Meeting Upcoming events and news
| Typical Sunday Schedule |
| 8:30 am Meeting for Worship, in person in the Meetinghouse. 10:00 am Singing10:30 am Childcare / First Day School 10:30 am Meeting for WorshipIn person at the Meetinghouse and on Zoom Refreshments provided by Hospitality at the rise of Meeting. |
| Typical Weekly Schedule |
| Thursdays @ 6:30 AM – Worship First and Third Saturdays @ 12 Noon – Peace Vigil on Putney Commons Third Sundays @ 12 Noon – Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business (Childcare Provided) Second and Fourth Sundays @ 9:30 AM between meetings for worship – Adult Religious Education Fourth Sundays @ 12 Noon – Bearing Witness in Community |
| 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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| Monthly Meeting for Business |
| This Sunday, April 19th will be Putney Friends Meeting’s Meeting for BusinessYou will find attached the following documents:April AgendaProvisional Minutes from MarchFinance Committee ReportBuildings and Grounds Committee ReportAlternatively, you are also able to view all documents here: 2026.04.29 – Attachments Folder |
| Support the PFM Memorial Project with Short Journey Home: Awakening to Freedom with Tich Nhat Hanh |
| 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.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. |
| Rescheduled: Meeting Retreat Organizing Committee |
| Please notice updated date and time. April 19 at 9:30am at the Putney Meeting HouseInterested in helping organize our September Retreat ?We’re getting started now and will hold a first meeting on April 19 between early and later worship. More info? Contact Mike at mmrowicki@gmail.com or 802-387-8787 |
| Bearing Witness: Israeli/ Palestinian Joint Memorial Ceremony |
| The Bearing Witness group will be inviting meeting members and the public to a live stream presentation of the Israeli/Palestinian Joint Memorial Ceremony put on by Combatants for Peace and the Parents’ Circle/Family Forum on Monday, April 20th starting at 1:15 PM. We also hope to be doing a similar event of the Nakba ceremony put on by the same groups on Friday, May 15th. The small committee organizing the event for April 20th would love to have some more help with planning, publicity, set up, and streaming tech work. Questions? Please contact Gail (Gail.Haines.48@gmail.com) or Francie (Francie.Marbury@gmail.com) |
| Earlham School of Religion: 2026 Perkins Family Lecture Series |
| The Oversight Committee for the Ministry of Noah Bishop Merrill, appointed by Putney Friends Meeting, invites Friends to join us in holding Noah in prayer as he prepares to speak in the Perkins Family Lecture Series at Earlham School of Religion this spring. Noah’s ministry extends beyond his role as Secretary of NEYM, and our committee felt led to invite Friends to join us both in prayer and, if they are able, in attending the lecture online. Friends may also wish to gather in their local meetings to experience Noah’s ministry together as it is streamed online, and to reflect together afterward.2026 Perkins Family Lecture Series: “For the Sake of the Joy: Meetings, Pilgrimage, and the Re-Olding of Quakerism”, Noah Bishop Merrill, Putney Friends Meeting of New England Yearly Meeting. Friday, April 24, 2026, 7pm, In person and online Register: https://26PerkinsFamLect.eventbrite.com For those who are interested, there will be a potluck starting at 6 PM at PFM for those who would like to gather together for the livestream. |
| 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. Next week, on April 26th, master beekeeper and storyteller Cliff Sunflower will be sharing highlights of his 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 |
| A note from Richard, Alison and Rebecca: Please join us for a May 10 celebration of Heidi Watts…Yes it is mothers day…! The celebration will be at her house in Westmoreland, NH — (68 Mount Gilboa Road) — starting with an “open house” from 12-2 with the service starting at 2:00. That service will be live streamed for her friends around the world. PLEASE RSVP Here: GOOGLE Survey and here is a GOOGLE Document to post thoughts, photos, notes – shared publicly. Please let us know if you can come and if you need help thinking about lodging or anything else. Space is somewhat limited so please RSVP so we get a sense of how many. Here is a link to the Obituary if you did not see it – and some of her other writings which I’m sure she’d love for you to read! We so much look forward to visiting with you all and celebrating our amazing mom, and your friend. More details to come and best wishes to all, Richard, Alison and Rebecca 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 Univ of VT Burlington VT September 4-6: The Goodness Retreat with John Calvi Pendle Hill, Wallingford PA |
| Announcements from the Basket |
| Meal 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) 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 at 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. Weekend Meeting Retreat at Farm and Wilderness Camp, is returning this year! A committee is forming to organize the logistics such as food, program, and finance. Want more information or want to help? Contact Mike (mmrowicki@gmail.com) |
| Is there an announcement you would like included or updated? Please email putneyfriendsmeeting@gmail.com with attention to Mary, Communications Clerk |
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