Writings by Peter on Quakerism (QuakerSong)




Music Store: Rise Up Singing new large format RUS! Rise Up Singing: The Teaching Discs Annie Patterson CD "Meet Me by the Moonlight" Pete Seeger CD's Pete Seeger's Life & Work Paul Winter CDs including live recordings of his Solstice celebrations heard on NPR Ordering Information General Payments Annie & Peter Bios Singalongs NY Times article on "Shared Song - Communal Memory". Directory of Quaker Folk Musicians Other Music Websites Quakerism Information on Quakercamp at Stillwater has been moved to a new website: QuakerSpring.org Contact Us	Writings by Peter on Quakerism Reflection: Facing Fears of Shared Accountability among Friends Today Why are Friends today so afraid to wrestle with each other about what they believe is right? An earlier essay on the same subject is Holy Obedience: Corporate Discipline and Individual Leading. This 1998 essay grew out of a panel presentation at the Pendle Hill conference held at Haverford College on Friends and the Vietnam War. It explores the ways Friends reach unity on issues of social conscience and witness for change. Throwing Open the Doors to My Heart An address delivered at FGC Annual Gathering in Amherst MA in July 2004. Firbank Fell's Challenge for 21st-Century Quakerism Describes key challenges facing Friends today around issues of spiritual authority and readiness to draw in new people to the Quaker movement. Inspired by a late night hike Peter took with his son, Nate, to the isolated rural site in Yorkshire often considered the birthplace of Quakerism in 1652. Nurturing the Gift of Vocal Ministry Ways meetings have encouraged spirit-led ministry, historically and today. Christ's Jubilee Challenge Jesus proclaimed "good news to the poor" when he embarked on his ministry. Will this new millenium be good news for the poor & oppressed peoples of the world today? The Harvest A poem Peter wrote on his dreams for radical spiritual re-awakening at the change of the millenium. Peter was active in the committee that drafted the influential Epistle of the 1985 World Gathering of Young Friends. Peter was also on the epistle committee for the Epistle from Quakercamp at Stillwater See also the area on Sexuality & Spirituality on this site. Peter welcomes feedback or thoughts in response to any of these pieces. You can contact him at email Peter	UPCOMING EVENTS & WORKSHOPS with Annie & Peter Sat. Aug 7-Th Aug. 9 - Smithfield RI New England Yearly Meeting annual sessions. As "Sessions Peacemakers" this year, we will be doing programs with all age groups, including a concert Tuesday evening on the theme "Proclaim Liberty throughout the Land". Sat. Sept 18 - Ithaca NY Singalong Concert. 7pm at St Paul's Methodist church, 402 N. Aurora Street. For info contact Melody Johnson (807) 272-8755. Benefit for Ithaca Friends Meeting. Sun. Oct 3 - Philadelphia PA Singalong Concert with John McCutcheon & others celebrating Rise Up Singing. 3pm at 1st Unitarian-Universalist Church, 2125 Chestnut St. Benefit for Sing Out Corp. Sat. Oct. 23rd - Northampton MA Singalong Concert 7:30pm at Northampton Friends Meetinghouse, 43 Center Street. For more info contact: Dick & Kathleen Konicek-Moran. See also swing performances Annie is doing with the GIRLS FROM MARS Mon, July 12 - Hatfield PA 6-8pm Hatfield Musicfest - free! and The O-TONES nobelprize4pete 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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