Atlantic City Area Friends Meeting "Quakers"

09/05/2020

There is a time to debate, and argue and ponder... and then there is a time for action. It is up to each of us to make sure that we are not just wasting time and breath. Be one!
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09/02/2020

Be grateful for the gifts you have. Neither be too proud of them nor value them too little. Do not waste time coveting the gifts of others. Advices,

09/02/2020

"It is a great temptation to try to escape responsibility, not only for one's own actions but also for one's own privileges. Responsibility means, essentially, standing up to be counted. It means the ability to look things squarely in the face and pay the price for what one does."

08/31/2020

"I don't think anyone should have to worry about where their next meal is coming from." A Westville, NJ, native turned his house into a hub for food, toiletries, and friendship.

08/18/2020

Dragon for the win!

08/01/2020

Today we begin the 360th gathering of the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends. It will be a virtual gathering in order to promote physical health and safety in this pandemic time.

We invite your prayers for faithfulness and deep listening to the Spirit during this week, and of course at all times in our experience as Friends.

You may find out more at our website:
https://neym.org/sessions

07/26/2020

Happy birthday, Aldous Huxley (July 26, 1894 - Nov. 22, 1963)!

07/21/2020

07/10/2020

“The pandemic has forced a return to basics that none of us, including the ILO, can afford to ignore; questions such as how did we come to value so little, take for granted, essential work and essential workers?” President Higgins said.

President tells UN group ‘we must free ourselves from failed model of economy’

07/05/2020

"[The early Friends] made the discovery that silence is one of the best preparations for communion [with God] and for the reception of inspiration and guidance. Silence itself, of course, has no magic. It may be just sheer emptiness, absence of words or noise or music. It may be an occasion for slumber, or it may be a dead form. But it may be an intensified pause, a vitalised hush, a creative quiet, an actual moment of mutual and reciprocal correspondence with God."

– Rufus Jones, 1937
Quaker faith & practice 2.16


Quaker faith & practice is available online at qfp.quaker.org.uk. Print, audio and e-book versions are available from the Quaker Centre Bookshop at bookshop.quaker.org.uk