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Religious Society of Friends |
Somerset Hills Friends Meeting is a Quaker Monthly Meeting that holds weekly silent Meetings for Worship in the style of Friends General Conference (FGC)/Friends United Meeting(FUM).
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Religious Society of Friends |
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Somerset Hills Friends meet weekly for Silent Worship, and once a month for a Business session. The pattern continues the tradition of local Quakers who started the group in 1946. That was almost three hundred years after the influence of George Fox had led to the spread of Quaker belief in England.
Quakerism is a faith for today. It guides thoughtful people to lives of integrity, caring fellowship, conservation of world resources and work for peace.
Believing in "that of God in everyone," guided by the "Inner Light" (that which informs conscience), without a formal leader, Friends gather in the living silence to become open to the love of God. Occasionally a brief, simple message will be offered by an attender during the hour of worship.
Among the benefits of this way of worship can be deep refreshment, new awareness, courage to bear our burdens, rededication to lives of service, appreciation of our fellow men and women.
Regular attendance at Meeting deepens a person's spirituality in the degree to which his/her life outside is influenced by the experience of worship. All days are special.
"Quakers make good friends."
Other Sites to See:
American Friends Service Committee
The Religious Society of Friends
April 22, 1999