Live & Recorded Lectures - Pendle Hill - A Quaker study, retreat, and conference center near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Live Streaming at Pendle Hill
From anywhere you have a desktop computer, laptop/tablet, or mobile device, you can now watch many of the lectures and presentations we have on campus each and every month. Listen to and watch our Monday Night Lecture Series with past speakers such as Eileen Flanagan, Barbara Briggs, John and Diana Lampen, and others. Tune into conference lectures and presentations on topics that are of spiritual or personal interest to you. We are so happy and excited to bring you these wonderful speakers, and have you connect with our Pendle Hill community. Have a conflict? Don’t worry. Most of our recorded lectures will be available on our YouTube channel shortly after the event has “aired.”
NB: All scheduled events are Eastern Time (US & Canada).
Upcoming Live Stream/Recorded Events
The Stephen G. Cary Memorial Lecture 2021: Radical Transformation ~ Long Overdue for the Religious Society of Friends (Vanessa Julye)
Monday, September 13, 2021 ~ 7:30-9:00pm
Myths of Gender (Cai Quirk)
Monday, October 4, 2021 ~ 7:30-9:00pm
Hope and Witness in Dangerous Times (Brent Bill)
Monday, November 1, 2021 ~ 7:30-9:00pm
Into the Night: Holiness of Darkness (Rev. Rhetta Morgan)
Monday, December 6, 2021 ~ 7:30-9:00pm
Past Live Stream/Recorded Events
A Quaker Theological Ecosystem (Christy Randazzo)
Monday, August 2, 2021
Better Than Good: Seven Testimonies for Quaker Caregiving (Windy Cooler)
Monday, June 7, 2021
Healing the Disconnect (Marcelle Martin)
Monday, May 3, 2021
Gospels for Our Times: A New Translation Inviting Dialogue and Tolerance (Sarah Ruden and David Rosenberg)
Monday, April 19, 2021
The Gathered Meeting and Embodied Quaker Voices (Stanford Searl)
Monday, April 5, 2021
Returning to Creative and Spiritual Playfulness (Jesse White)
Monday, March 1, 2021
A Celebration of Disciplined Listening: Learnings from Couple Enrichment at Home and in the Meeting (Mike and Marsha Green)
Monday, February 1, 2021
Re-creating Hope (Francisco Burgos)
Monday, January 4, 2021
Healing Ancestral Trauma: What is Epigenetics and Why Does it Matter? (Erva Baden)
Monday, December 7, 2020
What Happens Wednesday? Preparing Ourselves for the Work Ahead (Eileen Flanagan)
Monday, November 2, 2020
Can Quakers and Others Help Prevent an American Slide Into Dictatorship? Hint: Nonviolence Will Be Key! (George Lakey)
Monday, October 5, 2020
Stephen G. Cary Memorial Lecture 2020: The Road to Pendle Hill (Thomas D. Hamm)
Saturday, September 19, 2020
First Monday Series: Planting in an Earthquake ~ Balancing Patience and Urgency in a Time of Change (Ricardo Levins Morales)
Monday, June 1, 2020
First Monday Series: The Jesus Way in the World Today (Shane Claiborne)
Monday, May 4, 2020
First Monday Series: Love in a Time of Coronavirus (John Calvi)
Monday, April 6, 2020
First Monday Series: The Search for Common Ground in the Midst of Division (Mary Wade and Drick Boyd)
Monday, March 2, 2020
First Monday Series: Creating Beloved Community by Supporting Faithfulness (Marcelle Martin)
Monday, February 3, 2020
First Monday Series: Beauty, Truth, Life, and Love ~ Four Essentials for the Abundant Life (J. Brent Bill)
Monday, January 6, 2020
First Monday Series: Being & Belonging in Beloved Community (Rev. Dr. Joni Carley)
Monday, December 2, 2019
Poetry and Prayer: Poems to Deepen the Language of the Heart (Pádraig Ó Tuama)
Monday, October 28, 2019
First Monday Series: Hope at the Intersection of Climate, Race, Justice, and Democracy (Friends Economic Integrity Project)
NB: Click to view handout with additional information and resource references in Acrobat Reader (PDF) format.
