- Millville Meeting: Service to the Aging and One Friend’s Story on May 14, 2024
A Meeting’s Deep Care: I was delighted to interview Elaine Graham, a member of Millville Monthly Meeting’s earlier Senior Concerns Committee, which is currently part of the meeting’s Spiritual Care
- Support & Resources for Caregiverson April 9, 2024
Following my participation at Haverford Quarterly Meeting in January, I spoke with Friends Winnie Shaw Hope, who spent many years as a Special Education teacher and as a Social Worker,
- Monthly and Quarterly Meeting Leadership Gatheringson February 1, 2024
Three times each year, Friends in local and quarterly meeting leadership (clerks, assistant clerks, treasurers, committee clerks) gather online with the presiding clerk and General Secretary. The gatherings include timely
- Third Haven Helps Members and Attenders Navigate Life Stages as Friendson January 25, 2024
A meeting with Lorraine Claggett, member of the Third Haven Friends Meeting Pastoral Care Committee, during fellowship at Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Annual Sessions opened many doors to learning about dedication,
- The Friendly Seniors of Haddonfield Monthly Meetingon January 18, 2024
On November 17, 2023, Judy Owens and Patricia Williams from Haddonfield Monthly Meeting met with PYM’s Aging Support Coordinator, Sheila Sorkin, and Senior Content Manager, Tiffanie McKinnon, to discuss the
- Concord Quarter Working Group Offers Resources and Support for Aging Friendson January 9, 2024
Concord Quarterly Meeting of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting consists of 8 Meetings: Birmingham, Concord, Goshen, Middletown, West Chester, Westtown, Willistown and Wilmington. Included in Concord’s October 2016 newsletter was an article
- Friends of Barnegat Monthly Meeting Send Holiday Cards and Share Cheeron December 5, 2023
It’s a holiday tradition for members and guests of Barnegat Monthly Meeting of Friends to write messages on greeting cards. Friends then hand deliver the cards along with tasty treats
- Seeking Ingrained Spirituality in the Face of Systemic Oppositionon September 21, 2023
An Interview with a Senior LGBTQ Friend Tom Woodward is a retired Westtown School English and Latin teacher. Chatting with Tom about the challenges of his personal life and highlights
- Quaker Spotlight: A Woman of Noteon September 7, 2023
As we began our interview with Demie Kurz, a long-time member of the Religious Society of Friends and retired professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, who also co-directed
- Pennswood Village Rededicates Its Peace Poleon August 23, 2023
In 2001, Pennswood Village, the Quaker-founded retirement and health care community in Newtown, installed a Peace Pole in front of its community center. Two of the speakers were atomic bomb