Third Haven Friends Meeting

01/30/2025

Our faith teaches that anyone and everyone with a leading toward the Quaker path is welcome—and indeed necessary—to participate in worship.

PYM wanted to share some essential information about the lawsuit. This may be helpful to Friends in PYM for their own understanding and for discussing the case with others.

For more information, follow this link: https://www.pym.org/key-points-on-the-quaker-suit-against-the-department-of-homeland-security/

01/30/2025

Let's be clear. Those being terrorized by Pres. Trump's mass detention & deportation campaign are not "criminals."

They are loving parents. Sons. Daughters. Sisters. Brothers. Seeking refuge and opportunity. Working hard. Contributing to our country and communities.

They are our neighbors.

01/28/2025

Today, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting joined our neighbors in New England and Baltimore Yearly Meetings, as plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

This lawsuit is in response to one of the many actions the new administration took last week, specifically to rescind a longstanding policy that prevented U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from entering places of worship. As a result, people may avoid going to their houses of worship for fear of government enforcement. This injures immigrants who may stay home instead of worshiping with their spiritual communities. It also injures the spiritual communities who will lose the ability to worship with all who share the Light.

You can learn more about the lawsuit by following this link: https://www.pym.org/pym-involvement-in-dhs-lawsuit/

01/11/2025

Friends,
While the driveways and pathways at Meeting are passable, they remain treacherous because of the alternate thawing and freezing and last night’s snowfall.

We have decided to hold Meeting for Worship via Zoom. There will be NO in-person meeting at Third Haven.

Meeting for Business will be moved to the following First Day, January 19, so we may all attend in person.

11/09/2024

PARKING FOR SUNDAY MEETING FOR WORSHIP: Due to extremely dry conditions and abundance of leaves here at THFM you are asked to use caution where you park your car and park on gravel surfaces; the residual heat underneath a vehicle can easily ignite leaves and lead to an emergency.

Efforts are ongoing Saturday to alleviate the leaves, but they continue to fall at a fast pace.

03/23/2024

Due to the storm Saturday and the saturated grounds, those coming to First Day Meeting are advised to not park on the grass. You may become stuck easily and damage the property. Please park on the gravel.

02/20/2024

Join us for a day of peace and inward renewal!

Inward Bound Quiet Day

March 19, 2024; 10am to 3pm (pot-luck lunch at 12 noon)

Common Room and grounds of Third Haven Friends Meeting

Join TH Friends in a silent retreat that offers a day of listening for the Light within, contemplation, reading, walking the grounds, writing, and self-chosen art activities. We enjoy a shared, silent potluck lunch, and end our session with a short sharing session. Come for all or part of the retreat. Information and/or RSVP: Katherine Johnson [email protected] or 410-820-5103.

11/22/2023

The Third Haven Art Show & Sale will be Saturday, December 2nd from 11am-3pm. Third Haven Friends Meeting affiliated artists will be displaying their artwork & crafts. Paintings, prints, pottery, glasswork, baskets, photography, wooden puzzles, knit items, jewelry, gifts, baked goods and more will be for sale. Please consider shopping for your holiday gifts at this event; you will be supporting artists who will donate a portion of their artwork sales to Third Haven. This event is free and open to the public.

05/01/2023

Looking for a special opportunity for your children to get outside this summer?

Look no further. Third Haven Friends Meeting (the Quakers) and instructors Cherie Baron and Kristen Hanlon are teaming up to offer a weeklong Outdoor Mindfulness camp. This popular camp blends mindfulness and nature play for children, located on the tranquil grounds of Third Haven grounds located at 405 South Washington Street in Easton.

Each morning will be spent with the talented instructors in nature with friends as it was meant to be experienced: in a full body, hands-on, messy-play way. Activities will include exploration of the six key tenets of Quakerism: Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality and Stewardship while immersing your child in the joys of the outdoors.

This outdoor camp is offered for 5-12 year olds, Monday through Thursday, June 26 through 29. Two sessions are offered: morning from 9AM to 11:30PM, and afternoon from 1PM to 3:30PM. Pick which session works best for you! The cost is $100 per child, per session, with limited space available.

For more information or to register, please contact Susan Claggett at 410-200-6345 or [email protected]. Flyer and registration packet available on our website here: https://www.thirdhaven.org/fds_summercamp2023.php

04/05/2023

Third Haven Friends Meeting Welcomes Friends Peace Teams from Asia West Pacific ... where Quakers gather to support justice and peace ministries worldwide. Sharing Our Stories on Justice and Peace Worldwide (hybrid)

Monday, May 1, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Everyone Welcome – Come when you can!

