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Our 57th Annual Book Fair has now concluded and we are thrilled to announce that it has been our most successful Book Fair ever! We sold over 30,000 books over the course of the eight day event and our members have already begun sorting and pricing books for next year’s Book Fair which will begin […]
Read More »A request to share this information, and invitation to Westport Friends from New Bedford Friends Meeting: There’s an upcoming symposium in New Bedford, organized by several groups interested in history, that Westport Friends may be interested in attending. It’s called “A Call to Action — Abolition, Activism, and the Principled Life” and it involves a […]
Read More »Dear Friends, Westport Friends Meeting’s Ministry and Counsel Committee has begun working on producing a State of Society report for our Meeting community. Two Sunday’s ago we devoted the bulk of the worship hour to considering several queries for reflection in a worship sharing format. We wish to offer a chance for Friends who may not […]
Read More »Hello Friends, Please join us for our traditional Christmas Eve Worship Service at 7 PM! Christmas Hymns and special readings are a traditional part of this special worship service. Light refreshments and punch will follow in the Community House. What to bring? We ask that Friends bring sweets and goodies to share. Beverages will be provided by Meeting. Can you Help? We need help with setup and clean-up. […]
Read More »Westport Friends Meeting will host a workshop: The Power of Storytelling: Building Empathy & Bridging Differences Individually we hold many complex and diverse experiences and identities (i.e. race, class, age, gender, sexuality, etc.). These experiences and identities help to shape how we view the world as well as how we interact within it. In this […]
Read More »As Friends know, our Meeting will provide the setting for parts of the Paul Cuffe event to he held Sept 15-17, 2017, as detailed by the press release by the Westport Historical Society. Buddy Baker-Smith (508-287-7815) will serve as our Meeting’s liaison to the program for the weekend. Questions regarding the Cuffe event should be directed […]
Read More »Our 56th Annual Westport Friends Book Fair opens on Saturday, July 8 and runs daily through Sunday, July 16, from 9 AM until 7 PM. For more information, please consider reading the article in the Sunday Standard Times of July 9, 2017. Everything you need to know about our annual Book Fair is covered there! […]
Read More »Hello Friends, Just a reminder that our next Seekers Group is this coming Monday, May 1, 2017 at 7pm in the Community House. All are very welcome to join us! love, Gretchen
Read More »The Westport Friends Meeting Peace and Social Concerns Working Group met recently on Feb 27. Gretchen Baker-Smith, convener, sent the following info and resources out to working group members: As promised, here are things that Friends brought to the meeting today, followed by other links that we talked about! LOTS to check out here. […]
Read More »The next regular gathering of the Seekers Group will be on Monday, February 6, 2017 at 7pm in the Community House. There will be a special Seekers Group conversation on Sunday, February 5, 2017 from 11:30 – 1:30 in the Community House on Friends’ Meeting for Business. We’ll share lunch (bring your own or something to share). […]
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