| WORKSHOPS
Adults and Young Friends
Sessions A and
B are Saturday. Session
C is Sunday
Young Friends are welcome to most Workshops.
Young Friends will select their
workshops Friday night.
Please note that the final schedule is subject
to change
and will be available at Camp Swatara.
1: Recyclaholic (Cheryl McVickar) Session
C A workshop for those suffering from
the affliction or those who aspire to. We will cover ideas
related to home recycling, trash by the numbers and the
finer points of composting, There will be room for discussion
on how others similarly afflicted are handling their recycling
obsession.
2: Hymn Sing (Gwynne Oleksiw, Uwchlan Meeting)
Session
A. Learn hymns with rich harmonies, moving
melodies and interesting structures that capture the spirit
of listeners. Participants in this Saturday workshop will
sing for the Camp Swatara community at Sunday breakfast.
3: International Folk Dance (Alison Frysinger,
Downingtown Meeting),Sessions A
and B (attend
either or both). Learn simple village folk dances from
countries all over the world. No partners and no experience
needed - most of the dances are done in lines or circles.
The music varies widely - it can be quick or slow,
choral or instrumental, absolutely beautiful or really
weird (at least to our
ears) This a wonderful way to learn about cultures different
from your
own.
4: Walking Lightly on Our Watershed (Mark Pickering,
Harrisburg
Meeting) Session A
Participants will learn how our everyday lives and activities
affect the natural water sources that sustain all life.
As our world’s population continues to increase,
and our human race strives to achieve a higher quality
of life, our choices of how we live, recreate, and interact
with the natural world become more important so that nature’s
“water balance” can be maintained. Workshop
participants will have a chance to see recent examples
of human failure and success, the role of government and
be able to reflect and discuss how our everyday decisions
can affect our watershed environment.
5: Spiritual Oasis (Grayfred Gray, Lancaster
Meeting) Session B
or C
Workshop will describe the Spiritual Oasis Support Group
Grayfred has facilitated since Oct. 2004. Participants
will join in an abbreviated version of the spiritual sharing
time before debriefing the experience. The Oasis is for
seekers of all kinds who want support in their individual
spiritual lives.
6: Knitting in the Spirit (Deb Raudenbush, Lancaster
Meeting) Session A
This is not a how-to-knit workshop, but an invitation
to knitters and non-knitters to bring along a project
to work on during the session. Knitters will share information
about prayer shawls, how knitting helps a person center
and other spiritual aspects of knitting.
7: What can we do as individuals or groups on
Global Climate
Change? (John Hayden, Harrisburg Meeting)
Session C
What simple first steps can we take to start lifestyle
changes that will lesson our footprint (carbon and otherwise)
on the Earth? In this workshop participants will review
and discuss an outline/power point presentation that can
be used by individuals to present to their home meetings
or other religious-based groups. By the end of the workshop,
we will be more informed about how to discuss the topic
in an encouraging, supportive way and have some simple
steps to more forward with.
8: The Earthquake and reconstruction in Azad
Kashmir, Pakistan
(Shane Knudsen, Lancaster Meeting) Session C.
On October 8, 2005, an earthquake measuring 7.6 struck
25km Northeast of Muzzafarabad, in Pakistan. About 75,000
people were killed in just a few minutes; most of the
homes in the region were destroyed. In this workshop,
Shane will share photographs of the region, talk about
what happened after the earthquake and what is happening
now to rebuild peoples' lives. Session A
9: Healing Racism (Healing Racism Committee, Lancaster
Meeting) We
like to think that we see the person and not the race,
but psychologists say
that we all have biases. Psychologists have developed
a test that
measures the unconscious roots of racial biases. Prior
to the weekend,
take either the Asian, skin tone or race tests the test
by visiting
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit. Click on Demonstration,
then Go To
the Demonstration Tests, and then I wish to proceed. We'll
discuss the
results during this workshop.
