Music Store:
new large format RUS!
"Meet Me by the Moonlight"
including live recordings of his Solstice celebrations heard on NPR
NY Times article on "Shared Song - Communal Memory".
Information on Quakercamp at Stillwater has been moved to a new website:
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Peter has been leading retreats and teaching classes in Quakerism, Bible and spirituality for twenty years.
Middletown Monthly Meeting has recognized Peter's spiritual gift as a religion teacher in a Letter about Peter's teaching .
Quakerism 101 is an introduction to Quakerism. The six classes are on early Quaker history, the Inward Light, Meeting for Worship, Meeting for Business, Quaker testimonies & the meeting as a community.
This Is Our Testimony to the World ("Quakerism 201") is a course in the Quaker testimonies of integrity, simplicity, equality, peace and stewardship of the earth. It focuses especially on how each social testimony springs from central facets of Quaker faith.
Gospel Order offers a more advanced exploration of issues that many meetings wrestle with in the "beloved community" of the meeting family. Topics include ways of deepening the spirit-led vocal ministry, experiencing business meeting as worship, encouraging the spiritual gifts of members and engaging each other lovingly in mutual spiritual accountability.
Primary readings for all three of the courses above are the excerpts in Faith & Practice, the Book of Discipline of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.
Friends are welcome to use these curricula, although I would appreciate being credited with creating them. I will be happy to email you a printable file of these curricula if you wish. You can contact me at peter's email.
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20th Anniversary (yes - Rise Up Singing is 20 years old!) Singalong Concerts & Workshops
Feb. 9, Concord NH Concert to benefit Concord Friends Mtg's building fund. Watch for specifics or email Sara Smith.
Feb. 20-22, Deerfield MA "Beggars to God: A Retreat of Song & Spirit" at Woolman Hill.
Feb. 26, Northampton MA Annie will perform swing with Mary Witt at Sam's Pizza at 225 Main St.
Mar. 13-15, Pleasant Hill TN Music workshop & concert sponsored by the Shalom Center for Continuing Education, Uplands Retirement Village. Contact Ted Braun for more information.
April 24-26, Old Chatham NY Women's Retreat with Annie. At Powell House.
June 9-13, Barnesville OH Quakerspring gathering (previously known as "Quakercamp")
June 27-July 4, Blacksburg VA Peter will lead the daily noon sings this year at FGC Gathering.
See also swing performances Annie is doing with the
O-Tones and Girl From Mars
We urge you to check out the new website
promoting efforts to secure a Nobel Peace Prize for legendary folk singer & environmental & peace activist, Pete Seeger. A new edition of Seeger's autobiography (which Peter edited) is coming out this spring.
There are some great quotes from Pete on the power of group singing in the recent New York Times article on community sings around the country, many of which use Rise Up Singing.
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