Pittsburgh Friends Meeting

Pittsburgh Friends Meeting help for EECM

ericstarbuck — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:10:10 +0000

Pittsburgh Friends Meeting helps out EECM by serving one meal a month to homeless men, and by donating goods and services.
East End Cooperative Ministry (EECM): Food of the Month is peanut butter. Also needed – sugar substitute and diapers. Leave in box near coat rack. Volunteers urgently needed for tutors, homework helpers and in other roles; contact Tracy Hudson, 412-361-5549 x403 or tracyh .
See our website at www.quaker.org/pghpamm/.

Ice Skating

ericstarbuck — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:50:53 +0000

First Day School Committee invites you to join us for Ice Skating at Schenley Park on Sunday afternoon, February 5th from 1:30 to 3:30 pm. Skating fees: Adults $4, students (17 & under) and senior citizens $3, skate rental $2.50. Students under 14 must have adult supervision.
See our web page www.quaker.org/pghpamm/.

LEYM Advices & Queries: Reflection and Comments Welcomed

ericstarbuck — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:38:34 +0000

The January 2012 draft of the Lake Erie Yearly Meeting (LEYM) Advices & Queries is available for review. Ministry Committee may be asking some committees to review and respond to certain sec-tions, but individual responses and suggestions are also welcome until the March 31, 2012 LEYM Representative Meeting. They may be sent to Thomas Taylor, A&Q, Ad hoc Committee clerk.
The files are found on LEYM’s home page, in the upper left corner. http://leym.org.
The materials also provide an historical overview of the use of Advices and Queries through Quaker history, with an account of their use by LEYM and the development of the draft document.
by Mary King
See our web page at www.quaker.org/pghpamm/.

Windows and Mirrors: Reflections on the War in Afghanistan

ericstarbuck — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:35:43 +0000

Windows and Mirrors: Reflections on the War in Afghanistan
Gallery at 937 Liberty Ave (second floor), January 27 – February 12, 2012.
We are very excited about helping to bring this exhibit to Pitts-burgh and hope many Meeting folks will attend one or more of the events. Please talk to any of us (Scilla, Elise, Marcy, Mary and Jo) about this project or check out the website. www.windowsandmirrors.org.
Windows and Mirrors is a stunning exhibit of 45 murals from artists across the U.S., shown alongside drawings collected from Afghan high school students about their daily lives. Each panel is a window into the realities of war in Afghanistan—the horror and despair, and the hope and resilience of the Afghan people. The art is also a mirror that reflects back to each viewer their own feelings about being a citizen of a nation at war. Sponsored by AFSC.
The Pittsburgh exhibit also showcases the War Dialogues Project, in which refugees and military veterans of the same wars collaborate through art and storytelling to promote healing and under-standing. This project represents a conversation between two local artists: Joyce Wagner, a US Iraq veteran, and Mina Al Doori, a high-school Iraqi refugee. Sponsored by the Sprout Fund.

Gallery hours:
Wed and Thurs 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Friday and Sat 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
Sunday 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Schedule of Events
• January 27, 5:00-8:00 pm: Exhibit opens as part of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Gallery Crawl
• January 29, 1:30 pm: Disarming Words. Gallery talk and Iraqi poems at the Out of Rubble exhibit at SPACE gallery, followed by a singing escort by the Raging Grannies to Windows and Mirrors and readings of translated Iraqi public poetry and poetry by war veterans, with gallery discussion.
• February 4, 6:00-9:00 pm: Women and War: Women and Peace presents testimonies by women of the impact of war and their search for peace. The evening concludes with an improvisational performance by Pittsburgh Playback Theatre and a chance for the audience to reflect on the exhibit and the stories through the creativity of the Playback actors.
• February 11, 3:00 pm: Lessons Learned From Iraq. Peter Lems, American Friends Service Committee Program Director for Iraq and Afghanistan, discusses the impact of the troop withdrawal from Iraq, our responsibilities, and lessons learned for the peace movement. How can we use these lessons to speed up the re-moval of US troops and bases from Afghanistan?
by Elise Yoder
See our web page at www.quaker.org/pghpamm/

Stories and Scones Book Club

ericstarbuck — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:32:26 +0000

Library Committee: Stories and Scones Book Club, Sun., Jan 29, 12:15 pm. The subject will be Amish Grace, reviewed in Jan. 2012 newsletter. This nonfiction book by three authorities on Amish culture recounts the aftermath of the murder of five Amish schoolgirls in 2006 and examines the community’s forgiveness of the murderer. All are welcome. If you have read the book or have seen the Lifetime movie based on this story, your impressions will be welcome. But you may come simply to learn about the story and reflect on what can be learned from it. For more information, please contact Nancy E. James or another member of the Library Committee.
See our web page at www.quaker.org/pghpamm/.

