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This is a list of Friends meeting houses. Numerous Friends meeting houses are individually notable, either for their congregations or events or for architecture of their historic buildings. Some in the United Kingdom are registered as listed buildings , and in the United States are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
Every year the Communauté de Taizé organises a European Youth Meeting for young adults. These meetings take place in a European city, usually between 28 December and 1 January in any given year. During the meeting the location of the next European Youth Meeting is announced.
Generally, Quakers believe that meeting for worship can occur in any place - not just in a designated meeting house. [1] [2] Quakers have quoted Matthew 18:20 to support this: "Where two or three meet together in my name, there [is God] in the midst of them." [3] [4] Therefore, theoretically, meeting for worship may be held anywhere.
A meeting-house had a dual purpose as a place of worship and for public discourse, but sometimes only for "...the service of God." [ 6 ] As the towns grew and the separation of church and state in the United States matured, the buildings that were used as the seat of local government were called town-houses [ 7 ] or town-halls. [ 8 ]
Some companies, like Shopify, are meeting the shifting sentiment with open arms, launching designated “no-meeting days.” At the start of the new year, infant-formula startup Bobbie canceled ...
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Old Town Friends' Meetinghouse, also known as Aisquith Street Meeting or Baltimore Meeting, is a historic Quaker meeting house located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a two-story brick building which has undergone several alterations over the years.
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