On Sunday, May 22 all are invited to join in a potluck shortly after the rise of meeting. Following the meal there will be a discussion including all Durham Friends Meeting members and attenders of all ages. Please join us for this unique event.
Category Archives: Events
Friends’ Café May 14th 7PM
Come share your talent by getting on the stage and/or listening, supporting, and applauding with delight!
Contemplative Prayer Group
It has been said that real prayer is not so much a request as it is listening to God.
Contemplative Prayer is an ancient Christian practice.
We will gather at the Meeting House on Tuesdays in May: 10th – 31st at 7:00PM to practice Contemplative Prayer. Please join us for any or all of those evenings. If you have any questions call Daphne Clement at 353-6354.
Young Friends Youth Group: DYF
May 20: 7 – 9PM
Young Friends at the Meetinghouse
Special Notice – Young Friends who would like can join us for a Sleep Over at the Meetinghouse following our meeting on May 20 Bring sleeping bag, pillow and toothbrush for this experience!!
Parents may pick up their youth at 11AM
Support LACO: Eat Pasta
On Saturday, May 21st Lisbon Area Christian Outreach (LACO) is holding a fund raising dinner at Holy Trinity Parish, 67 Frost Hill Avenue, Lisbon Falls. From 5 – 7 they will be serving an “All You Can Eat” spaghetti and lasagna dinner. The price of admission for one is $5.00 for those age 12 and up, $2.50 for children and children under 6 years of age eat for free. The proceeds will support LACO’s Food Bank and Clothing Pantry. Hope to see you there.
Durham Young Friends
On April 15, Durham Young Friends youth group will meet at Bee Douglas’s home 7-9pm. Don’t miss this opportunity to make Bee smile!!
Playing in the Light Training Workshop
By Wendy Schlotterbeck
We are delighted to be the host for a “Playing in the Light” workshop April 15, 16, and 17. Michael Gibson from Friends General Conference will be the lead trainer. Because our Sunday School is growing, we need more teachers and would like to offer another class for the middle school age Friends next year. Please consider if you would like to grow into this wonderful way of helping children understand God. Please contact Wendy Schlotterbeck for more information about this exciting event.
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May 28 – Yard Sale!
By Angie Reed
The Annual Woman’s Society Yard Sale will be Saturday, May 28. This is Memorial Day weekend, please plan to share some time with us that weekend. Please start now saving your “yard sale” items. They can be dropped off at the meetinghouse no earlier than Sunday, May15. Plants can be dropped off up to the morning of the sale. Plant pots are available in the horse shed. Unsold donated items larger than a small microwave are the responsibility of the donator and must be removed if unsold. Volunteer sign-up sheets will be coming soon. Keep your eyes open for volunteer opportunities.
Easter Breakfast
will be brought to you by the men of the Meeting.
They will be serving: pancakes, eggs, potatoes, bacon, sausage, juice, smoothies, etc.
They will be serving from 8-9
Suggested donation:
Adults – $5,
Age 6-18 – $3:50
Under 6 – free
To volunteer, see / call David Marstaller, 751-1339
Chain of Prayer
Easter Sunday, April 24, is our day on the Chain of Prayer. If you would like to sign up for an hour – or more – the sign up sheet is on the bulletin board by the pass-through.
Readers Wanted
By Angie Reed
Monthly meeting has approved Sunday, May 22 as the date for a potluck and intergenerational book discussion at the Meeting House. Please read any of Greg Mortensen’s books and join us to share your thoughts on your reading. These books are available on Woman’s Society shelves, and at your local library or bookstore. The book titles are: Three Cups of Tea, in adult and junior versions, Stones into Schools, and Listen to the Wind, in picture book format.
These books are part of this year’s United Society of Friends Women International (USFWI) reading program. Woman’s Society participates in this program. If anyone has any extra copies of these books they would like to share with others at the meeting, please let Angie Reed know or just put your name in the book and place it on the Women’s Society Reading program shelf. Happy Reading!
Easter Morning Sunrise
Join Durham Friends for a Sunrise Service on Easter morning at 5:30am at Simpson Cemetery, on River Road Brunswick. The men of DFM will serve breakfast from 8 to 9. After breakfast the Special Events committee will offer craft projects for the children and our traditional Easter Egg Hunt for the youngest ones. Be sure you don’t leave for home without the pies you ordered for Easter dinner.
All Maine Gathering
Margaret Wentworth
The All Maine Gathering is Saturday, April 30 at Friends Camp. This is a chance to visit with Friends from all over Maine and look at the Camp. Gathering begins at 9 and it ends at about 3:30. The schedule includes music, worship, art and spirituality, lunch (provided by Camp), Quarterly meetings for business and closings circle. There will be programs for children and youth. Pay on a sliding scale. (Camp charges $18). Please call Margaret Wentworth before April 26 if you plan to go so you can eat. For more information, call Margaret at 725.6935.
Woman’s Society Silent Auction
By Angie Reed
On Monday, March 21st there will be a Silent Auction at the Meeting House at 6:30PM
before the start of our Woman’s Society Meeting at 7;00 PM. Please contribute home
baked goodies, fudge, your gently used items, and hand made items for our silent auction. We would like items to be available for a preview on Sunday, March 20. Early bids accepted at that time.
Because of the concert Young Friends are hosting on Saturday night, we ask that you do
not bring your items earlier than Sunday. If this is inconvenient, please see a Woman’s Society Member so storage arrangements can be made.
A portion of these funds goes to the Adopt-a- Nurse program.
Young Friends Host Rise Up Singing, With Creators Peter & Annie, In Benefit Concert
By Wendy Schlotterbeck
On Saturday, March 19 at 7pm, Young Friends are hosting a sing-a-long concert with
Peter Blood and Annie Patterson, creators of the “Rise Up Singing” songbook. Tickets are on sale now from any Young Friend or Wendy Schlotterbeck. Proceeds will benefit the
Kakamega Orphan project and the DYF participation in NEYM this August.
Suggested donations:
Adults – $10-15,
Children under 12 – $5,
Families – $25.
Playing in the Light Training Workshop
By Wendy Schlotterbeck
We are delighted to be the host for a “Playing in the Light” workshop April 15, 16,
and 17. Michael Gibson from Friends General Conference will be the lead trainer. Because our Sunday School is growing, we would like to offer another class for the middle school age
Friends next year, and need more teachers.
Please consider if you would like to grow into this wonderful way of helping children
understand God. Please contact Wendy Schlotterbeck for more information about this
exciting event!
Readers wanted
By Angie Reed
Monthly meeting has approved Sunday, May 22 as the date for a potluck and
intergenerational book discussion at the Meeting House. Please read any of Greg Mortensen’s books and join us to share your thoughts on your reading. These books are available on Woman’s Society shelves, and at your local library or bookstore. The book titles are: Three Cups of Tea, in adult and junior versions, Stones into Schools, and Listen to the Wind, in picture book format.
These books are part of this year’s United Society of Friends Women International
(USFWI) reading program. Woman’s Society participates in this program. If anyone has any extra copies of these books they would like to share with others at the meeting, please let Angie Reed know or just put your name in the book and place it on the Women’s Society
Reading program shelf. …..Happy Reading!
March 6th Brings Panel, Potluck, FUM and NEYM
By Leslie Manning
On March 6, we will have a panel and a potluck on the subject of Friends United
Meeting and New England Yearly Meeting. We will take up the personnel policy, financial
support and hope to provide guidance for ways to move forward. We invite everyone to join us immediately after Meeting.
