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How to Find a Friends Meeting Near You

If you are looking for an unprogrammed (silent worship) meeting in the U.S. or Canada:

Go to http://www.quakerfinder.org/. This locator service is maintained by Friends General Conference.

 

If you are looking for a comprehensive list of Friends meetings and churches in the U.S. and Canada:

Go to fwccamericas.org/MeetingSearch.aspx?. This locator is an online version of the directory from Friends World Committee for consultation. Meetings are coded by their "branch" affiliations.

 

If you are looking for a meeting in Great Britain or Ireland:

Go to Search for Your Local Meeting in Great Britain. This service is maintained by Britain Yearly Meeting. For meetings in Ireland and Northern Ireland, see: http://fwccemes.org/meetings/index.html?yearlymeeting=9.

 

If you are looking for Quaker contacts elsewhere in the world:

The various world regions of Friends World Committee for Consultation list contact information for the yearly meetings in different parts of the world. Yearly meetings are regional affiliations of monthly meetings or churches. Through the yearly meetings, you can obtain contact information for their member congregations.

• For Africa: http://fwccafrica.org/
  
  
• For Asia/West Pacific: http://fwccawps.org/
  
  
• For Europe/Middle East: http://fwccemes.org/meetings/index.html.
  
  
• For Latin America: http://fwccamericas.org/find_friends/index.shtml. For contact information, ask the Quaker Information Center.
  

If there are no Friends meetings in your area:

• Contact Wider Quaker Fellowship, a worldwide program of Friends World Committee for Consultation, Section of the Americas, for networking opportunities and a "ministry of literature."
  
  
• See the article, "When You're the Only Friend in Town: Starting a New Friends Meeting" by the Advancement and Outreach Committee of Friends General Conference.
  
  
• Register with Friends General Conference to find others in your area who may want to start a worship group: "No Quaker Meeting Nearby?"
  
  
• Some other ways to learn about and network with Friends:
  
  
  1. Participate in the programs of Pendle Hill.
     
     
  2. Participate in the Friends General Conference Annual Gathering.
     
     
  3. Subscribe to Friends Journal (a publication that emphasizes the liberal, unprogrammed Friends traditions).
     
     
  4. Subscribe to Quaker Life (a publication that emphasizes the Scripture-based, programmed Friends traditions).