BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Earlham School of Religion - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://esr.earlham.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Earlham School of Religion REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Indiana/Indianapolis BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240227T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240227T143000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20240124T135205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T135205Z UID:10000142-1709038800-1709044200@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Policies DESCRIPTION:Why do we need a child safety policy? A sexual abuse and harassment policy? An employment policy? What do such policies mean in the context of Quaker faith and practice? How can we be guided by the Holy Spirit in these difficult legal areas to build the beloved community? \n\n\n\nPlease let us know you’re coming!\n\n\n\n \n HiddenEvent name(Required) Name(Required)\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email(Required)\n \n Address(Required) \n \n \n \n Street Address\n \n \n Address Line 2\n \n \n City\n \n \n State / Province / Region\n \n \n ZIP / Postal Code\n \n AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAmerican SamoaAndorraAngolaAnguillaAntarcticaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaArubaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBermudaBhutanBoliviaBonaire\, Sint Eustatius and SabaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBouvet IslandBrazilBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryBrunei DarussalamBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCabo VerdeCambodiaCameroonCanadaCayman IslandsCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaChristmas IslandCocos IslandsColombiaComorosCongoCongo\, Democratic Republic of theCook IslandsCosta RicaCroatiaCubaCuraçaoCyprusCzechiaCôte d'IvoireDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEswatiniEthiopiaFalkland IslandsFaroe IslandsFijiFinlandFranceFrench GuianaFrench PolynesiaFrench Southern TerritoriesGabonGambiaGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGibraltarGreeceGreenlandGrenadaGuadeloupeGuamGuatemalaGuernseyGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHeard Island and McDonald IslandsHoly SeeHondurasHong KongHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIranIraqIrelandIsle of ManIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJerseyJordanKazakhstanKenyaKiribatiKorea\, Democratic People's Republic ofKorea\, Republic ofKuwaitKyrgyzstanLao People's Democratic RepublicLatviaLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacaoMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMartiniqueMauritaniaMauritiusMayotteMexicoMicronesiaMoldovaMonacoMongoliaMontenegroMontserratMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmarNamibiaNauruNepalNetherlandsNew CaledoniaNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNiueNorfolk IslandNorth MacedoniaNorthern Mariana IslandsNorwayOmanPakistanPalauPalestine\, State ofPanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPitcairnPolandPortugalPuerto RicoQatarRomaniaRussian FederationRwandaRéunionSaint BarthélemySaint Helena\, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint MartinSaint Pierre and MiquelonSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSint MaartenSlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsSouth SudanSpainSri LankaSudanSurinameSvalbard and Jan MayenSwedenSwitzerlandSyria Arab RepublicTaiwanTajikistanTanzania\, the United Republic ofThailandTimor-LesteTogoTokelauTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkmenistanTurks and Caicos IslandsTuvaluTürkiyeUS Minor Outlying IslandsUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVenezuelaViet NamVirgin Islands\, BritishVirgin Islands\, U.S.Wallis and FutunaWestern SaharaYemenZambiaZimbabweÅland Islands\n Country\n \n \n Meeting or church affiliation Areas of interest for this discussionOptional\n \n I would like to receive occasional emails from QLC about upcoming events\n \n \n I would like to receive weekly Friendly Reminder blog reflections URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/policies/ LOCATION:Indiana CATEGORIES:Quaker Leadership Center ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://esr.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/23222_QLC_TRAINING_DIGITALBOARD-4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240229T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240229T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20240126T174217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240126T174218Z UID:10000157-1709233200-1709238600@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Willson Lectures Follow-Up DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, February 29 @ 7:00 PM ET for a follow-up conversation about the Willson Lectures at ESR by nova george and Lauren Brownlee in recognition of Black History Month. \n\n\n\nAdria Gulizia\, a public minister from Chatham-Summit Monthly Meeting\, will be facilitating the conversation. \n\n\n\nShe will help us consider how the content from the lectures can shape our life and ministry. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\n \n HiddenEvent name(Required) Name(Required)\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email(Required)\n \n Address(Required) \n \n \n \n Street Address\n \n \n Address Line 2\n \n \n City\n \n \n State / Province / Region\n \n \n ZIP / Postal Code\n \n AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAmerican SamoaAndorraAngolaAnguillaAntarcticaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaArubaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBermudaBhutanBoliviaBonaire\, Sint Eustatius and SabaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBouvet IslandBrazilBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryBrunei DarussalamBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCabo VerdeCambodiaCameroonCanadaCayman IslandsCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaChristmas IslandCocos IslandsColombiaComorosCongoCongo\, Democratic Republic of theCook IslandsCosta RicaCroatiaCubaCuraçaoCyprusCzechiaCôte d'IvoireDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEswatiniEthiopiaFalkland IslandsFaroe IslandsFijiFinlandFranceFrench GuianaFrench PolynesiaFrench Southern TerritoriesGabonGambiaGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGibraltarGreeceGreenlandGrenadaGuadeloupeGuamGuatemalaGuernseyGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHeard Island and McDonald IslandsHoly SeeHondurasHong KongHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIranIraqIrelandIsle of ManIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJerseyJordanKazakhstanKenyaKiribatiKorea\, Democratic People's Republic ofKorea\, Republic ofKuwaitKyrgyzstanLao People's Democratic RepublicLatviaLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacaoMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMartiniqueMauritaniaMauritiusMayotteMexicoMicronesiaMoldovaMonacoMongoliaMontenegroMontserratMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmarNamibiaNauruNepalNetherlandsNew CaledoniaNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNiueNorfolk IslandNorth MacedoniaNorthern Mariana IslandsNorwayOmanPakistanPalauPalestine\, State ofPanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPitcairnPolandPortugalPuerto RicoQatarRomaniaRussian FederationRwandaRéunionSaint BarthélemySaint Helena\, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint MartinSaint Pierre and MiquelonSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSint MaartenSlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsSouth SudanSpainSri LankaSudanSurinameSvalbard and Jan MayenSwedenSwitzerlandSyria Arab RepublicTaiwanTajikistanTanzania\, the United Republic ofThailandTimor-LesteTogoTokelauTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkmenistanTurks and Caicos IslandsTuvaluTürkiyeUS Minor Outlying IslandsUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVenezuelaViet NamVirgin Islands\, BritishVirgin Islands\, U.S.Wallis and FutunaWestern SaharaYemenZambiaZimbabweÅland Islands\n Country\n \n \n Meeting or church affiliation Areas of interest for this discussionOptional\n \n I would like to receive occasional emails from QLC about upcoming events\n \n \n I would like to receive weekly Friendly Reminder blog reflections URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/willson-lectures-follow-up/ LOCATION:Indiana CATEGORIES:Quaker Leadership Center ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://esr.