 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2003 (XXXXI 4) |
Are you a parent? A member of a Meeting committee charged with care of members? Are you eager to help your Meeting become a “village” to nurture children? To bring children into the spiritual life of your Meeting?
If so, you’ll be interested in “Building Our Village,” a workshop for families and Monthly Meeting caregivers on Saturday, October 4, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Swarthmore Meeting (PA). Its purpose is to show participants various ways to support parents and families in their Meetings, to experience something of what is possible in building Quaker community. Led by Harriet Heath of Radnor Meeting (PA), founder and organizer of PYM’s new Quaker Parenting Project, the workshop will include sessions by other PYM Friends skilled in the nurture of children. We will focus on such topics as how Meetings can support parents, how children can be mentored by other adult Friends, and what PYM offers to support families. Children will have age-appropriate programs designed to enrich their lives and help them get to know other Quaker children, and will also participate in the large group.
The workshop is co-sponsored by Care and Counsel for Meetings and Members and by Friends Institute (two PYM working groups). The cost is $10 for each adult participant. Snacks and lunch will be provided by Care and Counsel for Meetings and Members, though parents are encouraged to bring their children’s favorite foods. Further details were being sent to all Monthly and Quarterly Meetings, addressed to clerks of committees responsible for care of members (e.g., Ministry and Counsel, Member Care, those formerly called Overseers). This mailing includes brochures with a registration form that must be returned by September 20 for children, and by September 27 for adults.
Address inquiries to Steve Gulick of PYM staff at steveg@pym.org or 215-241-7068; Annette Benert, Clerk of Care and Counsel, at annettebenert@netscape.net or 610-866-9723; Deborah Cooper, Coordinator of Friends Counseling Service, cooperd@redcross-philly.org or 215-248-0489; or Harriet Heath, Coordinator of the Quaker Parenting Project, at harriet_heath@hotmail.com or 610-649-7037.
Annette Benert
Lehigh Valley Meeting (PA)
Clerk of PYM Care and Counsel for Meetings and Members
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