News from the Orchard Park Friends Meeting

The Peruvian Outreach Project Dinner will be held on Saturday May 3, 2025 at the Genesee-Orleans Arts Council, 201 East Main Street, Batavia, NY. Doors open at 5:30 pm for dinner. There will also be a cash bar and a basket raffle. Tickets are $25 each, can be purchased on POP website https://www.wnypop.org/peruviandinner

On May 3, A Church of the Wild worship will take place on Saturday morning, May 3, 2025 at Sue’s home on Tonawanda Creek in Clarence Center. Plan to arrive around 11:00 for 11:15 start time for outdoor worship and wander, followed by a potluck indoors around noon. Church of the Wild, an expression of…

Click on title to see photos. Friends gather once a month to share in creative art activities at the Meetinghouse. Ideas and fellowshipf are shared, followed by BYO lunch. All ages are welcome. See calendar for dates.

Click on title to see photos On Sunday May 26 we gathered after Worship to share fellowship and delicious vegetarian and other dishes.

The Church of the Wild WNY Leadership Team led us on a natureful experience at Quaker House on the beautiful Chautauqua Institute Campus on Saturday 9/28. Wild Church experience helps us to open into deeper connection with all beings, of which we humans are just one kind. We gathered for the experience at the Burgesson…

Many friends and supporters joined the Peruvian Outreach Project for a fundraising evening with dinner, a cash bar, and a basket raffle, starting at 6:30 pm on Saturday, April 6. This event was held at Genesee-Orleans Art Council, 201 East Main Street, Batavia NY. Click on title to see pictures.

On March 31, Friends and attenders from Buffalo and Orchard Park Meetings enjoyed a shared potluck brunch and fellowship followed by singing and worship.

On March 24, 2024 Orchard Park Friends gathered to discern five categories of legislative priorities for Friends Committee on National Legislation on where to focus their work in 2025-2026. Eleven Friends participated in person and online.

Friday, November 3, 2023 John Chisholm, Executive Director of Friends of Kenya Rising, gave us a talk, answered questions, and showed us photos of families and students in Kenya who are assisted as they rise out of poverty. John spends most of his time in Kenya working with FKR’s parter non-profit United Kenya Rising. This…

October 21, 2023 Orchard Park Friends Meetinghouse, 6924 East Quaker St. Friends from Buffalo Friends Meeting and Orchard Park Friends Meeting gathered at the Meetinghouse on Saturday Oct. 21, 8:30 – 4:00, with potluck included. Morning topic: Reversing Runaway Inequality Part 2 – A look at our economy and social justice causes of poverty, a…