The Society of Friends, informally known as "Quakers," is a small but significant religious denomination in the United States. Friends are a distinctive group, with a set of beliefs and practices which are in some ways common to much of religious experience and in some ways unique. Friends have no creed though most try to follow Jesus as their teacher.

The common belief of Friends is that the divine is present in every person and that any one may be guided by this divine spirit in ordinary life. To deepen access to this divine spirit, Friends gather in a sometimes awesome silence at their Sunday morning worship time and at other times too. From time to time, someone may speak.

The meetings of Friends listed here are open and friendly: we do welcome visitors and strangers, for many of the most valued among us today came as you will, coming as a stranger to become in time a Friend.

From a poem in Friends Journal, 15 January 1970:

We come together so that we might hear the word of the Lord more clearly and compellingly.

We come together without forms so that we may distinctly see the divine pattern in all of creation.

We come together without authority so we all feel equally our responsibility to our fellow persons.

We come together without special sacraments so that we may better treat every day and every occasion as holy.

We come together without creeds so that words will not come between us as we seek the communion of true fellowship one with another.