Friends Bulletin-Pacific, North Pacific, and Intermountain Yearly Meetings of the Religious Society of Friends-May 1991

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Friends Bulletin
PACIFIC, NORTH PACIFIC AND INTERMOUNTAIN YEARLY MEETINGS
OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
Volume 59, Number 8 May 1991
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"Life Sure Is" words by David Goertzen,
12 years old.
Drawing by Mary Lou Goertzen © 1988.
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matters. Weencourage Meetingswhohave
adopted successful religious education programs
andcommunityintergenerational activities to
We
“ThatdivineLightwhichenlightensman, send this informationforpublication. are
Ibelieve, does shine often intheminds of also interested inhearingfrom Meetings which
children very early; and to humbly wait holdChildren’s Meetings and/or include
for Wisdom that our conduct towards childrenfor the entire MeetingforWorship.
them may tend to forward their acquain- Woolman’s recognitionoftheearly manifes-
tance with itand strengthen them in obe- tationofdivine Light in the mindsofchildren
dience thereto appears tome to be a duty canbecorroboratedbyourownexperiencesof
toward them.” parenting, teaching, orbe-friendingchildren.
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JohnWoolman, 1758 Hissuggestion thatwe “humblywaitforWis-
from PYM Faith andPractice p. 89 dom” toknowhow toact in relation tochildren
, soourconductwill acquaint them even more
In arecentletterfrom Ingrid Petersenof with this Light, is a reminder thatourown
ClaremontMeetingwhohasbeenworkingwith exerciseofworship and meditation is thebasisof
its First Day School, these concernswere raised: oursharedlives. Whatwe learnfrom the
“It is time to thinkand talk about theplight intellect, in meditationandworship, fuseswith
ofFirst Day Schoolsandabout the structure and heart-knowledge and the intuitive, outofwhich
arises all wisdomandcreative energies.
functionsofreligiouseducationcommittees. It Shirley Ruth
isalso time to talk aboutwhatwewant to
convey tochildrenduringour timewith them.
My feeling is thatMeetingsand individualsare
lessclearand united in thisrespect than they
think theyare.
“I woulden—courageexchangeofthoughtson
these matters not toarrive at agivencurricu-
lum ora rigidstructure, butfor Friends to
become moreaware.” Drawings in this issue are by
Jean MalcolmofLaJolla Meeting, clerkof Friend Mary Lou Goertzen of
PYM’sReligious EducationCommittee, invites
Friends inherarticlepublished in this issue to the interior of her home.
considerour individual responsibilitiesfor Currently, and until June 2,
educatingchildrenwithin ourMeetings. She Mary Lou and Ernie Goertzen
suggestswaysofovercomingour inexperienceas
have drawings and paintings on
teachers, pointsus to resources, andoffers
workshops toenable more training. exhibit at Friends Center, San
Newslettersfrom our three Yearly Meetings Francisco.
reflecta commonconcernfor improvingFirst
DaySchool teaching, for includingchildren
morefully in MeetingsforWorship, forcreating
structures inwhich children and adults have
opportunities to learnfrom one anotherand
enjoyfriendships.
Friends Bulletincan serveas aforumfor
enabling thinkinganddiscussion on these
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enormityofthese twodifficulties.
Concerns of the First Day
The issuecurrentlyofmoreconcerninthe
School Program religiouseducationprogamofchildren is the responsi-
bilityofalladults intheMeetingfor the spiritual
Children’s Religious developmentofthechildren. Itiscommonforafew
Education dedicated membersofthe Monthly Meetingtocarry
responsibility forFirstDaySchool,whileotheradults
byJean Malcolm, Clerk in theMeetingseemtobe uninterested andnon-
PYM
Religious Education Committee, supportive.
