Three meetings that publish regular newsletters shared how they put their updates together. One prints and mails copies. Another sends a PDF after formatting the pages. Another writes a weekly email. The formats differ. Each one gathers information from worship, business, committee work, and parts of Quaker faith in one place.
Monthly Meeting News
Young adults turn to Quakers’ silent worship to offset — and cope with — a noisy world • As Featured in the Associated Press
This article, written by Luis Andres Heao, originally appeared in the Associated Press.
At the Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia’s Old City, more and more young people are seeking respite from a clamorous technological age in the silent worship of a centuries-old faith.
West Philadelphia Friends: A Community Is Valued and Valuable
In West Philadelphia, on Baltimore and 48th, there’s a building where Friends gather to meet. It is not a meetinghouse, but inside those walls, a small community keeps a meeting thriving.
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Remembering Rich Eldridge
Friends describe Rich Eldridge as kind, thoughtful, and quick to laugh. He cared for his family, his students, his colleagues, and justice in education and throughout humankind.
Rich passed away earlier this month at the age of eighty-five. Friends across the community have been sharing memories of his humor, patience, and steady presence in Friends education.
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Finding One Another Made Easier
Friends in our yearly meeting use a mix of tools to share information and stay in touch. Some of these tools help with conversations, some with finding meetings, and some with keeping contact details current. Together they give a picture of how community life continues between gatherings. [Read more…] about Finding One Another Made Easier
Bristol Friends Meeting Awarded $10,000 Grant
Bristol Friends Meeting made their meetinghouse more open and usable through a $10,000 grant from the PYM Quaker Buildings & Programs Granting Group. The work addressed long-identified needs with attention to both the history of the space and the people who continue to gather in it. [Read more…] about Bristol Friends Meeting Awarded $10,000 Grant
Providence Friends Meeting Added to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program
The Providence Friends Meeting in Media, Pennsylvania, is among 31 new listings added by the National Park Service to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program. The new listings join more than 800 sites, facilities and programs already in the network that provide insight into the diverse experiences of freedom seekers who bravely escaped slavery and allies who assisted them. [Read more…] about Providence Friends Meeting Added to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program
Minute of Support for the Quaker Walk from Princeton Monthly Meeting
As members and attenders of Princeton Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, [Read more…] about Minute of Support for the Quaker Walk from Princeton Monthly Meeting
Minute of Intent to Protect from West Chester Friends Meeting
West Chester Friends Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
We invite you to read this statement, consider it prayerfully among your meeting or congregation, and take a similar stand if you feel led to do so in a manner consistent with your faith tradition.
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Finding Ourselves in Quakerism 101
Authorship attributed to Joyce Munro.
“Am I a Quaker? I don’t know what I should be doing in worship. I don’t know what I would be signing up for if I wanted to be a member here.”
Allison Ramsey-Henry echoes the energy that draws 25 older folks and 12 younger ones on a rainy Saturday, April 12, to crowd the Unami Monthly meetinghouse for a four-hour intensive called Quakerism 101. [Read more…] about Finding Ourselves in Quakerism 101
