Western Quarterly Meeting

Young Adult Friends Fall Retreat
2014-10-17 18:30 - 2014-10-19 12:00 (America/New_York) | Abington Friends Meeting, 520 Meetinghouse Rd, Jenkintown, PA, 19046, United States
Healing, Movement, and Self-Care
October 17-19, 2014
at Abington Friends Meeting in Jenkintown, PA
Click here for more information on the PYM website.
Join Young Adult Friends (YAF) age 18-35ish from across the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting region and beyond for our Fall Retreat. Expect worship sharing, workshops, games, and fellowship as our time is centered around the topics of healing, taking care of ourselves, and getting out of our heads and into our bodies. We’ll be making time to rest AND time to play!

All-Day Anniversary Celebration at London Grove
2014-10-18 13:00 - 19:00 | London Grove Friends Meeting, 500 W. Street Road , Kennett Square, 19344, United States
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, London Grove Monthly Meeting!

On Saturday, October 18, 2014, London Grove Friends Meeting will celebrate its 300th year as a Monthly Meeting in the Western Quarter of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. The anniversary celebration includes events all afternoon Sat. Oct. 18th.

Schedule of Events:

1 p.m. Charlie Brosius – Graveyard tours
1:30 p.m. Birthday Cake – Happy Birthday to London Grove!!
2 p.m. Speaker: Christopher Densmore
London Grove Quakers and their Peace Testimony in the American Revolution
3 p.m. Charlie Brosius – Graveyard tours
4 p.m. Speaker: Christopher Densmore
London Grove Quakers Confront Slavery

Ongoing activities:

Continuous slide show running – the Faces of London Grove
Quaker videos:

o A Sense of Place
o Quakers: That of God in Everyone

Exhibits in the Meeting House – Quaker wedding certificates old and new, Quaker dress from years gone by, photographs, plant sale posters, and other historic memorabilia
Meeting House tours
Antique cars
Children’s activities & scavenger hunts

All above activities are free and open to the public. This event will be held rain or shine.
