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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200904T080000
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SUMMARY:AFSC webinar - "From Attica to Abolition"
DESCRIPTION:AFSC is offering this opportunity to learn from a powerful panel of speakers about the uprising in Attica and how the demands of the prisoner organizers at the time are echoed in the current call to abolish prisons\, jails\, and detention centers and #FreeThemAll\nRegistration link through the PYM calendar event page.
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/afsc-webinar-from-attica-to-abolition/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200907T110000
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SUMMARY:Wilmington Friends Meeting - Demonstration
DESCRIPTION:Friends\, there will be a Black Lives Matter demonstration on Labor Day (September 7) from 11 a.m. to noon in front of the Wilmington Friends Meetinghouse on Fourth Street. The theme will be slanted toward work/labor issues\, i.e.\, equitable jobs and pay\, raising the minimum wage\, and ending systemic racism in hiring practices and job advancement. Signs might reflect this theme.\nALL ARE WELCOME.\nPlease wear a face mask and keep socially distant.
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/wilmington-friends-meeting-demonstration/
LOCATION:Wilmington Friends Meeting\, 401 West Street\, Wilmington\, DE\, 19801\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200912T100000
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SUMMARY:Caln Quarterly Membership Development Session
DESCRIPTION:Registration is open for the Part 3 in the Caln Quarterly Meeting–Membership Development Series\nRegister Here: https://calnquarterlymeeting.ticketspice.com/caln-quarterly-meeting-membership-development-series-part-3\nSaturday\, September 12\, 10:00 am to 11:30 am\n\nPart 3: Friendly Fences – How Making Assumptions Prevents Us From Making New Friends\n\nPresented by Marta Rusek and Rachel Ernst Stahlhut from Friends General Conference\nWelcoming is not the work of one or two people at the door.  It takes a whole meeting to create a culture that is ready to attentively and joyfully bring newcomers into the fold of the community.  Sometimes\, however\, as a result of our assumptions and unexamined biases\, we as Quakers can unintentionally put up barriers that keep people out rather than invite people in.  We refer to these barriers as “Friendly Fences.”  In this workshop\, Marta Rusek and Rachel Ernst Stahlhut from Friends General Conference will explore the ways that Friendly Fences hinder the welcome experienced by visitors to our Quaker meetings due to race\, family structure\, age\, sexual orientation and gender identity\, disability\, political views\, and class background.  We will offer some practical resources for shifting the culture of welcoming in your meeting.\nSome of the presentation material is part of FGC’s Growing Our Meetings Toolkit which is organized around the three themes below. This part of the Caln Quarterly Meeting Membership Development Series will focus on the first of the three themes:\n\n\nIntegrating Newcomers (welcoming visitors and helping them connect with the life of the meeting)\n\n\nInreach (deepening and strengthening the spiritual life of the meeting)\n\n\nOutreach (making our presence known in the community)
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/caln-quarterly-member-development/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200912T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200912T160000
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SUMMARY:Quaker Spring - Virtual Gathering
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this virtual gathering which will include:\n\n\n1pm — A time of reading Bible passages out of silent waiting\n\n\n2pm — Meeting for Worship (we may move into a period of more open sharing together as led)\n\n\n4pm — Closing and informal fellowship\n\n\nThere will also be an opportunity for informal fellowship in the same “room” before and after the gathering\, beginning at 12 noon EDT. If you register on the QuakerSpring.org website \, you will be sent a message with the zoom link and password.\nAll are welcome!
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/quaker-spring-virtual-gathering/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200913T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200913T170000
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CREATED:20200826T222009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200826T222009Z
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SUMMARY:WQM Support Committee
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Meeting – Please e-mail Deb if you’d like to attend – coordinator@westernquarterquakers.org\nAgenda will be posted and e-mailed prior to the meeting.
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/wqm-support-committee/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200914T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200914T203000
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SUMMARY:"A Cord of Three Strands" - Book discussion
DESCRIPTION:Join via Zoom (Online) to learn about the influence Horsham Friends Meeting and Quakers (in general) played in the storyline of “A Cord of Three Strands”.\nFrom the publisher: “”A Cord of Three Strands” weaves fact and fiction into a captivating portrayal of Colonial-era Quaker life\, including Friends’ roles in Pennsylvania Indian relations and in refuting slavery.”\nIn this story\, we learn about various members of the Alden\, Lukens and Biddle families\, as well as many other important Quakers of the time (Israel Pemberton\, Anthony Benezet). The reader is also reminded of (or introduced to) Scarroyady\, Canachtogo and other Six Nations chiefs.\nFor more information\, please visit: ByberryQuakers.org (Events/Zoom Book Club)\nhttps://byberryquakers.org/Groups/341461/Zoom_Book_Club.aspx\nPlease email ByberryQuakers @ gmail.com to receive the Zoom Meeting ID (to participate and ask questions of the author\, Christy Distler).
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/a-cord-of-three-strands-book-discussion/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200926T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200926T120000
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SUMMARY:Early Quaker History - TriQuarter 2020
DESCRIPTION:“Early Quaker History and the American Colonies: From Origins to Legacy”\nGary Smith will begin with the early Friends’ movement\, their emigration to North America\, the ideals they incorporated into their communities and colonial charters\, differences regarding the institution of slavery\, and how Friends’ beliefs were embodied in the writing of the US Constitution. Gary has studied this period of Quaker history for more than two decades and served as Chairman of the Griffith Morgan House\, which preserves a Quaker home in Pennsauken dating to the 1690’s. Music\, worship\, an art show and art reception will be held Sunday\, September 27th. Everything is being offered online. (See entries on the PYM calendar)\nContact Linda Lotz 856-979-4560
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/early-quaker-history-triquarter-2020/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200927T090000
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SUMMARY:Giant Children’s Meeting! 4th Sundays at 9:00am
DESCRIPTION:Join Friends and Families from across the Yearly Meeting for a monthly religious education program. It’s “giant” because everyone is invited! It’s “children’s meeting” because we’re making a space to nurture the spiritual lives and Quaker identity of young people. We hope this online community will support families and the Friends offering children’s programs in their meeting; the 9:00 start is intended to allow folks to attend worship in their own meeting later that morning.\nEach 30-45 minute program will feature a theme and seasoned facilitators leading us through grounding\, exploring\, wondering\, and creating. \nSeptember 27: Celebrating New Beginnings\nOctober 25: Friends and Neighbors\nNovember 22: Gratitude and Gathering\nDecember 27: The Light in Winter\nRegister here and see the PYM event description.
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/giant-childrens-meeting-4th-sundays-at-900am/
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