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October, 2011

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Queries on Meeting for Worship

Addressed to the Meeting:

  • Is our Meeting for Business held in the spirit of a Meeting for Worship in which we seek divine guidance?

  • Are we careful to keep in the spirit of worship each of the concerns that emerge, whether of nurture, of Spirit, of social concerns, of property or of finance?

  • Are Meeting decisions directed by prayerful consideration of all aspects of an issue and are difficult problems considered carefully with patient search for truth, unhurried by the pressures of time?

  • How do we respond if we notice the Meeting has lost an understanding of the presence of God?

  • Do we recognize that we speak through our inaction as well as our action? 

  Addressed to the Individual:

  • Do I regularly attend meeting for business and in a spirit of love and unity? If unable to attend, how do I attend to my responsibility?

  • Do I consider prayerfully the many concerns that are lifted up on any issue, acknowledging that the search for truth in unity involves what God requires, being open to personal transformation as the community arrives at the sense of the Meeting? 

from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting's Faith and Practice, 2002, page 206 and 207

 

Partial Draft Minutes of Swarthmore Monthly Meeting for Business held Sunday, September 11, 2011 

The Meeting opened with a few minutes of silent worship. Christine DeGrado, Clerk, presided. Moments of light: 1) Chester East-Side Ministries sent a note of appreciation for the Meeting's on-going donations of food and clothing. Susan Larson delivers these items each week 2) Nine Swarthmore College students attended the recent welcoming tea 3) PYM has sent a thank you for the Meeting's covenant contribution 4) work by the College continues to deal with drainage problems on the playground and water in the dungeon. 

The Queries on Meeting for Worship were read, contemplated and spoken to: Worship and Ministry has tried to reach out to those who seem to overuse vocal ministry and has been successful despite the delicacy of this problem. It was also noted that where people have given up on the Meeting because they were uncomfortable with too much vocal ministry, they have often returned to the Meeting years later. One Friend reminded us that what we see as inappropriate ministry may, upon reflection, be a worthwhile message. Tolerance and understanding should be foremost in our minds. Minutes of the June Meeting for Business were perused and accepted. 

Out Reach Initiatives: Nancy Saunders reported on outreach initiatives. The Committee has completed a flow chart of newcomers' experiences, and made some changes and suggestions. A moveable cart with welcoming materials is now at the entrance to Whittier House each First Day. Contact has been made with the College regarding the placement of signs and it is hoped this will soon bear fruition. A publicity packet has been compiled and sent to all Committee Clerks. It is also available in the Meeting Office. The packet gives simple instructions on how to write and send a press release. It is hoped that all will help to publicize our Meeting events to the larger community. Ways to make the Meeting's website more accessible to newcomers are being considered. A mega event for the spring which will bring a large public response is being contemplated as this would help to make the Meeting better known. The idea under consideration is an a capella “slam.” 

Frank Costello reported for Budget and Finance: Contributions are ahead of last year's pace but behind that of two years ago. On-line credit card contributions have reached $6,500 thus far and the Committee is pleased with the acceptance of this method. This method provides the best efficiency. It was noted that even if one signs up for a monthly charge of a certain amount, one can easily adjust this if so desired. A forum is being planned on the topic of wealth disparity in the U.S. ---perhaps even as well in Delaware County and even within the Meeting itself. Worship and Ministry is considering a forum on class discrepancy, which might be combined or dovetailed with Budget and Finance’s efforts. 

Barbara Grove reported for House and Property Committee: She noted the importance of the Contingency Fund which will now be accessed while the Meeting deals with some major physical problems such as water drainage and damage to below-grade windows. Such repairs can be costly. Whittier House is 100 years old, so the need is not unexpected. Repairs are scheduled soon for the casement windows in Whittier Room. Estimates have been received for an entire new roof and new gutters and this has come in below budget. This will be done at the same time the College does the Meetinghouse roof, about three years from now, as it has been determined that our roof will hold out that long. The gutters will be repaired soon, however. The addition of insulation under the roof is also being considered. The kitchen now has new faucets and, thanks to Shelly Costa and Alan Baker, a new refrigerator. The kitchen is now cleaned twice a month by an outside service. The storage room downstairs, across from the Library, will be cleaned out (mostly old paint cans). It will provide a dry space for Jumble Sale items. Terry Hauger and David  Henderson volunteered to help sort out the paint. The Meeting minuted its appreciation to Barbara for her dedicated work on House and Property Committee.  Barbara noted that Ann Renninger has also been quite helpful in discussions with the College. 

