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: Lloyd Lee Wilson, Essays on the Quaker Vision of Gospel Order.

Crossroads Newsletter in PDF Format

First Day Meeting for Worship
4108 Menton, Flint MI 48507

Second Month

First Day, Second Month 02

[Sunday, February 02, 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 10: Carefully maintain truthfulness and sincerity in your conduct, and encourage the same in your families. In your style of living, in your dress, and in the furniture of your houses, choose what is simple, useful, and good.

First Day, Second Month 09

[Sunday, February 09, 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 11: In view of the evils arising from the use of tobacco and intoxicating drinks, we urge all to abstain from using them, from offering them to others, and from having any part in their production, manufacture, or sale. Do not let claims of “good fellowship” or the fear of seeming peculiar prevent you from standing by principles which you have conscientiously adopted.

Sixth Query: Do we live in the life and power which takes away the occasion of all wars? Do we, on Christian principles, refuse to participate in or to cooperate with the military effort? Do we work actively for peace and the removal of the causes of war? Do we endeavor to cultivate good will, mutual understanding, and equal opportunities for all people?

First Day, Second Month 16

[Sunday, February 16, 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 12: Members are affectionately reminded of the importance of keeping correct and clear accounts pertaining to all outward affairs. It is important to make wills, or revisions of them, while still in health of mind and body, and free from any feeling of resentment. Delay, or neglect to secure competent legal advice, may cause some unexpected hindrance in the proper execution of one’s bequests.

First Day, Second Month 23

[Sunday, February 23, 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 13: Make it your aim to promote the cause of truth and righteousness, and to spread the Kingdom of God at home and abroad. Be ready to take your part fearlessly in declaring His message and in witnessing to His power.

Third Month

First Day, Third Month 01

[Sunday, March 01, 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 14: Live in love, as Christian brethren, ready to be helpful one to another. Rejoice together in the blessings of life; sympathize with each other in its trials. Know one another as fellow-workers in the things that endure. Watch over one another for good, praying that each may be a living member of the Church of Christ, and may grow in the knowledge of the love of God.

First Day, Third Month 08

[Sunday, March 08, 2020]
Note: Daylight Saving Time begins!
“Spring forward”
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 15: Remember the special opportunities for refreshment of spirit and for service which the first day of the week affords; use them faithfully, as befits the Friends of the Master.

Seventh Query: Do we observe simplicity in our manner of living, sincerity in speech, and modesty in apparel? Do we guard against involving ourselves in temporal affairs to the hindrance of spiritual growth? Are we just in our dealings and careful to fulfill our promises? Do we seek to make our Christian faith a part of our daily work?

Midweek Meeting for Worship
4108 Menton, Flint MI 48507

Second Month, 2020

Fourth Day,
Second Month 05
[Wednesday, February 05, 2020]