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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Discussion on Adventures in Parenting: What Does Success Look Like?– Adult Class, Sept. 25

Martha K. Holland, Newtown Friends Meeting member and educator will lead a discussion on Adventures in Parenting: What Does Success Look Like? for the Adult class of Newtown Friends Meeting, 219 court Street, on Sunday, September 25, at 9:45 a.m.  Traditional Quaker worship based on silence and shared ministry will …

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Newtown Quaker Kids Raise $ 2,285 for Trenton Pre-School Summer Program

Each year the young people at Newtown Quaker Meeting host a Lasagna Dinner at the Meetinghouse, 219 Court Street, Newtown to raise funds for their “charity of choice.” Previous recipients of the funds raised by the Newtown Meeting Quaker Kids’ Lasagna Dinner have been: Haiti Relief, Penndel Food Pantry, Save …

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