By Hassan El-Tayyab, FCNL, January 3, 2020 From the Friends Committee on National Legislation Last night, the Trump administration assassinated Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the military commander…
From Everett Stackpole, History of Durham, Maine (Published by Vote of the Town, 1899), pp. 62-63.
Durham Monthly Meeting of Friends convened for the conduct of business on Sunday, December 15, 2019 with 13 people present. In the absence of…
Excerpt from a message given at Durham Friends Meeting, December 15, 2019 Here’s one way of looking at it. Take the four gospels. Each tells…
Accompanied by love and a deep faith, Clarabel Marstaller peacefully crossed the threshold last night. The family thanks everyone for their prayers and says they felt…
Former Pastor Doug Gwyn tells the story of his faith journey and work as a Friends pastor and writer in a new book edited by…
Durham Monthly Meeting of Friends convened for the conduct of business on Sunday, November 17, 2019 with 12 people present. Clerk Susan Rice read…
Excerpt from a message given at Durham Friends Meeting, November 17, 2019 I’ve been thinking that Meeting for worship is a little like building a…
Message given at Durham Friends Meeting, November 10, 2019 Ring the bells that still will ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in…
Message given at Durham Friends Meeting, November 3, 2019 I came across a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke that I want to read. It is…
Sophia’s House is a new residence in Lewiston scheduled to open in December 2019 for women coming out of addiction, prison or jail, and/or sex…
NEW BOOKS (and one CD and two pamphlets) added to the library collection: —Buckley, Paul: Primitive Quakerism revived: living as Friends in the twenty-first century,…
Excerpt from a message by Doug Bennett at Durham Friends Meeting, October 27, 2019 A lot of the time I’m pretty taken with myself. I…
Durham Monthly Meeting of Friends convened for the conduct of business on Sunday, October 20, 2019 with 10 people present. Clerk Susan Rice opened…
Message given at Durham Friends Meeting, August 25, 2019 You may have heard me tell the story about a good friend visiting me the summer…
By Linda Muller, for PSC At this September 29 afternoon gathering, our Meeting provided a platform for three local youth activists to share their concerns and ideas…
Fourteen women and men from Meeting met at the Thai Garden in Freeport on September 16 for the Woman’s Society annual Eat-Out. It was an…
You are invited to celebrate Homecoming Sunday with our beloved Durham Friends community on Sunday, October 6, World Quaker Day 2019, joining Friends around the…
Durham Monthly Meeting of Friends convened for the conduct of business on Sunday, September 15, 2019 with 10 people present. Martha Hinshaw Sheldon served as…
From a message at Durham Friends Meeting, September 15, 2019 I recently had occasion to read again about a very unusual episode in the history…
by Martha Sheldon Woman’s Society met on July 15 at the home of Helen Clarkson. Theresa Oleksiw brought us an inspiring and insightful program on…
By Renee Cote and Brown Lethem Durham Monthly Meeting of Friends, along with over a dozen Maine organizations including Maine Veterans for Peace, has…
In early August, with the many recent asylum seekers staying at the Portland Expo needing homes, a call went out for people to host families…
Durham Monthly Meeting of Friends convened for the conduct of business on Sunday, July 21, 2019 with 10 people present. Clerk Susan Rice read a…
Friday Sept. 20 12:00 noon — Global Climate Strike — a rally at Portland City Hall coinciding with the UN Youth Climate Summit. If you…