SILENT ANNOUNCEMENTS February 11

Sunday, February 18^th, Second Hour: The Adult Religious Education Committee (ARE) has invited Imam Johari Abdul Malik of the InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington to present the award-winning film documentary “Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet” and to lead a discussion afterwards on the Prophet Muhammad and Islam in general. Following a brief introduction by Tom Wolfe citing William Penn’s belief in the unity among religions and his support of religious pluralism, selected extracts of the Muhammad film will be shown, leaving time to explore questions such as: Who was Muhammad? What is Islam? What do Muslims believe? Is Islam compatible with American values? How do we move the world in a more peaceful direction? Imam Johari is a former Muslim chaplain of Howard University, President of the Muslim Society of Washington, Head of the National Association of Muslim Chaplains in Higher Education, and Chairman of government relations of the Muslim Alliance of North America. Please join us in what certainly shapes up as a fertile opportunity for Muslims and non-Muslims alike to explore, discuss, and understand each other’s faiths in the context of world upheavals these past several years

Sunday, March 4^th, Second Hour: “Expressing the Light: Spirit-Led Creativity” will be the topic of The Adult Religious Education Committee (ARE) session joining together several Adelphi members including Harold Confer, Deborah James, Michael Newheart, and Joanna Axtmann to present their work and share the spiritual basis of their creativity. Members who feel so inclined are also encouraged to bring and share their spirit-inspired works with the group. Please join us in what promises to be an inspiring sharing by Adelphi Meeting members of their spirit-led creative endeavors!

SHARING JOYS AND CONCERNS

Please hold Joan Clement's mother, Ruth Petersen, in the Light. Ruth, age 89, broke her hip in late November and, while her hip has healed, she also needs knee replacement surgery. This will take place on January 24th, and she will have several more months of rehab in West Virginia near Joan's brother before returning to her apartment. This has been and will continue to be hard in Ruth on many levels. Your continued prayers will be much appreciated.

COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY

COULD YOU HELP ADELPHI MEETING? Could you be a potential Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM) Camping Contact? Could you be a prospective BYM Representative? Could you be a latent BYM Correspondent? Could you be a burgeoning Friends General Conference (FGC) correspondent? Look deep within yourselves. The Nominating Committee has not found anyone to take on these responsibilities for 2007. These tasks can be done by attenders or members, alike. Please contact Wendy Eck, (301) 585-5203, or Ann Marlowe, (301) 681-5197. Thank you!

Esther Webb and I have a lendling library of medical equipment. This includes a wheelchair, walkers, reachers, crutches of all lengths, portable toilets, etc. Suzanne can be reached at (301) 585-8295 or sues4448@aol.com

I recently decided not to renew my contract with Montgomery College and have been looking for part time work. I have office management skills, database management skills, computer skills, website management experience, tutoring ability, writing ability, editorial experience, supervisory experience, and a strong interest in the arts. If you hear of any such part time (about 20 hours per week) openings in the Washington, D.C. area, with benefits, please let me know. Thank you very much! P e t e r O ' B r i e n 8305 Park Crest Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20910 obrienp.email@gmail.com 301-588-3287

Share House: GHI Coop Townhouse with Quaker simplicity in Old Greenbelt. This three bedroom brick has remodeled kitchen w/ washer/dryer unit and microwave built-in. Refinished hardwood floors and original doors. Short walk to the library, pool/fitness center, co-op market, movie theatre or catch the bus to the Metro downtown. $450 per month and half of the utilities. Call Phillip at 301-474-7416.

