You are invited to the virtual weekly Quaker Wednesday 5.30pm religious education, fellowship and communal silence.
You don't have to be a Quaker to join us. You can be in Philadelphia where the American Revolution started, and where
cool heads wrote the Constitution of the United States of America. In
pre-pandemic, some of us met at the 4th and Arch Street meeting house, which was
built over a Revolutionary War graveyard (very likely I have relatives
who were buried there); now we meet by Zoom, and you are invited.
You
are invited to join us from 5:30pm Eastern time (US & Canada) each
Wednesday for Religious Education. We start with ten to fifteen minutes of reading paragraphs from books that have been written in support of the understanding that our mission is to live in peace, and that the Divine Light is in every human, no exceptions. Quakers mostly believe in continuing revelation, that the Divine did not stop inspiring writers 2,000 years ago, and that the Bible is not the only ancient source of Divine inspiration.
From 5:30 to 5:45pm we read and discuss the reading, we greet each other in fellowship from 5:45 to 6:00pm, then sit quietly in unprogrammed worship for 30 minutes. After silent worship, we stay on as long as anyone needs. We do not record the fellowship; nor do we discuss private concerns with others when we leave the Wednesday Religious Education meeting, unless asked to.
To access the meeting click on link or type in numbers:
Meeting name is 813 3180 5733, Passcode is 190526
If you are moved to give a message, say a prayer, sing a song, quote from secular or religious books, you are welcome to do so. We only ask that the message come from the heart and be brief, and be understood to fit in
with the quiet of the meeting; we have a chance to turn it into a
discussion after the meeting is broken by the host saying "Good
evening".
All are welcome to give messages that come from the light of
God that lives inside us all. Only one, we listen in silence and do not
respond verbally. If you have something to say that does not seem to you
to be an inspired message, you will be invited to share it at the rise
of meeting for worship, along with any concerns you have.
Just show up and introduce yourself at 5:30pm! We will welcome you, we do not ask for money, trusting you to take care of yourself and others that you can help.
If you are led to donate to any Quaker organizations, you certainly may. American Friends Service Committee has been doing good work since 1917. German Quaker meetings could also use help.
