Goose Creek Friends

Newsletter March 2018

Goose Creek Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Lincoln, Virginia

Queries for Third Month: Aging

• Do we welcome the approach of old age, both three new members last year, for a total of 184.
for ourselves and for others, as an opportunity Meeting decided not to provide Baltimore Yearly
for wisdom, for detachment from turmoil, and Meeting with the age groupings of our members and
for greater attachment to the Light? attenders. The issue will be revisited next year.
• How might I attend to what love requires Friends approved Brian Burgher’s becoming
of me in each new stage of my life? Assistant Treasurer of the Trustees, with
• Have I arranged the practical matters responsibility for the Burying Grounds Committee.
regarding possessions, location of documents, David Chamberlin and Michael Snyder are stepping
burial, etc., that will arise when I die or am down as Meeting Trustees. Meeting approved Brian
unable to communicate, so my family is not Burgher as a new Trustee.
unduly burdened? Continued on next page g
• Am I comfortable with the relationships
I will leave behind?
• How can we support that of God in one
another in the face of cognitive, emotional,
and behavioral challenges?
• How do we support caregivers who may
be overwhelmed by the chronic needs of
the one receiving care?

Monthly Meeting for Worship

with a Concern for Business:
Third Month
Liliana McCabe and Zoey Joseph read a letter they
composed in First Day School about the needs
of people in Puerto Rico. Following this, Sheila
Kryston presented information about Coordinadora
Paz Para La Mujer, Inc., an organization working
to improve conditions in Puerto Rico. With the
blessing of the Religious Education Committee,
the Peace and Social Concerns Committee asked
Friends for approval of a donation to this group.
Friends approved. First Day School students were
thanked for their letter and reminded that they
are always encouraged to bring their concerns to
business meeting.
Friends approved the Membership Report for 2017,
with thanks to Recorder Nancy Uram. We gained
Easter at Goose Creek, April 1
8:00 am Breakfast
Meeting will provide eggs, meats, and beverages.
Friends are encouraged to bring
yogurt, bread, fruit, etc.
9:45 Meeting for Worship
10:00 First Day School
The traditional Easter story from the Bible
followed by an Easter egg hunt
The First Day School welcomes donations
of Easter candy for the Easter egg hunt.
And they need volunteers to help fill the eggs!
If you can help, please contact
Maria Nicklin (marianicklin@gmail.com) or
Cameron Hughes (cameron247@hotmail.com).
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On behalf of the Ministry and Oversight Committee,
Peggy King read the Spiritual State of the Meeting
Report for 2017. The report was approved with one
small correction. Friends thanked Sheila Kryston
for its preparation, done in the wake of our Spiritual
State of the Meeting discussion in January.
On behalf of Peace and Social Concerns, Sheila
Kryston asked permission to use the Meeting House
on March 18 after the rise of Meeting for worshipful
discernment of what the priorities for the Friends
Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) should
be in 2019. She offered this query: “What public
policies best advance the aspiration to recognize
that of God in every person?” Friends approved. All
members and attenders are invited.
The Peace and Social Concerns Committee asked
Meeting to affirm a minute originating with Portland
Meeting (Oregon). The minute requests that the UN
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty be affirmed. In addition,
FCNL has asked Friends to support the passing
of legislation to the effect that any military action
against North Korea be approved by Congress before
going forward. Friends approved both requests.
Friends approved an Earth Day program, sponsored
by the Unity with Nature Committee, to be held at
the rise of Meeting on Earth Day, April 22. The film
“Addicted to Plastics” will be shown, and Friends
are asked to bring lunches for themselves that do not
contain any single-use plastics. Meeting will provide
the services of a babysitter for the program.
Friends discussed whether Goose Creek scholarship
applicants’ essays might be kept in our archive. The
Scholarship Committee will consider this matter.
Quakerism Sessions
This month we will explore Chapter 7 of Douglas
Gwyn’s A Sustainable Life: Quaker Faith and
Practice in the Renewal of Creation. This chapter
shows how the scriptures serve as the basis of
the peace testimony of the early Quakers, and
summarizes peacemaking efforts through the years
until the present time.
These Quakerism sessions take place after the rise
of Meeting on second First Days of the month, and
include opportunities for discussion and personal
responses. Reading Gwyn’s book is not required.
Come when you can – you don’t have to commit to
being there every month.
From our Peace and Social
Concerns Committee:
Every two years, the Friends Committee on National
Legislation asks Meetings to share which public
policy issues and questions they think are most
important for FCNL to address. Friends’ responses
are the foundation for the FCNL’s lobbying
priorities.
Peace and Social Concerns invites you to a threshing
session at the rise of Meeting on March 18 to
consider this question. We will ask, “Where does
Spirit lead us in seeking a just world?”
In addition, FCNL suggests that we write our
senators to ask them to co-sponsor and support the
passage of Senate Bill S.2047. This bill requires a
vote of approval from Congress before the President
can launch any preemptive strike on North Korea.
Either a nuclear attack or ground action would
cause the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives
and commit us to an ongoing war. Our senators’
addresses:
Sen. Tim Kaine, 231 Russell Senate Office Building,
Washington, DC 20510
Sen. Mark Warner, 793 Hart Office Building,
Washington, DC 20510
UPCOMING IN
FIRST DAY SCHOOL
MARCH 4 Friend Cory Joseph shares a lesson
with the children on mindfulness and meditation.
MARCH 11 Friends from the Unity with Nature
committee share the first of two lessons on how plastics
affect the environment and tips to reduce our use
MARCH 18 Unity with Nature, Plastics, part II.
See description for March 11th.
MARCH 25 Friend Carolyn Unger shares
a lesson from Living Our Faith, A Joyful Psalm.
Teen Discussion Group
If three or more teens (ages 13-17) are present,
they are welcome to head over to Allen's shop next
door for a youth-led discussion group.

