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
We currently hold most of our meetings for worship in person with masking and social distancing protocols in place. Most First Days (Sunday) after meeting for worship, we host an activity, discussion, social time, or outdoors activities. Once a month we hold our business meeting before meeting for worship, and we resume the business meeting after the worship time if there is still unfinished business on the agenga. See schedule below for details.If you have questions about meeting for worship or any of our activities, please contact us, and we will follow up with an email.
First Day (Sunday) worship schedule
Millville Meeting schedule 9/1 – 10/16/22
|
Sunday/Date |
In-person? |
Activity |
|
9/4 |
Yes |
Adult First Day: Empty Nests Paul Loomis |
|
9/9-9/11 9/11
|
Yes |
Upper Susquehana Quarter Gathering at Crystal Lakes Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business
|
|
9/18 |
Yes |
Fellowship Walk 2 pm Montour Preserve (Gather at the parking lot near the Fossil Pit. Those who do not want to walk can socialize at Heron Cove picnic area) |
|
9/25 |
No |
10:00 am Virtual Worship 10:30 am Ed Solenberger sharing stories about growing-up Quaker. (A zoom link will be sent to meeting members. Others can contact us to get the link.) |
|
10/2 |
Yes |
Query Adult First Day : Out in Africa Peterson Toscano
|
|
10/9 In-person or virtual |
Yes |
Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business
|
|
10/16 |
Yes |
Fellowship Activity: 11:15 am Pot Luck following worship at the meetinghouse. |
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.
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 email link.
What's New
For the Meeting
What are we doing to invite persons to attend our meetings for worship,
to welcome them when they come,
For the Meeting
What are we doing to invite persons to attend our meetings for worship,
to welcome them when they come,
to listen sensitively to their needs and hesitations and to encourage their continued attendance?
For the Individual
How do I share my spiritual life and experience with others?
- Have you experienced the empty nest; that is, have your children grown up and left home?
- What do you remember about it?
- Do you have thoughts or recollections about your own leaving-home experience?
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.
Worship with us!
Meeting for Worship
Every Sunday at 10am
We currently hold most of our meetings for worship in person with masking and social distancing protocols in place. Most First Days (Sunday) after meeting for worship, we host an activity, discussion, social time, or outdoors activities. Once a month we hold our business meeting before meeting for worship, and we resume the business meeting after the worship time if there is still unfinished business on the agenga. See schedule below for details.If you have questions about meeting for worship or any of our activities, please contact us, and we will follow up with an email.
First Day (Sunday) worship schedule
Millville Meeting schedule 9/1 – 10/16/22
|
Sunday/Date |
In-person? |
Activity |
|
9/4 |
Yes |
Adult First Day: Empty Nests Paul Loomis |
|
9/9-9/11 9/11
|
Yes |
Upper Susquehana Quarter Gathering at Crystal Lakes Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business
|
|
9/18 |
Yes |
Fellowship Walk 2 pm Montour Preserve (Gather at the parking lot near the Fossil Pit. Those who do not want to walk can socialize at Heron Cove picnic area) |
|
9/25 |
No |
10:00 am Virtual Worship 10:30 am Ed Solenberger sharing stories about growing-up Quaker. (A zoom link will be sent to meeting members. Others can contact us to get the link.) |
|
10/2 |
Yes |
Query Adult First Day : Out in Africa Peterson Toscano
|
|
10/9 In-person or virtual |
Yes |
Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business
|
|
10/16 |
Yes |
Fellowship Activity: 11:15 am Pot Luck following worship at the meetinghouse. |
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.
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 email link.
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