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April Quarterly Meeting – joint program with Concord Quarter & Wilmington Friends School

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April Quarterly Meeting

Western AND Concord Quarters at Wilmington Friends School

(101 School Road, Wilmington, DE)

Children’s Program (during Meeting for Worship and Afternoon Program for elementary and middle school age Friends)

child care available 9-11:45 am and 1-3 pm

8:45-9 am Sign-In
9-10:15 am Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business – for each Quarter
10:30-11:30 am Joint Meeting for Worship
11:45 am -12:45 pm Lunch for all
1-3 pm Program by Dr. Amanda Kemp

5 Steps to Stop Your Implicit Racial Bias, with Dr. Amanda Kemp

5 Steps to Stop Your Implicit Bias 

About a year ago Starbucks Cafe closed every store in the nation to provide implicit bias training to its employees. Their training was spurred by an April incident in which employees at a Philadelphia Starbucks store asked the police to remove two black entrepreneurs who were waiting for a business contact. More recently, Lancaster City Police used a taser on an unarmed Black man who was cooperating. This was caught on video and has spurred action.

But what about the everyday indignities, harms and unconscious biases that go unnoticed and largely unintended?

Dr. Kemp’s Racial Bias Awareness and Prevention Training offers:

  • Tools to have productive conversations about racism;
  • Ways to recognize and stop actions driven by unconscious bias;
  • Greater understanding of institutional racism;
  • 5 steps to make your businesses, organizations, and communities more inclusive and equitable.

Note while this is an introductory workshop in many ways, participants will be given opportunities to continue learning and practicing skills gained previously. Participants who have engaged in this work regularly will have much to offer those new to the work. It is an opportunity for all participants to expand the ways we know ourselves and each other. 

Registrants will be given pre-work to prepare for the presentation.

Register here (at Concord Quarterly Meeting event page.)

We also recommend the Stop the Hurt 5 Day Challenge or go to www.dramandakemp.com for Dr. Kemp’s book.

For more information on Dr. Amanda Kemp, please check these links:
Founder of Theatre for Transformation
Watch “Make America Great Not the Land of Hate Again” Music video
TEDx Talk “How to Lean into Conversations about Race…”
www.dramandakemp.com

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October Quarterly Meeting at London Grove Friends Meeting

By on April 26, 2018 in

London Grove Friends will be hosting Quarterly Meeting on October 21, 2018, with a special 200 year anniversary program.

Schedule:
Registration 8:30 – 9:15  am
Children’s Program 9:15 – 11:30 am*
Worship 9:30 – 10:30 am
Program: 10:45 – 11:45 am
Luncheon: Noon – 1 pm
Meeting for Business* following Lunch

We invite Meetings to share responses to the 9th Query–  Grounding for Transformed Lives: Peace and Alternatives to Violence

As has happened in the past (starting in 1757), Western Quarterly Meeting again will be hosted by London Grove Friends on third first day, tenth month. As planned by a group of London Grove Friends, an historical program will be enacted at rise of worship.
Our first story will dramatize the (true but imaginatively embellished) trans-Atlantic courtship of Sarah Swain and Robert Lamborn. Their story allows us to reflect on the formation of Quaker families, based on data recorded between 1722 and 1799.
Next, we will recall the Battle of the Brandywine. The Peace Testimony caused Western Quarter Friends to stand apart from their neighbors during the Continental Congress’ prosecution of the Revolutionary War.
Our third dramatization speaks to the variety of opinions of how to end the institution of slavery that roiled monthly meetings in Western Quarter. Read aloud by a scholar of the life and times of Frederick Douglass, we will learn Douglass’ intentions about a speech he gave on the porch of this meetinghouse in 1844.
Western Quarter Friends will not want to miss this program! We also invite interested members of the community (and their children) to join us for worship, history lessons, and lunch provided by London Grove Friends. Weather permitting, there will be pony rides, so the children can see how Quakers traveled to and from meeting in the 18th and 19th centuries.

*Calling all children!

Did you know that we are celebrating a BIG milestone this year? It’s the  200th birthday of the Meeting House at London Grove, that was specially built to house Western Quarter! Let’s celebrate by creating an old-time festival for all of us to enjoy. We’ll have arts & crafts, live music, games, food, and a few surprises! We will need lots of  to help put it all together for the grownups, so come to Quarterly Meeting in October and get ready for fun!

One more thing … please ask your grown up to bring along a quart-sized mason jar or large empty yogurt container (with lid). You’ll be making something yummy to take home and share with your family.

