Upcoming Events

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
Heeding God's Call Flyer 2025

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.

February 2:

2nd Annual Benjamin Lay Lecture
February 2, 2025 @ 11:15 in the meetinghouse
OR on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89224536760?pwd=tLQDamlOmHnsQo5a8w4S2njLMSgX8U.1
Meeting ID: 892 2453 6760
Passcode: tJm06Y

This year’s lecture presented by Rashaun Williams, The Collective Reparations Responsibility, is a conversation and workshop on how different communities can play their part in reparative justice to Black Americans whose ancestors endured chattel slavery in the United States.
Rashaun Williams is an all around altruist. He has been a community organizer and human services professional in Philadelphia for over a decade and is passionate about creating opportunities for his community. During his 4 years as the co-chair of N'COBRA PHL, he authored, organized, and lobbied for and eventually co-chaired the Philadelphia Reparations Task Force.
Full Schedule for Day:
Meeting for Worship 10-11; Break 11-11:15; Lecture 11:15-11:45; Questions 11:45-12; Potluck 12-1

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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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