Millville Friends Meeting
The First Meeting House, a Log building was constructed in 1795, then in 1847 a new Meeting House was built with brick. The Millville Friends Meeting is part of a larger collection of meeting houses from the surrounding geographical area, called the Upper Susquehanna Quarterly Meeting. This collective of meetings and meeting houses comprises Elklands, Huntington, Lewisburg, Millville, North Branch, Pennsdale, State College, Sterling, Towanda and Wellsboro.
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Meeting Times
Meeting for Worship
Every Sunday at 10am
During this time of the Coronavirus pandemic, we will hold some of our meetings for worship online through the Zoom platform and others in person with masking and social distancing protocols in place. We will also offer occasional walking fellowship times. Anyone who wants to attend our Sunday Zoom meetings for worship, or wishes to receive information on walking worship, contact us, and we will follow up with an email.
First Day (Sunday) worship schedule
Meeting schedule
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Sunday |
Activity |
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7/3 In-Person Worship
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AFD Topic: vocal ministry Carolyn Dalton |
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7/10 Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business In-person |
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7/17 In-Person Worship |
11:15 am Potluck meal . |
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7/24 Virtual Worship |
Spiritual Journey Guest: TBA |
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7/31 In-Person Worship |
none |
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8/7 In-person worship |
AFD: topic TBA |
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8/14 Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business In-person or virtual |
Jen Hunsinger/clerk |
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8/21 In-Person worship |
Snax n Chat following meeting for worship |
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8/28 In-Person Worship Spiritual Journey |
Guest: Charlie Gale |
Monthly Meeting for Business
Second Sunday of each month at 9am, continuing at 11:15 after worship. During the pandemic, Meeting for Business starts at 9:00am and is held virtually via Zoom. For the most recent information about Zoom links and Meeting for Business related questions, email the meeting.
Tuesday Night Quaker Gathering on Zoom
Members and attenders of Millville Friends Meeting are invited to meet with Millville Friends for a mid-week Zoom gathering on selcted Tuesdays from 7:30 pm to 8:00 pm. The time will be somewhat structured with brief worship, and guided sharing. After 8:00 pm the host will leave the Zoom open for a time for Friends to just chat and socialize.
For links to join this Zoom meeting contact us.
Financial donations
Checks made out to Millville Monthly Meeting, sent to Millville Monthly Meeting Treasurer, 453 Black Run Road, Bloomsburg, PA 17815. (FYI: At this point we are not accepting credit cards or any other digital payments.) Persons interested in donating goods or services should contact the Clerk via the contact us links.
What's New
Repairs on the meetinghouse have been on-going, and it is looking great. Carolyn Dalton writes, "The flooring has been laid. We are looking forward to installing a new kitchen area and fixing the cracked plaster that resulted from settling due to the bad floor supports."
Also, the meeting’s minute of thanks was featured in the PYM newsletter
From an article by the Quakers in Britain
Faced with self-isolation and social distancing, Quakers across Britain have begun to meet in new ways. We are keeping the spirit flowing together, and maintaining our communities. Some have likened it to the way Quakers facing persecution centuries ago 'kept the meeting' in remarkable ways.
November was a busy month at our 175-year-old meetinghouse. Doolittle Construction workers completed much needed repairs to the meetinghouse’s failing foundation and floor beams. Nearly one- half of the community room’s floor was removed to enable workers to replace the floor beams, shore-up the column supports and access the foundation. They also installed moisture barriers in the crawlspace, and laid outdoor drains to provide additional moisture mitigation for the building.
In addition to our regular practice of meeting in person or virtually for quiet worship, Quakers sometimes take part in what is called Worship Sharing.
The artist and the Quaker are on the same internal journey. Each is seeking a relationship with the Divine, and each is seeking a way to express that relationship. There are just many different ways of expressing it. For many, the path to the Self has to be entered by way of the arts, whether or not we are gifted in that field. That doesn’t seem to matter. As St. Paul says: If we have not love, we are as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal. And for many of us, the pathway to love is through the arts.
“Monthly Meeting”, “Clerk”, “Convincement”, “Clearness”, “Minutes” – What do all these words have in common? They all mean something specific to Quakers!
Worship with us!
Meeting for Worship
Every Sunday at 10am
During this time of the Coronavirus pandemic, we will hold some of our meetings for worship online through the Zoom platform and others in person with masking and social distancing protocols in place. We will also offer occasional walking fellowship times. Anyone who wants to attend our Sunday Zoom meetings for worship, or wishes to receive information on walking worship, contact us, and we will follow up with an email.
First Day (Sunday) worship schedule
Meeting schedule
|
Sunday |
Activity |
|
7/3 In-Person Worship
|
AFD Topic: vocal ministry Carolyn Dalton |
|
7/10 Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business In-person |
|
|
7/17 In-Person Worship |
11:15 am Potluck meal . |
|
7/24 Virtual Worship |
Spiritual Journey Guest: TBA |
|
7/31 In-Person Worship |
none |
|
8/7 In-person worship |
AFD: topic TBA |
|
8/14 Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business In-person or virtual |
Jen Hunsinger/clerk |
|
8/21 In-Person worship |
Snax n Chat following meeting for worship |
|
8/28 In-Person Worship Spiritual Journey |
Guest: Charlie Gale |
Monthly Meeting for Business
Second Sunday of each month at 9am, continuing at 11:15 after worship. During the pandemic, Meeting for Business starts at 9:00am and is held virtually via Zoom. For the most recent information about Zoom links and Meeting for Business related questions, email the meeting.
Tuesday Night Quaker Gathering on Zoom
Members and attenders of Millville Friends Meeting are invited to meet with Millville Friends for a mid-week Zoom gathering on selcted Tuesdays from 7:30 pm to 8:00 pm. The time will be somewhat structured with brief worship, and guided sharing. After 8:00 pm the host will leave the Zoom open for a time for Friends to just chat and socialize.
For links to join this Zoom meeting contact us.
Financial donations
Checks made out to Millville Monthly Meeting, sent to Millville Monthly Meeting Treasurer, 453 Black Run Road, Bloomsburg, PA 17815. (FYI: At this point we are not accepting credit cards or any other digital payments.) Persons interested in donating goods or services should contact the Clerk via the contact us links.
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