Durham Quakers Local Meeting

Durham Quakers Local Meeting Meeting For Worship:

Sundays 11.00 am - 12.00. Children welcome with activities available in Meeting. The Meeting room is fully accessible. All are welcome.

Durham is a Local meeting of Northumbria Area Meeting, which in turn is a part of Britain Yearly Meeting of Quakers, or the Religious Society of Friends. If you are curious you are welcome to come to one of our meetings. Quakers meet in the heart of Durham City each Sunday 11.00 am - 12.00 pm in silent waiting. We have silent activites for children to do within the Meeting room. We're only silent

during our meetings for worship however, and we reach out to the local and wider community supporting a variety of charitable activities. There are Quaker meetings all over Britain which offer a place where people can find a real sense of community and are free to challenge, question and explore their own beliefs, values and ideas. Many Quakers describe it as a spiritual home – a place of deep connections; a group of people bound together by an awareness of the sacred in all things and a desire to work together for a more just, peaceful and sustainable world. From this shared experience, they seek to live lives built on principles of simplicity, equality, truth and peace. It is a faith and a way of life that is both timeless and contemporary. Our unity as a worshipping and witnessing community is based on shared experience and shared practice, and not on shared forms of words. We experience divine presence, power and guidance in our worship and in our daily lives. Whilst we would not all use the same words to describe this guiding presence, by following it we find unity with each other and strength to act for justice, peace and truth. You do not have to be a Quaker to attend a meeting. To be a Quaker is to live one's life in a certain way, rather than follow any dogma or creed. This rests on the conviction that, by looking into their innermost hearts, people can have direct communion with God, or the divine or our highest good (people may prefer different language to describe their inner light). So, in meetings for worship, Quakers wait together, largely in silence. Occasionally someone may speak briefly when moved to. Quakers tend to live simply; they do not condone discrimination; they aim for non-violent solutions to conflict; they have been prominent in work for disadvantaged people at home and abroad. It is fundamental to the Quaker way to try to be open to new insights from whatever source, to tolerate different beliefs and practices, and to work for reconciliation wherever there is strife.

This looks interesting this Thursday.
26/05/2026

This looks interesting this Thursday.

18/04/2025

We know that there are many trans and non-binary Friends who may be feeling sad, angry or deeply worried following yesterday’s Supreme Court judgment. In 2021 we acknowledged and affirmed the trans and gender diverse Friends in our Quaker communities, with glad hearts.

The Supreme Court judgment does not change our unwavering commitment to upholding the spirit of the minute, which is clear in our intent to build a welcoming and loving community for all trans and gender diverse Friends.

Remember that each one of you is unique, precious and a child of God.

02/04/2025
Appalling news.
28/03/2025

Appalling news.

Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.

16/11/2024

I'm delighted to let Friends know that the new lift to the hall is in operation. We are now an accessible Meeting whether we meet in room 2 or the hall!

I hold them In the Light.
07/09/2023

I hold them In the Light.

BREAKING: Multiple Quakers arrested while worshipping in silence outside huge DSEI arms fair at the ExCel Centre. We believe God is in everyone. Killing or maiming people is not morally justifiable, nor is the trade in arms. We uphold those arrested during a peaceful religious service, honouring those affected by weapons of war.

07/09/2023

BREAKING: Multiple Quakers arrested while worshipping in silence outside huge DSEI arms fair at the ExCel Centre. We believe God is in everyone. Killing or maiming people is not morally justifiable, nor is the trade in arms. We uphold those arrested during a peaceful religious service, honouring those affected by weapons of war.

Meeting For Worship:Sundays 11.00am - 12.00, followed by tea, coffee and biscuits.Please arrive between 10.45 and 11.00a...
04/12/2022

Meeting For Worship:
Sundays 11.00am - 12.00, followed by tea, coffee and biscuits.
Please arrive between 10.45 and 11.00am.
Children are welcome in the meeting,where we have quiet activities for them to do in the meeting room.
The Meeting is now fully accessible.

Epilogue weekdays at 9.00pm

Please message us for more details on how to join us.

Address

Alington House Community Association , 4 North Bailey
Durham
DH13ET

Opening Hours

10:45am - 1pm

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