Elmira Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends - Elmira Quakers

11/10/2021

11/10/2021

The Indian Affairs Committee of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting (Sandy Spring, MD) "works to stimulate interest in issues related to American Indians. It works with local Meetings, other Yearly Meetings, and other Friends' organizations to benefit native peoples." Find more information here:

The Indian Affairs Committee works to stimulate interest in issues related to American Indians. It works with local Meetings, other Yearly Meetings, and other Friends' organizations to benefit native peoples.

11/10/2021

November: Native American Heritage Month

Paying tribute to the rich ancestry and traditions of Native Americans.

11/03/2021

We welcome you to attend our weekly Saturday 10:30am meeting for worship. Our meetings are held in the tradition of gathering in silence, without the services of a designated pastor or minister. You do not have to be a Quaker to attend.
We are Covid careful and practice social distancing.

Bring a mask and visit us at the Big Flats building owned by the Unitarian Fellowship, at 48 Hibbard Rd., Ext. N., Big Flats.
To get there take Route US 86/NY 17 to Exit 49, then Turn North to "T" (Daniel Zenker) turn right on Daniel Zenker to stop sign, then turn right, Next turn right just before overpass. Pavement shortly turns to dirt road, Follow a few hundred feet to the yellow Fellowship building.
Come join us as we meet in silence, seeking out the still, small voice within each of us.

11/03/2021

What does Elmira Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends do?
* meet in silent worship while providing the opportunity for a
person to speak as they are moved
* support Second Place East, Inc in their work providing emergency household supplies
* support the teaching of Alternatives to Violence in state prisons
* contribute to national organizations such American Friends Service Committee

Quaker action for a just world

11/03/2021

What do we believe?
We believe that there is in everyone a Light—

a light in the conscience that can guide and strengthen us to do the right, that can awaken us to the wrong we have done and are about to do;
a light that can heal us, that can strengthen us to live better lives, that can release us from our inner demons, make us more whole, and relieve us of suffering and lead us to forgiveness;
a light that can inspire us to acts of kindness and to creativity;
a light that can lead us to the deepest fulfillment and the "peace that passes all understanding," and help us to become the people we were meant to be

As explained so well by New York Yearly Meeting
https://nyym.org/content/what-quakers-believe
https://nyym.org/content/what-quakers-believe

a light that can open to us direct communion with God (however you experience God), both as individuals and as a community.

New York Yearly Meeting is the gathering of Quaker meetings (congregations) in New York State, northern New Jersey, and southwestern Connecticut.

03/04/2021

Come join us! We welcome you to attend our weekly Saturday 10am meetings. Our meetings are held in the tradition of gathering in silence, without the services of a designated pastor or minister. You do not have to be a Quaker to attend.

Bring a mask and visit us at the Big Flats building owned by the Unitarian Fellowship, at 48 Hibbard Rd., Ext. N., Big Flats. To get there take Route US 86/NY 17 to Exit 49, then Turn North to "T" (Daniel Zenker) turn right on Daniel Zenker to stop sign, then turn right, Next turn right just before overpass. Pavement shortly turns to dirt road, Follow a few hundred feet to the yellow Fellowship building.

03/04/2021

Hi Folks, Curious about Quakers? Want to know more? Check out the Quaker Information Center, a gateway to Quakerism provided by the Earlham School of Religion:

What are "Quakers"? Quakers are members of the Religious Society of Friends, a faith that emerged as a new Christian denomination in England during a period of religious turmoil in the mid-1600's and is practiced today in a variety of forms around the world. To members of this religion, the words "Q...

12/28/2020

We are meeting indoors, 6 feet apart and wearing masks, on Saturday mornings, 10:30am in the Unitarian Fellowship building, 48 Hibbard Rd, Ext. N Big Flats, NY 14814. We are usually a group of ten people or less and we open the windows a little for cross-ventilation. You do not need to be a Quaker in order to attend. Please join us. Bring a mask and your own chair - we look forward to meeting you!

08/05/2020

Hi Folks - friends, neighbors, interested people,residents of the Finger Lakes area, visitors, those who have attended Quaker meetings in other locations - all of you! Elmira Quakers would love to have you join us on any Saturday morning, 10:30am, at the Unitarian Fellowship building in Big Flats. We sit outside 6 feet apart. Bring a chair, mask, and your own drink. We'd love to get to know you! If it rains, we take our chairs inside, and sit 6 feet apart there.

06/20/2020

You are invited to come 10:30am Saturday mornings to the Unitarian Fellowship building, 48 Hibbard Rd., Ext. N, Big Flats, NY Bring your own chair and a mask. If the weather is good, we meet outside under the trees. Join us in "forest bathing" while we worship in silence.