“Let’s be Friends: Explore Merion Friends Meeting and meet special guest Clara Barton”.
On April 27 from 2-4 pm, Pat Jordan, local impersonator, will present herself as the founder of the American Red Cross and members of Merion Meeting will give tours of the meetinghouse, the burial ground and the horse sheds. The event will begin in Friends’ Hall (the one-story building across from the Green Drop) at […]
RUSTIN – Free showing
Haddonfield Friends Meeting 47 Friends Avenue, HaddonfieldHaddonfield Friends Meeting is sponsoring a FREE showing of "Rustin", the acclaimed original NETFLIX movie about the life and times of black activist Bayard Rustin. Weather permitting, the film will be shown outdoors on the Lake Street lawn beside the Meetinghouse. In case of cold or rain, we’ll move into the meetinghouse.
Lighthouse Coffeehouse Concert
Abington Friends Meeting 520 Meetinghouse Rd, Jenkintown, PA, United StatesJoin Friends at Abington Monthly Meeting for a fabulous evening of entertainment featuring seven local singer-songwriter acts and the famous Lighthouse Coffeehouse desserts. Recommended contribution is $20 per adult or as able. Proceeds will benefit the Handicapped Accessibility project at Abington Meeting. For more information, contact AMM@abingtonfriends.net
339 MANUMISSIONS AND BEYOND PROJECT
Haddonfield Friends Meeting 47 Friends Avenue, HaddonfieldAvis Wanda McClinton and Kitty Taylor Mizuno will talk about the 339 Project. Pennsylvania was the first colony/state to implement gradual manumission of all enslaved African people. Between 1765-1790, Quakers living in the greater Philadelphia area released – manumitted – 413 enslaved Africans; these manumission documents are preserved by Haverford College. In 2020 a new […]
Andrew Anderson | Faith and Practice
Zoom PAThe Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Arch Street Friends) welcomes fellow PYM F/friends to participate in its virtual Adult Education Series on Zoom. About the Lecture & Speaker The Religious Society of Friends publication Faith and Practice captures the religious experience of its community through personal experiences and extracted testimonies (its “faith”), as well […]
Pendle Hill Spring Chorus
Pendle Hill 338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford, United StatesRehearsals: Wednesday evenings, 7:00pm-8:30pm, on Pendle Hill’s campus. First Rehearsal: Wednesday, February 28, 2024, 7:00-9:00pm (extended timeslot for this date only). Concert Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2024, 8:00pm (location TBA). The Time is Now: Music for the Current Era The Pendle Hill Chorus invites new members for an exciting spring season! Singing since 1993, we have been a […]
Pendle Hill Quaker Institute: Living Our Testimonies in the “Fierce Urgency of Now”
Pendle Hill 338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford, United StatesMay 2-5, 2024 An on-campus gathering to explore how we can meet this political moment as Friends, individually and collectively. “We are not for Names, nor Men, nor Titles of Government, nor are we for this Party, nor against the other, because of its Name and Pretense; but we are for Justice and Mercy, and […]
Community Evenings in the Pendle Hill Art Studio
Pendle Hill 338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford, United StatesMar 7 - May 9, 2024 Thursdays in Spring in the Pendle Hill Art Studio during community studio hours (7pm-9pm). No registration required! Join us for Thursday Community Evenings in the Art Studio this spring! You’re invited to pay as led and able for an open evening of drawing, painting, collaging, sewing, crocheting, and making […]
PYM Youth at Camp Swatara!
