July 10th Spiritual Book Sharing. This coming Sunday you have the opportunity to share a spiritual book that has affected your life. Those who choose to share will have three minutes to give a summary of the meaning their book has for them. You are encouraged to come and listen and ask questions even if you do not have a book to share. Coffee and cookies served prior to our beginning at 9:30 in the Community Room.
The session on Friends General Conference to be led by Michelle Bellows will NOT be held June 26th. It will be rescheduled sometime in the fall.
From Lina Blount, Communications and Outreach Coordinator, Pendle Hill:
Please help me spread the word about Pendle Hill’s online learning offering “Exploring the Quaker Way” which starts in mid June 2016 and runs until late August. Registration for the 8 week course is open until June 5.
We believe this new initiative meets a real need within the Religious Society of Friends. Many local meetings increasingly see the importance of robust religious education and deeper spiritual dialog within the wider Quaker community. Yet, several of these meetings do not have the resources necessary to provide engaging, focused study with experienced educators and classmates from a wide variety of Quaker meetings. Our Quaker Studies Online courses are designed for spiritual seekers who want to engage in personal reflection, focused study, and deep dialog within lively communities of learners guided by seasoned Quaker educators.
The goals of this course are to help seekers, attenders, and interested members of Friends meetings: 1) deepen their understanding of the Quaker movement; 2) better understand the spiritual journey common among early and current Quakers; 3) reflect on their own spiritual journeys within this spiritual tradition; and 4) become more familiar with several key elements of building vibrant and caring Quaker meetings. It is designed for people who want to explore these themes through personal reflection, focused study, and deep dialog within a lively learning community gently guided by seasoned Quaker educators.
The course will be co-taught by Steve Chase and Marcelle Martin, along with a few special guest webinar presenters.
For more information about the course and registration, please follow up here.
Friends:
The Adult Spiritual Education Committee is seeking your feedback on the series “Living the Quaker Life.” If you attended one or more sessions, please let us know how you experienced it and your ideas for the future. Reprints of the form below will be available at Meeting for Worship over the coming weeks or you can print a copy, complete the form, and bring to Meeting.
We are also eager to hear from those of you who did not participate. We would like to have your ideas and suggestions for future programs and series.
We look forward to receiving your feedback and suggestions.
Adult Spiritual Education Committee
The link below opens the feedback form:
The sixth session of “Living the Quaker Life” will be held this coming First Day, April 24th, in the Community Room and will begin at 9:00 am. Coffee and tea will be available prior to the start. Also, be assured that all are welcome to participate even if you have not attended any of the previous sessions. This week we will study “How We Act in the World.” The assigned readings in the BYM Faith and Practice 2013 are pages 118-123 and 183-185.
The Adult Spiritual Education committee will hold a one-hour Bible Workbench on Sunday, May 1, at 9:30 a.m. in one of the upstairs classrooms. We will discuss John 14: 23-29: a “farewell discourse,” the Advocate, the link between love and behavior. You don’t need to read the scripture in advance, or be Christian or knowledgeable about the Bible in order to participate. We follow the guidelines/contexts/questions shaped by The Educational Center’s “Reading Between the Lines” series (edited by D. Andrew Kille): What is happening in this story? Where is the story alive and happening in the world around us? How is this story my own internal story? Where does it live in my life?