Affiliated Organizations Events

Join Friends in West Virginia for a Quaker weekend retreat. There will be time for worship, workshops, socialization, shared meals, movies, and discussions. Please register by October 5 so that we may plan for meals, materials, and children’s activities. For full details, including registration instructions, see their website

A Gathering for Friends of Color and their immediate family members is being sponsored by FGC’s Ministry on Racism Program from Friday, November 1 at noon to Sunday, November 3 at noon at William Penn House. This is an opportunity for Friends of Color and their families on the East Coast to build a multigenerational community through mutual support and sharing, worship, exploring our Faith, sharing what brought us to Friends, and identifying ways to support each other. Go to /www.fgcquaker.org/events/2013-retreat-friends-color-and-their-families.

CURE is a grassroots organization that believes that prisons should be used only for those who absolutely must be incarcerated and that those who are incarcerated should have all of the resources they need to turn their lives around. Charlie Sullivan, co-founder of CURE, will talk about their work during the November Potluck, beginning at 6:30 pm. Bring a dish to share. For more information, see the William Penn House website. (williampennhouse.org/)

Would you like to feel the country being held in the Light? And yes - even in Washington, DC! Join Friends from around the country at the annual meeting of Friends Committee on National Legislation to lobby, conduct FCNL business and finalize FCNL’s Legislative Policy for the next 10 years. Issue briefings and lobbying will be on November 14, followed by FCNL governance on November 15-17. Experience calm, thoughtful issues analysis that you can take with you! Contact: Alicia McBride, aliciamcbride@fcnl.org. Details: http://fcnl.org/events/annual_meeting/am13/

The 35th Anniversary InterFaith Concert will offer an experience of music, food, and presentations from different faith communities including: Hindu and Jain, Jewish, Latter-day Saints, Protestant, Sikh, And a Combined Choir of our 11 faith traditions. It will honor 25 years of service by IFC’s Executive Director Reverend Clark Lobenstine, and be hosted by JC Hayward. It will begin at 7:30 pm at the Washington Hebrew Congregation, 3935 Macomb Street NW, Washington, DC. For tickets or other information, see the IFCMW website. (www.ifcmw.org)