SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 19 | ||
10:20am | Greeter | Lisa Holgash and Dudley Burdge |
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 | Barbara Wybar |
11:45am | Refreshments | Dorothy Cary & Anna Burke (QVS visiting) |
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 |
Come to Meeting this Sunday, January 19th, to worship with the five Philadelphia QVS Fellows, and welcome them warmly afterwards during Refreshments!
This Sunday, January 19th, we have a special event for all children at Meeting!
In preparation for a big Martin Luther King Day of service with GFS on Monday, 1/20, we will work together this Sunday on making hats, scarves and neck warmers for distribution to families in need of warm winter clothing.
(Note: Children of any age are always welcome to stay with their parents in meeting for worship.)
When? This Sunday, January 19, 9:00am
GMM Member Jondhi Harrell needs helping hands this Sunday before Meeting for Worship to set up the tables & supplies
for the TCRC food distribution on Coulter Street. If you are available to pitch in, or have questions, please contact Jondhi Harrell info.tcrccommunityhealingcenter@gmail.com
When? Tuesday, January 21 at 7pm, via Zoom
In the light of the new administration we will be discussing groups and activities that members are involved with in support of social justice and anti-racism causes. If you are interested, please contact John Colgan-Davis at j.colgan-davis@att.net
Tomorrow, January 18, 8:00pm at the Fallser Club
Celebrate Jondhi’s 70th birthday, 15th year of freedom, and 12th year of TCRC! Wow!
Any friends who would like to attend, RSVP ASAP – here!
When? Friday, January 24, 7:00pm
Where? Germantown Meetinghouse - 47 West Coulter Street
Come for Come for an evening of fostering community & connection through the arts – all Germantown performers!
Eric Geoffrey & Francis Miller, Germantown Music Collective (Stephanie Cole, Miles Orion, XTA & Lars), Koof IBI, Poet Laureate - Kai Davis, Grant Bouvier.
Co-sponsored by GMM Outreach Committee & Germantown Community Radio 92.0
Germantown Monthly Meeting is reinvigorating its Environmental Concerns Committee, last active in the pre-pandemic era. Instigators Bill Cozzens and Jack Rhoads anticipate that the committee will focus on climate and energy issues and solutions but that does not preclude responding to other environmental concerns. The Prospectus describes some possible areas the Committee can work on. We are planning a kickoff meeting in the next several weeks - stay tuned!
Worship and Ministry, is offering two "Quakerism 101" classes in February and March 23.
There will be childcare on-site and a hybrid option for these sessions. All are welcome!
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 those who have been providing refreshments in recent months. You provide the fuel for social hour! We need others to sign up for this rewarding job.
Please consider these available dates:
To sign up, please contact Becky Johnson. THANK YOU!!
Note: Refreshment expenses are reimbursable or can be credited as in-kind donations to GMM.
The Monthly Meeting Coordinator (formerly “Meeting Secretary”) assists and supports Friends, Trustees and the Meeting’s committees in various ways. Need member & attender lists? Visitee lists? Need forms produced? Need help pulling together a mailing? Here’s how to get the assistance you need:
Reminder: Deadline for submissions for the Friday Bee e-newsletter is 12:00 noon each Thursday - sent directly to the Meeting Office (gmm@germantownfirends.org) . Please include “Friday Bee” in the Subject line of your email..
The Office & Records Committee thanks you for your cooperation and looks forward to being of assistance.
GERMANTOWN FRIENDS SCHOOL (GFS) NEWS & EVENTS |
When? This coming Monday, January 20, 8:30am - 1pm
All are invited to join the GFS Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service as we honor and celebrate his life and legacy. As a day on, rather than a day off, we will kick off with keynote speaker Kenneth Salaam (aka Freedom Smitty), followed by a full morning of workshops and volunteer opportunities, including snacks and lunch.
Great way to give to the community, and partner with Germantown Friends School!
Items needed for the annual Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 20th.
Donations may be brought to the Meetinghouse front porch between 9am - 12pm.
GFS welcomes GMM to attend Meeting for Worship during the school year. Schedule for upcoming week:
When? Every Thursday, 3:30-5:00pm
Where? Germantown Meeting Kitchen
The Lower School Family Baking Club invites GMM members & attenders to make cookies (& maybe bread/rolls) weekly together in the Meeting kitchen, for Whosoever Gospel Mission, a devoted homeless service organization in our neighborhood. Learn more about them here.
