FEBRUARY 5, 2018 · 7:30-9:00 PM · THE BARN FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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Hidden in Plain Sight: The Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware A talk by Chief Dennis J. Coker The Lenape, the original inhabitants of this region, were among the first Natives to come into contact with European settlers in the mid 17th century. How did they navigate the immigrant invasion and its alien culture? Contrary to widely-held myth, the Lenape live on in unified communities in the Mid-Atlantic today. How has this resilient people succeeded in maintaining its identity through over 325 years of a domination culture that devalues their lives and ways? Dennis J. Coker has been honored to be elected Principal Chief of the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware since 1996. During his term, successful collaborations with the Delaware State Historic Preservation Office and the Federal Census Bureau led to his Tribe being awarded a Census Designation Area allowing Tribal members to include their ethnicity as Lenape on the 2010 Census for the first time in history. On August 3, 2016, Delaware’s Governor, Jack Markell, signed legislation officially recognizing the long and continued history of the Lenape Community in the state of Delaware.
Chief Coker’s service as a past Chairman of the Confederation of Sovereign Nanticoke-Lenape Tribes of the Delaware Bay has allowed him to effect progress towards recognition of the Indigenous human rights of all member Tribes. His membership in the National Congress of the American Indian (NCIA) and founding membership in the Alliance of Colonial Era Tribes (ACET) has brought recognition, furthered understandings, and developed collaborations for the betterment of Delaware’s Indigenous population.
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Pendle Hill
A Quaker Study, Retreat, and Conference Center
Call for Submission of Paintings
Quaker teens (in 8th grade or aged 14 and older), students at Friends’ High Schools, and Quaker adults are invited to submit up to 5 paintings per person for a juried exhibition to be on display at Pendle Hill from May 1, 2018 to August 30, 2018 Consider the following queries and explore your responses through painting!
How to Enter
What am I being called to do? Where is my energy focused most strongly? How does my creativity fuel my passions and my purpose?
Only 2-dimensional paintings (watercolor, tempura, acrylic, oil, or encaustic) will be accepted; No piece may exceed 50” in height or width; If selected, each piece must be framed and wired for final presentation.
For each work entered, submit the following to jwhite@pendlehill.org no later than 5:00 pm EST February 15, 2018: A digital image of the piece with at least 300 dpi resolution; The title of the work, and the medium used; The estimated framed size of the piece; The price, if for sale (Pendle Hill will retain a 20 per cent commission on each work sold); A brief description of how the piece fits the theme of “Painting, Passion, and Purpose”; and The name of the Friends’ School or Meeting you attend.
More details Artists’ Reception, May 17, 7:30—9:00 pm For more detailed information, visit www.pendlehill.org or contact Jesse White at jwhite@pendlehill.org. 338 Plush Mill Road Wallingford, Pennsylvania Ext. 137, 610-566-4507
www.pendlehill.org
Pendle Hill
A Quaker Study, Retreat, and Conference Center
Registration Visit www.pendlehill.org, or call Ext. 137 at 610-566 4507 or 800-742-3150 (toll-free in US)
Accommodations Private room Shared room Commute
$ 598 $ 558 $ 518
Travel Pendle Hill is just fifteen minutes from Philadelphia International Airport, and twenty minutes outside the city. The campus is near the Wallingford train station. Take the SEPTA Media/Elwyn line from Philadelphia and call for a pick-up.
February 17-19, 2018 (Saturday, 9 am to Monday, 5 pm)
Tribe of the H.E.A.R.T. Retreat for Nurture, Reflection and Joy Rooted in the principles of the H.E.A.R.T.,* this Saturday to Monday retreat with Dr. Amanda Kemp is for those deeply engaged in antiracism work, have read Amanda Kemp’s book, Say the Wrong Thing: Stories and Strategies for Racial Justice and Authentic Community, and/or have participated in one or more of Amanda’s classes or programs. [*Hold space for transformation; Express yourself: Act with intention (driven by vision); Reflect on yourself. Trust the process.]