NB: Click to view short biographies of the presenters in Acrobat Reader (PDF) format.
Monday, October 7, 2019
First Monday Series: What the River Told Me: Reflections on Love, Oneness, and the Living World (Christopher Swain)
NB: Click to view Christopher’s PowerPoint presentation in Acrobat Reader (PDF) format.
Monday, September 9, 2019
First Monday Series: Good News for the Poor/Oppressed (Steven Davison)
Monday, August 5, 2019
First Monday Series: A Desert Theology of Liberation – Entering the Journey of God’s People as Refugee, Outsider, Slave, and Exile in the Urban Desert (Raj Lewis)
NB: Click here to view Raj’s PowerPoint presentation in Acrobat Reader (PDF) format.
Monday, June 3, 2019
Friends’ Peace Teams: 25 Years of Peacemaking (Val Liveoak)
Monday, May 20, 2019
“…a few exceptions…”: Philadelphia Quakers and the Civil War (George Conyne)
Monday, April 27, 2019
Three Great Themes of the Bible: 2. Peace/Nonviolence (Sarah Ruden)
NB: Click here for a transcript of Sarah’s talk in Acrobat Reader (PDF) format.
Monday, April 22, 2019
Stephen G. Cary Memorial Lecture 2019: Tumult, Turmoil and Truth – Vital Quaker Witness Today (Diane Randall, FCNL Executive Secretary)
Monday, April 1, 2019
First Monday Series: Confronting the Role of Antisemitism in Preserving Power Structures (Rabbi Mordechai Liebling)
Monday, March 4, 2019
Three Great Themes of the Bible: 1. Compassion (Sarah Ruden)
NB: Click here for a transcript of Sarah’s talk in Acrobat Reader (PDF) format.
Monday, February 18, 2019
First Monday Series: The Healing Power of Telling Truth About the Past (Samuel Lemon)
Monday, February 4, 2019
First Monday Series: Money, Debt, and Liberation (Pamela Haines)
Monday, January 7, 2019
First Monday Series: Liberated or Unhinged? A Quaker Woman’s Witness to War (Lyn Back)
Monday, December 3, 2018
First Monday Series: How Direct Action Campaigns Serve Personal and Social Liberation (George Lakey)
Monday, November 5, 2018
First Monday Series: The Best of Times, the Worst of Times – How Our Present Global Crisis Could Liberate Us from Ego and Its Empires (Patricia A. Pearce)
Monday, September 3, 2018
First Monday Series: Liberation Begins with Being There (Dr. Chloe Schwenke)
NB: Click here for a transcript of Chloe’s talk in Acrobat Reader (PDF) format.