Pittsburgh Friends Meeting Calendar

ericstarbuck — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:32:38 +0000

1/25/12 Wednesday Library work party, Wednesday worship
1/27/12-2/12/12 Gallery Crawl, Windows and Mirrors: Reflections on the War in Afghanistan
1/29/12 Sunday worship, 12:15 Stories and Scones Book Club about Amish Grace, the story of forgiveness after the murder of 5 children a few years ago. 1:30 Windows and Mirrors: Gallery talk with Iraqi poetry

2/1/12 Wednesday Library work party, Wednesday worship
2/4/12 Saturday Windows and Mirrors: Women in War/Women in Peace with Playback Theater
2/5/12 Sunday worship, Bible Study, First Day School Ice Skating at Schenley Park
2/8/12 Wednesday Library work party, Wednesday worship
2/11/12 Saturday Windows and Mirrors: Peter Lems’ update on our wars. Peter is AFSC’s Program Director for Iraq and Afghanistan.
2/12/12 Sunday worship, Business Meeting
2/13/12 Monday EECM Men’s Shelter Meal, Spiritual Healing
2/15/12 Wednesday Library work party, Wednesday worship
2/18/12 Saturday Winter Work Day noon to 5pm
2/19/12 Sunday worship, Ministry’s Adult Education, South Hills Worship Group
2/22/12 Wednesday Library work party, Wednesday worship
2/26/12 Sunday worship, Sherwood Oaks Worship Group
2/29/12 Wednesday Library work party, Wednesday worship
See our website at www.quaker.org/pghpamm/

Pittsburgh Friends Meeting Calendar

ericstarbuck — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:06:24 +0000

1/21/12 Saturday Karaoke! 6-10pm, 5pm potluck, Meeting House.
1/22/12 Sunday worship, Sherwood Oaks Worship Group, 12:15 What’s Your Passion?
1/25/12 Wednesday Library work party, Wednesday worship
1/27/12-2/12/12 Gallery Crawl, Windows and Mirrors: Reflections on the War in Afghanistan
1/29/12 Sunday worship, 12:15 Stories and Scones Book Club about Amish Grace, the story of forgiveness after the murder of 5 children a few years ago. 1:30 Windows and Mirrors: Gallery talk with Iraqi poetry

2/1/12 Wednesday Library work party, Wednesday worship
2/4/12 Saturday Windows and Mirrors: Women in War/Women in Peace with Playback Theater
2/5/12 Sunday worship, Bible Study, First Day School Ice Skating at Schenley Park
2/8/12 Wednesday Library work party, Wednesday worship
2/11/12 Saturday Windows and Mirrors: Peter Lems’ update on our wars. Peter is AFSC’s Program Director for Iraq and Afghanistan.
2/12/12 Sunday worship, Business Meeting
2/13/12 Monday EECM Men’s Shelter Meal, Spiritual Healing
2/15/12 Wednesday Library work party, Wednesday worship
2/19/12 Sunday worship, Ministry’s Adult Education, South Hills Worship Group
2/22/12 Wednesday Library work party, Wednesday worship
2/26/12 Sunday worship, Sherwood Oaks Worship Group
2/29/12 Wednesday Library work party, Wednesday worship

“A Leading to Read”

ericstarbuck — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:26:33 +0000

A regular column by the Library Committee reviewing books in the Meetinghouse Library
EAARTH: MAKING A LIFE ON A TOUGH NEW PLANET by Bill McKibben. Reviewed by Nicholas Suarez
Eaarth (yes, the title is Eaarth, not Earth) by Bill McKibben is a book describing the new world that humanity has created through climate change and how we could survive in this bleak new world, where the icecaps have almost completely disappeared and brutal storms are commonplace.
The first chapter of the book gives a broad overview of the ef-fects of climate change and how those effects will harm many organisms, humans included. If you have not read much on cli-mate change, this chapter will be a real eye-opener and will most likely be slightly shocking, which is probably what the author intended. He portrays a very grim future for Earth and points out a number of ways in which the CO2 (carbon dioxide) we have pumped into the atmosphere is already causing great harm to our world.
In the second chapter of Eaarth, McKibben writes about how the current environmental crisis came to be, highlighting the inactivi-ty of a number of politicians in the United States and other in-fluential countries. He also writes more in depth about the ef-fects of climate change, especially how it affects people living in third world countries.
After talking about how climate change is negatively altering our world, the author shifts the focus in the last two chapters of his book to how it is possible to survive the current environmental crisis and prevent further crises from happening. In those last two chapters, he suggests that we should no longer focus on expansion, and rather than finding more sustainable ways to continue progress, we should focus on creating a more durable economy that keeps our civilization working stably rather than rapidly expanding it.
In all, Eaarth is a very interesting and informative book. The first two chapters are about the current crisis, and the second half of the book provides a unique environmental viewpoint.
The holdings in our Meeting library can be checked from your computer at home at http://www.librarything.com/catalog/PittsburghFriendsMtg

18 January, 2012 10:11

ericstarbuck — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:11:37 +0000

Karaoke! Sat., Jan. 21, Meeting House. Sing away! DJ Curt Cool has 96,000+ songs, from old standards to current hits, all genres! Potluck dinner 5pm, singing 6-10pm; sponsored by Eric Starbuck, Walter Mead and First Day School.
See Pittsburgh Friends Meeting’s web page at www.quaker.org/pghpamm/

Elder-Care-Givers

ericstarbuck — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:25:33 +0000

Elder-CareGiver Support Group: First meeting! Thu., Jan. 19, 7pm, Meeting House. Open to anyone providing care for elders or interested in the topic. Come share stories, resources, and spiritual support.
See our web page at www.quaker.org/pghpamm/