Events and website additions:

• Soup Song and Simplicity -- A fundraiser for George Fox Friends School hosted by/at Sadsbury Friends Meeting. Saturday November 12, 2011 3-8 pm at 1089 Simmontown Road; Gap, PA, 17527. Crafts…Folk Music…Cafe including sandwiches and soups for dinners. A good time was had by all last year. <flyer>

• Contra Dance. Live Irish Music. January 28, 2012. Dance starts at 7:00 PM. St. John's Episcopal Church in Downtown Lancaster. Dance is open to youth ages 13 and up. Price of admission is a spirit of fun and good will. If you are unfamiliar with contra dancing, have a look at the Lancaster Contra Dance website: lancastercontra.org and this video: http://vimeo.com/3061886. For directions to the dance, see the back of this flier, or http://www.lancastercontra.org/directions.php.  If you have other questions, or need more detailed information, contact Shane Knudsen at 717-538-5833 or shane@lancastercontra.org. <flyer>
  

• HOLD THE DATE!
  Mark your calendars for May 4-6, 2012! The Monthly Meetings in Caln Quarter will gather for our annual retreat weekend. It is held at Camp Swatara, a beautiful, natural setting at the foot of Blue Mountain and the Appalachian Trail.
  
  The theme for the 2012 gathering is centered in “Keeping Your Light Strong”, and our keynote speaker will lead a session helping us all keep our Light strong in today’s world. Additional break-out sessions will continue the discussion.
  
  We are asking for volunteers to hold workshop sessions. Topics for these workshops can be related to the main theme of the gathering, or you may wish to center your workshop theme on a topic of your own leading. Please send your session ideas to Garey Hessleton from Downingtown Meeting as soon as possible. He will accept topic suggestions until January 1. Garey’s email address is ghesselton@gmail.com.