Of Note
Welcome to Of Note, the blog of Stony Run Friends Meeting. In this space, you will find news and expanded information about the topics and events that are important to us as Quakers. We celebrate our spirit of community and the Quaker values of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship. Read more here.
Racial Tensions, Wounding, and Healing at Stony Run Friends Meeting
Racial Tensions, Wounding, and Healing at Stony Run Friends Meeting Update on Recent Activities By Gene Baron, Meeting Clerk January 4, 2026 Here is a brief update on recent activities […]
Library Committee: Native American Heritage
DO ALL INDIANS LIVE IN TIPIS? By Stony Run’s Library Committee Whether we use the term Native American, American Indian, or First Nation People, we designate November as a […]
Stony Run Recognizes Native American Heritage Month
Stony Run Recognizes American Indian Heritage Month By Stony Run Friends Meeting’s Library Committee American Indian Heritage Month was first recognized in May 1916 by the Governor of New […]
GEDCO Spotlights Stony Run’s Adrian Bishop as Recipient of Their Spirit Award
GEDCO Recognizes Adrian Bishop as Recipient of its 2025 Spirit Award As Shared by GEDCO in its Tribute Tuesday Highlight Adrian Bishop moved to Baltimore from St. Thomas in the […]
Fall Book Study
Fall Book Study Join us for a group engaging in a book study this fall! Karie Firoozmand of Stony Run Friends Meeting will lead us in a Zoom group […]
Email Safety for the Stony Run Community
Email Safety Tips Houses of worship and similar nonprofit communities that are built upon trust have become targets for email fraud. Most of these frauds include “spoofing” (when someone sets […]
Constitution and Crisis
The Constitution and Crisis By Ellen Lerner and Stony Run Peace & Justice Committee Stony Run’s Peace and Justice Committee has been working to provide up-to-date information for Friends so […]
Walk to Washington
Walk to Deliver Flushing Remonstrance: A Journey of Conscience by Laura McGuire In just over four weeks, we look forward to welcoming a group of people, many of whom will […]
Walking Together Still: Reflecting on Selma’s 60th Anniversary
Walking Together Still: Reflecting on Selma’s 60th Anniversary Sixty years ago, the streets of Selma, Alabama, echoed with the determined footsteps of those marching for voting rights. Among them were […]
FCNL: Staying Centered Amid the Chaos
Staying Centered Amid the Chaos By Bridget Moix, published by Friends Committee on National Legislation on February 7, 2025 The following article was published by Friends Committee on National Legislation […]
We Put Our Faith into Action: People’s March 2025
What does it mean to put our faith into action? A recent example of Letting Our Lives Speak was our bus trip to the People’s March in Washington, D.C., sponsored […]
Friends Are Called: Nonpartisan Poll Volunteer
Friends are Called: Serving as a Nonpartisan Poll Watcher By: Friend Ellen Lerner Friends are Called to let their lives speak – the way we live is our Sacrament […]