SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29 | ||
10:20am | Greeter | Becky Johnson |
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 | Anthony Stover |
11:45am | Refreshments | Wendy Wells and Jayson Massey |
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 |
The Meeting Office will not be staffed in person during the holidays, from 12/23/24 - 1/5/25. Email and voicemail will be checked periodically, and an abridged Friday Bee will go out on 12/27 & 1/3. If you have any pressing needs during that time, however, please feel welcome to contact the Clerk of Office & Records, Moira Clare Duggan by phone.
New Office Hours in the New Year!
Beginning January 6, 2025, the Meeting Office will be open during these hours, except on holidays:
Mondays: 10 am to 1 pm
Wednesdays: 10 am to 1 pm
Thursdays: 9 am to 4 pm
It was a joyous evening of shared fellowship – eating by candlelight followed by singing in the meetinghouse! So great to gather, and we missed all who couldn’t be there. Many thanks to Caroline Davidsonfor her piano leadership, and to Rob Smith for projecting lyrics for us all to follow, and to the big team of amazing helpers who set up, lit candles, broke down, cleaned up, took home mountains of table cloths to wash – all working together to make the evening joyful!
Year-End Charitable Giving to GMM is still possible! As our GMM Fundraising Committee reminded us in their recent email & letter… It takes all of us to support our beloved Germantown Meeting community – caring for our meetinghouse, assisting our members, championing the causes we care about.
Want to make a donation, but haven’t gotten around to it? Gifts of any size are helpful & welcomed!
A group is forming to talk about the novel “The House in the Cerulean Sea.” Good Reads describes it as “[a]n enchanting story, masterfully told . . . about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place—and realizing that family is yours.“ The hope is to pair this book (which is an easy and lighthearted read) with a series of more serious articles like this, for example, that raise current and troubling issues about how we face, talk about, and support all members of our community.
Wednesday Worship Sharing will be on hiatus starting in this holiday stretch, and is being re-evaluated for the New Year. Stay tuned for any updates.
Deadline: Monday, January 27, 2025
Germantown Monthly Meeting members who have children in Friends Schools may apply for tuition assistance from the Meeting for the 2025-2026 school year. Applications should be completed and returned to Faye Steacy, clerk of the Scholarship Committee, by Monday, January 27. Please send these to Faye through the U.S. Mail. Find her contact information in the Meeting Directory or through the Meeting Office at 215-951-2235 or gmm@germantownfriends.org.
To obtain the 2025-2026 application & guidelines packet, click here.
Thank you to all who have provided refreshments after worship so far this Fall! You have added so much to the fellowship of our community. We hope everyone will volunteer for this a couple of times a year.
Available dates needing Refreshments providers:
To sign up, please contact Becky Johnson. THANK YOU!!
Note: Refreshment expenses are reimbursable or can be credited as in-kind donations to GMM.
GERMANTOWN FRIENDS SCHOOL (GFS) NEWS & EVENTS |
TEACHING QUAKERISM AT GFS - Watch video with the teachers!
By continuing to evolve Quaker education at GFS, teachers and students are staying deeply engaged in a communal search for truth. Following a Quaker Self-Study concluded in 2022, Head of School Dana Weeks recently gathered with teachers to discuss how GFS is addressing the study findings, which illuminated focus areas for innovation. As we head into the winter break and this season of light, it was a good time to reflect and share. (GFS Family News)
Note: Includes GMM member Liliane Sharpless, and her beautiful, new children's book: Going to Meeting for Worship!
GFS welcomes GMM to attend Meeting for Worship during the school year.
QUAKER NEWS & EVENTS |
When? Sunday, January 26, 2025
Where? Chestnut Hill Meeting – Details on program - TBA
TAKE ACTION! |
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.
When? Monday, February 17, 2025, 9:00am - 4:00pm,
Where? Congregation Rodeph Shalom, 615 N Broad Street, Philadelphia
They need veteran Climate Justice and Jobs member/leaders: your experience and knowledge are foundational. They ALSO need folks new to this work: you bring fresh perspectives and important questions. Everyone's insights and expertise are crucial as we build a strong and impactful strategy for the year ahead. They will take stock of who they are as a team in this political moment and set priorities for 2025. All are welcome!
GERMANTOWN & NEARBY |
COFFEE CHAT WITH FACE TO FACE GERMANTOWN
When? January 23, 10:30am
Where? 123 East Price Street, Philadelphia (Germantown)
Come hear an update about the exciting things happening at Face to Face from Executive Director, Mary Kay Meeks-Hank. Tours will be offered after the update. All are welcome. Feel free to bring a friend." To participate, RSVP/email Jeanne@facetofacegermantown.org
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)