Upcoming Events

December 24:

Christmas Eve
Our Worship & Ministry Committee invites all to join in a special evening of peace and joy on Christmas Eve, Tuesday, December 24, as we gather together in the John Barnes Room for Christmas Caroling beginning at 7 PM, followed by a special Christmas Eve Meeting for Worship in our meetinghouse and on Zoom (using our regular Zoom link, available in our Weekly Announcements and by request) at 7:30 PM. We ask that the section of the meetinghouse closest to the East Wing be reserved for Friends wearing masks. At approximately 8 PM, Friends are invited back to the John Barnes Room for homemade Christmas cookies, milk and hot apple cider. Merry Christmas to all!

January 5:

Adult Class at 11:30 AM - Bringing in the new year with community
Please pull up a chair with Chris Berry by a warm fire in the John Barnes Room as we welcome the New Year. We will be nourished by connection with each other - as well as by listening for whispers of what wants to happen in our lives this year. Hope you can make it!

January 12:

Meeting for Worship to Attend to Business
All are welcome and encouraged to attend our next meeting for worship to attend to business on Sunday, January 12 at 11:30 AM in the meetinghouse and on our regular Sunday Zoom link. Our Hospitality Committee will host a coffee break prior to meeting for business. Please join us!

January 19:

MLK Day Special Program
All are welcome to join in a special sing-along of Songs for Social Justice in honor of the life and work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Friends will gather in the John Barnes Room at 11:15 AM, following our coffee break and fellowship, and we will join in song led by Justin Solonynka and Courtney Gable. Please plan to join us for what promises to be a moving experience.

All Clerks Meeting
Clerks & Officers of Meeting, please plan to attend our All Clerks Meeting at 12:15 PM in the Short Stable and on Zoom. Please plan to attend or send someone to represent your committee.

January 26:

Sandwich Making for Face to Face
All are welcome to join the Meeting youth at 10:00 AM on Sunday, January 26, to make sandwiches for Face to Face to distribute to those in need. You are welcome to attend Meeting for Worship for the first few minutes, or as long as you wish, and then join us. The more the merrier – many hands make light work!

Adult Class at 11:30 AM - Heeding God’s Call to End Gun Violence
Bryan Miller, Executive Director of Heeding God’s Call to End Gun Violence, will be the presenter for our Adult Education class on Sunday January 26. Mr. Miller will provide an update on his organization’s progress toward energizing and organizing people of faith and their houses of worship to seek an end to gun violence. Included will be a review of the emerging role of PYM's Friends Ending Gun Violence (FEGV) collaborative in partnership with Heeding, exemplified by the November 2024 Memorial to the Lost Dedication at Arch Street Meetinghouse. He will share the view that the results of the recent election make faith-based campaigns like Heeding's and FEGV more critical than ever.

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New to Abington Friends Meeting?

All are welcome to attend Meeting for Worship at Abington Friends Meeting!

Our official name is: Abington Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. We are called "monthly" because we meet once a month to attend to business, but we have meeting for worship every Sunday.

Indoor Meeting for Worship
10:00 AM until 11:00 AM
Year-round

First Day School (Adult Class)
Occasional Sundays, September – May
11:15 AM. All ages welcome.
First Day School consists of talks and activities that provide a Quaker perspective on the issues and challenges of everyday life.

First Day School (Children and Teens)
All Sundays, September - May
10:15 AM
Activities are offered for high schoolers, middle schoolers, and elementary school children. Click Here to register.

Outdoor Meeting for Worship
Every Sunday, mid-June - Labor Day (weather permitting)
10:00 AM until 11:00 AM (happening at the same time as indoor Meeting for Worship)
In addition to our normal indoor Meeting for Worship, we hold optional outdoor Meetings behind the Meeting House during the summer.

Childcare
Childcare for children up to age six is available on the second floor of the Meeting House, at the end of the building and to your left.

Parking
Members and attenders park on the right side of the driveway leading up to the Meeting House (accessible from Greenwood Avenue) or in the parking lot on the west side of the Meeting House (accessible from Meetinghouse Road). Please note that our meetinghouse driveways are one-way, so vehicles must enter from Greenwood Avenue.

Orientation
As you enter the Meetinghouse, which is what we call our place of worship, the room where the Meeting gathers will be the first door on your right. The John Barnes Room, which is where we meet for adult classes, special events, or business, will be the first door on your left.

Meeting Etiquette
Because Quakers worship in silence, please lower your voice when approaching the Meeting House before Meeting for Worship. Likewise, please silence your cellphone.

There is no pastor or minister. Instead, attenders rise and speak when the Spirit moves them, generally keep their comments brief and of a spiritual, heartfelt nature, and allow ample time for others to reflect on what has been said before rising to speak. Statements often have a common thread; however, this is not a requirement.

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