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Our children & families gathered at Kettle Pond for First Day School “in the wild” this week. We enjoyed a nature-themed scavenger hunt, walked the verdant trails, and climbed to the top of the viewing tower. A beautiful summer memory was made!
July 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Our children & families gathered at Kettle Pond for First Day School “in the wild” this week. We enjoyed a nature-themed scavenger hunt, walked the verdant trails, and climbed to the top of the viewing tower. A beautiful summer memory was made!
Friends gathered today to dedicate our new Peace Pole. It was an especially poignant ceremony, given the unrest and violence we’re witnessing at home and abroad.
May Peace Prevail on Earth
May Peace Prevail on Earth
June 16, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Friends gathered today to dedicate our new Peace Pole. It was an especially poignant ceremony, given the unrest and violence we’re witnessing at home and abroad.
May Peace Prevail on Earth
May Peace Prevail on Earth
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Attend to the Spirit at work in the ordinary activities and experiences of your daily life. There is inspiration to be found all around us, in the natural world, in the sciences and arts, in our work and friendships, in our sor... https://advicesandqueries.org/2025/04/19/attend-to-the-spirit-at.html
April 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Attend to the Spirit at work in the ordinary activities and experiences of your daily life. There is inspiration to be found all around us, in the natural world, in the sciences and arts, in our work and friendships, in our sor... https://advicesandqueries.org/2025/04/19/attend-to-the-spirit-at.html
The children in First Day School created drawings to interpret and illustrate the expression “The pen is mightier than the sword.”
April 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The children in First Day School created drawings to interpret and illustrate the expression “The pen is mightier than the sword.”
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Being present to the Light in all people is one practice that guide us in everything.
This article provides resources if ICE or other law enforcement officials arrive at a Meetinghouse. www.pym.org/what-to-do-i...
This article provides resources if ICE or other law enforcement officials arrive at a Meetinghouse. www.pym.org/what-to-do-i...
February 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Being present to the Light in all people is one practice that guide us in everything.
This article provides resources if ICE or other law enforcement officials arrive at a Meetinghouse. www.pym.org/what-to-do-i...
This article provides resources if ICE or other law enforcement officials arrive at a Meetinghouse. www.pym.org/what-to-do-i...
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Just as the historic persecution of Quakers failed, the police raid at a Quaker Meeting House in London has led to new support for the arrested activists and their cause.
The police raid of a UK Quaker meeting house has backfired, not surprisingly
Just as the historic persecution of Quakers failed, the arrest of activists at a Quaker Meeting House in London has led to new support for their cause.
wagingnonviolence.org
April 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Just as the historic persecution of Quakers failed, the police raid at a Quaker Meeting House in London has led to new support for the arrested activists and their cause.
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Somehow, 375 years ago, the Quakers developed a religion whose core principles align well with the pillars of modern parenting research. Gail Cornwall on what parents of any faith—or none—can learn from them:
Quaker Parents Were Ahead of Their Time
The nearly 375-year-old religion’s principles line up surprisingly well with modern parenting research.
bit.ly
April 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Somehow, 375 years ago, the Quakers developed a religion whose core principles align well with the pillars of modern parenting research. Gail Cornwall on what parents of any faith—or none—can learn from them:
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"The courts may not save us, but we save each other. Only the people can save each other and make justice and democracy real. And that’s what we’ll continue to do into the future." - AFSC's Jennifer Piper on immigrant leader Jeanette Vizguerra's detention.
ICE Agents Detain Immigrant Leader Jeanette Vizguerra, Who Once Sought Sanctuary in Denver Church
ICE Detains Jeanette Vizguerra, Prominent Immigrant Rights Leader in Colorado
Immigrant rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra, who has lived in the U.S. for more than 30 years, was arrested by ICE agents in Colorado on Monday. She was ambushed during her work break by ICE officials...
www.democracynow.org
March 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"The courts may not save us, but we save each other. Only the people can save each other and make justice and democracy real. And that’s what we’ll continue to do into the future." - AFSC's Jennifer Piper on immigrant leader Jeanette Vizguerra's detention.