The Community Calendar is for all events in our region under the care of any Quaker Meeting, organization, school, committee, collaborative, or another group. Please, no personal promotions.
Silence & Light eRetreat
@ online
Jan 19 – Feb 14 all-day
12:00 am
The Silence & Light eRetreat invites you to explore and practice the experience of Quaker worship and silent waiting, for an inward encounter with Inner Teacher who leads, guides, and transforms us every day. Week[...]
Philadelphia Quarterly Meetiing in Action!
@ Green Street Friends Meeting
Jan 26 @ 9:30 am
9:30 am
Start the New Year with Friends! On January 26, 2020 -Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting gathers at Green Street Monthly Meeting. Links and details on website. 9:30 Program: “Why Keep Records?” Pat O’Donnell, Archivist at Friends Historical[...]
PYM Threshing Session 2020
@ Haddonfield Monthly Meeting
Jan 26 @ 10:00 pm – 2:00 pm
10:00 pm
RSVP HERE Read this advance document before attending. Co-facilitated by Walter Sullivan and Tenaja Henson, this Threshing Session will take place on Sunday, January 26, at Haddonfield Meeting, 10am to 2pm. Friends from across PYM[...]
Quiet Witness Outside Rally with Pres. Trump & Jeff Van Drew
@ Wildwoods Convention Center
Jan 28 all-day
Middle School Friends Winter Gathering 2020
@ Lancaster Friends Meeting
Jan 31 @ 7:00 pm – Feb 2 @ 11:30 am
7:00 pm
We’re excited to gather at Lancaster Meeting and thank them for hosting MSF! We are excited to see you all for our Winter Gathering January 31-February 2! The weekend will include small group worship sharing,[...]
Diversity & Equity in our Meetings and the World
@ Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting
Feb 1 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
10:00 am
A Peace & Social Justice Thread Gathering Facilitated by Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting members .O, Dana Reinhold, and Francis Elling, this Thread Gathering will consist of one, day-long workshop from 10am to 4pm at Central[...]
Living in the Faith: A Quaker Diary
@ Lucretia Mott Room of the Friends Center
Feb 2 @ 12:45 pm
12:45 pm
On Sunday, February 2nd at 12:45 PM, Gregory A. Barnes will discuss and read from his newest book. Sponsored by the Library Committee of Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, the program will take place in the[...]
Poetry Coffeehouse
@ Firbank Art Studio at Pendle Hill
Feb 2 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
2:00 pm
Whether you are a poet with poems to share, or an appreciative listener, you are invited to join us on Sunday afternoons from 2-4pm for our Poetry Coffeehouse. The theme of the education program this[...]
Feb 2 @ 4:30 pm – Feb 6 @ 1:00 pm
4:30 pm
The Movement for Black Lives, Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me, and the Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration and National Memorial for Peace and Justice (i.e., lynching memorial) have[...]
Unplug & Recharge @ Upper Dublin Friends Meeting
@ Upper Dublin (Friends) Monthly Meeting
Feb 12 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
6:30 pm
Join us for a candlelit Meeting for Worship and an opportunity to “Unplug” and “Recharge”. Quiet the noise of the world with a mid-week Meeting for Worship followed by a delicious potluck meal, great conversation[...]
Young Friends Winter Gathering with YSOP
@ Various Sites in NYC and Brooklyn Meeting
Feb 14 @ 1:00 pm – Feb 16 @ 4:00 pm
1:00 pm
Winter Gathering and Service Trip with YSOP in New York City – This program is an experiment, speaking to the interest in service and witness expressed by Young Friends last spring at Continuing Sessions. YSOP[...]
Open Art Studio
@ Firbank Art Studio at Pendle Hill
Feb 15 @ 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm
1:30 pm
Create in Community in our beautiful, light-filled art studio! These are drop-in, self-directed art experiences. A monitor will be present to help you find supplies and get started. Join us!
Feb 21 @ 4:30 pm – Feb 23 @ 1:00 pm
4:30 pm
We seem more inclined to hear the voices of our inner critics than we do to listen to our inner mentors – our inner champions. This workshop helps us to move from resisting our critical[...]
Deepening Our Practice in Friends Decision Making
@ Providence Friends Meeting
Feb 22 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
10:00 am
A Governance & Stewardship Thread Gathering 10am to 4pm, Friends are invited on Saturday February 22, 2020 at Providence Monthly Meeting to gain skills and practice in the art of sense of the meeting process,[...]
