Quakerism This Month

The Quakerism theme for this month is Stewardship, and was chosen to coincide with the annual celebration of Earth Day (April 22). Have you seen the bulletin board display on the first floor of the classroom building? Created by T. Caroline with beautiful doves made by T. Connie's first graders, it is simple in its design and message.

stewardship the conducting, supervising or managing of something: especially: the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one's care (Webster's)

"We did not weave the web of life; we are merely a strand in it. What we do to the web, we do to ourselves." Chief Seattle

Classroom lessons since we returned from spring break have focused on how we as individuals and a community can take simple steps to care and manage what has been entrusted to our care, especially our environment. Next Thursday (April 16), worship sharing groups will consider a query based on this theme. The following Thursday (April 23), we will start our morning by engaging in some outdoor cleanup and campus beautification activities, and then share silent worship on the lawn (all weather permitting, of course). The last Thursday of the month (April 30), we will have meeting for singing and then silent worship in the Meeting House.

Parents are welcome to join us for worship:
Thursday, April 9, 8:55 a.m.
Thursday, April 23, 8:55 a.m. -- on the lawn
Thursday, April 30, 8:35 Meeting for Singing, 8:55 Meeting for Worship

Here are some good family-oriented activities in our area related to Earth Day:
Stash Your Trash at the Chester County Historical Society
Volunteering for Earth Day Events (Senator Dinniman's site)
Earth Day History and Calendar (EnviroLink)