Goose Creek Friends
Newsletter September 2018
Goose Creek Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Lincoln, Virginia
Queries for Ninth Month:
Home and Family
Do you regularly seek God’s guidance?
Do you make your home a place of affection where God’s
presence is felt?
Do you allow time for family worship and spiritual
exploration, taking care to include both the very young and
very old?
How do you take care that commitments outside the home
do not encroach upon the time and loving attention the
family needs for its health and well-being?
How does the Meeting support families of all kinds in their
attempts to improve communication, family life, and the
rearing of children in an atmosphere of love?
Do you cultivate healthful and moderate habits, avoiding
the hazards of drugs, intoxicants, and over-indulgence
generally?
Can you keep a sense of humor and avoid taking yourself
too seriously?
Monthly Meeting for Worship
with a Concern for Business:
Eighth Month
Meeting approved a report from the SPICES Peace Troupe.
The Troupe presented a workshop at Opequon Quaker
Camp this year which was well received. They continue
to meet and plan their next activities, including a possible
documentary called “Solve It With SPICES – The Making
of a Peace Troupe.”
The Unity with Nature Committee developed a letter that
Friends can take to restaurants asking that they refrain from
using plastic straws. The Committee requested approval to
print the letter on Goose Creek stationery and asked Friends
to deliver the letter to local restaurants on a voluntary basis.
Meeting approved.
Members noted with thanks Frank Elmore’s contributions
over the years to our beautiful flower arrangements.
Monthly Meeting for Worship
with a Concern for Business:
Ninth Month
Friends approved use of the grounds and Meeting House on
September 9 by the Lincoln Community League for their
ice cream social.
Friends approved Catherine Cox’s request to show a few
short Friends Journal videos in the larger gathering room
after the rise of Meeting on September 9.
On August 10, 2018, a memorial was held in good order
for Frances Annie Nichols Hendrickson, a member of this
Meeting.
Friends approved the annual report of the Archive
Committee, which has been working to preserve Meeting
documents and to make them accessible for research.
Friends approved the request of the local chapter of the
Sons of the American Revolution to place a plaque on the
grave of William Hough in the Waterford Burying Ground.
They previously placed a commemorative plaque on the
grave of his brother, Benjamin Hough. The ceremony will
be held on October 13; Friends from Meeting will attend.
The Property Committee reported that construction of a new
shed will be under way as soon as the permit is received,
and that painting of exterior wood trim on the Meeting
House will begin soon. Meeting has also contracted with a
local company to do tree work. Replacement of the shutters
on the front of the Meeting House is still being looked into.
Our stone steps have twice been run into by drivers and
have been repaired. Oakdale School’s interior peeling paint
has been repaired.
Continued on next page g
Goose Creek Friends Newsletter | September 2018 | Page 2
Friends Publishing: Rise of
Meeting on September 9
You might be familiar with Friends Publishing Company
as the source of Friends Journal, now available online
as well as in print. But Friends Publishing is keeping up
with the times in more ways than one, and it has become
one of the main sources of information about Quakerism
for people all over the world. QuakerSpeak is a YouTube
channel that has had visits from over a million individuals
(QuakerSpeak.com).
If you’d like to hear more about this outreach and see a
couple of QuakerSpeak videos, join Catherine Cox (a
member of the Friends Publishing Company board) in
the larger gathering room after the rise of Meeting on
September 9.
From the Unity with
Nature Committee:
Water Conservation and Mountains
Water is a vital natural resource. Only 3% of the water
found on earth is the fresh water we need for drinking,
growing food, cleaning, and many other things – and
two thirds of that fresh water is frozen and therefore not
available for use. Billions of people are facing serious
water shortages, or soon will. Managing the earth’s supply
of fresh water is essential.
Mountains supply two thirds of the fresh water that
people depend upon. Mountain watersheds must be
protected and enhanced by stopping deforestation,
planting trees, and managing flows to reduce flooding
and soil loss. Climate change is adding to the challenges.
