Meeting Upcoming events and news
| Hello Friends, May the rain bring forward new life and new energy, and may you find a moment of quiet this week. ________ Is there an announcement you would like included or updated? Feedback about the recent changes to the format of the Announcements? Want to forward someone to get added to the directory? Please email putneyfriendsmeeting@gmail.com with attention to Mary, Communications Clerk |
| Gentle Reminder About Meeting House Events |
| The rental coordinator, Janice Baldwin, would like to remind anyone seeking to use the meeting house for any event whether public or private, large or small to check with her beforehand, or fill out the application on the website. This includes events that are posted as well. Janice is the coordinator of all meeting house events and does not want to double book the space, and can’t reliably schedule events if she doesn’t have accurate information.You may contact Janice at:Email: rentals@putneyfriendsmeeting.orgPhone: 802-579-7598 |
| Support the PFM Memorial Project |
| Richard Brady has donated a number of copies of his book Short Journey Home: Awakening to Freedom with Thich Nhat Hanh to support the PFM memorial project. You will find some in a box on the library table or through PayPal. If you’re interested, please help yourself to one and leave a donation check for any amount marked “memorial project” in the wood collection house in the Meeting Room. Books will be available through June 30. Please contact Richard (rbrady44@gmail.com) if you’d like more than one copy. |
| Let Your Life Speak Series |
| The Let Your Life Speak series sponsored by Adult Religious Education (ARE) will continue meeting in the Fellowship Room at 9:30AM on 2nd and 4th Sundays. The next session, on May 10th will feature Putney Friends Meeting Co-Clerk, Michelle Wright, as she shares highlights of her spiritual path. ARE continues to welcome your suggestions of other meeting members and attenders whose spiritual paths you would enjoy learning about. Suggestions or questions? Contact Richard (rbrady44@gmail.com). |
| Celebrating Heidi Watts |
| Please join Heidi’s family for a May 10th celebration of her life. UPDATED LOCATION: – Service will be held at Putney Friends Meeting from 2-4 PM on May 10th- Light Refreshments will be served following worship.Please consider contributing a snack if you can.If you are able to assist in arranging benches and chairs after meeting, please contact Julie (juliabforsythe@gmail.com) For those of you joining by ZOOM, there will not be an opportunity to speak but you can post comments to the chat and we may be able to read some of them during the service. For those of you coming in-person, there will be a time to share thoughts if you would like to. |
| Additionally, Martha Meigs is putting together a book with memories of Heidi to give to her family at the memorial service. Feel free to add specific memories, how something she share affected you, etc. All contributions are welcome.Any additions to be glued in should be added to the back of the book for Martha to glue in. This book lives on the table in the meeting room. Questions? Contact Martha Meigs |
| John Calvi’s 2026 Calendar |
| June 6: “Tending the Fire of Sacred Queerness” A Trans Quaker GatheringWoolman Hill; Deerfield, MA July 7-12: Abandon All Weariness Friends General Conference Summer Gathering University of VT; Burlington, VT September 4-6: The Goodness Retreat with John Calvi Pendle Hill; Wallingford, PA |
| Announcements from the Basket |
| Parking at the Meetinghouse Friends are encouraged when possible to park in the parking lot just south of meeting on the opposite side of Route 5 for late meeting and other heavily attended events as our lot fills quickly and spaces in the lot are appreciated for those of us unable to park further away. This is just north of the old Basketville Store and the Putney Mountain Winery & Spirits, as the owners have kindly allowed us to park there. There is a sidewalk from there to the meeting. |
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| Meals for Groundworks A group from PFM provides a meal the first Monday of each month to the Groundworks shelter. The need has grown in recent months, so more volunteers are welcome! Interested? Contact Cookie Forsythe (cookie.forsythe@comcast.net) or visit the sign-up sheet to see the details and to sign-up for a specific contribution. |
| Hospitality Committee Always welcomes the gift of food for sharing, any week, for fellowship after late meeting. If you know in advance that you want to bring soup, a casserole, or a hearty contribution please sign up on the monthly sheet in the meeting room, but we also appreciate spontaneity. If you are interested in helping out or have questions, talk to any Hospitality Committee member and/or Contact Cliff Sunflower (cfw.sunflower@gmail.com or 484-767-3187. |
