Barnegat Friends Meeting

Barnegat Friends Meeting is a lively congregation of Quakers who gather each Sunday morning for worship in the beautifully preserved Barnegat Friends Meetinghouse on Bay Street just east of the modern shore village of Barnegat, New Jersey. Visitors are always warmly welcomed.

Throughout the year everyone is welcome to join us for worship in our beautiful - but comfortable - old Meetinghouse. We are often led in our worship by principles of Quaker witness - often summed up as "SPICES" - Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality, and Stewardship.

Barnegat Meetinghouse, built in 1767, is thought to be the oldest building in Barnegat. It is a remarkably preserved example of early wooden venacular Quaker architecture. Door and Siding detail shown here.

At 10 am year round we settle into worship. Quaker 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..

At 11 o clock, 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.

After rise of Meeting, Barnegat Friends offer hospitality and serve light refreshments. Members of Meeting will be available to talk with visitors as they also share fellowship with each other. Such gatherings help visitors to get to know Friends, and also build community among Quakers - fellowship helps us know each other, and to share our experiences in the world.

We look forward to sharing Quaker worship and fellowship with other Friends and with visitors at Barnegat 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.

Schedule and Contacts

Bargegat Monthly Meeting

of the Religious Soceity of Friends - Quakers

Location: Meetinghouse is on East Bay Avenue just off Exit 67 of the Garden State Parkway toward the Bay.
Or, take NJ 539, then 72 East, and bear off on 554 to Barnegat, Keep straight past the center of the village, and Meetinghouse is on the left at the edge of town.

Sunday Worship
10 am
All are welcome

Send Mail to:
PO Box 32
Barnegat NJ 08005

Clerk: Franklin Reusch

Meeting Phone: 609-698-2058
Friends seek that of God in each person, and worship in a direct way without creed or the intervention of either ritual or clergy.