Welcome to Powell House
Our mission is to foster spiritual growth after the manner of Friends (Quaker) and to strengthen the application of Friends’ testimonies in the world.
We offer programs for all ages. We rent this quiet space for your family reunions, school retreats, church groups, and small conferences.
Fall Work / Contra Dance & Storytelling
October 6-8, 2017
Enjoy learning new skills? Or sharing your old skills with others?
Like to work among 57 acres of God's creation in Columbia County, NY?
Bring your favorite tools, old clothes, dancing shoes, and hearty appetites.
Our cooks will have lots of good, nutritious & yummy food for us. We have plenty of work projects, both inside and outside our buildings. The Powell House property person will coordinate our work projects.
Contra Dance Friday night beginning at 8:15 pm.
Storytelling Saturday night at 7:30 pm.
Register by September 15th: $75/adults; $10/children & youth.
After September 15th: $100/adults; $20/children & youth.
Childcare for ages 10 and younger with 3 weeks notice.
Practicing Prophetic Ministry - Disrupting Empire, Building God’s Peaceable World
September 22-24, 2017
Debbie Humphries
Jonathan Vogel-Borne
How do we respond to the challenges of these times from a place of deep faith? How can we, as individuals and as communities, become empowered to take prophetic action to dismantle systems of domination and embody God’s peaceable world?
We are part of a larger story, part of an eternal pattern. The prophetic motion is to fulfill God’s purposes by breaking our numbness, turning despair into hope, and building communities of resistance to dismantle empire. We will trace how the prophetic is revealed in the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures, how it flows through the lives of early Friends, and how it ministers to our modern condition. Reflecting on our own experiences, we will share stories of how we listen for the eternal patterns, and take action grounded in the Spirit. We hope that participants will gain a clear sense of how we can nurture and encourage expressions of prophetic listening and prophetic ministry in each other, in our meetings and in our witness to the wider world.
Register by September 1, 2017: $230 adults, $115 ages 13-22, $58 infants-12, & $165 commuters
After September 1st: $250/$125/$63/$185
Childcare with 3 weeks notice
Youth Programs - spread the word
Sept 22-24 Revolution 9th -12th grade
Sun, moon, dreidels, hurricanes, merry go-rounds and us are just a few things that revolve. How is it that a word that connotes something as stable as the sun moving in our sky can also mean a dramatic and overarching change? What does your life revolve around? How do people start revolutions? If this is the great turning, what’s on the other side? What will our coming year look like personally and as a community?
Sept 29 - Oct 1 Fitting In, Standing Out 6th- 8th grade
Puzzle piece or lighthouse? Are you trying to find which way to turn to fit into the whole or looking for a way to let the inner you shine out. Can you be part of the group and your own person too? Is that even possible in middle school? Join us in a space where you can both fit in and stand out. Learn ways to create that space in other places in your life for yourself and for others.
Oct 13-15 Space Aliens, Magic and Us 4th -5th grade
When you think of space aliens, do you imagine a giant green being with dark eyes or a many-tentacled creature? What about magic? A bunny flying out of a top hot or Hermione with her wand? What would a Quaker colony on Mars look like? What magic powers might Quakers have? Join us as we embark upon a magical weekend of games and wonderment, asking one another what Quakers, magic and aliens have to do with us?
Powell House is the conference and retreat center of the
New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Powell House524 Pitt Hall RdOld Chatham, NY12136 |
phone 518-794-8811fax 518-794-8815 |
Adult Programsharon@powellhouse.orgregina@powellhouse.orgYouth Programchrisandmike@powellhouse.org |