Advices & Queries – Expectant Worship, Vocal Ministry
Meeting for worship is the heart of the Religious Society of Friends. In worship we seek a union of the hearts of all present as we search for Truth.
The Religious Society of Friends … is about nothing if it’s not about transformation. Helping each other open to the Living Christ among us, allowing ourselves to be searched by the Light at work within us, humbling ourselves to be taught by the Inward Teacher, trusting that surrendering to the Refiner’s Fire, we can be given new hearts. And it is and always has been through these new hearts that we are made channels for the Motion of Universal Love.
Noah Baker Merrill, 2012
Meeting for worship is the heart of the Religious Society of Friends. In worship we seek a union of the hearts of all present as we search for Truth.
- Do we meet for worship in expectant waiting for the promptings of the Divine Spirit? How do we carry this inspiration into our daily living?
- Do we offer vocal ministry under the leading of the Spirit, in the simplicity and sincerity of truth?
Are we careful not to speak at undue length or beyond our call?
Faith and Practice, NPYM, Religious Society of Friends. P. 26-31.