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.
Category Archives: Events
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.