Stories of Vitality
Bucks Quarter Friends at PYM Continuing Sessions
Bucks Quarter Friends gathered with other PYM Quakers for Fall Continuing Sessions at the historic Arch Street Meetinghouse on November 11.
Yardley Friends’ Flea Market is a Success
The rain held off, allowing Yardley Friends to have a successful 67th Annual Flea Market on September 9th.
Plumstead Friends Host “Old School” Bucks Quarterly Meeting
The weather was ideal for Bucks Quarter Friends to gather at the historic Plumstead Meetinghouse on August 20th for our third Quarterly Meeting of 2023.
Summer Fun with Bucks Quarter Quakers
Bucks Quarter Outreach Committee decided it was time to get reacquainted with one another. So on Saturday, June 17th, under sunny skies with temperatures in the 70s, Friends from around the Quarter gathered for a “Friends are Fun” picnic.
Local Expert Assesses Historic Plumstead Meetinghouse
This past spring, Jeff Marshall, historic preservationist, and past president of the Heritage Conservancy visited the Plumstead Meetinghouse to assess its construction and to answer questions from those on hand.
Bucks Quarter Goes Hybrid–Take 2
Follow the trials and tribulations of Bucks Quarterly Meeting as we try our hand at holding our second hybrid Quarterly Meeting of 2023.
Worshiping with Solebury Friends
One of my responsibilities as Bucks Quarter Coordinator is to visit all fourteen monthly meetings in the Quarter on a regular basis. It is the best part of my job, because
Fallsington Friends Hold Quakerism in a Nutshell Workshop
Bucks Quarterly Meeting historically holds an annual Quakerism in a Nutshell (QIN) workshop – that is, until 2020, when the scheduled workshop had to be cancelled due to the pandemic shutdown. Fast forward to 2023…
Bucks Quarterly Meeting Goes Hybrid
For the first time since February 2020, Bucks Quarterly Meeting of Friends met in person, ironically, both times at Middletown Friends Meeting. The difference between 2023 and 2020 was
Boone Farm: Its People and Place in Middletown History
Pat Mervine’s presentation about her book Boone Farm: Its People and Place in Middletown History is now available on the Bucks Quarter YouTube channel.
Winter Worship with Plumstead Friends
It was a nippy 42° in the meetinghouse when Dafydd Jones, clerk of Plumstead Meeting, came to start the fire in the wood burning stove last Sunday morning. By the time Friends began to arrive, the temperature had risen about 10 degrees
Bristol Friends Partners with Redemption Church
Bristol Friends have had their ups and downs since they first began meeting in 1701, but they have recently found some renewed energy courtesy of their new tenant, Redemption Church.
November Quarterly Meeting Program: Creating Spiritual Autobiographies
A program entitled “Creating Spiritual Autobiographies in Partnership with Incarcerated Women” was presented at the November meeting for the Bucks Quarterly Meeting on November 20, 2022.
Reflections and Updates: The African American Museum of Bucks County
Linda Salley, President and Executive Director of The African American Museum of Bucks County spoke to Bucks Quarter Quakers at their August Quarterly Meeting on August 21, 2022.