Abington Quarterly Meeting

What is Abington Quarterly Meeting?

As members of Abington Monthly Meeting, we are also part of Abington Quarterly Meeting (AQM), also called Abington Quarter, which is made up of nine Monthly Meetings in our local area. We are called "monthly" because we meet once a month to attend to business, even though we meet every week for worship. As the names suggest, our Quarterly Meeting meets four times a year, and our Yearly Meeting meets once a year.

The Quaker meetings within Abington Quarter are all in Montgomery County, PA, with the exception of Richland (Bucks Co.) and Byberry (Northeast Philadelphia). There is also a Philadelphia Quarter, a Bucks Quarter, a Salem Quarter, a Caln Quarter and others. All of these Quarters are within Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (PYM).

"The Quarterly Meeting is designed to bring together a larger group for inspiration and counsel and to consider more varied interests than a Monthly or Preparative Meeting can undertake. It is composed of constituent Monthly Meetings, each of which shall appoint representatives to attend it.

A Quarter's "...more helpful function should be to aid and encourage its constituent Monthly Meetings to greater interest and service and to give its members an increasing vision of Truth." (Source: Faith and Practice of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting)

The Meetings that make-up the Abington Quarter are:

AQM Map

(Clicking any of the links below will take you to that Meeting's website.)
1. Abington Monthly Meeting
2.  Byberry Monthly Meeting
3.  Gwynedd Monthly Meeting
4.  Horsham Monthly Meeting
5.  Norristown Monthly Meeting
6 . Plymouth Monthly Meeting
7.  Richland Monthly Meeting
8.  Unami Monthly Meeting
9.  Upper Dublin Monthly Meeting

For Information about Abington Quarter:
Abington Quarter

For Information about the Yearly Meeting:
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (PYM)

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Planning your Visit

New to Abington Friends Meeting?

All are welcome to attend Meeting for Worship at Abington Friends Meeting!

Our official name is: Abington Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. We are called "monthly" because we meet once a month to attend to business, but we have meeting for worship every Sunday.

Indoor Meeting for Worship
10:00 AM until 11:00 AM
Year-round

First Day School (Adult Class)
Occasional Sundays, September – May
11:15 AM. All ages welcome.
First Day School consists of talks and activities that provide a Quaker perspective on the issues and challenges of everyday life.

First Day School (Children and Teens)
All Sundays, September - May
10:15 AM
Activities are offered for high schoolers, middle schoolers, and elementary school children. Click Here to register.

Outdoor Meeting for Worship
Every Sunday, mid-June - Labor Day (weather permitting)
10:00 AM until 11:00 AM (happening at the same time as indoor Meeting for Worship)
In addition to our normal indoor Meeting for Worship, we hold optional outdoor Meetings behind the Meeting House during the summer.

Childcare
Childcare for children up to age six is available on the second floor of the Meeting House, at the end of the building and to your left.

Parking
Members and attenders park on the right side of the driveway leading up to the Meeting House (accessible from Greenwood Avenue) or in the parking lot on the west side of the Meeting House (accessible from Meetinghouse Road). Please note that our meetinghouse driveways are one-way, so vehicles must enter from Greenwood Avenue.

Orientation
As you enter the Meetinghouse, which is what we call our place of worship, the room where the Meeting gathers will be the first door on your right. The John Barnes Room, which is where we meet for adult classes, special events, or business, will be the first door on your left.

Meeting Etiquette
Because Quakers worship in silence, please lower your voice when approaching the Meeting House before Meeting for Worship. Likewise, please silence your cellphone.

There is no pastor or minister. Instead, attenders rise and speak when the Spirit moves them, generally keep their comments brief and of a spiritual, heartfelt nature, and allow ample time for others to reflect on what has been said before rising to speak. Statements often have a common thread; however, this is not a requirement.

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