Our Wider Community
Organizational Structure of Quakers
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Monthly Meetings- local faith community who gather for worship once a week (or more) and Meetings for business once per month
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Quarterly Meeting--gathering of multiple Monthly Meetings from a geographical region for a Meeting for business and fellowship once per quarter
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Yearly Meeting- Gathering of regional Quarterly Meetings for business and fellowship once (or more) per year
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Quaker affiliation organizations - affiliations of Yearly Meetings by similarities of practice and discipline for fellowship, support and sharing of resources
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Worldwide Quaker Organizations - create opportunities for dialogue and understanding between the many branches of Friends Meetings and Churches
Abington Quarter
Gwynedd Friends Meeting is one of the 9 Quaker Monthly Meetings that make up Abington Quarterly Meeting (Abington Quarter). The Monthly Meetings in Abington Quarter are primarily located in Montgomery County, with the exception of Richland (Bucks Co.) and Byberry (Northeast Philadelphia) -
see map below. Surrounding Quarterly Meetings are
Philadelphia Quarter, a
Bucks Quarter, a
Salem Quarter, a
Caln Quarter and others.
Purpose of Quarterly Meeting:
"The Quarterly Meeting is designed to bring together a larger group of Friends for inspiration and counsel and to consider more varied interests than a Monthly or Preparative Meeting can undertake. It is composed of constituent Monthly Meetings, each of which shall appoint representatives to attend it."
"... Its more helpful function should be to aid and encourage its constituent Monthly Meetings to greater interest and service and to give its members an increasing vision of Truth." (Source: Faith and Practice of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting)
Links to Meetings of Abington Quarter and their Locations
Each of these Monthly Meetings has their own distinctive flavor: small or large membership, varying diversity of age groups and ethnic, social, economic backgrounds and theology. Monthly Meetings are the composite of all its members as they jointly express their faith.
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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Abington Quarter is one of 14 Quarters that make up Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting consists of over 100 Quaker meetings located in:
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Central and Eastern PA
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Western and Southern NJ
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Delaware and Eastern Shore Maryland
Quaker Communities
Abington Quarter
Arch Street Meetinghouse
Foulkeways
Pendle Hill
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Quakers in the World
American Friends Service Committee
• AFSC Study of Quaker Testimonies
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Friends General Conference
• The Quaker Way
• Further Reading
• Spiritual Growth
• Resources for Children
• Resources for Adults
• Business Structure How we Work Together
Friends World Committee for Consultation
Quaker.org
Quaker Voluntary Service
Quaker Theology : A Progressive Journal and Forum for Discussion and Study
Other Organizations
Interfaith Housing Alliance
Manna on Mainstreet
ReStore