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Charleston Friends Meeting
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The Charleston Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends is a congregation of Quakers. We believe that each person has the capacity to know directly the will of God - what we call the Inner Light - without requiring a liturgy, ritual, or creed. Instead of relying on a pastor, we all minister and guide each other. Quakers reach for life in the spirit of love, truth, and peace, seeking "that of God" in ourselves and others. The Quaker way bears witness to that spirit in the world by stressing integrity, simplicity, peace, equality, community, and stewardship. Our Meeting is non-pastoral, for we do not have a designated minister, and unprogrammed, with no set plan of devotional activities. Our weekly silent Meeting for Worship is an unstructured hour gathered together in spiritual seeking. The silence may be broken when someone feels led to share a message.
Visitors and Seekers are welcome. Here is what
you can expect: After Meeting for Worship, we catch up socially over coffee and tea. We almost always have some sort of planned discussion after that, what we call Second Hour - the schedule is here. Some of us meet bi-weekly for informal Bible study that features comparisons of different translations of Scripture and exchanges from our individual perspectives and spiritual leadings. Every couple of months, Friends gather with other friends for supper and an evening of talk as a Book Group. The Charleston Friends Meeting is a member of the Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association (SAYMA), which is affiliated with Friends General Conference (FGC). Several members of the Meeting are reflecting on life as a Quaker on an unofficial blog. Visit Reaching for the Light.
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