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Yuletide Greetings
Originally posted on RVJart.com: Homemade cards in production Yuletide Greetings, Do you have a Christmas tree in your home? If so, then you are celebrating an ancient ritual called Yule or Jul, dating back to prehistoric Germanic and Celtic pagans. You are honoring the Spirit in the trees. Isn’t it fascinating how Christianity absorbs and…
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Meeting House Rental Form Now On Line!
Application for Use of Space is now available online! We have a new page on the Putney Friends Meeting website for Meeting house rentals. Click here to check it out. You can also download the form here: Application Rental Form
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Week 2: Social Justice Film Festival Tonight!
The Social Justice Film Festival, sponsored by Putney Friends Meeting continues this evening (Nov. 13th) The Festival is to benefit the Food Shelf and Homeless Shelter. Time 7 pm. Place: Next Stage in Putney $5 Donation is requested towards the upkeep of the theater. Bring a can of food and/or a warm jacket Nov. 13:The…
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Artist-in-Residence Opportunity at Pendle Hill
Are you a Quaker Artist looking for a spiritual community to live in while working on a creative project of your choice? Did you know that Pendle Hill provides Artist-in-Residence opportunities for between ten to thirty weeks each year through its Minnie Jane Arts Scholarship? For those of you who haven’t heard about Pendle Hill,…
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New video section!
Introducing our new video section on putneyfriendsmeeting.org Scroll down the menu on the right hand side of the page and you will see it. You can now view the video of the addition and renovation of the Meeting house!
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Quaker Healing: Undoing the Damage of Violence
Quakers aren’t just anti-violence. Much of our work is, in fact, pro-healing. John Calvi, a renowned Quaker healer, on why healing work is so incredibly essential.
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An Opportunity To Help Others This Winter
The Drop-In Center in Brattleboro is collecting clothing and bedding material for people using the Overflow Shelter this winter. Putney Meeting has offered once again to act as a drop-off point for any donations Friends and others from the Putney area may wish to make. The large gray plastic bin on the porch of our…
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Ayn Rand and Chrisitianity
Here is a letter to the editor that I just submitted to the Keene Sentinel. It counters a claim made by another letter writer that Ayn Rand is a strong defender of “traditional Christian values.” Given that Ayn Rand has become a major intellectual influence within the US Tea Party movement and the favorite philosopher…
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Toward a Quaker Economic Program
Below is the announcement of the upcoming Connecticut Valley Quarterly Meeting scheduled for February 3. The program is to be about the growth dilemma and an ecologically integrated economy. Ed Dreby and Margaret Mansfield will be leading the discussion. Bill Upholt Hartford Monthly Meeting is happy to be hosting Connecticut Valley Quarterly Meeting First Day,…
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