Pendle Hill is a

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study, retreat, and conference center located on a campus in suburban

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, near

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. It was named for the hill in

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, that the first Quaker preacher described as the site of his calling to

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. Founded in 1930, Pendle Hill offers programs open to people of all faiths. These programs include online/residential study programs, short-term courses and retreats, conference services, publications, leadership training, and a walk-in bookstore. The online/residential study program includes a curriculum of worship, work, study, and service where people typically enrol for four weeks of online study and four weeks of residential study. Short-term courses of two to seven days are offered throughout the year on themes including introductory Quakerism, nonviolent change, sustainable living, arts and spirituality, and bodywork. The campus includes lawns, buildings, worship spaces, a large organic garden, and a walking path lined with trees. For many years Pendle Hill has offered public lecture series. In response to the terrorism of September 11, 2001, Pendle Hill had a series of lectures and workshops concerning peacemaking. Recent series have focused on nurturing individual and corporate spiritual life.

Publishing

Pendle Hill also serves as a publishing house, and one of its most visible programs is its pamphlet series, which produces six pamphlets a year. Recent topics have included spiritual nurture, Quaker practice, and pacifism. As of December 2018 there have been 454 such pamphlets, and many are classics in Quaker spirituality. The Pendle Hill Bookstore is a useful resource for Friends looking for Quaker resources perhaps not easily found in their local community.

Directors

ncomplete list* Henry Theodore Hodgkin (1877-1933). Director 1928-1933. *John Hughes *

Howard Brinton Howard Haines Brinton (1884–1973) was an author, professor and director whose work influenced the Religious Society of Friends movement for much of the 20th century. His books ranged from Quaker journal anthologies to philosophical and historical ...

*Richard Gregg *

Anna Cox Brinton Anna Shipley Cox Brinton (October 19, 1887 – October 28, 1969) was an American classics scholar, college administrator, writer, and Quaker leader, active with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). She has credited with being one of t ...

*Dan Wilson, 1952-1970 *Robert Scholz / Colin Bell, 1971-74 *Edwin Sanders, 1974-1981 *Robert Lyon, 1981-86 *Margery Walker, 1986-1991 * Daniel Seeger, 1991-2000 *Steve Baumgartner, 2000-2005 *Ken and Katharine Jacobsen, 2005-2007 *Lauri Perman, Director from May 2007. *Jennifer Karsten, Director, 2011-2019 *Traci Hjelt Sullivan (interim) 2019-2020 *Francisco Burgos 2020-present

References

External links

Pendle Hill Quaker Center for Study and Contemplation
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Google maps
*Dodson, Shirley. 2011
Pendle Hill Timeline: 1915-2011
Philadelphia, PA: Friends Journal. {{Coord, 39.908, -75.366, display=title Quakerism in Pennsylvania Quaker organizations based in the United States