Trenton Meeting of Friends

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Welcome to Trenton Meeting of Friends of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)! 

We meet for Worship each First Day (Sunday) at 10am.

Although we continue to use Zoom to allow that option for those who need or choose it, the Meetinghouse is open for our worship and other activities.  The Zoom link for our First Day (Sunday) Worship is emailed to our mailing list and to those not on our mailing list who have requested it. You can make that request by emailing trentonquakers@gmail.com.

We worship together for about an hour in what is mostly silence.  Although not much is being said, there is much going on as we center together in prayer.  Sometimes out of that silence, people rise to speak, sharing messages that come from the holy part of them. We find the honesty and truth revealed in this way to be helpful and inspiring, sometimes leading to callings and actions.  Trenton's Quakers are active, making contributions to our community and our world.

Among the historical testimonies that express central values of Quakers are the presence of God in each person, a direct and individual communion with God, and between all human beings a working towards peace, equality, simplicity, integrity, care of the environment and care for each other.  In these times, many people feel these leadings!

On Facebook we have a page for the Meeting and a location page for the Meetinghouse

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Meeting Times

Meeting for Worship: Every Sunday, 10am

Meeting for Worship for Business: Second Sunday, 9am, continued after worship if necessary

Social Sunday after Meeting for Worship:  Third Sunday

Peace and Social Concerns Committee after Meeting for Worship:  Fourth Sunday

Community Yoga: First Saturday of each month at 9 am (paused uding pandemic)

What's New

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On March 5 at 11:30 our long time member Andrew (Andy) Mills will be in conversation with us about his newest book, "Reporting For Duty: My Urgency for Justice and Peace".  Just published, the book is a memoir of his long and active life in service to his Quaker values.  Beyond a memoir, the book has history and analysis of situationa and events that can enlighten us, and it carries the message of encouragement to us all to join the struggle.

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In the souvenier booklet for "Deep River: A Musical Tribute to the Negro Spiritual" held on Feb 18, 2023 at the Burlington Meeting House and Conference Center, Trenton Meeting placed a full page "ad".  We celebrated our neighborhood connections, our member, Nikki Mosgrove, who is rising clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and our oldest member, Joe Taylor!

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Speaking up to protect our communities from the extreme danger of a proposed Liquified Natural Gas project

RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION TO LNG TRANSPORT THROUGH NEW JERSEY AND EXPORT FROM GIBBSTOWN

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A full house of children with their families from the neighborhood and beyond had a wonderful time on December 17th building gingerbread houses and decorating gingerbread cookies.  A lot of preparation made it a great, chaotic, friendly and creative afternoon.  Be sure to see the video of all the houses..

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Worship with us!

609-278-4551
Trenton Meeting of Friends
142 East Hanover Street
Trenton, NJ 08608-1704
United States
Meeting Times: 

Meeting for Worship: Every Sunday, 10am

Meeting for Worship for Business: Second Sunday, 9am, continued after worship if necessary

Social Sunday after Meeting for Worship:  Third Sunday

Peace and Social Concerns Committee after Meeting for Worship:  Fourth Sunday

Community Yoga: First Saturday of each month at 9 am (paused uding pandemic)

Meeting Email address
Donations

Support for the meeting is greatly appreciated.  You can send check or money order to

Trenton Meeting of Friends, PO Box 8, Trenton, NJ 08601

or on line using PayPal for credit card donations.

https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=LWUQ4MGQVX6BN

Child Care and First Day School

We have First Day School on the Second and Fourth Weeks of the month from September through June. It occurs during the hour of Worship.  First Day School teachers Graham Apgar and Aine Mickey provide a Quaker centered active time for children from pre-K to middle school.  Each week is tailored to the ages and interested of the children attending.

On the other weeks and during the summer, child care is available in the First Day School room.  All care (First Day School and child care) is provided by fully background checked adults, although teen age volunteers might be involved under the guidance of adults.