Adult Library: Meeting Community

Cronk, Sandra L., Gospel Order: A Quaker Understanding of Faithful Church Community,
Pendle Hill Publications, Wallingford, PA,
ISBN#0-87574-297-3, 1991
This essay concentrates on the communal aspects of gospel order as the foundation of meeting community life.

Ecumenical Committee, Inter-Faith Dialogue; Ideas for Friends' Meetings,
CYM
1996
Quaker Home Service Resources for Learning - Ideas for Friends' Meetings

Heeks, Peggy, Reaching to Community,
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, London,
1994
A story of 12 Quaker Meetings, examining what helps, what hinders the building of a local Quaker community.

Heron, Alistair, Caring, Conviction, Commitment: Dilemmas of Quaker Membership Today,
Quaker Home Service, London,
1992
Researches the reasons why Attenders are declining to become formal Members. Discussion questions included in the pamphlet attached.

Heron, Alistair, On Being A Quaker: membership--past--present--future,
Curlew Productions, Kelso, Scotland,
ISBN#1-900259-93-1, 2000
This short book takes a look at the evolution of membership from the time of George Fox to the present and looks toward the future. Heron contends that membership and identity are closely linked and that Friends today have difficulty defining what it means to be a Quaker, because diversity of personal belief has tended to become a corporate virtue. 84 pp.

Orion Smith, Jane, Creating Spiritual Community,
HMAC, Ottawa, ON,
2000
An introductory guide for isolated Friends wishing to start (or revitalize) a Quaker Worship Group.

Patterson, Pat L., A New Friends Gathering,
Friends General Conference, Philadelphia, PA,
1986
Practical manual. An outline of stepping stones toward becoming a Friends Meeting.

Stevenson, Charles, Embraced by Other Selves: enriching personal nature through group interaction,
Backhouse Lecture Committee, Australia YM, Tasmania SA,
ISBN#0-646-34473-0, 1998.
The 1998 Backhouse Lecture. "I want to talk about how group enhances individuality: that a community such as the Religious Society of Friends.particularly enriches the individual through corporate identity, especially in the meeting for worship." 54 pp.

Taber, William & Frances, Building the Life of the Meeting,
Southeastern YM, Orlando, FL,
1994
In this 24th annual Michener lecture, the Tabers shed light on creating and sustaining spiritual community.

Wajda, Michael & Alison Levie, Shaped by the Light: The Quaker Experience of Worship, Community, and Transformation,
Southeastern YM Publications, POB 510795, Melbourne Beach FL 32951-0795,
ISBN#1534-5246, 2001.
The 2001 Walton Lecture. An exploration of being altered and grounded by worship and the Quaker faith community. 23 pp.

Walton, Marty, The Meeting Experience: Practicing Quakerism in Community,
Argenta Friends Press, Argenta, BC,
1997
Canadian Quaker Pamphlet #45. Discusses many of the questions that come up surrounding Meetings, with a queries and readings section for each chapter.

Young Friends General Meeting, Who Do We Think We Are?: Young Friends Commitment and Belonging,
Quaker Home Service, London,
ISBN#0-85245-299-3, 1998
Swarthmore Lecture 1998. Written by a group of Young Friends. A moving account of their spirituality, and current religious trends in the Society of Friends.

A Friendly Meeting Place,
Progresiv Publishr, Chicago, IL,
ISBN#0-89670-014-3, 1988
A Practical resource for those meetings contemplating the purchase, remodelling or building of a Meeting House.