| Memorial Project Fundraising We are looking to raise $30,000 to fund our Memorial Project. We have raised about 50% of this so far. The design is in the Community Room, and donations should be ear-marked for the “Memorial Project.” Interested in assisting with fundraising efforts or monetarily? Please reach out to the Finance Committee |
| Possible Meeting Photo Book If we have enough photos, we are looking to put together a photo book of the life of the meeting from this past year. If you have photos to contribute, please send them to Honor (honor.woodrow@gmail.com) by the end of the year. |
| Joint Nakba Remembrance Ceremony Hosted by Combatants for Peace (a joint Israeli/Palestinian group) will take place on Friday May 15th at 1pm ET. You can sign up (see below) to watch it or watch the recording at the Meeting house on Friday, May 29th at 7 pm. This year’s theme—“Sumud in Humanity”—speaks to remaining rooted, maintaining dignity, and preserving one’s humanity even when both history and present realities put it to the test. Register to join virtually: bit.ly/nakba2026-register Questions? Please reach out to Francie (francie.marbury@gmail.com) & Gail (gail.haines.48@gmail.com) |
| 39th Annual AIDS Walk Please join the 39th Annual AIDS Walk on Saturday, May 23, from 10:00 AM–12:00 PM at Centre Congregational Church in Brattleboro. Hosted by the AIDS Project of Southern Vermont, this community event includes a short walk, live music, and guest remarks, while raising funds for HIV/AIDS prevention, education, and care. This year, we honor Sue Conley and Shirley Squires for their longstanding dedication to advocacy and support. All are welcome. Learn more or donate at www.aidsprojectsouthernvermont.org or call (802) 254-4444. Questions? Please reach out to Claire (halversonclaire2@gmail.com) |
| Can you help? |
| We encourage you to sign-up to be a greeter or to setup and run Lucretia (OWL). Please consider trying it out. To help with our meetings for worship sign up on the Google Spreadsheet or on the sheet at the Meeting house. |
| Meeting for Worship Schedule |
| Sunday Schedule8:30 AMEarly Meeting for Worship10:00 AMSinging10:30 AMMeeting for Worship (Hybrid Format) Childcare / First Day School11:45 AMFellowship & Hospitality |
| Thursday Schedule6:30 AMMeeting for Worship Please contact Eric Barron via text: 603-757-3879 or email: eb.ericbarron@gmail.com in case of bad weather. |
| Monthly Events Schedule |
| Hello Friends, May the rain bring forward new life and new energy, and may you find a moment of quiet this week. ________ Is there an announcement you would like included or updated? Feedback about the recent changes to the format of the Announcements? Want to forward someone to get added to the directory? Please email putneyfriendsmeeting@gmail.com with attention to Mary, Communications ClerkGentle Reminder About Meeting House EventsThe rental coordinator, Janice Baldwin, would like to remind anyone seeking to use the meeting house for any event whether public or private, large or small to check with her beforehand, or fill out the application on the website. This includes events that are posted as well. Janice is the coordinator of all meeting house events and does not want to double book the space, and can’t reliably schedule events if she doesn’t have accurate information.You may contact Janice at:Email: rentals@putneyfriendsmeeting.orgPhone: 802-579-7598Book an EventSupport the PFM Memorial ProjectRichard Brady has donated a number of copies of his book Short Journey Home: Awakening to Freedom with Thich Nhat Hanh to support the PFM memorial project. You will find some in a box on the library table or through PayPal. If you’re interested, please help yourself to one and leave a donation check for any amount marked “memorial project” in the wood collection house in the Meeting Room. Books will be available through June 30. Please contact Richard (rbrady44@gmail.com) if you’d like more than one copy.Donate OnlineLet Your Life Speak SeriesThe Let Your Life Speak series sponsored by Adult Religious Education (ARE) will continue meeting in the Fellowship Room at 9:30AM on 2nd and 4th Sundays. The next session, on May 10th will feature Putney Friends Meeting Co-Clerk, Michelle Wright, as she shares highlights of her spiritual path. ARE continues to welcome your suggestions of other meeting members and attenders whose spiritual paths you would enjoy learning about. Suggestions or questions? Contact Richard (rbrady44@gmail.com). Celebrating Heidi WattsPlease join Heidi’s family for a May 10th celebration of her life. UPDATED LOCATION:– Service will be held at Putney Friends Meeting from 2-4 PM on May 10th- Light Refreshments will be served following worship.Please consider contributing a snack if you can.If you are able to assist in arranging benches and chairs after