This Friends Peace Team https://friendspeaceteams.org/awp from Indonesia and the Philippines works with children, parents, teachers, and communities recovering from war, colonization, and violence, and supports other peace and justice workers around the world. The team includes Quaker, Catholic, Muslim, and Mennonite AVP facilitators:
* Petrus, Mennonite from Central Java, Indonesia, Director of Peace Place, an Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) and Power of Goodness facilitator focused on interfaith collaboration, reduction of religious violence, welcoming teens and young adults to intern at a permaculture site for peace and justice training.
* Ruwaidah (Ida), Muslim from Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Education and Program Development Specialist of the Institute for Interfaith Dialogue in Indonesia (Interfidei), an AVP and Power of Goodness facilitator focused on interfaith and intercultural collaboration for the reduction of religious violence.
* Nanik, Mennonite from Central Java, Indonesia, Director of Joglo Preschool focused on full inclusion in just, peaceful, regenerative education integrating AVP and permaculture.
* Alma (Kins) Aparece, Catholic from Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines, Friends Peace Teams Asia West Pacific Coordinator and environmental and human rights attorney focused on people’s movement, supports emerging leadership for peace and justice and communities in war such as Burma and W Papua, and inviting people to the Regional Peace Training in the Philippines in July 2023.
* Nadine Hoover, Quaker from Buffalo, NY, USA, an AVP facilitator, Friends Peace Teams AWP coordinator working with the Peacemakers on Buffalo’s Eastside, Grey’s Ferry in SW Philly, and refugee communities in the US. Author of Creating Cultures of Peace and Walking in the World as a Friend, and editor of The Power of Goodness (CourageousGifts.com).

Contact Dona Sorce: 412-334-8185 / in advance to RSVP or get a Zoom link and plan the event. Walk-ins Welcome!

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12/01/2022

THIS SATURDAY!

Join us for the Art Show & Sale on Saturday, December 3rd from 11am to 3pm in the Common Room. Third Haven Friends Meeting affiliated artists will be displaying their artwork & crafts. Paintings, prints, glasswork, baskets, photography, knit items, holiday gifts, baked goods and more will be for sale. There will be many affordable handmade items and the First Day School has made ornaments! By purchasing items at this event, you will be supporting artists who will donate a portion of their artwork sales to Third Haven. This event is free and open to the public.

05/31/2022

An Open Letter to the Talbot Community from Faith Leaders:

We write to extend our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims of the recent mass murders in Buffalo, NY and in Uvalde, TX. We are horrified that so many innocent lives were lost in just moments. We surround those grieving with light and love. We are called upon to do more than offer words. In the US, violent acts at schools, grocery stores, houses of worship, and other public spaces happen over and over again. It does not need to be this way. The brutal mass murder at the grocery store in Buffalo was a blatantly racist act directed at African Americans. Racism is deeply rooted in our society. Racist violence is fueled when leaders and pundits espouse division and hate with their rhetoric and lies, and is amplified when misinformation spreads on social media platforms. When racism is combined with ready access to assault weapons the results are deadly. It is a recipe for tragedy again and again. In Uvalde, we know the victims at the elementary school shooting were vulnerable children and teachers. While we do not yet know the motivation of the shooter, he identified with the ubiquitous culture of violence and had ready access to weapons. Violence happens when we lose sight of our shared humanity. Violence recurs when the roots of discrimination, bigotry and hate are not challenged. Violence becomes a norm when we believe it is inevitable. A common thread across our faith traditions is the belief that all are worthy and that we have a collective responsibility for one another. As we look around our community, we find hope in the increasing willingness to be honest about our local challenges. There are no miracle 'fixes' to patterns of systemic racism and violence. In part we need to live into the rules and policies already in place. Where changes to policies are needed, we need to make the changes now. We need to change hearts and attitudes that privilege some over others. These violent tragedies do not need to continue. They are not inevitable. As President Biden said in his address to the country this week, “When in God's name will we do what we all know in our gut needs to be done?” As we extend our love to all in Buffalo and Uvalde and the many others impacted by violence, may we recommit to work together to create a community and country where all are valued, respected and safe.

Molly Burgoyne Brian & Tom Corl, Co-Clerks
Third Haven Friends Meeting