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Quaker Culture: Speaking in Meeting

Author(s):
Diana Forsythe
Issue:
On Consumption (May 2013)
Department:
Quaker Culture

Friends worship in silence; it is not necessary to speak in Meeting for Worship. If we are led to speak, it is our custom not to speak more than once during an hour-long Meeting. Business Meeting is also a form of Meeting for Worship. If you have already spoken to a particular item of business, please give those who have not done so a chance to speak. When considering whether to speak a second time during a Meeting for Business, please do not repeat yourself: it is appropriate to rise and speak again only if you have something new to add.  

 

Meeting for Business Meeting for Worship Discernment

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