Watch the latest edition of The Life. This week’s presentation begins with photos and commentary about Middle School science students and their work outdoors for “A Day in the Life of the Hudson River” and the Billion Oyster project. Next up is a short film promoting the Bridge Film Festival, with “actors” from the IB...Read More
Meeting for Discernment February 17, 2018 15th Street Meetinghouse, New York, NY How do I prepare myself to be receptive to the Light, in worship and in the world? How does this experience affect my life? How does my meeting support me and other Friends to test and support the leadings that arise in the Light? The...Read More
What White People Can Do About Racism, Fundamentals 1 United States society is historically and presently structured by race. White people have a privileged position within that structure. Many white people understand this implicitly and are uncomfortable with the inherent unfairness, but do not know what to do about it. This workshop is intended to...Read More
United States society is historically and presently structured by race. White people have a privileged position within that structure. Many white people understand this implicitly and are uncomfortable with the inherent unfairness, but do not know what to do about it. This workshop is intended to give white people some basic knowledge about: racial structure...Read More
PENINGTON FRIENDS HOUSE Did you know that there is an intergenerational Quaker cooperative residence in Manhattan? Penington Friends House is located in a townhouse at 215 East 15th Street, next door to the Fifteenth Street Meeting House. In addition to 23 rooms for long-term residence, we offer two short-term guest rooms. Penington House was founded...Read More
Dear Friends, Greetings! I am writing to you as Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) Northeast Regional Coordinator, regarding 2017 World Quaker Day. This year, we will be celebrating World Quaker Day on Sunday, October 1, 2017 and would like every meeting to celebrate with us, especially the children and young people in your meeting....Read More
Agenda for 2017 Summer Session of New York Quarterly Meeting NYQMAgendaJuly2017 Agenda above, formatted as Text Edit: https://nycquakers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/AgendaForJuly15.avs_.odt Report from Brooklyn Monthly Meeting to the Summer 2017 Quarterly Meeting https://nycquakers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/BrooklynMMreport.eTed170711.pdf Above Brooklyn MM Report as a text edit file: BrooklynMMreport.eTed170711 Ministry and Council 2017 annual report to the New York Quarterly Meeting https://nycquakers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/MCAnnualReport2017.eBethK170711.pdf Memorial Minute...Read More
The Clerk of the New York Quarterly Meeting, Andy von Salis, had called the Quarterly Meeting Summer Session to be held today (7.15.2017, known to the World as Saturday) at Friends Cemetery in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. After recovery from yesterday’s rain, the ground is dry and forecast is for partly sunny skies with temperature in the...Read More
The Summer Session of the New York Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) will be held in the Friends Cemetery in Prospect Park, Brooklyn on Saturday, July 15th, 2017. There will be Meeting for Worship at 11 am, fellowship and food at Rise of Meeting, followed by our business together – including...Read More
