Category: In The Press
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Flushing Interfaith Council receives $20,000 grant to support community relief efforts
Flushing Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends is a founding member of the Flushing Interfaith Council, which received a $20,000 emergency grant to support community relief efforts addressing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Robin Hood Foundation, a charitable organization which attempts to alleviate problems caused by poverty in New York City, allocated…
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Queens Historian Jack Eichenbaum to Lead “Medieval to Modern” Tour
Jack Eichenbaum, the Queens Borough Historian and regular attender of our interfaith breakfast, will be leading a walking tour of different houses of worship in our community on Sun, May 19, 12:00 PM (starting at Flushing Meeting) as part of the 2019 Sacred Sites Open House Weekend. The tour is free, but advance registration is…
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History Revisited at Flushing Meeting
NYC Channel 5 broadcast a news report on the fantastic history of Flushing Meeting: The year is 1694, five years after the British passed the Toleration Act allowing some, but not all, religions that dissented from the Church of England to practice out in the open. That freedom was extended to include a small English…