Barbara Grove reported for Nominating Committee: Heather Hendry has been proposed for Jumble Sale and Margery Lauber for Care and Counsel. Both approved

Barbara Grove reported for Care and Counsel Committee; Margaret Fraser, who is now living in Traverse City, has requested transfer to Traverse City Light Meeting of Indiana Yearly Meeting. Approved with regret. Notice has been received of the death on July 18, 2009, of Ruth Robinson of Santa Barbara , California . Her husband, Miles, died in 2005. 

Barbara Burger-Lentz reported for Jumble Sale Committee: Prospects look good for a successful sale. There is a great quantity of items. Dry storage remains a problem as the Committee has had to deal with water in the Dungeon and even the Book Room floor. The silent auction accounts for a large portion of the Sale 's income---Typically $3,000 to $4,000. Any Meeting members with special talents (services) or goods to offer can be most helpful in broadening this area. 

Susan Edwards reported for Worship and Ministry Committee: A new pamphlet has been prepared for newcomers. Greeters from Worship and Ministry are using the new welcoming cart with various brochures, situated in the Whittier House lobby each Sunday. She spoke briefly on some of the upcoming religious education programs.

Mary Titus gave the Secretary's report: In a visit to the Friends Historical Library, she learned that they have records of Meeting Minutes only to 1977. An effort will be made to get this updated. A local group, The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, is now using Whittier Room after rolling up the rugs. They are very pleased with the arrangement as is the Meeting. The Young Friends Group at the College will be using the Meeting Room for Meetings for Worship during the week. It was stressed by those present that the Meeting do all it can to lend support to them. Agnes Elizabeth Ullman Thomas has given two Quaker bonnets (circa 1859) to the Meeting. If the Meeting can not find a suitable place to display them, they can be stored at Friends Historical Library. The Meeting will contact Agnes Thomas’ family to express its appreciation. There was brief discussion on whether Meeting for Worship should be canceled and other events postponed in view of severe weather—this arising out of the recent hurricane, Irene. It was the general feeling that Meeting for Worship should be kept open though people should not feel obligated to attend. 

After a short period of silent worship, the Meeting adjourned. 

Submitted by Leslie Keighton, Recording Secretary

 

General Swarthmore Meeting Announcements

Thank You Corner

Thanks to:

  • Paul and Debra Rosier for donating a new dehumidifier to the Meeting; 

  • For extra service at Chris Mulford's Memorial Meeting and the reception afterwards: Susan Larson, Johanna Sibbett, LaDorna Pfaff, Sue Edwards, Bere and Jim Saxon (and if anyone else who should have been mentioned but was not, please accept the Clerk's apologies.) 

  • And to others who serve the Meeting in silent and unacknowledged ways. 

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New Meeting Directory Updates

Please see the printed Summer Newsletter for Directory Updates. When Budget & Finance recently called Meeting members, they discovered that the current directory contained some incorrect phone numbers. As we are getting ready to issue a new edition of the Meeting Directory, please let the Office know if you have moved, or have a new phone number or e-mail address. We can then update our database, and make the new directory as accurate as possible. If you’re not sure if your entry is correct, please call or email the Office and Mary will send your information back to you.  Please email changes to [email protected] 

"How Does the Spirit Fare with Thee, Friend?"

Responding to the above query, the Committee on Worship and Ministry is offering two Religious Education sessions from 11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. in Whittier Room. 

  • October 2 Meeting-wide Worship Sharing – FGC guidelines on Worship Sharing 

  • October 23 “Honoring Our Elders “ - Worship Sharing with our Meeting’s Older Elders, including (according to their availability) Bev Hasbrouck, Nancy and Robert Hayden, Daniel Hoffman, Ed and Lyn Jones, Flo Lewis, Mary and Paul Mangelsdorf, Erika Muhlenberg, Andy and Clarkson Palmer, Phyllis Raymond, Patricia Thomas, Johanna Sibbett, Betsy Wray.

