Music Store:
NEW CD! "Mountain Side"
Personal Favorites from Rise Up Singing
"Meet Me by the Moonlight"
Where Have All the Flowers Gone:
A Singalong Memoir - new edition!
including live recordings of his Solstice celebrations heard on NPR
NY Times article "Shared Song - Communal Memory" talks about Annie & Peter, the origins of Rise Up Singing & ways it's being used in singalong around the country.
So, what are Quakers? (And do they even sing???!!!)
Peter's Quakerism writings have been moved to a new website: InwardLight.org
Information on Quaker Spring has been moved to a new website:QuakerSpring.org
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The “Quaker Camp at Stillwater”, June 24-29, 2007, was a Quaker conference with a difference. Instead of lining up workshop leaders and speakers in advance, we invited Friends to come share their gifts, leadings, and longings. The winds of the Spirit are blowing, and we do not know exactly where they are taking us. This schedule was developed in the belief that if we gather in expectant waiting and joyful fellowship, we trust that the messages we need will arise from among us.
Here was the schedule we shared each day:
8:30: Preparation for worship. Study of the scriptures, shared "lamentation" for the suffering of the world, and meeting for healing were some of the activities that took place during this time.
10:00: Meeting for Worship. A time of open worship guided by the Holy Spirit. This was followed by an opportunity to share intercessory prayer, song, concerns, and other matters that arose in Friends hearts during worship.
1:00-6:00: Open time, for conversation, recreation, sightseeing, worship, meditation, quiet time, family time.
Friends with particular concerns, questions, or ministries to share signed up a room and offered interest groups or sharing sessions for anyone interested. Young Adult Friends had meetings to plan for a new movement for YAFs from all branches of North American Quakerism.
7:00: Presentation by Friends of Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conservative)
Presentations were given each evening on the Conservative Friends' experience of eldering, scripture, meeting for business, prayer and community in the life of the meeting. These led to spirited discussions on these questions in the group as a whole. 2 of these talks are posted on this site (see links below). The talks included:
Sunday evening: Fran Taber on membership and individuation within the local meeting community
Monday evening: Jack Smith on Conservative Friends' understanding & use of scripture
Tuesday evening: Richard Simon & John Benson on prayer
Wednesday evening: Katherine & Ken Jacobsen on eldership as a way of identifying and nurturing spiritual gifts within the meeting community
Thursday evening: Susan Smith on Conservative Friends' approach to Meeting for Business
8:00: Evening Plenary, a time for corporate discernment around concerns rising from the group
The envisioning & planning group for YFNA: Past, Present & Future and the first Quakercamp included Ann Armstrong, Peter Blood-Patterson, Andrew Esser-Haines, Deborah Haines, Pamela Haines, Becka Haines-Rosenberg, Lisa Lister, Rachel Stacy, Fran Taber, and Jonathan Vogel-Borne. This group also served as a "listening committee" during the gathering. The gathering clerks were Ruth Raffensperger, Joanthan Vogel-Borne and Pamela Haines.
Back to Quakercamp homepage.
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UPCOMING EVENTS & WORKSHOPS with Annie & Peter
WFCR interview with Peter and Annie. Hear us talk about sing-alongs and the origins of Rise Up Singing with live performances of several favorite songs. New York NY, Sat. May 5 - People's Voice Cafe, Community Church of NY, 40 E. 35th St (betw Madison & Park), 8pm (doors open 7:30). Annie & Peter will lead a sing along and Four Shillings Short is also on the bill later this evening. 212-787-3903. Newton MA. Sun. May 13 - Mother's Day family concert, 2pm at Newton Cultural Center, 225 Nevada Street. Benefit for Mother's Milk Bank of New England. You can buy tickets online at the MMBNE website, call 617-527-6283 or view the concert flyer.
Kingston RI, Fri. July 6 - We will be taking part in another performance of "The Fire & the Hammer" - which Peter organized & we both took part in at New England Yearly Meeting last August. The final evening plenary of the 2012 Friends General Conference summer gathering. Detailed information on the performance & how to apply to join the choir is posted now on the FGC website.
See also swing performances Annie is doing with:
GIRLS FROM MARS and The O-TONES
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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