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 and places specified, usually at our meetinghouse.  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: George Fox’s Journal.

We are currently studying Traditional Quaker Christianity during Faith Study on First Day (Sunday) mornings.

 Crossroads Newsletter in PDF Format

 Fox's Journal, edited by John Nickalls is the edition in use for Midweek Study.
It's a FREE download at https://archive.org/details/journalofgeorgef00foxg
in various formats, including PDF and Kindle

 Seventh Month,
2017

Fourth Day,
Seventh Month 26
[Wednesday, July 26]
Meeting for Worship 7:00 PM
Faith Study: George Fox’s Journal
7:30 PM

  First Day,
Seventh Month 30
[Sunday, July 30, 2017]
We will worship in unity with 
Salem-Upper Springfield
Monthly Meeting, Salem OH

Eighth Month,
2017

Fourth Day,
Eighth Month 02
[Wednesday, August 02, 2017]
We will not hold worship or faith study
due to Ohio Yearly Meeting.

 First Day,
Eighth Month 06
[Sunday, August 06, 2017]
We will worship in unity with 
Chestnut Ridge Monthly Meeting,
Barnesville OH

Fourth Day,
Eighth Month 09
[Wednesday, August 09, 2017]
Meeting for Worship 7:00 PM
Faith Study: George Fox’s Journal
7:30 PM

First Day,
Eighth Month 13
[Sunday, August 13, 2017]
Traditional Quaker Christianity
10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM
Ministry & Oversight and Meeting
for Business 12:00 Noon
Crossroads Friends Meeting house,
4108 Menton, Flint MI

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 Query: Are meetings for worship well and punctually attended?  Is our behavior therein conducive to meditation and communion with God?  Do we maintain a waiting spiritual worship and a free gospel ministry?  Do we welcome others to share this fellowship with us?

Fourth Day,
Eighth Month 16
[Wednesday, August 16, 2017]
Meeting for Worship 7:00 PM
Faith Study: George Fox’s Journal
7:30 PM

First Day,
Eighth Month 20
[Sunday, August 20, 2017]
Traditional Quaker Christianity
10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM
Crossroads Friends Meeting house,
4108 Menton, Flint MI

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.

Fourth Day,
Eighth Month 23
[Wednesday, August 23, 2017]
Meeting for Worship 7:00 PM
Faith Study: George Fox’s Journal
7:30 PM

First Day,
Eighth Month 27
[Sunday, August 27, 2017]
Traditional Quaker Christianity
10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM
Crossroads Friends Meeting house,
4108 Menton, Flint MI

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.

Fourth Day,
Eighth Month 30
[Wednesday, August 30, 2017]
Meeting for Worship 7:00 PM
Faith Study: George Fox’s Journal
7:30 PM



Ninth Month,
2017

First Day,
Ninth Month 03
[Sunday, September 03, 2017]
Traditional Quaker Christianity 10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM
Crossroads Friends Meeting house, 4108 Menton, Flint MI

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.

Fourth Day,
Ninth Month 06
[Wednesday, Ninth 06, 2017]
Meeting for Worship 7:00 PM
Faith Study: George Fox’s Journal 7:30 PM

First Day,
Ninth Month 10
[Sunday, September 10, 2017]Traditional Quaker Christianity 10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM
Ministry & Oversight and Meeting for Business 12:00 Noon
Crossroads Friends Meeting house, 4108 Menton, Flint MI

Advice 08: Watch with Christian tenderness over the opening minds of your children.  Help them to understand the teachings of Jesus.  Seek to awaken in them the love of Christ, and through example and training in self-control, to bring them to obedience to the law of God in their own hearts, that they may be joyful and willing in his service.

Second Query: Do we cherish a forgiving spirit, and strive to “walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us”?  Is each one of us careful for the reputation of others?  Are we ever mindful to love our neighbor as ourselves?  If differences threaten to disrupt the Christian harmony between the members, is prompt action taken?

Fourth Day,
Ninth Month 13
[Wednesday, Ninth 13, 2017]
Meeting for Worship 7:00 PM
Faith Study: George Fox’s Journal 7:30 PM

First Day,
Ninth Month 17
[Sunday, September 17, 2017]
Traditional Quaker Christianity 10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM
Crossroads Friends Meeting house, 4108 Menton, Flint MI

Advice 09: In consideration of marriage, remember that happiness depends on a deep and understanding love.  Seek to be joined in a common discipleship of Jesus Christ.  Ask guidance of God, desiring above all temporal considerations, that your union may be owned and blest of Him.  Consider the precious responsibilities of parenthood, and do not forget the help you may draw from the loving counsel of your own parents.

Fourth Day,
Ninth Month 20
[Wednesday, Ninth 20, 2017]
Meeting for Worship 7:00 PM
Faith Study: George Fox’s Journal 7:30 PM

First Day,
Ninth Month 24
[Sunday, September 24, 2017]
Traditional Quaker Christianity 10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM
Crossroads Friends Meeting house, 4108 Menton, Flint MI

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.

Fourth Day,
Ninth Month 27
[Wednesday, Ninth 27, 2017]
Meeting for Worship 7:00 PM
Faith Study: George Fox’s Journal 7:30 PM