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| MONTHLY MEETINGS OF SALEM
QUARTER: Greenwich · Mickleton · Mullica Hill · Salem · Seaville · Woodbury · Woodstown Hancocks Bridge Meetinghouse · Southern State Worship Group |
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| SALEM QUARTER NEWS: Current Issue: Spring 2008 2008 · 2007 · 2006 · 2005 · 2004 · 2003 · 2002 · 2001 · 2000 · 1999 |
PO Box 55, Woodstown NJ 08098-0055
856-769-0066 (fax: 856-769-1416)Clerk: Sondra Ball
Coordinator: Philip G. Anthony, salemqtr@rcn.com
Steering Committee Clerk: Tom Etherington
List of Officers and Committees of Salem Quarterly Meeting
Education Fund Application Guidelines revised: March 2008
New in Salem Quarter
- Salem Quarter Friends ~ Young & Young at Heart — Service projects for students in Grades K through 12, plus other events open to families and Friends of all ages. Leadership roles are available for Middle & High School Friends.
Next Quarterly Meeting Session:
8 June 2008 at Lower Alloways Creek Meetinghouse
Events in Salem Quarter
These are only some of the things that will happen in Salem Quarter and Philadelphia Yearly Meeting over the coming few months. The dates and details for others aren't set yet. Look for the Quarterly Meeting Calendar, sent every month to your Meeting's Steering Committee members, for listings of other events.
Sat, 1 Mar Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Prayer Circle. The prayer circle will be held at the tribal center in Fairton, N.J., from 11:30 am through about 2:00 pm. Bring a covered dish for shared lunch! Directions may be obtained from the Salem Quarter Coordinator: (856)769-0066, salemqtr@rcn.com Sat, 1 Mar Gathering for Worship, Ministry & Eldering. Friends will meet at Chestnut Hill MM, 100 E. Mermaid Lane, Philadelphia, for extended worship in the morning followed by afternoon worship sharing. Child care available with two weeks’ notice. Further information or directions from the Salem Quarter Coordinator: (856)769-0066, salemqtr@rcn.com Fri, 7 Mar Salem Quarter Worship & Ministry. Salem Quarterly Meeting’s Worship & Ministry Committee gathers at the home of Bob and Gloria Horvay. The meeting will start at 7:30 pm. For directions or further information, call the Salem Quarter Coordinator: (856)769-0066, salemqtr@rcn.com Sun, 9 Mar Salem Quarterly Meeting. Salem Quarter will meet at Woodstown MM, gathering at 9:00 am for 9:30 program. Esther Mürer, Quaker writer and composer, will speak on Friends’ changing attitudes toward the arts. For full schedule, see the current issue of Salem Quarter News. Fri, 28 Mar — Sat, 29 Mar Philadelphia Yearly Meeting sessions. Yearly meeting sessions will convene at the Arch Street Meeting House. This year’s March sessions will focus on peace initiatives, including the upcoming ecumenical peace conference. Further information will be mailed or may be found on the PYM Website, www.pym.org. Fri, 4 Apr Peace vigil, speaker at Woodstown. Woodstown MM hosts a peace vigil at 5:30 pm, followed by covered dish supper and speaker. Bob Moore, executive director of the Coalition for Peace Action of northern New Jersey, will talk on making peace the issue for the presidential elections. For further information, call the Salem Quarter Coordinator: (856)769-0066, salemqtr@rcn.com Fri, 25 Apr Friends School Auction. The annual auction to benefit Friends School Mullica Hill will be held at Auletto’s, Deptford, N.J., starting at 6:00 pm. For full information, call the Salem Quarter Coordinator: (856)769-0066, salemqtr@rcn.com Sat, 6 Sep Godly Play workshop at Seaville MM. The FGC workshop on Godly Play, a method of facilitating children’s First-day School, is tentatively scheduled for this date. It will be held under the care of Seaville and Atlantic City Area MMs and Salem Quarter. Further information will be announced as it becomes available. Sat, 17 May Gathering for Worship, Ministry & Eldering. Friends will meet at York MM, 135 W. Philadelphia St., York, Pa., for extended worship in the morning followed by afternoon worship sharing. Child care available with two weeks’ notice. Further information or directions, call the Salem Quarter Coordinator: (856)769-0066, salemqtr@rcn.com Sun, 8 Jun Salem Quarterly Meeting. Featured at the June quarterly meeting will be Michael Gibson of Woodbury MM, singing selections from his musical settings of the epistles of George Fox. The meeting will be held at the Lower Alloways Creek meetinghouse. Full schedule will appear in the Summer Salem Quarter News. Fri, 3 Oct – Sun, 5 Oct Tri-Quarter Gathering
Items of Social Concern
Minute Opposing Mandatory Minimun Sentencing
approved by Salem Quarterly Meeting in session, 14 December 2003- As members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and as followers of Jesus, we are convinced that there is “that of God in every one” and that human personality is sacred ... more
A Statement on Iraq
approved by Salem Quarterly Meeting in session, 9 March 2003- The United States government’s movement toward war on Iraq threatens the peace and security of all people. We are in convinced opposition to this war... more
Minute in Support of the Million Mom March
approved by Salem Quarterly Meeting in session, 12 March 2000- Salem Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, unites in support of the Million Mom March to be held on Mothers’ Day, 14 May 2000, calling for effective handgun control legislation. We affirm our intent to help members and attenders of our seven monthly meetings become aware of this event and its purposes and to participate in it. We invite other Quaker bodies to join with us in this support.
Called Meeting for Worship on Kosovo and the Balkans:
Quaker Education
The Friends School at Mullica Hill is not formally under the care of Salem Quarter or any of its monthly meetings. Nonetheless, the Quarter and the School enjoy a cooperative and mutually supportive relationship.
Last modified: Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 08:33 PM