Langley Hill Friends Meeting

05/25/2025

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BREAKING: A deeply religious group of Quaker congregations hits Donald Trump's DHS with a brilliant lawsuit after his administration changed a policy that banned ICE agents from raiding places of worship.

This is what happens when fake MAGA christianity encounters the real deal...

The revoked policy in question bars ICE agents from carrying out operations without supervisor approval in "sensitive locations" which includes places of worship, playgrounds, schools, and hospitals.

The lawsuit filed in a federal district court in Maryland states that: "The very threat of that [immigration] enforcement deters congregants from attending services, especially members of immigrant communities." According to the plaintiffs, attending service is a crucial aspect of the constitutional guarantee to "religious liberty."

"A week ago today, President Trump swore an oath to defend the Constitution and yet today religious institutions that have existed since the 1600s in our country are having to go to court to challenge what is a violation of every individual’s constitutional right to worship and associate freely," said Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward, the group providing lawyers for the Quaker groups.

"The troubling nature of the policy goes beyond just houses of worship with sanctuary programs — it is that ICE could enter religious and sacred spaces whenever it wants," Perryman added.

In an email to NBC News, Noah Merrill, secretary of the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends wrote: "Quaker meetings for worship seek to be a sanctuary and a refuge for all, and this new and invasive practice tangibly erodes that possibility by creating unnecessary anxiety, confusion, and chilling of our members’ and neighbors’ willingness to share with us in the worship which sustains our lives.

"This undermines our communities and, we believe, violates our religious freedom," he added.

"The very threat of government officials wearing ICE-emblazoned jackets outside of our religious service will have a significant impact on our communities and ability to practice our faith," the Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, another one of the five Quaker groups involved, stated.

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04/13/2024

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11/22/2023

Wishing you all a very blessed Thanksgiving. May you be among f(F)riends.

04/08/2023

⚠️Posicionamiento urgente sobre los hechos ocurridos en estancia provisional de Instituto Nacional de Migración en Cd Juárez y el fallecimiento de personas .

📢Firman 210 organizaciones, 11 redes y 230 personas a título individual.

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03/05/2023

A beautiful March morning.

03/07/2022

Congratulations to The Quakers! Sidwell Friends Girls AND Boys Basketball teams won the DC State Athletic Association Class AA championship games!
Go Quakers! :-)

09/28/2021

We are slowly emerging from the Pandemic and creating a schedule for Meetings. Below please see our plan for the near future. We hope to see you in person or virtually.

08/11/2021

As we grapple with the evolution of the Coronavirus we are trying to meet the needs of the community as best we can. We have held meetings to discuss reopening or continuing in virtual reality. We have concluded that we will undertake the following for the month of August:
August 15th we will hold separate in-person worship at the meeting house and worship by zoom, both at 10 a.m. The two gatherings will be connected shortly after 11 a.m. at the rise of Meeting for Worship for news of the community, announcements, and the scheduled 2nd hour, which is about learning how to use our Breeze Management System.

August 22 and 29 we will hold two Meetings for Worship on Firstday morning at different times. This will be a significant change from our custom. Neither of the two Meetings for Worship will start at 10 a.m.

On August 22nd, in-person worship at the meeting house will be from 9:30 to 10:30 and zoom-only worship will be from 11:30 to 12:30. In between will be announcements, news of the community, and travel time for those who want to attend the early worship and then go home to be part of the zoom worship later.

August 29 we will switch the order, with zoom worship first and in-person second.

Stay tuned for more information on our worship as we adjust to the ever evolving virus situation.

06/29/2021

Unity Walk 2021 - Sunday, September 12th 1:00 - 6:00 pm
Join the unity walk as we support one another and begin to heal ourselves and our communities at Interfaith Council of Metropolitan Washington's annual Unity Walk. The walk will take place along Massachusetts Ave., NW beginning at Washington Hebrew Congregation. To register and for more information visit: 222.ifcmw.org