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K A M AKAMAKA
October 2016
The Friend
THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS IN HAWAI'I
RESIDENT COUPLE 2016-2018 – Allan Willinger & Jo Schlesinger
<www.hawaiiquaker.org> (808) 988-2714
2426 O'AHU AVENUE, HONOLULU, HI 96822
Submissions deadline 18th of the month to <[email protected]> or <[email protected]>
Advices & Queries:
Meeting for Worship on the
Occasion of Business
Come to Meeting with hearts and
minds prepared to be open and faithful
to the leadings of the Spirit. Then the
conduct of business will lead to truth,
unity and love.
When a matter is before the
Meeting for Business, each person
present contributes to the corporate
search for a decision that accords with
the will of God. Silent worship in the
Meeting for Business contributes to the
process of achieving unity.
Listen attentively to others’
words and use the silence between
messages to reflect carefully on what
you might contribute. When you are
clear, speak simply what is in your
heart, without repeating what has
already been offered. While making
your thoughts clear, lay aside personal
opinions and attend to what God
requires.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Advices & Queries: Meeting for Worship on the Occasion of Business
Monthly Meeting for Business
Hawaii Island Meeting & Peace Vigil
Memorial Minutefor Lorie Dodge Lieninger
Childrens Halloween Party
News from Ben Lomond Quaker Center
Calendar
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 Do I attend Meeting for Business regularly?
 Do I speak in Meeting for Business only when I am led to
speak?
 Is the Meeting for Business held as a Meeting for Worship in
which we seek divine guidance for our actions?
 Are we tender and considerate of different views, coming to
a decision only when we have found unity?
 Do we give powerful support for our clerks that they may be
sensitive to the movement of the Spirit among us?
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Monthly Meeting for Business
September 11, 2016
Minute 1: Opening
The meeting opened with silent worship at 11:45. The
recording clerk read the Pacific Yearly Meeting Advices
and Queries on Meeting for Worship.
Minute 2: Oversight and Counsel Committee, Bob
Stauffer, clerk
2.1 As noted in Minute 2.2. of the July 2016 meeting,
Sasha Bley-Vroman applied for membership in the
Meeting. A clearness committee has met with Sasha and
reported to our committee on its meeting with her. The
Oversight & Counsel committee recommends approval
of Sasha’s application for membership. As is our
practice, this recommendation will lie over until the next
Business Meeting.
2.2 At the April 2016 Business Meeting, the committee
reported its sense that although repayment of a loan
from the Education Loan Fund, which it oversees, is
supposed to begin on completion of studies, in some
instances the period of study can be quite extended, and
in other instances the borrower can have unexpected
expenses that make repayment financially difficult. The
committee therefore reported that it would like to
consider converting the loan to a grant in certain
instances, but invited comment from people in Meeting
before recommending a change in the current policy.
The committee received generally positive response on
the issue, although one Friend expressed concern.
Monies in the Education Loan Fund do not come from
the Meeting budget, but rather from donations, and
perhaps some donations were made on the basis and
expectation that the funds given out would indeed be
loans and not converted to grants. In discussion with the
Friend, it was acknowledged by the Friend with the
concern that the proposal and reasons for it were
understood, and that the concern was not sufficient to
cause further delays in the matter. As such, the
committee proposes that the Meeting authorize the
committee to consider converting the loans to grants in
certain instances, with progress reports on this matter to
be reported from time to time to the Business Meeting.
ACTION: APPROVED
Minute 3: Worship and Ministry committee, Judy Hall,
clerk
3.1 Third Sunday programs:
September 18, Barbara Brennan will be speaking to us on
her spiritual journey in Buddhism.
October 16, the schedule has changed due to the nonavailability of our invited guest. Instead of Marlene Coach
on “Quaker Speak” as previously announced, we have
invited Mary Steiner from Compassion in Choices to speak
to us as part of our Final Affairs information programs.
3.2 Presented for Acceptance: Memorial Minute for Lorie
Leininger, which was read.
ACTION: ACCEPTED
This Minute will be forwarded to PYM, Friends Journal and
Western Friend.
