List of Upcoming Events
Sunday, October 18 at 1pm Pierre Puget, Head of School at State College Friends School, will visit the meeting to speak about his first year as head and look forward to the coming year. Please join us.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86278073798?pwd=V2s2dVlWRDU4VHFPa%20FZrRWlIUnBpdz09 (password=Friend). Worship sharing based upon Pendle Hill’s program (see this link for more info), this month focused on Pastoral Care and Eldership.
Choose one or two of the resources below to read or watch. Some of these pamphlets are available in the SCFM library.
Possible Reading (some of these are available on the top right shelf in the SCFM library)
Pendle Hill Pamphlet #297 Gospel Order: A Quaker Understanding of Faithful Church Community by Sandra Cronk
Pendle Hill Pamphlet #392 Spirit-Led Eldering: Integral to Our Faith & Practice by Margery Larrabee
Pendle Hill Pamphlet #487 Deep Hospitality: Reflections on Welcome to the Quaker Community by Rhiannon Grant
Pendle Hill Pamphlet #292 On Hallowing One’s Diminishments by John Yungblut
Pendle Hill Pamphlet #347 Tall Poppies: Supporting Gifts of Ministry and Eldering in the Monthly Meeting by Martha Grundy
Pendle Hill Pamphlet #447 Living in Dark Times by Rex Ambler
Pendle Hill Pamphlet #416 Grief, Forgiveness, and Redemption as a Way of Transformation by Elaine Pryce
Pendle Hill Pamphlet #382 Holding One Another in the Light by Marcelle Martin
Watching & Listening
First Monday Lecture Patti Nesbitt and Kristin Zimet, "Be Not Afraid: Living into Love at the End of Life”
The Seed Rev. Rhetta Morgan: How Do We Heal Amidst the Unspeakable?
Please join the American Friends Service Committee and State College Friends Meeting to bear witness to the destruction and dehumanization that authoritarian actions are inflicting in our communities.
We will gather at the Allen Street Gates for one hour of silent public worship. Signs are welcome that, consistent with our values, highlight harms of authoritarianism or share love and support for communities that are suffering. Bring a portable chair if you choose.
Please join the American Friends Service Committee and State College Friends Meeting to bear witness to the destruction and dehumanization that authoritarian actions are inflicting in our communities.
We will gather at the Allen Street Gates for one hour of silent public worship. Signs are welcome that, consistent with our values, highlight harms of authoritarianism or share love and support for communities that are suffering. Bring a portable chair if you choose.
Jackie Bonomo will present Adult RE’s first ever "Social Justice Journey." Jackie is a dedicated Climate and Environmental activist, and she will share how she began this journey and where it has taken her. From her first strong feelings that “we are living wrong on the earth” at age 15, she has worked to make the world a more informed and better place. Please join us in the meeting room or by Zoom (Social Justice Journey) to learn about Jackie’s Journey.
See a full description of this program on the Religious Education Page.
In September of 2025 Sarah Malone and Cy deVries participated in the Sankofa Journey of the Evangelical Covenant Church. This immersive journey brought each participant into direct relationship with history and provided the opportunity to simultaneously impact the future. The physical journey from Atlanta, Georgia to Birmingham and Selma, Alabama to Memphis, Tennessee provided the opportunity to walk the paths of our nation’s struggle to achieve justice for all. Sarah and Cy were partners on the journey. They will share experiences from the journey and their aspiration to engage in the ongoing work of achieving the Kingian beloved community. The goals of the Sankofa Journey project go far beyond a reductive restating of the goals of the 1960s era civil rights movement.The goal of the Sankofa Journey is to reinitiate the development of peaceful coexistence and to help promote peaceful interactions and bring healing to all disenfranchised communities in America today. It is our hope that members of this meeting will find a way to promote participation in future Sankofa Journey and return to help create the beloved community in Centre County.
This will be a hybrid program.
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88194490526?pwd=trQLaY0W85GOJeEOQSQJ4d4MitZiUq.1 Passcode: Friend
On Thursday, February 5, the Friends School Quaker Life committee and the Adult RE committee will host a Quaker Parenting Workshop at the SC Friends School. It will be facilitated by Kerry Wiessmann and Denise DeGeorge, both Quakers and retired school counselors. With the use of queries and self-reflection, participants will look at parenting through a Quaker SPICES lens. Two basic teachings of Restorative Practice will be introduced and demonstrated for use at home. We will begin by sharing a simple meal of soup and salad at 5:30. The program will begin after dinner and end at 7:30. Childcare will be available during the program. Registration is required for this program at
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4CAAA72EABFCC43-61519496-quaker
Question may be directed to Lisa Gambe (lisalaelgamble@gmail.com).