Somereasons for the apparent lackofinterestmay
The Queries andAdvicesonHome and Children be these: little knowledgeofcurriculummaterials and
inFaithandPracticeread thus: “Howdowehelp our whatinterestschildren;worryaboutwhattodowith
children andourselves tostrengthenourknowledge thechildrenandhow tohandle them—; lackof
and senseofourQuakerheritage and religious knowledge and traininginteaching lesson
beliefs?” andfurther, “Everymemberofthe Meeting is planning, presentingsubjectmatter, holdingatten-
responsible insome measurefor thecare ofthe tion,motivatingchildren; unwillingness tomiss the
children. Whenthisspiritofcommonconcernis spiritualupliftofMeetingforWorship;heavy
present, ourchildrengainasense ofbelonging and commitment tootheraspectsofthe Meeting’swork;
commitment tothe largercommunity....” disagreementabout thecontentofreligious instruc-
These passagesspeakdirectlytothematterof tion, andjustplaindiscomfortaroundchildren.
children’s religiouseducationandwhatwe, atthe Lackofknowledgeofwhatinstructionshouldbe
Monthly, Quarterly andYearlyMeeting levels, are presented, andhow, to FirstDaySchoolchildrencan
doingabout it. be remediedbyorderingcurriculummaterialsfrom
There are manychallenges present inprovidingfor the large amountobtainable throughFriendsGeneral
the spiritualnurturance andguidance inQuaker Conference. These arewrittenforall agesof
valuesofthechildrenoftheunprogrammedMeetings. children, pre-schoolers throughteens, coveringthe
An inherent characteristicofthe unprogrammed essentialQuakerbeliefs and values, andpresented
Meetingscreatesonechallenge. Inmostcases people appropriatelyforvarious age levels. Someofthe
come to unprogrammed Friends throughseeking and materialscontaindetailed lessonplans and instruc-
convincement,whichtends tooccur later inlifewhen tions abouthow toteachthem, sothat those inexperi-
one’schildrenare at the teen-age leveloralready enced in techingchildrencanmanage easily. These
grown,withtheresult thatyoungchildrenare few in materials include many ideas forprojects andaction
ourMeetings. Largelybecause ofthis inherent activitieswhichareespeciallywellreceived by
characteristic, conditions are presentwhichcreate children. The telephonenumbertoorderafree
specificchallenges, particularly insmall Meetings. catalogueofreligiouseducationbooks and materials
There are the limitednumbersofadultswhofeel forchildrenfromFGC is 1-800-966-4556.
willingand able tovolunteertheirworkwith theFirst For thosewhodonotwishto missMeetingfor
DaySchoolprogram, high turn-overofteachers and Worship, weoffer these ideas: “Service is another
child-care persons, andextremely limited paidstaff way toworship,” and “ChildrencanbeQuakers too.”
otherthan, possibly, child-care persons. Arotatingschedule ofparticipationcanmake the
Irregularattendance and awide agerangeof stint inthe FirstDay School relatively short, so that
childrencanbehandled adequately ifthere is noone personneed be asked toforegothe Meetingfor
sufficientdeterminationandsupportand abasicplan Worship for a longperiod oftime, providingall the
forFirstDaySchool thatallowsfor ingenuitybutalso adults in theMeetingdo theirshare.
provides astablestructure. And, fortunately, Sometimesthere isanimplicitexpectationthat
materials are availablefrom varioussources tohelp the parentsofthe childrenwillworkwith the
thoseworkingwiththe FirstDaySchool toreduce the religiouseducationprogram. Whenparents are also
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teachers, parent-child problemsofthehome, such as
tuningoutonMomorDad, canbecarried intoFirst
DaySchool. Furthermore, parentswant and need a
respite, which the hour inFirstDay School, taughtby
someoneelse, canprovide.
Toovercome the feelingsofdiscomfortand
inadequacy aboutmanagingchildrenwhichsome
adultsexperience, activitiescanbe planned whichare
deliberately meant to mix the adults andchilren. As
anexample, childrenand adultscan be matched ina
SpecialFriend relationship toplanandcarryouta
particularactivity. There are variationsofthis idea to
mixgenerations, allofwhichhelpbothchilrenand
adults toknow, understand, andcare aboutone
another.
The most important learningfor the children is
that they are acared-aboutpartofthe Meeting, and
this learning iscommunicatedby the actionsofthe
adults. It is, ofcourse,ofconcern (butofless
concern) whatparticularsubjectmatter is presented,
andwhether it ismoreor lessChristian-oriented.
