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Birmingham (AL) Friends Meeting

We are transitioning to a new website - go to https://birminghamquaker.org for the new website

Who we are:

The Birmingham Friends Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends is an unprogrammed, non-pastoral Quaker Meeting.

Our Quaker umbrella organizations are The Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association (SAYMA) and the Friends General Conference (FGC).

We are located at 4413 5th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35222, two blocks east of Avondale Park. We meet in a white two story house that is the last house on the right before 5th Avenue runs into Crestwood Blvd. Parking is in the back of the house or on 6th Avenue behind the meeting house.

A link to the photos page from our old web site.

http://quaker.org/legacy/birmingham/http___birmingham.quaker.org/Photos/...

 

Meeting Times

Silent Hour/Quaker Worship   10am Sunday

Forum 11:15am Sunday

What's New

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Posted by Birmingham Friends on 05/29/2021 - 8:33am

Until further notice we are now Meeting via Zoom at 10am on Sunday Morning.  If you would like to join us send an email to Birmingham@sayma.org.

You can also join on any Sunday after 9:30am by viewing the calendar on this site then on the day you wish to join click on the  BFM-Virtual-Meeting event on that calendar.  

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Posted by Birmingham Friends on 06/20/2020 - 2:53pm
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Posted by Peter Furst on 04/03/2023 - 9:56pm

Our testimonies are about the way that we, as Friends, try to lead our lives. Putting faith into practice often comes with great difficulty, arising from an understanding of certain value and principles which are central to each Quaker.

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Posted by Birmingham Friends on 11/03/2019 - 9:23pm

Local Meetings are called Monthly Meetings because they meet for business once a month. There are local Meetings that are under the care of Monthly Meetings and these are generally referred to as Worship Groups.

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Posted by Birmingham Friends on 01/19/2019 - 7:43pm

From “Quakers Anonymous” to the “Birmingham International Peace Center”: A Brief History of the Religious Society of Friends
in Birmingham, Alabama, 1973-2004,

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Posted by Birmingham Friends on 01/19/2019 - 7:41pm

You are welcome here!

Contact Us

205-592-0570. birmingham@sayma.org
Birmingham Friends Meeting
4413 5th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35222
United States
Meeting Times: 

Silent Hour/Quaker Worship   10am Sunday

Forum 11:15am Sunday

Members & Attenders

BFM Queries- Testimonies

Proposed Quaker Queries

Birmingham Friends Meeting recently conducted a workshop on Queries. This list of proposed queries from individual Friends has been combined into one large document.  Each person’s contributions are presented more or less as they were written, but a few edits were made here and there for brevity and clarity.

Simplicity

  1. What inward principles and values assist you with the practice of Simplicity?
  2. How frequently do we examine our lifestyles in search of ways to simplify?

Peace

  1. How do we maintain both Peace and Integrity when engaged in dialogue with others who do not share our values or points of view?
  2. What ways do we work as a Meeting, a community of seekers, and individuals to maintain peace in our daily lives?

Integrity

  1. Do you strive to be open and honest in all your dealings?
  2. What issues and inward convictions tend to drive us apart? In what fashion can we work together in ways that unify, not separate us?

Community

  1. Individually, what is one specific task we all can do to make the Meeting more welcoming to visitors?
  2. How do we ensure that we as Friends are committed to a non-hierarchical, consensus method to resolve pertinent concerns? Why is it so easy for leaders to spring up despite our best intentions?

Equality

  1. When does keeping the peace take precedent over risking confrontation?
  2.  Do we seek change in ways that are both peaceful and persuasive?

Stewardship

  1. How do we best address and reverse the vast amount of damage that humankind has done to the environment?
  2. What can you do, no matter how small, to assist animal and marine life on the planet?