Framingham Friends Meeting
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Framingham Friends Meeting (Quakers) invites you to join us for worship at 10am each Sunday. Wherever you are on your journey, whatever life experience you bring, all seekers are welcome to join us on our journey of Spirit and service. Children are very welcome here! Wheelchair accessible.
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On Sunday, October 27, the children carved pumpkins. Some children did their own, some asked for a little help, and others supervised an adult :-) Thanks to all who brought pumpkins, set up the carving area, and did the clean-up afterwards! Click on this posting's title to see more photos.
Framingham Friends Meeting’s donation to support the construction of Irving Street Park is noted on a sign posted at the construction site. This pocket park was funded by donations from community members, with matching funds from the federal government, and will be built on the site of an old gravel parking lot. This park will provide welcome green space in a low income neighborhood in walking distance of two senior apartment buildings, and is scheduled to open in the fall of 2020.
On October 19-20, the First Day School held it's annual fall campout, except that we did a "camp-in" instead. The evening started with a pasta and meatball dinner cooked by Doug and Isabelle. Besides 12 children of various ages, including some visitors, there were parents and other meeting adults. We then played games, worked on a "haunted house" from refrigerator boxes, helped set up a tent indoors, and just had fun together. Five children and four adults slept over - all five children in a very cramped tent! Kristin cooked breakfast with her delicious sour cream pancakes, fruit salad
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Local children from the Open Spirit summer program (https://www.openspiritcenter.org/) had a wonderful time exploring the woods on and near our Meetinghouse grounds. We welcome members of the Greater Framingham community to share the beauty of the space we are blessed to have.
A group of Friends from Framingham Meeting attended the Lights for Liberty protest in downtown Framingham, Friday evening, July 12, where hundreds gathered to protest the inhumane treatment of migrants in detention camps across the country. At 9:00 PM, candles were lit as part of a national movement to create a ‘silent sea of candles’ across the nation. Thank you, Friends, for adding your Light to this cause.
An injury to an undocumented worker can spell disaster. The worker may not be able to pay for medical care or get worker's compensation, yet have little legal recourse. The worker's family may have no income while the worker is unable to work. Framingham Friends Meeting has set up a fund to contribute to expenses for injured workers through the Metrowest Worker Center in Framingham (http://www.mwc-casa.org/), If you would like to contribute to the fund, you can mail a check to Framingham Friends Meeting Treasurer, 841 Edmands Rd, Framingham, MA 0170
The children gave it a good workout this morning, and united in expressing great satisfaction! Thanks to Doug Lippincott and his nephew Ivan, who found it as a giveaway, transported it in 2 trips to the meetinghouse, re-assembled it, replaced some worn parts, and stabilized it. Click on the title of this posting to see more photos!
Jean’s Schnell is a member of Framingham Friends Meeting and an emerging artist in fine art photography. Her Quaker meetinghouse photographs have been featured in the Friends Journal. They accompanied her article called “Framing the Light: Quaker Meetinghouses as space and Spirit.”
On Sunday, May 5, we joyfully welcomed two new babies to our community, Sebastian and Isaiah. Doug Lippincott led us in singing our traditional welcoming song, “Circle of the Sun” as we celebrated our growing group of children. Each child present was then called by name, welcomed and cheered by all, and received a potted flower. A big welcome to Sebastian, Isaiah, Eowyn, Alex, Juniper, Teal, Amelia, Lucas, Beau, Sadie, Linus and Helen!
We usually have a shared meal of soup plus sides that people bring on the first Sunday of each month ("First First Day" in old Quaker terms). This month, Doug Lippincott and Melissa Foster presented an eclectic array of music. Both Doug and Melissa sang, while Melissa also played flute, button accordian, and shaker, and Doug played at least 2 types of ukelele. "Would you like to wish on a star" was a big hit with Amelia, whose favorite Messier object is M60. About 30 people enjoyed the show after having soup and sides.
On Easter Sunday, the children all helped fill plastic Easter eggs and then all helped to hide them around the field. We reserved the area around the swingset and sandbox for the littles, while the bigs could hunt anywhere they had not hidden eggs themselves. Everyone, including adults, had a great time! Thanks to Kristen and Amie for saving the day by providing candy! Click to see more photos!
On First Day, March 17, the First Day School children heard the story of Esther and her courage in asking the king of Persia to save the Jews from the villain Haman. As is traditional, the children used noisemakers called "grokkers" and boo'd whenever Haman's name was mentioned in the story. They made "hamantaschen" (Haman's pockets), cookies that look like pockets with gold and jewels inside, and learned about old-style "pockets" that were just folds of cloth tied to one's belt. Then they learned about William Penn, who similarly showed courage asking the king of England to save the Qua
As part of the meeting's Christmas Celebration, the First Day School performed John McCutcheon's "Christmas in the Trenches" (https://genius.com/Mccutcheon-john-christmas-in-the-trenches-lyrics).
About 16 members and attenders shared worship and a potluck Thanksgiving dinner at the meetinghouse on Thursday, November 22, 2018. Besides a bountiful array of side dishes, and a turkey roasted by Betty, there were hors d'oeuvres, desserts, a jigsaw puzzle, beautiful table settings, and lots of socializing. The cold, wet weather outside made the fire in the meeting room especially welcome. This is an annual event for many of us, where some years there are numerous friends and relatives as well as members and attenders. Sharing the cooking and the cleanup means no one is saddled with too
Meeting Times
Worship Sundays at 10am. Monthly business meeting at 11:30am on the third Sunday of the month (Sept - June).
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Framingham Friends Meeting’s donation to support the construction of Irving Street Park is noted on a sign posted at the construction site. This pocket park was funded by donations from community members, with matching funds from the federal government, and will be built on the site of an old gravel parking lot. This park will provide welcome green space in a low income neighborhood in walking distance of two senior apartment buildings, and is scheduled to open in the fall of 2020.
On Sunday, October 27, the children carved pumpkins. Some children did their own, some asked for a little help, and others supervised an adult :-) Thanks to all who brought pumpkins, set up the carving area, and did the clean-up afterwards! Click on this posting's title to see more photos.
On October 19-20, the First Day School held it's annual fall campout, except that we did a "camp-in" instead. The evening started with a pasta and meatball dinner cooked by Doug and Isabelle. Besides 12 children of various ages, including some visitors, there were parents and other meeting adults. We then played games, worked on a "haunted house" from refrigerator boxes, helped set up a tent indoors, and just had fun together. Five children and four adults slept over - all five children in a very cramped tent! Kristin cooked breakfast with her delicious sour cream pancakes, fruit salad
Local children from the Open Spirit summer program (https://www.openspiritcenter.org/) had a wonderful time exploring the woods on and near our Meetinghouse grounds. We welcome members of the Greater Framingham community to share the beauty of the space we are blessed to have.
A group of Friends from Framingham Meeting attended the Lights for Liberty protest in downtown Framingham, Friday evening, July 12, where hundreds gathered to protest the inhumane treatment of migrants in detention camps across the country. At 9:00 PM, candles were lit as part of a national movement to create a ‘silent sea of candles’ across the nation. Thank you, Friends, for adding your Light to this cause.
The children gave it a good workout this morning, and united in expressing great satisfaction! Thanks to Doug Lippincott and his nephew Ivan, who found it as a giveaway, transported it in 2 trips to the meetinghouse, re-assembled it, replaced some worn parts, and stabilized it. Click on the title of this posting to see more photos!
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Worship Sundays at 10am. Monthly business meeting at 11:30am on the third Sunday of the month (Sept - June).
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