From CIsland at aol.com Fri Feb 15 10:57:19 2002 From: CIsland at aol.com (CIsland at aol.com) Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 09:57:19 EST Subject: [saymaListserv] Courageous Chattanooga columnist on war Message-ID: Dear SAYMA Friends, Hooray for Dalton Roberts. Looks like a kind of closet Friend to me. He contacted Chattanooga Meeting one time for information about our Meeting for Worship but he still has not come. I thought this excellently written essay would resonate powerfully with Friends. Bill Reynolds > Friday, February 15, 2002 12:00:00 AM Real war is about ideology By Dalton Roberts Columnist Paul Rodriguez said, "Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography." I think war is our way of showing God we haven't learned geography.With high-tech means of transportation and communication, the world is like a string of small communities along a winding rural road. No one lives more than a few seconds from our telephones or more than a few hours from our airports and missile sites. Neither do we live more than moments from theirs.Some of us can remember when war was something that happened "over yonder." A friend in Washington, D.C., studying ways to combat terrorism says of all the horrifying information she picked up, she was most stunned to learn there are hundreds of American terrorist groups. So before we go after the Husseins "over yonder," we had better get much better acquainted with the thousands of McVeighs right here.One thing that concerns me is the president's John Wayne imitation. John Wayne played in unreal movies we watched to divert our attention from the real world. The president is playing in a real movie about the real world, and unless he accurately sees the real world, we are all in a heap of trouble. John Wayne was immensely popular because he carried us away from our workaday tensions. The president is popular but political popularity can disappear like the morning fog on the river. In a complex world of many cultures and ideologies, talking and acting tough will not enable us to gather the friends and resources to contain terrorism. The Afghan operation was such a snap that political appetites for more "victories" have been whetted. Note the tough talk from Congress which has traditionally been a brake on hasty actions. They are ready to topple Hussein and threaten Iran and North Korea. We had Hussein in the palm of our hand and the senior Bush let him go out of respect for a United Nations advisory. If the younger Bush has inadequate respect for international considerations, America could end up with even fewer friends.We need to skillfully remove terrorist networks. But we also need to realize that our ultimate success will be how well we live out our values. All wars are the result of two opposing points of view trying to obliterate each other. Points of view result in ways of being. If our point of view makes us -- meaning our culture and values -- more attractive to the world, we will prevail.Our real war is not against terrorism. It is against ignorant and misguided ideologies that spawn terrorists, both at home and abroad. We must see that ideologies are the real weapons. If America can demonstrate democracy, freedom and the spiritual values underlying that democracy and those freedoms, it will stand in stark contrast to ideologies based on hate and severe repression. Our ideology is our ultimate weapon. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dlkennedy at kih.net Wed Feb 13 16:10:56 2002 From: dlkennedy at kih.net (David Kennedy) Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 15:10:56 -0500 Subject: [saymaListserv] SAYF Retreats Message-ID: <3C6AC850.3DB3D418@kih.net> Dear Friends, The Southern Appalachian Young Friends (SAYF) Steering Committee is meeting on the weekend of February 23,2002. One of the things on our agenda is to plan our calendar for SAYF retreats for next year. We are wondering if there are meetings in SAYMA who have few or no SAYFers and who don't usually host a retreat but would like to do so. It could be a good way to learn about SAYF and our retreats. The host Meeting would not need to plan the weekend, we will pick a theme and work out activities and an agenda. However, the host Meeting would be in charge of 'logistics'. Specifically, buying groceries and planning a menu, working with us to figure out sleeping arrangements etc. It would also be good to have someone(s) from your Meeting at the retreat all weekend in case of emergency. The usual time for SAYF retreats is from Friday evening until noon-ish on Sunday. Possible months for hosting a retreat are November, 2002; January, 2003; March, 2003 or April, 2003. If you have questions please feel free to contact myself or either of the SAYF Steering Committee