We,
at Downingtown Friends Meeting, are a spiritually led, socially conscious,
vibrant and welcoming faith community of Friends (with a capital
"F") who practice the Quaker faith. Entering our third century
of Quaker presence in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, our growing community, made
up of people from all walks of life, acts as an extended family, helping
each other in times of need.
And while our main purpose is to gather in silent
worship, we’re also an active community, involved in all sorts of
activities. Adults take part in brown-bag and book discussions,
cooperative dinners, Christmas chorus, and
prayer-for-healing groups. Our many children enjoy attending our excellent
Sunday School, as well as participating in weekend campouts,
and trips to foreign countries for our older teens. And if all this isn’t
enough, our Meeting family comes together to put on our annual Fall
Festival where we celebrate the season with good food, good music, and
good fun.
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OUR MEETING
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Our
Worship
We
center ourselves to still our minds and hearts and await the voice
of God in silent expectation. We may be moved to share a message
which often lends guidance to our worship.
Meeting
for Worship is a celebration where we give praise for all the good
in our lives and rejoice in God's creation.
It's the
time when we reflect on steering the challenges in our lives, to
connect with the power of good in all people, to contemplate service
to others, and to practice the power of forgiveness.
A
handshake ends our Meeting for Worship.
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Meeting Activities We
worship in our meetinghouse from 10:30-11:30 A.M.
every Sunday.
Before worship, we hold Opening Exercises, short presentations by
a volunteer, along with hymn singing and announcements, from
10:00-10:30 A.M. in our Schoolhouse (the larger building) from September through
May.
Children from
kindergarten to high school age attend
Sunday School from 10:30-11:15 A.M.
every Sunday from September through June. If you have pre-school
children, there’s nursery and child care available during
worship. Children join their parents in worship in the
meetinghouse at 11:15.
On the second Sunday of each month from September through
June, we have a potluck lunch
we call Eating Meeting, held immediately following Meeting for
Worship. It's a great place to meet us. And don't
feel you need to bring food. There's usually plenty for all.
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