The goal of this page is to provide a Web site with information on activities and groups related to Christian* renewal in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) worldwide. This information is often hard to unearth, so this listing is very incomplete. Also, I do not always get updates on groups listed, so information could be out-of-date (even by years) and you are encouraged to contact a group before visiting. I would appreciate help in including more appropriate activities. If you have material that might be appropriate to post here, email me at webservant@quakerinfo.com. Events included on this page and its links are generally sponsored by unofficial Friends groups, rather than formal bodies of Friends, unless otherwise noted. For my perspective on Friends Christian renewal, read Towards Renewal Within the Religious Society of Friends.

U.S. - Eastern

Northeastern United States

Friends in the Spirit of Christ started many years ago as a group of Christ-centered Friends within New York Yearly Meeting. Now it also involves Friends from other yearly meetings. Gatherings are held at least annually. For more information contact Anna Obermayer, 599 Trumbulls Corner Road, Newfield, NY 14867.

New York City

One in Christ Meeting for Worship meets every second Wednesday, 7 PM, in the Library at Friends Seminary, 222 E. 16th St., New York City.

Maryland

• Old Town Friends Fellowship (formerly known as Seton Hill Worship Group) - Emergent Quaker congregation. Bible & Quaker studies 5 PM, worship 5:45 PM, potluck 7 PM Sundays, Aisquith Street Meeting House, N. Aisquith & E. Fayette Streets (1201 E. Fayette St.), Baltimore, MD. You can email Old Town Friends for more information.
• Salisbury Friends Worship Group Christian Friends meet 1:30 PM First Days in Salisbury. Contact Kye Parsons, 410-749-8221, for more information.
• Friends in Christ - independent ministry serving the Washington-Baltimore corridor. Currently has a Bible study group which meets in homes in Montgomery and Prince George's Counties. Open to facilitating the start of new Bible study or worship/fellowship groups in its area.
• Frederick, MD: Cathy Gilleylen Schultz would like to hear from people interested in spiritual fellowship from a perspective like that of Friends in Christ.

Washington, DC

Capitol Hill Friends is a Christian Friends worship group which meets at William Penn House, 515 E. Capitol St. SE, Washington, DC, 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, 6-8:30 PM.

Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

Within Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Marlborough Monthly Meeting and Middletown Monthly Meeting in Lima (note: there are three Middletown Meetings in Philadelphia YM) have a generally Christian orientation.

Other Eastern Pennsylvania

Keystone Fellowship Monthly Meeting [Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conservative)]. Meets most first days at different locations and different times generally in Lancaster, Chester, and Cumberland Counties. Contact Mike Kinch, 717-284-4999 or Steve Geyer for more information.

Carlisle, Pennsylvania

A small group of Christian Friends meets in Carlisle, PA. E-mail Elaine Livas for information.

McClure, Pennsylvania

Krebs Gap Run Worship Group launches May 25, 2008. It is an independent conservative group which plans to meet the last Sunday of each month for worship at 11 AM, followed by potluck. Contact Edward Sargent, 570-658-3101 or 215-732-7120, for more information.

State College, Pennsylvania

A group of "Christians and would-be Christians" gathers irregularly in State College. For more information, e-mail Tom Ryan.

New Jersey - New York Yearly Meeting

Within New York Yearly Meeting, Manasquan Monthly Meeting in Wall Township has a generally Christian orientation.

Harrisonburg, Virginia Area

Rockingham Monthly Meeting, Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conservative), meets for worship First Days at 10:30 AM at Quail Lane Farm outside Harrisonburg. For more information, contact Susan Smith, Clerk.

Fancy Gap, Virginia

Fancy Gap Friends Fellowship meets Sundays at 11 AM for worship and Wednesdays at 7:30 PM for Bible study at 580 Mountain View Drive, Fancy Gap, VA. Contact Tony Lowe, 276-730-0254, for more information and directions.

Greensboro, North Carolina

Hillel Friends Meeting - an Emergent Quaker Church meeting in homes in Greensboro every Wednesday. Email Hillel Friends Meeting or call 336-209-3028.

Asheville, North Carolina

City View Quaker Church - an Emergent Quaker fellowship meeting Sundays at 10 AM and Tuesdays at 7 PM, usually at 39 Ottari Road, Asheville, NC. Email City View Quakers or call 828-216-6976.

Greenville, South Carolina

North Main Friends is a worship group with a Conservative Friends orientation which meets in Greenville, SC 2 PM Sundays. For more information, contact Don Shabkie, 864-238-6361.

