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We are a loving, welcoming fellowship, drawn from West Branch, Iowa City, West Liberty, and other nearby communities.  Ours is a programmed meeting with pastoral leadership, children's messages, congregational, choral and handbell music, providing a vital worship experience.

We share periods of scripture readings and expectant listening open to the leading of the Spirit. We are drawn together by Quaker testimonies and concerns, and most of all, by God's love.  

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  Join us for our 5th Year!

Rehearsals begin Wednesday, September 1st. 

Come to West Branch Friends Church

  116 N. Downey Street     7:00 – 8:45 P.M.

 

All singers are welcome to join.  

Ruthie Tippin, Director

Jane Cadwallader Howe, Accompanist

 

 

Worship at Cedar Valley Park !

Labor Day Sunday, September 5th

 

Plan now to bring your family and friends to Cedar Valley Park for Worship on Labor Day Sunday!  A potluck picnic lunch will follow; bring table service, beverages and food to share.   This is an annual outing, and we always have a wonderful time of fun and fellowship together!  Meet us at Shelter #1.

 Directions:  Take the West Liberty exit #254 off of I-80....(County Highway X40) and go north about 5 miles....just before the "T" intersection you will see the entrance to the park on your right.

 

 

CropWalk in West Branch

September 19 or  September 26

 What is a CropWalk?
Neighbors walking together to take a stand against hunger in our world.  Together we raise awareness and funds for international relief and development, as well as local hunger-fighting.

Who is sponsoring this? 

WBARC – the churches of West Branch and Springdale !

How can I help?  If you'd like to help CropWalk happen, please let Ruthie know.  People are needed to plan the walking route, manage the monies, and make it a go!  Thank you!

 

September 26th Special Offering

 The West Branch Food Pantry is the agency that will receive our gifts for the month of September.  The WB Food Pantry was started by long-time West Branch resident, Maxine Maher many years ago.  Initially the Pantry was one cupboard in the old town hall; however in 1999 Carol Jones and Deb Patty assumed the responsibility and later the Pantry was greatly improved by Tyler O’Neil as his Eagle Scout project.  Currently, the WB Food Pantry is located at the Cookson Home Building .  Carol Jones said the Pantry now has a private entry, which allows dignity for the people using the service.  The Pantry is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. and recipients should call for an appointment.  The only qualification is that users must live in the West Branch School District .  There are pamphlets in a few West Branch businesses and the local ministers are aware of how people should contact the Pantry.  Carol Jones can be contacted at 643-2010 and Deb Patty at 643-2060.  Jones listed the following as items that would be most welcome: canned cream soups, canned fruit, Jello pudding, spaghetti sauce, cereal, tuna helper, and other convenience foods, hygiene products such as deodorant and shampoo, dish soap and paper goods such as toilet paper, Kleenex and paper towels.  Please be generous to this local agency when you give to the special offering on September 26th.  If you know you will not be attending Meeting on the 26th, please bring your items the previous Sunday.

  

 

Pastor Ruthie was recorded at Iowa Yearly Meeting this summer, on July 31st, 2010 .  Recording signifies the recognition of God’s ordaining of gifts in ministry by the Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends.  It is not an ordaination by the Yearly Meeting – that is something only God can do.  A Pastor's gifts in ministry are literally ‘recorded’ – written down – as their name is entered as a recorded minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 

Here is a link to Pastor Ruthie's Recording Sermon