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SUMMARY:Are We Still a Dangerous People?
DESCRIPTION:Peggy Senger Parsons and Marge Abbott\n\nChanging the Worl
 d by Being a Changed People. Target Audience: Young Friends, Convergen
 t Friends, Quaker Bloggers, People who live with fear, People who admi
 re primitive Quakerism, People who are frustrated with Quakerism, Peop
 le who want a spiritual basis for their activism and people who want a
  more active expression for their spirituality.\n\nThis weekend will e
 xplore the spiritual qualities that once caused Quakers to be thrown i
 n prison and legislated against as a danger to the realm. This “dang
 er” grew out of the power of their worship and their faithfulness to
  the Light of Christ within. These set them apart from their neighbors
  and meant they were not cowed by threats or dangers to themselves or 
 their property. Transformation, deep self-knowledge, a fearless faith,
  and a life lived out of a place of love and grace have all been visib
 le in Friends’ demeanor at various points in our history. Are they a
 live and relevant features of your faith? What does this look and feel
  like in your experience? What other features might be crucial today? 
 How might we support one another and be patterns in the world?\n\nWhat
  does it mean to be “dangerous”?\n\n* To be transformed.\n* To car
 e more about the Still, Small Voice than the neighbors.\n* To act out 
 of our faith, not our fears\n* To enjoy paradox.\n* To be able to use 
 the power of anger without getting angry.\n* To listen with an open he
 art.\n\nPeggy Senger Parsons\nPeggy Senger Parsons is the pastor of Fr
 eedom Friends Church in Salem (OR). She is a Quaker minister who preac
 hes and teaches nationally and internationally. Peggy is a licensed pr
 ofessional counselor with a specialty in trauma healing and a certifie
 d spiritual director. She writes regularly on topics of spirituality. 
 She received the Northwest Yearly Meeting 2001 Award for Excellence in
  Peace and Social Justice.\n\nMarge Abbott\nMarge Abbott has been “r
 eleased” by Multnomah Meeting, a liberal, unprogrammed meeting in Or
 egon, for a ministry of teaching and writing about Quaker theology and
  practice, often asking “What is being a Friend all about?” in the
  context of Friends worldwide. Marge and Peggy co-edited Walk Worthy o
 f Your Calling: Quakers and the traveling ministry. Marge’s book ref
 lecting on her own spiritual journey, “On Being Broken and Tender,�
 � is scheduled for release by FGC Press in 2009.\n\n$285/shared room; 
 $360/private room; $200/commuter\n\nRegistration Information\n\nFor mo
 re information visit http://www.quakerquaker.org/events/are-we-still-a
 -dangerous
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CATEGORIES:workshop, pendle-hill, convergent, philadelphia
LOCATION:Pendle Hill PA
WEBSITE:http://www.pendlehill.org/programs/spring_2009_course_workshop
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