Developing Community in South Berkshire:
A Little Meeting Grows Up
By Bonner Mcallester. An account of the growth of South Berkshire Monthly Meeting. “Fortunately for members of a religious community, especially Quakers, we are not called upon to top up the glass ourselves. We have access to boundless assistance. Our job is to avoid obstruction to this natural process and even to be alert to opportunities to help it along, to be instruments.”
By Jean-Marie Barch. “We each brought our history, our life with racism, and these elements provided the backdrop against which the days unfolded, the lens through which we filtered the experience. We came with the shared expectation that something potentially important would occur during our not quite 96 hours together.”
When the War Begins, Peace Witness Does NOT End
By Chuck Fager. “Here I'll pass by what To Do; there are many possibilities and opportunities for action, and they are widely advertised. Rather, let me focus briefly on what, for Quakers, there is To Be. At bottom it is straightforward and simple, so much so that it can be easily overlooked.”
Finding the Road Less Traveled:
To Pittsburgh and Back with Friends
By Monica Day. “Five days is a long time. But as someone who is committed to racial justice, positive change, and my faith as a Quaker, I cleared my calendar, packed myself and my 14-month-old daughter, and hit the road. Together with 40 other Quakers gathered at the invitation of FGC, we attempted to go Beyond Diversity 101— and figure out collectively how to take the rest of the Religious Society of Friends along.”
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QUIP Enjoys Fellowship in Britain in 2003
By Barbara Hirshkowitz. Highlights of this year's sessions of Quakers Uniting in Publications.
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