Camp Swatara 2905 Camp Swatara Rd, Bethel, United StatesYoung Friends (high school) and Middle School Friends from around PYM are invited to participate in Caln Quarter’s annual gathering of Friends at Camp Swatara on May 3 - 5! The weekend features both structured programs and free time, with opportunities to worship, play games, and dine together. There are activities for everyone including hiking, […]
Abington Quarterly Meeting: Sharing How Spirit is Moving in Our Quaker Meetings
Join us on Sunday, May 5, 2024 for Abington Quarterly Meeting – either in person or by Zoom. Our hosts are Gwynedd Friends Meeting at 1101 DeKalb Pike, Gwynedd, PA 19454. Zoom link is on the event page. In keeping with our theme, "How Spirit is Moving in Our Meetings" - the host's program features […]
The Preserving Black Haddonfield History Project
Haddonfield Friends Meeting 47 Friends Avenue, HaddonfieldOur speakers will be: C. Adrienne Rhodes, Co-Founder and Executive Editor of PRESERVE: Narratives from Historic Haddonfield’s African-American Community; and Dr. Dyann Waugh, featured in the inaugural PRESERVE edition. She previously attended Haddonfield Meeting. Worship is 10-11 AM, and the program will start about 11:15 AM. This project was created to educate the general population and […]
Graffiti as Witness: The Art and Activism of a Quaker Pirate
HybridMay 6, 2024 A First Monday Lecture with Todd Drake. 7:30pm - 9pm Eastern Time (US & Canada) on campus and via Zoom. Free and open to the public! Join Friend Todd Drake as he shares his lifelong journey and witness as a visual artist and social justice activist. Drake’s practice of witnessing and facing […]
Religious Education Community of Practice Check-in
Zoom PAFriends are invited to join in on conversations April 25 and May 7 for anyone serving on religious education committees, working with children and youth in their meeting, and people who are parents or caregivers. These are casual gatherings where we can share ideas, resources, and questions. Facilitated by Melinda Wenner Bradley, Director of Program […]
Media Meeting’s Courageous Conversation About Restorative Justice.
Zoom link https://bit.ly/3v6Fs1vMedia Meeting’s Courageous Conversation About Restorative Justice. Media Meeting’s Quaker Religious Education Committee is sponsoring a series of ‘Courageous Conversations’ on the topic of Restorative Justice in May. The Conversation will be held in three, one hour zoom meetings on May 8th, May 15th, and May 22nd from 7:00pm to 8:00pm. Each hour will be […]
Pendle Hill Chorus Concert – “The Time Is Now: Music for the Current Era”
Pendle Hill 338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford, United StatesJoin us in the Barn to enjoy musical offerings from the Pendle Hill Chorus! No registration required. This season, our music will pay homage to the beauty and promise of Spring, as well as open and lift our hearts and minds to the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who calls us to respond […]
The Radical Empathy of Anthony Benezet
Arch Street Meeting House 320 Arch St, Philadelphia, United StatesThe acknowledged father of the transatlantic movement to abolish slavery, Anthony Benezet used the persecution he had suffered to inform his perspective on "others." He became a champion of not only African Americans, but of women, indigenous people, disadvantaged humans, and also animals. Join us at Arch Street Meeting House as Vance Lehmkuhl of the American […]
Climate Cafe: a place for support and to report
Zoom link https://bit.ly/3v6Fs1vClimate Witness Stewards invite all interested Quakers in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to join us for a Climate Cafe: a place for support and to report climate actions (formerly Online Potluck) The next Climate Cafe is at 7 pm on May 9th. We have found this format to be a supportive, spiritually encouraging and community building way to share climate […]
Community Evenings in the Pendle Hill Art Studio
Pendle Hill 338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford, United StatesMar 7 - May 9, 2024 Thursdays in Spring in the Pendle Hill Art Studio during community studio hours (7pm-9pm). No registration required! Join us for Thursday Community Evenings in the Art Studio this spring! You’re invited to pay as led and able for an open evening of drawing, painting, collaging, sewing, crocheting, and making […]
Invitation to Worship Sharing: Join Us in Discernment on PYM and Lobbying
Zoom PAOn PYM's collective journey towards unity through Quaker community participation, the Administrative Council invites you to join us in Worship Sharing. Resuming Discernment on a PYM Lobbying Policy: PYM is embarking on a significant discernment process regarding our lobbying policy. This process consists of three integral steps: We join in Spirit-led, active listening through Worship […]
Spring Family Overnight at Camp Dark Waters
Camp Dark Waters 26 New Freedom Rd, Medford, NJ, United StatesWe welcome families with children in 8th grade and younger to join us for a Spring Family Overnight at Camp Dark Waters! There will be activities for the whole family, community meals, free time to play, bedtime stories, multigenerational worship on Sunday morning, and a chance for adults to spend time with other parents. *NOTE: […]
Meeting for Worship for Newcomers and Seekers
FGC's Spiritual Deepening’s Worship for Newcomers aims to support Friends and seekers new to Quakerism. This program will introduce Newcomers to Quaker worship practices as well as allow them to ask questions and reflect on their experiences as they flow through their journey in worship spaces with Friends from the seasoned to the seeking. For […]
Invitation to Worship Sharing: Join Us in Discernment on PYM and Lobbying
Zoom PAOn PYM's collective journey towards unity through Quaker community participation, the Administrative Council invites you to join us in Worship Sharing. Resuming Discernment on a PYM Lobbying Policy: PYM is embarking on a significant discernment process regarding our lobbying policy. This process consists of three integral steps: We join in Spirit-led, active listening through Worship […]
Invitation to Worship Sharing: Join Us in Discernment on PYM and Lobbying
Zoom PAOn PYM's collective journey towards unity through Quaker community participation, the Administrative Council invites you to join us in Worship Sharing. Resuming Discernment on a PYM Lobbying Policy: PYM is embarking on a significant discernment process regarding our lobbying policy. This process consists of three integral steps: We join in Spirit-led, active listening through Worship […]
Media Meeting’s Courageous Conversation About Restorative Justice.
