Bethesda Friends Meeting

As we reflect on the spiritual state of our meeting over the past year, Bethesda Friends Meeting feels a quiet joy in the deepening of our worship together and in the stronger ties of community that we are building. We rejoice in the vibrancy of this community, knowing that it has grown out of the willingness of many Friends to share of themselves both in worship and in the time and energy they give to the numerous spiritual and practical tasks needed for a meeting to function.
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Four themes emerged from the conversations that Ministry and Worship held with meeting attenders and members: First, the centrality of silence and the need to continue to learn and deepen its uses. Second, help the children, older and younger, to develop spiritually and as members (not just fringe) of the meeting community. Third, build the meeting community, welcoming and engaging newcomers and each other. Fourth, mind the transformation from intellectual to spiritual. Continue reading →