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615
Montgomery Avenue,
Clerk:
Doug Costa For
information about the use of our activity building, call 610-664-4210 and follow the instructions on the recording. |
Merion Friends Meetinghouse, built 1695, enlarged 1714
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Meeting for Worship:
11:00 AM Sundays
child care provided
in the Activities BuildingMonthly Meeting
for Business
follows the rise of meeting
on the 2nd First Day of each month.
All are welcome to attend.
Adult Friends First Day
Discussion Group
About our Cherry Trees...
A History of Merion Friends Meeting
"Among the companions of the founder of Pennsylvania, when he arrived on the shores of the Delaware, in the year 1682, were a large number of Welsh people of great respectability and substance. These excellent persons, before they left their native country, had purchased of the proprietary several thousand acres of land on the western side of the Schuylkill, about six miles from the spot fixed upon for the city of Philadelphia; and this tract was called Merioneth, in honour of their birth-place."
Keep up with Merion Friends Meeting
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Merion Meeting's
Capital Campaign
To Preserve & Protect our Meetinghouse,
a National Historic Landmark
Reports from our committees:
Merion Friends Meeting participated in the AFSC "Virtual Postcard" project:
The postcards to President Obama request
1. No additional troops to be sent to Afghanistan.
2. A timeline for the withdrawal of US troops and for diplomacy and dialogue with all parties to the conflict without preconditions.
3. The provision of badly needed development aid by civilian-led organizations not the military.
4. Redirect the more than $44 billion spent yearly on war funding to human needs in Afghanistan and at home.
Previous events:
Thanks to all who participated in
Jumble Sale 2010
It was another successful fundraiser
to restore our historic meetinghouse!
PHILADELPHIA & COLUMBIA RAIL WAY:
ITS ROLE IN LOWER MERION
AND THE ABOLITION MOVEMENTAn historic exhibit on the grounds of Merion Friends Meeting presented in conjunction with The Lower Merion Historical Society
The play, "The Witch of Ridley Creek,"
a dramatization of the only witch trial
held in Pennsylvania,
was performed by members and friends
of Merion Friends Meeting
as part of the Welsh Tract celebration.
Thanks
to all who made
Eyes Wide Open Across Pennsylvania
a moving experience for so many!
"An exhibit that speaks directly to our hearts
and reminds us of the human cost of war."
Over 125 pairs of empty combat boots tagged with the names of Pennsylvanian soldiers who have died in the current Iraq war – displayed, together with a visual representation of thousands of Iraqi civilians who have died during the conflict.
News coverage of Eyes Wide Open at Friends Central School, Memorial Day Weekend, 2007. (Photo by Todd Kimmel)
Read the AFSC Spring Tour description of the exhibit at FCS
Read the AFSC Fall Tour description of the exhibit at Merion
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www.eyes.afsc.org |
Other pages of interest...
To learn more about Quakerism:
Other Quaker Resources:
- Japanese American Citizens League relief effort for the 2011 earthquake and tsunami
Quakers in History:
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