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Fall 2025 Key Events at Cornwall Friends
October:
November:
- Saturday, November 8th – 🍂🍂Fall Cleanup at Cornwall Meeting House🏠🍂🍂
- Generally our cleanup is selected for a Saturday after the leaves have fallen off the trees.
- This year’s Fall Cleanup is selected for Saturday, November 8th. (*Rain Date set for: Saturday, November 22nd*)
- Time: 9:00am – 11:30am.
- Please Refer back for Further details.
- Typical suggested supplies for fall cleanup include: Working Clothes, Tarps, Rakes, Work Gloves, Cleaning ClothsÂ
- Sunday, November 9th – Spiritual Reading Group 9:15AM-10:15AM
- Topic: “No Creed Is Not the Same as No Theology” By: Robert Griswold
- To Access the Reading, click on the calendar invite above. Then click “more details”, it will open the invite in a new tab where the PDF attachment is available.
- If friends feel led to suggest a future reading please reach out to a group member.
- Sunday, November 23rd – Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business. Begining at 12PM
- *PLEASE NOTE* – This meeting has been moved to the 4th Sunday of November to accommodate the Quarterly Meeting Retreat at Powell House.
December:
- Sunday, December 7th – Cornwall Monthly Meeting will Worship along with NYYM virtually.
- During this Meeting for Worship Cornwall Meeting will not host its typical virtual-zoom Meeting as we will be joining the zoom meeting hosted by NYYM.
- A link to log into this event is forthcoming and will be made available here and within our calendar above.
- Please look back for more information.
- No Spiritual Reading group this month.
- We will meet again in January 2026
- Sunday, December 14th – Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business. Begining at 12PM
- *PLEASE NOTE* – This meeting has been moved to the 2nd Sunday of November to accommodate the Annual Holiday Potluck on Sunday December 21st.
- Sunday, December 21st, – Annual Holiday Potluck. Begining at 12PM
- Join us for our annual holiday potluck and song singing in the Meeting house following Meeting for Worship.Â
Fall 2025 Key Events Outside of Cornwall Friends
October:
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November:
- Sunday, November 2nd – Quarterly Meeting hosted by New PaltzÂ
- 8 N Manheim Blvd, New Paltz, NY 12561
- Meeting for Worship: 10:30am-11:30am
- Program: TBD
- For More information Click Here
- Sunday, November 2nd – Dutches County Quaker Meetinghouse Tours 12:00noon – 4:00pm
- This is the final event of this season!
- The Dutchess County Quaker Meeting House Tour invites visitors to explore four historic Quaker meeting houses.
- Each location offers free docent‑led tours, educational exhibits, and a glimpse into Quaker heritage and their contributions to social justice.
- Tours are held from 12 PM to 4 PM, on the first Sunday of each month from June through November 2025 (September 7, October 5, November 2).
- meetinghousetour.com or check out their PhamphletÂ
- Parking details are available via local historical society sites or brochure/QR materials (for example, free parking behind the Poughkeepsie library for Oblong Meeting House) poklib.org
- Restrooms are not available on-site at these historic buildings—visitors should plan accordingly.
- Addresses for the meeting houses
- Crum Elbow: 490 N Quaker Ln, Hyde Park, NY 12538
- Creek: 2433 Salt Point Turnpike, Clinton Corners, NY 12514
- Nine Partners: Church St, Millbrook, NY 12545
- Oblong: 3 Meeting House Rd, Pawling, NY 12564
- Addresses for the meeting houses
- Friday, November 14th through Sunday November 16th – 9 Partners Retreat at Powell House
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Retreat Title: ‘What Canst Thou Say’ “
- Address:
- 524 Pitt Hall Rd, Old Chatham, NY 12136
- (518) 794-8811
- info@powellhouse.org
- https://www.powellhouse.org/event-list/nine-partners-quarter-retreat-2025
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Cost of the retreat is:
- $280 for the full weekend
- $140 for one day, commuters, or anyone aged 13-22.
- This opportunity is pay as led and all are welcome. If anyone wishes to pay extra to support sponsoring others it is appreciated.
- Registration is needed by November 1st
- Partial first day Itinerary:
- Arrive Friday November 14th at 6pm
- Dinner at 7pm.
- Evening focus on gathering and sharing.Â
- Worship to take place the following mornings.
- Possible additional activities include a movie, poetry, art and activiism.Â
- An additional youth retreat for 7th-9th Gradeers is available at the same time at Powell House.
- Titled: “Unfodings-Sharings”
- This youth retreat is focused for 7th-9th grade level students.
- https://www.powellhouse.org/event-list/unfolding-sharing-2025
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- Tuesday, November 25th, – Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service at Hope Methodist Church in Cornwall, NY
- 198 Main St, Cornwall, NY 12518
- An Ecumenical Thanksgiving service is a Thanksgiving celebration that brings together different Christian denominations or faith traditions for a shared worship experience. It emphasizes unity and gratitude, often focusing on themes of thankfulness for blessings, creation, and the bonds of community, while also highlighting the importance of interfaith relations. These services may include prayers, readings, music, and shared rituals from various traditions.
- Time: TBD
December:
- Friday December 5th – Sunday, December 7th, – NYYM Fall Sessions
- NYYM Fall Sessions will take place online.
- Please save the date for New York Yearly Meeting’s Fall gathering for business and worship.
- You can find out more information here.
Look for more events and announcements within the Local Community and Larger Quaker Community
New York Yearly Meeting (NYYM):
- Events & Publications: https://nyym.org/content/nyym-events-and-publications
- Sessions: https://nyym.org/nyym_sessions
- 15 Rutherford Place, New York, NY 10003
- 212-673-5750 (p)
- 212-673-2285 (f)
- info@nyym.org
Alternatives to Violence Project
- https://www.avpny.org/
American Friends Service Committee
Earlham School of Religion
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Friends General Conference
Friends Peace Teams
Friends Witness for Pro-Life Peace Testimony
Friends United Meeting
Friends World Committee on Consultation
Oakwood Friends:
- https://www.oakwoodfriends.org/
- (845) 462-4200
- general@oakwoodfriends.org
Pendle Hill:
- Workshops, Courses, & Events: https://pendlehill.org/learn/workshops-courses-events/
Powell House:
- https://www.powellhouse.org/
- 524 Pitt Hall Rd, Old Chatham, NY 12136
- (518) 794-8811
- info@powellhouse.org
Quaker Earthcare Witness
Quaker Speek
Quaker United Nations Office
Right Relationship with Native Americans: Decolonization
Right Sharing of World Resources
Rural and Migrant Ministry:
