{"id":3079,"date":"2020-04-27T11:22:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T16:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=3079"},"modified":"2020-04-27T11:23:40","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T16:23:40","slug":"gathering-by-noah-merrill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=3079","title":{"rendered":"“Gathering,” by Noah Merrill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Message given at Durham Friends Meeting, April 26, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since I was a child, I\u2019ve heard that there\u2019s no such thing as a solitary Quaker. You could say that we are a people defined by gathering.<\/p>

When you think about it, gathering<\/em> feels so essential to who we are that a collection of Quakers\u2014really of any size\u2014is called a \u201cmeeting.\u201d Even more than other churches or spiritual communities I know, gathering in various forms shapes our common life. The calendars of Friends across New England are filled with “meetings”\u2014meetings for worship, monthly meetings, quarterly meetings, any number of other meetings. One of our most beloved origin stories speaks about George Fox\u2019s vision, on Pendle Hill in England, of a \u201cgreat people to be gathered.\u201d Gathering, it seems, is in our DNA as a People.    <\/p>

And yet, here we are. Click here for the rest of the message.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

These are the opening words of the message that Noah Merrill, General Secretary of New England Yearly Meeting, brought to Durham Friends on April 26, 2020 — brought via Zoom. Three dozen or so Friends heard this message in their homes as Noah spoke from his home many miles away. Follow the link to the NEYM website for the rest of his message.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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