Unless there’s a different location mentioned below, gatherings will be in the Conlon Room of Brinton House.

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Pendle Hill Hospitality: 610-613-7660

Staff Info:

Zenaida Peterson: 617-756-3064

Rachael Carter: 215-605-7920

Ray Hommeyer: 651-528-9715

Melina Larkin: 206-375-0311

Haley Castle-Miller 215-350-8405

Ruth Cutcher: 765-238-8791

Mike Huber: 503-680-6717

Greg Stefanski: 802-730-2720

Sophie Wood-Brinker: 831-295-4881

Sunday

  • You’re welcome to arrive any time after 2:00pm. Haley will be at a welcome table at Brinton House, which is across the street from the main campus at Pendle Hill (338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford, PA 19086). She can provide you with room keys, a campus map, etc.

  • Starting at 4:30, Staff will be distributed around the campus. Start at Brinton House. Travel from station to station will help orient you to the campus, introduce staff, and give us a chance to talk about stuff.

  • We’ll eat dinner together in the main house.

  • Greg & Ruth will frame the week ahead with our opening exercises. We meet in the Conlon Room in Binton House.

  • This is your first official gathering as a House! Your Coordinator will let you know where you’re meeting for the week.

    Boston Fellows: Follow Zenaida to the Gazebo.

    Minneapolis Fellows: Follow Ray to ?.

    Philadelphia Fellows: Follow Rachael ?

    Portland Fellows: Follow Melina to ?

  • Done for the day! Staff will meet to debrief and talk about any changes for tomorrow.

Monday

  • Breakfast is served in the Main House.

  • We’ll gather with the Pendle Hill community in the Barn for meeting for worship.

  • We’ll gather back in the Barn to reflect on meeting for worship. Your experience is a reliable guide to spiritual connections. What might it look like to explore spirituality this year?

  • A better future is possible. This is the first part of our discussion about living in that reality.

  • Lunch is served in the Main House.

  • Take a break!

  • Gather with your Coordinator and Housemates.

    BOS: Gazebo

    MSP: ?

    PHL: ?

    PDX: ?

  • We’ll talk about the eco system of working for change, the nonprofit industrial complex, and some logistics related to your experience.

  • Take a break!

  • Time for rest? Movement? Creativity? Conversation?

    Review your options, so you can Choose Your Own Adventure.

  • Dinner is served in the Main House.

  • We’ll gather in the Conlon Room of Brinton House to reflect on what makes community work.

  • Optional. Melty marshmallow, chocolate and graham crackers. Sometimes, three things is one thing.

  • Done for the day!

Tuesday

  • Breakfast is served in the Main House.

  • Relax! You’re also welcome to rejoin the Pendle Hill for meeting for worship.

  • We’ll meet outside Firbank (near the fire pit) We’ll use some queries and physical movement to explore to explore the dynamics of challenging ourselves.

  • Conflict is an inherent part of any community. What would make conflict life-giving?

  • Lunch is served in the Main House.

  • Take a break!

  • We’ll have identity-centered conversations about race. We hope you will walk away feeling excited to continue these conversations and empowered to ask for what you need in order to continue growing throughout the year.

  • Gather with your Coordinator and Housemates

  • Take a break!

  • Time for rest? Movement? Creativity? Conversation?

    Review your options, so you can Choose Your Own Adventure.

  • Dinner is served in the Main House.

  • We’ll be transparent about the financial model of QVS, make clear that QVS invites Fellows to engage the community as a resource, and talk about the ways in which our class identities shape our perceptions.

  • Done for the day! Staff will meet to debrief and talk about any changes for tomorrow.

Wednesday

  • Breakfast is served in the Main House.

  • We’ll gather with the Pendle Hill Community for worship in the Barn.

  • We’ll talk about our gender identities with people who maybe share a similar identity so that we can begin to understand how our identities will shape our year and our relationships with each other.

  • We’ll do some deeper reflecting and brainstorming from the first workshop in a worship sharing style.

  • Lunch is served in the Main House.

  • Take a break!

  • Housemates gather with their Coordinator.

  • Please wear your QVS t-shirt and gather in front of the Barn.

  • Take a break!

  • Time for rest? Movement? Creativity? Conversation?

    Review your options, so you can Choose Your Own Adventure.

  • Be Free!

  • Dinner is served in the Main House.

  • Tell a favorite joke, dance a fancy dance, bend spoons with your mind, let your freaky flag fly. We love seeing hidden talent.

  • Done for the day! Staff will meet to debrief and talk about any changes for tomorrow.

Thursday

  • Breakfast is served in the Main House.

  • We may need to move luggage from the dorm rooms to a central area. Stay tuned for more info!

  • Most of what you’ve signed up to do this year will require some level of trust. How do we strengthen our capacity for trust?

  • Take a break! Why not get started on the Orientation Feedback Survey?

  • It’s a wrap!

  • Lunch is served in the Main House.

  • Safe Travels!