SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 | ||
10:20am | Greeter | Jonathan Busser |
10:30am | Child Care | Starts in kindergarten building across the driveway from Meetinghouse |
10:30am | Meeting for Worship | (Hybrid: In-person & on Zoom) |
10:50am | First Day School | Older children attend Meeting for Worship with their families until 10:50 am, when their teachers will lead them to the Committee Room. Questions? Please contact Carla Childs. Note: Children of any age are always welcome to join their families in Meeting for Worship. |
11:30am | Introductions & Announcements | Tom Sharpless |
11:45am | Refreshments | Bianca, Omar and Antonio del Rio |
PROTOCOL FOR MEETING FOR WORSHIP (Zoom, hybrid, in-person) Please maintain silence as you enter the Zoom meeting or the meetinghouse so Friends can center and settle into worship. Our current COVID-19 safety measures for the meetinghouse are as follows:
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MEETING NEWS & EVENTS | ||
Worship & Ministry will be leading a weekly Wednesday Worship Sharing. Join in with a focus on the following query:
When? Wednesdays (beginning 11/27), 7 - 8pm ET
Where? Separate Zoom link, same for every Wednesday
When? Sunday, December 22; 6:00pm
Where? Meetinghouse / Social & Committee Rooms
The entire Social/Committee room is filled with candlelit tables and happy friends, old & new, celebrating and socializing, followed by joyful carol singing in the Meetinghouse! So, mark your calendars, dust off your favorite holiday recipes, and get ready for some festive fellowship! All are warmly welcome.
Please save the date for remembering our Germantown Monthly Meeting Member
When? Saturday, December 14, at 1:30pm
Where? At Germantown Friends Meeting. Reception will follow
QUAKER NEWS & EVENTS |
When? Friday, December 6; 7:00pm (doors open at 6:30pm)
Where? Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia
What? Join American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) for this incredible event to discuss what we can do in the U.S. to continue building the anti-apartheid movement for Palestinian liberation. Guest speakers Huwaida Arraf and Rabbi Alissa Wise, and with pre-recorded remarks from Rep. Cori Bush. Sign up here to attend
PYM Friends came together (11/13-11/17) with Friends from different yearly meetings, schools, and organizations across the country for Friends Committee on National Legislation’s (FCNL) 2024 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., joining in fellowship and worship as we seek unity on important matters that affect us all. FCNL also received this year’s US Peace Prize, recognizing FCNL’s 81 years of dedication to peace advocacy, including its work to educate, build coalitions, and influence Congress to promote peace. Read more here.
PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING (PYM)
Full-time climate justice advocate needs the loan of a bike, ideally with a rack or basket. He is 5'6”, happy to leave a big deposit, and has local references. Contact him: gary@getcouragenow.org
GERMANTOWN FRIENDS SCHOOL (GFS) NEWS & EVENTS |
GMM is welcome to attend Meeting for Worship during the school year.
Schedule for upcoming week:
When? This Sunday, November 24, 3:00 - 4:00pm
Where? Meetinghouse
The performance is free, family-friendly, and will last no longer than an hour. No tickets required. All are welcome!
All are welcome to the Upper School Choir's concert program which will incorporate aspects of their tour in March 2025, when students will travel to Estonia and spend 10 days singing their way counterclockwise around the small Baltic nation. Singing, nature, cultural heritage, and human connection are recurring themes in Estonian vocal music, and they speak of singing together as “breathing as one.” The GFS Upper School Choir will use this inspiration to sing with the power of the voice, the strength of human connections, and the Light within, highlighting composers and arrangers from the American Choral tradition, and practicing singing in Estonian!
TAKE ACTION! |
JOIN THE VIGIL with FRIDAYS AT FETTERMAN’S
When? Every Friday from 12:15 – 1:15pm
Where? In front of Senator Fetterman’s office (230 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia)
What? Join together with people committed to a Middle East peace solution to urge Senator Fetterman to support a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
Fridays @ Fetterman’s is supported by the AFSC, Brandywine Peace Community, Granny Peace Brigade, IfNotNowPhilly, Prayers for Peace Alliance, the Simple Way and The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Phila. Branch.
“HOW MOVEMENTS WIN” WORKSHOP
Fridays @ Fetterman’s is inviting nonviolent resisters from Philadelphia and the surrounding region to a workshop that explores how the movements that abolished slavery, won women’s suffrage, helped to derail the U.S. war on Vietnam, and other mass movements came together and changed history. Led by Michael Gagné, Social Change Educator & Strategist
Sponsored by Fridays @ Fetterman’s
When? Sunday, December 1, 2024 – 1:00 - 5:00 pm
Where? Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia
GERMANTOWN & NEARBY |
Tipsy’s Cafe & Das Good Cafe want to give back and make sure everyone has a hot meal for Thanksgiving. They will be serving 300 free meals to the community. Donations of turkey and other ingredients in advance are always appreciated so they can make more meals!
When? Wednesday, November 27; serving 11:00am - 3:00pm, or until they run out of meals.
Where? Tipsy’s Cafe & Catering – 5527 Germantown Avenue
QUAKER RESOURCES |
Stay connected with news, work and resources of various Friends groups.
Click on the links below (only a partial list), and bookmark them for easy reference
Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting (PQM)
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (PYM)
Friends General Conference (FGC)
Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)