Last year’s History Festival was so much fun, we’re doing it again, with even more activities. Announcing Merion Friends Meeting History Festival 2018 on Saturday, May 19, 2018, 10 am –…
Read moreLynching in America: Zacchariah Walker, August 13, 1911
In our studies of racial injustice and officially sanctioned violence in America, we learned that there had been a lynching in Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, quite close to Philadelphia. In…
Read moreLower Merion’s Anti-Horse Thieves Society Dinner
We’d like to put in a plug for The Lower Merion Society for the Detection and Prosecution of Horse Thieves and the Recovery of Stolen Horses (Est. 1818). Their 193rd…
Read moreArts and Healing
At Meeting for Worship last week, the role of the arts in healing physical, psychic and spiritual trauma inspired several of the messages. “Artists are the gatekeepers of truth. We…
Read moreMerion Friends History Festival is this Saturday!
Remember to join us Saturday, May 21, 10 am – 3 pm, rain or shine, for the Merion Friends Meeting History Festival. Want to know about the Underground Railroad, the…
Read moreEarth Quaker Action Team Marching for Green Jobs in PA
The Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT) will be staging a 100 mile walk through Philadelphia-area counties to challenge PECO to meet a goal of 20% solar energy sources by 2025. …
Read moreMerion Friends Meeting History Festival 2017
Our History Festival is taking shape! Plan to join us Saturday, May 20, 2017, 10 am to 3 pm, rain or shine, to revisit 1840s Quaker life. Learn about how…
Read morePromises, Risks, and Teamwork: Quaker Involvement in the Antebellum Anti-Slavery Movement and the Underground Railroad
Come join us Sunday, February 26th at 12:00 noon in the Merion Friends Meetinghouse at 615 Montgomery Avenue in Merion Station. Christopher Densmore and Emma Lapsansky-Werner will speak on the…
Read moreOverlooked in the Library: Anne Rice
[reviews of books in our meetinghouse library] Listed Under: Fiction Author: Anne Rice Title(s): Christ the Lord – Out of Egypt Christ the Lord – Road to Cana After winning…
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