Crossroads Friends Meeting

We shall gather for unprogrammed, waiting worship in the Name of Jesus Christ and in the manner of Friends on the dates and at the times and places specified, usually at our meetinghouse.  Visitors and new attenders are always welcome.  For those not familiar with unprogrammed worship, a small brochure is available (either at the meeting or on our website www.michiganquakers.org), offering general guidance and tips on “meeting etiquette.”  Additional materials on the Religious Society of Friends are also available at rise of meeting (and on the website).  Before rise of meeting, the designated meeting closer reads aloud an Advice.  This is followed by framing silence before the handshake of fellowship which marks rise of meeting.

The time of fellowship following meeting for worship includes luncheon on some occasions.  On the second First Day [Sunday] of each month, following fellowship and lunch, we hold our meeting for business.  (Depending on other events, business meeting may be shifted to another week.)

We are currently studying I Chronicles during Bible Study. 

Third Month

First Day,
Third Month 04
[Sunday, March 04, 2012]
Bible Study 10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM
Fellowship 12:00 Noon
Crossroads Friends Meeting house,
4108 Menton, Flint MI

Advice 22: We would urge Friends, when away from home, to attend a Meeting for Worship if such is within reach.  Such attendance may well strengthen the meeting, and may bring Friends who were hitherto strangers into fellowship with one another.

First Day,
Third Month 11
[Sunday, March 11, 2012]
Daylight Savings Time Begins! (Spring forward)
Bible Study 10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM
Fellowship and Luncheon 12:00 Noon
Ministry & Oversight and Meeting for Business 1:00 PM
Crossroads Friends Meeting house,
4108 Menton, Flint MI

Advice 23: Those who visit our meetings for worship should be given a friendly welcome and be encouraged to continue to join us in worship.  Particular assistance and loving attention should be accorded new members.

Sixth Query: Do we live in the life and power which takes away the occasion of all wars?  Do we, on Christian principles, refuse to participate in or to cooperate with the military effort?  Do we work actively for peace and the removal of the causes of war?  Do we endeavor to cultivate good will, mutual understanding, and equal opportunities for all people?

First Day,
Third Month 18
[Sunday, March 18, 2012]
Bible Study 10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM
Fellowship 12:00 Noon
Crossroads Friends Meeting house,
4108 Menton, Flint MI

Advice 24: When we gather together in worship, let us remember that there is committed to us, as disciples of Christ, a share in the priesthood.  We should help one another, whether in silence, or through spoken word , or prayer.  Let none of us assume that vocal ministry is never to be our part.  If the call comes, there should be no quenching of the Spirit.  The sense of our own unworthiness must not exempt us from this service, nor must the fear of being unable to find the right words, “for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.”  (Matthew 10:19)

First Day,
Third Month 25
[Sunday, March 25, 2012]
Bible Study 10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM
Fellowship 12:00 Noon
Crossroads Friends Meeting house,
4108 Menton, Flint MI

Advice 25: We should recognize the importance of finding occasion for some united worship during the week, either at the meetinghouse, or in a private home.  Such may be of great assistance, not only to the individual, but also to the life of the whole group.

Second Month

First Day,
Second Month 05
[Sunday, February 05, 2012]
Bible Study 10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM
Fellowship 12:00 Noon
Crossroads Friends Meeting house, 4108 Menton, Flint MI

Advice 19: Be zealous that education shall be continued throughout life.  Willingness to be used in mind as well as in body, and to be equipped in both, is a needful part of Christian character.  Our service to God is incomplete without the contribution of the intellect.

First Day,
Second Month 12
[Sunday, February 12, 2012]
Bible Study 10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM
Fellowship and Luncheon 12:00 Noon
Ministry & Oversight and Meeting for Business 1:00 PM
Crossroads Friends Meeting house, 4108 Menton, Flint MI

Advice 20: Follow steadfastly after all that is pure and lovely and of good report.  Be prayerful.  Be watchful.  Be humble.  Let no failure discourage you.  When temptation comes, make it an opportunity to gain new strength by standing fast, that you may enter into that life of gladness and victory to which all are called.

Sixth Query: Do we live in the life and power which takes away the occasion of all wars?  Do we, on Christian principles, refuse to participate in or to cooperate with the military effort?  Do we work actively for peace and the removal of the causes of war?  Do we endeavor to cultivate good will, mutual understanding, and equal opportunities for all people?

First Day,
Second Month 19
[Sunday, February 19, 2012]
Bible Study 10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM
Fellowship 12:00 Noon
Crossroads Friends Meeting house, 4108 Menton, Flint MI

Advice 21: A punctual attendance at the hour appointed for Meeting for Worship is a matter of no small importance.  If we hurry from outward occupation, we are in danger of two things: our thoughts may still be with that in which we have been engaged, and our late arrival may interrupt that holy silence which should prevail; however, let us welcome with open hearts all who join us no matter when they arrive.

First Day,
Second Month 26
[Sunday, February 26, 2012]
Bible Study 10:00 AM
Meeting for Worship 11:00 AM
Fellowship 12:00 Noon
Crossroads Friends Meeting house, 4108 Menton, Flint MI

Advice 22: We would urge Friends, when away from home, to attend a Meeting for Worship if such is within reach.  Such attendance may well strengthen the meeting, and may bring Friends who were hitherto strangers into fellowship with one another.