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January 2005 Quakershaker
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Dale Blanchard
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Feb 03, 2005 13:41 PST
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This is the January 2005 e-mail version of the QuakerShaker,
Newsletter of the Yellow Springs meeting of the Religious Society of
Friends.
For information or feedback about the newsletter, contact the editor,
Ann Cooper, at adco-@aol.com.
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DABlan-@aol.com. To subscribe or unsubscribe
to paper e-mail edition, contact Harold Putnam at HPu-@aol.com.
In this issue.
1. Poets and Musicians for Peace
2. New Year's Eve at Rockford
3. Janurary Calendar
4. Whitewater Minute, Discussion and Potluck
5. Annual Appeal—Peggy Champney
6. Wednesday night Worship-sharing group
7. A Note to the Meeting:.
8. Books and Chocolate
9. Did you know?…
10. Sunday Evening Spiritual Nurture Group - NEW!!!
11. Found on the Internet
12. Meeting for Business, December 2004The Quakershaker
ITEMS NOT IN THE PAPER NEWSLETTER:
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1. POETS AND MUSICIANS FOR PEACE - Neal Crandall
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For a wonderful inexpensive worthwhile relaxing evening, please join us
for POETS AND MUSICIANS FOR PEACE A benefit for the DAYTON INTERNATIONAL
PEACE MUSEUM
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, at 7 P.M.at the Museum, 601 W. Riverview Ave.(2
doors west of the Dayton Art Institute)Refreshments
Donation: $5 or more Museum open at 6:30 p.m. Parking lot security
MUSICIANS Puzzle of Light Bradley Johnson POETS Susu Jeffrey Herbert
Martin Kay Berg Frank Swift
Ida StevensonHazel Tulecke and actress Nan Erbaugh reading Mark Twain'S
War Prayer For more information, contact chris-@dull.com or
937-83206365
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2.NEW YEAR'S EVE AT ROCKFORD CHAPEL l -- 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.,
Christmas Eve program followed by Abwoom Study, Potluck and Dances of
Universal Peace
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Friends will gather at Rockford this New Year's Eve for music,
fellowship, and a fine dramatic performance by the children. The theme
for this year’s play will be The Friendly Beasts. Additional information
will be announced at Meeting as the time draws near. All are welcome!
The Dances of Universal Peace New Year's event has become a tradition at
Rockford. This event is one of many happening all over the world. The
Earth will be encircled with prayers of peace as each continent reaches
midnight. The Abwoon Study Circle will run from 8:00 (the room will
need to be rearranged after the first program) to 9:00, a potluck will
begin after that is finished, and the Dances of Universal Peace will go
from 10 to midnight. An internationally known leader/musician
from California will be visiting in the area and plans to come to the YS
event.
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3.JANUARY CALENDAR
Sundays 8:30 a.m. Meeting for Worship, Rockford
10:00 a.m. Friendly Living Discussion, Rockford
First Day School for Children
11:00 a.m. Meeting for Worship, Rockford (Childcare is
available)
Wednesdays 7:00 a.m. Meeting for Worship, Rockford
6:30 p.m. Worship-sharing Group, Rockford (see note
below)
Saturdays 12-1:00 p.m. Peace Vigil, corner of Limestone & Xenia Ave.
Suns. Jan 9 & 30 7- 9:00 p.m. Spiritual Nurture Group (see below)
Sun. Jan 16 1:00-2:30 Potluck and Discussion of Whitewater
Minute (see below)
Sun. Jan. 23 Deadline for February Quakershaker submissions
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4. Whitewater Minute, Discussion and Potluck—Cindy Butler-Jones
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Paul Buckley has accepted our invitation to discuss the Whitewater
minute with us on Sunday, Jan. 16. He will join us for Worship at 11 am
and a potluck following Worship. He will explain and discuss the
Whitewater minute from 1:00 to 2:30 pm. Please bring a dish to share
and join the discussion.
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5. Annual Appeal—Peggy Champney
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Here is an update on progress in the Meeting’s Annual Appeal for the
General Fund: As of December 18, we had received a total of $10,731
from 30 contributors. The fund goal is $25,026.
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6. The Wednesday night Worship-sharing group will resume on January
5th, 6:30 p.m. at Rockford
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7. A Note to the Meeting:
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Dear Friends, Thanks for sending The Quakershaker. Reading through it
over time shows us how important the slow, deliberative process is. All
too many groups which endow one authority figure move too quickly and
too often not in the group’s best interest. Jane and I have become
regular visitors at the Chester Hill Meeting (1840), Ohio Yearly
Meeting, and continue as members of the Episcopal Church here, but our
social action (“works”) concern too often gets lost in the church
structure. Bruce taught last winter in Argentina as a Rotary
International Ambassador. (His 6th teaching there.) Regards to our
friends in the meeting. Bruce and Jane Ergood, of Athens, Ohio.