  • November 6 Jan Elam will speak on the spiritual aspects of her trip to Tibet

Memorial Minute for Elizabeth (Betty) Louise McGrath Dickason 

Our dear sparkling Betty passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on July 27, 2011. She was born March 12, 1937, in North Conway , New Hampshire , to William H. McGrath and Eleanor L. Douglas. She married Alan F. Dickason on February 15, 1955, in Fremont , New Hampshire

"Betty Lou from Widener U," as she liked to call herself, was the ultimate nursing teacher—energetic and supportive. She was a mentor to many of her students. In 1997 she became the head of the Community Health Nursing Program, a major senior course. She stressed that patients are not always in a hospital setting and that pre-admission and follow-up care needs to be given in the home. The love she showed her nursing students was mirrored by the enfolding love and care she showed for Meeting members who were sick. She volunteered good medical advice to people caring for aging relatives. She also provided an informed sounding board for those struggling with the transition to Medicare. Alan and Betty often provided well-balanced, medically appropriate, and always tasty meals for the homebound of the Meeting. Staying with one couple during the final nights of the dying spouse, her presence was calming, loving, and comforting. When asked her about her fees, Betty simply said, "Make a donation to the Meeting.” 

The family was active in Swarthmore Meeting years before they formally joined in November, 2006. Their children grew up in the First Day School where both Betty and Alan taught. During this time, Betty was teaching full-time at Widener and studying for her own degree. She received a Ph.D. in Education from Temple University in 1991. 

Betty frequently expressed appreciation to those with spoken messages during Meeting and would discuss the ideas afterwards. Besides being a “behind-the-scenes” great lady, gentle and greatly giving of her time, she was active on the Care and Counsel Committee, and helped propagate flats of “mother of millions” succulent plants for the Jumble Sale. Her values were caring for others, warmth, and kindness. If you add in her knowledge base in nursing, she exemplified a model nurse and a model Quaker. 

Betty is survived by her husband of 56 years, Alan; a son, David Dickason of Aston , PA ; three daughters, Linda Dickason of Medford, NJ, Patti Shippon of Voorhees, NJ, Lisa Semeraro of Wallingford, PA; and grandchildren: - Katie, Kristie, Elizabeth, Anthony, Christina and Nina. The family held a Celebration of Remembrance at Spring Haven County Club on July 30, 2011. Swarthmore Friends Meeting held a Memorial Meeting for her on August 27, 2011. 

Prepared by the Swarthmore Friends Meeting, Care and Counsel Committee with input from the following people: Judith Bonaduce, Sharon Gunther, Jim Saxon, Mary Sienty, Pat Thomas , and Nancy Webster. 

 Briefly Noted from the Working Group on Outreach Initiatives

Briefly Noted from the Working Group on Outreach Initiatives We encourage Committee Clerks to make use of the publicity kit assembled by Andrea Knox. We have so many wonderful activities in our Meeting, and we want to let the larger community know. 

Submitted by Nancy Saunders 

  Young Friends on Swarthmore Campus 

The newly invigorated Young Friends on the Swarthmore College campus will be holding its own Meeting for Worship every Thursday evening in our Meeting House. We are excited to once again have a Swarthmore College  group exploring Quakerism. We have invited them to join us in our Sunday activities, including Meeting for Worship, student breakfasts, and Potluck Brunches. 

 

Faith and Play Returns

Faith and Play, inspired by Montessori’s Godly Play, is a uniquely Quaker program created by Friends General Conference of the Religious Society of Friends. It is designed to nurture the lives of our youth to find words and images for expressing their experiences of mystery and wonder. Friends’ values and themes are the topics of the stories. 

