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Phone: (831) 336-8333

E-mail us at: mail (at) quakercenter.org (substitute an @ sign instead of (at))

Postal address for all mailings and shipments:

250 Main St. #686
Ben Lomond, CA 95005

Get Directions to Quaker Center Our center is located at 1000 Hubbard Gulch Road, Ben Lomond, CA  95005.

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Trails and Amenities

WEDNESDAY MORNING WORSHIP SHARING 10 a.m. (PT)

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This week’s reading is from New England Yearly Meeting FAITH & PRACTICE

(See Friendly Quotes and Queries below)

Orchard Lodge Mosaic

SPIRIT RISING

FRIENDLY QUOTES & QUERIES

from New England Yearly Meeting FAITH & PRACTICE
One rarely knows how death will arrive, either for a loved one or for oneself. Will death come through injury, illness, old age? Will it come quickly or slowly? Will there be warn-ing? Each death is unique, and may not come at the end of a long life. Yet, each life, whether short or long, is whole and precious.
Early Friends recognized the passage into death as a liminal space in which a person might be particularly conscious of the Eternal. It was common for friends and family to gather to hear the testimony of the dying person. While this rarely happens in a formal way now, many still find deep openings sitting with a dying person whether in silence or in conversation, and even when they are with a person who is unconscious, distressed, or wrestling with great pain.
Keeping a sense of sanctity and care around death may present a challenge. Many aspects of the modern world distance us from death. Deaths are often outside the home, or far away geographically from loved ones. Certain aspects of death, such as medical care or funeral arrangements, are usually handled by others, leading to less engagement with the physical reality of death than in former times. At the same time, the still common experi-ence of mass deaths from war, or other violence, may lead one to objectify death as remote and unreal.
What happens beyond life is a mystery, but Friends trust it is part of a universe sustained by Divine Love. Friends’ witness is that one may live in God’s realm in the present. As such, life choices are made not in hopes of heaven in an after-life, but on how one can embody that realm in the present.
Birth and death are parts of the natural order of creation. A given life span is only one fleeting but precious part of the life of the universe. What precedes and follows it becomes part of a larger spiritual context. Birth, life, and death are complementary parts of the cycle of life anchored in the Spirit.
QUERIES: What has been your experience with death? How does that impact your faith and vice versa? What are your biggest concerns about the eventual death of loved ones; of your own?

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PHOTO BY LEN VAUGHN-LAHMAN SJ MERCURY NEWS SEPT 20 2004 (w/ LABYRINTH REvans) Nestled in the woods away from the Quaker Conference Center in the mountains outside of Ben Lomond, a newly consturcted labyrinth, made of simple gravel and river rock, opens in a clearing. The brainstorm of Tom Davis (background, right) , a member of the group, his permamnent creation replaces on made of rop. The labyrinth allows prayerful meditation around a predestined course, with one way in and out. Members Traci and Walter Hjelt Sullivan (cq\'d, no hyphen in last name) are on the labyrinth with Davis.
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The Casa de Luz
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We are continuing to hold our heads above water, financially, despite losing about $15,000 per month of budgeted income. We started out with some healthy reserves, we’ve cut back on expenditures and Friends have been exceedingly generous in offering financial support. But the pandemic and post-CZU fire challenges continue to put pressure on our ability to fulfill our mission.

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