Quakertestimonies and beliefs aresufficient to
provide afull instructional programso thatgenerally
unity about thereligiouscontentofthe programcan
be found.
Inconclusion, toprovide aminimalbackground of
information and know-how to aid those whowould
teach iftheyfeltmoreskilled, workshopscanbe
arranged and presentedby the Religious Education
Committeesofthe local, Quarterlyand/orYearly Reflections on the Meaning of
Meetings. Basic ideasofteaching andrelatingto Marriage
children, includingdiscipline, canbe given. This
would insure thatFirstDaySchoolwillhave asolid by PatriciaMcBee, RedwoodForestMeeting,
coreoftrained andwillingadults to teachreligious Sojournerfrom PhiladelphiaYearly Meeting
education and toserveonthe ReligiousEducation
Committees ateachlevel. The term“marriage” is takingquite abeating in
The Religious EducationCommitteeofPYMhas theSocietyofFriends these days. Ontheonehand
prepared and isdistributing toeachMonthly Meeting there is thediscussionas towhethercouplesofthe
andWorship Group ashortHandbookforFirstDay same gendershould be included underthedefinition
Schools, containingsomebasic informationwhich the ofmarriage. On theotherhand there are Friendswho
Committeehopeswill be useful in the religious have leftadifficultand unsuccessful marriage and are
educationofthechildren. adamantaboutnotwantingthatname applied toany
relationship that theymayenter into. Withso much
debate around themeaningoftheword, canwe
discernwhatthecore meaningofthe relationship is
forcouplesseekingto live livesguidedby theSpirit?
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(Reflections on Marriage: continuedfrompage 141) I knowfrommyownmarriage thatcommitment
Ihave adeep beliefthat itis arelationshipofthe hasopenedbothofus tonew potential. Ididnot
utmostimportance to theSocietyofFriends and the understand the meaningofcommitmentto marriage
society aroundus, butwhy? Wheredoes itfitintomy until, afterseveralyearsofmarriage, myhusband Brad
spiritual life? Whatdoes ithave todowiththe Sheeks and Iwentthrougha periodofdeepconflict
testimoniesoftheSocietyofFriends? and saw itthroughtoamutuallysatisfyingresolution.
I have found that the touchstone forme in In theyears thathavefollowed, wehave found that
answering thosequestions lies inwhatI believe about we aremuchmoreopen and trustingofone another,
God. For the pastseveralyearsmymeditations about and that ithas beenasourceofblossoming inour
whoandwhatGod ishavecentered around thestate- spiritual lives. Wehaveseen it, too, incoupleswho
ments inthefirstepistleofJohn, “God is love;hewho come tocouples' retreatswhichwehave led. As they
lives in love lives inGod andGod inhim.” (IJohn slowdownandreallylistentoone another, they
4:17) Godis love. Thatstatementmaynotform a discovernew andexcitingthings about theirpartners
complete theology, but ithasbeenveryuseful tome. that lead them throughconflictand intonewhorizons
I knowwhat love is. I’veseen itandfelt it. I know fortheirrelationships.
whenI am inits presence. When Ihavefoundmyself Whencouplescanachieve this levelofconfidence
in asituationwheredeep love isbeingexpressed, I that they are loved and lovable, theycanfind thatit
have found there the soul-stirringsenseofthe does, infact, castoutfear, thattheycanface the
presenceofGod. From this pointofview itbecomes worldwithanewopenness, and that theycanbecome
simple. Wherewecan increase the presenceoflove agentsoflove in theworld around them. Knowing
among us,wecan increaseourexperience ofthe ourselves to be lovedcanlead to livingFriends’
livingpresenceofGod inourworld. testimonies more fully intheworld. We can, for
The religioussignificanceofmarriage and oflong- example, come togreatersimplicitywhenwe are
termcommittedrelationships is intheirpotential to validated by love and donothave toprove ourworth
make loverealinthe livesofthepartners and in the byacquisitionofthings. Further,withoutfearwe
world around them. PacificYearlyMeeting’sFaith have nocause forviolence.
andPracticestates: Forme, then, the coremeaningofmarriagehas
Thespiritualjourneyofan individualcanbe nothingtodowithwhether the term“marriage” is
enhanced andstrengthened in the marital relation- applied, nor is it limitedby thegenderofthe partners.
ship. The convenantofmarriageopens thedoorto Marriage is thatrelationship inwhichthere is
free and unreserved love, toforgiveness, tosharing commitmentto lovingand learning. It is that
strengths, to trust, andtothe nurtureofeachother’s relationship whichredeemsourfaults, removesour
growth. fears andhelps us tomakeGodmanifest in theworld.
