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. Select Event Type (green Categories button) Click calendar icon to display Day/week/month
The Golden Rule peace boat is a National Project of Veterans For Peace, aiming to advance opposition to nuclear weapons and war.
This speaker event is sponsored by the Peace and Social Concerns committee of the Port Townsend Friends Meeting.
(submitted by Caroline Wildflower)
Kathy Railsback, Co-Clerk of Friends Peace Teams'(FTP) African Great Lakes Initiative, will speak on her work co-facilitating trauma education workshops for South Sudanese refugees with FPT partners in East Africa. A Q&A session will follow the presentation.
Kathy has traveled to the region roughly a dozen times over the past 11 years. In 2023, she won a service award to work with FPT partners in Kenya and Uganda to offer trauma education workshops for approximately 600 refugees and to train dozens of South Sudanese facilitators.
Article on Kathy’s work from the Friends Peace Teams website: Trauma Education with South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda & Kenya
For more info contact Kathy Railsback: railsback.kathryn@gmail.com or 208-949-3004
In front of the Meetinghouse
Fun Day at the Meetinghouse
Sat, October 26, 2:00 to 4:00 pm (after the Food Drive)
Show and Tell, bring a game to share, enjoy some snacks!
Call Dorn, Katy, or Norma for more info.
[setup at 1:30 pm; cleanup at 4:00]
Holiday celebration: “Sharing Gifts of the Spirit”
Sunday, Dec 22 at 11:00 am
after Meeting for Worship
Come to share and to receive gifts with our Beloved Community
Bring a story, an artwork, a joke, a song — something from your heart, from your spirit!
(Caroline Wildflower will facilitate the event)
11:00 am on Wed, December 25 — Christmas Day — come to the meetinghouse to sing carols and holiday songs
(setup 1:30)
Workshop: “End of Life Planning” Session 1
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
At rise of Meeting (about 11:30 am) share your 2024 Meeting memories, as input to our annual State of the Meeting report.
The 2:00 pm workshop has been cancelled