Crossroads Friends Meeting

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.)

On Fourth Days (Wednesdays) we hold a shorter Meeting for Worship followed by Faith Study: The Concurrence and Unanimity of the People Called Quakers As Evidenced by Some of Their Sermons.  This midweek meeting is held at the home of Phil and Sharon Helms, 2485 Bogie Lake Road, White Lake MI 48386.

We will study Barclay's Apology in Modern English - edited by Dean Freiday on First Day [Sunday] mornings, just before Meeting for Worship.

 Crossroads Newsletter in PDF Format

 The Concurrence and Unanimity of the People Called Quakers as Evidenced by Some of Their Sermons, was first published by Andrew Sowle in London, 1694. The edition edited and with introductions by Patrick J. Burns and T.H.S. Wallace, and published by the New Foundation Fellowship (ISBN 0-978-0970137531)
is the one in use for Midweek Study.  We have a few copies available at the meetinghouse.

Barclay's Apology in Modern English, edited by Dean Freiday, and published by
The Barclay Press (ISBN 0-913342-69-6) is the edition we are using for First Day morning study.  We have a few copies available at the meetinghouse.

First Day Meeting for Worship
4108 Menton, Flint MI 48507

First Month, 2019

First Month 06
[Sunday, January 06, 2019]
Faith Study: Barclay’s Apology in
Modern English     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.

First Month 13
[Sunday, January 13, 2019]
Faith Study: Barclay’s Apology in
Modern English     10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM
Ministry & Oversight and Meeting
for Business 12:00 Noon

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.

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 Month 20
[Sunday, January 20, 2019]
Faith Study: Barclay’s Apology in Modern English     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.

First Month 27
[Sunday, January 27, 2019]
Faith Study: Barclay’s Apology in
Modern English     10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM

Advice 16: Be diligent in the reading of the Bible and other spiritually helpful writings.  Gather daily in your families for worship.  Such times have a special value in bringing little children especially into the experience of united worship, and so preparing them for the larger meeting for worship, as they learn in the silence to bow to the power of God.

Second Month

Second Month 03
[Sunday, February 03, 2019]
Faith Study: Barclay’s Apology in Modern English     10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM

Advice 17: Be mindful for yourselves and for your children that you value the beauty and power of good friendships.  Also, by example and precept, encourage your children to appreciate the best in literature and the arts, which is consistent with our Christian faith.  By this, all your lives may be enriched and the youth with tastes thus early formed may henceforth instinctively choose the beautiful and good.

Second Month 10
[Sunday, February 10, 2019]
Faith Study: Barclay’s Apology in
Modern English     10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM
Ministry & Oversight and Meeting
for Business 12:00 Noon

Advice 18: Seek for your children that full development of God’s gifts which true education can bring about.  Remember that the service to which we are called needs healthy bodies, trained minds, high ideals, and an understanding of the laws and purposes of God.  Give of your best to the study of the Bible, and the understanding of the Christian faith.  Be open-minded, ready constantly to receive new light.

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
2485 Bogie Lake Road, White Lake MI 48386

First Month 02
[Wednesday, January 02, 2019]
Faith Study: The Concurrence and Unanimity of the People Called Quakers As Evidenced by Some of Their Sermons   1:00 PM
Meeting for Worship 1:30 PM

First Month 09
[Wednesday, January 09, 2019]
Faith Study: The Concurrence and Unanimity of the People Called Quakers As Evidenced by Some of Their Sermons   1:00 PM
Meeting for Worship 1:30 PM

First Month 16
[Wednesday, January 16, 2019]
Faith Study: The Concurrence and Unanimity of the People Called Quakers As Evidenced by Some of Their Sermons   1:00 PM
Meeting for Worship 1:30 PM

First Month 23
[Wednesday, January 23, 2019]
Faith Study: The Concurrence and Unanimity of the People Called Quakers As Evidenced by Some of Their Sermons   1:00 PM
Meeting for Worship 1:30 PM

First Month 30
[Wednesday, January 30, 2019]
Faith Study: The Concurrence and Unanimity of the People Called Quakers As Evidenced by Some of Their Sermons   1:00 PM
Meeting for Worship 1:30 PM

Second Month 06
[Wednesday, February 06, 2019]
Faith Study: The Concurrence and Unanimity of the People Called Quakers As Evidenced by Some of Their Sermons   1:00 PM
Meeting for Worship 1:30 PM

Second Month 13
[Wednesday, February 13, 2019]
Faith Study: The Concurrence and Unanimity of the People Called Quakers As Evidenced by Some of Their Sermons   1:00 PM
Meeting for Worship 1:30 PM