Whidbey Island Worship Group
of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)


Meeting for Worship
Sundays at 4:00 PM
at
Unitarian Universalist  Congregation
20103 Hwy 525 Freeland, WA 98249
(Click on the address to display a map)


For further information contact Toni Grove, Clerk, at  tgrove@whidbey.com
Mailing Address:   PO Box 691, Langley WA 98260

All Are Welcome

     We welcome visits and inquiries about Friends or Quakers—the two terms are interchangeable—on Whidbey Island.

    We meet each Sunday, hold social and educational events, and are affiliated with or “under the care of” Port Townsend Monthly Meeting.

    Some Friends terminology, which may be somewhat confusing to visitors, dates from our origins in 17th century Britain, when George Fox rejected the authority of religious clergy and sought a direct relationship with God.

     Quakers have a long tradition, which we seek to emulate, of concern and involvement in peace and social justice issues.

    Friends’ testimonies on integrity, simplicity, equality and peace express our fundamental belief in the wisdom and presence of an Inner Light.

Links to Quaker websites
 
Bayview Wide


Quaker Worship is Based on Silence

Friends meet in silence and in community. We believe that “There is that of God in everyone,” and that it is within the ability of every person to have a direct relationship with the divine. Thus, our Meetings for Worship are held in expectant silence, free of any prearranged form. Our shared experience of worship deepens our listening for guidance from the divine source.

At times, Meeting attenders may be moved or led to speak. Hearing another out of this silence allows us to attune closely to the speaker and can provide insight for our own seeking. When more than one person is led to speak, it is traditional to leave a time of silence between speakers.

 Meeting for Worship lasts about one hour concluding with a joining of hands around the circle and an opportunity for introductions and sharing.

You are invited to visit and join us in any of our activities.

Our History:
A small group of people began to meet as Quakers in 1991 and became active in witness against the Gulf War.  The Whidbey Island Worship Group has been meeting regularly since that time.  In 2002, we became affiliated  with the Port Townsend Monthly Meeting to broaden our contacts in the larger Friends community, while we develop our Quaker community on Whidbey Island.

Meetings for Business and Spiritual Enrichment:
We meet for business after meeting for worship and a pot luck lunch on the 3rd Sunday every other month.  
 On months we do not meet  for business we meet on the 3rd Sunday at 4:30 at a member's home for Spiritual Enrichment and a potluck dinner.


Links to our Calendars: Announcements Calendar  Meeting Information Calendar
( Calendars will open in separate winndows.
Click on  events to see details )