The committee is in unity that, pursuant to Lorie’s request,
there will be no Memorial Meeting. We encourage those
F(f)riends who would like to gather for a remembrance of
Lorie to do so informally on their own.
3.3 The Memorial Meeting for Steven Swift was held
yesterday, September 10. It was a blessed event with many
in attendance, offering heartfelt messages of love for
Steven and his family. Thank you to all who helped in so
many ways.
Minute 4: Treasurer’s Report, Rudiger Ruckmann,
Treasurer
4.1 The Finance committee met on Friday, 2 September.
We look to draft a simple budget by November.
4.2 The Treasurer has drafted for Finance committee
review a financial support letter to members and attenders
of Meeting.
4.3 To date there have been no unexpected budget items—
uneventful is good!
4.4 The Treasurer very much enjoys the teamwork with the
assistant treasurer. They meet every Wednesday to review
priorities and week-to-week business.
Minute 5: Peace and Social Concerns committee, Bob
Stauffer, co-clerk
5.1 There is an opportunity on the 20th of this month, a
week from Tuesday, to participate in a peace vigil
sponsored by the Meeting, from 3-5pm. In the past our
vigils have been held at the Mo’ili’ili Triangle Park, but the
committee has shifted the location for this one to the grass
field in front of Bachman Hall at the corner of University
Ave. and Dole St. We will hold the vigil in the open without
shade and recommend participants bring sun screen
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and/or an umbrella. Participants can also consider
bringing folding chairs.
A second opportunity will be this month on the 24th, a
week from Saturday, for the United Nations International
Peace Day. Peace-oriented faith, community, art, and
other groups will gather at the Urban Garden Center in
Pearl City. We will participate with a booth from 9am2pm.
Questions, including about transportation or parking, can
be directed to any committee member.
5.2 The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
Advocacy Team of Honolulu meets on the first
Wednesday of each month, and liaises with the Meeting
through our committee. The team’s meetings are open to
both the Meeting community and other interested
people, and all are welcome to attend.
The team reports that, while their team was one of the
early ones organized by FCNL nationally, more states now
have teams operating.
The emphasis this year is on mass incarceration and
prison reform, and members of the team recently visited
with Senator Brian Schatz’s staff and discussed the issue.
At this time, the U.S. Senate is considering the issue, but
the focus is on the House of Representatives to take the
lead with legislation. Members of the team met with
Representative Tulsi Gabbard, and she is co-sponsoring
the House’s legislation on the topic and is supportive.
5.3. We are pleased to inform the Meeting that
committee (and Meeting) member Kate Ciluffo and
Meeting member John Hokkanen, while sojourning in
Europe, have been participating in our committee
meetings, both with audio and with video, through the
wonders of modern technology and support from John.
The two are doing well and send their greetings and well
wishes to the Meeting.
Minute 6: First Day School committee, Nancy
McPherson, clerk
6.1 The committee has decided to leave it up to the First
Day School teachers whether to bring the children
upstairs to meeting during the last 15 minutes, during
Afterthoughts, or, if they prefer, during the first 15
minutes of meeting. We ask that the Meeting hold our
First Day School in the Light as we try this out.
6.2 As our main Halloween Party organizers will not be
available this year, the committee asks that if there is
interest in holding a Halloween party at the
Meetinghouse, Friends who would like to volunteer to
plan and hold the party contact myself or Anthony Chang.
Either way the Meeting will collect money for UNICEF.
Minute 7: House and Grounds committee, Bob
Broderick, co-clerk
7.1 The Agreement with Hawai’i Peace and Justice for use
of HFM facilities is again coming up for renewal and will
expire in the second week of November. Copies of the
Agreement are available for members to look over as
required and it remains unchanged from last year. The
Agreement requires that HPJ will pay Honolulu Friends
Meeting for the full cost of internet service, which
presently amounts to $666.48 per year. In the past HPJ
has paid the whole amount up front. H&G has asked HPJ
to supply HFM with a new copy of the General Liability
Insurance Policy for HPJ with limits that meet or exceed
the terms of the policy held by HFM. Their current policy
expires on September 28, 2016. As in the past the new
policy will also name HFM as an additional insured party.
7.2 There is a plumbing problem with the toilet in the
guest bathroom, the cost to be determined by a plumber.
7.3 Reminders:
Parking on the grass should be reserved for those who
need to be near the building.
Drivers should avoid driving near or over the concrete
covering the water meter between the trees and the
curb. This has damaged the pipes, causing a leak.
Minute 8: Nominating committee, Mary Anne Magnier
reporting
Last month the names of Anthony Chang for alternate
PYM rep and John Whalen for assistant clerk were
presented. There have been no comments on these
nominations and the committee asks that they be
approved.
ACTION: APPROVED
Minute 9: Closing
The meeting closed with silent worship at 12:22, with 24
having been in attendance.
Mary Anne Magnier, Clerk
Maurine King, Recording Clerk
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MEETINGS FOR WORSHIP IN
THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS IN
OCTOBER:
Big Island Friends Meet at Spencer Park
Friends gathered for worship and fellowship on
September 11at the pavilion of Spencer Beach Park near
Kawaihae. Sarah Armstrong Jones reported on her trip to
the Pacific Yearly Meeting at a Meeting for Worship on the
Occasion of Business. A wonderful potluck lunch of food
from local gardens and farms followed.
International Peace Day was celebrated with a Peace
Vigil on the corner of University and Wilder Avenues on
September 20 as the beginning of a week of International
Peace activities.
Honolulu Monthly Meeting:
Sundays: Hymn singing at 9:45 am.
Meeting for Worship at 10:00 am at
the Meetinghouse, 2426 Oahu
Avenue, Honolulu (808) 988-2714.
Windward Oahu Worship Group:
First Sunday of the month: Meeting
for Worship at 10:00 am. The Oct.
meeting will be at Vivian Carlson’s
For information, call 235-6500
(Polly Pool).
Big Island Monthly Meeting:
Sundays: 10:00am worship followed
by fellowship. Locations vary.
Visitors are welcome. For
information call Darby (808) 3223116 or Rose (808) 333-2513
Kauai Friends Worship Group:
Contact Cynthia Welti (808) 8220050 for information.
Maui Friends Worship Group:
Meets every Sunday at 10:30 am.
Call Jay Penniman (808) 573-4987
for information. For information on
Meeting for Healing, contact
Colleen Wallace (808) 986-8989.
Molokai Worship Group: Call Shari
Lynn (808) 553-3790 for details.
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MEMORIAL MINUTE FOR LORIE DODGE LEININGER
August 9, 1926 to July 29, 2016
AUTHOR, ARTIST, ACTIVIST
educator, lover of math, history and literature
Lorie was born in Vienna of a Hungarian father and Austrian mother. She had what she described as a
difficult childhood due to her father leaving when she was young. Her mother remarried and the combined family
had eight children. Discipline was strict, but Lorie was always a critical thinker and not a “follow the commands” type
of individual. At a young age the family moved to Milan, Italy, so Lorie spoke Italian as her primary language. Her
German became limited to music, chiefly opera. The family immigrated to America and had a lovely home with a
cherry tree in New Jersey. They had help in the home including a maid, butler and cook, so Lorie always stood up for
immigrants, who were frequently considered all to be poor refugees. As a member of a devout Catholic family with
some relatives in a monastery, Lorie was surprised when, at age 25, she discovered that on her birth certificate she
was listed as Jewish.
Lorie had a lifetime of learning and studied with a scholarship at Cooper Union Art School. She also studied
at UC Berkeley and University of Chicago, to name a few schools. Her parents taught her to appreciate art, music,
and continual learning.
She had a long time love of teaching that started at age eleven when she held Italian classes for her
neighborhood friends. She would teach kindergarten and elementary age children, all the way to freshman English at
Amherst.
At a demonstration/political rally at UC Berkeley, Lorie met a woman who affected her life because she was
convinced that the answer to all world problems is love. This lady was truly trying to live this in her life. When Lorie
inquired how she believed and practiced this, the woman said she came from a long line of Quakers. Lorie joined the
Religious Society of Friends Mt. Toby Meeting on Oct. 11, 1979, and has been strongly involved with Quakers ever
since. She transferred her membership to Honolulu Friends Meeting on September 18, 1998.
