Tag: Putney Friends Meeting

• Brattleboro Interfaith Roots of Poverty Training Event

  A local interfaith group committed to addressing the root causes of poverty is sponsoring a training in faith-based community organizing basics, taught by Vermont Interfaith Action on Saturday, February 28, 2015, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at Centre Congregational Church in Brattleboro. This training will help people of faith bring our values and convictions into the…

  02/01/2015

  Community Events, Member Activities, Social Justice

  Brattleboro, Brattleboro Interfaith Initiative, Brattleboro Interfaith Roots of Poverty Training Event, Centre Congregational Church, community organizing, interfaith group, Putney Friends Meeting, Social Justice, Vermont Interfaith Action

• Governor Shumlin Does Not Hear You

  Dear Friends, If you didn’t see the Governor’s comments on the news last night, this clip is worth watching. From WCAX: He says voters sent him a message to act on property taxes and education costs, not gun laws or picking the state dog and vegetable. ‘I just don’t know very many Vermonters who come up to me…

  01/28/2015

  Member Activities, Social Justice

  Ann Braden, criminal background checks, Governor Shumlin, Gun Sense Vermont, Gun Violence, Putney Friends Meeting, Social Justice, Vermont, Vermonters

• Gun Sense VT Act Now!

  Dear Friends, I’m thrilled to announce that S. 31 has been officially introduced in the Senate. That means that it’s crucial that right now we all send a quick, personal e-mail to our lawmakers letting them know that we support it. (Senators’ and representatives’ e-mails are here.) This bill has three key parts, like three…

  01/22/2015

  Social Justice

  Ann Braden, background checks, Gun Sense Vermont, Gun Violence, National Instant Background Check System, Putney, Putney Friends, Putney Friends Meeting, Social Justice, Universal Background Checks, Vermont

• Gun Sense VT Video

  Putney Friends Meeting Minute 2014.03.01; Minute on the Prevention of Gun Violence. Live in “the virtue of that life and power that takes away the occasion for all wars.” George Fox (1624- 1691) This applies to all violence including gun violence. Violence is a reflection of the ills of society. We challenge ourselves and others…

  01/19/2015

  Commentary, PFM Events

  Ann Braden, George Fox, Gun Laws, Gun Sense Vermont, Gun Violence, Putney Friends Meeting, Putney Friends Meeting Minute, Quaker, Social Justice, Universal Background Checks, Vermont, video

• Gun Sense Vermont

  Putney Friends Meeting has endorsed the work of GunSense.  Ann Braden will be with us on Sunday January 18th at 9:45am at Putney Friends Meetinghouse to speak with us about how we can help support legislation regarding gun ownership here in Vermont. Gun Sense VT is an independent, grassroots, Vermont-run organization fueled by volunteers from…

  01/12/2015

  Community Events, PFM Events

  Ann Braden, Gun Sense Vermont, Putney, Putney Friends, Putney Friends Meeting, Quaker, Social Justice

• Peace on Earth 2015

  01/10/2015

  The Wider Quaker World, Uncategorized

  FRIENDS, Nancy Jane Lang, Peace on Earth, Putney, Putney Friends, Putney Friends Meeting, Quaker, Social Justice

• It Started with $5

    Dear Friends, I can still remember the first time I chose to make a financial contribution to the ministry of our yearly meeting. As a young adult traveling in the ministry, living with student loans and an uncertain future, my resources were limited. Like many of us, I grew up with a sense of…

  12/31/2014

  NEYM, Noah Baker Merrill, The Wider Quaker World

  Donate, Financial support, NEYM, Putney Friends Meeting

• How Quakers Can Transform The World

  Noah Baker Merrill expresses how Quakers can transform the world in this QuakerSpeak video:

  12/01/2014

  Noah Baker Merrill

  Noah Baker Merrill, Putney Friends Meeting, Quaker Voluntary Service, Quakerspeak, QVS

• 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  

  11/21/2014

  Uncategorized

  Application for use of space, Meeting house rental, Meeting House rental form, PFM rental, Putney Friends Meeting

• Social Justice Film Fest-The Two Row Wampum

    Putney Friends Meeting  presentation:  “The Two Row Wampum” at: Next Stage Kimball Hill Rd., Putney, VT   On Thursday November 20th at 7:00 PM This film features stunning footage of the 28 day paddling journey from the Onondaga Nation to the United Nations in New York City during the summer of 2013 to re-ratify a…

  11/17/2014

  Community Events

  Food Shelf and Homeless Shelter, Next Stage, Putney, Putney Friends, Putney Friends Meeting, Quaker, Social Justice, Social Justice Film Festival, Social Justice Film Festival 2014, The two row wampum