Join Quakers and friends this November for worship, learning, fellowship, and action. Our gathering will be based in Washington, D.C., and span the country. We hope you can be part of coming together with joy amidst the challenges we face, individually and collectively. This fall, attendees at the Quaker Public Policy Institute (Nov. 16-20) will lobby Congress […]
Assisting Migrant Farm Workers
Medford Meeting, Medford/Leas residents and Atlantic City Area Meeting members prepared Welcome Kits for the South Jersey Migrant Worker Outreach organization and the Haitian Migrant Worker Outreach (MWO). A total of 150 kits were provided plus many extra items. The MWO distributes about 1200 kits to the migrant families who come up from Florida each year […]
“Colonial Day” on Woodbury Meeting’s grounds
“It was great to see so many folks coming out for Colonial Day on Saturday, May 14. Mainstreet Woodbury had a magician, live music, arts & crafts, and a vendor with delicious honey products set up on the grounds. We enjoyed giving tours and met some really nice people! Needless to say, it gave us all […]
Trenton Meeting “Spring Garden Party” Kids Program
Trenton Meeting had the second of its First Day School Spring Kids Programs, “Spring Garden Party”, on May 15th. The youngsters from the meeting and the community helped dig up the bed and plant some flowers (mostly native species). They also painted a pot and planted a small flower to take home. There was food, fun and games and […]
Spring Celebration at Mullica Hill School
On Friday, May 13, Friends School Mullica Hill held a Spring Celebration! Pre-K through 8th grade gave a concert of many musical performances. There were presentations for the Global Engagement focus on Oceans. Hanshi Deshbandhu was honored with flowers and cards for her 90th birthday! There was a Silent Auction going on throughout the event, and […]
Community Replaces Hate Symbols on School Property
Haddonfield, NJ – Haddonfield’s Quakers invited the local community to replace symbols of hate found on their property with symbols of kindness, tolerance, and peace. Swastikas were spray painted on trees in the historic Quaker graveyard. These hate symbols faced not just the Quaker meetinghouse, but a preschool. Both the Haddonfield Friends School and the […]
Peace Testimony
“All bloody principles and practices we do utterly deny, with all outward wars, and strife, and fightings with outward weapons, for any end, or under any pretence whatsoever, and this is our testimony to the whole world.” – Declaration to Charles II, 1660
History of the Religious Society of Friends of Trenton and Vicinity
A transcription of a 776-page document, compiled in 1931 by Friend Elizabeth Satterthwaite, is now available in electronic form thanks to the work of Fredrick L. Millner of Trenton Meeting. It traces the place of Quakers in the area from arrival of Mahlon Stacey in 1678 through 1931. The original document is housed at the Trenton […]
Newton Meeting Times and Spiritual Education Series
Meeting for Worship at Newton Meeting in Camden is currently being held virtually at 10:30 AM on the first and third Sundays of the month. They would welcome visitors from other meetings or people who are interested in learning more about Quakerism. On February 20, a discussion based on the last half of A Testament of Devotion by […]
Medford Meeting
On Sunday, December 19, Medford Meeting approved a resolution opposing plans to transport liquid natural gas (LNG) – fracked gas – by rail and truck from Pennsylvania to Gibbstown, NJ, for export. Meeting members voiced strong support for the resolution, recognizing the project as both an environmental justice and a climate change issue. Copies of the resolution were […]