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Willson-Lecture-Follow-Up-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240326T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240326T143000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20240124T135253Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T135253Z UID:10000143-1711458000-1711463400@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Legal Structure DESCRIPTION:What legal structure best suits our organization or meeting? Should we be a 501(c)(3)? How do we know? Could we use another 501(c)(3)’s umbrella\, or let someone else use ours? What will best support the purpose to which we feel called? \n\n\n\nPlease let us know you’re coming!\n\n\n\n \n HiddenEvent name(Required) Name(Required)\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email(Required)\n \n Address(Required) \n \n \n \n Street Address\n \n \n Address Line 2\n \n \n City\n \n \n State / Province / Region\n \n \n ZIP / Postal Code\n \n AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAmerican SamoaAndorraAngolaAnguillaAntarcticaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaArubaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBermudaBhutanBoliviaBonaire\, Sint Eustatius and SabaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBouvet IslandBrazilBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryBrunei DarussalamBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCabo VerdeCambodiaCameroonCanadaCayman IslandsCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaChristmas IslandCocos IslandsColombiaComorosCongoCongo\, Democratic Republic of theCook IslandsCosta RicaCroatiaCubaCuraçaoCyprusCzechiaCôte d'IvoireDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEswatiniEthiopiaFalkland IslandsFaroe IslandsFijiFinlandFranceFrench GuianaFrench PolynesiaFrench Southern TerritoriesGabonGambiaGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGibraltarGreeceGreenlandGrenadaGuadeloupeGuamGuatemalaGuernseyGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHeard Island and McDonald IslandsHoly SeeHondurasHong KongHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIranIraqIrelandIsle of ManIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJerseyJordanKazakhstanKenyaKiribatiKorea\, Democratic People's Republic ofKorea\, Republic ofKuwaitKyrgyzstanLao People's Democratic RepublicLatviaLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacaoMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMartiniqueMauritaniaMauritiusMayotteMexicoMicronesiaMoldovaMonacoMongoliaMontenegroMontserratMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmarNamibiaNauruNepalNetherlandsNew CaledoniaNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNiueNorfolk IslandNorth MacedoniaNorthern Mariana IslandsNorwayOmanPakistanPalauPalestine\, State ofPanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPitcairnPolandPortugalPuerto RicoQatarRomaniaRussian FederationRwandaRéunionSaint BarthélemySaint Helena\, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint MartinSaint Pierre and MiquelonSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSint MaartenSlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsSouth SudanSpainSri LankaSudanSurinameSvalbard and Jan MayenSwedenSwitzerlandSyria Arab RepublicTaiwanTajikistanTanzania\, the United Republic ofThailandTimor-LesteTogoTokelauTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkmenistanTurks and Caicos IslandsTuvaluTürkiyeUS Minor Outlying IslandsUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVenezuelaViet NamVirgin Islands\, BritishVirgin Islands\, U.S.Wallis and FutunaWestern SaharaYemenZambiaZimbabweÅland Islands\n Country\n \n \n Meeting or church affiliation Areas of interest for this discussionOptional\n \n I would like to receive occasional emails from QLC about upcoming events\n \n \n I would like to receive weekly Friendly Reminder blog reflections URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/legal-structure/ LOCATION:Indiana CATEGORIES:Quaker Leadership Center ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://esr.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/23222_QLC_TRAINING_DIGITALBOARD-4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240425T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240427T235959 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20240220T180134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T180136Z UID:10000158-1714003200-1714262399@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Quaker Leadership Conference DESCRIPTION:REGISTER ON EVENTBRITE \n\n\n\nAll Friends and ESR alums – YOU are invited. Our focus will be on hearing and telling stories that are FOR the future. If you are committed to the vitality and future of our faith communities (Meetings/ churches)\, come and be a part of the 2nd Annual QLC Quaker Leadership Conference: STORIES FOR THE FUTURE. \n\n\n\nWe anticipate a time of story-telling and wisdom-sharing that will help us find paths forward into the future of Friends. \n\n\n\nWhile focused primarily on the Religious Society of Friends and its future\, our expectation is ESR alums of various faith traditions will resonate with the theme of Stories FOR the Future. \n\n\n\nThrough music\, worship\, stories\, presentations\, sandbox discussions\, facilitated conversations\, and informal interactions we will be paying attention together to share\, listen\, learn\, and discern about God working through us and among us. \n\n\n\nOur time will be bathed in worship\, prayer\, and reflection in the expectation that the Holy Spirit is present as our guide and inspiration. Come and join as we listen and tell Stories FOR the Future. \n\n\n\nThis is a hybrid conference with in-person and Zoom attendance options. In-person participants will have the opportunity to register for the Conversation with Anne Lamott (ESR Perkins Family Lecture) on 4/25 for no additional charge. URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/quaker-leadership-conference/ LOCATION:Indiana CATEGORIES:Quaker Leadership Center ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://esr.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Copy-of-Copy-of-Quaker-Leadership-Conference.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240425T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240425T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20240122T125256Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240122T142812Z UID:10000148-1714071600-1714078800@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:A Conversation with Anne Lamott DESCRIPTION:Join us for a night of captivating conversation with bestselling novelist and essayist Anne Lamott as ESR’s Ben Brazil interviews her. \n\n\n\n\nRegister via EventBrite\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Anne Lamott\n\n\n\nAnne Lamott writes and speaks about subjects that begin with capital letters: Alcoholism\, Motherhood\, and Jesus. But armed with self-effacing humor – she is laugh-out-loud funny – and ruthless honesty\, Lamott converts her subjects into enchantment. Actually\, she writes about what most of us don’t like to think about. She wrote her first novel for her father\, the writer Kenneth Lamott\, when he was diagnosed with brain cancer. She has said that the book was “a present to someone I loved who was going to die.” In all her novels\, she writes about loss – loss of loved ones and loss of personal control. She doesn’t try to sugar-coat the sadness\, frustration\, and disappointment but tells her stories with honesty\, compassion\, and a pureness of voice. As she says\, “I have a lot of hope and a lot of faith\, and I struggle to communicate that.” Anne Lamott does communicate her faith; in her books and in person\, she lifts\, comforts\, and inspires\, all the while keeping us laughing.Anne Lamott is the author of seven novels: Hard Laughter\, Rosie\, Joe Jones\, Blue Shoe\, All New People\, Crooked Little Heart\, and Imperfect Birds. She has also written several bestselling books of nonfiction\, including Operating Instructions\, an account of life as a single mother during her son’s first year; Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son’s First Son; and the classic book on writing; Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. She has also authored several collections of autobiographical essays on faith: Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith\, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith\, and Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith. In addition\, she has written Help\, Thanks\, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers\, Stitches; A Handbook on Meaning\, Hope and Repair\, Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace\, Hallelujah Anyway; Rediscovering Mercy and Almost Everything: Notes on Hope. Her most recent book is Dusk\, Night\, Dawn: On Revival and Courage.She is currently working on her next book\, Somehow: Thoughts on Love (Riverhead\, April 9\, 2024). Lamott has been honored with a Guggenheim Fellowship and has taught at UC Davis\, as well as at writing conferences across the country. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Freida Mock has made a documentary on Lamott entitled “Bird by Bird with Annie” (1999). Anne Lamott has also been inducted into the California Hall of Fame. URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/a-conversation-with-anne-lamott/ LOCATION:Goddard Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esr.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Lamott-PR-Photo-Credit-Sam-Lamott-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240426T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240426T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20240125T215601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240125T220425Z UID:10000156-1714150800-1714165200@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:ESR Alumni Reunion DESCRIPTION:We hope you can join us for the upcoming ESR Alumni Reunion. We hope to embark on a journey down memory lane\, reconnecting with friends\, reliving cherished moments\, and making new friends. Your presence is highly anticipated. We have planned an evening filled with nostalgia\, laughter\, and the opportunity to catch up with old friends. This reunion promises to be a memorable occasion\, celebrating the bonds that tie us together. \n\n\n\nLet’s make this reunion an unforgettable experience! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nPlease register to ensure we have a spot reserved for you. If you have challenges raising the $40 registration fee\, please email Brown Mujete at mujetbr@earlham.edu for a scholarship. Please don’t let finances deprive you of an opportunity to meet and make new friends. We look forward to seeing you and creating new memories together.Also\, remember that your registration to the Alumni Reunion automatically gives you a free ticket to Anne Lamott’s presentation at Earlham College on April 25\, 2024. \n\n\n\n\nRegister via EventBrite\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLodging Information\n\n\n\nFor those traveling from out of town and would like some accommodation information\, here is a list of facilities we have used before and offer great discounts to ESR: \n\n\n\nQuaker Hill Conference Center“The House of Light\, A Place of Christian Hospitality” – is about 1.3 miles from ESR and is LGBTQ-friendly. Free accommodation for up to Three (3) Guests who are on a low budget. Please contact John Jeremiah Edminister\, class of 2019\, at john.edminster@gmail.com; Lauramoore House – $50/night alumni rateFriends House (233 Colleve Ave\, Richmond\, IN 47374) – Contact Diane Neanover at neanodi@earlham.edu or Call 765 983 1423 for reservations.Quality Inn – 5501 National Road East\, Richmond\, IN\, 47374\, US – (765) 488-0931 \n\n\n\nOther Lodging in Richmond\n\n\n\n\nHome2Suites\n\n\n\nHampton Inn \n\n\n\nHoliday Inn URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/esr-alumni-reunion/ LOCATION:Indiana ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esr.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ESR_ALUMNI_REUNION.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240430T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240430T143000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20240228T124420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T124420Z UID:10000144-1714482000-1714487400@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Quaker Trustee Series: Rentals DESCRIPTION:What does right relationship mean when we have tenants? To whom do we rent\, and why? How do we create rental policies? How do we work with tenants that miss rent or violate the rental policy? \n\n\n\nPlease let us know you’re coming!\n\n\n\n \n HiddenEvent name(Required) Name(Required)\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email(Required)\n \n Address(Required) \n \n \n \n Street Address\n \n \n Address Line 2\n \n \n City\n \n \n State / Province / Region\n \n \n ZIP / Postal Code\n \n AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAmerican SamoaAndorraAngolaAnguillaAntarcticaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaArubaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBermudaBhutanBoliviaBonaire\, Sint Eustatius and SabaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBouvet IslandBrazilBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryBrunei DarussalamBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCabo VerdeCambodiaCameroonCanadaCayman IslandsCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaChristmas IslandCocos IslandsColombiaComorosCongoCongo\, Democratic Republic of theCook IslandsCosta RicaCroatiaCubaCuraçaoCyprusCzechiaCôte d'IvoireDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEswatiniEthiopiaFalkland IslandsFaroe IslandsFijiFinlandFranceFrench GuianaFrench PolynesiaFrench Southern TerritoriesGabonGambiaGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGibraltarGreeceGreenlandGrenadaGuadeloupeGuamGuatemalaGuernseyGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHeard Island and McDonald IslandsHoly SeeHondurasHong KongHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIranIraqIrelandIsle of ManIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJerseyJordanKazakhstanKenyaKiribatiKorea\, Democratic People's Republic ofKorea\, Republic ofKuwaitKyrgyzstanLao People's Democratic RepublicLatviaLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacaoMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMartiniqueMauritaniaMauritiusMayotteMexicoMicronesiaMoldovaMonacoMongoliaMontenegroMontserratMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmarNamibiaNauruNepalNetherlandsNew CaledoniaNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNiueNorfolk IslandNorth MacedoniaNorthern Mariana IslandsNorwayOmanPakistanPalauPalestine\, State ofPanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPitcairnPolandPortugalPuerto RicoQatarRomaniaRussian FederationRwandaRéunionSaint BarthélemySaint Helena\, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint MartinSaint Pierre and MiquelonSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSint MaartenSlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsSouth SudanSpainSri LankaSudanSurinameSvalbard and Jan MayenSwedenSwitzerlandSyria Arab RepublicTaiwanTajikistanTanzania\, the United Republic ofThailandTimor-LesteTogoTokelauTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkmenistanTurks and Caicos IslandsTuvaluTürkiyeUS Minor Outlying IslandsUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVenezuelaViet NamVirgin Islands\, BritishVirgin Islands\, U.S.Wallis and FutunaWestern SaharaYemenZambiaZimbabweÅland Islands\n Country\n \n \n Meeting or church affiliation Areas of interest for this discussionOptional\n \n I would like to receive occasional emails from QLC about upcoming events\n \n \n I would like to receive weekly Friendly Reminder blog reflections URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/rentals/ LOCATION:Indiana CATEGORIES:Quaker Leadership Center ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://esr.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/23222_QLC_TRAINING_DIGITALBOARD-4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240528T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240528T143000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20240228T124436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T124436Z UID:10000145-1716901200-1716906600@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Quaker Trustee Series: Investments DESCRIPTION:When it comes to investing money\, what are our options? How do we assess possibilities with an eye to financial return\, stability\, and God’s purposes and leadings?  URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/investments/ LOCATION:Indiana CATEGORIES:Quaker Leadership Center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240722T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240722T140000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20240618T122103Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240618T122418Z UID:10000162-1721649600-1721656800@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:New Student Meet & Greet via Zoom DESCRIPTION:To join the session\, please use the following link: Join Zoom Meeting – https://bethanyseminary.zoom.us/j/84517921440 URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/new-student-meet-greet-via-zoom/ LOCATION:Indiana CATEGORIES:New Student Orientation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240804T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240804T180000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20240724T140642Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240724T140642Z UID:10000163-1722787200-1722794400@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:New Student Meet & Greet DESCRIPTION:ESR Class Room BuildingO’Dourves and soft drinks served URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/new-student-meet-greet-at-cordial-cork/ LOCATION:Indiana CATEGORIES:New Student Orientation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240814T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240814T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20240802T163544Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240802T163545Z UID:10000173-1723662000-1723667400@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Author Talk with Howard Macy DESCRIPTION:Join us on Zoom for our next Author Talk\, featuring Howard Macy! We will discuss his spiritual journey among Friends and his insights into the biblical prophets found in his book Befriending the Prophets. \n\n\n\nPerhaps the prophets can provide timely wisdom for how to live and lead prophetically in a highly-politicized season. \n\n\n\nRegister for Author Talk \n\n\n\nA bit about Howard Macy: \n\n\n\nHoward Macy is now retired in Newberg\, Oregon after a lifetime of public ministry among Friends and teaching\, mostly at Friends University and George Fox University. He often taught about Psalms\, the Prophets\, and spiritual formation. Retirement offers a less intense pace\, but still leaves room to speak and write as way opens. Howard loves exploring Oregon\, playing trumpet in musical groups\, and sharing in the life of Wayside Friends Church in Newberg. URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/author-talk-with-howard-macy/ LOCATION:Indiana CATEGORIES:Quaker Leadership Center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240821T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240821T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20240816T121108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240816T121108Z UID:10000169-1724263200-1724272200@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Consultation on Intergenerational Engagement DESCRIPTION:Melinda Wenner Bradley and Beth Collea from Quaker Religious Education Collaborative will facilitate this consultation. \n\n\n\nThis gathering is for Friends who are parenting\, grandparenting\, holding care for ministry or pastoral care in their church/meeting\, and anyone curious to explore being “all together.” \n\n\n\nWhy is intergenerational community good for all of us\, at any age? Why is it important for the future of Quakerism?This event will include a combination of worship\, presentation\, discussion\, and resource-sharing to address questions about how churches/meetings are seeking to be not only multigenerational\, but intergenerational spiritual communities. We’ll address why this topic is vital at this time\, how we can prepare members and the body (children and adults!) to do things “all together\,” and how to respond to “roadblocks” along the journey. \n\n\n\nRegister for Consultation on Intergenerational Engagement URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/consultation-on-intergenerational-engagement/ LOCATION:Indiana CATEGORIES:Quaker Leadership Center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240919T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240919T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20240717T151638Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T151639Z UID:10000165-1726772400-1726777800@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Public Ministry Workshop Series: Discerning a Public Ministry DESCRIPTION:Join Powell House in the first of three skills workshops co-sponsored by Quaker Leadership Center. This workshop explores how a local worshipping community and an individual Friend might respond together to a call to public ministry. What is a call and what is necessary to be accountable and supported in it? \n\n\n\nRegister for this event URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/public-ministry-workshop-series-discerning-a-public-ministry/ LOCATION:Indiana CATEGORIES:Quaker Leadership Center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240924T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240924T213000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20240916T193453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T193455Z UID:10000180-1727206200-1727213400@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Sowing Seeds of Peace in Bolivia DESCRIPTION:In 2010\, Bolivian Quaker Magaly Quispe started offering Alternatives to Violence workshops in one Bolivian prison. AVP-Bolivia has now reached 21 prisons – and every department in Bolivia. Come hear about Magaly’s work for peace and how it has expanded to anti-domestic violence work\, as well as a  “study home” — a residence for rural students who live too far from a high school to commute daily. Magaly was also one of the principal guides and hosts for ESR’s May 2024 class in Bolivia. \n\n\n\nClear Creek\, West Richmond Friends\, and First Friends meetings co-host this event. Light refreshments will be provided.  The talk is also available on Zoom. Email mujetbr@earlham.edu for the link. \n\n\n\nBeginning by offering an Alternatives to Violence workshop in one La Paz prison\, Magaly now offers AVP in prisons throughout Bolivia. She and her team also build greenhouses in prisons\, allowing inmates to grow their own food\, to have meaningful work\, and to reconnect to the land and\, in some cases\, to their rural roots. URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/sowing-seeds-of-peace-in-bolivia/ LOCATION:Earlham School of Religion – Dining Area\, 228 College Avenue\, Richmond\, Indiana\, 47374-5360 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esr.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Magaly-Tues-9-24-event-rev.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20241017T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20241017T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20240717T151750Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T151751Z UID:10000166-1729191600-1729198800@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Public Ministry Workshop Series: Accountability for Public Ministry DESCRIPTION:Join Powell House for the second of three skills workshops co-sponsored by Quaker Leadership Center. This workshop will dive deep into material explored in our first workshop with QLC. What is accountability to a call\, and how do we actively fulfill this as religious communities? \n\n\n\nRegister for this event URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/public-ministry-workshop-series-accountability-for-public-ministry/ LOCATION:Indiana CATEGORIES:Quaker Leadership Center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20241018T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20241018T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20241002T154501Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241002T154501Z UID:10000168-1729240200-1729267200@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Pastors Conference DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, October 18th for a day of reflecting on the role of silence in pastoral ministry. \n\n\n\nWhether programmed or unprogrammed\, Quakers have always valued silence as an important means of accessing divine grace and listening to God. Some talk about “centering down” or “communion in the manner of Friends”; programmed Meetings talk about “open worship” or “waiting worship.” In a noisy and divisive time\, the place of silence and stillness seems more important than ever. Yet we are also aware of folks being “silenced” from sharing hard truths or strong emotions. How do we address these issues? \n\n\n\nNon-Quakers are also welcome to join the conversation! Many other traditions have contemplative components to their worship and liturgy. Let’s learn from each other. \n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE \n\n\n\nOur featured presenter will be Gregg Koskella from Newberg\, Oregon. Here is his bio: \n\n\n\nAfter spending decades as a pastor\, I no longer have that as my job. Our faith community shattered\, and yet I still am committed to walking the journey of life and faith in community. Writings of women from the Middle Ages\, mystics like Hildegard of Bingen and Catherine of Siena\, have grounded me in the last few years