Chris Mohr, General Secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends will give an update on priorities of the Yearly Meeting at 9:45 a.m. on Sunday March 29, at the historic Newtown Friends Meetinghouse at 219 Court Street. Meeting for Worship in the manner of Friends with expectant waiting in silence …
The Newtown Quaker Meeting children and teenagers hosted a Simple Supper to raise funds for their selected charity this year and raised $2,340 for the Aark Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center in Chalfont, PA. The Quaker Kids have now raised $41,987. the last twelve years by hosting annual Simple Suppers and Lasagna Dinners …
The young people of Newtown Friends Meeting on Court Street have done it again. They held a “Virtual Simple Supper” to raise funds for charity and it was a huge success. They provided a whopping 170 servings of 17 different soups and 232 servings of 14 different desserts for pick-up on the …
The Quaker Kids of Newtown Quaker Meeting have done it again! Hosted an extraordinarily successful fund-raiser during a pandemic and raised over $3,000! The designated charity for their event this year was the Mercer Street Friends Summer Pre-School Program in Trenton, NJ, a “a Quaker-affiliated, nonsectarian organization focused on hunger, poverty …
Newtown Quaker Meeting children and teens hosted a Virtual Simple Supper to raise funds for their selected charity last week at the Quaker Meetinghouse and raised $1,552 for the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PSPCA). In lieu of prices for the soups and desserts available for …
Newtown Friends Meeting is beginning its fall season of First Day Classes (Sunday School) for children and adults with an opening brunch at 9:30 a.m. on First Day (Sunday), September 9, followed by worship at 11 a.m. in the traditional Quaker manner of settling into silence from which anyone may …
Register now for the Newtown Meeting Retreat! Join the Newtown Meeting community for a fabulous weekend at Camp Onas October 12-14! Deepen our spiritual lives and connections to each other. We will be staying in shared rooms, pavilions (hard roof/canvas sides), our own tents, or commuting. Please print and fill …
Newtown Quaker Meeting will host its traditional pancake breakfast, special Easter religious service, and an Easter Egg Hunt at the historic Quaker Meetinghouse at 219 South Court Street on Easter morning, Sunday, April 1. Pancake Breakfast will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m.; a special meeting for worship featuring the …
All are welcome to enjoy a Lasagna Dinner sponsored by the Children’s Religious Education Committee, Friday, April 13th from 5:30-7 p.m. to benefit Mercer Street Friends summer preschool program. The children of the meeting will be serving delicious lasagna, bread and butter, salad, drinks, and desserts. Afterward, enjoy an evening …
Quaker Meeting for Worship will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday morning, December 24, at the historic Friends Meetinghouse, 219 Court Street. That evening, the traditional Christmas Eve candlelight service will be held at 7 p.m. at the Meetinghouse, followed at 7:30 by Newtown Quaker Meeting Homecoming with presentations …