Schedule for 2011-2012 New! Mostly the First and Third Sundays! 10:00 a.m. in the FDS room 

  • October 2, 2011 Let Your Life Speak, Quaker Testimonies 

  • October 16, 2011 Wonderings, Friends Queries 

  • November 6, 2011 Let Your Life Speak, Quaker Testimonies 

  • November 16, 2011 Wonderings, Friends Queries 

  • December 4, 2011 Gifts January 1, 2012 Telling Our Own 3 Minute Stories 

  • January 15, 2012 Friends Meeting for Business 

  • February 5, 2012 Friends Meeting for Worship and Prayer 

  • February 19, 2012 Friends Meeting for Business 

  • March 4, 2012 George Fox’s Big Discovery 

  • March 18, 2012 The Mary Fisher Story 

  • April 1, 2012 George Fox’s Big Discovery 

  • April 15, 2012 The Mary Fisher Story 

Faith and Play facilitator is Sharon Gunther, with assistance from Shelley Costa, Rich and Jinny Schiffer, and Susan Larson. 

 JUMBLE NEWS.....Jumble Sale is October 22 

Jumble Sale Committee is looking for a photographer to document our fabulous event. If you would like to take photos, please contact Barb BurgerLentz . We also need people to prepare mushroom soup … if you agree to make the soup you get to learn the secret John McKinstry recipe! Also, we need bakers for the Country Store! Jumble items still needed! The Garden Spot is in need of plants and garden items. Know someone who is downsizing? Jumble will take their furniture, kitchen items, toys, etc. We will pick up furniture. We also need: plastic bags, newspapers, chili containers (half pint and pint size) Mark your calendars! Jumble Drop Off date: October 16th. Bring your favorite jumble items. We need them! Jumble Sale is October 22. 

Oral History Interview: Meeting Secretaries Helen Pennock and Marjorie Edwards

We met in the Pennock’s apartment at the Quadrangle. At their request, the two women were interviewed together, since they had worked together. Helen thought she was the first to do office work. She was called in to help Rebecca Holmes, who served as a volunteer coordinator of committees. She was hired by the then Clerk, Eleanor Stabler Clarke, to do office work. Helen came in the late 1930’s. Roland Pennock had recently joined the Swarthmore faculty after a stint in  Washington working for the Social Security Administration. The family lived in the house on Elm Avenue directly outside the College gates. Helen remembers her hours as “all day” (i.e., 9 a.m. -3 p.m.) on Wednesday and two additional half days. The office in those days was in what we now call “the AFSC closet”. The new wing of the building had not been added, nor the present office. 

Equipment included a mimeograph machine and the cranky Elliott Addressograph. Marjorie joined the Meeting when a senior in college. She married Earle Edwards right after graduation. Marjorie joined the Meeting Secretarial staff in 1950, shortly after the family moved to Swarthmore from Chicago . She worked until 1958. When Helen left in 1954 to go on sabbatical with her husband, Kay Warren Coles came to help Marjorie. After Kay left after two years, Inez Russell came. At first no Social Security taxes were deducted from their salaries. When deductions came, the bookwork was done at the College, and the checks came from there! Remember, at the time, Charles Thatcher was both Business Manager of the College and Treasurer of the Meeting. 

Helen felt her greatest contribution in the 1940’s was to get the Meeting membership list into a file. Mildred Scott came over from the College to help with this and other special projects. At its peak, Meeting membership was 900! Many of these members were inactive, had moved away, etc. The 1940’s was a time of paring down the list. Henrietta Smith of the Budgets and Collections Committee was in charge of this work. When Henrietta stepped down as Clerk of the Collections Committee, she suggested paid help to deal with the work of writing the “nudging” letters to inactive members. Inez Russell was assigned this duty when she came on staff as Assistant Secretary in the 1950’s. 

Both Helen and Marjorie, as Secretaries, had job descriptions which assumed some committee attendance. Helen had to go to Business Meeting and take the minutes. She remembers once attending in a formal gown - it was the evening of a faculty party. Helen also remembers an unsettling event – a young man from the borough, although not from a Meeting family – went into the Meeting House during office hours. He was apparently mentally ill. He sat on the facing benches and shouted. Helen was able to calm him down and get him to come into the office while she telephoned for help. Marjorie remembers that Esther Widing did a lot of the assembling of the Newsletter from materials submitted by the committees. Production was all done in-house: mimeographing, stapling and the addressograph labels. It was a pleasant treat to do the assembling, stapling and labeling out of doors, under the lilacs, in May. Helen also remembers researching the locations of children in the families of the original members, perhaps as part of the membership list paring project. She was also expected to spend some time making pastoral calls. 

