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Welcome to the Durham Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends ("Quakers").           

 

 

 

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     The “Community Center”, our original meeting house, appears above.   A building completed in July 2004 and located behind this view now houses our meeting room, library and fellowship room.  A third building provides classroom space on weekdays for the Durham Early School of Carolina Friends School.

 

 

UPCOMING:

 

Events are in the worship room of the meeting house unless otherwise stated.

 

JUNE

 

16 (Sun) 8:30 - 9:30 am Care & Support Committee meeting.  Meetinghouse, ground floor, north room.

 

16 (Sun) 9:15 - 9:45 am Singing Before Meeting.  Historic meetinghouse, entire building.

 

16 (Sat) 11:45 am - 1;00 pm Communications Committee meeting.  Meetinghouse worship room.

 

16 (Sun) 4:00 - 5:00 pm DFM/ Hillsborough Area Worship Group.  At the home of Paul Klever and Sally Freeman.

 

20 (Thu) 6:30 - 8:30 pm Space Use Committee meeting.  Historic meetinghouse, south room.

 

23 (Sun) 9:15 - 9:45 am Singing Before Meeting.  Historic meetinghouse, entire building.

 

23 (Sun) 6:00pm Deadline for turning in articles for July newsletter to Scott Holmes & calendar entries to Gail Austin Curry.

 

23 (Sun) 11:45 am - 1:00 pm Adult Education forum: subject to be announced.  Meetinghouse worship room.

 

30 (Sun) 9:15 - 9:45 am Singing Before Meeting.  Historic meetinghouse, entire building.

 

30 (Sun) 5:30 - 9:00 pm Pot luck supper with presentation by John & Joyce Cassell about their 3-month stay in Palestine.  Followed by a showing of the award-winning film, "Five Broken Cameras".  Friends as well as the wider community are invited.

 

 

JULY

 

7 (Sun) 8:00 - 10:00 am Ministry & Counsel Committee Meeting.  Meetinghouse, ground floor, north room.

 

7 (Sun) 11:20 - 11:40 am Introduction to Durham Friends Meeting: Questions & Answers.  Meetinghouse worship room. 

 

      We are located at 404 Alexander Avenue, Durham, NC 27705
Phone: (919) 286-4958.  

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Weekly recurring events (all welcome):

·     Sunday, 8:30-9:30am: Early Meeting for Worship.

·              10:00-11:00am:     Meeting for Worship.

·              10:15-11:00am:     First Day Programs for Children.

·              11:00-11:45am:     Welcome, announcements, fellowship & refreshments. 

·              11:45am:                    Forum or other event if scheduled (see panel to right).  Forum is sometimes  followed by a potluck meal.

·     Mid-week Meeting for Worship & Discussion, Library.   Meets every Tuesday (except the first Tuesday) of the month. Worship 7:30-8:00 pm; discussion 8:00-9:00 pm.

Monthly events:

·   First Tuesday, 7:30-9:30 pm: Adult Education committee, in the historic meetinghouse, South room.

·   First Sunday, 11:45am-2pm: Ministry & Counsel committee, in the historic meetinghouse, entire building.

·   First Thursday, 7:30-9:00pm: Care & Support committee, in the historic meetinghouse, South room.

·   First Wednesday, 6-8pm: Peace & Social Concerns committee, in the historic meetinghouse, South room.

·   Second Sunday, 11:45am: Meeting for worship with attention to business.

      Four bi-weekly “Quakerism-101” classes are held once a year.  Follow this link to read the class materials and a fuller description of the course last presented during March and April of 2013.