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August 2015 E-newsletter

Challenge Match Exceeded; New Fall Arts Programs; Lives of Service…

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E-newsletter | August 2015

Pendle Hill pamphlet #374

$50,000 Annual Fund Challenge Match goal exceeded!

Thank you! Your strong support of Pendle Hill helped us meet – and exceed – the $50,000 Annual Fund Challenge Match early! We are so grateful for you.

We hope that our gratitude can be contagious. From us to you, this is a thank you as well as an invitation to contemplate that for which you’re grateful. Perhaps the Kenneth Boulding quote, below, will inspire us all to be centered each day in thankfulness:

   “There is a quiet, open place in the depths of the mind, to which we can go many times in the day and lift up our soul in praise, thankfulness and conscious unity. With practise this God-ward turn of the mind becomes an almost constant direction, underlying all our other activities.”

Yours so gratefully,

Jennifer Karsten
Executive Director


Conflict Transformation Institute a great success

Eight students completed Pendle Hill’s first annual month-long Institute for Creative Conflict Engagement and Transformation in August. A diverse group explored a variety of ways to engage conflict to avoid violence, to understand and address antagonists, and to open up conflict situations to the possibility of transformation.

Using their own internal conflicts, conflict with family members, co-workers, and folks in their meetings, as well as international examples, participants spent 27 days on campus training in Compassionate Nonviolent Communication, Compassionate Listening, Conflict Assessment, Basic Mediation, and The Inner Work of Peacemaking, Forgiveness, and Alternatives to Violence. Based on our experience, an improved Institute will be offered again next summer.

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ICCET Class of 2015

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Barbara Briggs, Associate Director, Institute for Global Labor and Human Rights
 

First Monday Lecture: Faith and Work ~ The Struggle for Labor Rights and Corporate Accountability in the Global Economy

Barbara Briggs

Sep 7, 2015 at 7:30pm in The Barn

Free and open to the public. This event will be streamed live over the Internet – registration available here.

U.S. and European multinational corporations search the world for ever cheaper sources of goods, pitting developing country workers in a competition based on who will accept the lowest wages, the least benefits, the most miserable working conditions. By holding these workers and their families in the light, we can offer international visibility and a voice for the voiceless in the global economy. Read more


New Fall Arts Programs

Watercolors and Accordion Books by Mary Conrow Coelho

Aug 1-Oct 31, 2015 in The Barn

Free and open to the public!

An exhibition of watercolor paintings and accordion books by author and artist Mary Coelho is now on display in the Barn’s gallery through the end of October.

Creative Worship and Work Days

Sep 19 and Dec 12, 2015

These days include creative worship in the morning and service in the art studio in the afternoon. Come for one experience or both!

Art for Spiritual Discovery

Jesse White

Oct 3, 10, and 17, 2015

Explore the connections between art and the Spirit using drawing materials, clay, paint, collage, and other art media. Discover ways to move beyond traditional thought to a deep inner place of imagination, creativity, and mystery. Commuter pricing is $130, payable by September 25th.

Breaking Through: Quieting the Critic and Greeting the Artist

Jesse White

Nov 7 and 21, 2015

Ready for creative risk-taking as a means of personal and spiritual growth? Together, we will create and sustain a safe space to face and contain our inner critics and welcome the creativity and spiritual insights that come from this important work. Commuter pricing is $160, payable by October 30th.

Open Studio sessions will be offered on Saturday, October 3, 10, 17, and December 5, from 1:30-5:30pm. $20 for each session, payable at the door. Come create in community!

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Everything you see has its roots in the unseen world. –Jalal-ud-Dn Rumi, 7" X 45" (detail) (c) Mary Coelho

Horace Julian Bond (1940-2015)

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A celebration of the life of Horace Julian Bond

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ THIS SATURDAY ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦

Aug 22, 2015 at 3pm

The family of civil rights leader Julian Bond has invited friends to gather at a nearby body of water and, at precisely 3:00pm Eastern Time, spread flower petals on the water and join them in bidding farewell to Julian.

The Radical Faithfulness Program faculty and students will convene such a ceremony here at Pendle Hill, at the pond in Owen’s Garden. All are welcome. If you are planning to attend, please arrive early. Maps are available in the Barn at Registration.

Thank you.


Featured Workshop

Lives of Service: A Working Weekend

Lloyd Guindon and Bob Denison

Sep 18-20, 2015

Pendle Hill has touched the lives of many people during its 85 year history. Hundreds of diverse students, sojourners, and groups have come to our campus and been transformed by this Spirit-led community. Because of that spiritual bonding, many support our mission and vision through their generous financial donations. Another way to contribute to Pendle Hill is by participating in our low-cost Lives of Service weekend, September 18-20, by helping us spruce up our grounds and buildings. Read more

"Lives of Service" 2014 group"Lives of Service" workers painting

© Pendle Hill 2015

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