Shoemaker Grant Meetings 2023-2025 


Upper Dublin Meeting was awarded a Shoemaker grant (maximum amount of $30,000) to support a planning process to create a strategic model that will grow the Meeting's membership, spiritual experience and influence and community presence.
 

Date Outputs  
25 Jul 2024 Notes of Meeting (zoom, brainstorm with members/attenders
    
Video of brainstorming session
5 Feb 2024 Notes of Meeting (Jen Karsten led)  
20 Nov 2023 SWOT Analysis of Meeting (Jen Karsten led)  
24 Sep 2022 Draft and Final Shoemaker Grant Proposal (submitted by Byberry; includes funding request for UDMM)  
22 Mar 2021 Barbara Campbell Strategic Plan Considerations  
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Planning your Visit

 

New to Meeting for Worship? 


If you've never attended a Meeting for Worship, we hope you will come worship with us.   

Many have found help in viewing the "introductory" videos to answer questions that might arise in expectation of a Quaker Meeting for Worship.   

Most Quaker meetings, at least in this part of country, are so-called "unprogrammed" meetings. This means that our meetings for worship are not led by a minister but are largely conducted in silence.  Typically, a Clerk or other Member of the Meeting will close worship with a simple "Good morning, friends" but otherwise the meeting may be completely silent. 

Members and attenders are always invited to speak out of the silence with a message about their spiritual journey, although messages are not responded to directly.

ripples

A message has been described as a pebble tossed into a pond.  The resulting ripples are received by others in the meeting and may contribute to their own spiritual journeys.