by steve.olshevski | Mar 25, 2022 | Meeting Life
EQAT (Earth Quaker Action Team) presented on Wednesday, April 20th at Radnor Meeting on how Vanguard is driving the Climate Crisis. They explained the links between large financial banks and the investments that drive Climate Change, with Vanguard being a major investor in fossil fuels. That same week, EQAT conducted their monumental week-long march from Chester PA to Vanguard Headquarters in Paoli to draw attention to this issue.
EQAT has been an iconic Quaker Group that embodies our values through direct peaceful action. Since their founding in 2010 by George Lakey and other committed Quakers they have focused on direct action campaigns that connect the changes we need to make in the world with those Corporations that can make those changes. After a 5-year campaign, EQAT convinced PNC Bank to stop funding the environmentally devastating mountaintop removal mining practices in West Virginia.
by steve.olshevski | Jan 17, 2022 | Past Events
Worship and Ministry invited us for Radnor’s spring retreat on Saturday, March 26 to examine our need for deepened worship to open our hearts to the Spirit and to one another in love. We reflected together on what hinders or sustains our connection with the Spirit, and how we can best prepare to enter into the worship experience and open to the Spirit as we worship. Nancy Bieber led the session. Nancy is a member of Lancaster MM, is a spiritual director, psychologist and retreat leader with a particular interest in Quaker unprogrammed worship. Nancy is the author of Decision Making & Spiritual Discernment (2010) and Fianna’s Story: a True Story of Love, Grief, and Faith (2020). She publishes a monthly spiritual reflection Garden of the Spirit on her website (nancybieber.com) She has also taught and led retreats widely among Quakers and other groups, focusing on spiritual discernment, prayer and worship. All enjoyed a very spiritually fulfilling experience.
by steve.olshevski | Jan 17, 2022 | Meeting Life
Many members of the Society of Friends worship God in places that have been appropriated by force from indigenous peoples. What challenges arise when they try to do that, and how do Friends respond to these challenges? This forum was led by Cherice Bock and gave us a chance to reflect on these issues. Cherice Bock is a Friend who lives in Oregon on the traditional lands of Kalapuya (now part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde). She is an adjunct professor of eco-theology at Portland Seminary and she leads Oregon Interfaith Power and Light at the Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon. Cherice holds an M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary. She is a doctoral candidate at Antioch University of New England. The forum was held on April 3rd.
by steve.olshevski | Jan 17, 2022 | Past Events
Care and Counsel is planning an initial forum addressing conflict, including conflict we experience as members of our own Meeting. This forum will address how we manage conflict and transform it into something creative and positive, all while strengthening our
peaceful and loving relationships. For information about preparation for this forum, see the article about Care and Counsel in the committee section of this newsletter. The forum begins at approximately 11:15 AM on-site or via Zoom.
by steve.olshevski | Jan 11, 2022 | Past Events
On Feb. 27 the Climate Action Committee will present a forum about how we can work together to reduce our carbon footprint and find ways to work with others in meaningful ways to influence the direction we are heading.
One of our current projects is an online knowledge base resource, to be created by and for our Radnor Friends community, which will be accessible through our website. We are also constructing an organizational infrastructure to identify how we can approach the many different areas of education, activism, finance, carbon reduction, and ministering to despair and inspiring genuine hope in this large effort.
There is much to do and there is something important for everyone to work together towards our important common goal. These developing projects will be prominent in our February forum.
To participate virtually, join using the Zoom link (found on home page) no later than 11:15 AM on Feb 7th.
