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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Quakers (known formally as the Religious Society of Friends) are a small Christian denomination founded by George Fox in England in the 17th century. Friends place special emphasis on the direct ongoing access that they believe all people have to God within the heart. Over the past 350 years, Friends have developed some unique ways of attending to this divine voice in worship and in group decision-making. Quakers also have been known for their strong social "testimonies" for peace, equality, simplicity, integrity, and care for the Earth.
Annie and Peter are both active Friends. Annie taught art for many years at Goshen Friends School and served for many years on the Worship and Ministry committees. Annie has led workshops, on her own and with Peter, at Friends General Conference, a yearly gathering of Quakers in the United States and at several other Quaker conference centers. They have both travelled extensively among Friends in the United States, Canada, Britain, and New Zealand.
Peter is a graduate of a two year training program in spiritual direction at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation. He has taught Quakerism and Bible at Westtown School and has led numerous retreats and classes in Quakerism for Quaker meetings.
Annie & Peter are currently members of Mt. Toby Meeting located in Leverett MA. Their previous meeting, Middletown Meeting in Lima, PA, wrote a number of letters over the years in support of Annie & Peter's music ministry as well as a letter supporting Peter's teaching ministry among Friends. To find a Friends meeting near you, go to quakerfinder.org.
This page contains information about Peter's work as a Quakerism teacher including the curricula from several of his Quakerism classes.
Peter helped to plan a rather unique intergenerational gathering that took place in June 2007 in Barnesville, Ohio, bringing together Friends from 17 yearly meetings seeking fresh ways of living out our faith in the 21st century. There is information here on this gathering as well as another similar gathering planned for 2008.
Exploring ways to understand the health changes our bodies go through in aging, illness and death. This includes writing and resources on praying for each other, "holding each other in the Light", and other issues related to spirituality & health.
Friends have been wrestling a great deal with each other on issues around sexual ethics. Here are some writings Peter has done in this area as well as some other on this subject.
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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
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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