by tpfm | Apr 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
The agenda for worshipful business meeting on Sunday, April 22nd is as follows: Treasurer’s report Review of request to Adelphi Review of proposed survey Clerk nomination Quaker discussion leader nomination If there are any other items that should be on the...
by tpfm | Apr 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Quaker discussion for Sunday, April 15th will be a continuation of our reading of the Spirit of Quakers, by Geoffrey Durham. We will read a short section of the book and then discuss it. You don’t need to have a copy of the book to participate, and as...
by Arthur David Olson | Mar 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
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by Arthur David Olson | Mar 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Takoma Park Friends Meeting-Preparative gathered on 3/4/2018 at the Dance Exchange in Takoma Park, Maryland, having rescheduled the originally planned 2/25/2018 meeting. We heard queries and advices from the 2013 draft Baltimore Yearly Meeting Faith and Practice on...
by tpfm | Mar 13, 2018 | Events
Our Quaker discussion after the rise of meeting this week will be a continuation of last month’s discussion of how to move forward based on last year’s spiritual state of the meeting report.
by tpfm | Feb 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
We are going to have discussion after the meeting this Sunday to discuss how to move forward with the meeting. I don’t think any of us want to lay it down, but if we don’t, then we need to discuss what changes we are going to make and what effort we are going to put...
by Arthur David Olson | Feb 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
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by Arthur David Olson | Feb 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Takoma Park Friends Meeting-Preparative gathered on 11/26/2017 at the Dance Exchange in Takoma Park, Maryland. We heard queries on activism. We heard of the difficulty of working with others and not forcing our values on them, hoping that they won’t force their values...
by tpfm | Jan 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Spiritual State of the Meeting report for 2017 is available here. It does not paint the picture of a healthy meeting. To highlight this, it was approved at a business meeting attended by two people: the presiding clerk and the recording clerk. Our next Quaker...
by tpfm | Jan 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
The agenda for the business meeting this Sunday is as follows: • Treasurer’s Report • First reading of Arthur David Olson as recording clerk. • Mailing List is now working. • Second reading of the Spiritual State of the Meeting for 2017. If you would like...
