Calendar Listings for Worcester Friends Meetinghouse

February 26 - 28, 2010
New England Yearly Meeting's Junior High Retreat Program (JHYM) at Wellesley Monthly Meeting. "Stay Beautiful for God". Questions? Contact Gretchen Baker-Smith, JHYM Coordinator: Tel. 508-997-0940.

March 5 - 7, 2010
Young Friends Retreat (Friday thru Sunday) at Mt. Toby FM. Sexuality & Relationships. Young Friends is the high school-aged youth group for New England Yearly Meeting of Friends. If you have any questions, call Kimberly Allen, Young Friends/Young Adult Friends Coordinator, at 207-754-9353, or send her an e-mail at yfcoord@neym.org.

March 5 - 7, 2010
"Radical Simplicity". With Jim Merckel. At Woolman Hill

Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 7:30 P.M. at the Worcester Meetinghouse
Stephen Collins will bring us the poet Walt Whitman in his one man show, Unlaunch'd Voices: An Evening with Walt Whitman on Saturday, March 6 at 7:30. The program begins with Walt Whitman getting ready to celebrate his 70th birthday. Stephen Collins has traveled throughout New England and beyond, presenting his carefully researched and excellently presented historical characters.

Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 9 A.M. at the Worcester Meetinghouse
Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business.

March 19 -21, 2010
The annual JYM-JHYM 6th Grade Retreat will be held at Westport Friends Meeting, March 19-21, 2010. (for 6th graders only!)

March 26 - 28, 2010
"Sharing Our Stories: An Intergenerational Women's Retreat". With Karin Sprague and Friends. At Woolman Hill.

Saturday, April 10, at 7:30 P.M. at the Worcester Meetinghouse
Diane Edgecomb will perform A Fire in My Heart: A Storyteller's Journey Among the Kurds at 7:30 PM. This entertaining and insightful performance with award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb charts her years collecting the vanishing folkloric tales of the Kurdish people. This seven-year quest brought Diane to remote mountain villages in Turkey, places usually forbidden to outsiders. A master teller, Edgecomb will share legends from her new book, A Fire In My Heart: Kurdish Tales, along with anecdotes of her travels up sheer mountain roads to record the last Kurdish storytellers.

Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 9 A.M. at the Worcester Meetinghouse
Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business.

April 16-18, 2010
Young Friends Retreat. [Location to Be Announced] Gender Retreats.

April 16-18, 2010
"Intentional Living, Mindful Dying" with Connie McPeak Green. Also, "Journaling: Holes and Wholeness" with Molly Duplisea-Palmer. At Woolman Hill.

April 23-25, 2010
"An Affirming Flame: Teaching As Spiritual Practice" with John Minahan. At Woolman Hill.

April 30-May 2, 2010
New England Yearly Meeting's Junior High Retreat Program (JHYM) at Portland Friends Meeting (ME). "Callings, Leadings & Wakings in the Night" Contact Gretchen Baker-Smith, JHYM Coordinator.Tel. 508-997-0940.

May 7-9, 2010
"Living With A Call To Ministry" with Debbie Humphries, Brian Drayton, Noah Baker-Merrill & Lucy Marsh. Also, "Nurturing the Spiritual Life of the Meeting: Rediscovering Eldering" with Elaine Emily. At Woolman Hill.

Saturday, May 8th at 7:30 P.M. at the Worcester Meetinghouse
Elisa Pearmaine will join us to share her program, Tales of Wisdom and Wit for the Spiritual Journey. Elisa is the author of two award winning books: Doorways to the Soul: 52 Wisdom Tales from around the World (1998), and Once Upon a Time: Storytelling to Teach Character and Prevent Bullying (2006). She is a licensed mental health counselor specializing in teaching forgiveness and mindfulness through story.

Sunday, May 9, 2010 at 9 A.M. at the Worcester Meetinghouse
Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business.

May 14-16, 2010
JYM Retreat at Woolman Hill. JYM (Junior Yearly Meeting is for youth in grades 2 through 6.)

May 14-16, 2010
Young Friends Retreat (Friday thru Sunday) at Hartford Friends Meeting. "Mind, Body & Renewal".

Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 9 A.M. at the Worcester Meetinghouse
Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business.

Sunday, July 11, 2010 at 9 A.M. at the Worcester Meetinghouse
Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business.

August 7-12, 2010. NEYM Annual Sessions at Bryant University, Smithfield, RI