co-clerks: Margaret Farmer sporos27 at yahoo.com 828-298-5961 Kathleen Mavournin kmavournin at aol.com 865-691-9506 If you know this is something your Meeting would like to do, please respond to me at any of the ways listed below before February 23. Many Thanks. In Peace, Therese Hildebrand 260 Radford Hollow Rd Big Hill, KY. 40405 859 986 5418 dlkennedy at kih.net From Evdavwes at aol.com Sat Feb 16 09:45:47 2002 From: Evdavwes at aol.com (Evdavwes at aol.com) Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 08:45:47 EST Subject: [saymaListserv] Meeting Handbooks Message-ID: <3a.22163ce8.299fbc8b@aol.com> Dear Friends, We heard at last year's SAYMA gathering that several Meetings were developing Meeting Handbooks, which typically describe Meeting Committees and positions and Meeting statements of policy. It occurred to me that it would be very useful for meetings who are interested in developing a handbook to be able to see examples of other Meetings' work. I am wondering whether any Meetings in SAYMA have Meeting handbooks that are public or that they would be willing to share with other Friends. I would be happy to collect these and make them available to others who are interested in making use of them. In Friendship, David Clements ****************************************************************************** ** David Clements, Evan Richardson, Wesley Clements, Lila Richardson 79 Cumberland Avenue Asheville, NC 28801 (828) 285-0601 evdavwes at aol.com From perryt at bellsouth.net Sat Feb 16 09:41:24 2002 From: perryt at bellsouth.net (Perry Treadwell) Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 08:41:24 -0500 Subject: [saymaListserv] FYI Perry Message-ID: <3C6E6184.B9E388CE@bellsouth.net> Time to think of applying for grants from your monthly and yearly meeting and from FGC so you can attend. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PLEASE USE FOR YOUR NEWSLETTERS OR OTHER PUBLICATIONS! You may request a digital copy of this release from gathering at fgcquaker.org Friends General Conference will hold the 2002 Gathering of Friends at Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, June 29-July 6, 2002. The theme is "To Be Gathered Still." "Our theme recognizes the 350th anniversary of George Fox's vision from Pendle Hill of a great people to be gathered," explains Gathering Committee co-clerk Paul Buckley, member of 57th Street Meeting in Chicago. "Now, more than ever, we see that there are still so many who long to experience the Divine embrace," adds Peggy Spohr of Richmond, Indiana, who is also co-clerking the Gathering Committee. The Gathering Community will be gathered in worship, from the opening meeting on Sunday morning through a closing meeting on Saturday, July 6. On Thursday evening, July 4, attenders will have an opportunity to experience some of the many forms worship can take as they participate in All-Gathering worship facilitated by Junior Gathering. A daily Bible half-hour, FLGC worship and the Silent Center will also be available. John Punshon, noted British Friend, will offer reflections on the theme of the Gathering on Sunday evening, June 30. He will also offer a series of less formal afternoon sessions with interested Friends, reflecting on the nature and consequences of the traditional Quaker testimonies. Monday evening, July 1, Quaker author Walter Wink will speak on "Nonviolence for the Violent." Friday evening will feature Mary Rose O'Reilley, author of The Barn at the End of the World. Wednesday evening's traditional intergenerational music event will this year highlight talented Friends from our Gathering community in a "Quilt of Quaker Musicians." Susan Stark will emcee the program, and promises a variety of performers, each adding color to the quilt. Junior Gathering Young Friends will explore in the midst of worship, games, arts, music and much more. Theme groups for children entering grades 1 to 7 will offer an alternative to age based programming. High Schoolers may expect to experience a loving spiritual community composed of friendship and zany antics. Adult Young Friends is a community that provides an intimate space within the Gathering for post high school age Friends to live and have fun together while exploring their spirituality and roles as adult Quakers. Music making and singing will abound. Yoga, contra dancing, folk dancing, and other movement opportunities will occur throughout the Gathering. Friends creativity will be displayed, performed and celebrated again this year in the Lemonade Art Gallery. The Gathering Store will offer a unique collection of books, First Day School Materials, tapes, Gathering and FGC merchandise, and handcrafted consignment items. Normal is located in the heart of one of the richest agricultural areas in the United States. In