Back Creek Friends Church

Back Creek Friends Church Come join us at Back Creek Friends! Sunday School 9:30 AM; Worship 10:30 AM. Usually out by 11:45. In 1841 a new brick meetinghouse was completed.
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Back Creek was first established in 1831 by the Indiana Yearly Meeting and has been in continuous operation since then. Presently it is the oldest Friends Meeting in Grant County and the oldest meeting of any denomination in the county. In 1829 meetings were first held for worship in the cabin of Joseph Winslow. In 1831 a log meetinghouse was erected, but it proved too small for the membership. Th

is was divided right and left by moveable doors. The men and boys occupied one side and the women and girls the other. Meetings for business and discipline were thus held separately. During the service the women would smile serenely from under their gray silk bonnets. The men would sit in quiet reverence. With so much silence and little activity the time seemed to pass slowly for the young folk. Back Creek was instrumental in establishing other meetings in southern Grant County. Included in the list are

Oakridge in 1843
Chester (Jonesboro) in 1844
Fairmount in 1852
Little Ridge in 1854
East Bethel in 1867 and
Upland in 1874. Education was important to the early Quaker settlers. Back Creek began Sabbath School (Sunday School) in 1863. In 1874 the Meeting built a two-story brick school that was used by Friends children. In 1883 we helped start the Fairmount Academy. The biggest event to come to Back Creek was the June Quarterly Meeting. In years it was held here (1839 - 1893) the attendance grew every year until possibly 10,000 people assembled on the grounds. Excursion trains brought people on the tracks east of the meeting. The atmosphere of a County Fair prevailed, as six to eight out-of-door pulpits accomodated all who wanted to preach. The membership of Back Creek at this time was around 440. The present meeting house was constructed in 1899, and the parsonage was purchased in 1953.

04/05/2026
Join us for Good Friday and Easter Sunday. He is risen!
03/31/2026

Join us for Good Friday and Easter Sunday. He is risen!

01/25/2026

No services today, January 25th due to weather. Please read Matthew Chapter 2 with your family.

Join us for a peaceful and meaningful Candlelight Service as we gather to celebrate the light of Christ this Christmas s...
12/20/2025

Join us for a peaceful and meaningful Candlelight Service as we gather to celebrate the light of Christ this Christmas season.

đź•Ż Sunday, December 21st
đź•• 6:00 PM
đź“Ť Back Creek Friends Church

12/13/2025

Friends,
Due to the extreme weather conditions services at Back Creek will be canceled for Sunday, December 14th. Monthly Meeting was scheduled to be held that day, so if you have any major concerns please notify Jon or Joel. Be safe, and enjoy a peaceful day of worship as a family.

11/29/2025

Due to weather conditions, we are cancelling services for Sunday, Nov. 30th.

11/27/2025

“Rejoice always, pray continually, give THANKS in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus."

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Here is a link to an old fashioned Quaker cookbook. Please do not bring many of these recipes to the Thanksgiving Celebr...
11/18/2025

Here is a link to an old fashioned Quaker cookbook. Please do not bring many of these recipes to the Thanksgiving Celebration this Sunday! https://www.facebook.com/share/17SDZwLuXA/?mibextid=wwXIfr

"Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers" was published by Quaker Elizabeth Ellicott Lea in 1845, on her own dime. It was so popular that in the proceeding 35 years, it went through 19 editions. The cookbook is a time capsule of simple, everyday food culture around her home in Sandy Spring, MD.

Want to try a Quaker recipe out for Thanksgiving? Here's how Ellicott Lea makes pumpkin pudding (pie):

"Choose a yellow pumpkin, with a fine grain, pare and cut it in small pieces, boil it in plenty of water, and take it up as soon as it is done, or it will soak up the water; to a gallon of pumpkin, stewed and mashed, put two quarts of milk, eight eggs, half a pound of butter, half a tea-cup of lemon or rose brandy; nutmeg and sugar to your taste; bake it in deep plates, with a bottom crust."

All her recipes are available here: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/9101/pg9101-images.html

11/17/2025

Please invite your friends!!

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7560 S 150 E
Fairmount, IN
46928

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