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World War 2 Veteran: From Prisoner of War to Pacifist

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  • 10:00 Silent Worship
  • 11:00 Discussion: War & Pacifism with George Rubin
  • 12:00 Community Potluck

Quaker pacifist and World War 2 prisoner of war George Rubin will talk to us about creating a world without war.

George Rubin is a member of Medford Meeting, a retired podiatrist, and has served as clerk for New York Yearly Meeting, Medford Meeting, and American Friends Service Committee’s New York regional office. He writes for the Medford Leas literary publication, is active with many Quaker organizations, and enjoys working with youth.

Pendle Hill Quaker Institute: Beloved Community as Prophetic Witness

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An on-campus gathering of Friends to learn about and practice the art of building beloved community as an act of prophetic witness.

Adult Private Room: $450/ $600/ $750
Adult Shared Room: $450
Adult Commuter: $250

Child (0-2): No charge
Child (3-12): $60 (room & board)/ $30 (commuter)
Youth (13-18): $150 (room & board)/ $75 (commuter)
Free childcare provided by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

If these options are financially inaccessible, we welcome your request for financial assistance.

Join us in rebuilding our Beloved Community, grounded in Quaker faith and practice!

Grounded in Friends’ history of community as the roots of spirituality and social change, we will learn from each other about what is possible in this moment – both old and new ways Friends are grounding our communities in our prophetic values and mobilizing in the service of healing the world.

In December 2019, Friends came together for the Pendle Hill Quaker Institute, Practicing Our Heritage of Mysticism and Resistance, challenging the false dichotomy between contemplative and activist Friends. This year, we invite Friends back to Pendle Hill’s campus to re-connect and re-group after surviving these traumatic and illuminating intervening years. We will worship, learn, and break bread together.

Experiential workshops will explore different ways that the Religious Society of Friends is creating cultures of beloved community. Themes will include the ministry of space, intergenerational programming, art as a container for building community, and ways Meetings can support and engage with Friends’ peace and justice organizations.

This long weekend is a collaboration with a broad range of Friends and Friends’ organizations, including the American Friends Service Committee, the Friends Committee on National Legislation, Friends General Conference, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, the Quaker Religious Education Collaborative, and other Quaker institutions and retreat centers.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting’s Youth Programs staff will lead a program for younger Quaker Institute registrants at no additional cost. We hope this will make attendance for families with children more accessible. It will be a simultaneous experience of building beloved community, designed for the ages who register.

Please check the event page for forthcoming schedules, workshop descriptions, and leader information.

Experiment With Light: A Guided Quaker Meditation Based On Historical Practices

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Apr 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2022

A series of online workshops with Barbara “Shulamith” Clearbridge
Thursdays 7:30pm-9:00pm Eastern Time (US & Canada) via Zoom.

The “Experiment with Light” is a practice that can help people deepen their spiritual lives by exploring what it means to “wait in the Light” as early Quakers did. This can be a searching and powerful experience.

For more information, to register, or to apply for financial assistance, visit:

https://pendlehill.org/events/experiment-with-light-a-guided-quaker-meditation-based-on-historical-practices/

Experiment With Light: A Guided Quaker Meditation Based On Historical Practices

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Apr 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2022

A series of online workshops with Barbara “Shulamith” Clearbridge
Thursdays 7:30pm-9:00pm Eastern Time (US & Canada) via Zoom.

The “Experiment with Light” is a practice that can help people deepen their spiritual lives by exploring what it means to “wait in the Light” as early Quakers did. This can be a searching and powerful experience.

For more information, to register, or to apply for financial assistance, visit:

https://pendlehill.org/events/experiment-with-light-a-guided-quaker-meditation-based-on-historical-practices/

Experiment With Light: A Guided Quaker Meditation Based On Historical Practices

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Apr 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2022

A series of online workshops with Barbara “Shulamith” Clearbridge
Thursdays 7:30pm-9:00pm Eastern Time (US & Canada) via Zoom.

The “Experiment with Light” is a practice that can help people deepen their spiritual lives by exploring what it means to “wait in the Light” as early Quakers did. This can be a searching and powerful experience.

For more information, to register, or to apply for financial assistance, visit:

https://pendlehill.org/events/experiment-with-light-a-guided-quaker-meditation-based-on-historical-practices/

Experiment With Light: A Guided Quaker Meditation Based On Historical Practices

Written on:

Apr 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2022

A series of online workshops with Barbara “Shulamith” Clearbridge
Thursdays 7:30pm-9:00pm Eastern Time (US & Canada) via Zoom.

The “Experiment with Light” is a practice that can help people deepen their spiritual lives by exploring what it means to “wait in the Light” as early Quakers did. This can be a searching and powerful experience.

For more information, to register, or to apply for financial assistance, visit:

https://pendlehill.org/events/experiment-with-light-a-guided-quaker-meditation-based-on-historical-practices/

Quakers in Education: Nitobe Inazo, Elizabeth Gray Vining, and Joseph Wharton

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This is the second in a series of articles about Quakers who’ve impacted the fields of education and contributed to global scientific, medical, political, or economic leadership. The first article was published on September 23 and covered Elise Goulding, Ezra Cornell, and Johns Hopkins.

Nitobe Inazo (1862-1933) was a Japanese Quaker who became the first Under Secretary General for the League of Nations. Nitobe was born into a samurai family on Honshu, the main island of Japan. While in college, he became a Christian and later a Friend. In 1884, He moved to the US for post-graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University. There he began attending Quaker meetings, telling friends, “I very much like their simplicity and earnestness.”

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