PENDLE HILL SCHOLARSHIP
An annual award for a sojourn at Pendle Hill

Overview

Home Mission and Advancement Committee (HMAC) has established a capital fund to enable one member of Canadian Yearly Meeting per year to attend Pendle Hill (Pennsylvania) for eight days as a sojourner. The scholarship aims to cover all fees pertaining to the sojourn at Pendle Hill, plus travel (less $100). HMAC suggests that the applicants ask their local Monthly Meeting to share this $100 cost.

Who may apply?

Individuals may apply, or HMAC may nominate a Friend, or a Monthly Meeting may nominate a member.

 

What are the considerations?

HMAC will give consideration to the service the Friend has provided, ministry being undertaken or being discerned, and whether the Friend has attended Pendle Hill before, with preference being given to a Friend who has not.

The application should include the reasons the Friend should receive the scholarship at this particular time, and a Minute of Support from their Monthly Meeting.

What is the application time schedule?

Applications should reach HMAC (via CYM Office) by March 1. Applications are considered by HMAC during the week of CYM in session, and the award is announced by HMAC at that time.

The scholarship is valid from the upcoming October until the following May.

How are arrangements made?

HMAC will inform the successful Friend, their Monthly Meeting, and Pendle Hill of the award. The Friend then arranges their own travel at the most economical rate. Pendle Hill will bill HMAC directly for the cost of the eight-day sojourn, and the Friend will bill HMAC for the travel costs (with receipts), less $100.

Sojourners are welcome during term time at Pendle Hill, except for opening and closing weeks, and weekends such as those when the General Board meets. Weekend conferences during the sojourn can be attended at no extra cost, but week-long or short courses (if taken during the sojourn) must be paid for by the sojourner. If a Friend wishes to extend their stay at Pendle Hill, extra costs are the Friend's responsibility. A sojourner may stay at Pendle Hill up to three weeks. Scholarship recipients are requested to contact Pendle Hill to arrange the dates of their stay and to answer any questions about the sojourn. (See address/telephone below).

Does the applicant have to report back?

HMAC expects the Friend who sojourns at Pendle Hill on this scholarship to write a brief report to HMAC which may be forwarded for publication in The Canadian Friend.

Are there alternative funding sources?

It is expected that the scholarship will support a sojourn at Pendle Hill. If there is a special reason for considering a different location or format, this will be considered. Applicants should note, however, that HMAC does have other funds for Quaker Education (including non-sojourn attendance at Pendle Hill) for both members and attenders. Friends are encouraged to consider this other category, especially if their application to the Pendle Hill Scholarship Fund is unsuccessful.

Please contact the HMAC Grants & Loans Officer for more information about the scholarship. (see the main HMAC web page for contact information).

For more information on Pendle Hill generally, contact:

PENDLE HILL
A Quaker Centre for Study and Contemplation
Wallingford, Pennsylvania, USA 19086-6099
Tel.: (610) 566-4507
E-mail: info@pendlehill.org
Web:http://www.pendlehill.org

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