Crossroads Friends Meeting

Crossroads Friends Meeting
4108 Menton
Flint, MI 48507
crossroadsfriends@yahoo.com

Schedule of Meetings for Worship

We shall gather for unprogrammed, waiting worship in the Name of Jesus Christ and in the manner of Friends on the dates and at the times listed, at our meetinghouse unless otherwise specified. Visitors and new attenders are always welcome. For those not familiar with unprogrammed worship, a small brochure is available (either at the meeting or on our website www.michiganquakers.org), offering general guidance and tips on “meeting etiquette.” Additional materials on the Religious Society of Friends are also available at rise of meeting (and on the website). Before rise of meeting on First Day [Sunday], the designated meeting closer reads aloud an Advice. This is followed by framing silence before the handshake of fellowship which marks rise of meeting.

A time of fellowship follows meeting for worship. On the second First Day [Sunday] of each month, following fellowship, we hold our meeting for business. (Depending on other events, business meeting may be shifted to another week.)

We will study The Holy Bible, comparing the 1611 King James Version and the 1764 “Quaker Bible” translation by Anthony Purver, on First Day [Sunday] morning before Meeting for Worship.

On Fourth Days (Wednesdays) we hold a shorter Meeting for Worship preceded by Faith Study: John Wilbur’s Appendix to Narrative and Exposition of the Late Proceedings of New England Yearly Meeting (1845).

Crossroads Newsletter in PDF Format

First Day Meeting for Worship

4108 Menton, Flint MI 48507

Twelfth Month

First Day, Twelfth Month 01

[Sunday, December 01, 2019]
Faith Study: The Holy Bible, comparing the 1611 King James Version and the 1764 “Quaker Bible” translation by Anthony Purver 10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM

Advice 01: Use vigilant care, dear Friends, not to overlook those promptings of love and truth which you may feel in your hearts; for these are the tender leadings of the Spirit of God. Nor should any of us resist God’s workings within us, for it is His redemptive love which strives to show us our darkness, and to lead us to true repentance, and to His marvelous light. “Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” (Revelation 3:20)

First Day, Twelfth Month 08

[Sunday, December 08, 2019]
Faith Study: The Holy Bible, comparing the 1611 King James Version and the 1764 “Quaker Bible” translation by Anthony Purver 10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM
Ministry & Oversight and Meeting for Business 12:00 Noon

Advice 02: Be faithful in maintaining your testimony against all war as inconsistent with the Spirit and teaching of Christ. Live in the Life and Power that takes away the occasions of all wars and strife. Seek to take your part in the ministry of reconciliation between individuals, groups, and nations. Let the law of kindness know no limits. Show a loving consideration for all people.

Fourth Query: Believing our bodies to be the temple of God, are we concerned to attain a high level of physical and mental health? To this end are our lives examples of temperance in all things? Do we avoid and discourage the use and handling of intoxicants, tobacco, and improper use of drugs?

Special Query: Do we give ourselves over in faith to that life and power which transforms? Is our focus on Him who sustains us? What is it that God is sustaining in us? What does He want us to let go? What is the Lord calling us corporately to do with His gifts?

First Day, Twelfth Month 15

[Sunday, December 15, 2019]
Faith Study: The Holy Bible, comparing the 1611 King James Version and the 1764 “Quaker Bible” translation by Anthony Purver 10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM

Advice 03: Regard the taking of oaths as contrary to the teachings of Christ, and setting up a double standard of truthfulness; whereas sincerity and truth should be practiced in all walks of life.

First Day, Twelfth Month 22

[Sunday, December 22, 2019]
Faith Study: The Holy Bible, comparing the 1611 King James Version and the 1764 “Quaker Bible” translation by Anthony Purver 10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM

Advice 04: In your meetings for worship be earnestly concerned to enter reverently into communion with God. Come with minds and hearts prepared. Yield yourselves up to the influence of the Divine Presence so that you may find the evil in you weakening and the good raised up. God calls each one to the service of the meeting. Be obedient and faithful, whether by word or silent prayerful waiting; and be ready to receive the message of others in a tender spirit.

First Day, Twelfth Month 29

[Sunday, December 29, 2019]
Faith Study: The Holy Bible, comparing the 1611 King James Version and the 1764 “Quaker Bible” translation by Anthony Purver 10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM

Advice 05: Be on your guard, dear Friends, lest the love of pleasure take too strong a hold upon you. Choose such recreations as are pure and healthful. Let them be in harmony with your service to God and man; and in that service be ready at any time to lay them aside when called upon.

First Month, 2020

First Day, First Month 05

[Sunday, January 05, 2020]
Faith Study: The Holy Bible, comparing the 1611 King James Version and the 1764 “Quaker Bible” translation by Anthony Purver 10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM

Advice 06: Endeavor to make your home an abiding place of joy and peace where the Presence of God is known and felt. Seek to know an inward retirement, even amid the activities of daily life. Make a quiet place in your daily life, wherein you may learn the full meaning of prayer, and the gladness of communion with your Heavenly Father.

First Day, First Month 12

[Sunday, January 12, 2020]
Faith Study: The Holy Bible, comparing the 1611 King James Version and the 1764 “Quaker Bible” translation by Anthony Purver 10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM
Ministry & Oversight and Meeting for Business 12:00 Noon

Advice 07: Avoid and discourage any kind of betting or gambling, as well as commercial speculation of a gambling character. Remember how widespread are the temptations to grow rich at the expense of others, and how apparently harmless indulgence leads often by degrees to ruin and crime.

Fifth Query: Are we sensitive to the needs of those around us who may be in less fortunate circumstances? Do we prayerfully consider how we can share one another's burdens when the need arises? Do we counsel lovingly and prayerfully with those members whose actions in any phase of life give us grounds for concern?

Midweek Meeting for Worship

4108 Menton,
Flint MI 48

Twelfth Month

Fourth Day,
Twelfth Month 04
[Wednesday, December 04, 2019]