Live Oak Friends Meeting (Houston)
We are an open, welcoming community of seekers who meet in silent worship expecting to experience direct communion with God, the divine Spirit, or whatever name we use for that transcendent essence that infuses all life. A fundamental Quaker belief is that there is “that of God in everyone.” We seek to interact with others from that perspective, and to live our lives according to the Quaker testimonies of integrity, equality, simplicity, and peace.
Our meeting house is a James Turrell Skyspace, open to the public every Friday night and the first Sunday of each month 30 minutes before sunset. Weather permitting, the roof will be open to allow the public to experience the play of changing light over the simple white interior walls.
We share the blessing of this building by allowing individuals to rent it for weddings and memorial services. Community groups may also rent the building for events in keeping with Quaker values.
Live Oak Friends Meeting is a member of Bayou Quarterly Meeting, a regional group of Quaker meetings in southeast Texas and Louisiana; South Central Yearly Meeting, a larger group of Quaker meetings across Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana; and Friends General Conference, a national organization of Quakers.
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The goal of children's religious education at LOFM is to encourage them to develop a deep and abiding awareness of the light within themselves and others.
As our city and the surrounding areas begin to recover from Hurricane Harvey, we are grateful for the many donations and expressions of care and concern. We received donations from more than ninety individuals, Quaker Meetings and Friends Churches in many areas of the country. We are grateful that so many thought of us when there are so many needs in the world.
Meeting Times
Meeting for Worship every Sunday 8:30 - 9:15 am and 10:30-11:30 am
Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business third Sundays, 12 - 2:00 pm
Meeting for Worship with Attention to Healing, third Saturdays at 11:30 a.m
Adult Religious Education Sundays 9:20 - 10:20 am
Wednesday Evening Meeting for Worship Wednesdays 7:00 - 8:00 pm discussion or music, Meeting for Worship 8:00 - 8:45 pm
Children's Religious Education Sundays 10:50 - 11:30 am. Children join adults for first 20 minutes of Meeting for Worship
Check the Meeting calendar for other activities
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Many f/Friends are wondering how they can help with their time or money to ease the suffering and end the separation of families. Here's a list of organizations to consider:
Representative Report of the South Central Yearly Meeting 2018
Just under 160 souls attended South Central Yearly Meeting between March 29 & April 1, 2018 in Bruceville, Texas.
As Live Oak Friends Meeting Representative to South Central, I conveyed LOFM memorial minutes of June Bray, Jann Barr, and Pam Hunter and shared in the joint LOFM+Caddo Worship Group birth announcement of Gustav Drexler. I thank Claude Jager-Rubinson & Betty Drexler helping me with the reading of Pam’s minute and Gustav’s announcement.
While working on LOFM's Propety Workday (March 24, 2018), one friend pulled vines out of the south fence and trees there. Spring has come and poison ivy is back. commented that the poison ivy was out. So are greenbriar, muscadine grape, and Virginia creeper.
If you react to poison ivy or don't know, stay away from the vines along the south fence. Itchy and a bumpy rash can be serious and start to come out in a day or two. With a friend who touched them today, he scrubbed to get the oil off his skin.
This class provides an explanation of how meetings function. Available to the first six people, or couples if they can share a books. Questions, concerns or to sign up, please contact Jane Houser [email protected].
(It may be helpful if participants have had Quakerism 101 recently, but not necessary)
Worship with us!
Meeting for Worship every Sunday 8:30 - 9:15 am and 10:30-11:30 am
Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business third Sundays, 12 - 2:00 pm
Meeting for Worship with Attention to Healing, third Saturdays at 11:30 a.m
Adult Religious Education Sundays 9:20 - 10:20 am
Wednesday Evening Meeting for Worship Wednesdays 7:00 - 8:00 pm discussion or music, Meeting for Worship 8:00 - 8:45 pm
Children's Religious Education Sundays 10:50 - 11:30 am. Children join adults for first 20 minutes of Meeting for Worship
Check the Meeting calendar for other activities
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