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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…

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Merion Friends Meeting History Festival 2018

By Eileen Carpenter May 6, 2018 Abolitionism, Archives, Children, Fun, History Festival, History Festival, History of Merion Meeting, Lower Merion History, Lucretia Mott, Meeting House, Merion Friends Meeting, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (PYM), Political activism, preservation, Quaker History, Quaker wedding ceremonies, Racial equality, Simplicity, Social concerns, Underground Railroad, William Still

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 –…

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Promises, Risks, and Teamwork: Quaker Involvement in the Antebellum Anti-Slavery Movement and the Underground Railroad

By merion February 12, 2017 Abolitionism, Education and Outreach, Equality, History of Merion Meeting, Lower Merion History, Merion Friends Meeting, Quaker History, Racial equality, 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…

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