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Fall Term 2005
Marjorie and David Ball are members of Lancaster Monthly Meeting in Britain Yearly Meeting. They were sojourning members of Chappaqua (NY) and Palo Alto (CA) Monthly Meetings in the late 1990s. Marjorie spent a term as a Pendle Hill resident student and participated in a year-long School of the Spirit program. She is a member of the Friends in Residence team at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre. David and Marjorie served as Resident Friends for two periods at Glenthorne Quaker Center where David also serves as a trustee. They enjoyed returning to Pendle Hill, where they offered a welcoming presence and shared their many gifts from years of traveling among Friends.
Fall 2006
Marian and John Sheldon are members of Hardshaw East Monthly Meeting in Britain Yearly Meeting. They relish their local meeting, Warwick, which is vibrant and full of fun. They have experienced international Quakerism through attending and/or leading programs at gatherings such as Friends World Committee for Consultation triennial and Friends General Conference. Marian has worked as an overseer and, until recently, as a head of various math departments in schools. John spent thirty years in education, the last five as principal of Woodbrooke. He now works as a massage therapist while he and Marian run a small business in health and nutrition products. They were at Pendle Hill in 1998 when John led a weeklong course. Marian and John will bring with them to Pendle Hill an understanding of British Quakerism and other traditions; experience with living in an intentional faith community; skills in teaching, music and healing; and a willingness to be alongside others as they explore their lives and their spirituality together.
Winter 2007
Becky and Larry Ingle, natives of North Carolina, are long-time members of Chattanooga Monthly Meeting (TN) in Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association, having served in most positions over the years, including as clerk. A retired nurse and social worker, Becky was named social worker of the year in southeastern Tennessee. Larry, formerly a historian at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, is the author of two books on Quaker history, including a biography of George Fox, First Among Friends: George Fox and the Creation of Quakerism. Larry’s first contact with Pendle Hill was as a conference attendee in 1979. He was a resident student and the first recipient of the Cadbury scholarship in 1990-91 – a year he spent completing First Among Friends. He has served on Pendle Hill’s General Board and Board of Trustees, and has given lectures and taught short courses. Many Quaker and non-Quaker organizations have benefited from the service Becky and Larry have given as volunteers and members of committees and boards.
Spring 2007
Jean Eden and Lorene Ludy met at Pendle Hill when they were resident students in 1993. They have fond memories of the rhythm of worship, work, study and contemplation. Jean, whose first contact with Pendle Hill was in 1964, currently serves on the Pendle Hill General Board. She had a career teaching developmentally disabled children and directing efforts to repeal the death penalty. Now retired, Jean has a ministry of prison visitation. She has been involved with the American Friends Service Committee’s North Central Regional Committee, National Board and Nationwide Affirmative Action Committee. Lorene has recently completed a Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy. She attended the Spiritual Guidance Program at the Shalem Institute, teaches yoga and works as a chaplain. From 1998 to 2001 Jean and Lorene served as co-clerks of Northern Yearly Meeting. Jean is a member of West Branch Monthly Meeting in Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative); Lorene is a member of Madison Monthly Meeting in Northern Yearly Meeting.
