Live Oak Friends Meeting (Houston)
Zoom link for both Adult First Day School and 10:30 am worship will be in the weekly newsletter, or contact outreach@friendshouston.org to get it.
You can find the latest local updates on what are current best practices for dealing with COVID and status of the pandemic in Houston/Harris County at https://www.readyharris.org
Welcome to Live Oak Friends Meeting! We are an open, welcoming community of seekers who meet weekly for meeting for worship, expecting to experience direct communion with God, the divine Spirit, or whatever name we use for that transcendent essence that infuses all life.
A fundamental Quaker belief is that there is “that of God in everyone.” We seek to interact with others from that perspective, and to live our lives according to the Quaker testimonies of integrity, equality, simplicity, and peace. Learn more about what Quakers believe here.
Our children and families are also very important, with a nursery for children under three, and programs for preschool, elementary, middle school and high school kids. And there are many other ways we build our community. If you would like to learn more about our weekly activities, subscribe to our weekly e-newsletter
As an unprogrammed Friends Meeting, we rely on our members to do many of the functions provided by paid staff in other churches. We have committees to do much of that work, and we also have many informal and intermittent opportunities for people to participate in the community.
Our meeting house is a James Turrell Skyspace, open to the public every Friday night and the first Sunday of each month 30 minutes before sunset. Weather permitting, the roof will be open to allow the public to experience the play of changing light over the simple white interior walls.
We share the blessing of this building by allowing individuals to rent it for weddings and memorial services. Community groups may also rent the building for events in keeping with Quaker values.
Contact Scheduler at scheduler@friendshouston.org if interested in scheduling an event at the meetinghouse
Live Oak Friends Meeting is a member of Bayou Quarterly Meeting, a regional group of Quaker meetings in southeast Texas and Louisiana; South Central Yearly Meeting, a larger group of Quaker meetings across Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana; and Friends General Conference, a national organization of Quakers.
Meeting Times
Meeting for Worship every Sunday 8:30-9:10 am in person only and 10:30-11:30 am, online or in person Check your e-newsletter or email worship@friendshouston.org for more information
Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business third Sundays, 1 - 3:00 pm online
Meeting for Worship with Attention to Healing, third Saturdays at 11:30 a.m, online
Adult Religious Education Sundays 9:20 - 10:20 am, attendance in person or online, contact outreach@friendshouston.org if you need the link
Wednesday Evening Meeting for Worship Wednesdays 7:00 - 8:00 pm discussion or music, Meeting for Worship 8:00 - 8:30 pm, on line only
Children's Religious Education Due to the pandemic, only outdoor classes and actvities from 10:30-11:30 on second and fourth Sundays
Spring (North Houston) Quakers Worship Group: Sundays at 10:30-12 noon and Wednesdays 7:30-9:00pm in Spring, TX
Check the Meeting calendar for other activities
What's New
The last few months we have been exploring care for the earth in various First Day Schools. Here are some links to resources:
Our student this year is a third year law student, who writes about the challenges she faces doing all her work remotely because of COVID, and on a cell phone at that. You can read her letters in English (thanks to Gaby Pryor and Rosalia and Mark Herranen) or Spanish here, the pictures are only in the Spanish version.


Our latest published author, Alex McDonald.
He has traveled to the region and met with both Israeli and Palestinian peace activists. He has seen and experienced glimpses of daily life in the different parts of Israel and the West Bank. He has seen and heard Israeli perspectives as well as Palestinian ones. He has worked with Jewish and Palestinian solidarity groups. He also participates in a monthly dialog with Zionists and Palestinians.
Yet another piece of unmentioned history, this time from the development of the oil industry.

The fifth and final installment of the Houston Grand Opera and Institute for Spirituality and Health-hosted Religare series will be a program on silence. A few Live Oak Friends will be on the program to lead this webcast shared - worship. The program is Tuesday 6-7 PM Tuesday, March 30. To attend one must register at https://www.spiritualityandhealth.org/events/religaremusic. The other guest will lead us in Jain meditation, and there will be an excerpt of John Cage's Aria, 4'33" (of silence).
Worship with us!
Meeting for Worship every Sunday 8:30-9:10 am in person only and 10:30-11:30 am, online or in person Check your e-newsletter or email worship@friendshouston.org for more information
Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business third Sundays, 1 - 3:00 pm online
Meeting for Worship with Attention to Healing, third Saturdays at 11:30 a.m, online
Adult Religious Education Sundays 9:20 - 10:20 am, attendance in person or online, contact outreach@friendshouston.org if you need the link
Wednesday Evening Meeting for Worship Wednesdays 7:00 - 8:00 pm discussion or music, Meeting for Worship 8:00 - 8:30 pm, on line only
Children's Religious Education Due to the pandemic, only outdoor classes and actvities from 10:30-11:30 on second and fourth Sundays
Spring (North Houston) Quakers Worship Group: Sundays at 10:30-12 noon and Wednesdays 7:30-9:00pm in Spring, TX
Check the Meeting calendar for other activities