meeting, please contact Julie (juliabforsythe@gmail.com) For those of you joining by ZOOM, there will not be an opportunity to speak but you can post comments to the chat and we may be able to read some of them during the service. For those of you coming in-person, there will be a time to share thoughts if you would like to.Join Heidi’s Memorial via ZoomHeidi’s ObituaryAdditionally, Martha Meigs is putting together a book with memories of Heidi to give to her family at the memorial service. Feel free to add specific memories, how something she share affected you, etc. All contributions are welcome.Any additions to be glued in should be added to the back of the book for Martha to glue in. This book lives on the table in the meeting room. Questions? Contact Martha Meigs John Calvi’s 2026 CalendarJune 6: “Tending the Fire of Sacred Queerness” A Trans Quaker GatheringWoolman Hill; Deerfield, MA July 7-12: Abandon All Weariness Friends General Conference Summer Gathering University of VT; Burlington, VT September 4-6: The Goodness Retreat with John Calvi Pendle Hill; Wallingford, PAAnnouncements from the BasketParking at the Meetinghouse Friends are encouraged when possible to park in the parking lot just south of meeting on the opposite side of Route 5 for late meeting and other heavily attended events as our lot fills quickly and spaces in the lot are appreciated for those of us unable to park further away. This is just north of the old Basketville Store and the Putney Mountain Winery & Spirits, as the owners have kindly allowed us to park there. There is a sidewalk from there to the meeting. Meals for GroundworksA group from PFM provides a meal the first Monday of each month to the Groundworks shelter. The need has grown in recent months, so more volunteers are welcome! Interested? Contact Cookie Forsythe (cookie.forsythe@comcast.net) or visit the sign-up sheet to see the details and to sign-up for a specific contribution. Hospitality Committee Always welcomes the gift of food for sharing, any week, for fellowship after late meeting. If you know in advance that you want to bring soup, a casserole, or a hearty contribution please sign up on the monthly sheet in the meeting room, but we also appreciate spontaneity. If you are interested in helping out or have questions, talk to any Hospitality Committee member and/or Contact Cliff Sunflower (cfw.sunflower@gmail.com or 484-767-3187.Memorial Project Fundraising We are looking to raise $30,000 to fund our Memorial Project. We have raised about 50% of this so far. The design is in the Community Room, and donations should be ear-marked for the “Memorial Project.” Interested in assisting with fundraising efforts or monetarily? Please reach out to the Finance CommitteePossible Meeting Photo Book If we have enough photos, we are looking to put together a photo book of the life of the meeting from this past year. If you have photos to contribute, please send them to Honor (honor.woodrow@gmail.com) by the end of the year. Joint Nakba Remembrance Ceremony Hosted by Combatants for Peace (a joint Israeli/Palestinian group) will take place on Friday May 15th at 1pm ET. You can sign up (see below) to watch it or watch the recording at the Meeting house on Friday, May 29th at 7 pm. This year’s theme—“Sumud in Humanity”—speaks to remaining rooted, maintaining dignity, and preserving one’s humanity even when both history and present realities put it to the test. Register to join virtually: bit.ly/nakba2026-register Questions? Please reach out to Francie (francie.marbury@gmail.com) & Gail (gail.haines.48@gmail.com) 39th Annual AIDS Walk Please join the 39th Annual AIDS Walk on Saturday, May 23, from 10:00 AM–12:00 PM at Centre Congregational Church in Brattleboro. Hosted by the AIDS Project of Southern Vermont, this community event includes a short walk, live music, and guest remarks, while raising funds for HIV/AIDS prevention, education, and care. This year, we honor Sue Conley and Shirley Squires for their longstanding dedication to advocacy and support. All are welcome. Learn more or donate at www.aidsprojectsouthernvermont.org or call (802) 254-4444. Questions? Please reach out to Claire (halversonclaire2@gmail.com) Can you help?We encourage you to sign-up to be a greeter or to setup and run Lucretia (OWL). Please consider trying it out. To help with our meetings for worship sign up on the Google Spreadsheet or on the sheet at the Meeting house.Sign Up Here Meeting for Worship ScheduleSunday Schedule8:30 AMEarly Meeting for Worship10:00 AMSinging10:30 AMMeeting for Worship (Hybrid Format) Childcare / First Day School11:45 AMFellowship & HospitalityThursday Schedule6:30 AMMeeting for Worship Please contact Eric Barron via text: 603-757-3879 or email: eb.ericbarron@gmail.com in case of bad weather.Monthly Events Schedule |
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