At 7:15 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting General Secretary Arthur Larrabee will be discussing "The Future of Quakerism." A covered dish supper will precede the talk.
At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 (Feb. 22, snow date), Ellen Endslow, Director of Collections/Curator, Chester County Historical Society, will be discussing Chester County Quilts. Refreshments will follow.
At 7 p.m. Saturday, March 29, pianist Thomas Pandolfi, a graduate of the Juilliard School, will give a concert. Refreshments will follow.
From 11 a.m. to noon Sunday, April 27, arborist Scott Wade, who coordinates Pennsylvania's Champion Tree program, will be on hand to talk about the marvelous William Penn white oak at the Meeting House.
At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 7, architectural historian Seth Hinshaw will discuss "Meeting House Architecture."
On Sunday, Sept. 21, Downingtown painter Adrian Martinez will be discussing "Native Americans in Southern Chester County." A covered dish supper will start the evening.
Saturday, October 18 marks the official anniversary date. There will be graveyard tours at 1 and 3 p.m., exhibits in the Meeting House, a continuous video of "The Faces of London Grove." At 2 p.m. Swarthmore historian Chris Densmore will discuss “London Grove Quakers and their Peace Testimony in the American Revolution” and at 4 p.m. there will be a presentation on "London Grove Quakers Confront Slavery." Dinner will follow at 5:30.
At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8. local historic preservationist Karen Marshall will speak on "Quakers and the Early Development of Chester County: The Mark They Left on the Landscape."
Finally, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, Unionville native Gillian Grassie will give a Celtic harp performance. A covered dish supper will precede the concert.
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