Reserve space by 2/11/07: New Sessions of Art Workshops at Joanna Axtmann’s Studio starting February 22^nd. Come explore art concepts, dry & wet media, sources for images - set-ups, figure, imagination. All levels of experience welcome - beginner to professional - teen and adult! Small class size facilitates individual instruction and customised curriculum. Phone for flyer and info:(202)723-4428 or e-mail jaxart@infionline.net

Friday, February 16, 11am to 1:30pm: Would you like some time to reflect in silence within community? Friends are invited to gather in silence for a mini-retreat on Friday, 2/16/07 from 11 am to 1:30 pm. As a group, we will sit, walk and eat in silence in the Meeting House and outside. After 2 hours, we will meet briefly for afterthoughts. Bring your own sandwich; warm soup and tea will be served. If you would like to join us, please contact: Wendy Eck (301)585-5203 happy.eck@verizon.net or Joanna Axtmann(202)723-4428 jaxart@infionline.net

OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS

Sunday, February 11, 2007 at 6:30 PM. You are invited to a potluck & Quaker dialogue at William Penn House. Our Program this First Day is presented by Selby McCash and Johannes Williams. Selby attends Friends Meeting of Washington and Johannes attends Langley Hill Friends Meeting. Both are Board members of William Penn House. Tom Fox: A Profile of an Ordinary Man’s Calling to an Extraordinary Life. Over the past year, Selby and Johannes, through research, interviews of friends and family and an in-depth review of Tom's blog, have written a chapter on Tom in an anthology on the kidnapping of the four Christian Peacemaker Team volunteers in Baghdad in November of 2005. The book is to be published in March of this year. Selby and Johannes will share their insights on this man of faith and give a preview of their manuscript. Selby was a newspaper reporter and television commentator for 25 years and a Congressional aide for 22 years. Johannes is an attorney in private practice and is a member of the Supreme Court Historical Society. Both Selby and Johannes live on Capitol Hill. Bring a dish to share; family members and friends are always welcome. Note: William Penn House is an alcohol and tobacco free facility. William Penn House, A Quaker Center on Capitol Hill, 515 East Capitol Street SE, Washington , DC 20003, Tel: (202) 543-5560 Fax: (202) 543-3814 e -mail: Office@WmPennHouse.org , www.WmPennHouse.org

March 17, 2007, 9am to 6 pm: The William Penn House and Baltimore Yearly Meeting’s Peace and Social Concerns Committee are co-sponsoring the workshop, "Strategy is Possible." The workshop will take place on Saturday, March 17, 2007 from 9AM to 6PM at the William Penn House on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Daniel Hunter of Training for Change will facilitate. Training for Change is a group founded by George Lakey that helps activists stand up more effectively for justice, peace and the environment. Daniel will share key lessons gleaned from Training for Change’s Strategy Project focused on successful social movements around the world. So if you would like to get a fresh perspective on social change strategies, gain tools to develop effective strategy, get to know Friends from other Meetings and reflect on ways Monthly Meetings might work together for peace and social justice, please join us for this workshop! The cost is $40 per person before February 15th and $45 after February 15th. To register or for more information, please call Bernadette Odyniec at 202-543-5560, email ernadette@williampennhouse.org, or go to www.WilliamPennHouse.org.

April 2, Entries are are due for "Healing the Chesapeake ". Chears will be sponsoring an arts fundraiser on May 6 with the theme "Healing the Chesapeake ". We are inviting artists of all ages to Submit artwork that celebrates the beauty of and/or expresses ways to heal our wonderful Chesapeake watershed from mountains, farm-lands and cities...to the bay...and from the states making up the Chesapeake Watershed (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania , Virginia and West Virginia ). Chears will share the profits from art sold 50/50 with the artists. Submissions are due: April 2, 2007. Submit entries to: CHEARS, 506 Elm Ave. Takoma Park, MD 20912. The Call for Entries, Registration form and Postcard Quilt entries for young artists are attached and call all be found on the Chears website - www.chears.org <http://www.chears.org/

May 19, 2007, Save the Date: Friends Wilderness Center near Harpers Ferry, WV holds its annual Open House that Saturday. Free. Come for tours, hikes, yummy lunch, kids' activities and meet people as interesting as you! Bring a group or bring a sleeping bag and stay the night if you like in treehouse, yurt or your tent. www.friendswilderness.org.