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Newtown Quakers discuss deepening silence in worship

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The Newtown Quaker Meeting adult class will have a Zoom session with Norma Kaplis, at 9:45 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, on “Deepening the Silence Together in Meeting for Worship.”

From 10:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., there will be a Zoom sharing with the children of the Quaker Meeting reviewing their activities and experiences during the preceding week.

Zoom Meeting for Worship in the manner of Friends will follow at 11 a.m.

The presentation at 9:45 a.m. followed by small discussion groups will be led by Norma Kaplis, retired dentist and member of Newtown Friends Meeting.

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Kaplis has been a Quaker since 1979. She is also is a member of Tzedek v’Shalom and Kol Emet synagogues, the Buddhist Sangha of Bucks County, Threshold Society, and the Sufi Order of the West (Innayati Order).

“I will call upon my own experiences as a Friend for over 40 years, as well as what I have learned about practices from other faith traditions that value silence in worship,” she said. “I have had a 45-year gradually unfolding commitment to an interspiritual life.”

Kaplis has been a Quaker since 1979. She is also is a member of Tzedek v’Shalom and Kol Emet synagogues, the Buddhist Sangha of Bucks County, Threshold Society, and the Sufi Order of the West (Innayati Order).

“I will call upon my own experiences as a Friend for over 40 years, as well as what I have learned about practices from other faith traditions that value silence in worship,” she said. “I have had a 45-year gradually unfolding commitment to an interspiritual life.”


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