Articles By: Peaceful Living

• Sowing Hope: Hearing, Respecting, and Supporting Our Veterans

  Posted by Peaceful Living on January 10, 2012, in Events & Featured

  Peaceful Living is extremely proud to present its next mini-conference Sowing Hope: Hearing, Respecting, and Supporting Our Veterans.  There truly isn’t enough that we can do for our veterans to thank them for their service to the country and for the sacrifices they and their families make, but we can make sure we’re better equipped to show veterans all of the respect and support we possibly can.  It is Peaceful Living’s hope that this mini-conference will help equip us to better understand the needs of veterans and respond with compassion, understanding, and an even more profound level of respect.

  Date: Tuesday, May… Read More!

• Get Out Your Calendar: Events in 2012

  Posted by Peaceful Living on November 29, 2011, in Events & Featured

  Peaceful Living is as busy as ever, already thinking far into the next year to do our best to bring valuable, meaningful information and thought-provoking discourse to our community.  2012 is going to be a big year for us and we desperately want to share that with everyone that can attend.  All of our events will be focusing on Peaceful Living’s goal of creating belonging, but with wonderfully varying and unique perspectives on how we can make everyone belong.  One group of people we will be focusing on at our spring 2012 mini-conference is returning veterans.  For our 3rd bi-annual conference in… Read More!

• Fall Market at Creative Gifts

  Posted by Peaceful Living on October 27, 2011, in Creative Gifts & Events

  

  Peaceful Living’s Community Center, Creative Gifts, is holding it’s very first fall market, and everyone is invited!  Not only will you have a wonderful opportunity to meet some of the creative individuals that make Creative Gifts so special, but you can say hello to the staff and see all the wonderful things that go on there.  Here is what you need to know:

  Date: November 19th, 2011
  Time: 10 AM – 3 PM
  Address: Creative Gifts, 99 Allentown Road, Souderton, PA 18964

  The talented men and women will show you all that they’ve done and give you a great… Read More!

• Autism and the Faith Community Conference

  Posted by Peaceful Living on September 19, 2011, in Events

  Greetings!  As a friend and supporter of Peaceful Living, we hope you’ll join us for our upcoming mini-conference, which is entitled Autism and the Faith Community.  We’re extremely proud to bring this conference to you and very excited to have presentations by Debra Dunn, Esq., and Gail Stein, MSW, who are representing the prestigious Center for Autism Research at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

  The Details:

  Date: Thursday, October 27th, 2011
  Time: 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm (Registration begins at 5:15 pm)
  Where: Maplewood Estates at the Peter Becker Community, 815 Maplewood Drive, Harleysville, PA 19438
  Cost: $40, or $55 if you would like to… Read More!

• Applebee’s Fundraiser

  Posted by Peaceful Living on August 23, 2011, in Events & Friendship Connection

  

  Applebee’s in Lansdale is graciously offering their facility to Peaceful Living, and helping us host a Flapjack Fundraiser to support the Friendship Connection program. Our staff, and friends from our Friendship Connection program will be honored and privileged to serve you a wonderful pancake breakfast prepared by our friends from Applebee’s!  This meal will include all you can eat pancakes and sausage, coffee, tea and juice.

  This event will take place at Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar located at Ralph’s Corner on Saturday, November 5th, 2011 from 8:00 am – 10:00 am.  The full address is 2333 Welsh Road, Lansdale,… Read More!

• Share Your Thoughts: Residential Needs Survey

  Posted by Peaceful Living on August 20, 2011, in Residential

  Dear Friends and Families,

  As a result of numerous requests for residential services, privately and publically funded, and the possibility of opening a new privately funded residential home in January of 2012, we are conducting a residential feasibility study to better determine the needs of the families in our community. We started our services over 10 years ago with a survey to assess the need and we need your participation now in order to better plan our services for the future.

  We currently offer a variety of services including different models for community living, day activities at Creative Gifts; Peaceful… Read More!

• Stargazing Night at Living Hope Farm

  Posted by Peaceful Living on August 1, 2011, in Events

  

  Peaceful Living is very excited to bring you it’s first ever Star Gazing Night!  This is all possible thanks to the wonderful folks at Living Hope Farm and Skies Unlimited, and we are very grateful for their friendship and willingness to help us and all of our friends have a great time.  So please come by and join us for a great night of finding planets, stars, pulsars, quasars, galaxies, constellations, and as much else as we possibly can!

  Here are all the details that you need to know:
  Date: Friday, August 5th, 2011
  Time: 8:30pm
  Place: Living Hope Farm, 461… Read More!

• Peaceful Living Presents Hans Reinders

  Posted by Peaceful Living on June 20, 2011, in Events

  

  The Future of the Disabled in a Liberal Society

  Based on Hans Reinders’ Book The Future of the Disabled in a Liberal Society; An Ethical Analysis (ISBN 10: 0-268-02857-5)

  Friday, July 15, 2011
  9:00 am to 12:30 noon, Registration begins at 8:30 am
  Cost: $25 OR $55 to include CEC’s or CEU’s*
  Includes Continental Breakfast
  Peter Becker Community, Maplewood Estates
  800 Maple Ave.
  Harleysville, PA 19438

  Keynote Speaker:

  Hans Reinders, Ph.D.- Willem van der Bergh Professor of Ethics and Mental Disability at the Vrije Univer-siteit in Amsterdam; internationally known author and presenter… Read More!