Quaker Quest

Quaker Quest is a spiritual path for our time that is simple, vibrant and contemporary.

What is Quaker Quest?
Simply put, Quaker Quest is an outreach program which affirms that Quakers offer a spiritual path for today.

Quaker Quest is a series of open, public sessions designed to enable visitors to explore the Quaker way. Quaker Quest is a lively and contemporary program providing visitors with the opportunity to explore the spiritual lives of Quakers, to engage in small group discussions, to ask questions, and to experience our unique form of Quaker worship. Learn more about Quaker Quest and the resources available to your meeting.

What are people saying about Quaker Quest?
Luis Ramos, a member of Media Friends Meeting, puts it this way, “I feel honor and joy about our Quaker Quest sessions. I feel honored to hear the journeys of our fellow members, and to hear their messages. Quaker meetings are inspired by what others have to share. When others share deeply from the heart, deeply from a place of quiet honesty, there is community. We come together to hear messages in community. We hear God through you, and your messages will live forever in my heart.”

What are the benefits of Quaker Quest?
Quaker Quest attracts visitors to our meetings who are interested in Quakers today.
Quaker Quest strengthens a meeting’s sense of community as we listen to the spiritual journeys of our fellow meeting members.
Quaker Quest nurtures our ability to talk about our faith and practice based upon our experience.
Quaker Quest provides visibility for meetings within their local communities, demonstrating that Quakers are alive and well.
Quaker Quest communicates our values to a wider world, and expresses the practical way Quakers live those values in their daily lives.

To learn more about Quaker Quest, contact the Co-clerks of the working group Harry and Lois Forrest at callighrf [at] medleas [dot] com or 609-654-3673.

Featured News

Imagine, its ten o’clock at night and the meeting house is alive and abuzz with Friends and visitors talking about the faith and practice of Quakers. Imagine that dozens of visitors have been coming for six weeks in a row to hear about the personal beliefs of individual Quakers, and to experience our unique form of worship for the very first time. What’s all the buzz about? It’s about Quaker Quest, a spiritual path for our time that is simple, vibrant, and contemporary.

May 06, 2011 | 09:47 AM

PYM Friends have taken a page out of the British Friends handbook for outreach.

Any Friend who knows what is going on among British Quakers today has to be excited. As British Friends say, “There’s a remarkable change of heart in the Society.”

In 2002, a London grass roots movement to re-introduce Quakers and Quaker Meetings to the wider public caught fire among British Friends.  Now at least 90 British Friends Meetings have engaged in the program, conducted hundreds of Quaker Quest public sessions, and reached thousands of people.

Apr 12, 2011 | 11:11 AM

Upcoming Events

Arch Street Meetinghouse, Philadelphia PA

Jul 25 2012 - 3:00pm - Jul 29 2012 - 1:30pm