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Meeting Events From November 24 to December 16, 2012
Here are some upcoming events sponsored by Putney Friends Meeting: Nov. 24: 4:30 – 6:00 40 Day of Prayer Discernment Discussion, followed by a potluck Nov. 25: Worship 8:30 & 10:30 9:30 Adult Study: 12:15 Healing Circle Dec. 2: Worship 8:30 & 10:30 9:30 Steve Chase talking about his book: Letters to a Fellow Seeker…
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Tar Sands Movie At PFM’s Meeting House, Dec 6, 7 pm
On Thursday evening, December 6, at 7pm, Putney Friends Meeting’s Social Justice and Peace Committee will be sponsoring a showing of Tipping Point: The Age of the Oil Sands, an hour and a half visual tour de force, taking viewers inside the David and Goliath struggle playing out within one of the most compelling environmental…
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Southeast Vermont-Long Term Recovery Committee Volunteer Opportunities
Looking For Volunteer Projects To Help With Windham County’s Ongoing Recovery From Hurricane Irene? Check Out These Opportunities. WESTGATE HOUSING, WEST BRATTLEBORO Help remove and dispose of boxes onto the curb for an elderly woman. 2-4 volunteers needed for 1-3 hours; no Saturdays. (case ID: MT) GLEN PARK, WEST BRATTLEBORO Staple insulation and vapor barrier…
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Calm Muslim Response to Hate Film and Violence Shared by Brattleboro Interfaith Clergy
This just in from Darah Kehnemuyi, Putney Friends Meeting’s representative on the Brattleboro Interfaith Clergy association. Please share widely. CelebrateMercy Cincinnati, OH 45220 (424) 235-3278 For Immediate Release For the first 13 years of his mission, the Prophet Muhammad and his followers were exposed to demeaning abuse, mockery and torture on a daily basis in…
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Vermont Politicians Win Support For Putney Friends Meeting Couple
Leahy, Sanders And Welch Announce Lifting Of The Threat Of Deportation That Hovered Over Frances and Takako! Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) recently announced a breakthrough that will bring certainty and stability for now to the legal status of a Japanese-born woman, Takako Ueda, who is married…
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“Art, Social Action, and Spirituality” topic for West Brattleboro Quakers
The West Brattleboro Quaker Worship Group will host a discussion on Sunday, February 5 with documentary photographer Michael Forster Rothbart, whose exhibit “After Chernobyl” has just opened at Vermont Center for Photography, will share his spiritual path: finding and sharing hope and beauty in many of the world’s difficult places. As he wrote in a…
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Personal and Collective Action Possibilities For Closing Vermont Yankee
Putney Friends Meeting recently wrote and published a strong and moving Minute in support of the closure of Vermont Yankee. At the recommendation of our Social Justice and Peace Committee, we also had Laurel Green from Safe and Green meet with Business Meeting in January. If there is anyone looking to actively engage or to…
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Putney Friends Join Nuke Free New Year’s Party At Vermont Yankee
I was pleased to read the Brattleboro Reformer’s January 2, 2012 article “NH Group Says Vermont Yankee’s Days Are Numbered.” The only thing I would add is that the Nuke Free Monadnock’s New Year’s Eve party at Vermont Yankee also included participants from Massachusetts and Vermont. In fact, eleven of the nearly 30 participants were…
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