News & Upcoming Events
- Celebrate 50 Years with Broadmead Friends!
In 1974, Broadmead Monthly Meeting was welcomed as part of Lake Erie Yearly Meeting.
Join us 10-11:00 am in Meeting for Worship followed by noon potluck, photo displays, videos, memorabilia, and sharing of stories.
Sunday, November 17, 2024
The Victory Center
3166 Republic Blvd. N
Toledo, OH 43615.
- Broadmead Friends featured in Blade article
The Christmas Eve edition of the Toledo Blade includes an article about Broadmead Friends.
“For Quakers, Christmas is, in a way, just another day of the year. In the same way non-religious people observe secular traditions — putting up a tree, hosting family dinners, and exchanging gifts — the group, which has Christian roots, doesn’t tie religious traditions to the holiday. “Historically, Quakers wouldn’t celebrate holidays much because they believe every day is sacred,” said Sally Weaver Sommer, who serves as clerk, or administrator, of Broadmead Friends, a group of Quakers that meets in Toledo and Bluffton.”
Read the complete article at toledoblade.com/news/religion/2023/12/24/quakers-faith-peacex/stories/20231224001.
- Broadmead Minute on Israel/Palestine
This Minute on the Israel/Palestine situation was approved at a called Meeting for Business on Nov. 19, 2023:
Broadmead Friends (Quakers) call for an end to the ongoing violence and conflict in Israel-Palestine, highlighted by the current situation in Gaza. We demand an immediate ceasefire. We demand world leaders to immediately begin work on a solution that frees the Palestinian people from the military occupation and harassment that inevitably produces violent conflict.
We do not support the U.S. government’s ongoing financial support for weapons of war and military actions of the Israeli defense forces. We call on the U.S. government to immediately use its financial support for humanitarian efforts needed and to bring world leaders together to find a just solution to a problem created in 1948 that has proven unresolvable by military operations. As Quakers we mourn the violence and losses of both communities and support all efforts to bring Israelis and Palestinians together in peace.
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