the center of the Illinois prairie, Normal is easily reached by interstate. Several airlines serve Bloomington-Normal's airport, 15 minutes from the ISU. The Amtrak station is only two blocks from the campus. Friends General Conference has financial support for Gathering attenders. Scholarships and workgrants are available to help make Gathering affordable. First time attenders scholarships match grants from monthly and yearly meetings. General scholarships assist families and individuals with the expenses of room/board and registration. Workgrant opportunities include staffing the Junior Gathering program, assisting at the information desk, helping with routine tasks or taking on a specialized assignment. Additional information is available from Liz Perch, Conference Coordinator, at the address below. Friends are urged not to let cost issues keep them from considering attendance. Detailed information about the Gathering will be available in the Advance Program. The Advance Program is mailed to all Friends on Yearly Meeting mailing lists in March and should arrive by 1 April 2002. You may also request an Advance Program by contacting Friends General Conference at 1216 Arch Street, 2B, Philadelphia, PA 19107 (215) 561-1700 or email (gathering at fgcquaker.org). More information about the Gathering and FGC is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.fgcquaker.org/gathering/. Access to the World Wide Web is often available at your local library. The Gathering of Friends is a program of Friends General Conference, which provides resources to help members and attenders of constituent meetings discover how God's Spirit is leading us individually and corporately and to follow that leading. Liz Perch Conference Coordinator Friends General Conference 1216 Arch Street #2B Philadelphia, PA 19107 (215)561-1700 lizp at fgcquaker.org http://www.fgcquaker.org From moriah at preferred.com Fri Feb 22 09:51:12 2002 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 08:51:12 -0500 Subject: [saymaListserv] Fw: A new memoir about Quaker faith Message-ID: <00ec01c1bbab$25671980$0500a8c0@oem> A notice that arrived at the SAYMA office. ^o^ \_/ Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: Counterpoint Press To: Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 9:06 AM Subject: A new memoir about Quaker faith | We wanted to let you know about a new memoir called A STONE BRIDGE NORTH by | Kate Maloy. Early readers and booksellers have encouraged us to bring this | book to the attention of Quaker groups, as it tells the story of one woman's | attempt to translate her Quaker faith into practice in daily life. | | If you have a newsletter, website, or other way to get the word out on this | book, please send an email to John.McLeod at PerseusBooks.com and we'll send | you a review copy. Be sure to include your mailing address. We would also | appreciate it if you would forward this to any other people who you think | may be interested. | | Thank you. | | ******************************** | A STONE BRIDGE NORTH: Reflections in a New Life | By Kate Maloy | Publication date: Feb. 1, 2002 | ISBN 1-58243-145-0 | $26.00 cloth / 315 pages | http://www.counterpointpress.com/1582431450.html | | ******************************** | PRAISE FOR THE BOOK | | "A Stone Bridge North is many things: a memoir, an Internet love story, and | a spiritual odyssey. I loved this heartfelt tale of Kate Maloy's midlife | leap of faith that led to her finding a new life in Vermont with a man who | is her soul mate. Her quietly philosophical reflections on love, families, | friendships, nature, and her rediscovered Quaker faith make this a book to | be cherished."--Dorothy Sucher, author of The Invisible Garden | | "Her insistence on leading an examined life is powerful, especially in the | morally difficult times we now face."--Publishers Weekly | | ******************************** | ABOUT THE BOOK | | "I lived a straight-edged life, a cubist arrangement of familiar rectangles: | office, computer screen, paycheck, city blocks, mortgage, calendar pages, | television screen. These were more confining than I knew. Most confining of | all, for most of those years, was the four-square house I occupied like a | resentful ghost through half my marriage. . . . I am no longer a ghost in my | life."