26′ Perkins Family Lecture: For the Sake of the Joy – Noah Bishop Merrill

Noah Bishop Merrill brings this year’s Perkins Family Lecture: For the Sake of the Joy: Meetings, Pilgrimage, and the Re-Olding of Quakerism

Noah Bishop Merrill, General Secretary for New England Yearly Meeting of Friends, will bring the 2026 Perkins Family Lecture, For the Sake of the Joy: Meetings, Pilgrimage, and the Re-Olding of Quakerism, on Friday, April 24, 7 PM @ Earlham School of Religion (Richmond, IN) and online.

Noah Bishop Merrill is a recorded Friends minister under the oversight and care of Putney Friends Meeting in southern Vermont. Noah carries a concern for the encouragement of Friends called to gospel ministry, and for the thriving of covenant communities sharing the pilgrimage of faith in the Friends tradition. Since 2013, he has served as Secretary for the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends.

The Quaker Leadership Center, a ministry of Earlham School of Religion(ESR), is the host for this ESR event. Click here to register