New England Yearly Meeting of Friends

06/06/2026

Hoy visitamos el Curso del área de cuaquerismo de nuestro Instituto en la subsede de Gibara

06/06/2026

06/05/2026

WEST FALMOUTH MEETING ERICA H. ADAMS was AWARDED (2) QUAKER GRANTS for FRIENDS FORUM on Zoom for (2) years + 8 programs:
•MISSION: inform, inspire activism + foster progressive communities.
•2 QUAKER GRANTS:
•1) NEYM Legacy Gift &
•2) Obadiah Brown Benevolent Fund/Sarah Swift Fund.
•TECH SUPPORT: Beacon Hill Friends House.
•1st FRIENDS FORUM: FLYER with registration link to follow): SARAH TOWLE prize winning author on the US Border issue -a humanist’s view.

06/05/2026

Only a few seats left for the 2 pm performance on Saturday, June 6 at 2 pm. This is a free event thanks to a grant from the Amesbury Cultural Council. Reservations at https://whittierhome.org/programs/

06/05/2026

Please join us at the North Sandwich Friends Meeting to celebrate the homecoming of our Estey Artist Model Z reed organ with an inaugural concert and brief talks about the instrument, its history, and the restoration process.

Date: Sunday, June 7, 2026
Time: 4.30 – 6 p.m.
Place: North Sandwich Friends Meeting, 354 Quaker Whiteface Road, North Sandwich, NH

Just over one hundred years ago, the North Sandwich Friends Meeting bought a remarkable, top-of-the-line reed organ for its Meeting House. Over time, the North Sandwich Quakers reverted to the older style of silent, meditative meetings for worship and the organ fell into disuse and disrepair. Although we still worship mostly in silence, we recently decided to restore the organ, an extraordinary instrument that should be played and enjoyed.

The Model Z contains up to 400 separate brass reeds, which allow it to produce a wide range of sound qualities, tonal colors, and volume and it is capable of performing a great variety of music.

Our special guests will describe the instrument and its history, play short pieces of concert repertoire that will show off the organ’s musical capabilities, and lead the audience in song.

Participants will include:
 George Wiese, Waterford, ME, organist, Music Director of the Mt. Washington Valley
Choral Society, and President of the Estey Organ Museum in Brattleboro, VT.
 Bruce Stevens, owner of 1001 Keys and Co, Wells River, VT, who restored the organ.
 The Silver Lake Singers, a chorus whose members share a love of singing and the desire for service through the gift of song.
 Peggy Johnson, Wonalancet, beloved local musician and one of the few who has played the organ in the past.

All are warmly welcome. The event will end with a reception and refreshments. RSVPs are appreciated but not necessary.

06/03/2026

Know a young person who is pro-peace? Meet with them and make sure they have gathered documentation that supports their beliefs. Under new laws, draft registration in the US will be automatic starting in December. This means that youth must work even harder to document their nonviolent beliefs. Be informed. Buy this resource guide and share it with folks in your meeting.

Available at QuakerBooks; revised in 2025.

https://quakerbooks.org/collections/new-arrivals/products/conscientious-objection-is-this-for-you-discerning-a-claim-and-documenting-it-with-selective-service

06/01/2026

Are you led to offer a workshop or reflection group at this year’s Annual Sessions? Our 90-minute workshops and worship-sharing options provide an opportunity for adult and teen Friends to grow in their faithfulness and make meaningful connections through the facilitated exploration of a specific topic or activity.

Priority will be given to proposals received by June 14th. See our website for more information and to apply!

06/01/2026

Get • ‪ hanged today in 1660 for being a Quaker. Boston area Quakers are still here witnessing!

06/01/2026

Get • Cambridge Friends School will close its doors permanently after the 2026-27 school year, a result of continued enrollment challenges, according to an email from the school’s Board of Trustees sent to the school’s community on May 19.

The private Quaker school has taught elementary and middle school students in North Cambridge for 65 years. The school’s student body is 52% students of color and 40% of families receive financial aid, according to the website.

“After much careful discernment regarding our ongoing enrollment challenges, the Board has reached the difficult conclusion that Cambridge Friends School, in its current form, will close in June of 2027, at the end of next school year,” Beno Chapman and Jan Nisenbaum, co-clerks of the CFS Board of Trustees, wrote in the email.

Article by Julia Carpi.
Read more on our website.

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