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Welcome Friend!
My name is George Fox. I’ll be your guide in the quest to discover maps of the Religious Society of Friends.
This project is the result of a collaboration between Micah Bales and Jon Watts. While it is an extensive collection, it is not exhaustive. There is still more work to be done, especially outside of North America.
Instructions for using our maps are to the right. Links to maps and collections of maps are below and above the instructions.
Featured Yearly Meeting
Each week we feature a different Monthly or Yearly Meeting on our home page. This week, please enjoy the map below of Canadian Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. For more information about this Yearly Meeting, click here.
Orthodox, Liberal, International
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Quaker Practice
There are two corporate practices that are distinctive to Friends and which deserve special attention in any introduction to the Quaker movement: Waiting worship and Friends’ decision-making process.
Friends form of worship is based on our faith that if we open ourselves up to the Holy Spirit in our hearts, God will be present with us and guide us in our worship together. The heart of our worship together is expectant waiting on God, often referred to as “open worship,” “silent worship,” or “unprogrammed worship.” Friends sit together for approximately an hour (though it could be longer or shorter, depending on how we feel led by God). During this time, our worship is based in expectant silence. We wait on God, opening ourselves to the Spirit’s working in our hearts and praying that God give us a message as individuals, as well as for the group as a whole. Sometimes, no one speaks during the entire hour. Other times, there may be several messages that God gives us to speak or sing out loud. Whether or not there is vocal ministry, there is often a felt sense of Christ’s presence with us.
