RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS)
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The East Kent Area of the Religious Society of Friends consists of local Meetings in Ashford, Broadstairs, Canterbury, Faversham and Folkestone. To see details of the place and time of Meetings and other particulars or to see these or the national Quaker website, click on the appropriate one of the following links:- |
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'Quaker' is a
popular name for a member of the Religious Society of Friends. (Members are
also known as 'Friends'.) As Quakers we have no dogmas or creeds, believing
that the truth cannot be reduced to a form of words. Nor do we have any one
definition of God but we have the conviction that each of us can have direct experience
of the Spirit of God and that our religious insights, attitudes and practices
should come together in a way of life. |
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What happens in Meeting for Worship? |
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A Quaker Meeting is
based on silence - an expectant silence of waiting - in which we seek to come
nearer to each other and to God. Sometimes a Meeting will pass in total silence.
The silence may be broken if someone feels compelled by the Spirit to speak,
pray or read. The Meeting ends after about an hour with the shaking of hands. |
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Quaker Quest |
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The Quaker Tapestry |
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