Bristol Friends have had their ups and downs since they first began meeting in 1701, but they have recently found some renewed energy courtesy of their new tenant, Redemption Church.

Buckingham Meeting celebrated the life and support of the trees that will be taken down with the building and renovations of their school this Fall with a tree-hugging ceremony.

It was a meeting 340 years in the making and it happened Sunday, October 2, 2022 at Middletown Friends Meeting in Langhorne as congregations from England and America worshipped together for the first time on World Quaker Day.

The day dawned cool and sunny for Yardley Friends Meeting’s 66th Annual Flea Market, which was held on Saturday, September 10th on the meetinghouse grounds at 65 North Main Street in historic Yardley Borough.

On a beautiful day in July, Solebury Friends Meeting hosted a group of kids from the Summer of Freedom camp, run by the Ujima Friends Peace Center, which is located in North Philly.

This spring, the Quakers at Yardley Friends Meeting are building a labyrinth and a set of raised bed gardens on the grounds of the meetinghouse to create a space for meditation, and to provide a growing site for medicinal herbs.

When Lehigh Valley Meeting shifted from in-person to virtual Meeting for Worship, we happily welcomed distant Friends and we realized that virtual worship was not only keeping our meeting community together, it was expanding our reach.

At their July business meeting Middletown Meeting Friends approved a donation of $2,500 to support the Friends Peace Team’s Rwanda Book Project.

A little rain could not dampen the spirits of those who attended the first outdoor worship service in 2021 of Bristol Friends Meeting.

In the March 2021 edition of the Fallsington Friends Meeting newsletter, Friends were asked, “What do you miss most about meeting in person at our meetinghouse?”

This winter, Yardley Friends have been gathering outside around the fireplace for meeting for worship .

Makefield Friends Meeting has resumed meeting for worship inside the meetinghouse, taking the appropriate precautions so that Friends can remain safe while being in community.