 

 

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Tubing on the Brandywine- June 24

By on April 10, 2018 in

Members and attenders of monthly meetings in Concord and Western Quarters are invited to enjoy a potluck picnic and tubing down the West Branch of the Brandywine Creek. This is a super-fun event for Friends of all ages! Meet at MaryEtta’s (location below)**, June 24th, 12:00 – 4:00

 What will be there:

* tubes, chairs, volleyball net, some life jackets  * hot dogs and buns, drinks, plates, napkins, utensils * shade, good friends, good times
 
  What to bring: 

* dish to share, favorite drinks, water bottles  * sunscreen, towels, swimsuits, tubes and life jackets if you have them (extras may be needed)  * more friends, games, instruments, Rise Up Singing!!

What tubers need to know: 

* you will be required to sign a hold harmless agreement at the site; children under 18 must have permission slips signed by parents (available online here, and will be there at the picnic. Note: if you completed this form for a prior event – such as the ropes course in April – you do not have to do it again.) 
* young children must wear a flotation device  * parents are responsible for their children and will be asked to help with “creek watching” to ensure everyone’s safety
 

To the Clendenin’s: Address is 1005 Brandywine Creek Rd., Coatesville PA 19320.
** Please note: MaryEtta’s street is closed in one direction (towards her house). Please see below:
“Directions to MaryEtta’s – 1005 Brandywine Creek Road, Coatesville, PA Brandywine Creek Road (BCR) is only one-way (it could also be closed by then – hard to tell)

Coming from Unionville:
Turn on 162 at rt 82/162 crossroads. Go past BCR, taking 162 all the way out to Stargazers Rd. (You will pass KOA campground.) At Stargazers take a left – go to the curve on Stargazers and make a left onto Young’s Road. Take Young’s Road to Harvey’s Bridge — cross the bridge, and the house is immediately on the right. (FYI – this is the bridge that marks the end of our tubing run)
Coming from West Chester:
Take 162 to Strasburg Rd. Turn left on Strasburg Rd. Then turn right onto Stargazers, then a left onto Young’s Road, to Harvey’s Bridge (as above).
Map available below.

Contact Sarah Kastriner for more information at 610-444-1012 – or coordinator@westernquarterquakers.org

Town_Picnic_2013

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Movie Night at Hockessin Meeting – January 28, 5 pm

By on December 19, 2016 in

FREE – Double Feature — Saturday, January 28

1501 Old Wilmington Road
Hockessin, DE 19707

5 pm Finding Dory (PG )
The friendly but forgetful blue tang fish begins a search for her long-lost parents, and everyone learns a few things about the real meaning of family along the way.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2277860/

6:45 pm Pizza & Salad

7:30 pm Belle (PG)
Based on a true story, the mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral is raised by her aristocratic great-uncle in 18th century England.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2404181/

Save the date:
March 25 Brother Bear / Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
(specific times will be announced later)

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Parent’s Morning Off – Sat. Dec. 3

By on November 29, 2016 in

Parents – Western & Concord Quarters are joining together to give you some time off! Bring your child(ren) to the Cabin on Westtown’s campus (#9 on this map) – and they will spend the morning moving, playing, creating – maybe even learning! – with other young Friends from our area Monthly Meetings. See more details on our drop off flyer (pdf download) -or keep reading below.

Enjoy a morning of Friendly Fun!

Snack & Lunch: We will serve a healthy mid-morning snack. Cheese pizza will be ordered for lunch. Water will be always be available. All are welcome to bring a bag lunch if preferred (especially in the case of food allergies).

Ages: Pre-K (at least 3 years old) and up, from families in our Quarters.

Cost: This event is FREE. Donations to defray costs will be accepted.

Advanced Registration Required by November 30 .   Contact your Quarter Coordinator to register:     Western Quarter— email Christian Garber, youth@westernquarterquakers.org

What will we do? Activities could include: 

· Arts & crafts
· Movement (such as Frazzelram)
· Outdoor adventures (depending on the weather—bring appropriate coats, mittens, boots, etc.)
· Cooperative games, board games
· Story time (children are welcome to bring their own books to read—no handheld computer games, though!)
We will be in The Cabin on Westtown’s campus.
Come in the East Entrance
(GPS: 960 Shady Grove Way, West Chester, PA 19382 )
The Cabin will be on your right.
Directions & map available online here: http://www.westtown.edu/page.cfm?p=717
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Family Movie Night – This Saturday!

By on November 29, 2016 in

Movie Night at Hockessin Meeting

1501 Old Wilmington Road
Hockessin, DE 19707

FREE – Double Feature

Saturday, December 3
4:30 pm Ratatouille (G )
A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous restaurant. http://www.imdb.com/title/ tt0382932/

6:30 pm Subs from Capriotti’s **please RSVP to Mark ( markpm.mail@gmail.com)** by noon on that day, so we know how many will be eating with us

7:15 pm Julie & Julia (PG-13)
Julia Child’s story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell’s 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child’s first book. http://www.imdb.com/title/ tt1135503/

Save the date: January 21 Finding Dory / Belle
(specific times will be announced later)

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Quarterly Meeting – January 15

By on November 29, 2016 in

Time to Wake Up & Stand Up
Fighting for Social Justice in the 21st Century

“In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.

