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: That Thy Candles May Always Be Burning - George Fox.  We will post the current starting page number on the website below.

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

 That Thy Candles May Always Be Burning: Nine Pastoral Sermons of George Fox, edited by Max Skinner and Gardiner Stillwell, with introductory notes by
T.H.S. Wallace, published by the New Foundation Fellowship (ISBN 0-9701375-0-8)
is the edition in use for Midweek Study.  We have ordered a few copies, which will
soon be 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.

 Eighth Month

Fourth Day,
Eighth Month 01
Meeting for Worship will be held in unity
with Ohio Yearly Meeting

First Day,
Eighth Month 05
[Sunday, August 05, 2018]
Meeting for Worship will be held in unity
with Chestnut Ridge Monthly Meeting, Barnesville OH

Fourth Day,
Eighth Month 08
[Wednesday, August 08, 2018]
Faith Study: That Thy Candles May
Always Be Burning   2:00 PM
Meeting for Worship 2:30 PM

First Day,
Eighth Month 12
[Sunday, August 12, 2018]
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 21: A punctual attendance at the hour appointed for Meeting for Worship is a matter of no small importance.  If we hurry from outward occupation, we are in danger of two things: our thoughts may still be with that in which we have been engaged, and our late arrival may interrupt that holy silence which should prevail; however, let us welcome with open hearts all who join us no matter when they arrive.

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 15
[Wednesday, August 15, 2018]
Faith Study: That Thy Candles May
Always Be Burning   2:00 PM
Meeting for Worship 2:30 PM

First Day,
Eighth Month 19
[Sunday, August 19, 2018]
Faith Study: Barclay’s Apology in
Modern English     10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM

Advice 22: We would urge Friends, when away from home, to attend a Meeting for Worship if such is within reach.  Such attendance may well strengthen the meeting, and may bring Friends who were hitherto strangers into fellowship with one another.

Fourth Day,
Eighth Month 22
[Wednesday, August 22, 2018]
Faith Study: That Thy Candles May
Always Be Burning  2:00 PM
Meeting for Worship 2:30 PM

First Day,
Eighth Month 26
[Sunday, August 26, 2018]
Faith Study: Barclay’s Apology in
Modern English     10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM

Advice 23: Those who visit our meetings for worship should be given a friendly welcome and be encouraged to continue to join us in worship.  Particular assistance and loving attention should be accorded new members.

Fourth Day,
Eighth Month 29
[Wednesday, August 29, 2018]
Faith Study: That Thy Candles May
Always Be Burning   2:00 PM
Meeting for Worship  2:30 PM







Ninth Month

First Day,
Ninth Month 02
[Sunday, September 02, 2018]
Faith Study: Barclay’s Apology in Modern English     10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM

Fourth Day,
Ninth Month 05
[Wednesday, September 05, 2018]Faith Study: That Thy Candles May Always Be Burning   2:00 PM
Meeting for Worship  2:30 PM

First Day,
Ninth Month 09
[Sunday, September 09, 2018]
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 24: When we gather together in worship, let us remember that there is committed to us, as disciples of Christ, a share in the priesthood.  We should help one another, whether in silence, or through spoken word, or prayer.  Let none of us assume that vocal ministry is never to be our part.  If the call comes, there should be no quenching of the Spirit.  The sense of our own unworthiness must not exempt us from this service, nor must the fear of being unable to find the right words, “for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.”  (Matthew 10:19)

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 12
[Wednesday, September 12, 2018]
Faith Study: That Thy Candles May Always Be Burning   2:00 PM
Meeting for Worship  2:30 PM

First Day,
Ninth Month 16
[Sunday, September 16, 2018]
Faith Study: Barclay’s Apology in Modern English     10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM

Advice 25: We should recognize the importance of finding occasion for some united worship during the week, either at the meetinghouse, or in a private home.  Such may be of great assistance, not only to the individual, but also to the life of the whole group.

Fourth Day,
Ninth Month 19
[Wednesday, September 19, 2018]
Faith Study: That Thy Candles May Always Be Burning   2:00 PM
Meeting for Worship 2:30 PM

First Day,
Ninth Month 23
[Sunday, September 23, 2018]
Faith Study: Barclay’s Apology in Modern English     10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM

Advice 26: Let your whole conduct and conversation be worthy of disciples of Christ.  “Be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.”  (I Corinthians 15:58)

Fourth Day,
Ninth Month 26
[Wednesday, September 26, 2018]
Faith Study: That Thy Candles May Always Be Burning   2:00 PM
Meeting for Worship 2:30 PM

First Day,
Ninth Month 30
[Sunday, September 30, 2018]
Faith Study: Barclay’s Apology in Modern English     10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM

Advice 27: Remember that our spiritual life will not be complete unless we have experienced an inward baptism and transformation.  Growth in inward purity and outward Christian effectiveness should follow this experience; but such growth can come only if we persist in seeking to know and follow the commands of Christ.