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".
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This past June, over 80 Friends from 17 yearly meetings came together in Barnesville, Ohio, to share their deepest experiences and longings regarding their Quaker faith. This gathering included 2 components:
 June 22-24: "YFNA / WGYF: Past, Present & Future"
Reunion & Envisioning a Future YF Movement
This weekend brought together past, present & future young adult Friends to share stories, ways these gatherings affected their lives, plans & visions for the future.
June 24-29: "QuakerCamp at Stillwater"
Following the reunion, Friends hungry for spiritual community came together for 5 days of worship, worship sharing and discernment. Here is a description of last year's Quakercamp daily schedule.
Gathering epistles, accounts, talks & queries
 Friends gathered this week in Barnesville last year wrote an Epistle from Quakercamp at Stillwater describing their sense of deep joy & excitement about what occurred there.
A separate Epistle from Young Adult Friends was also written concerning the work that YAFs there were doing to envision and build a new movement for YAFs in the US & Canada. For more about YAFs, go to YAFs at Quakercamp
An article by Pamela Haines describing this gathering in more detail appeared in Friends Journal in December 2007.
You can also read Micah Bales' reflections on his experience in Barnesville this week. Micah is an ESR student and a member of Great Plains YM (FUM).
 Those of us present were deeply moved by presentations each evening by Conservative Friends on their own experience of their Quaker faith. 2 of these presentations are posted here:
Susan Smith on Friends Business Meeting, as Conservative Friends Experience It
Jack Smith on The Scriptures as Understood & Used by Conservative Friends and
An interest group developed a set of Queries on Confidentiality & Openness that may be useful to elders, gathering planners and others needed to discern the right balance between these two important needs within a faith community.
For a list of who took part in these gatherings, click on Quakercamp Participants.
Another similar gathering will be held in Barnesville on June 22-28, 2008. Here are links to the flyer and registration information for this coming June's gathering.
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20th Anniversary (yes - Rise Up Singing is 20 years old!) Singalong Concerts & Workshops
June 22-28, Barnesville OH Quakercamp at Stillwater.
June 28-July 5 FGC Gathering, Johnstown PA. Annie will lead a singing workshop for women, noon sings & a closing sing on Friday.
Aug. 10, Berkeley CA Evening concert at the Berkeley Friends Meeting at 1600 Sacramento St.. For more iinformation, contact Bryan Uhlenbrock.
Aug. 15, Ben Lomond CA Afternoon workshop on songleading at Quaker Center.
Aug. 15-17, Ben Lomond CA Group singing weekend workshop at Quaker Center.
Sun., Aug. 17th, Santa Cruz CA Sing-along concert at Santa Cruz Friends Meetinghouse at 225 Rooney St. For details contact Gretta & Jacob Stone, (831) 336-8333 or go to the Meeting website for directions.
Swing performances Annie is doing with the
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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