Quakerism This Month

October's theme of the testimony of Community was chosen for this month in part because it coincides with the annual Fall Fair and Alumni Day, one of our biggest community events. During the first two Thursdays of this month, classes focused on topics related to the community of our classrooms. This week, students gathered in the Social Room to hear about the needs of our community from Sue Yocom of the Cares Food Network. We will be conducting a food drive for the remainder of the month to benefit Cares Food Network as a way of serving the surrounding community. (An article about Cares' gleaning program appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer this summer.)

Next week, we will introduce a new (to us) practice of multi-age worship sharing groups. Small groups that include one or two students each from grades 1-5 and one or two teachers/administrators will meet once a month for worship sharing, with a guiding query based on the month's theme. Teachers John Scardina and Bonnie McLennan will work with the fifth grade to help them to be leaders in this new experience. Pre-k and K will join the groups about the same time they begin coming to Meeting with grades 1-5. The idea is that these groups will stay together year-to-year. The final Thursday of this month we hold a Meeting for Singing - all are welcome!