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Submit a Program Idea

We welcome program ideas from our community. To submit a program idea just fill out this form and we will get back to you. 

WEDNESDAY MORNING WORSHIP SHARING

Join us on Zoom every Wednesday at 10 a.m. (Pacific Time) for Worship Sharing. This weeks reading is an excerpt from A HIDDEN WHOLENESS by Parker J. Palmer.

(see Friendly Quotes & Queries below) JOIN HERE

by TRUDY MYRRH REAGAN

Quaker Center offers a daily online meeting for worship from 7:30 until 8:00 AM, Pacific Time. You can join us from anywhere in the world!

FRIENDLY QUOTES & QUERIES

from A HIDDEN WHOLENESS by Parker J. Palmer

The insight at the heart of nonviolence is that we live in a tragic gap—a gap between the way things are and the way we know they might be… If we want to live nonviolent lives, we must learn to stand in the tragic gap, faithfully holding the tension between reality and possibility in hopes of being opened to a third way... [of breaking our] collective hearts open to justice, truth, and love.                                                               
There is an old Hasidic tale that tells us how such things happen. The pupil comes to the rebbe and asks, "Why does Torah tell us to 'place these words upon your hearts’? Why does it not tell us to place these holy words in our hearts?" The rebbe answers, "It is because as we are, our hearts are closed, and we cannot place the holy words in our hearts. So we place them on top of our hearts. And there they stay until, one day, the heart breaks, and the words fall in."
QUERIES: Have I ever stood in the “tragic gap” between the way things are and the way they might be? Have I ever broken my heart open to justice, truth and love? Did the words of the Torah fall in?
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Inspecting damage from last year's fire

WHY WE LOVE MONTHLY DONATIONS

Monthly Donations of any amount help us to better plan ahead & help greatly with budgeting!

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If you prefer to send a check, please mail it to:

Quaker Center
P.O. Box 686
Ben Lomond, CA 95005

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QUAKER CENTER'S FIRST MONTHLY MATCHING GRANT!

We have been offered a unique matching grant up to $10,000!

For every new monthly (or Quarterly) donation pledge received between now and June 1st, each monthly amount will be matched.

For example: If you pledge $25/ month, Quaker Center will receive another $25 each month until June 1st, or until we’ve reached a total of $20,000, whichever comes first. We love monthly pledges because they help us to plan a realistic budget for the coming year and, of course, we love matching grants. It’s a win-win for us and your giving will be worth twice as much. 

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