--from the Prologue | | A Stone Bridge North is the story of "miracles found and fears allayed" in | the author's sudden journey out of a confining urban existence and into a | simpler, more joyous life. | | Kate Maloy, a middle-aged and recently-divorced mother of a teenage boy, | shocks her friends and family when she falls in love with Alan, a man she | meets on the internet. The relatively small act of faith their relationship | is built upon becomes a huge leap of faith when the two decide to leave | Pittsburgh and buy a house together in rural Vermont. | | To tell this story fully, Maloy must tell earlier ones as well, looking | through changed eyes at childhood anxieties, family disaffection, failed | marriages, shaky friendships, late motherhood, restless boredom--and a | talent for joy. She learns that she has been guided by faith even when she | thought she had none. She begins to discern purpose and design both in her | stories and in the light by which she sees them--a light refracted through a | Quaker lens that searches for the sacred in all people. Above all, she | celebrates the loves of her new life--family, friends, language, silence, | and Vermont. | | KATE MALOY lives in Worcester, Vermont with her husband and son. | | ******************************** | | PLEASE NOTE: This is a one-time emailing. You have not been added to any | lists, and we are not giving your address out to anyone else. | | To visit the Counterpoint website go to http://www.counterpointpress.com | | | | | | | From moriah at preferred.com Sat Feb 23 18:28:08 2002 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 17:28:08 -0500 Subject: [saymaListserv] IMP^o^ 129 Death Penalty -- Reminder! Message-ID: <017401c1bcb9$8179cf60$0500a8c0@oem> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMP ^o^ Bulletin 129 Historical Record of Death Penalty Work... ...requested from meetings ------------------------------------------------------------ Due date was 2/15/02 -- please send ASAP! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (requested by Rep Meeting 100, 9-8-01, Minute 8) (reminder, Minute 21, Rep Meeting 101, 12-1-01) <|> Friends agreed to ask meetings to report on their work on the death penalty by February 15, 2002. <|> If your MM/WG has no death penalty history to report, it would be helpful to hear this too! <|> Meetings should send their responses to: <|> Carol Lamm, Recording Clerk RecordingClerk at sayma.org 902 Slate Lick Rd Berea, KY 40403 <|> and to: <|> Mary Calhoun, Admin Asst AdminAsst at sayma.org PO Box 2191 Abingdon, VA 24212-2191 <|> The Administrative Assistant will distribute this information in the registration packets for Spring Rep Meeting, which is scheduled for April 6, 2002. ~~~~~~ end ^o^ ~~~~~~ 2ndpost 022302 ~~~~~~ _______________________________________ IMP ^o^ ... 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From moriah at preferred.com Thu Feb 28 21:05:10 2002 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 20:05:10 -0500 Subject: [saymaListserv] IMP^o^ 133 JYM Coord sought Message-ID: <027f01c1c0bd$4ba8f340$0500a8c0@oem> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMP ^o^ Bulletin 133 Seeking Coordinator for Junior Yearly Meeting -------------------------------------- Apply by April 1, 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (from Nominating Committee) <|> SAYMA's Nominating Committee asks Friends to search in their hearts to see if one of us is called to serve the families of SAYMA by coming forth to fill this volunteer position. <|> Duties -- Participate in the work of Yearly Meeting Planning Committee (YMPC) and attend its meetings. -- Administer budget for Junior Yearly Meeting (JYM) including accounting to YMPC and SAYMA Treasurer after Yearly Meeting sessions. -- Coordinate programs and childcare at Yearly Meeting sessions. -- Plan program for 0-12 years old at Yearly Meeting sessions in collaboration with YMPC and JYM teachers. -- Recruit teachers and childcare providers for children at Yearly Meeting sessions. -- Publicize program for JYM to monthly meetings and worship groups in SAYMA. <|> Resources -- Budget of approximately $2800 for: -- Materials -- Teacher and childcare-provider support -- All of SAYMA from which to recruit JYM attenders and teachers -- A wealth of materials from past years -- Support and guidance of YMPC <|> Process -- Friends feeling called to apply for this position are asked to seek clarity and support from their monthly meeting or worship group. -- Submit to the Nominating Committee by April 1, 2002: -- a letter of application -- a summary of related experience -- a letter of endorsement/support from home monthly meeting or worship group -- Nominating Committee will bring forth names to be considered for approval at the April Representative meeting in Nashville (April 6, 2002). -- Appointed JYM Coordinator will attend the YMPC meeting April 27, 2002 in Asheville, NC. <|> Please address all questions and applications to the clerk of Nominating Committee: Penelope Wright 1106 Caldwell Lane Nashville, TN 37204 615-298-1385 pennywright at earthlink.net ~~~~~~ end ^o^ ~~~~~~ 1stpost 022802 ~~~~~~ _______________________________________ IMP ^o^ ... 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