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All Are Welcome!
Swarthmore Friends Meeting is a diverse and welcoming religious community centered around worship, fellowship, and action on social concerns. As Quakers, we believe that each person experiences God directly, without outside assistance, and we seek this direct communion with God in our silent worship. Our social witnesses spring from our calling to nurture that of God in every person.
Our meetinghouse is located on the Swarthmore College campus. We invite all to join us in worship and other activities, and to explore whether Swarthmore Meeting would be a good spiritual home for you.
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Worship times: 10:00 am Sundays (in person year round, hybrid on second Sundays) and 10.00am Wednesdays (online only year-round.). See below for more information and how to get the Zoom link.
Swarthmore Friends Meeting will be sharing Meeting for Worship using Zoom on the second Sunday of each month, and every Wednesday. If you would like to have the Zoom link for meeting for worship Sunday morning at 10 am Eastern, or Wednesday morning at 10 am Eastern, contact the Meeting secretary at the address or telephone number below.
Religious Education: Children at 10:00 am each Sunday, September through May.
For more information, contact the Meeting secretary: 610-328-8699 or meeting@swarthmore.edu
Swarthmore Friends Meeting welcomes all who come as spiritual seekers to share in worship and participate in the activities of our life together. We celebrate diversity in its many forms, and strive to grow and sustain a loving fellowship where all feel welcome.
Upcoming Events
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Sunday, January 19, 2025, 11:45 am
Join us on Sunday, January 19th for a presentation Ainsley Bruton, AFSC’s Quaker Engagement Coordinator, about AFSC’s work to promote peace and justice around the world. Ainsley will share with us...
More...Sunday, January 26, 2025, 12:30 am
Whittier Room, Whittier House, 12 Whittier Place, Swarthmore
Chester Quarterly Meeting will meet at Swarthmore Meeting. We start with a potluck lunch as 11:15, a program on Green Burials at 11:45 and then the rest of Quarterly Meeting at 12:30. Included wi...
More...Sunday, January 26, 2025, 11:45 am
Whittier Room, Whittier House, 12 Whittier Place, Swarthmore
Green burials are the natural way that humans are buried without the negative environmental effects of embalming or cremating bodies and the use of vaults. Green burials are completely legal in Pen...
More...Sunday, February 16, 2025, 11:45 am
On Sunday, February 16, Paul Sheldon of Lansdowne Meeting will give a power point presentation entitled “The Quaker Peace Testimony: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow” and he will lead a discussion on...
More...Sunday, March 16, 2025, 7:30 am
Sunday, March 23, 2025, 11:45 am
Sunday, March 30, 2025, 11:45 am