QUAKER CENTER’S MISSION STATEMENT

Quaker Center seeks to nurture the spiritual growth and faithfulness of Friends and others, while strengthening Quakerism and its witness in the world.  We offer programs and personal retreats exemplifying Friends’ testimonies of community, integrity, simplicity, peace, and equality. We strive to live in right order with all creation, especially with the redwood forest that sustains us here in the Santa Cruz mountains.

The BEN LOMOND QUAKER CENTER ASSOCIATION

Quaker Center is under the legal, logistical and spiritual guidance of a Board of Trustees, the Ben Lomond Quaker Center Association (BLQCA). The Board has between 9 and 15 members, all of whom have a relationship with Quaker Center and Friends’ faith and practice.

Board members serve on committees (Governance, Finance, Outreach, Buildings and Grounds, Personnel and Program) and serve for three-year terms (members often serve two consecutive terms). Many members are in Northern California, others are elsewhere in the Western Friends diaspora: throughout California, and in the Pacific, North Pacific and Intermountain regions.

Board service is a rich and satisfying experience of Quaker process and fellowship, and all members play a vital role in helping to steward this historic Friends’ witness. If you are interested in board service or have any questions about the BLQCA, please send an email to mail@quakercenter.org.