and given me a new (and ancient) spiritual life. \n\n\n\nI want to be someone who pursues and explores in all kinds of ways. I’m deeply committed to honesty and living with integrity to the best of my ability. I know and love theology\, Quakers\, and church life\, and also have found that the distance of not serving in day-to-day ministry gives a different perspective. I hope that will be helpful and encouraging to those in vocational ministry. \n\n\n\nI’ve been Elaine’s husband since 1990. I’m also Aubrey\, Hayley\, and Natalie’s dad. \n\n\n\nHe is the author of Finding Hildegard: Healing through Medieval Wisdom. \n\n\n\nJoin us for a rich time of fellowship\, conversation\, worship\, and learning. Breakfast and lunch will be provided for those attending in-person. URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/pastors-conference-2/ LOCATION:Indiana CATEGORIES:Quaker Leadership Center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20241112T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20241112T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20241029T170952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241029T170953Z UID:10000182-1731438000-1731443400@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Author Talk with Richard Foster & Mimi Dixon DESCRIPTION:We will talk with Richard Foster about his journey among Friends and with his best-selling book Celebration of Discipline. We will also talk with Mimi Dixon about her recently published book Worth Celebrating about the impact of Celebration. Join us for this generative conversation! \n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE \n\n\n\nBios \n\n\n\nRichard J. Foster is the innovative pioneer who reintroduced ancient spiritual resources to contemporary Christians\, especially among evangelicals and other Protestants. The author of several bestselling books\, including Celebration of Discipline and Streams of Living Water\, he is the founder of Renovaré\, an infrachurch movement committed to the renewal of the Church in all her multifaceted expressions. Having studied at George Fox University and Fuller Theological Seminary\, Foster has served as a pastor and taught worldwide on spiritual formation. He and his wife\, Carolynn\, have two grown children\, many grandchildren\, and live near Denver\, Colorado. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMiriam (Mimi) Dixon began her ministry in 1979 serving as an associate pastor at Northminster Presbyterian Church in Seattle\, Washington. From April of 1985 to May of 2019 she served as senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Golden\, Colorado. She earned both her MDiv and DMin degrees from Fuller Theological Seminary. Mimi is on the Renovaré Board of Directors and teaches for the Renovaré Institute. She is faculty for Next Frontiers\, a ministry to pastors in transition\, and actively promotes Christian Spiritual Formation\, crediting Richard Foster and Dallas Willard for their influence in her life and ministry. Mimi has authored Worth Celebrating: a biography of Richard J Foster’s Celebration of Discipline\, available through Barclay Press. URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/author-talk-with-richard-foster-mimi-dixon/ LOCATION:Indiana CATEGORIES:Quaker Leadership Center ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esr.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Worth-Celebrating.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20241121T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20241121T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20241101T112502Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241101T112502Z UID:10000167-1732215600-1732222800@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Public Ministry Workshop Series: Eldering a Public Minister DESCRIPTION:Join Powell House for the third of three skills workshops co-sponsored by Quaker Leadership Center. Do you feel a call to serve as an elder\, or support person\, to another’s public ministry? Join us for a conversation about lessons learned in serving in this capacity\, including how to ask for and offer eldership and negotiate this important relationship. \n\n\n\nRegister for this event URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/public-ministry-workshop-series-eldering-a-public-minister/ LOCATION:Indiana CATEGORIES:Quaker Leadership Center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250116T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250116T213000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20241213T175857Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241213T175858Z UID:10000183-1737057600-1737063000@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Trustees Training Series #1: Narrative Budget DESCRIPTION:Join us for a new trustees training series with new topics. We will gather on Zoom monthly on the third Thursday of January through May\, 2025. Emily Provance will facilitate the series but each session will have a different guest speaker. \n\n\n\nFor our January training\, we will discuss how to create and use a narrative budget. URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/trustees-training-series-1-narrative-budget/2025-01-16/ LOCATION:Indiana CATEGORIES:Quaker Leadership Center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250120T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250120T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20241209T143819Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241209T144426Z UID:10000187-1737399600-1737406800@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:MLK Jr. Day Celebration - Public Lecture DESCRIPTION:What Would Martin Luther King Do Now’? by Rev. Robert ‘Bob’ Hunter \n\n\n\nFree admission – Registration is Required. \n\n\n\nPlease join us for the 2025 MLK Jr. Day celebrations with a public lecture\, ‘ What Would Martin Luther King Do Now’? by Rev. Robert ‘Bob’ Hunter.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBefore retirement in 2014\, Rev. Bob Hunter was a Diversity and Justice specialist for the Indiana Division of Intervarsity. He was also on the national leadership team for Black Campus Ministries of InterVarsity. He has taught courses in Racism\, Conflict Management\, and occasionally Statistics at Trinity College\, Binghamton University\, and Earlham College and is the former chair of the Richmond Indiana Human Rights Commission. He has twice won the Frieda Dawkins Award for his work in Civil and Human rights. He is the Co-Author of Loving Justice\, InterVarsity Press\, 1990\, and Co-editor of Yearning to Breathe Free: Liberation Theologies in the United States\, Orbis Press\, 1990. \n\n\n\nBob has two grown children\, Rachel and Daniel. Rachel\, a talented musician\, teaches Spanish at Richmond Friends School. Daniel is an organizer and skilled trainer\, having worked with 350.org on Environmental Justice issues for 15 years. He is the author of 5 books on organizing and justice work\, including his recent book “What Would You Do If Trump Wins.” Bob was married to Dr. Carol Hunter for 40 years until her death in 2015. Together\, they worked for various organizations and taught justice issues to scores of students. Bob is on the board of Just Faith Ministries\, The Richmond Equity Commission\, and a pianist at Bethel African Methodist Church in Richmond\, Indiana. URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/mlk-jr-day-celebration-public-lecture-2/ LOCATION:Indiana ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esr.