Monday, June 4, 2018
A Heart Story: Artist’s Talk (Arla Patch)
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Black Fire: An African American Quaker Seeker-Activist in a White Supremacist Nation (Dr. Hal Weaver)
Monday, May 14, 2018
First Monday Series: Can We Decolonize Time? Thinking About Settlement, Justice, and Indigenous Oral History (Jill Stauffer)
Monday, May 7, 2018
Truth and Healing Conference Keynote Presentations
Truth and Healing Keynote (Dr. Denise Lajimodiere)
Truth and Healing Keynote (Mark Charles)
Truth and Healing Keynote (Paula Palmer)
Thursday, May 3 – Sunday, May 6, 2018
The Keithian Controversy (Madeleine Ward)
Monday, April 23, 2018
Stephen G. Cary Memorial Lecture 2018: Holding Tension – Making a Place at the Table for Continuing Revelation (Sarah Willie-LeBreton)
Monday, April 2, 2018
First Monday Series: Hidden in Plain Sight – The Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware (Chief Dennis J. Coker)
Monday, February 5, 2018
First Monday Series: Coming Alive – Discerning the Next Chapter of Quaker Service (Christina Repoley)
Monday, September 4, 2017
First Monday Series: This Worldwide Struggle – The International Roots of the Civil Rights Movement (Sarah Azaransky)
Monday, August 7, 2017
First Monday Series: Working Towards Wholeness Within and Outwardly (Greg Woods)
Monday, June 5, 2017
Expanding Democracy Conference Plenary Sessions
Expanding Democracy Plenary (Rev. Mark Kelly Tyler)
Expanding Democracy Plenary (Jonathan Matthew Smucker)
Expanding Democracy Plenary (George Lakey)
Expanding Democracy Plenary (Ricardo Levins Morales)
Thursday, May 11 – Sunday, May 14, 2017
First Monday Series: The Healthiest Forest – Biodiversity and Old-Growth (Joan Maloof)
Monday, May 1, 2017
The 2017 Stephen G. Cary Memorial Lecture: Quakers Addressing Israel/Palestine – Advocacy or Reconciliation? (Stephen Zunes)
Monday, April 3, 2017
First Monday Series: Reaching Beyond the Choir (Jonathan Matthew Smucker)
Monday, March 6, 2017
First Monday Series: Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians Got It Right – and How We Can, Too! (George Lakey)
Monday, December 5, 2016
Moral Economy Conference Plenary Sessions
Moral Economy Plenary (Gar Alperovitz)
Moral Economy Plenary (Judy Wicks – click to view her slideshow images)
Moral Economy Plenary (Esteban Kelly)
Moral Economy Plenary (Mark Engler & George Lakey)
Thursday, December 1 – Sunday, December 4, 2016
First Monday Series: White Allies in the Fight for Racial Justice – Yesterday and Today (Drick Boyd)
Monday, October 3, 2016
The 2016 Stephen G. Cary Memorial Lecture: Raising Quakers in a Secular Society (Emma Lapsansky-Werner)
Monday, April 4, 2016
BCP Keynote: Restorative Practices at the Root of Deep Democracy and the Beloved Community (Kay Pranis)
Thursday, March 10, 201
First Monday Series: The Slave Down the Street (Carol Metzker)
Monday, March 7, 2016
First Monday Series: Let us be what Love will do (.O)
Monday, February 1, 2016
First Monday Series: Parallel Journeys – A Pilgrim’s Way Home (Christiane Meunier)
Monday, January 4, 2016
First Monday Series: Still Here – The Lenape Today (Rev. Pastor J.R. Norwood)
Monday, December 7, 2015
First Monday Series: The Witness of God in Everyone – Toward an Inclusive, Contemporary, Quaker Theologizing (Jeff Dudiak)
NB: Click here for a transcript of Jeff’s talk in Acrobat Reader (PDF) format.
Monday, November 2, 2015
First Monday Series: A Great People to Be Scattered – The Life and Times of Pendle Hill (Doug Gwyn)
Monday, October 5, 2015
First Monday Series: Faith and Work – The Struggle for Labor Rights and Corporate Accountability in the Global Economy (Barbara Briggs)
Monday, September 7, 2015
First Monday Series: Creating a Culture of Peace in Western Uganda (John and Diana Lampen)
Monday, August 3, 2015
FGC Gathering 2015 ~ Plenary Session (Parker J. Palmer)
Thursday, July 9, 2015
The 2015 Stephen G. Cary Memorial Lecture: A Theology of Togetherness – A Quaker Pastor Speaks (Phil Gulley)
Monday, May 4, 2015
Ending Mass Incarceration and the New Jim Crow ~ Interview (Michelle Alexander)
Thursday, April 30, 2015
First Monday Series: Strategic, Successful, and Spiritually Grounded Activism (Eileen Flanagan)
Monday, April 6, 2015