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One thing I understand now is that one’s intellect alone won’t pull
one through, and that the greatest service it can perform is to open a
window for that thing we call the divine spirit. If one trusts to it
alone, it’s like trusting to an artificial system of ventilation—correct
in theory, but musty in practice. How I wish it were as easy to throw
everything open to the spirit of God as it is to fresh air. —Hilda
Clark, 1908
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8. Books and Chocolate—Jane Morgan
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I have a few copies of books leftover from the Children’s Fair. The
book is The House Above the Trees, by Ethel Cook Eliot, author of The
Wind Boy. It is a 140-page, illustrated fantasy about an 8-year-old
girl, Hepatica, who is seeking, amongst other things, her mother. The
soft-cover of this edition sells for $12, half of which the publisher
donates to the children’s fair. Let me know (767-1461) if you would like
a copy.
Also, if anyone would like some dark chocolate pecan bark, such as I
brought one Sunday after Meeting recently, le me know as I have some to
spare.
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9. Did you know?…
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Quakers came to Ohio beginning in the late 1700s and the early 1800s.
The first Quaker to arrive in Ohio was George Harlan in 1795. By 1800,
approximately eight hundred Quaker families called Ohio home. Learn more
at
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/ohc/history/path/groups/societyfr.shtml
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10. Sunday Evening Spiritual Nurture Group—Kathy Angell
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A new Spiritual Nurture Group will be starting in January. This group
grew out of a desire to discern and follow the leadings of the Spirit,
deepen spiritual connection among those who attend, and further deepen
spiritual connection in meeting for worship.
The focus will be experiential (not “heady” or political). The aim will
be to connect with Spirit and/or share related experiences,
difficulties, questions, etc., which we encounter during daily life. We
will rely significantly, although not exclusively, on worship-sharing
(with queries). We may also use spiritual exercises or other modes as
led by Spirit.
The group will meet once or twice a month on Sunday evenings. We will
start off meeting at Rockford Chapel, but may move to Friends' homes if
way opens and the homes are accessible to all members of the group.
The first two meetings will be open to all those interested and able to
attend on those nights. However, soon thereafter, the group will
likely become open only to those who are interested and can make an
ongoing commitment. The purpose of closing the group is not to be
exclusive, but to foster a situation in which spiritual development can
build from one meeting to the next. Those interested should be sure to
come to one of the first two meetings in January.
The first three Spiritual Nurture Group meeting dates are:
Sunday Jan. 9, 7-9 p.m., Rockford Chapel, open to all interested in
trying it out
Sunday Jan. 30, 7-9 p.m., Rockford Chapel, open to all interested in
trying it out
Sunday Feb. 13, 7-9 p.m., TBA
This is as much Light as I have right now. I trust more will come to the
group as we meet together. If you have any questions, please feel free
to call Kathy Angell, at 767-9019.
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11. Found on the Internet:
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Quaker Jargon Buster!
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/pdaniels/qjargon.html
Some sample entries:
* Christocentric - A Quaker whose inspiration is essentially Christian
and who holds that the Religious Society of Friends is essentially a
Christian denomination.
* Universalist - A Quaker who believes that there is a universal truth
that may be found in all faiths.
* Popcorn ministry - There are days when everybody seems to have
something to say at meeting for worship. There is little or no silence.
People keep bursting into ministry like a pan full of popcorn on the
stove.
And (found elsewhere) the definition of Inward Light: the direct,
unmediated experience of the Divine. Also known as the Seed, the Guide,
the Christ Within, and that of God in every person.
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General Business Procedure: The Society of Friends believes that right
and satisfactory decision is dependent upon full mutual understanding
and agreement. Therefore it transacts its business by united decision
under Divine Guidance, rather than by divisive majority vote, striving
to reach its conclusions in a spirit of reasonableness and forbearance.
—from The Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting Book of Discipline
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First Query: Silent Worship & Ministry
Do you attend meetings for worship in a spirit of willing service and of
prayerful desire to make them profitable to each individual and to the
assembled group? Are you prepared for worship expecting that your
worship will be a source of strength and guidance? Are you careful not
to disturb the spirit of the meeting by late arrival? Do you practice a
waiting spiritual worship and a free and open ministry under Divine
guidance?
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