This retreat is a time for you to take a step back from the work you have been doing — whether it’s in your community, your religious group, school or family. Get grounded in your vision of transformation. Reconnect with the love that is at the center of all justice work. Nurture your body with mindful movement, healing sound, and liberatory touch. Re-experience the joy of passionate creative community. Emerge replenished and even more capable to hold the ground of both Love and Justice. Dr. Amanda Kemp is a racial justice and mindfulness mentor. Author of Say the Wrong Thing: Stories and Strategies for Racial Justice and Authentic Community, she has been called a master teacher, having helped over 25,000 people build their capacity to practice selfcompassion and self-critique. Her H.E.A.R.T. Method for Racial Justice and Mindful Living has been adopted by teachers from grade 6college levels. Dr. Kemp is a Visiting Scholar in Africana Studies at Franklin & Marshall College and a graduate of Stanford and Northwestern Universities. Her TEDxtalk, “How to Have a Voice and Lean in to Conversations about Race,” was recently released. She regularly mentors educators and leaders via her Compassionate Change Makers Program and online classes. Visit www.dramandakemp.com.
338 Plush Mill Road Wallingford, Pennsylvania Ext. 137, 610-566-4507
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Pendle Hill A Quaker Study, Retreat, and Conference Center
February 24, 2018 · 7:30-9:00 pm · The Barn at Pendle Hill
Weaving the Tapestry A panel discussion sponsored by Friends World Committee for Consultation, Section of the Americas and Pendle Hill
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER FOR LIVESTREAMING VISIT WWW.PENDLEHILL.ORG
How can local Quaker meetings and churches support the Friends called to ministry among them? How can the Religious Society of Friends transcend our internal differences to seek broader unity? The Friends World Committee in the Americas is responding to these concerns. Six members of the FWCC Traveling Ministry Corps will share their stories, hopes, and advices with you.
Marty Smith Philadelphia YM
Geeta Jyothi McGahey SAYMA
Bill Smith Philadelphia YM
Chuck Schobert Northern YM
Julie Peyton Sierra Cascades YM
Debbie Humphries New England YM
Robin Mohr, Executive Secretary FWCC Americas, Moderator
338 Plush Mill Road Wallingford, Pennsylvania Ext. 137, 610-566-4507
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Pendle Hill
A Quaker Study, Retreat, and Conference Center
FEBRUARY 25, 2018 · 1:00-3:00 PM · THE BARN
Seeds that Change the World A book talk and signing by Debbie Humphries The Quaker tradition at its best is a practice-based religious path that embodies the ability to hold paradoxical truths with deep love and a minimum of hierarchy. Each of these elements is an important capability that the world as a whole needs today. These capacities are developed through regular exercise of both individual and corporate spiritual practices, that can be taught and strengthened. The ongoing divisions among us speak to our failure to live up to our potential. As stewards of this tradition, we need to better embody the truths of the Quaker tradition.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BOOKS AVAILABLE FOR SALE AND SIGNING AFTER THE TALK
With a foreword by Diane Randall, Seeds that Change the World helps readers do just that by exploring Soul Time, Our Hope for a New Life, Four Pillars of Meeting for Business, Embracing Wholeness in the World, Exploring the Unwritten Rules of Waiting Worship, Why the World Needs Quakerism and more. Of Seeds that Change the World, Lloyd Lee Wilson says “In these essays, Humphries enters the long-standing debate among Quakers as to whether Friends have anything distinctive to offer the contemporary world. Her conclusion: Yes!” Debbie Humphries came to Quakerism in the early 1990s after growing up Mormon. Debbie has travelled in the ministry among Quakers since 2004 under the care of Hartford Monthly Meeting, carrying a concern for the spiritual health and vitality of the Religious Society of Friends.
338 Plush Mill Road Wallingford, Pennsylvania Ext. 137, 610-566-4507
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Pendle Hill
A Quaker Study, Retreat, and Conference Center
A Celebration of the Creative Work of Lorna Kent February 3 —May 29, 2018 The Tree Room Gallery at Pendle Hill Artist’s Talk and Reception February 25, 2-4 pm FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Quaker artist Lorna Kent passed away in December of 2014. With the cooperation of Lorna’s daughter, Claudia Kent, we welcome this opportunity to display a selection of her work. Claudia writes of her mother: “My mum’s lifelong love of art started when she was a child in England. She kept all of her certificates from grade school through her graduation from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art(PAFA) in 1995. Inspiration was everywhere for her. Sketches of my cat would mysteriously show up on my refrigerator, palm trees in book margins, a flower on my chalk board. A sketch book and pencil were always close by. Like a lot of artists, she would go through phases or periods. Roosters, robins, children’s characters and flowers. She would paint her dreams. Crazy depictions of her subconscious. The moment was always captured with her pencil. “My appreciation for art came from my mother. I found her commencement piece at PAFA deeply disturbing, and I told her so. She was fascinated by this. She loved that I hated it. . . . My mother was very afraid of birds. Curiously, many of her pieces featured them. . . . For her it was how she dealt with the anxiety. [The exhibit] includes some of my favorite pieces, The Roses, Roosters 1 & 2 and Watership Down. It also includes not so liked pieces, including a portion of the PAFA Commencement piece.”
