Merion Friends Meeting News Feed

News, blog and information from Merion Friends Meeting, a Quaker Meeting in the Philadelphia/Narberth/Bala Cynwyd area.

Vigil for the Vulnerable

By merion November 18, 2025 Beliefs into Action (BIA), Community, Equality, Immigration, Meeting House, Merion Friends Meeting, Peace, Political activism, Social concerns

We are continuing to meet weekly Saturdays at 10 am on the Point in front of Merion Friends Meeting for our Vigil for the Vulnerable, protesting silently for humane treatment…

First Day School

By merion November 16, 2025 Activity Building, Children, Community, Education and Outreach, Environmental concerns, Equality, First Day School, Fun, Haverford Quarterly Meeting, Integrity, Merion Friends Meeting, monthly meeting, Peace, Quaker History, Quaker spirituality, Racial equality, Simplicity, Social concerns, Young Friends, Youth programs

Quakers used to refer to the days of the week by number, instead of name, so “Sunday School” became “First Day School.” And it does function differently than traditional “Sunday…

Friends Hall at Merion Friends Meeting

By merion November 15, 2025 Activity Building, Children, Community, First Day School, Fun, Music, Young Friends, Youth programs

Our activities building (located at Haverford and Montgomery, 615 Montgomery Avenue, Merion Station/Narberth PA 19066, across the street from Green Drop) now has a name … “Friends Hall.” It’s a…

Merion Friends History Festival is this Saturday!

By merion May 18, 2017 Abolitionism, Children, Community, Education and Outreach, Fun, History of Merion Meeting, Lower Merion History, Lucretia Mott, Meeting House, Quaker History, Simplicity, Underground Railroad, William Still

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…

Merion Friends Meeting History Festival 2017

By merion March 19, 2017 Abolitionism, Children, Community, Education and Outreach, Fun, History of Merion Meeting, Lower Merion History, Lucretia Mott, Merion Friends Meeting, Quaker History, Underground Railroad, William Still

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…

A parable for today

By Eileen Carpenter June 14, 2015 Beliefs into Action (BIA), Community, Equality, Merion Friends Meeting, Political activism, Poverty, Prison reform, Racial equality, Social concerns

Once there was a real estate developer who owned an apartment building. It required extensive renovations, so he set about having the wiring and plumbing updated, the floors refinished, and…

Sterling Duns featured in the QuakerSpeaks video series

By merion April 16, 2015 Adult First Day Discussion Group, American Friends Service Committee, Bayard Rustin, Beliefs into Action (BIA), Community, Equality, Integrity, Merion Friends Meeting, Music, Peace, Political activism, Prison reform, Quaker History, Quaker spirituality, Racial equality, Social concerns

Merion Friends Meeting member Dwight Dunston, who writes and performs hip hop music/poetry under the name Sterling Duns, was featured today in two videos in the QuakerSpeaks series. The first…

Ending Mass Incarceration and the New Jim Crow: A Pendle Hill Conference

By merion April 16, 2015 Adult First Day Discussion Group, Beliefs into Action (BIA), Community, Education and Outreach, Equality, Pendle Hill retreat center, Political activism, Poverty, Prison reform, Racial equality, Social concerns

The Pendle Hill Quaker retreat and conference center will host the conference “Ending Mass Incarceration and the New Jim Crow” Apr 29 – May 3, 2015. Registration is full, but…

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