Friends
Neighborhood Guild
Weekend Workcamp
Program |
Friends Weekend Workcamps has a new
life starting in the fall of 2006, based at the Friends Neighborhood
Guild in North Philadelphia, and supported in part by a generous
contribution from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.
With change comes opportunity. Fairhill Burial Ground
and Fairhill Friends Ministry, also in North Philadelphia,
will be working with the Guild to offer weekend service learning
programs for the wider Quaker community.
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Here are exciting new possibilities of working
together with local community members on issues of common
concern. |
Many of us who have cared about the workcamp program
over the years, and valued the legacy of David Richie and Judy
and Michael Van Hoy, have a sense of excitement about the possibilities
for new life in this work.
What
A weekend, from Friday evening through Sunday noon.
Opportunities
for learning about the community, service, reflection, play,
community building and worship in North Philadelphia.
Cost
of $55 per person (with scholarships available in situations
of need)
For
members of monthly and quarterly meetings in Philadelphia
Yearly Meeting, groups of Quaker families, Quaker youth, Friends
School groups, other youth groups.
Why?
It is essential to our spiritual well-being as Quakers to
know personally what it means to stand with the poor and the
oppressed. Never have we needed a sense of connection and
understanding across barriers of class and race in this country
more. The workcamp program has a powerful history, as it invites
Quakers and non-Quakers to a spiritually-based experience
in low-income communities. It offers an opportunity to increase
awareness of economic, racial and cultural differences and
inequalities as well as discover similarities, seeking to
recognize “that of God” in everyone. Countless
participants have told of how workcamps have changed their
lives.
Where?
The workcamps will be housed at the Friends Neighborhood Guild,
701 North 8th Street, on the corner of 8th and Fairmount in
lower North Philadelphia. Workcampers will be involved in
projects with the Guild and other Quaker-related groups in
the area, such as Fairhill Burial Ground and Fairhill Friends
Ministry.
When?
At this point, 2007 workcamps are scheduled for March 2-4,
April 13-15, May 4-5 and June 1-3. If your group would like
to propose a different date, every effort will be made to
accommodate you.
How?
Contact the clerk of the Workcamp Advisory Board of the Friends
Neighborhood Guild:
Pamela Haines (pamelahaines@verizon.net
or 215-349-9428), or
Emma Chubb, Guild workcamp administrator (echubb@friendsneighborhoodguild.org
or 215-923-1544). |
