Welcome
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oose 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: First Month
Community
- Are love and unity maintained among you?
- What helps our Meeting build trust in one another?
- How do we get to know one another in our spiritual community and in other religious communities?
- How do we make time in our lives for our Meeting?
- How do our conflicts have the potential to enrich the life of our community?
From Baltimore Yearly Meeting “Advices.”
The Meeting can consciously cultivate fellowship and community, and is enriched when all members and attenders participate actively. The working of the Spirit in our lives is expressed through ministry, pastoral caring for each other, and the example provided by lives lived in the Light. As we worship, work, and laugh together, we forge bonds of trust, understanding, and communication.
Voices
“The life of a religious society consists in something more than the body of principles it professes and the outer garments of organization which it wears. These things have their own importance: they embody the society of the world, and protect it from the chance and changes of circumstances; but the springs of life lie deeper, and often escape recognition. They are to be found in the vital union of the members of the society with God and with one another, a union which allows the free flowing through the society of a spiritual life which is its strength.”
— William Charles Braithwaite, 1905
“Where, then, can seeking men and women find a community in which meditation, worship, religious education of children, common undertaking and adventurous experiments, common festivals, and spiritual therapy are all going on, not as part of an expensive organized professional program, but as part of the informed natural life of a close religious fellowship.”
— Douglas V. Steere, 1940
“How can I participate in a fairer distribution of resources unless I live in a community which makes it possible to consume less? How can I learn accountability unless I live in a community where my acts and their consequences are visible to all? How can I learn to share power unless I live in a community where hierarchy is unnatural? How can I take the risks which right action demands unless I belong to a community which gives support? How can I learn the sanctity of each life unless I live in a community where we can be persons, not roles, to one another.”
— Parker J. Palmer, 1977
“Perhaps community is a constellation. Each one of us is a light in the emerging collective brightness. A constellation of light has the greater power of illumination than any single light would have on its own. Together we increase brightness.”
— John O’Donohue, 2000
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, January 5
9:45 a.m. Meeting for Worship
11:15 a.m. Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business
Sunday, January 12
8:45 a.m. Peace & Social Concerns Committee meeting
9:45 a.m. Meeting for Worship
11:15 a.m. Second Hour: Spiritual State of the Meeting, soup and bread lunch to follow
Thursday, January 16
7:30 p.m. Unity with Nature online monthly guided nature meditation
Sunday, January 19
8:45 a.m. Unity with Nature Committee meeting
9:45 a.m. Meeting for Worship
Sunday, January 26
9:45 a.m. Meeting for Worship
11:00 a.m. Ministry & Worship Committee meeting
Sunday, February 2
9:45 a.m. Meeting for Worship
11:15 a.m. Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business
Sunday, February 9
9:45 a.m. Meeting for Worship
Sunday, February 16
8:45 a.m. Unity with Nature Committee meeting
9:45 a.m. Meeting for Worship
Thursday, February 20
7:30 p.m. Unity with Nature online monthly guided nature meditation
Sunday, February 23
9:45 a.m. Meeting for Worship
11:15 a.m. Ministry & Worship Committee meeting
To request an email announcement or addition to the calendar, please contact us at goosecreeknews@gmail.com. Please read our Goose Creek Email Protocol for further guidance.
Street Address:
18204 Lincoln Road
Purcellville, VA 20132
Postal Address:
PO Box 105
Lincoln, VA 20160