Zoom link https://bit.ly/3v6Fs1vMedia Meeting’s Courageous Conversation About Restorative Justice. Media Meeting’s Quaker Religious Education Committee is sponsoring a series of ‘Courageous Conversations’ on the topic of Restorative Justice in May. The Conversation will be held in three, one hour zoom meetings on May 8th, May 15th, and May 22nd from 7:00pm to 8:00pm. Each hour will be […]
Pendle Hill’s Reading Group (May)
Zoom PAMay 15, 2024 A participatory discussion of Steve Chase’s "Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions? A Quaker Zionist Rethinks Palestinian Rights" (PHP #445). 7:00-8:30pm Eastern Time (US & Canada) via Zoom. Free and open to the public! Our Reading Group focuses on Pendle Hill pamphlets and other Quaker readings, gathering to consider queries about the reading in […]
Moorestown Monthly Meeting: Movie & Pizza Night
Moorestown Monthly Meeting 118 E. Main St., Moorestown Monthly MeetingThe Anti-Racism Committee at Moorestown Monthly Meeting invites you to join us for Movie and Pizza night on May 18, 2024 at 5 pm for a showing of “Origin”. This movie, rated PG-13, will be shown in the D’Olier room of our Meetinghouse. A separate movie will be playing for younger children in our Library. […]
Tour of Pennsbury Manor, The Home of William Penn (In-Person Event)
Pennsbury Manor 400 Pennsbury Memorial Road, Morrisville11:00 AM - WORSHIP AT FALLSINGTON FRIENDS MEETING 12:30 PM - BROWN BAG LUNCH AT PENNSBURY MANOR PAVILION 01:30 PM - PENNSBURY MANOR TOUR AND DISCUSSION WITH DOUG MILLER (SITE DIRECTOR) Pennsbury Manor is a reconstruction of William Penn’s country estate set along the Delaware River, approximately one-hour drive away from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As the […]
PYM Young Friends – New Program!
Youth in grades 8 through 12 are invited to participate in a new PYM Young Friends (YF) program! Responding to what we are hearing from current PYM youth, we are seeking to create a program that will focus on getting to know other teens, building community, and having fun together! There will also be time […]
Media Meeting’s Courageous Conversation About Restorative Justice.
Zoom link https://bit.ly/3v6Fs1vMedia Meeting’s Courageous Conversation About Restorative Justice. Media Meeting’s Quaker Religious Education Committee is sponsoring a series of ‘Courageous Conversations’ on the topic of Restorative Justice in May. The Conversation will be held in three, one hour zoom meetings on May 8th, May 15th, and May 22nd from 7:00pm to 8:00pm. Each hour will be […]
The Quaker City: A Walking Tour of Old City
Arch Street Meeting House 320 Arch St, Philadelphia, United StatesThis isn't your run-of-the-mill Founding Fathers' tour! Perfect for Friends or visitors seeking a different side of Philly history, this walking tour highlights important Quaker sites in Old City. The tour starts at Arch Street Meeting House, then continues to the Betsy Ross House, and on to Welcome Park, the site of William Penn's […]