Institutional Assessment on Institutional Racism
@ Trenton Friends Meeting
Feb 22 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Feb 28 @ 4:30 pm – Mar 1 @ 1:00 pm
4:30 pm
This seminar blends mindfulness practices with an engaged exploration of racial conditioning to help white people practice anti-racism with intention and self-understanding. Through this course, participants will: Learn how US racial history and government policies[...]
Lectio Divina: Contemplative Arts Practice, an Arts & Spirituality Workshop with Marilyn Clark
@ Firbank Art Studio at Pendle Hill
Feb 29 @ 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
9:30 am
Experience a depth of process through poetry, contemplation, art, and music. Learn the basics of mandala creation. In the Benedictine lectio divina tradition, engage in a contemplative reading of There is a Spirit, sonnets that[...]
Poetry Coffeehouse
@ Firbank Art Studio at Pendle Hill
Mar 1 all-day
12:00 am
Whether you are a poet with poems to share, or an appreciative listener, you are invited to join us on Sunday afternoons from 2-4pm for our Poetry Coffeehouse. The theme of the education program this[...]
Mar 6 @ 4:43 pm – Mar 8 @ 1:00 pm
4:43 pm
The four-part Courage & Renewal® series of retreats, Journey Toward Wholeness, has been offered at Pendle Hill every year since 2010. It has helped shape the lives of hundreds of retreatants. Hundreds of others have[...]
Mental Health & Wellness in Community
@ Lancaster Friends Meeting
Mar 7 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
10:00 am
A Ministry & Care Thread Gathering Friends are invited on Saturday March 7, 2020 at Lancaster Friends Meeting to explore the ways in which our meetings can support the Quaker tradition of eldership as it[...]
Open Art Studio
@ Firbank Art Studio at Pendle Hill
Mar 7 @ 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm
1:30 pm
Create in Community in our beautiful, light-filled art studio! These are drop-in, self-directed art experiences. A monitor will be present to help you find supplies and get started. Join us!
Unplug & Recharge @ Upper Dublin Friends Meeting
@ Upper Dublin (Friends) Monthly Meeting
Mar 11 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
6:30 pm
Join us for a candlelit Meeting for Worship and an opportunity to “Unplug” and “Recharge”. Quiet the noise of the world with a mid-week Meeting for Worship followed by a delicious potluck meal, great conversation[...]
Prayer Weaving, an Arts & Spirituality workshop with Jesse White
@ Firbank Art Studio at Pendle Hill
Mar 14 @ 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
9:30 am
Inspired by spiritual practices utilizing prayer beads, mandalas, and prayer drawing, prayer weaving will bring intention to your weaving practice. Learn to warp an embroidery hoop for circular weaving and how to chant inwardly or[...]
Mar 20 @ 4:30 pm – Mar 22 @ 1:00 pm
4:30 pm
To sustain intimacy over the years, partners must face together times of change and transition. The ability to share deeply the mix of emotions of life’s seasons — joys, fears, hopes, sadness — ultimately deepens[...]
FCNL Workshop
@ Gwynedd Friends Meetinghouse
Mar 21 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Mar 22 @ 4:30 pm – Mar 29 @ 1:00 pm
4:30 pm
How can we be present in all the varied and often difficult experiences of our lives openheartedly and with acceptance? The simple technique of mindfulness, taught by the Buddha, teaches us to do just that.[...]
Mar 24 @ 7:15 pm – 9:00 pm
7:15 pm
Commissioned by Father Paul Washington, artists and musicians Walter Edmonds and Richard Watson painted 14 murals in the Church of the Advocate depicting the parallels between the Hebrew’s journey to the Promised Land and the[...]
Mar 27 @ 4:30 pm – Mar 29 @ 1:00 pm
4:30 pm
This weekend retreat is designed for folks who self-identify as U.S.-born African-American/Black Women. As descendants of captured and enslaved Africans, we black and brown folks in the United States have had, and continue to have[...]
Spring Continuing Sessions 2020
@ Westtown School
Mar 28 all-day
Apr 3 @ 4:30 pm – Apr 5 @ 1:00 pm
4:30 pm
Led by Christopher Sammond, formerly general secretary of New York Yearly Meeting, this workshop will focus on practical skills that will enhance our ability to enter into deep, transformative worship. We will explore how we[...]
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