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.)

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).    When we complete Wilbur, we will begin Lloyd Lee Wilson, Essays on the Quaker Vision of Gospel Order.

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First Day
Meeting for Worship

4108 Menton, Flint MI 48507

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?

First Day, First Month 19

[Sunday, January 19, 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 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.

First Day, First Month 26

[Sunday, January 26, 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 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.

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?









 











Midweek
Meeting for Worship
4108 Menton,
Flint MI 48507

First Month, 2020

Fourth Day,
First Month 01
[Wednesday, January 01, 2020]

The day known to the world as New Year’s

Faith Study: John Wilbur’s Appendix to Narrative and Exposition of the Late Proceedings of New England Yearly Meeting (1845)     
11:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:30 AM

Fourth Day,
First Month 08
[Wednesday, January 08, 2020]

Faith Study: John Wilbur’s Appendix to Narrative and Exposition of the Late Proceedings of New England Yearly Meeting (1845)  
11:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:30 AM

Fourth Day,
First Month 15
[Wednesday, January 15, 2020]

Faith Study: Lloyd Lee Wilson, Essays on the Quaker Vision of Gospel Order (1993)
11:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:30 AM

Fourth Day,
First Month 22
[Wednesday, January 22, 2020]

Faith Study: Lloyd Lee Wilson, Essays on the Quaker Vision of Gospel Order (1993)
11:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:30 AM

Fourth Day,
First Month 29
[Wednesday, January 29, 2020]

Faith Study: Lloyd Lee Wilson, Essays on the Quaker Vision of Gospel Order (1993)
11:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:30 AM