Amesbury MM Thurs Jan 20, 7:15-9:15 pm, refreshments served
Woolman Hill Mon Jan 24, 5:30-8:30 pm, potluck then talk
Newton Coffee Tues Jan 25, 2 pm
Wellesley MM Tues Jan 25, 7:30-9:30 pm
Durham MM Wed Jan 26, 5:30-8:30 pm, potluck then conversation
Several Friends Meetings in New England will be hosting Quaker author Margery Abbott for a reading from and discussion about her new book To Be Broken and Tender: A Quaker Theology for Today. We are fortunate to have this opportunity to meet Marge Abbott while she is in the area to co-facilitate a workshop on “Exploring Spiritual Accountability” at Woolman Hill. She is a member of Multnomah Meeting, an unprogrammed meeting in Portland, Oregon and has been released by her meeting for writing and speaking about Friends. All are welcome to join us.
A brief description of Marge's book (from the web site): "In To Be Broken and Tender, Friend and Quaker historian Margery Abbott weaves together a brave and beautiful personal narrative with Quaker history and theological reflection in response to questions and struggles about belief, language, social issues and other deeply-felt concerns that unsettle and divide our Meetings and the wider Religious Society of Friends. A study guide assists readers in their own discernment around challenging issues such as care for the environment, our personal relationships to God and Christianity, and what role Friends have in making the world right."
Margery Post Abbott is a "Released Friend" who writes about Quakerism and travels in the ministry with the support of her Monthly Meeting. Her book, A Certain Kind of Perfection, brings together the writings of evangelical and liberal Quakers from North America, Europe, and Australia. She has published numerous articles and pamphlets about Friends and lectured in the US and England.
Margery Post Abbott's official website: www.21stcenturyquaker.com
“A Tender, Broken Meeting”, an essay by Marge: www.universalistfriends.org/waiting.html
Questions: Kristna Evans 978-390-4607 or email the YM Office at neym@neym.org.
updated January 20, 2011