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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

News from Quaker Center

December 2019

We experienced another power shutdown during our Pursuit of Wisdom program at the end of October. Michael Birkel, who led the program and the 23 Friends who attended were very forgiving and dealt with the lack of lighting and internet very graciously (Some of the coffee drinkers got a little edgy on Saturday morning, but the generators kicked in and everything worked out well). Once again, the Quaker Center staff rose to the occasion, making life much easier for the new co-directors.

After much discerning, discussion, planning and fundraising, the upper and lower dorms of the Orchard Lodge now have new roofs! Our Buildings & Grounds and Finance committees, along with our maintenance crew will now turn their attentions to the roads, heaters, water tanks, etc. in order to stay ahead of the forces of entropy!

Our back-to-back programs led by Ben Pink Dandelion were pretty much “sold out,” in November and we had a lively period of Quaker dialogues, worship and learning. (see quote below)

The 10th Annual Music and Dance Retreat was the joyful celebration of life that Friends in-the-know have come to expect.

Join us for worship daily from 7:30 – 8 a.m. Pacific time through our online Meeting for Worship from anywhere in the world: Go to our website at: http://www.quakercenter.org/meeting-for-worship/

Quaker Quotes and Queries

QUOTE: “We cannot encounter the Divine and not be changed by the experience. We are altered – perhaps fleetingly, perhaps for the duration of the meeting, perhaps for life. As a tradition we talk far less of the Second Coming, but we still maintain a spirituality which straddles an experience of earth and heaven. We are part of a spirituality of realisation and aspiration. We have not all experienced this sense of heaven or personal transformation, and many of us may feel unsure about its reality – but transformation is still the heart of Quakersim . . .”

Ben Pink Dandelion
2014 Swarthmore lecture

QUERY: Have I ever had an encounter with the Divine? Was I changed by the experience? In what way?
Did I see my own life through a different lense? What did I see?
In what ways, if any, has the experience influenced my life choices and direction?

[archive of QC's Quaker Quotes]

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Upcoming Programs

2020 Program Calendar

Register Here for the following programs:

Mar. 24th – Mar. 29th
Practices for Supporting Faithfulness with Marcelle Martin

Apr. 17th – Apr. 19th
Choosing Peace: Nurturing Ourselves as Peacebuilders in a Divided World with Bridget Moix

More to come…

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