You are welcome
In Quaker worship there are no ministers or creeds. We first gather together in silence to quiet our minds – we don't have set hymns, prayers or sermons. Meeting for Worship is open to anyone and you are very welcome to our Meeting in Liverpool.
Our main meeting for worship is on Sunday at 10:30 and lasts for an hour. We also have smaller, meeting for worship sessions every Tuesday at 18:00 and Thursday at 13:00 which last for half an hour.
what is quaker worship?
Quaker's religious services are called Meeting for Worship and usually last one hour. There is no leader and we gather in stillness. Sometimes someone will feel moved to speak, and we call this ministry. But at other times, we will sit quietly for the full hour.
In stillness we look for a sense of connection. This might be a connection with those around us, with our deepest selves, or perhaps with God. Our worship may take us beyond our own thoughts and ideas to help us respond more creatively to the world around us.
children's meeting
Children’s Meeting is held every week at Liverpool. Children come in for the first ten minutes of Meeting for Worship with their parents. Drawing materials and books are available, and we do recognise that young children and babies will not necessarily be still or silent. Children then go upstairs with the two adults running Children’s Meeting.
Parents are welcome to come too or stay in Meeting as they choose. Our children learn about Quaker values and history, do craft, and play with the toys and games in the Children’s Room. At the end, they come back downstairs and have the chance to share what they’ve been doing with the adults.
We also run regular all-age semi-programmed Meeting for Worships and social gatherings for families. Teenagers can take part in Teenage General Meeting and Quaker Summer School, and some families in our Meeting attend family weekends at Rookhow in the Lake District.
We welcome children of all ages from babies upwards. You don’t need to tell us if you want to bring a child, but if you’d like to talk to Children’s Committee before coming for the first time, you can contact Sally on 07912 208286 or nichollssally@hotmail.com.
what quakers believe
Our focus is on our experience rather than written statements of belief. Our sense of community does not depend on professing identical beliefs, but from worshipping, sharing and working together.
Our religious experience leads us to place special value on truth, equality, simplicity, peace and environmental sustainability. Quakers call these values 'testimonies'.
Quakers believe there is 'that of God in everyone' and therefore we try to treat everyone as equals regardless of sexuality, race, ethnicity, age, religion, social status or intellect.