Quaker Faith and Practice
Return to Communitas, the Love-Awakened Community
May 17 - 19, 2013 Fri – Sun (2 nights)
Ken and Katharine Jacobsen
Early Christian communities and early Quaker communities were socially and culturally diverse groups of people, surprisingly knit together by the power of divine Love into communitas – new and Love-awakened relationship with one another and with the world
Life in the Seed: Isaac Penington's Spiritual Journey and Counsel
June 21-23, 2013 Fri - Sun (2 nights)
Doug Gwyn
Isaac Penington was the most eloquent spiritual writer of the first Quaker generation. How did he come to such clarity?
Inquirers’ Weekend: An Introduction to Basic Quakerism
July 19-21, 2013 Fri-Sun (2 nights)
Clinton Pettus and Faith Kelley
Explore the basics of Quaker faith and practice and discover how they connect with your own spiritual experience.
The Sacred Art of Spiritual Discernment
July 21-25, 2013 Sun - Thur (4 nights)
Nancy Bieber
Are you seeking God’s guidance for your life? Learn practices to see yourself, your choices, and your calling more clearly.
Inquirers’ Weekend: An Introduction to Basic Quakerism
November 15-17, 2013 Fri - Sun(2 nights)
Ben Pink Dandelion and Deborah Shaw
Explore the basics of Quaker faith and practice and discover how they connect with your own spiritual experience. You will find opportunities for worship, discussion, sharing, and questions with fellow seekers and seasoned Quaker facilitators.
Heaven on Earth: Friends and the Second Coming
November 17-21, 2013 Sun - Thur (4 nights)
Ben Pink Dandelion, Doug Gwyn, and Deborah Shaw
How do we experience and practice heaven on earth today? This course will look at early Quaker apocalyptic spirituality and politics, and how early Friends reclaimed the message of Jesus and Paul. We will then look at Quaker history as a series of revisions, each suggesting how heaven and earth come together.
Clerking: Serving the Community with Joy and Confidence
November 22-24, 2013 Fri - Sun (2 nights)
Arthur Larrabee
This is an opportunity for both new and experienced clerks of Friends’ meetings and committees to meet and think together about the role of presiding clerk.
Emmanuel: God Coming, God Present
November 29 – December 1, 2013 Fri - Sun (2 nights)
Mary Wade and John Meyer
Take the weekend after Thanksgiving to reflect on the paradox that God is both forever coming into our life and world and always with us if we but attend to the Living Presence.
Clerking
February 7-9, 2014 Fri - Sun (2 nights)
Deborah Shaw and Deborah Fisch
Looking to develop or improve your clerking skills? Join two Friends with years of experience as clerks of their monthly and yearly meetings, and as teachers and mentors to others with gifts for clerking.
Compassionate Listening: Healing the World from the Inside Out
February 14-16, 2014 Fri - Sun (2 nights)
Jan Hutton
The heart-based practices of Compassionate Listening are applicable in the family, meetings and congregations, and community-based organizations – wherever the possibility of conflict transformation arises.
The Spiritual Discipline of Recording Minutes
March 21-23, 2014 Fri - Sun (2 nights)
Nancy Reeves and Kenneth Sutton
Whether you are an experienced recording clerk or newly called to this service, you are invited to join in a weekend on the practical and spiritual dimensions of recording.
Using Class and Race Awareness to Strengthen Social Action
April 11-13, 2014 Fri - Sun (2 nights)
George and Ingrid Lakey
Yes, a heritage of class and race divisions does handicap movements for peace and for social and environmental justice, but awareness can make a difference. This weekend offers specific understandings and tools that support unity and collaboration.
A Language for the Inward Landscape
May 9-11, 2014 Fri - Sun (2 nights)
Brian Drayton with Fran Taber
How can you describe Quaker spiritual experience in words? During this weekend, we will explore this language and use it to gain new awareness concerning our own spiritual lives, the lives of our meetings, and our ministry.
In the Life and Power of God: On the Spiritual Journey with Early Friends
May 11-15, 2014 Sun - Thur (4 nights)
Marcelle Martin
At the beginning of Quakerism, great power moved through the faithful lives and witness of ordinary people who responded to God's transforming call. This course will provide the opportunity to examine the spiritual journey experienced by early Friends and to reflect on our own experiences today.
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