And I’ve stood up not knowing what was about to come out, and then discovered it in the standing. Actually, when I-Mackenzie: Well there’s always a lot more people who are attached-Micah: Sure. Meetings thinking about their plans for resuming in-person worship, re-opening meeting houses or using rented worship spaces are offered these resources, to be read alongside government guidance: 9 steps to re-opening Quaker meeting houses and worship spaces safely 17 July 2020 (Word) COVID-19 Risk assessment 17 July 2020 (Word)
Grants are made from income from restricted bequests and trusts given to our Yearly Meeting by generous donors since 1795. It’s good to have some rules and touchstones to know that you’re in the ballpark. And historically that is what happened during Quietest Period was that over time, vocal ministry became more and more rare, and the elders became more and more strict about what they considered appropriate vocal ministry, that eventually it became … By the late 1800s, when the Revivalist movement came in, it really set everything on fire, and not [crosstalk 00:13:12]-Micah: 1800s.
Whereas in the larger meetings that have been what I’ve mostly attended, the 70 to 100 people range, it’s common to have I’d say between four and six messages each week. So this can apply to anyone, whether you’ve ever been to a Quaker meeting or not. Mostly they seem to be around 40 people I would say, in North America. Maybe it was for the guy sitting next to you.Mackenzie: There’s that. Rather than meeting together in a host’s meeting space, we will likely be meeting via Zoom. So one of the things talked about in the book is that, ways … Well, okay. I guess you might say that I’ve over time, tended to move from, instead of it being beyond a reasonable doubt, to a preponderance of evidence for speaking.Mackenzie: Okay. But actually, just … This is a tangent, but I’m gonna go with it. Is it in keeping with the traditions of this meeting?”Mackenzie: Right. You’ll see that with writing too, where it’s like, “Oh, you shouldn’t start a sentence … You shouldn’t start multiple sentences in a row with the same word.” Well, except that there’s also a technique where, for emphasis, you start multiple sentences in a row with the same word or phrasing.
And we discuss what these rules are on this podcast, so if you’ve been listening, I think you have some I dea of what the rules are.
Speaking in meeting is, as we’ve discussed before, meant to be Some people find that they experience physiological responses to a call to speak. This helps to explain what happened in Barbados: When Quakers started to include enslaved people in their worship meetings, English slave owners reacted aggressively. We’re concerned about the possibility of newcomers not being sell-served or discipled if a meeting is silent for weeks or months without a robust newcomer or religious education program.We talked about how bits and pieces of a message come together. They’re not … I’d be concerned that they’re not getting anything from that, that they’re not, I guess learning. But two times ago, I got four words, and that was it, and I knew that was the entire message.
Swarthmore, Pa.: New Era Printing, 1902. Which is considered big for Quakers.Mackenzie: Yes. We talk about how in smaller meetings, it may be more appropriate to speak more freely than in larger groups. except for essential operations and urgent needs.Nurturing the spiritual lives of young people and supporting the participation of families across our community. This type of Quaker meeting is known as a "programmed meeting". Or you just feel the contours of it. Yes, we’re called Quakers for a reason!How sure do we need to be about the answers to those questions? But I guess, that lends context to what I was saying earlier, which is, my bar has moved from, as I was [inaudible 00:10:13] with the legal jargon, from beyond a reasonable doubt to a preponderance of evidence. Quaker Worship at Friends Center Quaker worship at Friends Center is in the unprogrammed tradition. 9 Bibliography ---- Subject: (1) Names Subject: (1.1) Quakers The term "Quaker" refers to a member ofthe Religious Society of Friends, which is the proper name of the sect. The only Center City pre-K to 12th grade school, Friends Select is … But most of us don’t even get the chance to get experienced enough in this, to begin breaking the rules. And so the big points about how sometimes you’ll hear a message and it just doesn’t speak to you.