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  • Today
    9:00 a.m.                     Children’s Library                   Marriage and Family Relations Committee
    9:45 a.m.                     Terrace Room                         Friends of Color
    11:45 a.m.                   Assembly Room                     Light Refreshments and Fellowship
    12:00 p.m.                   Kitchen                                     Hospitality Committee
    12:00 p.m.                   Quaker House Living Room  Ministry and Worship Committee
    12:00 p.m.                   Parlor                                       Religious Education Committee
    12:00 p.m.                   Children’s Library                   Membership Committee
    12:00 p.m.                   3rd Floor North Room            Nominating Committee

    Notes for Friends-

    The winter Inquirer’s Class continues. Learn about the Religious Society of Friends, our history and our spiritual “ways”. Attendance at every class is not mandatory. The group will meet Mondays at 7 p.m. in the Library through February 13. For more information about the class, contact Michael Cronin at (301) 652-7046 or Gerri Williams at (202) 636-4590.

    The Property Committee will meet on Thursday, February 2 at 5:00 p.m. in Quaker House Living Room.

    The Property Committee is sponsoring a work day on Saturday, February 4 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be work opportunities for all levels of experience, both indoors and outdoors—weather permitting. This is great way to meet Friends and to help the Meeting. For more information, contact interim property manager Ken Orvis at (307) 399-7699.

    Marriage & Family Relations Committee will meet at 9 a.m. Sunday, February 5 in the Children’s Library.

    Friends of Color will meet on Sunday, February 5 at 9:45 a.m. in the Terrace Room.

    The William Penn House monthly potluck dinner will be Sunday, February 5 at 6:30 p.m. The speaker will be Barry Crossno, General Secretary of Friends General Conference. For information, call (202) 543-5560.

    On Monday, February 6 at 6 p.m. there will be a dinner at William Penn House with Ahmed Salahedin Ali, a human rights activist from Egypt who helped organize last spring’s uprisings. A $5 per person donation is requested; call (202) 543-5560 to RSVP.

    The Finance and Stewardship Committee will meet Tuesday, February 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room.

    The Senior Center will meet Wednesday, February 8 at 1:30 p.m. in the Decatur Place Room. Maurice Boyd will present music of Howard Deitz and Arthur Schwartz.

    On Sunday, February 12 the Adult Study Group will meet at 9:15 a.m. in the North Room. The topic will be Quaker influences on Walt Whitman’s poetry. Contact John Scales.

    Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business will be held at 11:45 a.m. on Sunday, February 12. All are welcome to attend.

    Friends Wilderness Center is having a stargazing program the evening of Saturday, February 18. Contact Sheila Back for details at (304) 728-4820.

    On Sunday, February 19 in the Parlor there will be a meeting on priority setting for 2012 for the Friends Committee on National Legislation. All are welcome. Contact Maurice Boyd, (202) 488-4312.

    On Sunday, February 19 at noon the “Buddha’s Brain” book group will meet in the Decatur Place Room, followed by the Interfaith Group. No prior reading is required. Contact Steve Sawmelle at (301) 299-5429 with questions.

    The office will be closed for Presidents’ Day on Monday, February 20.

    A luncheon will be held Sunday, February 26 in honor of Barbara Nnoka to raise money for the Mary Jane Simpson Scholarship fund. Volunteers are needed to contribute to the chili potluck; contact Bill Strein at (301) 589-2050. All are welcome to attend and are reminded to bring their checkbooks.

    Sitting Head of MeetingSchedule
    For the most up to date schedule through June, visit http://tinyurl.com/7mfxge6.
    Feb. 5 Finance and Stewardship
    Feb. 12 Records and Handbook
    Feb. 19 Property Committee
    Feb. 26 Religious Education Committee
    Mar. 4 Garden Committee
    Mar. 11 Information Technology Committee