Holiday events at Community Friends Meeting - all welcome

[Mary Kay]

Community Friends will have 2 holiday events open to all Peace Church
friends:

There will be a holiday party at the meetinghouse on Saturday,
December 18th, from 7:00-9:00 p.m.
On Sunday, Dec. 19, after 10:00 a.m. worship, the children will be
performing a Christmas play.

Community Friends Meeting is located at
3960 Winding Way - Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-1750
Phone: (513) 861-4353
http://www.communityfriendsmeeting.com/

Everyone is invited, RSVP is not needed. Contact John Sniegocki with
questions at: snie...@xavier.edu
Please pass the word and include in your church or meeting's
announcements and/or bulletin!

[John Davis]

Mary Kay,

 

Is this Community Friends Meeting unprogrammed, semi programmed or something else?

 

I've been in that building before but never to a service.

 

Thanks and Happy Holidays!

 

John

 

 

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[Mary Kay Rehard]

Dear John,

Community Friends is a non-pastoral meeting with "unprogrammed" worship. That is, they have about one hour of "waiting worship," mostly silent, but those present are welcome to share a message (see more below).

On their website, they include this about Quakerism: http://www.communityfriendsmeeting.com/home/what-is-quakerism

And on the Quakers in Cincinnati blog, you can find out more about different sorts of Quaker worship: http://www.quakersincincinnati.blogspot.com/

Non-Pastoral Meetings have no paid pastoral ministers, and worship is conducted with no advance planning (unprogrammed). Worshippers sit in silent worship or "waiting upon the Lord" (prayerful meditation), and anyone present may be led to speak out of the silence (vocal ministry). Friends in these meetings may sing hymns, share joys and concerns, or make an offering (gift or contribution) before or after worship.

Peace,

Mary Kay

[kenbo...@zoomtown.com]

It's an unprogrammed meeting, John. No preacher or other moderator at all.

Ken Bordwell

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[Mary Anne Curtiss]

Totally unprogrammed.  Welcome to all!  Mary Anne Curtiss