New Haven Friends Meeting
Religious Society of Friends/Quakers
You are Welcome Here
We believe that every person is loved by Divine Spirit. Our Quaker faith community includes people of any age, religious background, race, education, nationality, physical or mental ability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or economic circumstance.
You are welcome to join us as you are. Dress as you feel comfortable. We come together in worship*:
- To listen to God;
- To know and be known by God;
- To grow in our faith;
- To be changed;
- To support each other; and
- To help one another do what God asks us to do.
Our time together looks like this:
- Children and adults gathering together at 10:15 am for family circle, in the Meeting Room, with songs and stories. All are welcome in the family circle. Children then go downstairs for their own programs. Family circle does not meet during July and August.
- During Meeting for Worship upstairs, sitting quietly together; a message, song or poem may arise and be shared.
- Listening to those who are moved by the Spirit to speak or sing (during the 10:30 worship time we use a hand held microphone so all can hear clearly);
- Shaking hands when worship is ended;
- Greeting those around us;
- Sharing food during 11:30 am fellowship downstairs. The current Fellowship Volunteer list is HERE.
*Adapted from materials from Friends General Conference.
If you have questions about our Meeting, contact us at [email protected]
Meeting Times
Meeting for Worship Sun 9:15 - 10:15 am and 10:30 - 11:30 am (and Sept to May First Day School for children). Childcare for babies is provided year round.
Fellowship Hour Sun 11:30 to 12:30 with light refreshments and conversation
Handicap Accessible
How to Get to the Meetinghouse
To see a full page CALENDAR for this month click HERE
What's New
Our regular monthly Meeting for Worship for the Conduct of Business is on the 3rd Sunday of the month beginning at 12:30 pm.
With Our Whole Hearts
I hope the stories of faithful living and opportunities for engagement featured in this month's newsletter will bring you encouragement and nourish your spirit. My prayer is that in these turbulent days, each of us might find space—even if only for a few moments—for the refuge, rest, and renewal that will allow us to be who we are called to be. Noah Merrill, Secretary, NEYM
The Love That Overcomes
November 3, 2018
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God –Romans 8:38-39
Beginning in autumn 2018 and continuing into spring 2019, New Haven religious and spiritual communities are:
- visting each other's sacred spaces,
- learning about other religious,
- extending hospitality,
- equipping themselve with some of the tools of interfaith dialogue and
- building an interfaith community
Through these visits to spaces where people pray, worship, engage in religious practices and celebrate life's events, participants are invited to listen, learn and connect with one another.
Every year in August, at the conclusion of the gathering of Friends from around New England ("NEYM"), an "Epistle" is prepared to send to Friends everywhere. This epistle/letter/communication seeks to capture both the practical and spiritual nature of the gathering. Attached is the most recent epistle from NEYM and one from Cuban Quakers.
The attached list is updated periodically by the Fellowship Committee. And is regularly posted downstairs.
Worship with us!
Meeting for Worship Sun 9:15 - 10:15 am and 10:30 - 11:30 am (and Sept to May First Day School for children). Childcare for babies is provided year round.
Fellowship Hour Sun 11:30 to 12:30 with light refreshments and conversation
Handicap Accessible
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