Upcoming Local Worshiping Communities Events

Hopewell Centre Monthly Meeting invites the public to listen, question, and learn about who the Quakers are today, what they believe, and how they worship and live their lives in the 21st Century. Each evening focuses on an aspect of Quaker faith and practice today, and begins with a 15-minute sampling of Quaker Silent Worship. Light refreshments will be served. The first session is subtitled Quakers, My Spiritual Home: How I Got Here, Why I Stayed. For more information, contact Maggie Stetler. (540-665-0269 or mastetler@verizon.net) More about Hopewell at hopecentre.quaker.org.

Hopewell Centre Monthly Meeting invites the public to listen, question, and learn about who the Quakers are today, what they believe, and how they worship and live their lives in the 21st Century. Each evening focuses on an aspect of Quaker faith and practice today, and begins with a 15-minute sampling of Quaker Silent Worship. Light refreshments will be served. The first session is subtitled Quakers, My Spiritual Home: How I Got Here, Why I Stayed. For more information, contact Maggie Stetler. (540-665-0269 or mastetler@verizon.net) More about Hopewell at hopecentre.quaker.org.

Hopewell Centre Monthly Meeting invites the public to listen, question, and learn about who the Quakers are today, what they believe, and how they worship and live their lives in the 21st Century. Each evening focuses on an aspect of Quaker faith and practice today, and begins with a 15-minute sampling of Quaker Silent Worship. Light refreshments will be served. The second session is subtitled Quaker Worship: Why the Silence? Where's the Minister? For more information, contact Maggie Stetler. (540-665-0269 or mastetler@verizon.net) More about Hopewell at hopecentre.quaker.org.

This evening of wonderful traditional Irish music is a community building event that will feature J. Patrick’s All-Stars. The performances will begin at 7:30 pm, and tickets are $20.00 in advance, $25.00 at the door. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Cindy Eyler. (443-703-2590 or sroffice@stonyrunfriends.org)

It has been a ten year process for Midlothian Friends Meeting to create their own Meeting House. While they have been in their location the entire time, they have just recently completed the conversion of the existing building and property in a finished Quaker Meeting House. Join Midlothian Friends in their celebration at 10:00 am, with Meeting for Worship beginning at 11. There are planned activities for children of all ages, and refreshments will be available. For more information, including directions to the Meeting, see their website. (www.midlothianfriends.org)

Langley Hill Friends Meeting extends a special invitation to Friends (both youth and adults), to a Children's Spirituality Workshop on Sunday, Oct 14 . The attached flyer gives additional information about the presenters and schedule in more detail. Please note that childcare and a simple meal will be provided, but we ask that the parents pre-register so we have sufficient child care workers available. Refer to the flyer for registration information

Hopewell Centre Monthly Meeting invites the public to listen, question, and learn about who the Quakers are today, what they believe, and how they worship and live their lives in the 21st Century. Each evening focuses on an aspect of Quaker faith and practice today, and begins with a 15-minute sampling of Quaker Silent Worship. Light refreshments will be served. The third session is subtitled Quaker Testimony/Simplicity: Clearing Our Minds, Clearing Our Lives. For more information, contact Maggie Stetler. (540-665-0269 or mastetler@verizon.net) More about Hopewell at hopecentre.quaker.org.

Hopewell Centre Monthly Meeting invites the public to listen, question, and learn about who the Quakers are today, what they believe, and how they worship and live their lives in the 21st Century. Each evening focuses on an aspect of Quaker faith and practice today, and begins with a 15-minute sampling of Quaker Silent Worship. Light refreshments will be served. The final session is subtitled Quaker Testimonies/Peace, Social Justice, Integrity - In My Life. For more information, contact Maggie Stetler. (540-665-0269 or mastetler@verizon.net) More about Hopewell at hopecentre.quaker.org.

How can thoughtful and transparent financial management support Friends’ testimonies and values? From fundraising challenges to simply having an open conversation about how finances can better express Quaker values and your Meeting’s priorities, we all labor to find rightly ordered ways of working together on financial matters. This program will address the financial concerns of Friends groups of all sizes and all levels or financial sophistication. The program will begin at 5:00 pm on Friday and continue at 8:30 am on Saturday. The registration fee is $25.00 per person. For more information, or to register, contact Adrian Bishop. (srmeetingcoord@stonyrunfriends.org)

How can thoughtful and transparent financial management support Friends’ testimonies and values? From fundraising challenges to simply having an open conversation about how finances can better express Quaker values and your Meeting’s priorities, we all labor to find rightly ordered ways of working together on financial matters. This program will address the financial concerns of Friends groups of all sizes and all levels or financial sophistication. The program will begin at 5:00 pm on Friday and continue at 8:30 am on Saturday. The registration fee is $25.00 per person. For more information, or to register, contact Adrian Bishop. (srmeetingcoord@stonyrunfriends.org)