Featured Speaker: Jerry Franklin Poe

Jerry Franklin Poe Jr. is the Vice President of the Martin Luther King Jr. CommUNITY of Greater Kennett Square and an active member of the MLK Advocates. He has been a leader in the struggle for social justice for many years. Jerry believes in confronting injustice by speaking the truth in love.
Jerry will speak to us about the MLK CommUNITY of GKA’s function in Southern Chester County. Their work and mission are directly aligned with Friends’ testimonies of community, equality and peace, and many Friends in our Quarter have been (and continue to be) involved.

Schedule:
9:00 – 9:25 – Registration and coffee
9:30 – 10:30 – Worship
10:45 – 11:45 – Program: Time to Wake Up & Stand Up
12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch
1:00 –  3.:00  – WQM Business Meeting

After a few minutes of shared Worship the children will enjoy their own program centered in our community & equality testimonies.

Childcare for the very young can also be available. Contact: youth@westernquarterquakers.org
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October 2016 Quarterly Meeting

By on September 15, 2016 in

Western Quarterly Meeting in October is hosted by Kendal Monthly Meeting Friends.
Robin Mohr, of Friends World Committee for Consultation will present the morning program: We Think We Are Separate.

Saturday, October 15, 2016
9:00 am In the Main Center at Kendal (1100 E. Baltimore Pike)

We Think We’re Separate — When we think about all the things we don’t want to be associated with, whether that is disease or child abuse or war, we think that we are separate. We are afraid of being connected. We construct walls in our minds and our hearts to convince ourselves that it’s not us, it’s not our problem, that we are separate, up until the day we can no longer pretend, until we find out it is us. “They” are us. Humans try to pretend it’s not us, that we’re separate. But God, Jesus, Quakers—all teach us that we are not separate.

Lunch* and fellowship will follow.

*Registration required for lunch — call 610-444-1012, or Email: coordinator@westernquarterquakers.org

Adult Program:
9:00 am   Registration with coffee & tea
9:15 am    Centering Worship & Introduction
9:30 am   Program: “We Think We are Separate”
11:00 am  7th Query Responses & Worship
12 Noon    Lunch (Registration Required)
1:00 pm    Meeting for Business		 Children’s Program:
9:15 am   All gather for centering Worship
9:30 am     Children program activities begin
10:45 am   Children & FDS teachers go swimming in Kendal’s indoor pool (lifeguard present)
12 Noon     Children join adults for lunch

Here is a short bio of Robin Mohr:
Robin Mohr has served as Executive Secretary of the Friends World Committee for Consultation Section of the Americas since 2011. In 2015, the Section adopted a new strategic plan, “Weaving the Tapestry 2015-2020.” fwccamericas.org/about_us.

Over the last 25 years, Robin has worked in administration, fundraising, and planning for a half-dozen non-profit organizations, in D.C, New York, and San Francisco. She and her husband Christopher are now members of Green Street Monthly Meeting in Philadelphia YM and have two sons, now in high school and college. She writes for Quaker magazines, books and her own blog, What Canst Thou Say? robinmsf.blogspot.com.

To read more about Friend Robin, click here: robin-mohr-quaker-bio

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Youth Program: Ropes Course – Canceled!

By on March 28, 2016 in

Notice:  Westtown could not find enough course leaders to staff the ropes course for this date in April, so it has been canceled.
We will attempt to schedule another ropes course youth event in the future (next fall or spring).

Concord & Western Quarters Youth Event

ROPES COURSE- Saturday, April 23, 2016
8:15 am to 3:00 pm

We will be using the ropes course at Westtown School, under the supervision of the schools’ activity leaders.

This event is open to any child whose parent(s) attend or are members of any monthly meeting in Concord or Western Quarterly Meeting, or is actively involved in Westtown School’s Quaker Leadership Program (QLP) – and is at least in the 3rd grade.

Schedule:

8:15-8:45 am          Check in & registration (snack provided)
9:00 – 11:30 am      3rd-5th graders on the ropes course*
11:30 – 12:30            LUNCH (provided – but you may also bring your own)
12:30 – 3:00 pm      6th-12th graders on the ropes course*
* For any children waiting for their older/younger siblings, or those who wish to spend the whole day with us — Peter Lane (longtime Friend and teacher at Westtown) will be leading a hike to explore Westtown’s beautiful campus,  including some lesser-know parts! He will lead one in the morning (for the older group) and one in the afternoon (for the younger group).

Three (3) release forms are REQUIRED for participation in this event (one for the quarter, and two for Westtown).
Please complete these forms and send them to the Quarter to complete your registration by APRIL 10th. Click on the links below to download pdfs:

Medical form for the Quarter                       Westtown Form 1                       Westtown Form 2

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