Year: 2016
Newtown Quaker Meeting Children to Feature the Christmas Story

The children of Newtown Quaker Meeting will present a special one hour Christmas program featuring the traditional Christmas Story on Sunday, December 18, at 11:00 a.m. at the historic Friends Meetinghouse at 219 Court Street. For this special day of programs, the usual Quaker meeting for worship gathering in silent …
“Penn Treaty Elm” Great Great Grandchild Planted at Newtown Quaker Meetinghouse to be Celebrated

John Davison, retired George School History teacher, will speak Sunday, December 11 at 9:45 a.m. at the Newtown Quaker Meetinghouse, 219 Court Street, about the history and significance of the original “Penn Treaty Elm” and its great great grandchild now planted on the grounds of the Newtown Meetinghouse. Worship in …
Quaker Kids’ Simple Supper Raises $1,760.07 for Syrian Refugees at Newtown Meetinghouse

The Newtown Quaker Meeting children and teenagers hosted a Simple Supper to raise funds for their selected charity this year, asking for donations in lieu of ticket sales, and raised $1,760.07! The children’s focus for this year’s supper was the plight of Syrian refugees. The proceeds will go to support …
Upgraded Hearing Assistance Devices
Bucks Quaker to Speak About Joining Native Americans in North Dakota to Protest Pipeline

Patricia Walsh-Collins is a Quaker, educator, entrepreneur, and environmental activist. This past September, she and her daughter Lily Collins drove for two and a half days to stand with the Standing Rock Nation of North Dakota in protesting the “Dakota Access Pipeline” through Indian Territory. Patricia will discuss her experience …
Young Award-winning Poet, Violet Myles, to Speak at the Adult Class
Jamal Elliott to Speak About Wissahickon Charter School in the Adult Class, Oct. 23.

Jamal Elliott, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Head of the Wissahickon Charter School in Philadelphia will speak about “My journey: How I came to lead a progressive Charter School in Philadelphia” to the adult class of Newtown Friends Meeting, 219 Court Street, Sunday, October 23 at 9:45 a.m. Jamal Elliott grew …
Mike Daley to Speak About his Spiritual Journey, ”Science and Quakerism,” in the Adult Class, Oct. 16

Michel Daley is a member of Newtown Quaker Meeting, a scientist and an entrepreneur. He describes his Spiritual Journey as “a tortuous one spanning decades of seeking and questioning as a scientist to adopting Quakerism as his faith.” He will discuss his spiritual journey, “Science and Quakerism: From Divergence to …
Chiyo Moriuchi to Speak in Adult Class about WW II Japanese Internment Camps — Oct. 9

Chiyo Moriuchi is a member of Newtown Quaker Meeting and the daughter of Takashi and Yuriko Moriuchi who were among the over 110,000 American citizens of Japanese descent incarcerated in prison camps in the United States during World War II. She will talk about her family’s experience during the war …