Blue River Quarterly

2020 Fall Gathering
2020-09-18 19:00 - 2020-09-20 11:00 (America/Chicago) | IL
Our 2020 Fall Gathering will be a virtual, on-line gathering held via Zoom, September 18–20.

Friday, Sept. 18, 7:00-8:00 pm: Workshop or worship-sharing organized by Brad Laird
Saturday, Sept. 19, 9:30-10:30 am: Presentation on Project Lakota by Candy Boyd
Saturday, Sept. 19, 11:00 am – 12 noon: ILYM planning meeting
Saturday, Sept. 19, 3:00-5:00 pm: BRQ meeting for business
Saturday, Sept. 19, 7:00-8:00 pm: Presentation on Quaker Palestine Israel Network by Steve Tamari
Sunday, Sept. 20, 10:00-11:00 am: Meeting for worship

Advance registration is not required, but it would be appreciated if all those planning to attend would let Peter Lasersohn know at peter.lasersohn@gmail.com.
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Topic: Workshop or worship-sharing organized by Brad Laird
Time: Sep 18, 2020 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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Topic: Presentation on Project Lakota by Candy Boyd
Time: Sep 19, 2020 09:30 AM Central Time (US and Canada)

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Topic: ILYM planning meeting
Time: Sep 19, 2020 11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)

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Topic: BRQ meeting for business
Time: Sep 19, 2020 03:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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Topic: Presentation on Quaker Palestine Israel Network by Steve Tamari
Time: Sep 19, 2020 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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Topic: Meeting for worship
Time: Sep 20, 2020 10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)

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2020 Spring Gathering
2020-04-03 19:00 - 2020-04-05 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Camp CILCA, 4124 Camp CILCA Road, Cantrall, IL, 62625, United States
Update: The Spring 2020 session of Blue River Quarterly Meeting has been canceled. Our next session will be in September 2020 at the DuBois Center.
The 2020 Spring Gathering of Blue River Quarterly Meeting is scheduled for April 3–5 at Camp CILCA, near Springfield, Illinois. Registration is due by March 22.
The theme is “Borders Don’t Stop Dreams,” and the program includes a viewing of the film ‘Ay Mariposa’, which tells a story of three characters in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas whose lives are upended by plans to build a US-Mexico border wall. As the director of the National Butterfly Center, Marianna Trevino Wright has become a leader of wall resistance in the Valley, a position that has resulted in violent threats from pro-wall factions and an emotional odyssey as she tries to navigate the ever-shifting sands of border policy. Zulema Hernandez, a life-long migrant worker, immigrant and great grandmother, has been a dedicated advocate for all migrants, both wild and human-kind. Meanwhile the butterfly, la mariposa, fights its own daily battle for survival in a landscape where more than 95 percent of its habitat is long gone and much of what remains lies directly in the path of the wall.

200th Anniversary Gathering -- Fall 2019
2019-09-27 19:00 - 2019-09-29 13:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Old Blue River Meetinghouse, JW9H+WF, Salem, IN, 47167, United States
September 27–29, 2019 will be a special celebration of the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the Blue River Quarterly Meeting. We will hold our sessions in the original Blue River Meetinghouse, near Salem, Indiana, where the quarterly meeting first met in 1819.
Friends from throughout Illinois Yearly Meeting and beyond are invited.
Built in 1815, the Old Blue River Meetinghouse is believed to be the oldest Friends Meetinghouse in Indiana.
Overnight accommodations, meals, and other activities will be at Pyoca Camp and Retreat Center, about 25 miles north of Salem.
To order the commemorative book Two Hundred Years of Blue River Quarterly Meeting, click here.

Schedule

Friday Evening
Friends arrive at Pyoca
Saturday
8:00AM – 9:00AM breakfast
9:30AM – 11:30AM adult program (presentation by Peter Lasersohn on the history of BRQ)/children’s program at Pyoca
12:00PM – 1:00PM lunch
1:15PM – 3:15PM kids & adults not going to the meetinghouse: Free time, including waterfront and climbing wall.
1:15PM adults drive to the meetinghouse
2:00PM – 3:00PM presentation by Drew Wright on the origins of the Friends settlement at Blue River, at the meetinghouse
3:00 – 4:30 business meeting at the meetinghouse
3:15PM – 5:15PM children’s program at Pyoca
4:30PM adults drive back to Pyoca
5:30PM – 6:30PM dinner
7:00PM – 9:00PM program at Pyoca (address by Tom Hamm, Professor of History, Earlham College)
Sunday
8:00AM – 9:00AM breakfast
9:30AM – 10:00AM pack and clean up
10:00AM everyone drives to the meetinghouse
10:45AM – 11:45AM meeting for worship, children’s program outside. Children in worship for last 15 minutes.
11:45AM – 12:00PM set up for lunch & socialize
12:00PM – 1:00PM lunch with local Friends
1:00PM depart directly from meetinghouse