338 Plush Mill Road Wallingford, Pennsylvania Ext. 137, 610-566-4507
www.pendlehill.org
Pendle Hill A Quaker Study, Retreat, and Conference Center
Reclaiming Our Stories: Exploring LGBTQFriendly Bible Stories March 2-4, 2018 (Friday evening through Sunday noon)
Registration Visit www.pendlehill.org, or call Ext. 137 at 610-566 4507 or 800-742-3150 (toll-free in US)
Accommodations Private room Shared room Commute
$ 180 $ 150 $ 100
Fee covers food, lodging, and program If you need financial assistance, please complete our online Financial Assistance Application
Travel Pendle Hill is just fifteen minutes from Philadelphia International Airport, and thirty minutes outside the city. The campus is near the Wallingford train station. Take the SEPTA Media/Elwyn line from Philadelphia and call for a pick-up.
We are grateful for support from the Bible Association of Friends in America
338 Plush Mill Road Wallingford, Pennsylvania Ext. 137, 610-566-4507
www.pendlehill.org
Join performance artist and Bible scholar Peterson Toscano for a weekend workshop exploring gender and sexuality in Bible stories. While the Bible has been used by some to harm others, there are potential peaceful interpretations of the ancient texts, including those that support LGBTQ lives. Using a variety of methods, traditional and creative, participants will study, discuss, and explore Bible stories. In order to disrupt, trouble, and undermine the negative influence of anti-LGBTQ readings of the text, workshop participants will unearth sexual and gender minorities in Bible stories. Through thoughtful and playful exercises and discussions, these stories and characters will come to life. Peterson Toscano's unique personal journey led him to performance art. After spending 17 years and over $30,000 on three continents attempting to de-gay himself through gay conversion therapy, he came to his senses and came out a quirky queer Quaker concerned with human rights and comedy. He asks himself and his audiences unusual questions: Who are the gender outlaws in the Bible? What is a queer response to climate change? How can comedy help us better understand our most tragic losses? Peterson created Transfigurations—Transgressing Gender in the Bible, a performance lecture that reveals gender non-conforming characters. He uses theater, comedy, and storytelling to look at gender, LGBTQ issues, privilege, religion, and climate change. A skilled facilitator, he helps workshop participants dig deep into a topic while having fun. He lives in Sunbury, PA with his partner, South African author Glen Retief. Visit www.petersontoscano.com.
Pendle Hill
A Quaker Study, Retreat, and Conference Center
March 9-11, 2018 (Friday evening through Sunday noon) Registration Visit www.pendlehill.org, or call Ext. 137 at 610-566 4507 or 800-742-3150 (toll-free in US)
Accommodations Private room Shared room Commute
$ 495 $ 435 $ 300
Travel Pendle Hill is just fifteen minutes from Philadelphia International Airport, and twenty minutes outside the city. The campus is near the Wallingford train station. Take the SEPTA Media/Elwyn line from Philadelphia and call for a pick-up.
Visit www.pendlehill for more information
From Mourning to Renewed Witness A weekend with Doug Gwyn and Brian Drayton How do we remain faithful to the hope that is in us? Where do we find hope when the world offers daily invitations to mourn, or even to despair, because of racial injustice, militarism, climate change, or environmental deterioration? What form can hope even take? Over 350 years, Friends have repeatedly been challenged to sustain and renew their witness, not by skirting grief or desolation but by confronting, expressing, and transcending it. Early Seekers, who sometimes called themselves “mourners after Sion,” were transformed through their Quaker convincement into the vanguard of the Lamb’s War, a sustained nonviolent revolutionary movement for religious renewal and social change. Through succeeding generations, Friends have continued to find ways to transmute the melancholy of grief into fresh, resilient testimony for the Spirit. In this weekend course, Brian Drayton and Doug Gwyn will share what they have learned through study of and deep listening to the stories of Friends through the centuries, and how that witness has helped them pass through mourning into renewed hope and witness. They will invite participants to reflect and share their own experiences. Together, we will encourage one another to make our testimony, find our hope, in a world that daily invites us to despair.
