new creation and the alchemy of love - pendle hill

MAY 8-10, 2020 (Friday evening through Sunday lunch)

New Creation and the Alchemy of Love A weekend workshop with .O and George Schaefer

Early Friends discovered that there is an Inward Guide that can lead us

into ways of living that are sincere to the Spirit of Christ. This became

the bedrock of Quaker religious experience and remains so today.

When we center ourselves in silent worship, sinking down to the source

of being, what arises is a felt-sense of presence: a Spirit that we trust to

lead us to greater love for others and ourselves. For this reason, early

Friends often spoke of living in the new creation — not a mystical

otherworldly place, but a reality pregnant with potential. It is this

unitive attitude towards God and the world that informs the Quaker

approach: we return to the Spirit!

Join us as we explore living and loving in the new creation, opening our

eyes and our hearts to the deep and creative intelligence of love.

George Schaefer is clerk of Abington Friends Meeting (PA). Since

2009, he has served Philadelphia Yearly Meeting as Care & Aging

Coordinator providing pastoral care and support to meetings and

members. A clinical social worker, George has explored intentional

community and its power to heal and restore relationships.

.O models and teaches the transformative power of Love. Under the care

of Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, .O’s ministry, “Love and

Respect Transform,” involves climate justice work with Philly Thrive and

co-facilitating Alternatives to Violence Project trainings, among other

things. A dynamic group facilitator with years of experience in body

wisdom, stress reduction, and the healing powers of love, .O has worked

with such organizations as Women for Sobriety, Women Within, and

Interim House (a drug and alcohol treatment center).

Registration

Visit www.pendlehill.org,

or call Ext. 137 at 610-566 4507

or 800-742-3150 (toll-free in US)

Accommodations

Private room $ 495

Shared room $ 435

Commute $ 300

Fee covers food, lodging, and program

If you need financial assistance,

please complete our online

Financial Assistance Application

Travel

Pendle Hill is just 15 minutes from

Philadelphia International Airport,

and 30 minutes outside the city.

We are near the Wallingford train station.

Take the SEPTA Media/Elwyn line from

Philadelphia and call for a pick-up.