Walter Lucas was the janitor, then John Andrews. Both worked part time for the College. In that time, they were expected to clean the Meeting House and the rest rooms. The arrangement also assured John of a College pension when he retired. John is remembered for his deep bass voice and the wonderful sweet potato pies he made for the Meeting fairs. In his final years at work, weariness would occasionally overcome him, and the secretary would find him sound asleep, stretched out on one of the tables in a First Day School classroom on a lower level. In the beginning, AFSC contributions were sent through the Meeting. Our AFSC committee wrote the appeal letter, and the office sent it out. Then money went to the AFSC. The theory was that people would respond better if approached locally. This way of doing it was later abandoned. Marjorie remembers that Sarah Splint and Christine Main started the Visiting Committee. Frugally, they bought chemistry flasks for inexpensive bud vases and took one rose to each sick person. Sarah was also interested in the Library; her furniture is in it now (in 1994). Marjorie recalls struggling to get to Meeting early, in time to write the announcements. Helen’s job at this point was to arrange the flowers. Later, Terry Shane did this for many years. 

There was concern about young people, and holding their interest. Gordon Lange spearheaded the change that created their meeting space in the dungeon from an unfinished basement. Gordon also organized crews to refinish the Meeting benches, erasing generations of student graffiti from the days when College students were required to attend Meeting. The piano in Whittier Room is a memorial to Gordon, who always felt Quakers should have more fun! Always there is a pull between Meeting desires to fix the Meeting House up and the realization that the College owns it. 

The building of the addition to Whittier House in 1955-57 (Rushmore Room and the nursery school rooms) required a big fund-raising effort, which Dick Smith chaired. John de Moll was the architect, and Paul Restall the builder. It took several years to pay off the loan. The Meeting Fair (now the Jumble Sale) was begun as an effort to raise money to pay off the debt for the addition. The two women were a little reluctant to speak of spiritual matters – partly because the interview had been structured around the Meeting Office, perhaps because of a strong sense of privacy often noticed in this generation. Helen would say only, “I was brought up in a Quaker home.” 

Originally transcribed by Mary Mangelsdorf, Meeting Secretary 1977 – 1994 The interviews were conducted as part of an Oral History Project by First Day School in 1994. Helen Pennock passed away in 2010; Marjorie Edwards in 2007. Interviews taken June 3, 1994 (edited).

 

Wider News from Friends

      Philadelphia Yearly Meeting  (PYM) News

 To view PYM News in its entirety, go to www.pym.org. for a complete list of activities.

1. Twilight Meeting for Worship (October 23, 2011). Join Newtown Square Friends for Twilight Meeting for Worship outside at various parks and preserves in Chester County . Meet at 7:00 p.m. at the Newtown Square Friends Meetinghouse, 120 North Newtown Street Road (Route 252), Newtown Square, PA. Meeting for Worship is between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. For more information, contact John Custer by leaving a message through Newtown Square Friends Meetinghouse, 215-968-1655.

2. A Silent Retreat in the Manner of Friends (September 30 – October 3, 2011) At the St. Raphaela Retreat Center,  Haverford , PA. Facilitated by Linda Chidsey ( Housatonic , NYYM) and Carolyn Moon (Gwynedd, PYM). Come and simply be with God and attend to the divine stirrings of the soul. Early-bird registration by August. 31. Space is limited. Significant scholarship assistance available. For more information and to register, visit http://www.quakerinfo.com/silentraphaela.shtml or email [email protected]

3. Spiritual Formation Two is about continuing your spiritual growth in a community of seekers, all supporting each other on their journeys.  It begins Saturday, October 29, 2011.  See other dates below.

This program will deepen individual spiritual lives and build more intimate Blessed community.  Participants in the Spiritual Formation Two Program create a close relationship with one another, evoking faith community for spiritual growth, mutual support and encouragement. The program starts with an opening worship that will present a way to practice accountability and discernment in small groups.  Two workshops follow that explore (1) understanding our leadings and (2) integrating our inner and outer lives.  The program ends with a fourth workshop to imagine next steps.  In theses workshops, everyone in the program participates in exercises where you will get to know others at a deeper level and gain support in carrying out a ministry or leading……Cost for the program is $100 per person.  (This includes participation in four day-long workshops.  Lunches will be “brown bag”) with an additional $75 for reading material.  To register, please send $100 to Amelia Diamond, Checks made out to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.  All balances are due at the time of the opening workshop.  Some funds are available. Please ask if you wish to explore this.