Going to prison for 10 days for her peace beliefs, she also used her artistic talents to construct political
banners from Massachusetts to Philadelphia and Washington, DC. Her wood block prints even made their way to
Vietnam.
Lorie was a rather sickly child and almost died from pneumonia when quite young. Her health is one reason
she moved from Amherst, MA, after living there for 30 years. She and Fred Dodge, her brother, felt moving to
Hawai’i where he lived would get her out of the harsh winters and the spring and summer allergies. He told her this
was a good move and that she would live longer and healthier in Hawai’i. Lorie always felt at home at Honolulu
Friends Meeting where she was a valuable and revered Friend. Her other great interest in town was the Honolulu
Academy of Art. She was intimately involved there and flourished in the artistic world. Lorie will be missed and HFM
has lost a valuable member.
“Discernment is central to the
Quaker way. Without the mediation of text or
minister, we need to work out for ourselves
what is and what is not of God. Discernment
is the key discipline to accompany the claim
that God’s guidance is available to us all
individually, the responsibility that
accompanies the gift of grace. Like silence, it
is something we work on and develop our
skills in.”
Ben Pink Dandelion in Living the
Quaker Way
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Children’s Halloween
Party
at the Meetinghouse, First Day
Schoolroom
Sunday, October 30, 3:00pm5:30p.m.
Come in costume
for pizza,
trick-or-treating for UNICEF,
apple-bobbing, and
doughnuts on a string
Adults are welcome too:
come to help, stay to clean up
(please!)
or just come for fun.
"We will have to repent
in this generation not
merely for the vitriolic
words and actions of the
bad people, but for the
appalling silence of the
good people.... Human
progress never rolls in
on wheels of
inevitability. It comes
through....tireless
efforts...."
--by Martin Luther King, Jr.
submitted by Deb Kimball
News from the Ben Lomond Quaker Center
Journaling As Meditation
Explore a variety of visual techniques (writing, collaging,
sketching) to awaken the possibility of experiencing the presence of
God/Spirit/Light in daily life through Journaling As Meditation from
October 28th - 30th with Iris Graville. Look at the place of journals in
Quaker history as you create your own hand-bound blank book and
develop greater skills to serve, or start, your writing practice. Learn
more and regsiter at http://www.quakercenter.org/journaling-asmeditation/ (registration will be limited to 24 participants).
Primitive Quakerism Revived: Living as Friends in the 21st
Century
What would it look like today to revive the Quakerism of early
Friends? Those in the Quaker movement believed they were chosen to
revive true Christianity. This was a different way to live – to relate to
God, each other, and all of creation. Please join us from November 18th 20th to contemplate Primitive Quakerism Revived: Living as Friends in
the 21st Century with Paul Buckley. Get more information and register
online at http://www.quakercenter.org/primitive-quakerism-revived/.
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~ October 2016 ~
◄ Sep 2016
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Nov 2016 ►
Thu
Fri
Sat
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9:00 HFM Work Day
11:00 House & Grounds
Committee Meeting,
12:00 Lunch
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3
10:00 First Day School
10:00 HFM Worship
10:00 Winward Worship
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10
10:00 First Day School
10:00 HFM Worship
Meeting followed by lunch
and Meeting for Business
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17
10:00 First Day School
10:00 HFM Worship
11:00 Peace & Social
Concerns Presentation
3-5pm Children’s
Hallowe’en Party
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Worship & Ministry
3:00pm,
O&C 5:30pm HFM
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1:00 Meeting for Healing
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Notes:
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10:00 Arcadia Worship
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15
4:30pm Friends Faith
Studies
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1:00 Meeting for Healing
10:00 First Day School
10:00 HFM Worship
Visiting Sunday Lunch
Peace & Social Concerns
Committee
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1:00 Meeting for Healing 2:00 FCNL Advocacy
1:00 Meeting for Healing 12:00 Library Committee
9:00 First Day School
Committee
10:00 First Day School
10:00 HFM Worship
11:00 Worship & Ministry
Presentation
3:30 HPJ Archival Work
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6:00pm Pizza and More
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