Young Adult Friends at Quakercamp (QuakerSong)




Info on new songbook Song submission guidelines (for new book) Music Store: Rise Up Singing larger format (9×12) Rise Up Singing Rise Up Singing: The Teaching Discs Annie Patterson recordings Pete Seeger: Life & Work Autobiography lots of CDs! Paul Winter CDs including live recordings of his Solstice celebrations heard on NPR Ordering Information General Payments Annie & Peter Bios Webpage with youtube links for over 200 songs in Rise Up Singing Singalongs & Song Circles Directory of Quaker Musicians Other Music Websites 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 Contact Us return to homepage	Young Adult Friends at Quakercamp Young Adult Friends played a central role in the first Quakercamp held in Barnesville in June 2007. Since the World Gathering of Young Friends held in Lancaster, England, in 2005, YAFs from many different yearly meetings in North America have been exploring ways to create new shared opportunities for experiencing God's work among them and to connect with YAFs from other branches of Friends. Remembering and learning from YFNA. A YAF movement that originally included Friends from all branches of North American Quakerism existed during the 1950's into the 1980's. This was called Young Friends of North America. Large gatherings took place with up to 250 YAFs in attendance. These gatherings had a powerful impact on those who took part, in many case deeply impacting their journey with God through out their lives. YAFs today were interested in learning from the successes and mistakes of YFNA earlier. When these YAFs learned that a YFNA reunion would be part of the first Quakercamp last summer, they expressed interest in making 2007 gathering both a remembering of YFNA and an opportunity for envisioning a new Young Adult Friends movement. Andrew Esser-Haines, Emily Stewart and Rebecca Haines Rosenberg were active members of the 2007 Quakercamp planning committee. YAFs attending the gathering were housed on 2 floors of the boy's dorm at Olney. YAF activities during Quakercamp. YAFs gathered many times during the week to continue their own process of prayerfully envisioning and planning for building a new YAF movement in North America. The results of these deliberations can be read in the YAF Epistle written at Quakercamp. This included carrying forward plans for a cross-branch gathering of YAFs being held in Richmond IN in May 2008 and steps towards creating a cross-branch planning for a larger national Quaker gathering later on, perhaps in summer 2009. Future YAF activities. For more information the Memorial Day weekend gathering, go to YAF Richmond Gathering. The planning group for this gathering includes YAFs from all 4 major branches of Friends. A pdf file of the flyer for this gathering is also available from this link: printable Richmond flyer. Please consider posting this at your meeting! Micah Bales, a member of Great Plains YM (FUM) and a student at Earlham School of Religion is contact person for YAFs interested in Quakercamp 2008. You can email Micah Bales if you have questions about this summer's gathering.	UPCOMING EVENTS & WORKSHOPS with Annie & Peter Friday, May 17th - Wakefield MA. Singalong Concert 7:30 pm, celebrating bicentennial of Wakefield Unitarian-Universalist Church. For more info contact Rev. Maddie Sifantus. Tuesday, 21 May - Copenhagen Denmark. Folk concert 20.30 (8:30 pm) at Tjili Pop cafe, Rantzausgade 28, phone: 35 35 90 20. June 21-26 - Deerfield MA. Quaker Spring, being held at Woolman Hill. Details at www.quakerspring.org. See also website for 2 swing bands Annie sings with: GIRLS FROM MARS and The O-TONES Sat, Feb 15 - Cambridge MA. West Cambridge Youth Center, 680 Huron Ave, (2nd floor) Fresh Pond. 8pm lessons, 9pm dance. Info Olaf Block or www.swingcityboston.org. 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 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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