Bennington (VT) Friends Meeting

Yes!!! We've been living in Bennington, Williamstown, Adams and other parts of this region for 229 years, much longer than the Quaker Oats boxes have been around.

About Friends

• Location: The Senior Citizens Services Center, 124 Pleasant Street, Bennington, Vermont
• Mailing address: PO Box 221, Bennington, VT 05201
• Clerk: Beth Cheadle 802/823-5088
• Contact: Arnold Ricks 802/442-6010
• Sunday Worship: 10:00 a.m. Senior Center, second floor
• Meeting for Business: 3rd Sunday at 11:30 a.m.
• Directions: From intersection of Route 9 & Route 7, go North on 7 one block to Pleasant St, go right 1/2 block to #124

Want to know more about Friends? Here are some good beginnings:
Quaker Introductory Booklet
The Religious Society of Friends
soc.religion.quaker FAQ
Friends

Some History:
George Fox Autobiography - Rufus Jones edition
Journal of John Woolman - U of VA Electronic Text
William Penn, America's First Great Champion for Liberty and Peace

New England Friends Links
New England Yearly Meeting of Friends
Archived issues of The New England Friend
List of Meetings in the Northwest Quarter
Map of Meetings in the Northwest Quarter
NEYM Traveling MInistries & Intervisitation Program
Woolman Hill - Quaker retreat, conference, and education center in west-central Massachussetts.

For the kids:
NEYM Junior Yearly Meeting Retreats
NEYM Young Friends (high school age): contact Christel Jorgenson, 617-625-4494, to get on the mailing list of upcoming retreats.
Friends Camp in China, Maine

Friends' Concerns:
Friends Committee on National Legislation
American Friends Service Committee

Other Regional Meetings and Resources
Albany Friends Meeting
Framingham Meeting (MA)
Schenectady Friends Meeting
Powell House - New York YM Conference and Retreat Center in Old Chatham, NY

For more information, or a sample copy of our Meeting Newsletter: Contact Us