Meeting for Learning
Meeting For Learning/Events 2024-2025
Sponsored by the Lansdowne Friends Meeting Adult Religious Education Committee (ARE)
* Meeting for Learning (MFL) is generally held in person in the meetinghouse after Meeting for Worship (MFW) on Sundays at 11:30AM unless indicated otherwise.
02/16/25 Meeting for Learning
A discussion on the history of the Lansdowne Friends Meeting.
02/02/25 Meeting for Learning with Inaara and Kristin
Inaara and Kristin from PYM will lead us in discerning about how we can be more inclusive and welcoming to neurodiverse friends.
01/19/25 Meeting for Learning
Discussion on perspectives on prayer.
01/05/25 Meeting for Learning with Norman Janes
Norm will lead a discussion on Quaker perspectives on peace in Palestine and Israel, based on Steve Chase’s pamphlet and Quaker Speaks video.
12/01/24 Meeting for Learning with Daniel Consiglio
Dan will show a Quakerspeaks video, The Transformative Practice of Being, and lead a discussion of where the practice of sitting in silence can lead us as Friends and Seekers (https://quakerspeak.com/video/the-transformative-practice-of-being/).
11/03/24 Meeting for Learning with Matt Silva
Matt will share his spiritual journey.
10/06/24 Meeting for Learning with Tim Kaiser
Tim will share his spiritual journey.
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.