SUMMARY:Dinner and a Movie at Hockessin MM\, 1/3 showing Gandhi
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, January 3rd \n5 pm Dinner – Chinese Food \n6:15 pm Gandhi (PG) \nBiography of Mohandas K. Gandhi\, the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest. Albert Einstein said\, “Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth.”\nwww.imdb.com/title/tt0083987
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/dinner-and-a-movie-at-hockessin-mm-13-showing-gandhi/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150111T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150111T140000
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CREATED:20150107T201738Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150109T163051Z
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SUMMARY:AFSC Presentation at Kennett MM
DESCRIPTION:Global Shared Security: The Transformative Power of Dialogue\nSunday\, January 11\, 2015 12:00 noon (at the rise of Meeting) Kennett Friends Meeting \nA light lunch will be served.\nRSVP to Tonya Histand at events@afsc.org or (215) 241-573 \nAFSC has always believed in the power of dialogue to transform—relationships\, communities\, structures and systems. \nJoin us for a light lunch and to hear Kerri Kennedy\, Associate General Secretary for International Programs at the American Friends Service Committee\, speak on International Shared Security. \nKerri has 18 years of experience managing international development and emergency response programs in areas of conflict and post conflict environments. She previously served as the Executive Director for Women’s Campaign International\, a global nonprofit that works to increase the number of women leaders and supports them to lead in politics\, peacebuilding\, and the private sector. \nTo see the flyer\, click here: Global Shared Security Flyer v2
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/afsc-presentation-at-kennett-mm/
LOCATION:Kennett Friends Meeting\, 125 W. Sickle Street\, Kennett Square \, PA\, 19348\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult,General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150111T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150111T200000
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SUMMARY:Dining for Women - West Grove Chapter
DESCRIPTION:West Grove Meeting is excited to announce they are the hosts of the newly-formed West Grove Chapter of Dining for Women. \nCo-Chairs Marti Zontek (dzredhead@verizon.net) and Alyce Denver (alycetdenver@yahoo.com) explain\,\n“The first meeting will be a potluck supper on January 11 at 5:30 p.m. After sharing the meal\, we will see a video about the current month’s project as provided by Dining for Women. Everyone who attends is requested to offer a donation approximately equal to what they would have spent had they gone out to a restaurant for dinner. The money is sent to DFW headquarters and then used to support the projects they promote. All of their efforts are aimed at empowering women around the world to rise from lives of poverty and/or abuse.”\nPlease bring a main dish and/or a dessert to share.  Place settings and beverages will be provided by the Meeting. An RSVP is helpful so we can be sure to have enough table space for everyone. Molly Wood will be our hostess for January. To RSVP please email Molly:  emolly100@verizon.net\nWe will be hosting Dining for Women monthly gatherings at West Grove Meeting at 5:30 p.m. on the second Sunday of each month. Everyone who would like to support women around the world is invited to participate (women and men!).
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/dining-for-women-west-grove-chapter/
LOCATION:West Grove Meeting\, 153 East Harmony Road\, West Grove\, PA\, 19390\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150117T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150117T150000
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SUMMARY:Western Quarterly Meeting at Kennett
DESCRIPTION:*** UPDATE! Location Change — now being held at Kennett Meeting*** Lunch will now be POTLUCK\nNurturing the Seeds of Peace in a Culture of Violence\nKendal Monthly Meeting invites all in the Quarter to join together in worship and fellowship\, and for a morning program featuring Bruce Birchard and Christina Repoley\, of Quaker Voluntary Service. Bruce and Christina will share about their own experiences of faith\, service\, and transformation in the cause of peace and love. Friends will also learn about Quaker Voluntary Service and will be invited to share about their own experiences of the integration of the inward and the outward journeys\, of sowing seeds of peace and compassion in a culture of violence. You can read all about them below. \nThere will be a full children’s program as well.  \n\n\n\n\nQuarterly Meeting Schedule\nAdult Program:\n9:00 am          Registration with coffee and tea\n9:20 am          Centering Worship\,  Introduction & Overview\n (Children leave after worship for their program\, rejoin us at lunch. Details –>)\n9:45 am       “Nurturing the Seeds of Peace in a Culture of Violence\,” with Bruce Birchard and Christina Ropeley\n10:45 am        Break\n11:00 am        Responses to the 12th Query\, Meeting for Worship         \n12 Noon          Lunch (Registration Required)\n1:00 pm         Meeting for Business\n\n\n\nChildren’s Program:\n9:20 am       All gather for centering Worship \n9:45 am       Children go with FDS teachers to the multipurpose room for intergenerational activities\n \n10:45 am    Children go with FDS teachers for swimming in Kendal’s indoor pool (lifeguard present)\n \nNoon           Children meet parents in dining room for lunch\n \n \n\n\n\n\nMeet Our Presenters: Bruce & Christina  \n\n\n\n\n   Bruce Birchard  \nBruce joined the Religious Society of Friends in 1967 and has been a member of Central Philadelphia        Monthly Meeting since 1976. He has served Friends           in three full-time positions: Peace Movement Organizer    for Friends Peace Committee of Philadelphia Yearly   Meeting (1974 to 1984)\, National Coordinator of AFSC’s Disarmament Program (1984 to 1992)\, and General Secretary of Friends General Conference (1992 to 2011). Since his retirement in 2011\, he has given extensive volunteer service to  Quaker Voluntary Service\, Right Sharing of World Resources\, and   Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting.  