Arwen – Vancouver Quakers

Reflections on the Blanket Exercise: a Gift of Communities Coming Together for Reconciliation

Published on July 5, 2018 Author Arwen

On June 9th, 2018, Vancouver Monthly Meeting gathered with the Vancouver Unitarian community on unceded Musqueam and Coast Salish territory in a beautiful intergenerational Blanket Exercise. The Blanket Exercise is a teaching tool developed by KAIROS, a network of representatives from ten churches focused on ecological justice and human rights. The exercise was created in… Continue reading Reflections on the Blanket Exercise: a Gift of Communities Coming Together for Reconciliation →

The Blanket Exercise, Saturday June 9th

Published on May 17, 2018 Author Arwen

June 9 KBE poster The Reconciliation Committee would like to invite you to join in a Blanket Exercise on Saturday June 9th, 2018. The event will be held at the Unitarian Church of Vancouver on W 49th avenue at 9:45am, and will be followed by a potluck lunch. All are welcome! We are asking for… Continue reading The Blanket Exercise, Saturday June 9th →

Summer offerings at Ben Lomond

Published on June 13, 2017 Author Arwen

Local Friends might be interested in the offerings of the Ben Lomond Quaker Center in California! Coming up this summer: Ben Lomond Quaker Center is offering a $50 discount to both campers who register as friends (or siblings) for Quaker and Service Camp from Saturday, June 24th- Saturday, July 1st. We welcome all kids,… Continue reading Summer offerings at Ben Lomond →

How And Why I Am A Quaker

Published on March 13, 2017 Author Arwen

by Beth Lopez I was raised Catholic. I remember kneeling beside my mother reciting a decade of the rosary before bed every night. At 14 I thought of becoming a nun. When I was 16, I realized that the church claimed to have answers to all the important questions but I didn’t believe their answers… Continue reading How And Why I Am A Quaker →

How and Why I am a Quaker

Published on May 29, 2016 Author Arwen

by Margot Overington I was raised in a Catholic family with a Mom who was severely mentally and physically ill. It was a tough upbringing, and I learned survival techniques at an early age. I spent 17 years with an abusive mother, a disciplinarian father, and I was badly damaged by the experience. My mother… Continue reading How and Why I am a Quaker →

Poetry from Buildings and Grounds

Published on May 12, 2016 Author Arwen

An excerpt from Al’s Buildings and Grounds report: From the yellow shrub rose at the back corner of the lane, just beyond a simple rustic bench, there is a straight line to the meeting house door – but in reality it is a way, a path, past a tangle of ivy, blackberry and bedstraw… Continue reading Poetry from Buildings and Grounds →