Baton Rouge Friends Meeting

12/31/2025

Stargazers in North America can expect to see up to 10 shooting stars each hour when the shower peaks this weekend.

12/16/2025

The Herds is a large-scale and participatory public art experience that brings to life the impact of climate change on a global scale.

03/25/2025

03/25/2025

What should you do if ICE comes to your Quaker Meeting? Know your rights. If ICE officials question you, you may decline to answer questions until you have legal counsel. Tap the link in our Bio to view the Congregational Guide for churches dealing with ICE. This document was created by Rev. Minna Bothwell with input from legal experts.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vg2hIh6f3uJFz_Sk-tjuMJJU3MnNCNXvJOmEQEbVQRw/edit?tab=t.4e0c9hodqaup

The Congregational Guide offers practical advice for greeters and childcare workers, in the event that Homeland Security approaches your Quaker meeting. It also shows how an ICE authorization form differs from a judicial warrant. Help your community to be proactively prepared! Did you know that authorization forms from ICE do NOT grant the right to enter private property without consent? If you find that this document is useful, please share it with people you know.

Document credits: Rev. Minna Bothwell. "Welcoming, Protecting, and Preparing: A Congregational Guide." Capitol Hill Lutheran Church, ELCA, 2025. There are no restrictions on this document's use for faith communities.

03/25/2025

Don't fall for chaos. In times when there is a lot moving about you, remember to let your body settle. If you're headed to Quaker worship, that may mean taking a few minutes to pause before you enter the door.

For more information, see the Four Doors to Meeting for Worship:
https://friendsgc.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Four-Doors-to-Meeting-for-Worship_1.pdf

03/25/2025

Today marks an important anniversary in the history of Quakerism and Arch Street Meeting House! 70 years ago on March 23 1955, the Hicksite and Orthodox sects of Quakerism officially reunited as a single Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, marking an end to a schism that began in the same meetinghouse in 1827.

For almost 128 years, the split resulted in two separate PYMs due to theological differences and a rift felt across American Quakerism. This photograph captures the official reunion during the Yearly Meeting's gathering held in our worship space.

📷: Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College. March 23, 1955. HC10-15024.

11/04/2024