of the
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
-- of Chesapeake Quarterly Meeting, of Baltimore Yearly Meeting --
Meetinghouse address: 14934 Priceville Road, Sparks, MD
21152
[Wheelchair accessible]
[No hearing assistance system]
Mailing address: P.O. Box 737, Sparks, MD 21152-0737
More on Gunpowder Monthly Meeting
Genealogical & Historical Queries
http://quaker.org/
"the oldest and largest Quaker website on the net"
Baltimore Yearly Meeting
(BYM) (the Yearly Meeting for Gunpowder Monthly Meeting)
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC)
Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
Friends General Conference (FGC)
Friends United Meeting (FUM)
William Penn House
Washington Quaker Workcamps
Friends Journal
Quaker Life
Tom Fox (Christian Peacemaker Team, Iraq)
Center on Conscience
& War (CCW)
National Campaign
for a Peace Tax Fund
Pendle Hill
(a Quaker center for study and contemplation -- with a bookstore)
Quakers and Education
We invite you to join
us for Meeting for Worship at 11:00 AM each First
Day (that's Sunday in Quakerspeak). First
Day School for children (during school year) or child care (summers) are
provided, beginning at 11:15 AM (children generally spend the first 15 minutes
of worship with their parents). Ours is an unprogrammed and mostly
silent form of worship, one of the several contemporary strands of Quakerism.
For those who long for song, Bible study, animated discussions of social
justice and other issues, deeply shared spiritual journeys, or deep respite,
we offer such opportunities as Opening Exercises,
Bible Study, Forum, Spiritual Formation, Silent Retreat at the Meetinghouse (one Saturday
per month), Quakerism studies, and other
activities.
A community grounded in Quaker Practice, rooted in Christian Faith,
and
growing through its commitment to the ongoing spiritual lives of its members
and attenders.
"As many candles lighted and put in one place do greatly augment
the light and make it more to shine forth,
so when many are gathered together into the same life there is more of the
glory of God,
and God's power appears to the refreshment of each individual,
for each partakes not only of the light and life raised in oneself, but in
all the rest."
-- Robert Barclay (1648-1690)
Calendar and Descriptions
of Upcoming and OngoingEvents, Activities:
Meeting for
Worship
Religious
Education for Children (First Day School):
Opening Exercises (Children &
Adults)
Bible Study (Spears method)
Quakerism
Studies
Forum
Silent
Retreats
Meeting for Worship with a Concern
for Business (a.k.a. Business Meeting)
Coffee & Social Hour
Spiritual Formation
Annual Book Sale
Quarterly Meeting, Yearly Meeting,
and other Friends Meetings
Newsletter
More on Gunpowder
Monthly Meeting
Gunpowder Meeting History
-- by Marshall Sutton as presented to the Friends Historical Association
Photos
Meetinghouse view from east:
view of main drive, south porch, old mounting block, new handicap access
ramp
Meetinghouse view from west:
view of burial ground and west porch (where Meeting for Worship is held in
summer, weather permitting)
The Meetinghouse
Spiritual State of Meeting Reports:
2004, 2003, 2002, 2001
Sense
of the Meeting and Minutes on Various Issues: Peace Testimony; Same Gender Union
Quaker Weddings at Gunpowder
Quaker Memorial Services (Funerals)
at Gunpowder
Gunpowder Affiliations
Proximity to Broadmead Retirement Community
Genealogical & Historical Queries
Resources,
publications
Gunpowder Library
Starvation Study, alternative service
by Friends during WWII [PDF]
BYM publications
including Faith and Practice, Interchange,
Epistles, Books and Pamphlets
Links to the wider world of Quakerism
http://quaker.org/
"the oldest and largest Quaker website on the net"
Baltimore Yearly Meeting
(BYM) main page: Gunpowder Monthly Meeting is part
of BYM.