Locally, the Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains
(friendsofblueridge.org) work to preserve our mountains
from environmental deterioration. The Mountain
Institute (mountain.org) works in the Himalayas, the
Andes, and the western U.S. – Jed Shilling
The Last Straw Initiative
By now you have all heard that Seattle has banned plastic
straws and several large companies have pledged to do so
as well (including Starbucks, Marriott, & Carnival Cruise
Lines).  There is a similar initiative in the District called
One Last Straw, asking restaurants to pledge to stop using
plastic straws, but what about in our local areas?
Please consider joining a Goose Creek initiative to ask
our local restaurants to give up plastic straws.  It is
simple — just pick up a letter at Meeting (or download
one from our website), then take it with you the next time
Goose Creek Meeting for
Worship and First Day School
Friends Wilderness Center
September 30 at 10 am
Directions will be available at
Meeting and will be emailed.
Meeting for Worship will also
be held at the Meeting House
that day at 9:45 am.
you go out to eat and ask that it be given to the restaurant
manager or owner.  Simple, right?  And of course, skip
the straw! Tell your server you don’t need one when you
order a drink.
Thank you from Unity with Nature, and please let
us know if you do deliver a letter – and, even better,
whether you discover on your next visit that it has made
a difference!
Baltimore Yearly Meeting:
Fall Family Camp Weekends
Shiloh Quaker Camp: September 21-23
Catoctin Quaker Camp: October 5-7
Opequon Quaker Camp: October 26-28
Come for games and crafts, splash in the creek or hike,
and help with autumn work projects that will suit all
kinds of skill sets. Meals will be served, and there will
be a camp fire in the evening. Families and individuals
welcome!
Celebrating Native Americans Today – October 13,
Noon to 5 pm at Sandy Spring Friends School (Sandy
Spring, MD)
Sponsored by the BYM Indian Affairs Committee.
There will be a film festival, dancing and drumming,
food, an art exhibit and craft vendors, and visits from
the Piscataway Mobile Museum and American Indian
Society tribal leaders.

Frances Annie Nichols Hendrickson
W e at Meeting are saddened by the loss of
Frances Annie Nichols Hendrickson, a
beloved member who worshipped with us until
poor health prevented her from attending on
Sundays. After worshipping with her family
here as a young person, she lived in Rockville,
MD, and attended Bethesda Meeting. Then in
the later years of their lives, when she and her
husband moved back to Loudoun County, they
returned to our Meeting and greatly enriched our
community. The Nichols family was a central
part of Goose Creek Meeting from its beginning
in 1743 when Isaac Nichols arrived here. The
last Nichols to be active in our Meeting, Frances
Annie represented a link to our past which,
unfortunately, now seems to have been severed.
We were delighted to renew our friendships with
her family at her recent memorial on August 1.
A lady of grace and beauty, Frances Annie
lived a full and rich life of ninety years. She
had many loves, the primary one being for
her family—husband Bart, daughter Sarah,
son John, grandchildren, great grandchildren,
brothers Milton and Kenny, nieces and nephews,
and their offspring. At her memorial her family’s
devotion to her was quite apparent. A niece
fondly recalled receiving a lovely quilt when her
son was born.
Enjoying stitchery, Frances Annie loved to knit
and crochet. She was likewise remembered for
wearing colorful clothes.
Other interests took her beyond the home front
in Rockville or Loudoun: spending time at
the beach house, taking cruises, traveling to
distant areas. With a world map on their wall,
she and Bart marked with pins the many places
where they had gone. Reportedly, her favorite
adventure was on a barge.
Goose Creek Friends Newsletter | September 2018 | Page 3
In Meeting we did not see the risk-taker side of
Frances Annie. We did, however, see evidence
of another great love—that of teaching. She
taught kindergarten for 29 years. When told that
the Edward Nichols Charitable Trust, set up by
her father years earlier, was not earning much
interest to be distributed to three schools in the
Purcellville area, she immediately said, “Give
the money to the Meeting Scholarship Fund.
