Religious Society of Friends - The Quakers
Burlington Quarterly Meeting in Central New Jersey
 
Princeton Friends Meeting
470 Quaker Road, Princeton NJ 08540-4838
"At the corner of Quaker Road and Princeton Pike, along the Stonybrook in Princeton"
Calendar for Princeton Friends Meeting

Princeton Monthly Meeting
of the Religious Society of Friends - Quakers

Location: Stonybrook Meetinghouse is at 470 Quaker Road in Princeton. On Quaker Road (Rt. 533) just south of Mercer Street (Rt.583)

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Please use directions linked here - MapQuest can't find our Meeting and will send you into a cornfield a mile away!


Sunday Schedule
9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Worship
 
11 a.m. First Day School for Children September-June
11 a.m. Year Round : Childcare Provided for the Youngest Children. 

Contact Information

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Princeton Friends Meeting, 
470 Quaker Road, Princeton  NJ  08520-4838  
Clerk: Ann Yasuhara
Alternate Clerk: Shelley Krause
Past Clerk: Louise Coolidge
Recording Clerks: Susan White / Ted Williams
Newsletter Editor: Jo Novelle Walker
Treasurer:  Tad LaFountain
Meeting Phone:  (609) 924-5674
Contact for inquiries:  
Clerk at
609-921-2907 ayasuhara@earthlink.net
Alt. Clerk at 609-430-0577 shelley.k@verizon.net
Past Clerk at 609-921-0485 coolidge04@yahoo.com


More information on Quaker belief and practice
is available on the web by our regional fellowship, Burlington Quarterly Meeting, at http://www.pym.org/burlington-qm/

We are also part of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, on the web at
http://www.pym.org

and of the North American Quaker fellowship of
Friends General Conference, at http://www.fgcquaker.org/

Princeton Friends Meeting is a dynamic and welcoming modern faith community which gathers for worship every Sunday in the beautifully restored Stonybook Meetinghouse, the oldest house of worship in Princeton.  First built in 1726, rebuilt in 1760 after a "twisting wind" damaged the original, the building has just undergone extensive upgrades. Visitors are always welcome at either of the 9 or 11 o'clock Meetings for Worship each Sunday Morning.

Our worship is held in silence. Each person present silently prays, mediatates, or otherwise waits upon the Divine as each feels is appropriate. Some may feel led to stand and speak to share a thought, recollection, observation, or insight with others who are present. Friends hold that such messages arise from Divine leading.
 
The format is simple, but it can be a profoundly rich experience if it is the right form for an individual.   Quaker worship is based on the belief that there is That of God - a spark of the Divine - in each person.  In worship, each person is able to have a direct experience of the Divine, without the formality of creed or ritual, although we respect and value more formal ways of worship other faiths may be led to follow.
 
Near the end of the hour, the Friend who has been appointed Head of Meeting for this month will turn and shake hands with the next person, and everyone in the Meetinghouse turns and shakes hands with the person sitting on each side, and Meeting is over.  

Announcements will be made and visitors made welcome. From 10 until 11, between Meetings for Worship,  substantial snacks are provided in a fellowship hour with opportunites to learn more about Quakers, or just to visit with the Friends of Princeton Meeting.

We look forward to sharing Quaker worship and fellowship with other Friends and with visitors at Princeton Friends Meeting. Come join us. Whether you are just interested in learning more about modern Quakers, or if you are seeking a new spiritual home, you will be warmly welcomed.


Princeton Friends School shares the Stonybrook site with the Princeton Friends Meeting.  Offering a full program of classes for pre-school through eighth grade levels, Princeton Friends follows in a three hundred year tradition of nurturing each student and enhanching both their capacity and opportunities for learning after the manner of Friends.  For more information, see the  Princeton Friends School web site at http://www.princetonfriendsschool.org/ 

You will find a warm welcome at Princeton Friends.

Although our Meetinghouse has a modern heating system, a fire in the Meetinghouse fireplace in the cold months offers additional warmth 

Page last updated Feburary 5, 2010, by burlingtonquaker@gmail.com