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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:https://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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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:https://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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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:https://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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