338 Plush Mill Road Wallingford, Pennsylvania Ext. 137, 610-566-4507
www.pendlehill.org
Pendle Hill
A Quaker Study, Retreat, and Conference Center
Photo © 2013 So-Jin An
March 11-15, 2018 (Sunday, 4:30 pm through Thursday, 1:00 pm)
The Prophetic Faith from Moses to Martin Registration Visit www.pendlehill.org, or call Ext. 137 at 610-566 4507 or 800-742-3150 (toll-free in the US)
Accommodations Private room $ 400 Shared room $ 300 Commuter $ 200
Travel Pendle Hill is just fifteen minutes from Philadelphia International Airport, and twenty minutes outside the city. Take the SEPTA Media/ Elwyn line from Philadelphia to Wallingford station and call for a pickup.
We are grateful for support from the Bible Association of Friends in America
338 Plush Mill Road Wallingford, Pennsylvania Ext. 137, 610-566-4507 / 800-742-3150 (US)
www.pendlehill.org
A short course with Doug Gwyn and John Meyer The prophets of ancient Israel raised an alarm among their people when they saw their society becoming more militarized, exploitative, unequal, and immoral. Chanting, singing, and writing, they called leaders and people back to the equity and equilibrium of covenant relationship with God. We will end with John Meyer leading us in considering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a modern-day prophet. In each case, we will seek to understand the spiritual formation that undergirds the radical social witness of prophets, ancient and modern. This clarity can aid us in finding our own prophetic voices amid a militarized, exploitative, unequal, and immoral society. We will listen to a variety of prophetic texts. But in order to appreciate their meaning, considerable context-setting will be required. So part of sessions will be devoted to presentation. Bibles will be available, but participants are encouraged to bring their preferred translation. Doug Gwyn is a minister and author among Friends. His “biography” of Pendle Hill, Personality and Place: The Life and Times of Pendle Hill, was published in 2014. Formerly the Quaker Studies teacher at Pendle Hill, A well-traveled Friend, Doug has worked for the American Friends Service Committee, served among Friends as a pastor, and taught at the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Birmingham, England, as well as at Pendle Hill. Doug is a student of the Bible and of early Quakerism. His most recent works are The Anti-War: Militant Peacemaking in the Manner of Friends (2016) and The Call to Radical Faithfulness: Covenant in Quaker Experience (2017).
Pendle Hill
A Quaker Study, Retreat, and Conference Center
Truth & Healing: Quakers Seeking Right Relationship with Indigenous Peoples MAY 3-6, 2018 We invite Quakers from throughout Canada and the United States to gather at Pendle Hill to meet together with Indigenous people, to hear truth spoken plainly, to listen deeply with open hearts and minds, and to seek together ways of acknowledging ongoing and intergenerational injuries, owning responsibility, and repairing injustice as Spirit guides us. Come to be inspired, to become better equipped to involve Meetings and local communities in building right relationship, and to be renewed in Spirit and energy for this long-term justice journey.
Radical Faithfulness in Action An online, on-campus program in grassroots organizing and radical faithfulness, with three campus residencies Thursday evening to Sunday noon
JUNE 28-JULY 1 · AUGUST 16-19 · OCTOBER 25-28, 2018 Are you a person engaged in social justice organizing who values the importance of interconnection, community, and spiritual practices to maintain resilience in your work? Radical Faithfulness in Action may be for you. You will join people of different faiths committed to deepening their capacity for effective community action for peace and justice. The course includes skill development in effective social action organizing as well as experiential curriculum and spiritual nurture to deepen connection and resilience in our work for peace and justice. Lead Facilitator Matthew Armstead is a community builder, facilitator, and cultural organizer in Philadelphia, PA. A core trainer with Training for Change, he has worked with diverse groups from Occupy Wall Street activists to Ivy League university students and on topics ranging from anti-oppression, strategic planning, community outreach, peer counseling, nonviolent direct action, to organizational development. Joining Matthew will be a team of guest facilitators experienced in organizing and spiritual nurture.
338 Plush Mill Road • Wallingford, PA 19086-6023
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