To theextentthatacouplecanmake free and
unreserved love andforgiveness partoftheirrelation-
ship, itbecomes a tremendoussourceofredemptive
power.
Ofcourse, thisdoesn’thappenautomatically. That
iswhere commitmententers inand allows arelation-
ship togrow toward its fullestpotential. The
discovery thatwe are loveddespiteourflawsusually
comeswhenwehavefullyfaced the inevitable
conflicts inrelationships anduse themasoccasions to
learn more aboutourselves andourpartners. Without
commitmentwe mightrunawayfor theconflict
beforewehave achance to learnthattherecanbe a
sustaining love beyondeitherpartner’smerit.
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Forum less than$2,500.00 (in 1982dollars). This issevere
poverty. By 1973 this percentagehad beenreduced to
1.4percent, afterwhichitstarted torise. Itwas about
3.2percentby 1982. More recentdata, unfortunately,
A Disagreement with an Economic are unavailable. Families under$5,000 (in 1982
dollars) were 13.9 percent in 1949, 5.5 percentin
Diagnosis
1965 (whenthe “WaronPoverty”started), 3.1
percentby 1973, 5.2 percent in 1983, 4.6percent in
DearFriends: 1988. These numbers, ofcourse, areevidence rather
Ihave read the article,“ACalltoConfront the thantruth, but theyare importantevidence. Therise
EconomicsMinotaur,” bymyoldfriend,Joseph inpovertyhas manycomplexcauses. Partofit is a
Havens (Friends BulletinJanuary 1991). Ihavedeep certaindecayofthe redistributionsystemthrough
sympathywithhisconcerns butstrongdisagreement taxation andsubsidies; partofitmaybedue tothe
withhis diagnosis. Poverty by anystandardhas been dramaticrise inthe proportionofnational income
increasingdisastrously inmostofthe tropicalbelt, goingto interest, whichwentfrom 1 percentin 1950
and especially in Africa,since about 1970. Inthe toover 10percenttoday. Interest, onthewhole, does
UnitedStates povertydiminished verysharply notgoto the poor. Also,duringthissamegeneral
between 1950and about 1973. Ithas beenincreasing time period the numberofwomenin the laborforce
somewhatsince then. For instance, in 1949some 7.8 has increased dramatically, from about 12 percent to
percentofU.S. familieswere livingonan incomeof over22 percent. Thishashad aneffect inreducing
averagerealwages. Evenwiththe increase in the
proportionofpopulation in the laborforce, the
proportionofnational incomegoingto laborhasbeen
verystable, ataround 73 percent, inthe last20years
(itwasonly60percent in 1929).
Assomebodyoncesaid (I think itwasChurchill),
“Capitalism is a verybadsystem. Itjusthappens that
all the alternatives areworse.” Thishascertainly
turnedout to be true ofcommunismandcentrally
plannedeconomies. The marketsystem is based
fundamentallyon the phenomenonofexchange,
whichusuallybenefits bothparties, thoughtherecan
beexceptions to this. Plannedeconomies depend on
threatand inevitablyproduceoppressivegovern-
ments, sometimes monstrouslyoppressive, as under
Stalin, and asmanyAfricancountrieshaveseen. If
thepowerofthestate is notto become intolerable, it
mustbeoffsetbyprivateeconomicpower. And this
meansprofit, which is the rewardofthe employer.
For inorder toemploy labor, one musthave money to
paywages, aswellasequipmentand placesfor the
workers towork. In 1932 and 1933 inthe United
States, profitswere negative, interesthaddoubled
since 1929. In thoseyears anybody whohired
anybodywas almostbound to lose by it. It is not
surprisingthatunemploymentwas 25 percent. The
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surprising thingis that itdidn’tgo to50percent and
the wholeeconomycollapse.