From Baltimore Yearly Meeting:
Dear Friends,
This is a call to help the Baltimore Yearly Meeting.
To work well, its committees need members from
throughout the BYM region. Please consider
offering to serve. Appointments usually run for three
years beginning at the end of the Yearly Meeting in
early August.
These eight committees especially need more
members: Camping Program, Camp Property, Youth
Programs, Indian Affairs, Religious Education, Unity
with Nature,
FGC Central Committee, Trustees.
If you are interested in serving or want to know
more about the work of any of the BYM committees,
please contact me soon. Thank you.
Oliver Moles, BYM Nominating Committee, the fellowship of fellow storytellers, this will be a
Phone 240-389-1458 or ocmoles@gmail.com
March 17 – Third Month Interim Meeting
Charlottesville Friends Meeting (Charlottesville, VA)
Check the Yearly Meeting website for more
information.
March 24 – BYM Peace and Social Concerns
Committee Networking Day
Friends Meeting School (Ijamsville, MD)
Networking Day will offer an opportunity for folks
from various BYM Meetings to meet and exchange
ideas and resources about each others’ successful
Peace & Social Concerns programs. We also will
offer four, practical 90-minute workshops at 11 a.m.
& 1:30 p.m. For details and to register: http://www.
bym-rsf.org/events/localcommittee.html/
Our final date for responses will be Mon., 3/19/18.
March 24-25 – Junior Young Friends Conference
Frederick Friends Meeting (Frederick, MD)
Information at http://bym-rsf.org/what_we_do/jyfs/
jyfcon.html
BYM Camps registration is now open for all
campers: Catoctin, Opequon, Shiloh, and Teen
Adventure Quaker Camps. For full information:
https://bymcamps.org
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From the Friends
Wilderness Center:
Saturday, March 10 –
Poems in the Cabin by the Fire
FWC Board Member Hayden Mathews and
published poet Tom Donlon will be co-facilitating
this program that will explore the ability of poems
to enrich our lives with their power to enlighten,
challenge, and expand. 10:00-3:00
Saturday, April 14 –
Finding and Telling Your Stories
Sharing stories can be a deeply spiritual experience.
Lisa Libowitz will guide participants through the
creation and sharing of personal stories. With the
forest and pond around the Niles Cabin bursting with
the energy of new life, as well as a fine lunch and
wonderful way to usher in spring. Feel free to hike
the trails following the program. 10:00-2:00
A $10 donation is requested to participate in either
of these programs, but any amount (less or more)
will be appreciated. Please RSVP to Sheila Bach
(snbach@earthlink.net or 304-728-4820) and when
doing so indicate whether you would like to have a
home-cooked lunch (for an additional $10).
Goose Creek News
Frank Ellmore of Abernethy & Spencer in Lincoln
is very ill. We are holding him and his loving close
friends in the Light.
Save the date! On Mother’s Day, May 13, Wendy
Dotson will be at Goose Creek to present an update
on Midwives for Haiti. The program will begin after
the rise of Meeting, at 11:30. The wider community
is being invited to join us, and refreshments will be
served. What a great way to celebrate Mother’s Day!
Don’t be late to Meeting on March 11! Daylight
Saving Time begins that morning …
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Sundays Facing Bench

Meeting for worship at 9:45 a.m. march
First Day School at 10:00 a.m. Debbi Sudduth
Fellowship at 10:45 a.m. april
Carolyn Unger
Calendar
First Day
MARCH
3.11 Sunday 11 am Quakerism discussion
School
3.18 Sunday 11 am Threshing session: FCNL priorities 03/04/18
3.25 Sunday 9 am Archive Committee meeting Mindfulness & Meditation
11 am Ministry and Oversight Committee meeting 03/11/18
3 pm Nicolas Carter harp concert Unity w/Nature: Plastics, I
APRIL
03/18/18
4.1 Sunday 8 am Easter breakfast Unity w/Nature: Plastics, II
4.8 Sunday 11 am Meeting for Worship with
a Concern for Business 03/25/18
A Joyful Psalm

They that love beyond the World,

cannot be separated by it.
Death cannot kill what never dies.
Nor can Spirits ever be divided
That love and live in the same Divine Principle,
The Root and Record of their Friendship.
If Absence be not Death, neither is theirs. NEWSLETTER
– William Penn, 1682 The Goose Creek Friends Newsletter
is published monthly by the
Goose Creek Friends Meeting,
18204 Lincoln Road, P.O. Box 105,
Lincoln, VA 20160.
CLERK
Harping for Harmony Foundation and Debbi Sudduth, 540.338.3363
Goose Creek Friends Meeting present dfsud@comcast.net
ASSISTANT CLERK
PARAGUAYAN HARPIST Rich Weidner, 540.554.2747
NICOLAS CARTER richard_weidner@hotmail.com
TREASURER
Sunday, March 25, 2018 Annie Carlson
3:00 PM goose.creek.treasurer@gmail.com
Goose Creek Friends Meeting House NEWSLETTER EDITOR
18204 Lincoln Road, Purcellville, VA Catherine Cox, 301-471-5330
blycox@comcast.net
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