Lives of Service

Join the Pendle Hill maintenance team for a working weekend of fun, service, fellowship, and celebration as we engage in weather-appropriate work projects to spruce up Pendle Hill’s grounds and buildings. There will be opportunities for worship sharing, as well as plenty of guided work for all levels of strength and ability.

Work projects are likely to include: work in our organic vegetable garden; enhancements to an outdoor gathering space; bench construction; path care; artistic firewood stacking; and interior painting of a hallway. Work will range from light to heavy (painting and sanding being the light end, firewood stacking medium work, with garden mulching on the heavy end of project choices).

Proposed schedule (to be adapted as weather dictates):

Friday:
4:30pm Registration and Orientation
6:00pm Dinner
7:30pm-8:30pm Meeting for Learning

Saturday:
8:30am Meeting for Worship and Worship Sharing
9:30am Outdoor Service
12:00pm Lunch
1:00pm-5:00pm Outdoor Service
6:00pm Dinner
7:30pm-8:30pm Meeting for Learning

Sunday:
8:30am Meeting for Worship and Worship Sharing
9:30am Outdoor Service
12:00pm Lunch

Leader(s)

Lloyd Guindon has carefully tended the Pendle Hill grounds for over 30 years. A graduate of the Barnes Foundation’s Arboretum School, he is trained as an arborist with the International Society of Arboriculture. A lifelong Quaker currently active in Chester Monthly Meeting (PA), Lloyd is also a poet.

Bob Denison is a partially retired licensed clinical social worker providing hospice services. He is a member of Chester River Monthly Meeting (MD) and a former Pendle Hill resident student and board member with a gift for spiritual nurture.

Financial aid may be available. If you are seeking funds to participate in this program, click to review and complete our Financial Assistance Application and a Pendle Hill staff member will follow-up with you shortly. Thank you for your interest.

Travel directions to Pendle Hill.