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Colonial Quaker Day

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Haddonfield Friends Meeting is sponsoring its first-ever Colonial Quaker Day.   c will focus on peaceful activities and a celebration of Quaker history in Haddonfield.  (This all-day event coincides with, but is not part of, the annual Haddonfield Skirmish. )

Please join us for one or all of these activities:

  • Farm Animal Petting Zoo – 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
  • “Demonstration” Quaker Meetings for Worship (10 minutes) – on the hour from 10 AM to 2 PM.
  • Graveyard Tours – 30 minutes at 9:30, 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, and 2:30
  • Graveyard Scavenger Hunts – Anytime 9:00 am to 3:00 pm (PRIZES!)
  • Live Music  in the Meeting House – 11:10 am and 1:10 pm
  • Children’s Games –10:00 am to 11:30 pm

Please note: Any visitor bringing a toy weapon of any kind onto our grounds will be asked to please check the item at one of the two “Peace Tables” that will be set up along Friends Avenue. Such items will be returned when the visitor leaves us.

Members will be on hand to pass out literature and answer questions about Quaker history and values.  Please join us!

“The Golden Rule and Resistance to Atomic Bomb Testing”

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Sallie Willoughby, daughter of the late George and Lillian Willoughby, will speak about her father’s participation as a member of the historic Golden Rule crew as it attempted to prevent the US from testing an atomic bomb in the Marshall Islands.  She will also talk about her parents’ participation in protests and civil disobedience against war. Helen Jaccard, with Veterans For Peace and project manager for the Golden Rule, and several members of the current crew will also join us to talk about ongoing efforts to ban nuclear weapons and other peace issues.

All are welcome for worship 10-11 AM, or after 11 AM.  The program itself will begin at 11:20 AM.

The 34-foot wooden ketch is visiting the Delaware Valley May 9-14 as part of a 15-month voyage around the eastern half of the USA, making 100 ports-of-call. The Golden Rule is a national project of Veterans For Peace.

See flyer for additional Golden Rule events in the Philadelphia area between May 7 -13

 

Follow-up from Haddonfield Friends Meeting

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On Sunday morning, April 3rd, members of Haddonfield Friends Meeting gathered for a celebration focused on peace and healing. This came about with the confluence of two events at the end of last week: receiving a sapling from the historic Salem oak tree and finding several trees at the entry to our graveyard had been spray-painted with graffiti including two swastikas. [Read more…] about Follow-up from Haddonfield Friends Meeting

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