About Quakerism

Coming from diverse religious backgrounds, Friends look for spiritual guidance from many different sources, including direct, personal experience. We believe that within each person is a special power. Some call this power God, some the Holy Spirit; many Friends call it the Inner Light. We believe that everyone can experience this Light and that it can be the foundation for convictions and actions.

The Quaker way of worshiping together is a Meeting of people who seek the Inner Light. We begin in silence--no minister leads us; no formal prayers are said nor hymns sung; no religious symbols are displayed. If someone is moved to speak, his or her words may enrich the understanding of those present. Both our silence and our spoken words bring us closer together.

--from www.metroquakers.org