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/25085_ESR_MLK-Jr_Graphic_social-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250220T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250220T213000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20241217T130656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241217T130656Z UID:10000186-1740081600-1740087000@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Trustees Training Series #2: Session 2\, Dividing the Work & Good Communication DESCRIPTION:Join us for a new trustees training series with new topics. We will gather on Zoom monthly on the third Thursday of January through May\, 2025. Emily Provance will facilitate the series but each session will have a different guest speaker. \n\n\n\nFor our February training\, we will discuss how to divide up responsibilities and practice good communication. What authority belongs to trustees? What authority belongs to the whole meeting or church or Quaker organization? How do we prevent communications gaps and hard feelings? How do we divide our responsibilities if the group has trustees\, a finance committee\, a property committee\, a treasurer\, and possibly even staff and a board of directors? How do we avoid stepping on each other’s toes\, getting our work done reasonably efficiently while still relying on guidance from the Holy Spirit? Because these arrangements vary so much from one organization to another\, this workshop will not attempt to provide any “correct” answers. Instead\, we’ll focus on considering helpful principles. How do we maintain a functional and mutually respectful community? URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/trustees-training-series-2-dividing-the-work-good-communication/ LOCATION:Indiana CATEGORIES:Quaker Leadership Center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250221T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250221T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20250124T160814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250124T160814Z UID:10000200-1740164400-1740171600@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Willson Lecture 1 - Jubilee and Decolonization: Navigating the Colonial Past to Redefine a Decolonized Future in African Quakerism. Featuring Prof. Esther Mombo DESCRIPTION:Professor Esther Mombo teaches at St. Paul’s University in Limuru\, Kenya\, where she has served for fourteen years in senior management positions of Academic dean and Deputy Vice-chancellor of Academic Affairs (DVCAA) Director at St. Paul’s Lifelong Learning Institute\, Director of International Partnerships and Alumni Relations. Her research and teaching interests span the fields of Church History\, with a focus on Mission History\, interfaith Relations\, and Theology & Gender Studies\, with a focus on African women’s Theologies.While connected to the University of St. Paul’s\, the University of Dublin\, and the University of Edinburgh\, she has directed and examined postgraduate students in research\, most of whom are serving the church in different capacities\, including senior church leadership\, organizations\, and academia. She has mentored students\, especially women who now serve in church religious organizations and academic institutions in different parts of the world. She has served as an external examiner for postgraduate students in several universities\, including African International University\, Kenyatta University\, Makumira University in Tanzania\, and Kwa Zulu Natal\, and Pretoria Universities in South Africa.In 2007\, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by Virginia Theological Seminary for her work in bringing to the fore issues of gender disparity and gender justice in Church and society. In 2023\, she was awarded another honorary doctorate by her alma mater\, the University of Edinburgh.Professor Mombo has been a visiting professor at several universities\, including the Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology (EGEST)\, Bright School of Divinity at Texas Christian University\, Graduate Institute of Theology in Yonseo University Seoul\, South Korea\, Candler School of Theology\, Emory University and Utrecht University. Professor Mombo has served in several ecumenical committees including co-chair of the Commission of Education and Ecumenical Formation of the World Council of Churches. She is chair of the African Contemporary Institute of Research in Africa(AICMAR) and the East African Co-ordinator of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians (CCAWT). Currently\, she serves on these boards: American Friends Service Commission and Friends World Committee of Consultation. I serve on these high school boards: Gianchere High School in Kisii County and Umoja High School in Kiambu County. \n\n\n\nProfessor Mombo has written extensively\, and some of her work can be found here. \n\n\n\nFree Admission URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/willson-lecture-1-featuring-prof-esther-mombo-2/ LOCATION:Indiana ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esr.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/In-person-flyer-3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250423T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250423T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20250402T135949Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250402T135949Z UID:10000205-1745434800-1745442000@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:2025 Perkins Family Lecture Series - With Colin Saxton DESCRIPTION:Yearning and Yielding: Living Together in the Life and Power of God \n\n\n\nFriends all everywhere\, in the life and power of God\, live and dwell\, and spread the truth abroad. Quench not the spirit\, but live in love and unity one with another; that with the wisdom of God\, ye may all be ordered to God’s glory… And live all as the family of God in love\, in life\, in truth\, in power… George Fox\, Epistle 150 \n\n\n\nFor many\, these are fearful and anxious times. Our world is marked by injustice and violence\, isolation and division\, and hope often feels like it is slipping from our fingers. Quakers\, of course\, are not immune to these realities. We fret over the future\, worry about declining numbers\, and often find ourselves caught in a cycle of not knowing what to do and just wanting to do something to make a difference. \n\n\n\nIn our better moments\, we know a deeper truth. Not only is there One who can speak to our condition but also One who can animate and empower our lives and life together—if we are willing. Over the last several years\, I have been struck by George Fox’sGod’s repeated admonition and invitation to others to “God’s”live in the Life and Power.“ In the face of their current crises and challenges\, he would often ask how or whether this was their reality. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDo I live in the Life and Power? Do you? Do we—as the Religious Society of Friends? \n\n\n\n“I yearn to know in my bones the reality of Christ and learn to yield to the power available through the Risen One“ (Philippians 3:10). Even more\, I long to belong to a community that hungers and thirsts for this same reality\, as we proclaim and demonstrate the peaceable kingdom. I invite you to join me and help me consider and act on what this might mean as we gather at ESR. Friends all everywhere\, in the life and power of God\, live and dwell\, and spread the truth abroad. \n\n\n\nColin Saxton Bio \n\n\n\nColin is a member of North Valley Friends in Newberg\, OR. He and Janine are the parents of four grown children and two grandchildren. After working for Quaker organizations for most of his adult life\, Colin now serves as the Everence Stewardship Theologian and Director of Church Relations. Through teaching\, speaking\, writing\, and facilitation\, he helps individuals\, congregations\, denominations\, and non-profits reimagine approaches to generosity and faithful stewardship. Through Everence\, he serves as an adjunct instructor through the Lake Institute/Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. \n\n\n\nColin has served the Quaker community as a pastor\, adjunct professor\, fundraiser\, retreat leader/speaker\, Yearly Meeting superintendent\, and General Secretary of Friends United Meeting. He has been a board member for several organizations and has traveled the world\, visiting and teaching among Friends and others. Colin received his M.A. from Eastern Mennonite Seminary and a D.Min. in leadership and spiritual formation from George Fox University/Seminary. He is a partner and associate with Growing Edge Resources (https://www.growingedgeresources.com)\, a coaching and consulting company working with individuals\, congregations\, and non-profits to help them discover their growing edge. Colin has written for several publications\, including a handful of books through Friends United Press. His blog\, Walking in the Way and Stumbling Toward Faithfulness\, is “at https://walkingintheway.blog. \n\n\n\nResponse By Scott Wagoner \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nScott is presently the Pastoral Minister at High Point Friends Meeting (FUM) in High Point\, North Carolina. He has been in Quaker pastoral ministry for forty years. His first pastorate was in Farmland\, Indiana while he was attending the Earlham School of Religion from 1986-1990. He graduated in 1990 with an M.Div. with Honors. Scott is presently the Assistant Clerk for Friends United Meeting North America and also serves on the Board for the School of the Spirit\, a Quaker contemplative prayer ministry as well as the ESR Board of Advisors. Scott is also a certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation and offers coaching for individuals\, organizations\, and congregations. He often partners with Colin Saxton through his LLC\, “Growing Edge Resources” to facilitate coaching experiences with congregations towards helping them flourish and discover their growing edge. He recently co-authored a book with Eddie Hammett titled\, “Coaching as Spiritual Practice” which will be available soon as an eBook and in print form.  URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/2025-perkins-family-lecture-series-with-colin-saxton-2/ LOCATION:Earlham School of Religion & Zoom\, 228 College Avenue\, Richmond\, Indiana\, 47374-5360\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esr.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/25120_ESR_Perkins-Lecture-Series_Cream-Horizontal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250502T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250505T130000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20250211T163630Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250211T163630Z UID:10000199-1746203400-1746450000@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:QLC Annual Conference - Publishers of the Truth DESCRIPTION:Our Quaker Leadership Center annual conference will be a collaboration with Pendle Hill’s Quaker Institute at their campus in Pennsylvania. We will explore how Friends witness and publish the truth with integrity (both within and outside our Meetings)\, in an age of fractured political realities\, disinformation\, and artificial intelligence. Registration is now open on Pendle Hill’s website. URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/qlc-annual-conference-save-the-date/ LOCATION:Indiana CATEGORIES:Quaker Leadership Center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250926T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250926T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20250808T124042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250903T182316Z UID:10000217-1758880800-1758902400@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Ministering in Anxious Times: 2025 ESR's QLC Pastors Conference DESCRIPTION:Ministry always has challenges. Ministering in anxious times provides some unique challenges. Kelly Burk (counselor and pastor) will engage us in preparing ourselves for how to meet the challenges and meet people where they are without losing ourselves. Jim Higginbotham (professor of pastoral care) will provide additional insight and perspective. The ESR Pastors Conference will include interactive elements throughout the day. \n\n\n\nPresented by the Quaker Leadership Center @ Earlham School of Religion \n\n\n\nThis topic is so important and pertinent to our times that ESR’s Quaker Leadership Center is offering this experience as a “Pay-as-Led.” This means you pay what you can. Please note that for onsite participants this event does include lunch. The actual cost to provide this program is $50 per person onsite and $25 per person for online (Zoom) Please keep these factors in mind as you discern what you can pay. URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/ministering-in-anxious-times-2025-esrs-qlc-pastors-conference/ LOCATION:Earlham School of Religion & Zoom\, 228 College Avenue\, Richmond\, Indiana\, 47374-5360\, United States CATEGORIES:Quaker Leadership Center ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esr.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/9dc5a813-347e-ed5e-cc53-0a3e3af85c51-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251002T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251002T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20250929T151709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250929T151709Z UID:10000224-1759431600-1759438800@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:QLC Quaker Beliefs for Everyone Course with Steve Angell DESCRIPTION:This course is for Friends who want to understand the deep roots of our current practices! \n\n\n\nAbout this Course:Quakerism is not a credal religion\, but all varieties of Quakerism are structured around certain doctrines that have roots going back to the religion’s seventeenth century origins. I will lead a consideration of what these doctrines have been\, and how they were understood prior to about 1700. Robert Barclay’s Apology for a True Christian Divinity (English version published in 1678) is an optional reading to prepare for this workshop\, but you are welcome to attend if you have not had the opportunity to read. I will present and there will subsequently be an opportunity for small group discussion\, and for each group to post a short summary of their discussion in the chat. Subsequently\, I will also take some questions. \n\n\n\nThe topics for the six weeks will be: \n\n\n\n1. God and Christ \n\n\n\n2. Human Nature and Holiness \n\n\n\n3. Barclay’s Understanding of Scripture\, its Uses and Authority \n\n\n\n4. Spiritual Sacraments \n\n\n\n5. Eschatology and the Testimonies \n\n\n\n6. Barclay’s Understanding of Worship and Ministry \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nBio: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStephen W. Angell has taught Quaker Studies at the Earlham School of Religion for 25 years. He has co-edited The Oxford Handbook of Quaker Studies\, Early Quakers and their Theological Thought\, The Creation of Modern Quaker Diversity\, and several other books. He is a member of the Oxford Quaker Meeting in Oxford\, Ohio. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPayment:The six-week course is being offered “Pay-as-Led.” This means you pay what you can. We suggest a donation of $30 – $300 depending what you discern is appropriate for your circumstances. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nRegistration:https://QuakerBeliefsforEveryone.eventbrite.com URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/qlc-quaker-beliefs-for-everyone-course-with-steve-angell/2025-10-02/ LOCATION:Earlham School of Religion & Zoom\, 228 College Avenue\, Richmond\, Indiana\, 47374-5360\, United States CATEGORIES:Quaker Leadership Center ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esr.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Steve-Angell-QLC-Earlham-ESR-Quaker-Beliefs-for-Everyone-Event-Series-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251007T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251007T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20250828T140935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250829T113750Z UID:10000221-1759863600-1759869000@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Experiential Seminar: Teaching Peace in 2025 DESCRIPTION:online on Zoom\, onsite @ Perkins-Wildman Community Center building at Earlham School of Religion\, Richmond IN) \n\n\n\nDiana Hadley and David Weatherspoon will engage participants in an interactive\, immersive example that illustrates how to teach and live peace. \n\n\n\n\nRegister for Teaching Peace\n\n\n\n\nDiana Hadley\n\n\n\nDiana Hadley is a retired educator. She taught at the high school level for 33 years and the college level for 13 years. During her tenure at Franklin College\, she created the curriculum for a peace studies class that she eventually shared with David Weatherspoon. That teamwork was so inspiring to Diana and David that they wrote a book about the class titled: The Peace Class: A study of Effective Cheek-Turning\, Neighbor-Loving and Sword-To-Plowshare Conversion. The book includes the peace studies curriculum approach and specific class activities. \n\n\n\nDiana continues to emphasize peace initiatives as an active member of  Indiana Friends Committee on Legislation\, a Quaker lobby group that speaks for issues that affect all Hoosiers at the state legislature. The bipartisan group focuses on education\, environment\, public health\, justice\, voting and most recently\, affordable housing and eviction issues. \n\n\n\nDiana is strong supporter of Earlham and ESR\, serving as a member of the Earlham Board of Trustees. \n\n\n\nRev. Dr. David Weatherspoon\n\n\n\nRev. Dr. David Weatherspoon serves as a pediatric chaplain at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital where he has ministered since January 2023. Before coming to St. Jude\, David served for seven years as a pediatric chaplain at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. Prior to moving to Memphis\, David served ten years as college chaplain at Franklin College in Franklin\, Indiana. David and Diana Hadley are co-authors of the book\, The Peace Class: A study of effective cheek-turning\, neighbor-loving and sword-to-plowshare conversion. The book came out of the nonviolence class they taught and the experiences gained from the wonderful learning lab of the classroom. David is married to Dr. Sarah Weatherspoon\, a pediatric neurologist\, and they have two wonderful and loving girls\, Norah and Vivian.  URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/experiential-seminar-teaching-peace-in-2025/ LOCATION:Indiana CATEGORIES:Quaker Leadership Center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251007T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251007T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20251001T222412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251002T144007Z UID:10000259-1759863600-1759869000@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Experiential Seminar: Teaching Peace in 2025 DESCRIPTION:online on Zoom\, onsite @ Perkins-Wildman Community Center building at Earlham School of Religion\, Richmond IN) \n\n\n\nDiana Hadley and David Weatherspoon will engage participants in an interactive\, immersive example that illustrates how to teach and live peace. \n\n\n\n\nRegister for Teaching Peace\n\n\n\n\nDiana Hadley\n\n\n\nDiana Hadley is a retired educator. She taught at the high school level for 33 years and the college level for 13 years. During her tenure at Franklin College\, she created the curriculum for a peace studies class that she eventually shared with David Weatherspoon. That teamwork was so inspiring to Diana and David that they wrote a book about the class titled: The Peace Class: A study of Effective Cheek-Turning\, Neighbor-Loving and Sword-To-Plowshare Conversion. The book includes the peace studies curriculum approach and specific class activities. \n\n\n\nDiana continues to emphasize peace initiatives as an active member of  Indiana Friends Committee on Legislation\, a Quaker lobby group that speaks for issues that affect all Hoosiers at the state legislature. The bipartisan group focuses on education\, environment\, public health\, justice\, voting and most recently\, affordable housing and eviction issues. \n\n\n\nDiana is strong supporter of Earlham and ESR\, serving as a member of the Earlham Board of Trustees. \n\n\n\nRev. Dr. David Weatherspoon\n\n\n\nRev. Dr. David Weatherspoon serves as a pediatric chaplain at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital where he has ministered since January 2023. Before coming to St. Jude\, David served for seven years as a pediatric chaplain at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. Prior to moving to Memphis\, David served ten years as college chaplain at Franklin College in Franklin\, Indiana. David and Diana Hadley are co-authors of the book\, The Peace Class: A study of effective cheek-turning\, neighbor-loving and sword-to-plowshare conversion. The book came out of the nonviolence class they taught and the experiences gained from the wonderful learning lab of the classroom. David is married to Dr. Sarah Weatherspoon\, a pediatric neurologist\, and they have two wonderful and loving girls\, Norah and Vivian.  URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/experiential-seminar-teaching-peace-in-2025-2/ LOCATION:Indiana CATEGORIES:Quaker Leadership Center ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esr.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/The-Heart-of-Peace-e1759357060688.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251008T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251008T173000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20250828T141117Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T200940Z UID:10000222-1759939200-1759944600@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Author Talk with Diana Hadley & David Weatherspoon DESCRIPTION:(online on Zoom\, onsite @ Perkins-Wildman Community Center building at Earlham School of Religion\, Richmond IN) \n\n\n\nAndy Stanton-Henry\, Co-Director of the Quaker Leadership Center\,  will interview Diana and David about their book. \n\n\n\n\nRegister for Author Talk\n\n\n\n\nDiana Hadley\n\n\n\nDiana Hadley is a retired educator. She taught at the high school level for 33 years and the college level for 13 years. During her tenure at Franklin College\, she created the curriculum for a peace studies class that she eventually shared with David Weatherspoon. That teamwork was so inspiring to Diana and David that they wrote a book about the class titled: The Peace Class: A study of Effective Cheek-Turning\, Neighbor-Loving and Sword-To-Plowshare Conversion. The book includes the peace studies curriculum approach and specific class activities. \n\n\n\nDiana continues to emphasize peace initiatives as an active member of  Indiana Friends Committee on Legislation\, a Quaker lobby group that speaks for issues that affect all Hoosiers at the state legislature. The bipartisan group focuses on education\, environment\, public health\, justice\, voting and most recently\, affordable housing and eviction issues. \n\n\n\nDiana is strong supporter of Earlham and ESR\, serving as a member of the Earlham Board of Trustees. \n\n\n\nRev. Dr. David Weatherspoon\n\n\n\nRev. Dr. David Weatherspoon serves as a pediatric chaplain at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital where he has ministered since January 2023. Before coming to St. Jude\, David served for seven years as a pediatric chaplain at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. Prior to moving to Memphis\, David served ten years as college chaplain at Franklin College in Franklin\, Indiana. David and Diana Hadley are co-authors of the book\, The Peace Class: A study of effective cheek-turning\, neighbor-loving and sword-to-plowshare conversion. The book came out of the nonviolence class they taught and the experiences gained from the wonderful learning lab of the classroom. David is married to Dr. Sarah Weatherspoon\, a pediatric neurologist\, and they have two wonderful and loving girls\, Norah and Vivian.  URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/author-talk-with-diana-hadley-david-weatherspoon/ LOCATION:Indiana CATEGORIES:Quaker Leadership Center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251008T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251008T173000 DTSTAMP:20260404T071438 CREATED:20251002T144305Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251002T144306Z UID:10000258-1759939200-1759944600@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Author Talk with Diana Hadley & David Weatherspoon DESCRIPTION:(online on Zoom\, onsite @ Perkins-Wildman Community Center building at Earlham School of Religion\, Richmond IN) \n\n\n\nAndy Stanton-Henry\, Co-Director of the Quaker Leadership Center\,  will interview Diana and David about their book. \n\n\n\n\nRegister for Author Talk\n\n\n\n\nDiana Hadley\n\n\n\nDiana Hadley is a retired educator. She taught at the high school level for 33 years and the college level for 13 years. During her tenure at Franklin College\, she created the curriculum for a peace studies class that she eventually shared with David Weatherspoon. That teamwork was so inspiring to Diana and David that they wrote a book about the class titled: The Peace Class: A study of Effective Cheek-Turning\, Neighbor-Loving and Sword-To-Plowshare Conversion. The book includes the peace studies curriculum approach and specific class activities. \n\n\n\nDiana continues to emphasize peace initiatives as an active member of  Indiana Friends Committee on Legislation\, a Quaker lobby group that speaks for issues that affect all Hoosiers at the state legislature. The bipartisan group focuses on education\, environment\, public health\, justice\, voting and most recently\, affordable housing and eviction issues. \n\n\n\nDiana is strong supporter of Earlham and ESR\, serving as a member of the Earlham Board of Trustees. \n\n\n\nRev. Dr. David Weatherspoon\n\n\n\nRev. Dr. David Weatherspoon serves as a pediatric chaplain at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital where he has ministered since January 2023. Before coming to St. Jude\, David served for seven years as a pediatric chaplain at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. Prior to moving to Memphis\, David served ten years as college chaplain at Franklin College in Franklin\, Indiana. David and Diana Hadley are co-authors of the book\, The Peace Class: A study of effective cheek-turning\, neighbor-loving and sword-to-plowshare conversion. The book came out of the nonviolence class they taught and the experiences gained from the wonderful learning lab of the classroom. David is married to Dr. Sarah Weatherspoon\, a pediatric neurologist\, and they have two wonderful and loving girls\, Norah and Vivian.  URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/author-talk-with-diana-hadley-david-weatherspoon-2/ LOCATION:Indiana CATEGORIES:Quaker Leadership Center ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esr.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/The-Heart-of-Peace-e1759357060688.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR