Updated November 01, 2011
Friends Meeting at Cambridge
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5 Longfellow Park (off Brattle St.) |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138-4816 |
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617-876-6883 |
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Office Hours: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm - Mon-Fri |
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Meeting for Worship |
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Sundays |
10:30 a.m. - 11:30
am |
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Wednesdays |
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 am |
The Meeting House is wheelchair accessible and has hearing aids connected to a microphone/amplification system. Please ask the individual who welcomes you at the door if you would like a hearing aid.
If you have specific questions or concerns, please contact these staff members directly:
for facilities, Facilities Manager John Field, 617-354-3383 facilities@fmcquaker.org;
for children and childcare, FDS Coordinator Chris Connaire, 617-492-5177 fds@fmcquaker.org;
for worship and community support, Interim Quaker Resident John Bach, 617-876-1868 resident@fmcquaker.org.
Sunday (First Day)
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* First Day School - Resumes September 11. Volunteers are
needed - please contact Chris Connaire, Interim First Day School Coordinator -
617-492-5177 or FDS@fmcquaker.org
To learn more about
the goals and schedule of First Day School click here We care
deeply about our children and have established child safety policies.
** Forum The forum is a relatively small
worship-sharing, informal discussion, usually with a leader about a given
topic, but with participation by many. All are welcome to this; it provides a
good opportunity for new members, attenders, and visitors to learn more about
our Meeting, what issues are of concern to the Meeting, and to get to know
other individuals in the Meeting. The Forums take place in the
parlor from 9:30 to 10:15 am on Sundays. We shut the parlor door at 9:30 because
of the bustle of Friends arriving for meeting. If the door is closed when you
get there, please slip in and close it after you. Do come and join with us.
Childcare is provided in the nursery beginning at 9:15.
Click to obtain the
Announcement Sheet for May 13 - Activities for that week and beyond.
Click to obtain the
Announcement Sheet for May 6 - Activities for that week and beyond.
Click to obtain the May
2012 Bulletin.
Click to obtain the
April 2012 Bulletin.
Note that all documents are in PDF format.)
The
weekly email announcements are available by sending a blank email message to
fmcquaker-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Friends Meeting at Cambridge is part of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). We are a large Meeting with a diversity of backgrounds, ages, social commitments, and religious concerns. We are united primarily by religious experience and a common commitment to a way of life. In addition to worshiping and studying together, we share many activities together including retreats, festivals, small group discussions, innumerable committees, and work in the larger community. We, as individuals and as a community, attempt to witness to the wider world what we have learned from God about peace, justice, and the integrity of creation. Our belief in that of God in every person leads us to work with the homeless, the oppressed, and on behalf of peace, justice, and racial harmony.
Meeting for Worship at Cambridge is unprogrammed.
There is no leader, save the spirit of God which is in us and among us. Friends
gather to wait together in quiet anticipation of experiencing God's presence.
There is a living silence which has great power. A religious experience and a
humble sense that it must be shared may lead to a spoken message offered in the
spirit of worship. Meeting for Worship is a time for one's spiritual life to be
deepened. We welcome all who desire to worship with us.
Albert Schweitzer wrote the following in 1958 about "Peace or Atomic
War? These words are equally relevant today.
"We cannot continue in this paralyzing mistrust. If we want to work our
way out of the desperate situation in which we find ourselves another spirit
must enter into the people….The awareness that we are all human beings together
has become lost in war and through politics. We have reached the point of
regarding each other only as members of a people either allied with us or
against us. Now we must rediscover the fact that we - all together - are human
beings, and we must strive to concede to each other what moral capacity we
have. Only in this way can we begin to believe that in other peoples as well as
in ourselves there will arise the need for a new
spirit…."
There are two national Quaker organizations who maintain home pages where there is a considerable amount of very excellent up-to-date information on issues concerning the response of Quakers to the national developments. These organizations are the Friends Committee on National Legislation and the American Friends Service Committee.
Quaker Earthcare Witness is a spiritually-centered movement of Quakers and like-minded people seeking ways to integrate concern for the environment with Friends' long-standing testimonies for simplicity, integrity, peace, and equality.
Two other Meetings are under our care: the South Shore Preparative Meeting in Hingham (South Shore Preparative Meeting), and the worship group at Brookhaven in Lexington. Cambridge Friends Meeting formed and continues to support the Cambridge Friends School, an independent school, grades preK-8, established to foster Quaker values.
There are a number of other sites on the Internet which offer information about the traditions, organizations and activities of Friends
Cher Koor, Office Manager 617-876-6883 Office@fmcquaker.org
John Bach, Interim Quaker Resident 617-876-1868 Resident@fmcquaker.org
Chris Connaire, Interim First Day School Coordinator 617-492-5177 FDS@fmcquaker.org
John Field, Facilities Manager 617-354-3383 Facilities@fmcquaker.org
Donations are welcome! Make checks payable to "Friends Meeting at Cambridge" and send to 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge MA 02138.
You can also set-up regular automatic transfers from your checking
account. Here is the form and instructions: Automatic
Contributions
Just fill out the form and send it along with a check
for the first month to the office.
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