Each Sunday when I see our children leave for
First Day School, I wonder how in the world
their parents will ever afford to pay for their
college. Colleges cost so much nowadays.”
After checking with her brothers, she confirmed
that the family did want the money to be donated
to our Goose Creek Scholarship Fund, which had
been started with (along with two other sources)
a bequest from her aunt Mabel Lybolt and her
husband Arthur. Originally, the Lybolt money
had been used for loans but subsequently was
changed to grants. Thanks to Frances Annie’s
concern for children, our Meeting’s young people
now have more scholarship assistance available.
Frances Annie and Bart go down in our Meeting’s
annals as the first couple to be married in our
current Meeting House after it was damaged by a
severe wind storm in 1943 and restored in 1948.
Their wedding was in 1951.
As one of our oldest members who grew up in the
Meeting, she provided us important information
about our past as she recalled memories and
stories of Goose Creek’s past when many of its
families had worshipped together for generations.
We shall miss Frances Annie in innumerable
ways. She loved this Meeting; we loved her.
– Caroline Pelton
Page 4 | September 2018 | Goose Creek Friends Newsletter

Sundays Facing Bench

Meeting for worship at 9:45 a.m. SEPTEMBER
First Day School at 10:00 a.m. Peggy King
Fellowship at 10:45 a.m. OCTOBER
Caroline Pelton
Calendar
First Day
SEPTEMBER
School
9.9 Sun 11:00 am Friends Publishing videos in the gathering room
09/02/18
9.16 Wed 6:30 pm Religious Education Committee Meeting Quaker Games
9.23 Sun 11:00 am Ministry & Oversight Committee Meeting 09/09/18
9.30 Sun 9:45 am Meeting for Worship at Goose Creek Voter Registration
10:00 am Meeting for Worship & First Day School 09/16/18
Quiltmaking
at Friends Wilderness Center
09/23/18
OCTOBER Quaker Games
10.7 Sun 11 am Meeting for Worship with 09/30/18
a Concern for Business First Day School
10.14 Sun 11 am Guests from Baltimore Yearly Meeting Headed to FWC
10.21 Sun 11 am Parent and Religious Education Committee
Discussion Session, re: Youth Safety Guidelines

Death
Frances Annie Hendrickson, July 20, 2018
Upcoming in First Day School | September
09/02/18 Quaker Games: Students will
have a chance to participate in (even
create) well-known games updated with
a Quaker twist.
09/09/18 Let’s Vote! Students will learn
the importance of registering and voting
and related Quaker values.
09/16/18 Quilting. Come join us to
continue our quilting project. Learn how
to coordinate colors and shapes to create
a handmade quilt.
“There is that near you, which will guide you;
oh! wait for it, and be sure ye keep to it.”
– Isaac Penington, 1678
The Goose Creek Friends Newsletter
09/23/18 More Quaker Games: We’ll
18204 Lincoln Road, P.O. Box 105,
work on games that help us learn more
about Quaker history, faith and practice.
09/30/18 Friends Wildnerness Center:
First Day School will be at the Friends
Wilderness Center but no formal class at
the Meeting House.
goose.creek.treasurer@gmail.com
NEWSLETTER
is published monthly by the
Goose Creek Friends Meeting,
Lincoln, VA 20160.
CLERK
Debbi Sudduth, 540.338.3363
dfsud@comcast.net
ASSISTANT CLERK
Rich Weidner, 540.554.2747
richard_weidner@hotmail.com
TREASURER
Brian Burgher
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Catherine Cox, 301-471-5330
blycox@comcast.net
WEBSITE & FACEBOOK
www.goosecreekfriends.org
https://www.facebook.com/
Goose-Creek-Friends-Meeting-
150892438287560/?rc=p
DONATIONS
Please direct donations for
Goose Creek Friends Meeting to
Brian Burgher, P.O. Box 105
Lincoln, Virginia 20160