HAPPY NEW YEAR FRIENDS!!! On January 1st, we will be Meeting for Worship at 10:00, in person and virtually. The zoom link is:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2934909472 First Day School will be available for Young Friends. The Second Hour, as usual on first First Days, will be our monthly potluck lunch. Please bring a dish to share if you’d…
Category: Columbia
Second Hour December 4th First Sunday Potluck
On December 4th, we will be Meeting for Worship at 10:00, in person and virtually. The zoom link is:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2934909472 First Day School will be available for Young Friends. The Second Hour, as usual on first First Days, will be our monthly potluck lunch. Please bring a dish to share if you’d like, but in any…
Second Hour November 27th
“What drew you to Quaker Meeting and why Do You Stay?” This is the question we will consider during the Second Hour. What does being a Quaker mean to you? Please join us and share.Have a good holiday! There will be First Day School available for Young Friends. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2934909472 Please join us for consideration of…
Second Hour Nov 20th: Greening Affordable Rental Properties
Please join the Midlands Group of the South Carolina Sierra Club and UofSC Public Health students November 20th at 11:30 am for a presentation on Greening Affordable Rental Properties! The hard-working people behind the Greening Affordable Rental Properties Project are currently focusing their efforts on sustainable living in Fairfield County. The team is taking steps…
Second Hour November 13th
The Second Hour will be our monthly Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business. Please join us to discuss and decide issues of great importance to our community. There will be First Day School available for Young Friends. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2934909472 Please join us for consideration of issues with great importance to our community.
Second Hour Nov 1st Sunday Potluck
On November 6, we will be Meeting for Worship at 10:00, in person and virtually. The zoom link is:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2934909472 First Day School will be available for Young Friends. The Second Hour, as usual on first First Days, will be our monthly potluck lunch. Please bring a dish to share if you’d like, but in any…
Simple Gifts: October 4 and Every first Tuesday
TUESDAY, October 6, 2022 AT 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT Original Poetry and Song Event Hosted by poet Al Black Location: 120 Pisgah Church Road Columbia, SC 29203 Passionate poets and songwriters will present their original poems and songs followed by Open Mic. All ages are welcome. This event is sponsored by Columbia Friends Meeting.
Nuclear fuel plant gets new 40-year operating license
A nuclear fuel factory in South Carolina, Westinghouse, which supplies many of the nation’s atomic power plants, gained approval Monday from the federal government to operate another 40 years, despite a legacy of environmental and safety problems. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission granted Westinghouse Nuclear a long-anticipated license to continue operating during the next four…
Martha Schofield, Program
Friend Harold Finnegan of Darby Meeting in Pennsylvania has prepared a program about Martha Schofield, an ardent abolitionist and suffragist from PA who moved to Aiken and founded Schofield School during Reconstruction to educate freed slaves. Today its descendant operates as Schofield Middle School where many children have continued to further their education. Harold will cover the…
Become a Citizen Scientist
HIGHLIGHTING THREE MIDLANDS CITIZEN SCIENTISTS PROJECTS: NOAA’s Recent Urban Heatmapping Project DHEC’s Water Watch program Thriving Earth Exchange Water Monitoring at Congaree National Park YOU’LL ALSO LEARN: What citizen scientists do More about local projects that use citizen scientists Qualifications to serve How to volunteer And more! FREE, no pre-registration. Log-on to YouTube on Thursday,…