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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Apr
6
Sun
10 am Meeting for Worship @ Port Townsend Friends Meetinghouse
Apr 6 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Apr
7
Mon
Outreach Committee meeting
Apr 7 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
PT Sangha Monday Evening Meditation
Apr 7 @ 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/

Apr
8
Tue
Nominating Committee Meeting
Apr 8 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Apr
12
Sat
Aktion Club – Service and Fun
Apr 12 @ 12:00 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

(Business at 12:00 noon; projects 1:00 – 4:00 pm)

Apr
13
Sun
10 am Meeting for Worship @ Port Townsend Friends Meetinghouse
Apr 13 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Apr
14
Mon
PT Sangha Monday Evening Meditation
Apr 14 @ 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/

Apr
17
Thu
Hold time for CW group
Apr 17 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Apr
18
Fri
hold for event setup – PT Sangha
Apr 18 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

[setup time for all-day event on Saturday]

Apr
19
Sat
PT Sangha Meditation Retreat
Apr 19 @ 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Port Townsend Sangha All-day Meditation Retreat: “Equanimity – No Enemies – Even in Trying Times” led by Steve Wilhelm of Seattle Insight Meditation Society.

Due to space limitations, registration is required for in-person attendance. Please register at this link: https://www.ptsangha.org/107103-2/

[event set up scheduled for Friday 4/18 at 6 to 8 pm]

Apr
20
Sun
10 am Meeting for Worship @ Port Townsend Friends Meetinghouse
Apr 20 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Apr
21
Mon
PT Sangha Monday Evening Meditation
Apr 21 @ 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/

Apr
23
Wed
Peace & Social Concerns Committee Meeting
Apr 23 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Apr
26
Sat
Kaleidoscope Open Mic for Writers
Apr 26 @ 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

[PTFM host: Paula J; setup 2 pm]

Apr
27
Sun
10 am Meeting for Worship @ Port Townsend Friends Meetinghouse
Apr 27 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Apr
28
Mon
Ministry & Counsel Committee
Apr 28 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

MC – for committee members – M&C usually meets monthly on the last Monday of the month at 1:30 pm

PT Sangha Monday Evening Meditation
Apr 28 @ 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/

May
4
Sun
10 am Meeting for Worship @ Port Townsend Friends Meetinghouse
May 4 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
May
5
Mon
Outreach Committee meeting
May 5 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
PT Sangha Monday Evening Meditation
May 5 @ 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/