Quaker Festival Week
April 16-22
An annual celebration of Quaker history, faith, and practice at the college.
| Daily (M-F) | ||
| 8:05 - 8:20 am | Quiet worship | Hut |
| Sunday, April 16 | ||
| 6:00 am | Sunrise worship | Guilford lake |
| 1:00 pm | College Meeting for Worship. Evelyn Jadin '06 | Moon Room |
| Monday, April 17 | ||
| 12 noon | "Quaker Squares;" Friendly Tic-Tac-Toe | Hut |
| 4:00 pm | "On the Road Again: A Quaker Travelogue." Evan Welkin '07 | Hut |
| 9:30 pm | Vespers | Hut |
| Tuesday, April 18 | ||
| 6:00 pm | "Clerking & Quaker Process." Ethan Wolf '06 & Evelyn Jadin '06 | Hut |
| 7:00 pm | Book study on The Soul of Christianity | New Garden Friends Meeting |
| 9:30 pm | Vespers | Hut |
| Wednesday, April 19 | ||
| 12 noon | Meaning with a Meal. Max Carter speaking | Walnut Room |
| 2:30 pm | "Nurturing Community: A QLSP Perspective." Casey Rhoades '06 | Hut |
| 5:30 pm | Mid-week meeting for worship | Hut |
| 6:00 pm | Campus Quaker historical tour | Hut |
| 8:00 pm | Forum on an ethical purchasing and procurement policy for the College, presented by the Quaker Faith & Practice class | Hut |
| Thursday, April 20 | ||
| 6:30 pm | African dinner and discussion of Quaker service in Africa, led by Tanya Madenyika '06 and Brent McKinney | Boren Lounge |
| 8:00 pm | "Beyond Prisons: The Uses and Misuses of Quaker Involvement in Criminal Justice," Laura Magnani | Boren Lounge |
| 9:30 pm | Vespers | Hut |
| Friday, April 21 | ||
| 12:30 pm | QLSP senior project presentation by Fedelma McKenna | Hut |
| 4:00 pm | Underground Railroad tour to "the tree" and Caldwell Park | Hut |
| 5:30 pm | QLSP worship | Community Center |
| 7:00 pm | Concert: original music by Jon Watts '06 & friends | Bryan, Jr. Auditorium |
| Saturday, April 22 | ||
| 12:30 pm | Multi-media presentation by Stephen Dotson '06 | Bryan, Jr. Auditorium |
| 3:00 pm | Musical presentation by Guilford singers & instrumentalists | Bryan, Jr. Auditorium |
Coming the following week: Original ceramics exhibit by Ben White '06. Worth House II; original children's book by Trina Farmer '06, Catherine Milner '06 and Dorsche Pinsky '06.
Quaker Festival Week is sponsored by Friends Center at Guilford College (336-316-2445) with the generous assistance of the Office of the President, the Initiative on Faith & Practice, the Quaker Leadership Scholars Program, the Center for Ecozoic Studies, and the Guilford Council of Religious Organizations.