Kitty Ufford-Chase
Resident Program student, 2003
"After 11 years working with the American Friends Service Committee in Tucson, Arizona, I came to Pendle Hill for spiritual replenishment. Pendle Hill has given me thought-provoking classes, deep spiritual communion and loving support to follow my leadings. This has enabled me to strengthen my life-long Quaker faith and the spiritual practice of being present in the here and now. I feel a profound responsibility to my Quaker heritage to ask what are the issues - the injustices - of today that are not being addressed."

Adrien Niyongabo
Resident Program student, 2004
"Before coming to Pendle Hill, I worked with the Friends Peace Team/African Great Lakes Initiative doing trauma healing and nonviolence training in the Great Lakes region of Africa. Originally from Bujumbura, Burundi and a member of Burundi Yearly Meeting, I came to Pendle Hill to learn more about the Friends Peace Testimony. As a Resident Program student I have learned about the diversity of Quakerism, and have enjoyed morning worship, work morning, the beautiful location, and the delicious food."

Carmen Lamothe
Spirit-Centered Service Scholar, 2005-2006
"As I examined my need to focus on important life decisions and to gather religious inspiration and strength, I came to understand that Pendle Hill was an ideal place for me to gather support for my next level of life. Pendle Hill is a community that provides a rich infusion of spiritual service, education and experience. As I've interacted with Pendle Hill's diverse population, I've been enriched with their positive energy, insight and love. I'm grateful for the space and support Pendle Hill provides."

Rev. Beth Miller
Pendle Hill Resident Program student, 2004
"'Who am I apart from my call to ministry and the work I do?' This is the question I brought to Pendle Hill while on sabbatical. I needed the stimulation and structure that Pendle Hill provides so well with worship, study, work and community. And after 14 years as a Unitarian Universalist minister, I also needed time free from expectations and obligations to reconnect with myself. Here I've found a good balance, and I've especially enjoyed the art studio and wood shop. I will return to my congregation (in California), personally and spiritually renewed, with fresh insights on staying grounded in the midst of the busyness of congregational life."

Blair Seitz
Resident Program student and Minnie Jane Arts Scholar, 2003 and 2004
"A photojournalist and publisher, I came to Pendle Hill as a Minnie Jane Arts Scholar to write about my 10 years of experience living in places of conflict, including Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Philippines, and more recently Palestine... I recently came back to Pendle Hill for another term to get feedback on my writing and make use of the outstanding resources here among staff, international students, the libraries at Pendle Hill and Swarthmore and the space and serenity that have helped me write."

Mary Ann Percy
Resident Program student, 2004
"I first came to Pendle Hill in 1991 for a personal sojourn, and have come back for retreats, conferences and weeklong courses. As a Resident Program student, I have enjoyed the rhythm of my days - the balance between community and solitude, worship and contemplation, intellectual stimulation and creativity. I've had the time, space, recognition and encouragement to live more fully into my gifts."

Rev. Stephen Holton
Resident Program student, 2001
"Before coming to Pendle Hill, I had been a parish priest at St. Paul's On-the-Hill Episcopal Church in Ossining, NY for 9 years, and was due a sabbatical. I wanted to go deeper I myself and in God, and I wanted to study. The classes, along with the simplicity of life, shared community work, and daily Quaker meeting, became part of a deeper experience that enclosed my family and me in the depth of community. Now that I am back in the parish, I hope to find a way to bring everybody into that same sense of community."