What to Expect

Thank you for taking the leap and giving us a try on Sunday morning! We hope this summary helps you feel comfortable with the usual flow of events during a Sunday Meeting for Worship. We are a small meeting, and our worship is unprogrammed in the Quaker tradition – in other words, we choose our own adventure together every week!

Please note that we are currently holding all of our Sunday meetings on Zoom, so that we can use our financial resources to do some other good in the world.

We welcome children! Despite the silence of Quaker worship, and our best efforts to create a quiet, contemplative environment, we welcome the sounds children might make. Children are one more reflection of God in our midst, and are a blessing to the community and an opportunity for us to practice flexibility, patience, and radical inclusion.

As we gather, we settle into silence together in expectant waiting. We listen for the guidance of Spirit (God/The Inward Teacher/Christ/The Light/Holy Darkness, etc.). Queries (questions) are posted as a starting point for contemplation. If someone feels led to share a message with the group, they do so – first discerning whether it is a message that is based in Spirit and meant for everyone. When someone speaks, we listen deeply and hold them in our care, and we wait in silence for a time before someone else speaks. There is no expectation to share, and some Sundays the community might feel most spiritually nourished by mindful, complete silence.

A designated Friend closes the meeting by greeting the group. We follow with brief announcements and sharing Joys and Concerns. We hope that you feel free to share songs, crafts, poems, pictures of your garden, or other wonderful and creative pursuits!

We can’t wait to meet you, and are so grateful for your presence.