Community Rentals. Powell House welcomes many types of events, including non-profits, social services, schools, and faith-based gatherings, family reunions, weddings, and personal sojourns. For businesses and state agencies the meeting areas lend themselves to going deep with a topic or team building. In a quiet, natural setting, our buildings offer a choice of simple elegance or wheel-chair accesibility.
Read MoreWelcome to Powell House.org Powell House is the conference and retreat center of New York Yearly Meeting - Religious Society of Friends. Our mission is to foster the spiritual growth of Friends (Quakers) and others and to strengthen the application of Friends' testimonies in the world.
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Read MoreWe had over 100 participants from toddlers to over 80 years old doing many different kinds of work. This photo represents one of the crews putting on the siding for the Anna Curtis Center. There was work done on the patio as well as building a bunk bed and cleaning up sticks and branches on the grounds.
Read MoreHalloween at PoHo - we will look at the power held and created by ordinary people around the world and why that might be scary to some. Check out this blog for music and articles. Add your own suggestions to make a playlist of protest, peace and empowerment songs for the conference.!
Read MoreGrowing in Relationship with God - A series of retreats sponsored by NYYM’s Spiritual Nurture Working Group
If your heart yearns for a deeper relationship with the Divine and a hunger to live in the Power that transforms us and our world... .
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Yes! The steam boiler in Pitt Hall has been replaced and we are totally open again. Thank you for your help, contributions and patience. The previous boiler had split open.
Read MoreOpen this map to begin your exploration of our trails, ponds & buildings. Ice skating, crosscountry skiing, swimming, and hiking ...
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