Brief Reminder: The Power of Small Groups of Actors Where are all these walks going? That question—posed originally as a training SJQ module—carries new weight. As the landscape of witness and resistance shifts constantly beneath our feet; steadfastly, walks continue, but they are no longer alone. What began as pilgrimages of memory, reparation, and peace […]
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SNAP cuts have hit South Jersey and Philadelphia hard, with over 4 million Americans losing food aid. See how Quaker meetings are responding to rising food insecurity.
These Songs Shook the Prison Gates
In 1653, a jailer beat George Fox with a cudgel. Fox “was made to sing in the Lord’s power.” The jailer brought a fiddler to drown him out — but the Spirit’s song won.
The Quaker tradition of spiritual singing in prison runs deep.
How can we Keep from Singing?
This is a distinctively Quaker insight: violence does not merely harm the victim; it warps the soul of the perpetrator and the society that condones it. The same Spirit that made early Friends sing in dungeons compels modern Friends to compose, perform, and bear witness through art that refuses to separate the political from the spiritual.
Tech and Solidarity – Saturday June 20 Noon until 1:30
Surveillance State in 2026: Quaker Witness Against Three C’s By South Jersey Friends for Peace | Sixth Month, 2026 “Technology is a powerful tool in our witness work… But Tech can also be problematic, summed up in the three C’s: Creepy surveillance, Corporate exploitation, and Complicit partnership with military contractors.”— Quakers for Peace in Palestine/Israel […]
A Father’s Lost History of a Grandma’s Soother Day: Recovering Anti-War, Anti-Colonial Roots of Mother’s Day
“We ask for the ballot not as a privilege, but as a weapon. With it, we shall refuse taxation for war. Without it, we are but breeders of cannon fodder.”
— Julia Ward Howe, 1870
This is not sentimental. This is strategic.
Read the full South Jersey Quakers reflection.
When our World’s Unthinkable Stops Being Unthinkable
Prophetic & Universal Witness – We are people of the Word. The Hebrew prophets were not popular; they said what was true when the king was invested in a lie. The prophet Jeremiah watched a fabric of his society rip apart because “they have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace” (Jeremiah 6:14). We are there.
Spring Weekend of Worship with Attention to Music and Song
“Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight…” –words often sung in Quaker meetings. This May 22–24, Woodbury Meeting—whosemeetinghouse has stood since 1715—opens its doors and grounds for Spring Weekend, aregenerative campout for all ages. Hosted by South Jersey Quakers and neighbors, withsponsorship from SouthJerseyQuakers and […]
Quickening in Thee for the Pines
Quickening in thee Pines? Spring into a Journey for new Way Opening to Meet, Sing, Play and Potluck! Dear Friends, Neighbors, Families, and Seekers, There are moments in the life of a community when something quiet but unmistakable begins to stir. Something you may try and write down but it comes out as jibberish. Not […]
Healing Earth’s InterWeb
Quaker Earthcare Witness is calling Friends and faith communities to take one practical step for the Earth this Earth Day: restore native habitat where you gather, worship, or live. Add your meetinghouse to the QEW Action Map and join a growing network of Spirit-led stewardship. #QuakerEarthcare #Sustainability #CreationCare
