University Friends Meeting Fall Retreat November 5 9-4:30

Hi Friends.

RantWoman is back to speaking of herself in the third person. Cope. RantWoman has a sense of many things seasoning. In the meantime, join us for this great retreat!

University Friends Meeting Retreat
November 5, 2011

9 am - 4:30 pm.

Please bring: Potluck dishes to share
Optional reading: “The Spirit Level” by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Picket

Schedule
Time Activity

8:30-9:00am Coffee (Social Hall)

9:00-9:30am Introductions (Meeting Room)

9:30-9:50am Opening meeting for worship (Meeting Room)

9:50-10:40am “10 Chairs” (Meeting Room)

10:45-11:00am Visualizing Equality (Social Hall)

11:00-11:20 am Break-out sessions (Social Hall)

11:20-11:45 am Pre-lunch closing (Social Hall)

12:00-1:00 pm Lunch

1:00-3:30 pm Work party

4:00-4:30 pm Closing meeting for worship (Meeting Room)


Queries:
What kind of society would be consistent with the Quaker belief in equality? In simplicity?

Can you dream of a world of the beloved community where all can thrive?

How am I advantaged/disadvantaged by local, national and global inequality?

How does UFM participate in maintaining or overcoming inequality?

How can we as Quakers practice more sharing instead of materialism and individualism?

How do we genuinely reach out to others in order to foster inclusiveness?

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This would not of course be a RantWoman blog entry without RantWoman rants and rambles.

RantWoman is terribly excited to have the tidings here in advance electronically.

RantWoman is terribly grateful to have the schedule. RantWoman will need to leave early. RantWoman does not get much choice about helping the RantFamily celebrate Brother-in-Law's birthday and that is important, unfortunately for RantWoman's sincere wish to uphold Meeting maintenance tasks more important than the work party.

RantWoman even has a beloved electronic gizmo to help her tote around topical materials including this text and the book mentioned. In fact, RantWoman is so happy to have this particular electronic device that RantWoman is going to have to speak to the simplicity inherent in enough materialism to have exactly the right material things for one's purposes even if , for instance, the forces of global marketing probably wish RantWoman would darn well spend more, more, more or, even worse, RantWoman herself might feel called endlessly to whine and moan about inconveniences and frustrations that come with this particular mode of information access. RantWoman perfectly well knows she gets to be grateful to have such problems. So?

RantWoman confesses, the book has tons of citations on the topic and tons of data all pointing the same way. In fact the book has SO many citations all pointing the same way that RantWoman might want either to click on some hyperlinks and read additional bites of the studies cited OR to test some of the items against others' views. RantWoman thinks it darn well is going to be a great retreat regardless of cavils RantWoman might not even get time to deal with anyway!