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.

Southampton Friends Meeting has been holding a Vigil for Equality and Justice since June 2020. So, what has kept them going for two and a half years?

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.

Buckingham Meeting celebrated the life and support of the trees that will be taken down with the building and renovations of their school this Fall with a tree-hugging ceremony.

It was a meeting 340 years in the making and it happened Sunday, October 2, 2022 at Middletown Friends Meeting in Langhorne as congregations from England and America worshipped together for the first time on World Quaker Day.

The day dawned cool and sunny for Yardley Friends Meeting’s 66th Annual Flea Market, which was held on Saturday, September 10th on the meetinghouse grounds at 65 North Main Street in historic Yardley Borough.

Edward Gallagher has been worshipping with Lehigh Valley Quakers for some time. He muses on his spiritual journey and his family’s response to his journey from Catholicism to Quakerism.

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.

On a beautiful day in July, Solebury Friends Meeting hosted a group of kids from the Summer of Freedom camp, run by the Ujima Friends Peace Center, which is located in North Philly.

click - click - soy - rice … This chant helped the assembly line move smoothly and efficiently, as volunteers from Plumstead Friends Meeting filled bags with rice, powdered soy, dehydrated vegetables and vitamin powder.

Rick Dow, Lehigh Valley Meeting, writes about his experience participating in the 2022 Bethlehem Interfaith Group’s Faith Crawl.

Bucks Quarter Quakers, under the care of Doylestown Meeting, met virtually on May 15th for their Spring Quarterly Meeting.

600 years ago, I would have been burned at the stake. I see visions and hear voices. In artist terms, I see a piece in my mind’s eye.

This spring, the Quakers at Yardley Friends Meeting are building a labyrinth and a set of raised bed gardens on the grounds of the meetinghouse to create a space for meditation, and to provide a growing site for medicinal herbs.

Inge Snipes died peacefully on the evening of April 6, 2022 at Kendal at Longwood in Kennett Square, PA. She was 94 years old. She had an active and full life guided by Quaker principles and her passions for social justice, environmental concerns, the arts, and her love for her family.

I worked with FCNL from 2006 to 2010, and I found in the slogan “War is Not the Answer” a powerful double meaning. It was an expression of Quaker faith, most famously exemplified by the declaration of members of the founding generation of Friends to King Charles II of England in 1660

Elizabeth Irene Hurst, a member of Newtown Meeting, passed away March 2nd, 2022, of ovarian cancer, surrounded by her beloved family: her husband Ross Blair and her very special adult children, Baxter and Dixie'drea. Elizabeth responded to each health setback with courage and determination.

Fiona Simek is one of the youngest attenders from Doylestown Meeting to request membership. Last September she wrote her letter, had a Clearness Committee, and in October 2021 she was welcomed into membership. She is 13.

Rick Dow, a member of Lehigh Valley Friends Meeting in Bethlehem, PA, relates his experience of being “homeless” for 12 hours during the Lehigh Conference of Churches “One Night Without a Home.”

Members of Southampton Meeting and Newtown Meeting have aligned with the Bucks County chapter of POWER Interfaith in a nonviolent direct action and advocacy campaign for education justice in our state.