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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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Coronavirus Update: To Bless the Space Between Us
3/20/2020 It’s okay to feel overwhelmed. It’s okay to be fearful. It’s okay to have a sense of unreality. It’s okay not to be able to function normally. Those feelings don’t have to be denied—in fact they need to be embraced. Whenever we have feelings which shake up our world, we have to be willing to…
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Putney Friends Meeting House Closing due to Coronavirus
Dear Friends, With a heavy heart we need to take the unprecedented step of closing Putney Friends Meetinghouse to all Meetings for Worship, renters and groups, due to concerns for safety related to the Coronavirus. Ministry & Counsel committee is in the process of setting up opportunities for virtual Meetings for Worship by video and…
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Corona Virus/Covid19 Notice
Corona Virus/Covid19 Notice In consultation with Ministry & Counsel, and out of an abundance of caution, we will cancel Monthly Meeting for March. I repeat; No Monthly Meeting for Business this weekend. M&C is suggesting that Meeting for Worship be continued for now with the understanding that Friends may feel the spiritual need to meet.…
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Coronavirus-Covid19 Precautions
Over the past few days, we have all become more attentive to the growing concerns over COVID19. The US Center for Disease Control urges everyone to take standard precautions by washing hands, covering coughs, and staying home when sick. We hope we will not need to close our programs or limit our celebrations. We will be…
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50th Anniversary Monthly Meeting Postponed due to snowstorm!
Due to the impending snowstorm and hazardous traveling conditions forecasted, the Monthly Meeting and 50th anniversary celebration potluck is postponed until January 26th, 2020.
Putney Friends Meeting 