There are, ofcourse,examplesofmonopolyprofits,
suchasOPECextractedruthlesslyfrom the restofthe Further Information on Qood Life Study Tours
world after 1973. Thiswas amajorfactor inincreas- Dear Editor,
ingpoverty inthe poorcountries. Onthewhole, Shortly after Isubmitted the article, “Journey to
however, monopoly, except insomecases, israther EarthTrusteeship,” [Friends Bulletin, March 1991] the
unstable, as indeedOPECwas. In theUnitedStates sponsoroftheGoodLifeStudy tours, the FoodFirst
corporate profits as a percentage ofnational income Institute, secured the assistanceofEarthwatch
peaked at about 14.46 percent in 1942. In 1989 Expeditions to recruittourparticipants. Interested
profitswere6.99 percentofthenational income. persons maywrite Earthwatch (680 MountAuburn
MA
Thisseems like averysmallprice topayfora Street, Watertown, 02272) fora fullbriefing.
relativelyfree politicalorder. There is realdanger Those dedicated to the preservationofthe Earth
indeed that the proportionofthe national income forfuturegenerationscommonly ask,“Howcanthe
goingto profit is now toolow tosustainhighlevelsof expenditureofthejetfuelrequired tocarryyouhalf-
employment, partly because ofthis rise ininterest, wayaround theearthbejustified?” Itcan’t. How-
whichis turningus almost intoausurioussociety. ever, thereexists an“eco-tourism” industry. Iwill
IfFriendswant togetangry aboutsomething in turnthisjetfuelexpenditure toits bestuse, protecting
economics, Isuggestusury is agood place tostart. the environment in the longterm.
Interest, inasense, is the reward ofthe inactive Sincerely,
capitalist; profitis the reward ofthe activecapitalist. WilliamM. Alexander,
Friends are rightlyconcerned about the pathologiesof San Luis ObispoWorship Group
theexistingsystem. It isone thing, however, tocure.
It is another thingtokill. Thegreatinstitutional Announcing a New Worship Qroup in Oregon
economist,John R. Commons, oncesaidhewanted to DearEditor,
savecapitalism by makingitgood. Thecureshe Wehavestarted aworshipgroup inFlorence,
suggested, whichwere largelyembodied inRoosevelt’s Oregon. We are partoftheWillamette Quarterly
NewDeal, werebynomeanswhollyeffective, but the Meeting thoughnotyetunder the careofany
ideaofcure is muchmore importantthanthe ideaof Meeting.
revolution. Tocure,however, we mustunderstand We meetforworship at 11:00a.m. onthesecond
thedisease. In averycomplexsystem this is byno and fourthSundays. Onthe secondSundaywe also
meanseasy, asweknow inthehumanbody. The have a potluckandfellowship time. We are presently
extraordinary increase in theexpectationoflifewhich meetingatourhome, 04862OceanaDr., but as that
hashappened in the twentiethcenturyhas a lottodo maychange, wehave two phone numbers tocontact
withour increasedknowledge about thehumanbody. for information. Ournumber [phone] and the
Similarly,curing the pathologiesofsocietyrequires otherone is 997-7024.
increasedknowledge,whichcanonlybe obtainedbya Westarted meetingforworship inJanuaryand
combinationofcarefulobservation and thinking. havehadfrom5-12 eachSunday (also infants and
There arestillmany things about theeconomic toddlers). Thisseems tobe meetinganeed inthe
systemthatwe donotknow. Butwehave increased community, thoughwe alsohave attenderscoming
ourknowledge about itverysubstantially in the last fromCoos Bay,Yachats andDeadwood.
sixtyyears. And this issomethingthatFriendsshould I reallyappreciateyoureditorshipofFriends
take veryseriously. Bulletin. Itwillseemstrangenottohaveyou there
As aQuakereconomist, after thisyear.
Sincerelyyour Friend, In peace and love,
KennethE. Boulding, BoulderMeeting, CO Jeanne Kimball
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