10: Torture is a Moral Issue (Barbara Quintiliano,Schuylkill
Meeting) Session C
(Presenter’s note: NOT for
anyone under 18.) Do "enhanced interrogation
techniques" such as water boarding constitute torture?
Is our government justified in excluding "illegal
enemy combatants" from Geneva Convention protections?
Friends will identify their current attitudes about torture,
discuss some key facts, and consider how they might personally
take a stand for the humane treatment of prisoners.
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11: Being Nurtured
by a Life Lived Close to Nature (Gwynne
Ormsby, Birmingham Meeting) Session B.
Being open to the Spirit led Gwynne from a computer tech
career to horticulture therapy. Her discipline honors
the “God in each person” and helps people
with disabilities lead a productive life while being nurtured
by living close to nature. Let’s explore together
what it means to hear the Divine speak to us and follow
Her lead.
12: Making Accordion Books (Liz Gates, Lancaster
Meeting) Session B &
C Learn to make
this simple book structure and a small pop-up accordion
book. Bring short quotes or small drawings to incorporate
in your book.
13: Introduction to 12-step meetings through
Adult Children
Anonymous (ACA) (Grayfred Gray; Lancaster Meeting)
Session A.
Open to attenders of all 12-step programs and anyone interested
in what 12-step programs are and how they work.
14: What Can We Learn from the book of Job? (Cheryl
Dellasega,
Harrisburg Meeting) Session
A and B (Friends
are welcome to come to one or both parts.) Conventional
wisdom suggests the "patience of Job" was legendary,
but the themes of this intriguing book are more complex.
Come and explore sitting in silence, arguing with God,
spiritual warfare, and how the books of Esther and Psalms
relate to the story of Job.
15: The Seasons of Grief and Belief (Carol Emerson,
Lancaster
Meeting) Session B.
When a loss occurs, the grief process unfolds. This workshop
will explore the seasons of the grief process and how
they can provoke seasons of one’s belief structure.
The imagery and metaphor of a tree will be used and developed
by referencing two books: Let Your Life Speak, by Parker
Palmer and A Testament of Devotion, by Thomas Kelly.
16: Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP), A
Personal
Transformation Program (Joe Moore and Joe DiGarbo, Lancaster
Meeting) Session B.
This workshop will demonstrate how AVP workshops are conducted.
In addition, the presenters will talk about their recent
trip to Palestine where they helped conduct AVP workshops
with Palestinians in the West Bank.
17: The Fascinating Art of Optical Illusions
and Visual Phenomena:
What we see is not always real (Carol Rettew, Lancaster
Meeting) Session B.
This workshop will introduce participants to several artists
and their art: Escher, Duchamp, Dali and Kitaoka. Discoveries
and creations of optical illusion graphics over the years
will be illustrated and discussed. Understanding why the
moon looks larger when it's near the horizon will be one
of the topics.
18: Informed Military Recruitment (Eve Eisemann,
Bob Lowing and Anne Wallace-DiGarbo, Lancaster Meeting)
Session A.
How can we communicate information about military recruitment
to high school students so they can make informed decisions
about whether or not to enlist? Progress reports by student
activists and supportive adults, brief role-playing, hand-outs,
and discussion. Young Friends are particularly urged to
attend.
19: Optical Illusions: A Group Project (Carol
Rettew, Lancaster
Meeting) Follow-up to Workshop #17,.
Session C.
We will collaborate to create a work of art based on optical
illusion. It is not necessary to have participated in
Workshop 17 to be a part of this group project.
20: Deepening & Strengthening at Lancaster
Monthly Meeting
(members of the LMM D&S Coordinating Committee)
Session C.
Through "Knowing Ourselves as a Meeting" --
a process facilitated by PYM's Center for Deepening &
Strengthening-- Lancaster Friends are
undergoing a process of meeting-wide discernment and renewal.
In this
workshop we will share how the process has unfolded, what
we have
learned, and where we see ourselves being led. Friends
from other
meetings that have been involved this process are especially
welcome to
attend and share their experiences.
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