Atlanta, Georgia Area

Chattahoochee Friends Worship Group - Worship in the manner of Conservative Friends 10 AM Sundays, 5855 Jimmy Carter Blvd., Suite 170, Norcross, GA. Contact Chattahoochee Friends for more information.

Mid-Hudson Valley, New York

Little Falls, New York

A small group meets for waiting worship on third Fifth Days. Contact Geoff Gilmore, 315-823-0616, for more information.

Sandwich, Massachusetts

An independent unprogrammed Friends' worship group meets under Christ at 10 AM on First Days and 6:30 PM on Fifth Days. Meetings are in homes. The group also does scripture study and a television show, Disciples of Jesus in Nazareth. For more information, contact David Buldini, #40 Rte. 6A, Sandwich, MA 02563; 508-833-8990.

New York City, New York

A Meeting for Worship in the Name of Jesus meets Fridays, 7-9 PM, in the office of the 15th St. Friends Meeting, 15 Rutherford Pl., Manhattan.

U.S. - Central

Michigan

• Crossroads Friends Worship Group meets First Days, at 10:30 am, for unprogrammed waiting worship in the name of Jesus Christ and in the manner of Friends, with a preparation period beginning at 10:00 am. Worship rotates among a variety of Michigan locations, including White Lake, Flint, Lansing, Grand Rapids and Potterville. For information and directions please contact Phil Helms, (248) 360-2074.
• Friends in Christ is a Conservative Friends worship group in Harrisville which meets 1st and 3rd Sundays at 10 AM. Contact Kimberly Anne Makela, 989-464-1918, for more information.
• New City Friends meets for Christ-centered Quaker worship Thursdays at 7 PM at the Detroit Friends Meetinghouse, 6227 W. Fort St., Detroit, MI, and on the first Sunday of each month at 4 PM at All Saints Neighborhood Center, 8300 Longworth, Detroit, MI. For more information, contact Tyler Hampton.

Eastern Ohio

• Richland/Ashland Friends, Loudonville, Ohio. Usually meets second First Days. Call Scott Savage at 419-368-9419 for information.
• Friends Center of Ohio Yearly Meeting, Barnesville, Ohio. A retreat and conference center for the exploration of Christian unprogrammed Quakerism and its meaning today. There are scheduled weekend events as well as opportunity for personal retreats.
• Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conservative). A yearly meeting of Christian Friends who worship in the traditional waiting worship manner. Most of their monthly meetings are in Eastern Ohio.

Chicago & Evanston, Illinois

Friends Gathering in Jesus Christ is a group of Christian Friends which has met in various places and at various times over the years. Currently, they gather for midweek worship 6:30 PM Tuesdays at 57th Street Friends Meeting, 5615 S. Woodlawn, Chicago, IL (Hyde Park neighborhood). For more information contact Mike Conover, 773-252-3773. They also meet about one Saturday a month at 10 AM at Evanston Friends Meeting, 1010 Greenleaf, Evanston, IL. The next meeting is scheduled for October 24, 2009. For more information, contact Christopher Dresch, 773-490-3413.

Amboy, Indiana

A group meets for unprogrammed Christian worship at 7 PM on Saturdays in Amboy, Indiana. For more information, contact Dave Thomas.

Syracuse, Indiana

Northern Lakes Friends Meeting is an independent conservative Friends meeting in Syracuse, Indiana. For information, contact James Clifton.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Laughing Waters Friends Worship Group meets 4:30 PM Sundays at Bethany Lutheran Church, 2511 East Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN. Email or call Ian at 612-724-4956.

Austin, Texas

Austin Christian Friends worship group meets regularly on First Days at 10:00 AM at the chapel of the Episcopal Theological Seminary, Duval and 32nd Streets. Friends begin gathering at 9:30 AM. For more information email Jennifer Marchman or call Jenny McSwain at 512-750-4919.

Lubbock, Texas

Caprock Friends Christian Fellowship meets 6 PM Sundays for unprogrammed worship at 33rd & Elgin (Forrest Heights UMC, 3007 33rd St.), Lubbock, Texas. For more information contact Michael Hatfield.

U.S. - Western

Christian Friends Conference - Western Region

The Christian Friends Conference (CFC) holds one-day quarterly regional gatherings on a Saturday, 9-4:30. Next gathering is on September 25, 2010 at Berkeley Friends Church, Berkeley, CA. The gatherings include silent waiting worship, Bible reading in the manner of Conservative Friends, fellowship over brown bag lunch, and a presentation and/or discussion. For more information on these gatherings, please contact Bruce Folsom.

Denver, Colorado

Denver Conservative Friends Worship Group meets monthly on 4th Wednesdays. Contact Isabel Penraeth, 303-200-0626, for information.

