Live Oak Friends Meeting (Houston)
Meeting for Worship continues in person in the Meetinghouse as well as online at 10:30 am on Sunday. Due to the latest CDC recommendations, we request everyone wear masks while indoors in the Meetinghoue or in the Little House.
Adult First Day School will also offer both on line and in person access at 9:20 am.
Zoom link for both will be in the weekly newsletter, or contact [email protected] to get it.
Early (8:30 am) Worship and the children's program plan to resume in September
Wednesday evening meeting will meet in person one Wednesday a month for potluck and poetry, the other Wednesday evenings they will meet on line as usual. Zoom link will be in the weekly newsletter, or contact [email protected] to get it.
Contact Scheduler at [email protected] if interested in scheduling an event at the meetinghouse
You can find the latest local updates on what are current best practices and how things are progressing in Houston/Harris County at https://www.readyharris.org
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. Learn more about what Quakers believe here. If you would like to learn more about our weekly activities, subscribe to our weekly e-newsletter That is a better way to connect to the community than clicking the green "online access button."
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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Hurricane season starts June 1, but as we learned from Hurricane Harvey, we always seem to be prepared for the last storm and caught by the next storm.
Meeting Times
Meeting for Worship every Sunday 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, attendance in person or online, contact [email protected] if you need the link
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. The children's program is on hold for now and will resume in September, 2021
Spring (North Houston) Quakers Worship Group: Sundays at 10:30-12 noon and Wednesdays 7:30-9:00pm in Spring, TX
Check the Meeting calendar for other activities
What's New
Our student this year is a third year law student, who writes about the challenges she faces doing all her work remotely because of COVID, and on a cell phone at that. You can read her letter in Spanish here, or at least click to see the pictures.
Our latest published author, Alex McDonald.
He has traveled to the region and met with both Israeli and Palestinian peace activists. He has seen and experienced glimpses of daily life in the different parts of Israel and the West Bank. He has seen and heard Israeli perspectives as well as Palestinian ones. He has worked with Jewish and Palestinian solidarity groups. He also participates in a monthly dialog with Zionists and Palestinians.
Yet another piece of unmentioned history, this time from the development of the oil industry.
The fifth and final installment of the Houston Grand Opera and Institute for Spirituality and Health-hosted Religare series will be a program on silence. A few Live Oak Friends will be on the program to lead this webcast shared - worship. The program is Tuesday 6-7 PM Tuesday, March 30. To attend one must register at https://www.spiritualityandhealth.org/events/religaremusic. The other guest will lead us in Jain meditation, and there will be an excerpt of John Cage's Aria, 4'33" (of silence).
An interesting history lesson on the women of the KKK in the 1920's exploring how people get induced into joining hate groups.
Worship with us!
Meeting for Worship every Sunday 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, attendance in person or online, contact [email protected] if you need the link
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. The children's program is on hold for now and will resume in September, 2021
Spring (North Houston) Quakers Worship Group: Sundays at 10:30-12 noon and Wednesdays 7:30-9:00pm in Spring, TX
Check the Meeting calendar for other activities
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