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Ms. Toad

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18. A lot of new folks are showing up at Friends Meetings these days.

Reply to slightlv (Reply #17)

Sat Jul 4, 2026, 05:34 PM

2 hrs ago

It happens whenever there human rights violations or wars going on and people are looking for a community in which they can not feel quite so helpless and alone.

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He never went to meetings. Ms. Toad 20 hrs ago #12

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I believe Nixon was a Quaker in name only. Martin68 7 hrs ago #15

Different kind of Quaker. Ms. Toad 20 hrs ago #13

I always remembered this. multigraincracker Yesterday #7

The Meetings I attended had a short message and then sit in silence for maybe an hour or a little longer... wcmagumba Yesterday #9

Get this...back in the '70s at my college the Draft Counselor was a Quaker! electric_blue68 Yesterday #10

I was married by a UCC minister, slightlv 22 hrs ago #11

Try Penn Valley Friends Meeting. Ms. Toad 20 hrs ago #14

Thank you for the indepth info, Ms Toad! slightlv 2 hrs ago #17

A lot of new folks are showing up at Friends Meetings these days. Ms. Toad 2 hrs ago #18

What is a "Draft Counselor"? I don't know that term... wcmagumba 3 hrs ago #16