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13-504: Quaker Meeting may refer to: Monthly meeting , the basic unit of administration in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Meeting for worship , a Quaker religious practice comparable to a church service Quaker meeting (game) Quaker Meeting (Quakertown, New Jersey) , a historic district See also [ edit ] Friends meeting house Topics referred to by

26-416: A particular kind of meeting for worship , called a meeting for business, where all members are invited to attend. Decisions are made as a form of worship, where each individual sits in contemplative silence until moved to speak on a subject. At these meetings, Quakers attempt to reach unity on a subject, in a form of religious consensus decision-making , to find "the sense of the meeting". A monthly meeting

39-522: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Monthly meeting In the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), a monthly meeting or area meeting is the basic governing body, a congregation which holds regular meetings for business for Quakers in a given area. The monthly meeting is responsible for the administration of its congregants, including membership and marriages , and for

52-446: Is so called because it traditionally holds these meetings once a month, separate from the normal weekly meeting for worship. Each meeting usually nominates members to serve in certain volunteer positions to facilitate administration, including: A monthly meeting is usually associated with a particular place of worship; in many cases, the associated meeting house has a distinctive style of architecture and interior design, to represent

65-805: The Quaker testimony of Simplicity . Some meeting houses in the United States are among the earliest remaining religious structures in the country , and the oldest meeting house in America is likely the Third Haven Meeting House in Talbot County, Maryland , built between 1682 and 1684. Third Haven Meeting House The history of Quakerism in Talbot County goes back as far as the earliest European settlements of

78-651: The Third Haven monthly meeting included other meeting groups besides the one at Third Haven, including the other three original Talbot County meetings, two in Dorchester County and one in Caroline County . In 1797, the east and west wings of the building were removed; the entire structure was widened by 10 feet (3.0 m) along its length, giving it a slightly unbalanced look which has been commented upon. In 1880, an additional brick building

91-522: The area in 1658 and 1659. By the early 1660s, at least four Friends meetings were in existence: Bayside, along the Chesapeake Bay ; Choptank and Tuckahoe , along the rivers of those names; and Michael's River, along what is now known as the Miles River . The latter of these corresponds to the first meeting of Maryland, which was birthed from a visit to Talbot County by George Fox , and it

104-439: The meeting's property. A monthly meeting can be a grouping of multiple smaller meetings, usually called preparative meetings , coming together for administrative purposes, while for others it is a single institution. In most countries, multiple monthly meetings form a quarterly meeting , which in turn form yearly meetings . Programmed Quakers may refer to their congregation as a church . Among Quakers, affairs are managed at

117-578: The river Third Haven (now known as Tred Avon ), on a 3-acre (1.2 ha) plot of land from John Edmondson, a wealthy merchant and long-standing Quaker resident of the Eastern Shore . Originally known as the "Great Meetinghouse," the house at Third Haven was to be "sixty foote long, forty four foote wide...framed with good white oak...the roof double raftered and studded," constructed with north, south, east, and west wings. The first meeting at Third Haven took place on August 14, 1684, and construction

130-425: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Quaker Meeting . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quaker_Meeting&oldid=1138904892 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

143-516: Was also the first meeting to be moved away from the home of one of the Friends (Wenlock Christison) into an actual meeting house. It was named Betty's Cove, constructed at an indeterminate date. As the Quaker population of Talbot County continued to grow, more meeting houses were built to house three additional meetings. In 1681, a need was recognized for a new meeting house. Construction began along

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156-433: Was constructed for use in the winter months. Unlike the original meeting house, it has electricity, heating, and plumbing. The Great Meetinghouse is the only Third Haven Monthly Meeting to survive into the third millennium, and it still maintains a healthy congregation. Worship meetings are held every Sunday morning and Wednesday evening. The building itself has attracted a great deal of interest by historians and locals to

169-626: Was finished soon afterward. In 1693, the congregation of Betty's Cove merged with Third Haven. As part of the tradition of Maryland Quakerism, two yearly meetings of all Maryland Quakers would take place—one in autumn on the East Shore, and one in spring on the West Shore. The autumnal meeting took place at the Great Meetinghouse on Third Haven, while the vernal meeting took place at West River near Annapolis . In time,

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