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2019 Spring Gathering
2019-04-12 19:00 - 2019-04-14 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Camp CILCA, 4124 Camp CILCA Road, Cantrall, IL, 62625, United States
Our 2019 Spring Gathering will be held April 12–14 at Camp CILCA, near Cantrall, Illinois.
Adult program includes a presentation by Danielle Chynoweth on her experiences using township government to serve the interests of marginalized people and provide material relief to those in need. Middle school program includes Saturday lunch preparation and fun activities. Younger kids’ program on the theme of Meeting for Worship and Animals.
Registrations are due by March 30. Click here for registration form

2018 Fall Gathering
2018-09-21 - 2018-09-23 | DuBois Center, 2651 Quarry Road, DuBois, IL, 62831, United States
Please join F/friends at Dubois Center in Southern Illinois. We gather Friday evening through Sunday lunch.
Theme: Cooperation and Gratitude
Forms
Program and Registration Form
Please register by September 8. There is a $20 late fee after that date.
Health Info and Permission Form
This form is required for all individuals who will be participating in any activities led by DuBois Center staff — that means horses and canoeing.

Spring 2017 Gathering
2017-04-07 - 2017-04-09 | Camp CILCA, 4124 Camp CILCA Road, Cantrall, IL, 62625, United States
The spring BRQ meeting will be held April 7–9, 2017 at Camp CILCA in Cantrall, Illinois. The theme is “Including, Inviting, Honoring All: Perspectives on Disabilities” and will be facilitated by Brittany Koresch.
Adult/Teen Program:
Spring 2017 Quarterly will engage with others to learn about differences in communication, how to interact with others with integrity, and see the equality in all. Those with disabilities and their families have seen a great deal of changes in the past 50 years in regards to rights, attitudes, and accessibility. What can be done to help the changes continue? What small and large steps must be taken to encourage inclusion of all people and build a stronger community?
During the morning program, we will:

Lay the foundation for communication and learn about recent changes in vocabulary used in and about those in the disability community
Learn about the disability rights timeline in America and the current state of rights
Engage in activities to deepen each person’s understanding of topics that impact those within the disability community and beyond

Through activities, discussion, and inward reflection, we may find new ways to include more people in our lives, inviting diverse perspectives and honoring the equality of all.
Teen Program (HSF):
Graduating 8th graders through 12th graders will attend adult programming, and also have a workshop on Clearness (see schedule). Teens will bunk together in the Retreat Center.
Middle School Program:
5th-7th graders (MS) will focus on the Inner Light and how it can illuminate both disabilities and gifts. MS group will bunk together in the Retreat Center.
Younger Children’s Program:
Wee Friends through 4th grade will complement the adult theme’s emphasis on recognizing and creating spaces ripe for inclusivity.
Forms

2017 Spring BRQ Program and Registration Form

2016 Fall Gathering
2016-09-16 - 2016-09-18 | DuBois Center, 2651 Quarry Road, DuBois, IL, 62831, United States
Please join F/friends at Dubois Center in Southern Illinois. We gather Friday evening through Sunday lunch. Steve Tamari (St. Louis MM) and Fariba Murray (Bloomington Normal MM) are planning a program including inter-generational time.
Theme: Quakerism & Islam
Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth; a likeness of His light is as a niche in which is a lamp, the lamp is in a glass, (and) the glass is as it were a brightly shining star, lit from a blessed olive-tree, neither eastern nor western… (Qur’an 24:35)

Forms
Program and Registration Form
Please register by September 2. There is a $20 late fee after that date.
Health Info and Permission Form
This form is required for all individuals who will be participating in any activities led by DuBois Center staff — that means horses and canoeing.
FUN NEWS!
Some major work has been done in Hickory Lodge. There is a new kitchenette with a much larger fridge. There are new beds in most of the rooms. (The “older” beds that remain were purchased 3-4 years ago so they aren’t really old.) There is new carpet and furniture in some places and a splash of fun paint; do you like eggplant?
