Scioto Quaker Meeting

07/28/2026

This is a good explanation of how Quakers discern whether to speak in meeting.

07/28/2026

The local newspaper published a piece about us. It's a quick read if you'd like to learn more about our meeting and what we do.

A new Quaker congregation is inviting Scioto County residents to experience a different style of worship centered on silence, reflection and community service.

07/19/2026

Our Quaker group had its 1-year anniversary today

07/13/2026

Here is the latest Substack post by one of our members: "Silence and Darkness are One."

Scioto County Quaker Meeting

07/13/2026

We were happy to welcome a small group of members from Athens, Ohio Friends Meeting (Quakers) yesterday. Thanks to these Friends for joining us for meeting for worship, and for sharing lunch and thoughtful conversation afterward.

We're grateful for opportunities to deepen connections with other Quaker meetings and to continue learning from one another. We look forward to doing so again in the near future!

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06/18/2026

Join us for our next community reading group on Saturday, July 18, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. at the church space, located at 9490 Gallia Pike in Wheelersburg.

We'll be discussing Molly Crabapple's Here Where We Live Is Our Country, which tells the story of the Jewish Labour Bund, the secular and socialist Jewish political movement opposed to Zionism, through a blending of history, family memoir, and political reflection.

Our reading group is secular, open to all, and welcomes a wide range of perspectives. Whether you've read the entire book, only part of it, or are simply interested in the discussion, we'd be glad to have you join us.

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06/14/2026

Today’s Daily Quaker Message. Subscribe for free: DailyQuaker.com/subscribe

Quakerism allows us to remove ourselves from the cycle of quicker work: making more work for the sake of more work, with productivity as king. What I've learned working in a Quaker environment is the real power of reflection, of silence, of taking time to discern. I feel like when I do so, decisions are more thought-through, more grounded in reality, and more inclusive of the voices of others.

Citation: Adena Dershowitz, 2026
Director of the Fourth Century Center at Abington Friends School

06/14/2026

Today’s Daily Quaker Message. Subscribe for free: DailyQuaker.com/subscribe

What ChatGPT can do is a marvel. We are at the dawn of a new technological era. But it is easy to see how it could turn dark — and quickly. A.I. systems like this make the production and manipulation of text (and code and images and eventually audio and video) functionally costless. They will be deployed to produce whatever makes us most likely to click. But these systems do not and cannot know what they are producing. The cost of creating and optimizing content that grabs our attention is plummeting, but the cost of producing valuable and truthful work isn’t. These are technologies that lend themselves to cacophony, not community. I fear a world in which the business models behind them run on our attention or profit off our anger. But other worlds and other models are possible….

The answer suggested by Rex Ambler… is silence. In a typical Quaker meeting, Ambler writes, community members ‘sit in silence together for an hour or so, standing up to speak only if they are led to do so, and then only to share some insight which they sense will be of value to others.’ If they must decide an issue collectively, ‘they will wait in silence together, again, to discern what has to be done.’ There is much that debate can offer but much that it can obscure. ‘To get a clear sense of what is happening in our lives, we Quakers try to go deeper,’ he writes. ‘We have to let go our active and fretful minds in order to do this. We go quiet and let a deeper, more sensitive awareness arise.’

Citation: Ezra Klein, 2022
New York Times opinion columnist

04/29/2026

We’re excited to share a new Substack for our Quaker meeting - an online space where our members can reflect on the ways Quaker practices shape our lives.

The first post comes from one of our members, who writes about what he does during meeting for worship and his meditative focus on Light. Future posts will include a range of perspectives and topics, from activism to the Quaker testimonies (SPICES) and more.

If you’re curious about Quaker worship or interested in thoughtful, reflective writing, we invite you to follow along.

The Translucent Hour

04/25/2026

We had a productive work day today. Began fixing the ramp, painted the front steps, weeded the sidewalk, and pruned and weeded around the rosebushes. Looking spiffy for an old church. Landscaping on each side of the steps is next.