August 19th Palmetto Friends Gathering

The Palmetto Friends Gathering for this year is planned!  It will be on Saturday, August 19th, at Columbia Friends Meeting at 120 Pisgah Church Road in Columbia, SC, 29204. 10:00: Meeting for Worship for Business 11:30: Potluck lunch 1:00: Meeting for Worship 2:15: Mary Jo Klingel of Quaker Earthcare Witness presents “Finding a Way Forward:  Friends Care for…

Palmetto Friends Gathering

Saturday, July 9, 2022 Quaker Responses to the War in Ukraine Columbia Friends Meeting120 Pisgah Church RoadColumbia, South Carolina 29204 11:30: Potluck 1:00: Meeting for Worship 2:15: Quaker Responses to the War in Ukraine,led by Wayne Finegar, Director, Quaker Houseof Fayetteville 3:30: Meeting for Business Children’s Program providedIn person and on Zoom RSVP: lynewsom@gmail.com

Sad News: Obituary for Laura C. Townes

Laura Clare (Johnson) Townes, 93, wife of the late George Franklin Townes, passed away on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. Born in New Haven, CT, she was the daughter of the late Charles Harvey Johnson and Faustina Beede Johnson. She was a 1946 graduate, summa cum laude, of Swarthmore College in PA, where she received a BA…

SC Christian Action Council Statement

Faithful Security: a Faithful Response to the Complex 2030 Proposal The administration’s plan to develop new nuclear weapons must be stopped. Under the “Complex 2030” plan, up to 125 new plutonium pits would be produced every year, posing a threat to public health and creation. In addition, the renovation of the nuclear weapons complex is…