Williamsburg Friends Meeting

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05/29/2026

Exciting News!!! In July, we are moving to the newly renovated building next door to our current location! The new address is 3041 Ironbound Road, Williamsburg, VA. Please park out back of the building as we are trying to keep the spaces in the front for people with disabilities. Come check out our new space in July! We are very excited!

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05/26/2026
05/12/2026

"Humanity brought these conditions upon ourselves by allowing an economic system that prioritizes the concentration of wealth among a few over the prosperity of all to become so dominant that the ability of ships to pass through a small body of water, just twenty-four miles at its narrowest point, can have global consequences..."

“Let there be peace on earth,” as the opening line of a popular hymn from the 1950s goes, “and let it begin with me.” If Quakers were looking for a mission statement, that would probably serve us well as we set out to confront the unpeaceful circumstances in which we find ourselves today."

-Excerpt from Friends Journal, The Time Has Come
for Judgment to Begin by Ron Hogan, May 2026

05/12/2026

"We're hungry for a chance to talk about our children — and there's lots to say. The complaints, the dilemmas, the near disasters come first. They're what's on top, and we need to talk about them. But the hard times are not the whole story, and, somehow, it's harder to tell of our love. We're embarrassed, we're ambivalent, we're protective, we're shy. But our love for our children is so good, so deep, so central to our hopes for a better world. The more of it that can be made visible, the better off all of us will be."

— Pamela Haines, 2021
Quaker educator

Today's Invitation:

Make your love visible.

Query of the Week:

What have you learned about Spirit from children?

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05/12/2026

"Accompaniment on a journey can make an extraordinary difference, whether the journey is physical or spiritual. The times we’re living in may feel like a disorienting new path, or like a familiar road walked too often. Beyond politics, children (and people of all ages) are living with deep concerns, worries for the future, and uncertainty about what all this means for them, their neighbors, friends, and family....
Whether the language you prefer is Kingdom of God or Beloved Community, we need to tell our children that this is still possible here on Earth and in our lives. This happens in gestures and actions of all kinds, from small kindnesses to participating in protests....
Friends of all ages are on this journey together. For adults who work with and live with children and young people, there is wisdom in the advice to take care of yourself, pay attention to where young people are (do not assume or project feelings about events), provide accurate information, move to action you can take, and make space for prayer and silence as well as support from those around you."

— Melinda Wenner Bradley, 2025
Quaker religious educator

Today's Invitation:

Take care of yourself, pay attention to where young people are, provide accurate information, move to action you can take, and make space for prayer and silence as well as support from those around you.

Query of the Week:

What have you learned about Spirit from children?

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05/12/2026

"I’ve been to quite a few discussions about how different people spend their time in meeting for worship, been given suggestions and things to try, but those ten minutes I have twice a month are different every time.
I listen to and reflect on the readings and ministry. I breathe deeply. I admire the beautiful world out the window. I give thanks for the people who are present and think of those who are not. I try to clear my mind of daily worries. I try to focus on my feelings. Sometimes I just stare at the ticking clock waiting for it to be over. I’ve felt enlightened, relaxed, happy. I’ve made resolutions. I’ve come to feel a sense of peace. But I wouldn’t claim to ever have cleared my mind completely or to have heard the Inner Voice.
Watching the younger children in the meeting as they wriggle and whisper, I’m reminded of how far I’ve come . . . and how far I have to go."

— Keava McKeogh, 2010 (age 16)
Young Friend in Waikato-Hauraki Meeting, Yearly Meeting of Aotearoa/New Zealand

Today's Invitation:

Support children on their spiritual journeys.

Query of the Week:

What have you learned about Spirit from children?

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05/12/2026

"Children have an inherent capacity for spiritual insight and experience, which is sometimes extraordinarily vivid and powerful. Many adults can recall powerful experiences of deep spiritual perception in early childhood, which sometimes leave a life-long impression. This is not primarily a matter of children's 'beliefs', but of their capacity for spiritual experience that can be either nourished or neglected.
If we recognise children's capacity and need for spirituality, it is part of our responsibility as parents and as Quaker communities to nourish our children's spiritual lives, just as much as we are responsible for feeding, clothing and educating them. Just as children need healthy food, they also need opportunities to experience the inward place of gathered, prayerful stillness, and to encounter people whose lives express forgiveness, integrity and compassion."

— Craig Barnett, 2013
Local development worker for Britain Yearly Meeting

Today's Invitation:

Nourish children’s spiritual lives.

Query of the Week:

What was your experience of spirituality as a child?

How would you explain the Divine to a child?

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3051 Ironbound Road
Williamsburg, VA
23188

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