He is concerned about climate change and\, among other things\, published an article in the June\, 2014 issue of Friends Journal titled “Exploring New   Images of God for Healing the Earth.”\n   Christina Repoley \nChristina is the founding Executive Director of Quaker Voluntary Service. She grew up in the Charlotte Friends Meeting and is now a member of the Atlanta Friends Meeting She has served on staff in the Peace Building Program of the American Friends Service Committee\, and she previously worked out of AFSC’s Philadelphia office as the coordinator of the Mexico Summer Project\, one of AFSC’s last remaining workcamps for young adults. She has worked professionally for several faith-based nonprofit organizations. She served on Friend’s General Conference’s Youth Ministries Committee for 6 years\, and recently served on FGC’s Stoking the Spiritual Fire of Quakerism Capital Campaign Steering Committee. She has represented FGC Friends several times at FWCC international and cross-branch Quaker gatherings and is a regular workshop leader and speaker on prophetic witness\, Quaker spiritual practices\, and discernment. She was a Woodruff Fellow at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology where she received a Master of Divinity in 2011\, and recently completed a Ministry Fellowship with the Fund for Theological Education. Serves on the Board of Directors of Friends Fiduciary Corporation. Her writing has appeared Friends Journal and Quaker Life and she has been the invited speaker at various events including the 2014 Philadelphia Yearly Meeting William Penn Lecture and Guilford College’s 2014 Commencement Exercises. She lives in Atlanta with her husband\, Dean\, who is the founding principal of the Kindezi School\, and their son\, Harmon. \n\n\n\n\nFor a pdf of the flyer\, click here:  2015 Jan QM flyer Kendal \n 
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/january-quarterly-meeting-sessions/
LOCATION:Kennett Friends Meeting\, 125 W. Sickle Street\, Kennett Square \, PA\, 19348\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult,General,Youth
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150118T120000
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SUMMARY:Winter Family Overnight! PYM
DESCRIPTION:Saturday January 17th 1:30pm to Sunday January 18th 12:00pm\nFamily overnight is a one night sleepover for the families with kids K-5th grade. \nClick here for more information on the PYM website.
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/winter-family-overnight-pym/
LOCATION:Camp Onas\, 609 Geigle Hill Rd\, Ottsville\, PA\, 18942\, United States
CATEGORIES:Youth
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150124
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150125
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SUMMARY:2015 Worship & Ministry Thread Gathering
DESCRIPTION:Click here for more information on the PYM website.
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/2015-worship-ministry-thread-gathering/
LOCATION:Haddonfield Meeting\, 45 Friends Ave\, Haddonfield\, PA\, 08033\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150125T130000
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SUMMARY:Stewards of Children at Kennett Meeting - Rescheduled!
DESCRIPTION:— This Event Will Not Be Held On 1/25 — But Will Be Rescheduled — Stay Tuned for the New Date —\n  \nThe Religious Education Committee of Kennett Friends Meeting will be hosting a 2-hour workshop on child sexual abuse prevention. Attendance is free\, but seats are limited\, so please register by contacting Robin Harper: rdmcharper@yahoo.com or via this RSVP link: RSVP HERE \nStewards of Children is a 2-hour\, evidence-informed training program that teaches adults how to prevent\, recognize\, and react responsibly to\n child sexual abuse. Developed by the Darkness to Light organization\, and sponsored locally through the YMCA\, the program is designed for parents\, youth serving organizations\, and other concerned individuals. It features: \n• A 2-part DVD presentation integrating commentary from sexual abuse survivors\, experts in the field\, and\n other concerned adults\, all providing practical guidance for preventing and responding to child sexual abuse\n • An interactive workbook designed to facilitate discussion\, reinforce key concepts\, and serve as a resource\n guide and personal action plan for protecting children\n • Interactive discussion about important issues in sexual abuse prevention and how they affect communities\n and youth serving organizations \nThis program aims to: \n• Increase awareness of the prevalence\, consequences\, and circumstances of child sexual abuse\n • Teach skills to help adults prevent\, recognize\, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse\n • Lead to positive change to organizational policies and procedures \nThere will be a pot-luck lunch before the presentation — all are welcome to participate.
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/stewards-of-children-at-kennett-meeting/
LOCATION:Kennett Friends Meeting\, 125 W. Sickle Street\, Kennett Square \, PA\, 19348\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150125T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150125T160000
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CREATED:20150116T181536Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150116T181608Z
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SUMMARY:Irish Music Benefit Concert at West Grove MM
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URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/irish-music-benefit-concert-at-west-grove-mm/
LOCATION:West Grove Meeting\, 153 East Harmony Road\, West Grove\, PA\, 19390\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult,Youth
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