Meeting for Learning
Meeting For Learning/Events 2022-2023 Schedule
Sponsored by the Lansdowne Friends Meeting Adult Religious Education Committee (ARE). Please check out our calendar also.
* Meeting for Learning (MfL) is generally held in person in the meetinghouse after Meeting for Worship (MfW) on Sundays at 11:15AM unless indicated otherwise.
All are welcome!
04/30/23 Meeting for Learning with Dana, Jacqueline, Lesley and Norm
Initial thoughts about reparations.
05/07/23 Meeting for Learning with Eric Mayer and Dana Robinson
Green Energy and Advocacy
05/28/23 Friendly Bible Study with Heather
We are continuing to read the Gospel of Thomas, a Christian writing rediscovered in Egypt in 1945. A number of Quakers have found it of interest in recent years, as it emphasizes direct, unmediated experience of the divine, and insight as the way to the kingdom of heaven. Join us as we explore this less familiar text! Our practice is based on the Friendly Bible Study method, which involves reading a relatively short section of text, spending some time reflecting individually on the passages, and then sharing our reflections with each other.
06/04/23 Meeting for Learning with Dana Robinson
Dana will share his spiritual journey
06/18/23 Friendly Bible Study with Heather
We are continuing to read the Gospel of Thomas, a Christian writing rediscovered in Egypt in 1945. A number of Quakers have found it of interest in recent years, as it emphasizes direct, unmediated experience of the divine, and insight as the way to the kingdom of heaven. Join us as we explore this less familiar text! Our practice is based on the Friendly Bible Study method, which involves reading a relatively short section of text, spending some time reflecting individually on the passages, and then sharing our reflections with each other.
Meeting for Learning strives to provide an effective program of religious education for adult members, attendees, and visitors to the Meeting.
Among other possibilities, the following topics will be explored:
Discuss how we listen for the voice of the Divine and know by discernment that voice separately from our ego.
Discuss the meaning of a “gathered” Meeting.
Explore the meaning of Spiritual Journey and share experiences.
Introduce the history of Quakerism.
Introduce the Peace Testimony and how we live it individually and collectively.
Explore and define what social action means in the world today for Quakers and other Peace Communities.
Introduce the Testimony on Simplicity and explore its meaning in our lives and the effect living in this way has on the world community.
Promote Pendle Hill awareness and involvement by creating a series or selecting several dates a year inviting Pendle Hill speakers.