Quaker Meetings

November 16 - Islamic Art and Architecture-cancelled.
For information, contact Wick Williams at 610-444-6951
or wickwill@aol.com.

Western Quarter Youth
London Grove Meetinghouse at 12:15pm
500 W. Street Rd.
Kennett Square, Pa 19348
Come gather at London Grove Meetinghouse at 12:15 for a “bring your own” style community lunch. Drinks and place settings provided.
Afterwards, Quaker friend and artist, Brenda Macaluso, will share the process of creating clay masks using natural materials gathered from the meetinghouse grounds. Experiment with your creativity and clay! Bring a friend!
12:15 gather for lunch in the social room at London Grove
1:00 begin the mask making process
Closing based on number of youths and process, but no later than 3pm.

** The masks will be fired at a different location at a later date. Fired masks will be picked up through the Western Quarter Youth Activities Facilitator **

Please contact Greta Rech at WesternQYouth@aol.com or 484-356-6028 to let us know how many are coming in order to have enough supplies.
This activity is geared towards youths 5 to teens. There is space in the meetinghouse to support activities for younger siblings with parent supervision.
Click here for a poster to print and share with your meeting.

Centre Monthly Meeting is looking to fill two positions (familiarity with Quaker beliefs is preferred though not required).
Education Coordinator: experience with children and teaching preferred.
First Day Nursery Childcare Provider: experience with children preferred.
Please call or email Megan Hegenbarth at 302-477-9872 or meganhegenbarth@verizon.net

The Fair will take place on Saturday, November 22, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00
p.m. at Kennett Friends Meetinghouse.
The Gift Shop will feature hand knits, fine crafts, wreaths and plants for home and holidays. Also for sale are used books, household treasures from Mabel’s Attic. The Country Store will offer delicious homemade foods. There will be pony rides from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and children’s activities throughout the day.
A snack bar will serve hot and cold refreshments with luncheon served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Soups, salads, sandwiches and service are on the menu!
This is a fun outing for the whole family. All proceeds go to American Friends Service Committee. www.KennettFriends.org

Quarterly Meeting will be held First-Day January 18, 2009 at Kennett Meetinghouse.

The Quaker Youth Book Project is accepting submissions of writing (nonfiction) and art by Friends 15-35. Guidelines and suggested topics and questions are posted in English and Spanish at the Project site www.quakeryouth.org/quipbook , or go to the home page of Friends General Conference for details, www.fgcquaker.org . We expect the book will celebrate the personal spiritual experiences, beliefs and identities of contemporary young Friends. Submissions in all languages are welcomed. The submissions from all over the world and all branches of Quakerism will be considered by an editorial board of young adult Friends. The publisher is Quakers Uniting in Publications (QUIP) Please let us know if you are able to serve as a translator, as we do our work.

Submissions will be accepted by e-mail or mail until 

February 28th, 2009.

Friends are encouraged to send submissions early if they can!

E-mail address for the project is: 
QuipYouthBook@gmail.com

Grants for Young Adults in Study, Service, Ministry Friends Institute grants are available to enable young adult Friends (YAFs) to follow leadings of the spirit in ministry, service, witness and Quaker study. Grants may also fund projects that are of direct concern to Friends Institute (a PYM group for young adult Friiends, 18-40 yrs., active members or attenders of a Meeting in PYM.)
Grant application guidelines available online at: http://www.pym.org/friendsinstitute/figg/