The Quaker Way

Jordans Quaker Meeting are grateful to The Quaker Tapestry Scheme and the Quaker Tapestry Exhibition Centre in Kendal for being granted permission to use the Prism panel in our web site

Quakerism is a way of life rather than a dogma or creed. It rests on the conviction that, by looking in their innermost hearts, people can have direct communion with their Creator.
In their Meetings for Worship Quakers wait on God together in silence. Out of this silence occasionally someone may speak briefly, or pray, or read from the Bible or other religious work.
Quakers try to learn from the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Gospels. They also try to live in the spirit of forgiving love that was shown in his life and death and has been a living source of inspiration to his followers ever since. This does not, however, prevent many Quakers from acknowledging a debt to the saints and sages of other religions and to wise people of no declared religion.
Quakers try to live simply but are not rigidly puritanical.
Quakers recognise only one standard of truth, and consequently do not swear legal oaths.
Quakers do not practise or condone discrimination by sex, social class or race.
The Quaker way implies non-violence in thought, word and deed.
Quakers are prominent in work for disadvantaged people at home and abroad though many people who admire this work are not aware of the religious conviction underpinning it.
Quakers do not pressurize anyone to join them but leave people free to decide whether the Quaker way is really for them.

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