Frederick Friends Meeting follows a practice, common to many meetings, of contemplating a different set of queries each month. Queries are questions used among Quakers to uncover how our faith is being lived out, both individually and as a community.

Queries for March 2015: Vocal Ministry and Listening

• How do I discern when to speak and when not to speak, both in Meeting and elsewhere?
• How do we encourage Friends to allow ample time to absorb the previous message before speaking?
• How do I practice listening to the Truth which may be revealed by others?
• How have I been changed by deeply listening to another, to God, and to nature?

To learn more about queries and how Friends use them in the practice of their faith, please see Baltimore Yearly Meeting Faith and Practice, 1988 edition.