Walking in the World as a Friend Discussion & Practice Group
Zoom PAWALKING IN THE WORLD AS A FRIEND: ESSENTIAL QUAKER PRACTICES by Nadine Hoover lays out the three jobs all Friends take on when we begin to follow the Quaker path–minister, steward, and witness. Practices like journaling and spiritual companions help us live into these roles as we tend the inward life (minister), align our outward lives […]
Addressing Patterns of Racial Wounding and Racial Justice in Quaker Communities
Zoom PAJan. 8, 2024 A First Monday Lecture with Lauren Brownlee and Zenaida Peterson 7:30pm - 9pm Eastern Time (US & Canada) via Zoom. Free to the public! Registration required. Members of the Steering Committee of the Quaker Coalition for Uprooting Racism believed they had a responsibility to name the pain from patterns of white supremacy culture and […]
Wednesday Worship Sharing
Zoom PAThe tradition of gathering midweek has always been strong among Friends. Please join us to reflect and connect in fellowship. This week, we’ll sit together, online, and reflect on the query, What do I need? How do I think about what I acquire? All are welcome; click here to join or call 646-558-8656; use meeting #885 631 […]
Young Adult Friends Winter Retreat: “Being a Friend in the World”
Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting Philadelphia, PA, United StatesRegister today: Calling Young Adult Friends, ages 18 through 35, to the Winter Retreat! The theme for this retreat is "Being a Friend in the World," and we will explore ideas of how to lead our lives as Friends with integrity and purpose. The Winter Retreat will begin Friday, January 12th at 6:00 p.m. at […]
1738 Wedding Reenactment
Sadsbury Friends Meeting 1089 Simmontown Rd, Gap, PA, United StatesThe first event of Sadsbury Friends Meeting's 300th anniversary. Join Sadsbury Friends for a reenactment of the first wedding under the care of Sadsbury Monthly Meeting in 1738. Snow date - January 20
Wednesday Worship Sharing
Zoom PAThe tradition of gathering midweek has always been strong among Friends. Please join us to reflect and connect in fellowship. This week, we’ll sit together, online, and reflect on the query, What do I need? How do I think about what I acquire? All are welcome; click here to join or call 646-558-8656; use meeting #885 631 […]
FGC Presents: Changing Times Retreat
In These Changing Times, How is Spirit Rising Among Us? Join Friends from North America in seeking what messages Spirit offers us as we explore Spirit led growth and transformation. We will have time to deepen our spiritual lives, share ideas across yearly meetings and explore new ones as we meet remotely. Registration is open […]
FGC Changing Times Conference
Zoom PARegistration is open for the January 18-21 2024 online FGC Changing Times Conference - In these changing times, how is spirit moving among us? Come and together we will see where Spirit leads us as we seek deeper connection to Spirit, explore next steps in becoming an actively antiracist faith community, see what structures will […]
Steve Chase Speaks On “Seeking Justice in the Holy Land”
Friends Center - Rufus Jones room and hybridWhy Peace with Justice? Reflections on a Quaker Delegation to Israel/Palestine The horrific events and war crimes committed by both Hamas and the State of Israel in recent weeks have sent shock waves of anguish, anger, and sorrow throughout the world. Yet, this conflict has roots in decades of displacement, military occupation, and apartheid that […]
Guitarist Keith Calmes – Worship in Song
Barnegat (NJ) Friends Meeting, 614 East Bay Avenue, 08005 614 East Bay Avenue, Barnegat, NJ +1 morePlease join the Barnegat Friends for a memorable performance by Keith Calmes in person at Barnegat Friends Meeting. Remote attendees are welcome to join via Zoom. Keith feels led to play a program of (all or mostly) religious music from Worship in Song (Friends Hymnal), specifically fine arrangements by renowned gospel guitarist Rick Foster. Please register […]
Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change: Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples
Zoom PAThree options to participate in “Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change: Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples.” In this 2-hour participatory program, we experience the history of the colonization of Turtle Island, the land that is now known as the United States. The story is told through the words of Indigenous leaders, European/American leaders, and […]
Finding Peace in a Tumultuous World: A Mindfulness Series
Zoom PAAs our world careens into ever-deepening complexity and noise, how can we develop the inner quiet and balance that we crave? As we witness the suffering that is so pervasive, many of us ask ourselves, “How can I help?” Perhaps the greatest contribution many of us can offer is to learn to quiet our own […]
Wednesday Worship Sharing
Zoom PAThe tradition of gathering midweek has always been strong among Friends. Please join us to reflect and connect in fellowship. This week, we’ll sit together, online, and reflect on the words, Hold all things in Light. All are welcome; click here to join or call 646-558-8656; use meeting #885 631 969.