Great way to partner with GFS, and with the Germantown community! Click here to sign up!
QUAKER NEWS & EVENTS |
When? Sunday, January 26, 2025
Where? Chestnut Hill Meeting – Hybrid event
Program: Quakerism Today & Tomorrow: A panel discussion featuring Philadelphia Friends about the contemporary state of Quakerism and how it can continue to thrive, evolve, and engage with the world in meaningful ways.
TAKE ACTION! |
Along with other cities across the country, Philadelphia will be the site of another annual Women’s March, now called the “People’s March.”
When? Tomorrow –Saturday, January 18, 2025; 10:00am - 3:00pm
Where? Starting at City Hall at 10am to listen to performances/speeches, then march up to the Art Museum.
“We all march for different reasons, but we march for the same cause: to defend our rights and our future.”
For more information & to Register, click here.
When? Monthly starting Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 2 pm
Where? Seth Dunoff’s apartment on Greene Street in Germantown
What? GMM attender Seth Dunoff will host the first meeting of a new monthly reading / discussion group on the subject of technology on January 18. The reading for the first meeting is farmer / author Gene Logsdon’s 1986 essay “Green Fields, Red Ink”, about the economics of American agriculture, from his book At Nature’s Pace.
The purpose of the project is to begin to formalize an anti-technology political movement.
Instead of listening to the troubling rhetoric likely to be featured at Monday's inaugural events, why not join others in lifting up the life and example of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? Gather with folks from the Brandywine Peace Community at Lockheed Martin, the world's #1 war profiteer and nuclear weapons contractor, to remember King's birthday, his lessons of nonviolent protest, and what it would mean to build a beloved community of dignity, justice, and peace on this earth.
When? Monday, January 20, 2:00pm
Where? At the entrance to Lockheed Martin's headquarters, 230 Mall Blvd in King of Prussia (behind King of Prussia Mall). There will be a banner and poster display, bell tolling, readings from Dr. King, and a group litany. The Brandywine Peace Community, directed & co-founded by GMM member Robert M. Smith, has held this January vigil at Lockheed Martin and its corporate predecessors for the past 47 years. For more information, go to https://www.brandywinepeace.com.
When? Saturday, January 25, 2:00pm
Where? Meet at Arch Street United Methodist Church, 55 N Broad St, Philadelphia; March to LOVE Park
Come together in our grief, fear, and anger to demonstrate love in public and call on our elected leaders to defend the City’s Sanctuary City policy, even in the face of pressure and threats. More information here.
Join POWER Philadelphia members and congregations representing over 50 congregations in almost every neighborhood in the city and hear about our vision for a truly affordable city. REGISTER HERE
When? Sunday, January 26, from 3 - 6:00pm
Where? Spirit and Truth Fellowship at 4400 N 6th Street
When? Every Friday from 11:15 – 12:15pm **
** Note new time; an hour earlier in 2025 to make it possible for Muslim allies to attend and still be able to attend Friday worship and prayer services in the early afternoon
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.
GERMANTOWN & NEARBY |
The Nicholson Church Lane Community Garden, named for our members Chris and Helen Nicholson, has been selected by the Neighborhood Gardens Trust for an extensive upgrade in terracing and accessibility! The garden is hoping to help raise the necessary funds by February 1st, if possible.
Where is it? This garden is located just three blocks from our Meeting, at the corner of Church Lane and Baynton Streets.
Celebrating the cultural riches of Philadelphia and our deep-rooted commitment to social change and transformation.
When? Sunday, January 19, at 5 pm
Where? Young American Cider (6350 Germantown Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19144)
Come out for the balm, the challenge, the joy of poetry. It'll sustain your heart, the driving force of your activism! Warren C. Longmire is featuring this month, plus an open mic. Uncle Bobbie's bookstore will be selling books and Young American has delicious and reasonably priced refreshments. Tickets are by a $5 suggested donation, here.
QUAKER RESOURCES |
Stay connected with news, work and resources of various Friends groups. Bookmark them for easy reference
Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting (PQM)
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (PYM)
Friends General Conference (FGC)
Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)