Quaker Worship (with the Louisville Friends)

In the Louisville Quaker Society, friends practice Waiting Worship. Friends enter Waiting Worship through a process of settling or centering, and unlike individual meditation, this practice is communal. The purpose of waiting in worship is not to empty our minds, but to open it to a larger presence, and to undertake in that journey together, where the whole experience is greater than the sum of its individual parts.

Want to speak to members of the Louisville Quaker community?

Email louisvillefriends@gmail.com to learn more and set up a time to meet and learn more.

Membership Responsibilities

Above all, members should be willing to enter into a process of loving discernment with the meeting to seek where their gifts and talents can be most helpful. Such service may include pastoral care, religious education, witness to the broader community, or involvement in the broader Quaker world.

Other expectations of those in our meeting include…

• Bearing faithful testimony to the guiding principles of the Religious Society of Friends
• Giving of one’s energy, time, and financial resources, as one is able
• Faithfully attending meetings for worship and for business In addition, meeting encourages members to participate in quarterly and yearly meeting activities.