Outside of U.S.

Australia

• Beverley Monthly Meeting. Worship and children's meeting 10:30 AM First Days; Bible Study 7 PM Fourth Days (except school holidays). Old Catholic School Rooms, Dempster St., Beverley, Western Australia 6304. For more information, email Don Sax at (08)9646 0575.
• Adelaide - small home group. Contact Andrew Sulyma for more information.

Canada

Halcyonia Friends Meeting, near Borden, Saskatchewan. Worship 11 AM Sundays. Contact Al Penner, RR 1, Borden, SK SOK-0N0. An independent Conservative meeting.

Venezuela

A Friends Meeting, along with ministry to the poor, is starting in Maracaibo. For information, contact Vanessa DiDomenico. Has some support from an Evangelical Friends Church in Oregon, but is non-pastoral.

Greece

Athens Christian Friends Meeting (in Greek), 140 Alexandras Avenue, Athens 11471, Greece, e-mail info@christianquaker.net, telephone +30 210 6453392.

Russia

Christian Quaker worship group in Moscow

Latvia

A small Christian Quaker group, Friends in Christ, meets in homes in Riga. Contact Ivars Abelis for information.

Kenya

Maliki silent worship group meets regularly near Kitale. They also hold an annual conference beginning December 27 each year. They welcome visitors. Contact David Neyole, P.O. Box 75, Webuye, Kenya.

United Kingdom

• Christian Quaker Renewal Fellowship - network of Christian Friends. They hold an annual gathering each year. For information on the Fellowship or the gathering, contact CQRF, 4 Calgarth Park, Troutbeck Bridge, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 1LF; telephone 015394 42075; or email Phil Petty.
• New Foundation Fellowship - United Kingdom, e-mail Mike Wakefield. Their Web site includes Christian Friends events in the United Kingdom, including some sponsored by other groups than NFF. There will be a gathering at Woodbrooke July 18-20, 2008 on The Prophetic Voice: Listening to Christ the Living Prophet. For details, contact Mary Meeks, 01273 501650
• Friends in Christ (Primitive Quakers) - A small group of Friends which holds half-yearly and yearly meeting sessions, and produces a newsletter. Contact Paul Thompson for information.
• Ripley Quaker Meeting - meet each Sunday at 10:30 at 31B Market Place (above SmartMove Estate Agents), Ripley, Derbyshire, and midweek meetings are also held in homes. Telephone Alistair Lomax at 01773-850021 or 07799-580364, or Mike Wakefield at 01773-541424 or 07743-955928 for further information, or email ripleychristianquakers@hotmail.co.uk.
• Greenwich-Ripley Quaker Group - generally meets quarterly. There is a residential gathering August 1-3, 2008 at Yealand Conyers, Lancashire. Contact Ripley Quaker Meeting for more information.
• Goshen Meeting - Scone, Scotland. Usually meets twice a month on 1st & 3rd Sundays. Contact Paul Thompson for information.
• Greenwich Friends - meets Sundays in the home of Simon and Julie Watson in Greenwich, London. Telephone 020-8469-2901 or 020-7663-1030 for details.

School of the Spirit

School of the Spirit is a Quaker ministry of prayer and learning based in the Philadelphia area. It offers a two-year residential program On Being a Spiritual Nurturer, as well as Silent Retreats.

New Foundation Fellowship

New Foundation Fellowship publishes New Foundation Papers, books and pamphlets; holds gatherings; and underwrites traveling ministry - all with the purpose of declaring and exploring our original Quaker faith. General correspondence can be sent to T.H.S. Wallace 3032 Logan St., Camp Hill, PA 17011 USA (Fax 717-737-6489); or NFF-UK, c/o Allistair Lomax, Brook Cottage, Chapel Street, Fritchley, Derbyshire, UK DE56 2FR. See also NFF-UK Web page.

Christian Friends Conference

The Christian Friends Conference helps gather Friends for waiting worship in the name of Jesus Christ. They sponsor regional gatherings, which are listed above, and seek to inform Friends of other opportunities. They also publish a quarterly newsletter. You can find out about events or report on events you are planning by calling their toll-free number, 1-866-NEWS-CFC (639-7232), or by emailing them.

Renovaré

This nondenominational Christian renewal movement was founded by Friend Richard Foster, author of Celebration of Discipline and Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home. Its work includes one-day and weekend conferences throughout North America. It also now has branches in the Birtish Isles and Korea.

* The term Christian is used in many different ways. I use the term to mean someone who answers Jesus' question, "Who do you say that I am?" the same way that Peter did (Matthew 16:15-16).

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