February 2012 News from Quaker Center
Winter is still a time for the growth and the warmth of community at Quaker Center despite the colder temperatures. We brought in the new year with 27 companions for the Year End Retreat and we just hosted 26 people last weekend for an enriching look at the radical Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his nonviolent approach to social transformation. One of the leaders, Be Scofield, has an incredibly resource rich website, www.godblessthewholeworld.org with awesome video clips of King, some of which are recently released. Please check out the website and enjoy!
We are looking forward to more nonviolence training as we host Dorothy Henderson, Head of School at the Woolman Semester, who will facilitate our learning of Nonviolent Communication and how we can answer to that of God in others during everyday interactions, and also in our meeting communities where conversations can sometimes be quite challenging.
Upcoming Programs
Complete 2013 Program Schedule
Register Here. Registration is open for the following programs:
May 31 - June 2
Unity, the First Testimony
with Eric Moon
June 29 - July 7
Quaker Camp
for Rising 4th to 6th Graders
with camp director Stephen Myers
June 29 - July 7
Service Camp
for Rising 7th to 9th Graders
with camp director Stephen Myers
July 21 - 27
Peace Action Camp
for Rising 10th to 12th Graders
with camp director Stephen Myers
August 4 - 9
Family Work Camp
with David Forbes, Kathy and Bob RunyanSlideshow
Quaker Quote of the Week
The one cornerstone of belief upon which the Society of Friends is built is the conviction that God does indeed communicate with each one of the spirits He has made, in a direct and living inbreathing of some measure of the breath of His own Life; that He never leaves Himself without a witness in the heart as well as in the surroundings of man; that the measure of light, life, or grace thus given increases by obedience; and that in order clearly to hear the Divine voice speaking within us we need to be still; to be alone with Him, in the secret place of His Presence; that all flesh should keep silence before Him.
~ Caroline Stephen, 1834-1909
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Childcare is now provided, at no extra charge, for most Quaker Center workshops! Mail us at mail@quakercenter.org for more information.
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