This is the central testimony of the Religious Society of Friends. Friends the world over are recognized for their peace witness, and they along with the Mennonites and Church of the Brethren, constitute the three Historic Peace Churches. In the...
In the Quaker practice of group worship on the basis of silence come special times when an electric hush and solemnity and depth of power steals over the worshippers. A blanket of divine covering comes over the room, and a...
From the beginning equality has been an important social testimony of Friends. In the seventeenth century they were ahead of their time in recognizing the rights and gifts of women in the affairs of the church, school and home. They...
We welcome you to our meeting for worship. We hope that you will find in it, as we do, Divine guidance, encouragement, the friendship of people who learn to seek God's will, and a deeper awareness of what Friends of...
Every other Saturday morning a group has been meeting for breakfast at 7:30 at the Meetinghouse. We then participate in a discussion on a particular topic. Recently we have been discussing discernment, based on the book, Practicing Discernment Together, by...
Quakerism in terms of its theology, began in 1647 when the twenty-three-year-old Fox had reached a low point in his search for true spirituality. "Now after I had received that opening from the Lord that to be bred at Oxford...
1. Give thought to the meeting in advance; prepare an agenda; work with those who will be presenting at the meeting to make sure you understand what will be reported or requested. Make sure you are comfortable with what others...
It is a mistake to call Quakers “nonresisters” or passivists.” They do not face any giant evil with a passive attitude. They seek always to organize and to level against it the most effective forces there are. They know as...