Pittsburgh Friends Meeting library committee is doing inventory.

Library Committee: You can help in our yearly inventory by returning any books, CDs, DVDs, videos, pamphlets, or magazines as soon as you are finished with them. Please place them in the blue bin under the desk in the library or on top of the desk; DO NOT return them to the shelves. We appreciate your cooperation. Thank you!

Pittsburgh Friends Meeting supports EECM

East End Cooperative Ministry (EECM): Food of the Month is soup. Also needed – sugar substitute and diapers. Leave in box near coat rack. Volunteers urgently needed for tutors, homework helpers and in other roles; contact Tracy Hudson, 412-361-5549 x403 or tracyh.

Pittsburgh Friends Meeting book club meets

The Stories and Scones Book Club, Sunday, May 27, 12:15 p.m. at the Meeting House. We will focus on Lucretia Mott, 19th century American activist for women’s rights and the abolition of slavery using Pendle Hill Pamphlet 234, "Lucretia Mott Speaking: Excerpts from the Sermons and Speeches”. Copies are available in our library, and the pamphlet may also be downloaded from www.pendlehill.org/images/pamphlets/php234.pdf . Contact Nancy E. James.

Event at Pittsburgh Friends Meeting house

Buddha: Life. Legend. Legacy. Wed., May 23, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Meeting House. This free, public event will offer an overview of the life of Gautama Buddha, the legends surrounding him, and the society and culture of his time. Organized by Robert Piemme, founder, “Buddha in the Burgh”. Speaker: Rev. Masamichi Kamiya, Mahayana Buddhist minister. Refreshments. More info: 412-784-0256; www.buddhaintheburgh.com .

Pittsburgh Friends Meeting Calendar

For a more detailed calendar, see our web page at www.quaker.org/pghpamm/
5/22/12 Tuesday Elder Care Giver Support Group
5/22/12 Tuesday Transit action in Harrisburg 8am departure. More info., or to reserve your seat: 412-621-9230 / office
5/23/12 Wednesday Library work party, Wednesday worship, Buddha: Life. Legend. Legacy.
5/27/12 Sunday worship, Stories and Scones Book Club, Sherwood Oaks Worship Group
5/30/12 Wednesday Library work party, Wednesday worship

6/3/11 Sunday Worship, Bible Study, Letter Writing, First Day School End of Year Carnival
6/7/12 Wednesday Library work party, Wednesday worship
6/10/12 Sunday worship, Business Meeting
6/11/12 Monday EECM Men’s Shelter Meal, Spiritual Healing
6/14/12 Wednesday Library work party, Wednesday worship, Global Solutions fundraiser at Pgh Center for the Arts, 412-471-7852 or www.bit.ly/gspgh.
6/15/12 June 15-20, Young Adult Friends Conference, www.pendlehill.org/yald
6/17/12 Sunday worship, Ministry’s Adult Education – What Makes a Vital Quaker Meeting? South Hills Worship Group
6/21/12 Wednesday Library work party, Wednesday worship
6/24/12 Sunday worship, Sherwood Oaks Worship Group
6/28/12 Wednesday Library work party, Wednesday worship

7/1/12 Sunday Worship, Bible Study, Letter Writing
7/8/12 Sunday worship, Business Meeting
7/9/12 Monday EECM Men’s Shelter Meal, Spiritual Healing
7/11/12 Wednesday Library work party, Wednesday worship
7/15/12 Sunday worship, Ministry’s Adult Education – What Makes a Vital Quaker Meeting? South Hills Worship Group
7/18/12 Wednesday Library work party, Wednesday worship
7/22/12 Sunday worship, Sherwood Oaks Worship Group
7/25/12 Wednesday Library work party, Wednesday worship
7/26/12 LEYM Annual Meeting – July 26 – 29, 2012 – Bluffton University, Bluffton, Ohio
7/29/12 Sunday worship

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Pittsburgh Friends Meeting supports caregivers.

Elder Caregiver Support Group will have its next meeting May 22, 7pm at the Meeting House. For all those who have been, are, or may become caregivers for elders, or for anyone who is older or may someday be older… all are welcome !

Pittsburgh Friends Meeting supports EECM

In preparation for its new Community House, EECM is having quilts made for the beds for the men’s shelter. Some of the quilts will need to be quilted and they are looking for congregations who would be willing to set up a quilting bee. This means setting up a loom and over a few meetings sewing the back on to a quilt. It is a social event – a chance to sit and talk. It takes about 40 hours total to complete. EECM will arrange for the loom and the quilt. If a group from PFM is interested in this, please email Eva Mergner.