Homewood Friends offers a variety of opportunities for spiritual deepening for its members and attenders. Listed below are regular offerings followed by a list of other resources.
| Homewood Friends Meeting – Regular Offerings All Welcome | |||
| Every Thursday | 7-8:30 PM | Experiment with Light | Via Zoom |
| First Sundays | 9:15-10:15 | Nelson Mandela Study Group | Lucretia Mott Room |
| 2nd Sundays | 9:15-10:15 | Faith & Practice Study | Lucretia Mott Room |
| 3rd Sundays | 9:15-10:15 | Quaker Bible Study | Lucretia Mott Room |
| 4th Sundays | 11:45-12:15 | QuakerSpeak Video | Meeting Room |
| Times Vary | Contact Office for times | Spiritual Philosophy Reading Group | Library |
| Last Sundays | 9 -10 | Simple Meeting for Worship | Library |
| Descriptions of Offerings | |
| Experiment with Light | Guided meditation that is thought to evoke the worship experience of early Friends. For more information see LINK |
| Nelson Mandela Study Group | Studies books and pamphlets related to racial and social justice. Includes other activities like card-making for incarcerated persons. |
| Faith & Practice Study | Study sections of Baltimore Yearly Meeting Faith and Practice |
| Quaker Bible Study | Group reflection on selected passages of the Bible |
| QuakerSpeak Video | Opportunity after Meeting for Worship to listen to a brief video with discussion and reflection afterwards |
| Spiritual Philosophy Reading Group | Reads and discusses literature on spirituality and religious philosophy |
| Simple Meeting for Worship | Group meets for Simple Meeting for Worship without technology in the Meeting Library |
Other Resources to Explore Quakerism
Quakerism 101 Self-Guided Course (offered by Friends Meeting of Washington)
Quaker Faith & Practice Books:
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting Faith & Practice (through 2025)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Faith & Practice
- Britain Faith & Practice
Selection of Quakerism Books available in our Meeting Library or for purchase online
- A Sustainable Life by Douglas Gwyn
- Beyond Majority Rule: Voteless Decisions in the Religious Society of Friends by Michael Sheeran
- Friends for 350 years by Howard Brinton
- Letters to a Fellow Seeker by Steve Chase
- Life from the Center: The Message and Life of Quaker Thomas Kelly. Compilation of writings of Thomas Kelly by Kathleen Wilson (member of Homewood)
- Silence and Witness by Michael Birkel
- The Amazing Fact of Quaker Worship by George Gorman
Videos & Podcasts:
- QuakerSpeak Videos: The Friends Journal has a wonderful array of short videos about Quaker life, worship, and practice.
- Thee Quaker Podcasts
- Quakers Today Podcasts
Financial support
Financial support is available from Homewood Friends if needed to support Quaker study opportunities. Check out HFM Scholarships and Funds for more info.
Quaker Organizations
Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM)
The site of the regional group of Friends to which Homewood Meeting belongs. Provides a broad source of information about the activity of Yearly Meeting members as well as Friends in general.
The Quaker Information Center (a service of Earlham School of Religion)
A useful information site on who Quakers are, provided by the QIC in Philadelphia.
Quaker.org
A central online index of Quaker websites, publications, organizations, and other documents.
QuakerFinder
If you’re seeking locations of other meetings, you need look no further than here.
Friends General Conference
A central organization connected to many Quaker groups, mostly those with a liberal perspective on spirituality. BYM is affiliated with FGC and FUM (see below).
Friends United Meeting
A central organization connected to many Quaker groups, mostly those with a more Bible-centered perspective. BYM is affiliated with FGC (see above) and FUM.
Quakers in Britain
Britain Yearly Meeting site, with links to the original Quaker Peace Testimony and other resources.
Pendle Hill
The Pendle Hill study and retreat center near Philadelphia offers courses and workshops on both Quaker faith and practice and broader explorations of spirituality and other religious practices. Pendle Hill’s publications section is a valuable source of information about Quakers.
Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Concerns (FLGBTQ)
FLGBTQ is a North American Quaker faith community that affirms that of God in all people.
Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts
“The Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts has as its purpose to nurture and showcase the literary, visual, musical, and performing arts within the Religious Society of Friends, for purposes of Quaker expression, ministry, witness, and outreach.
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