Rahway and Plainfield Quaker Meeting

11/11/2025

(RNS) — Over 90% of Congress identifies as Christian, a faith tradition that teaches us to love our neighbors, care for the poor, help those in need, welcome the stranger and pursue peace.

08/19/2025

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Join us this Saturday at the meetinghouse for a Vigil, poster display, and videos and artwork from AFSC’s TRACES project, all focused on Immigrant Rights. 10am to 4pm; 2257 Meetinghouse Rd., Manasquan, NJ.

07/12/2025

The memorial for Roger Dreisbach-Williams will be held on Sunday, August 17 at 2p.m. in the Rahway-Plainfield Meeting House.
To see his obituary, follow this link and click on the obituary memorials on the top left hand side of the page.
https://www.morellofuneralhome.com/obits?

Dorothea Hoffman recently passed on too at the age of 104. Her memorial will take place on Saturday July 26 at ten a.m.
Jan Warner will be interred in our cemetery on July 19 at 11 a.m. Her memorial was held at Sandy Springs as she had transferred her membership there when she moved.

All are welcome to attend.

Peace+
Debbie Sims
co-clerk
Rahway-Plainfield Meeting

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07/12/2025

Faithful Friend Roger Dreisbach-Williams passed on yesterday. A date for an August memorial will be posted soon.
To see his obituary, follow this link and click on the obituary memorials on the top left hand side of the page

https://www.morellofuneralhome.com/obits?

View Recent Obituaries for Morello Funeral Home Inc.

07/05/2025

Our Meeting hosted and participated in this important activity

A group of Quakers from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland walked from Flushing, Queens, to Washington, DC this May. Along the way they wrote a modern Remonstrance which they then delivered to their representatives in Congress. It speaks to the condition of these Quakers in the United States of America today — maybe it speaks to yours, as well. Read it in its entirety at http://quakerwalk2025.org/remonstrance-text

01/29/2025

Friends’ historic experience of religious persecution motivated modern Quakers to join the lawsuit.

01/29/2025

Maryland Quakers resist ICE intrusion in their worship

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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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04/03/2024

FWCC is hiring a project coordinator to create a digital Quaker glossary in Spanish & English. If you or someone you know speaks English and Spanish fluently and has experience as an interpreter, consider joining the FWCC Americas team! fwccamericas.org/jobs

02/22/2024

The Plainfield Symphony was granted the use of our Meeting House and community wing for a fundraising concert. A lovely high tea was served by them following the concert. We are so very pleased to support both the Symphony and our local community in this way.

08/29/2023

Well we are going to have our fall picnic on September 10. Burgers, hotdogs, veggie burgers and Chorizo sausages will be provided. Please bring a side dish or dessert if possible. But do keep your pup out of the kitchen during prep

08/21/2023

Fascinating topic which pertains to our Meeting.

Co-hosted by the Historical Society of Plainfield / Drake House Museum and Plainfield Public Library Well-known for their anti-slavery views, Quakers began to migrate to the slave-free territories in the 19th century. As they migrated out of the South, Quakers emancipated and traveled with their new...