Meeting for Worship
It’s hard being a “seeker” on your own. In the Meeting for Worship, Friends share with each other what they have found out for themselves, and gain from each other in this way.
If everyone can have a direct relationship or “communion†with God, then no priest is needed to act as a go-between, and so Friends have no priests or ministers. Members share out the practical tasks that need doing in any group.
Friends find that this “communion†can best be experienced if they meet in silence, with nothing pre-planned. Meeting for Worship couldn’t be simpler: you go in and sit down in a room and settle in silence, a silence which can become very deep and powerful, a direct relationship between each person and God. After a time, someone may feel inspired to stand up and speak briefly in their own words, or pray, or read from the Bible or some other book. But silent waiting is the framework of the Meeting for Worship – and the regular Meetings are something no Quaker would want to miss.