During the 8-Month Program:

·        Each person is a member of a spiritual peer group. Small groups of three or four persons meet each month, usually over a meal, to relate their on-going experience in spiritual practice.

·        Through the eight-month cycle, sharing is supported by guidelines offered in the opening workshop and by supplemental readings.  These readings about spiritual experience, discernment, community, and ministry begin on Saturday, October 29 (8:30 a.m. for registration). The second workshop will be January 28, 2012.  The third workshop will be March 24 and the final workshop will be June 2, 2012.  Monthly Peer Groups are scheduled by participants.

If you are interested or want to learn more talk with Amelia Diamond or John Brady through the web site, http://www.pym.org/event/spiritual-formation-two

 

    Programs at Pendle Hill

Pendle Hill, a Quaker study, retreat, and conference center in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, offers programs throughout the year on Quaker faith and practice. Sadly, as of September 1, 2011, matching scholarships are no longer available. For more information visit www.pendlehill.org  or call ext. 3 at (610) 566-4507 or (800) 742-3150. 

 

Newsletter Calendar for October, 2011

Date Time Event
Saturday, October 1 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Peace and Social Concerns Committee in Meeting Office
11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Memorial Service in Meetinghouse
12:30 to 4:00 p.m. Reception in Whittier Room
Sunday, October 2 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. Worship and Ministry Committee in Meeting Office
9:30 to 10:00 a.m. Hymn singing in Whittier Room*  
Student Breakfast in Rushmore Room*
 

10:00 to 11:00 a.m.

Meeting for Worship in Meetinghouse*    

10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Faith and Play: Let Your Lives Speak
10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Childcare in upstairs FDS*
 

11:15 to 11:45 a.m.

Fellowship in Rushmore Room*

11:15 to 11:45 a.m. Library Committee in Library
11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Adult Religious Education in Whittier Room
Wednesday, October 5 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Nursery School BOD in Meeting Office
Thursday, October 6 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. Care and Counsel Committee in Meeting Office
7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Young Friends in Meetinghouse
Saturday, October 8 8:00 to 11:30 p.m. Royal Scottish Country Dance Society in Rushmore Room
Sunday, October 9 Similar Sunday Schedule as above*
3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Whittier Knittiers in Meeting Office
7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Young Friends in Meetinghouse
Saturday, October 15 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Cooking for the Homeless in Whittier House
2:30 to 5:00 p.m. Rain location Wedding in Meetinghouse
5:45 to 8:45 p.m. Delivery Team, Cooking for the Homeless, Meetinghouse to West Philadelphia

Sunday, October 16

Similar Sunday schedule *
Faith and Play: Wonderings Friends Queries
11:15 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Potluck Lunch hosted by Nominating and House and Property Committee
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Jumble drop off at Whittier House
Tuesday, October 18 noon Newsletter deadline
Wednesday, October 19 all day Jumble Sale setup
Thursday, October 20 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Newsletter Folding Party in Whittier Room
all day Jumble Sale setup
7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Young Friends in Meetinghouse
Friday, October 21 all day Jumble Sale setup
Saturday, October 22 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 pm. Jumble Sale!
1:30 to ? Jumble Sale clean-up

Sunday, October 23

Similar Sunday schedule * 
11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Adult Religious Education in Whittier Room
3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Whittier Knittiers in Meeting Office
Thursday, October 27 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Young Friends in the Meetinghouse
Sunday, October 30 Similar Sunday schedule *

SWARTHMORE MONTHLY MEETING

Christine DeGrado, Clerk of Meeting; Leslie Keighton, Recording Clerk;  Stephen Weimar, Treasurer; Susan Edwards, Clerk of Worship and Ministry Committee; Mary Lou Parker and LaDorna Pfaff, Co-Clerks of Care and Counsel Committee, Mary Titus, Meeting Secretary

Office hours: Tuesday though Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Telephone: (610) 328-8699; email: [email protected], website: http://swarthmore.quaker.org