York (Pa) Meeting House. Photo: Photo: Trish Carn
Quakers come through
Trish Carn tells of the support she recieved from Pennsylvanian Quakers
Recently I lost my son Peter, who lived in the US. My family in Pennsylvania is not Quaker, despite the state having been founded by William Penn. However, aware that there was a Quaker Meeting in York, Pennsylvania, I emailed them: ‘Can you help me hold a Memorial Meeting for my son on one of the dates I would be in the US?’ Now, this was a somewhat strange request as they didn’t know me from Eve (they could probably tell me from Adam!). Fairly soon I had a response from York Meeting that they could and would help me and they offered either the Thursday afternoon or anytime Friday when one of their elders would be available. We chose Thursday afternoon at 3pm so that any of Peter’s workmates who wished could come after their shift ended.
