Newtown Quaker Meeting will change its usualorder of service on First Day (Sunday), December 17. From 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. there will be weekly meeting for worship in the traditional Friends manner of gathering in silence during which anyone may speak who is moved to do so. From 11:30 …
Dan Seeger, Quaker activist and writer, will speak on “The U.S. Constitution and the Quaker Quest for a New Jerusalem” at the Newtown Meetinghouse, at 9:45 a.m. on Sunday, December 10. Following the presentation, there will be worship in the manner of Friends at 11:00 a.m., with people speaking out of silence as …
NEWTOWN, PA — The Newtown Quaker Meeting children and teenagers hosted a Simple Supper to raise funds for their selected charity this year and raised $2,008 for Penndel Food Pantry of the Bucks County Housing Group. The Quaker Kids have now raised over $42,000 the last thirteen years by hosting …
sandra boone will speak on KNOTTED LEGACY: LOVING NEIGHBORS at the historic Newtown Quaker Meetinghouse at 11:15 a.m. on First Day (Sunday), November 12. sandra’s talk will describe one Quaker’s journey of “intentionally unknotting history, liberating opportunities for inclusion, and healing – apologies, acknowledgements, and acts of love.” The discussion will …
Newtown Quaker Meeting sent greetings and love to people throughout the world on October 1 in celebration of World Quaker Day as they gathered in person and virtually via Zoom for worship in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. There are approximately 400,000 Quakers worldwide in North, Central and South America, Europe, …
Eastern State Penitentiary, a Quaker-inspired prison opened in 1829, will be the topic at Newtown Meeting adult class on Court Street on Sunday, October 8 at 9:45am, followed by meeting for worship based on expectant silence from 11:00 am to 12 noon. Using archival photographs, Newtown Meeting member, Tony Wolf, will …
Norval Reece, Community Contributor Posted Wed, Jun 7, 2023 at 10:52 am ET|Updated Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 1:17 pm ET NEWTOWN BOROUGH, PA — The Quaker Kids at Newtown Meeting served its annual lasagna dinner for charity at the historic Quaker Meetinghouse and raised a whopping $4,008 for their designated charity, Right …
Written by Norval Reece on February 28, 2023 Some Pennswood Village residents in Newtown have donated $6,500 to fund a Right Sharing of World Resources (RSWR) group in Kenya. Soon they will be getting reports on how and what the members of the group are doing. The Pennswood Village residents …
Dana H. Harrison, Head of Newtown Friends School (NFS), will speak on “The History and Stories of Newtown Friends School”. at the historic Newtown Quaker Meetinghouse, 219 Court Street at 9:45 a.m. on First Day (Sunday), April 23, followed by traditional Quaker Meeting for Worship based on expectant silence at 11 …
John Ratliff, a member of Newtown Quaker Meeting and a senior at Haverford College will discuss his study of Gnosticism in the Bible, and Kamryn (Kamy) Loustau, a senior at Princeton will discuss her study of mourning rituals among African American slaves at 9:45 a.m. on Sunday, April 16th. John …