Thread Gathering: Governance & Stewardship / Property Issues
Arch Street Meeting House 320 Arch St, Philadelphia, United StatesThis day of community learning, held onsite at Arch Street Meeting House, will include ideas to support the many joys and challenges of our collective responsibility. Our meetinghouses and burial grounds connect us to our roots. Taking care of them is a gift to Quakers now and in the future. Topics for discussion will include: […]
Crys Matthews Concert – Social Justice Singer/Songwriter
Fallsington Friends Meetinghouse 9300 New Falls Rd, Levittown, United StatesJoin us for an evening with a bright star of new folk music whose songs are being compared to Woody Guthrie. An engaging performer, Crys wraps honest emotions around her socially conscious messages and dynamically delivers them with a warm heart and a strong voice, and she lifts spirits. With the release of her new, […]
Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting on Effective Communication
Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting 1515 Cherry St, Philadelphia, United StatesJoin us for an integrated workshop led by Karen Lautzenheiser. Using proprietary planning tools developed during her successful 30+ year career in corporate communications and drawing from a wide range of Quaker thinkers from throughout the Quarterly Meeting, Karen will focus on the viability of the Quaker tradition. Registration is open. Schedule Quarterly Meeting will […]
Finding Peace in a Tumultuous World: A Mindfulness Series
Zoom PAAs our world careens into ever-deepening complexity and noise, how can we develop the inner quiet and balance that we crave? As we witness the suffering that is so pervasive, many of us ask ourselves, “How can I help?” Perhaps the greatest contribution many of us can offer is to learn to quiet our own […]
Wednesday Worship Sharing
Zoom PAThe tradition of gathering midweek has always been strong among Friends. Please join us to reflect and connect in fellowship. This week, we’ll sit together, online, and reflect on a statement by founding Friend Margaret Fell, writing in 1660: “We are a people that follow after those things that make for peace, love and unity.” […]
Wednesday Worship Sharing
Zoom PAThe tradition of gathering midweek has always been strong among Friends. Please join us to reflect and connect in fellowship. This week, we’ll sit together, online, and reflect on a statement by founding Friend Margaret Fell, writing in 1660: “We are a people that follow after those things that make for peace, love and unity.” […]
“Why Palestine Matters” Series
Zoom PARegistration for this event has closed. If you need to reach a PYM staff person, please email the Director of Program and Religious Life: mwennerbradley@pym.org Hosted by the Middle East Collaborative, “Why Palestine Matters” is an online series to be presented in February and March on Thursdays from 7:00-8:30pm Eastern time: February 1, 8, 15, […]
Friends Meeting-Friends School “Triad” Community Gathering
Arch Street Meeting House 320 Arch St, Philadelphia, United StatesNOTE: CHANGE OF DATE TO FEBRUARY 3 -- at Arch Street Meeting House! Friends Council on Education and Philadelphia Yearly Meeting will co-host a “Triad Gathering” of Clerks of Meetings, Heads of Friends schools, and Clerks of School Committees (Boards of Trustees). The first Triad Gathering was held in 2007, and for several years the […]
Planting Seeds of Hope
Medford Friends Meeting 14 Union St, Medford, United StatesHow to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change
Native Woods and Grassland Project Old Haverford Friends Meeting
Old Haverford Friends Meeting will host a presentation by the Benjamin Lay Fellows of Haverford Quarter. They will present a proposed model for a native woods and grasslands project that is likely to be located at the Old Haverford Meeting property and/or other locations in the Quarter. This is a hybrid event. The presentation will […]
Finding Peace in a Tumultuous World: A Mindfulness Series
Zoom PAAs our world careens into ever-deepening complexity and noise, how can we develop the inner quiet and balance that we crave? As we witness the suffering that is so pervasive, many of us ask ourselves, “How can I help?” Perhaps the greatest contribution many of us can offer is to learn to quiet our own […]
Truth and Justice: The BlackQuaker Project Challenges Quakerism in the 21st Century
Zoom PAFeb. 5, 2024 A First Monday Lecture with Dr. Harold D. (Hal) Weaver, Jr. 7:30pm - 9pm Eastern Time (US & Canada) via Zoom. Free to the public! Registration required. “If Quakers were so active in the Abolitionist movement, then why are there so few African American Friends today?” This haunting query, initially posed by […]
Wednesday Worship Sharing
Zoom PAThe tradition of gathering midweek has always been strong among Friends. Please join us to reflect and connect in fellowship. This week, we’ll sit together, online, and reflect on the query, Have we seen what love can do? All are welcome; click here to join or call 646-558-8656; use meeting #885 631 969.
Winter Family Overnight at Camp Onas
Camp Onas 609 Geigel Hill Road, Ottsville, PA, United StatesFriends, food, fun, and a fire! Hot chocolate, stories, and games! All families with children in 8th grade and younger are invited to join us at Camp Onas for a cozy family overnight! Families will gather at Camp Onas (Ottsville, PA) on February 10-11 for an overnight focused on building community, sharing meals, intergenerational worship, […]
Finding Peace in a Tumultuous World: A Mindfulness Series
Zoom PAAs our world careens into ever-deepening complexity and noise, how can we develop the inner quiet and balance that we crave? As we witness the suffering that is so pervasive, many of us ask ourselves, “How can I help?” Perhaps the greatest contribution many of us can offer is to learn to quiet our own […]
Walking in the World as a Friend Discussion & Practice Group
Zoom PAWALKING IN THE WORLD AS A FRIEND: ESSENTIAL QUAKER PRACTICES by Nadine Hoover lays out the three jobs all Friends take on when we begin to follow the Quaker path–minister, steward, and witness. Practices like journaling and spiritual companions help us live into these roles as we tend the inward life (minister), align our outward lives […]
Wednesday Worship Sharing
Zoom PAThe tradition of gathering midweek has always been strong among Friends. Please join us to reflect and connect in fellowship. This week, we’ll sit together, online, and reflect on the words, Beauty is that which is revealed. All are welcome; click here to join or call 646-558-8656; use meeting #885 631 969.
