Category: Second Hour Programs

Joe DiGarbo of the Lancaster PA Friends Meeting will tell us about his experiences with AVP in Palestine and Israel. The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) in Palestine is a community-based conflict resolution and trauma-resilience program introduced in 2007. It runs experiential workshops in schools, organizations, and colleges across the West Bank and Gaza to help Palestinians…

Lori, Beth and Toni will talk about Summer Quaker Programs.

For the Second Hour, we will hold our monthly Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business. Please join us to discuss issues of concern to our community and the world. At 5:00 pm on August 9, there will be a Nagasaki/Hiroshima Remembrance at the Meetinghouse. On August 18, there will be a showing at the…

Brenda Conway will share her Spiritual Journey.

Meredyth Lewis will present “Café Mortal-i-tea”, an informal discussion of death.  Café  Mortal-i-tea What exactly IS a Death Café?   Where did it come from ?  In 2004 a Swiss sociobiologist / anthropologist named Bernard Crettaz began the first Café Mortel, and wrote a book called “Death Cafes: Bringing Death Out of Silence”.   He…

For the Second Hour, we will hold our monthly Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business. Please join us to discuss issues of concern to our community and the world.

During the Second Hour, we will have our monthly potluck lunch. Bring a dish to share if you’d like, but in any case please join us! Also, please consider bringing a jar of peanut butter or other shelf-stable food to be donated to the Food Bank and leave it in the foyer. We will have extended check-ins…

Glenda Swearington of the McGregor Presbyterian Church will offer a presentation on “Guns to Gardens – Gun Violence Prevention Movement”. Guns to Gardens is a faith-based gun violence prevention movement that hosts anonymous, community-led events where individuals can surrender unwanted firearms. Volunteers permanently dismantle the weapons on-site, and the scrap metal is subsequently forged by…

During the Second Hour, we will have a Worship Sharing. The query is from FWCC: What acts of injustice, prejudice and discrimination occurring in your communities could your Yearly Meeting be aware of and take action on?

For the Second Hour, we will hold our monthly Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business. Please join us to discuss issues of concern to our community and the world.