Category: News


Jesus in the Rubble: Remember the Palestinian Children

To remind us of the continued suffering of the Palestinian people, Homewood Friends has placed an installation outside our building depicting “Jesus in the Rubble – Remember the Palestinian Children.” We are reminded that Palestinians in Gaza continue to suffer…

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Trans and Nonbinary Public Minute

On 11/2 Homewood Friends adopted the following minute in support of non-binary and trans people in our Meeting, our community, and beyond.  Homewood Friends Minute on Trans and Nonbinary Support Homewood Friends rejoice in the presence of trans and nonbinary…

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Homewood endorses Gaza Genocide Statement

At Meeting for Business 9-7-25, Homewood Friends endorsed a statement responding to “the brutal continuation of a 76-year project of displacement and denial of Palestinians’ human rights” and recognizing the current situation as genocide, as perpetrated by the Israeli government…

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Threshing Session: Spirit-Led Action

Sun. 6/29 12:30 to 2 PM   In the dining room and on Zoom (Zoom link: use the Meeting for Worship link) Homewood Friends Meeting will be holding a special threshing session to consider the question:  “How we are led…

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“Fierce Vulnerability” Talk by Kazu Haga

Friends we are so excited to be hosting Kazu Haga at Homewood Friends Meeting on Wednesday, April 23rd at 7:15 PM.  Please consider joining us for this hybrid author event where Kazu will speak about his new book Fierce Vulnerability. …

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Rosetta Graham Memorial

We will celebrate the life of our beloved Friend, Rosetta Graham on Saturday, March 15th @ 1 PM.  Rosetta was a member of Homewood Friends for almost 70 years!    We will meet in person and via Zoom.   Zoom Info:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/255867065?pwd=UDNxVnlVSkZQOHlXWlc3NHpHeHdhZz09Meeting ID:…

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Quaker Foundations

 Homewood Friends Meeting Presents: Quaker Foundations   Five Tuesdays in April April 1-29 – 7-8:30 PM (4/15 session rescheduled for 5/6) via ZOOM This basic class in Quakerism provides an introduction for newcomers and a refresher for members and attenders through…

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BYM Special Announcement: Protecting Worship Spaces

You may have heard in the news that Quakers have entered into a lawsuit challenging the rescission of a decades-old policy to not conduct immigration enforcement at  “sensitive locations,” which include schools, hospitals, houses of worship, and public religious ceremonies…

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Jesus in the Rubble

Last December, the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem (West Bank) declared that they would not be celebrating Christmas because of the ongoing war and destruction in Gaza and the deaths of thousands of Palestinians.  They installed a creche scene…

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HOMEWOOD HOMECOMING

Sun. 11/10 Including a pancake breakfast (9 AM), “bring a friend to Meeting” (10:30 regular time), invitations to our out-of-state Friends and some worship-time queries. Please RSVP for the pancake breakfast.

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