January 18, 2003


To:         Monthly Meetings

From:       CPQM - Ministry & Oversight


Search for Our Quaker Roots


Many Friends have been active in College Park Quarterly Meeting (CPQM) for
many years.  Their knowledge and experience is of great values to our
Quaker community.

We read about the lives of Quakers in the past.  Now we may sit with
experienced Quakers silently in worship and many of us do not know them
well.  Our roots are important for Quaker witness today.

The Ministry & Oversight Committee of the CPQM would like to invite those
Friends who have been Quakers for many years (about 25 and more years) to
write their Quaker Story.  Each Friend has her/his unique experience to
share.  Each Quaker Story would be published as an individual paper; it
could be placed at the CPQM web site, and some Quaker Stories could be
printed in Friends Bulletin.  It is also possible that a collection of
Quaker Stories could be printed in a special publication.

The Ministry & Oversight Committee believes that learning from our past is
very important for our future.  We would like to ask all Monthly Meetings
to help us in the development of Quaker Stories.  Could you please send us
the names of Friends in your Meetings who have been active Quakers for many
years?  We would send a letter to these Friend, inviting them to share
their life experience as Quakers.  We would also provide some guidance for
writing their Quaker Story.

Please send suggested names to Vashek Cervinka, 3416 Monte Vista Ave.,
Davis, CA 95616-4931; e-mail address cervinka at dcn dot org.


Thank you,



Vashek Cervinka