Welcome
Goose Creek is a warm and welcoming community where we support each other in our shared journeys of the Spirit. We believe, in the words of the Quaker writer Thomas Kelly, that “deep within us all there is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul, a holy place, a Divine Center, a speaking Voice, to which we may continuously return.” In our worship and in our daily lives we seek to remain always with our hearts turned toward that Divine Center.
Quakerism is not defined by creeds or doctrine. Rather it is a lived spiritual practice where we seek God in our experiences and live out our faith in our shared world. We believe that there is that of God within each and every human being – adults and children – regardless of faith, race, nationality, sexual orientation, or life experiences. We are called to answer that Divine spark, that Light Within, both in ourselves and in others.
We welcome all seekers, find deep kinship in our shared humanity, and value our differences.
Queries: Sixth Month
Integrity
- How do we seek truth by which to live? How do we recognize it?
- In what ways does my life speak of my beliefs and values?
- Do I strive to be truthful at all times, avoiding judicial oaths?
- In what way is my life in harmony with truth as I know it?
From Baltimore Yearly Meeting “Advices.”
When we live with integrity, alone or as a faith community, our words and deeds ring true. We are able to hear when there is discord between our values and our words or actions, and we often sense when others in our community are “out of tune” with their own truth, or when, as a community, we do not seem to be following the same conductor.
Giving testimony to truth and integrity also means refusing to place things other than God at the center of one’s life – whether it be one’s own self, possessions, the regard for others, belief in principles (such as rationality, progress, or justice) or something else. It is the understanding that even good things are no longer good when they supplant God at one’s center.
Voices
“…and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with they God.”
— Micah 6:8 (KJV)
“Be patters, be examples in all countries, places, islands, nations, wherever you come, that your carriage and life may preach among all sorts of people, and to them. Then you will come to walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in every one; whereby in them ye may be a blessing, and make the witness of God in them to bless you. Then to the Lord God you be a sweet savor and blessing.”
— George Fox, 1653
“A neighbor…desired me to write his will: I took notes, and, amongst other things, he told me to which of his six children he gave his young negro: I considered the pain and distress he was in, and knew not how it would ned, so I wrote his will save only that part concerning his slave, and carrying it to his bedside, read it to him, and then told him in a friendly way, that I could not write any instruments by which my fellow-creatures were made slave, without bringing trouble on my own mind. I let him know that I charged nothing for what I had done, and desired to be excused from doing the other part in the way he proposed. Then we had a serious conference on the subject, and at length, he agreeing to set her free, I finished his will.”
— John Woolman, c. 1760
Friends consider integrity a way of life. In the stillness of worship we come into the Divine Presence and open ourselves to the Light; we hide nothing of who we are. In keeping with that openness of spirit, Friends express themselves with honest in their dealings with others. Plain truth needs no decorative flourishes. We speak with simple clarity to reflect in our words the reality of our perceptions and thoughts.”
— Intermountain Yearly Meeting, 2006
Calendar
Friends and visitors are also invited to join us for our hybrid Meeting for Worship at 9:45 a.m. each Sunday. If you would like to participate online, please use the link below.
Link for Meeting for Worship:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83350737205?pwd=Z0pNM2xZRTBpSDQwa2ZaMmRiRHM0UT09
Meeting ID: 833 5073 7205
Passcode: 061785
For all other online gatherings listed in the calendar, please request link at gcmmlincoln@gmail.com.
Help us extend hospitality to Friends and visitors! Sign up to provide after-meeting refreshments here.
Sunday, June 1
9:45 a.m. Meeting for Worship
11:15 a.m. Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business
Sunday, June 8
9:45 a.m. Meeting for Worship
11:00 a.m. Book Sunday & ice cream social
Tuesday, June 10
7:30 a.m. Rolling Ridge Bird Walk – Friends Wilderness Center
Sunday, June 15
8:45 a.m. Unity with Nature Committee meeting
9:45 a.m. Meeting for Worship
Sunday, June 22
9:45 a.m. Meeting for Worship
Thursday, June 26
7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Unity with Nature Guided Meditation
Sunday, June 29
9:45 a.m. Meeting for Worship
11:15 a.m. Ministry & Worship Committee meeting
Sunday, July 6
9:45 a.m. Meeting for Worship
11:15 a.m. Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business
Tuesday, July 8
7:30 a.m. Rolling Ridge Bird Walk – Friends Wilderness Center
Sunday, July 13
9:45 a.m. Meeting for Worship
Sunday, July 20
8:45 a.m. Unity with Nature Committee meeting
9:45 a.m. Meeting for Worship
Sunday, July 27
9:45 a.m. Meeting for Worship
11:15 a.m. Ministry & Worship Committee
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Street Address:
18204 Lincoln Road
Purcellville, VA 20132
Postal Address:
PO Box 105
Lincoln, VA 20160
