All are welcome to our first Book Signing and Sale, hosted by the Library Committee of Abington Friends Meeting! All of the authors are Quakers (or Quaker-adjacent!), but the books are on a wide variety of subjects and for different age levels. Come and browse, and meet the authors! If you’d like to arrive by 10 AM, you are welcome to join us for meeting for worship, or just plan to arrive between 11 AM and 1 PM for the Book Signing.
Books
Quaker Book Signing & Sale
All are welcome to our first Book Signing and Sale, hosted by the Library Committee of Abington Friends Meeting! All of the authors are Quakers (or Quaker-adjacent!), but the books are on a wide variety of subjects and for different age levels. Come and browse, and meet the authors! If you’d like to arrive by 10 AM, you are welcome to join us for meeting for worship, or just plan to arrive between 11 AM and 1 PM for the Book Signing.
The Land Knows the Way: Eco-Social Insights for Liberation – A Book Talk with Ricardo Levins Morales
The Land Knows the Way: Eco-Social Insights for Liberation is a collection of political medicines – gathered and gleaned from six decades of trickster art and activism, the long history of peoples’ movements, and the deep rhythms of our planet’s ecology.
The Land Knows the Way offers ways to creatively and effectively respond to living in times that are, on the one hand, unprecedented and unique, and on the other, part of longstanding and familiar historical cycles. If we are to learn from what history and ecology have to teach us, we need to become reacquainted with both.
Join this book talk with artist, organizer, and author Ricardo Levins Morales to learn more.
“There’s no map with our route marked out for us. Maps are useful instruments. They are like a snapshot of the lay of the land at a moment in time. But in a landscape constantly shifting, they are not enough. Effective strategies do not emerge from certainties, but from attentiveness. We need to be able to read the land – in its natural, social, and historical dimensions – sense changes in wind direction, identify opportunities and spot hidden dangers.”
Book Event
Book discussion – Queen Bess. Meet author Maria Vetrano and discover the themes, insights and challenges of this inventive time travel romp during an election cycle!
Fostering Equality in Everyday Home Life
Lois Volta, Germantown Meeting, wants you to clean your house. Not just for the aesthetic reasons, but for the spiritual and feminist reasons. As she writes, “There will always be something waiting for you to clean up. It’s better to make peace with this concept than to fight it. Let contentment and peace be just as never-ending as the laundry.” [Read more…] about Fostering Equality in Everyday Home Life
Religious Education Resources & Events for Summer 2023
While many meetings take a break in religious education programs during the summer months, there are opportunities during the summertime to connect with families and start to think ahead to next fall. Events and resource suggestions below! Later in June, watch for the Youth Programs staff to share activities for meeting and home in preparation for Annual Sessions, July 26-30. These will be shared for meetings to do over the summer, or send home to families. [Read more…] about Religious Education Resources & Events for Summer 2023
Religious Education Resources and Events for June & July
Happy summertime, Friends! In the coming weeks, children and teens will be done with school and families will shift into summer routines. I’ll be back in touch in August with ideas for looking forward to the Fall, and if you’re ready to start thinking in that direction this planning guide is still a good place to begin this summer. The resources and events offered below for June and July include Juneteenth, FGC’s “YAY!” gathering, and what’s for families and youth at our Annual Sessions. I hope you will pass them along to families and youth in your meetings and communities! [Read more…] about Religious Education Resources and Events for June & July
Religious Education Resources for March & April 2022
A parent in my meeting shared with me that they were not sure how to talk to their children about Russia’s war on Ukraine. I recalled a line in an article that had resonated for me as a parent and educator: We don’t have to protect children from difficult feelings, but we must not leave them alone with them. The Tote Bag newsletter for March/April has many resources and events to share with meetings and families, but these ideas for supporting one another and talking about ways to create peace are perhaps the most important. [Read more…] about Religious Education Resources for March & April 2022
