Upcoming Events / Calendar

Upcoming events for the Port Townsend Friends Meeting, and events held at the PTFM meetinghouse.
Our parking lot is rented to Salish Coast School at school opening and closing time for student drop-off & pick-up.
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Feb
12
Wed
Cleaning Service every Wednesday
Feb 12 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Cleaning service – no scheduled events on Wednesday evenings, 5:00 – 9:00 pm

Feb
15
Sat
Empty Bowl Press – Poetry reading
Feb 15 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Please join us for a reading from two books focused on Southeast Alaska. Kurt Hoelting reads from his recently released book Apprentice to the Wild, and Tele Aadsen reads from her award-winning What Water Holds. The reading will be followed by a conversation between the authors and a book signing.

[setup at 3:00 pm]

Feb
16
Sun
10 am Meeting for Worship @ Port Townsend Friends Meetinghouse
Feb 16 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Monthly Potluck @ PTFM Meetinghouse
Feb 16 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Feb
17
Mon
PT Sangha Monday Evening Meditation
Feb 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

[setup at 6:30 pm every Monday]

You are Invited to Attend Meditation and Discussion with the Port Townsend Sangha

Every Monday at 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Friends Meetinghouse, Port Townsend
1841 Sheridan Street (corner of Sheridan and 19th St)

All who wish to meditate or who are interested in the dharma are welcome at all announced events.

Schedule: We arrive silently before 7 PM, begin meditation at 7 PM. After about 20 minutes, a bell rings as a signal for those who wish to begin walking meditation. The group takes a break at 7:40 for tea and socializing. At 8 PM, dharma talks, presentations, and discussions begin.

Discussions are led and subject matter of dharma talks are chosen by volunteers; topics most often are related to insight meditation (vipassana).

For more information, visit the Port Townsend Sangha website: https://www.ptsangha.org/

Feb
19
Wed
Workshop: “End of Life Planning” (Session 2)
Feb 19 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Workshop: “End of Life Planning” Session 2

This 2-session workshop provides attendees a way to prepare themselves and those they love for life’s final days.

Session 1: Wed, January 22 – 2:00 to 4:00 pm, at the Meetinghouse
Session 2: Wed, February 19 – 2:00 to 4:00 pm, at the Meetinghouse

Our workshop will be led by Carrie Andrews, a local certified patient advocate and specialist in advance care planning. Learn more about Carrie and her services at her website: Peace of Mind.

How to sign up: Just put your name on the clipboard at the back of the Meetinghouse worship room (on top of the bookcase).

Need more info? Please call Carla at 360-302-1081

Cleaning Service every Wednesday
Feb 19 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Cleaning service – no scheduled events on Wednesday evenings, 5:00 – 9:00 pm

Feb
22
Sat
Kaleidoscope Open Mic for Writers
Feb 22 @ 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Event info from Anna Quinn:

This open mic will be a mixture of every genre, style, form, perspective and content — from fiction to memoir to poetry, unpolished to polished, unpublished to published. Writers of all steps along the writing path are welcome! Please don’t be shy — we have the most wonderful, supportive audiences!

There will be 10 to 12 readers, each reading for five minutes, plus two featured readers each reading for fifteen minutes. Names will be drawn out of a hat. Your name must be dropped into the hat by 2:50pm.

2025 Kaleidoscope Open Mic Events
January 25
February 22
April 26
June 28

DOORS 2:30 pm
EVENT 3:00 PM

[room setup 2:00 pm]

Feb
23
Sun
10 am Meeting for Worship @ Port Townsend Friends Meetinghouse
Feb 23 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Feb
24
Mon
PT Sangha Monday Evening Meditation
Feb 24 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

[setup at 6:30 pm every Monday]

You are Invited to Attend Meditation and Discussion with the Port Townsend Sangha

Every Monday at 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Friends Meetinghouse, Port Townsend
1841 Sheridan Street (corner of Sheridan and 19th St)

All who wish to meditate or who are interested in the dharma are welcome at all announced events.

Schedule: We arrive silently before 7 PM, begin meditation at 7 PM. After about 20 minutes, a bell rings as a signal for those who wish to begin walking meditation. The group takes a break at 7:40 for tea and socializing. At 8 PM, dharma talks, presentations, and discussions begin.

Discussions are led and subject matter of dharma talks are chosen by volunteers; topics most often are related to insight meditation (vipassana).

For more information, visit the Port Townsend Sangha website: https://www.ptsangha.org/

Feb
26
Wed
Peace & Social Concerns Committee Meeting
Feb 26 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Cleaning Service every Wednesday
Feb 26 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Cleaning service – no scheduled events on Wednesday evenings, 5:00 – 9:00 pm

Mar
2
Sun
10 am Meeting for Worship @ Port Townsend Friends Meetinghouse
Mar 2 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Advices & Queries worship sharing
Mar 2 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Mar
3
Mon
Ministry & Counsel Committee (closed) @ meeting house
Mar 3 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Outreach Committee meeting
Mar 3 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
PT Sangha Monday Evening Meditation
Mar 3 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

[setup at 6:30 pm every Monday]

You are Invited to Attend Meditation and Discussion with the Port Townsend Sangha

Every Monday at 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Friends Meetinghouse, Port Townsend
1841 Sheridan Street (corner of Sheridan and 19th St)

All who wish to meditate or who are interested in the dharma are welcome at all announced events.

Schedule: We arrive silently before 7 PM, begin meditation at 7 PM. After about 20 minutes, a bell rings as a signal for those who wish to begin walking meditation. The group takes a break at 7:40 for tea and socializing. At 8 PM, dharma talks, presentations, and discussions begin.

Discussions are led and subject matter of dharma talks are chosen by volunteers; topics most often are related to insight meditation (vipassana).

For more information, visit the Port Townsend Sangha website: https://www.ptsangha.org/

Mar
5
Wed
Cleaning Service every Wednesday
Mar 5 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Cleaning service – no scheduled events on Wednesday evenings, 5:00 – 9:00 pm

Mar
8
Sat
Aktion Club – Service and Fun
Mar 8 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

The Aktion Club is a service club for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities — an inclusive activity for fun, fellowship, and service!

Volunteers are welcome to join in club activities.

Event contact: Curtis Wheeler, curtis@casconnections.org

Sponsored by:
Port Townsend Kiwanis Club and Cascade Community Connections

Hosted at the Friends Meetinghouse, by the Outreach Committee of Port Townsend Friends Meeting

(setup 12:00 – 1:00 pm; activity 1:00 – 4:00 pm)

Mar
9
Sun
10 am Meeting for Worship @ Port Townsend Friends Meetinghouse
Mar 9 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am