Trenton Meeting of Friends
Welcome to Trenton Meeting of Friends of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)!
We meet for Worship each First Day (Sunday) at 10am.
In this time of continued pandemic, we worship together using Zoom on our computers or telephones each week for now. Some Friends have started coming to the Meetinghouse to worship. Some gather outside near the Peace Pole. Some come inside, always maintaining social distancing and wearing masks. The Zoom link for our Quaker Worship is emailed to our mailing list and to those not on our mailing list who have requested it. You can make that request by emailing [email protected].
We worship together for about an hour in what is mostly silence. Although not much is being said, there is much going on as we center together in prayer. Sometimes out of that silence, people rise to speak, sharing messages that come from the holy part of them. We find the honesty and truth revealed in this way to be helpful and inspiring, sometimes leading to callings and actions. Trenton's Quakers are active making contributions to our community and our world.
Among the historical testimonies that express central values of Quakers are the presence of God in each person, a direct and individual communion with God, and between all human beings a working towards peace, equality, simplicity, care of the environment and care for each other. In these times, many people feel these leadings!
Meeting Times
Meeting for Worship: Every Sunday, 10am
Meeting for Worship for Business: Second Sunday, 9am, continued after worship if necessary
Social Sunday after Meeting for Worship: Third Sunday
Peace and Social Concerns Committee after Meeting for Worship: Fourth Sunday
Community Yoga: First Saturday of each month at 9 am
What's New
George Clymer and his Quaker Connection
George Clymer, signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, is buried in our Meeting’s yard. As told to me, the Meeting’s handed-down verbal story states that he was not a Quaker, but was visiting his son in Trenton in the winter when he died. Although he lived in Morrisville, he had to be buried in Trenton because the Delaware River could be crossed then only by ferry. This story is in error.
Trenton Meeting of Friends has considered and approved support for "A Quaker Statement On Migration" as prepared by a number of American and international Quaker organizations as stated in the statement. The text is here and the PDF file suitable for printing is available via the link provided below.
A Quaker Statement on Migration
December 8, 2020
With the addition of references to our influnces from Fellowship of Friends of African Descent, Trenton Meeting has approved this Racial Justice Minute on the Ninth Day of the Eighth Month 2020:
Racial Justice Minute
Approved 9 Eighth Month 2020
We were appalled and sickened by the brutal killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020 by a white police officer. The fact that this has sparked a fire of outrage all over the country and the world indicates that it is time to finally end racial injustice.
Peace and Social Concerns Committee - Minute concerning racial justice post George Floyd's death 23 Sixth Month 2020
We were appalled and sickened by the brutal killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020 by a white police officer. The fact that this has sparked a fire of outrage all over the country and the world indicates that it is time to finally end racial injustice.
A Minute in support of the nationwide 2020 Poor People's Campaign was approved at Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business on 10 Fifth Month 2020.
"Given the historic connection that Quakers have had to the Poor People’s Campaign and the continued need for a moral call toward economic, racial and environmental justice in the United States, Trenton Meeting of Friends in Trenton, New Jersey endorses the 2020 Poor People’s Campaign and encourages other Monthly Meetings in our Quarter and beyond to do the same.”
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Meeting for Worship: Every Sunday, 10am
Meeting for Worship for Business: Second Sunday, 9am, continued after worship if necessary
Social Sunday after Meeting for Worship: Third Sunday
Peace and Social Concerns Committee after Meeting for Worship: Fourth Sunday
Community Yoga: First Saturday of each month at 9 am
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