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Love: A Boundless Gift
With a spiritual eye, I can see that while material goods are gone once given, spiritual treasures are not lost but are expanded when given. Gratitude begets gratitude. Kindness begets kindness. Joy begets joy. A simple smile begets a smile. All this whether or not the person near me responds in kind. When I am […]
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Quakers Wrestling with White Supremacy
PUTNEY FRIENDS MEETING CALLED MEETING TENTH MONTH 3RD, 2021 A called meeting coordinated by Quakers Wrestling with White Supremacy addressed our meeting’s relationship to people in our community with ties to the Native Americans who lived on the land now occupied by our meeting. People of the Sokoki community of the Abenaki nation lived in […]
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Covid Restriction Update
We are asking all attending to wear masks. Worship Times Sunday Mornings: Early Meeting: 8:30am to 9:30am Intergenerational Singing: 10:00am Late Meeting: 10:30am to 11:30am Zoom with Late Meeting: 10:30
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Putney Mutual Aid Update
Welcome to Putney Mutual Aid! We are a group of community members working to coordinate neighbor-to-neighbor support in response to the COVID-19 crisis. We help match needs and offerings for things like essential rides, food, grocery pickups, caring for loved ones, organizing neighborhood groups, meals, masks, donations and more. DO YOU NEED HELP? CAN YOU […]
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Towards What We Can Become
May 18, 2020 Dear Friends, Across New England, people are talking about “re-opening”. After much anticipation in the media, today the State of Massachusetts released guidelines (here) for houses of worship as some public health restrictions are being lifted. While other states in our region are moving on their own timelines, events seem to be […]
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Groundworks needs your help
Dear Friends, Groundworks needs your help now more than ever. Groundworks staff is working around the clock to provide the best protection and support for the people they serve. This creates an unprecedented financial challenge for Groundworks to house and feed their clients and keep them safe. The Seasonal Overflow Shelter was closed and everyone […]
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Coronavirus Update: Living—and Acting On—Our Faith
Dear Friends, In New England’s natural landscapes, April is a time of renewed tenderness, and of breaking open. This year, amid the new buds and birdsong, many Friends are seeking ways to slow down and stay open—and to be made tender—to new Life within and among us, even while meetinghouses and public gathering places are […]
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