Recommended Readings:
Recommended readings for first-time and newer attenders:
- Pamphlets in entryway (in rack to right of doors) of brick meetinghouse, These pamphlets provide an introduction to Meeting for Worship, Meeting for Business, our testimonies and concerns, and other matters concerning Friends. Of particular interest are:
- Your First Time in a Quaker Meeting
- Quaker Meeting for Worship (by Douglas Steere) (PYM.org)
- Meeting for Worship for Business
- Friends Spiritual Message (by Howard H. Brinton) (PYM.org)
- Quaker Ideals (PYM) (PYM.org)
Recommended readings for ongoing attenders who want to learn more about Quakerism (the Meeting for Worship, the Meeting for Business, Advices, Queries):
- Kenneth Carroll, Touched by God in Quaker Meeting, Pendle Hill Pamphlet
- George Peck, What is Quakerism?, Pendle Hill Pamphlet
- Howard Brinton, Guide to Quaker Practice, Pendle Hill Pamphlet
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (PYM, 2002), Faith and Practice, sections addressing Meeting for Worship (p. 16-21), Meeting for Business (p.21-26), Advices (p.82-85), Queries (p.205-214)
Recommended readings for seasoned attenders who are contemplating application for membership:
- Howard Brinton, Friends for 350 Years (or, Friends for 300 Years), Pendle Hill Publications
- Kenneth Carroll and Orlando Ridout, 300 Years and More of Third Haven Quakerism, (available at Third Haven)
- PYM 2002, Faith and Practice, in its entirety; available online here
- Bible. Gospels (especially Matthew and John); available online here
Recommended readings for members seeking to deepen their spiritual life and understanding:
- Journal and Essays of John Woolman (Moulton edition); available for purchase at Pendle Hill Bookstore
- Robert Barclay, An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, The Barclay Press; available for purchase at Pendle Hill Bookstore
- Particia Loring, Spiritual Discernment, Pendle Hill pamphlet; available for purchase at Pendle Hill Bookstore
- Reginald Reynolds, The Wisdom of John Woolman; available for purchase at Amazon.com
- Quaker biographies and journals including of Henry Cadbury, Stephen Carey, Mary Dyer, Margaret Fell, George Fox, Elizabeth Fry, Elias Hicks, Rufus Jones, and William Penn; available for purchase at Pendle Hill Bookstore
- Britain Yearly Meeting, Faith and Practice; available for purchase at Pendle Hill Bookstore
- Bible. Continued reading; available online here
- Stephen Mitchell, Gospel According to Jesus for Believers and Unbelievers; available for purchase at Amazon.com
- Thomas Kelly, A Testament of Devotion; available for purchase at Pendle Hill Bookstore
- Margaret Post Abbott and Carolyn Wilhelm, A Certain Kind of Perfection: An Anthology of Evangelical and Liberal Quaker Writers; available for purchase at Pendle Hill Bookstore
- Jack Marietta, The Reformation of American Quakerism; available for purchase at Amazon.com
- Hugh Barbour and Wm. Frost, The Quakers; available for purchase at Amazon.com
- Hugh Barbour, The Quakers in Puritan England; available for purchase at Amazon.com
- Jack H. Wallis, Jung and the Quaker Way (ISBN 0 85245 208 X); available for purchase at Amazon.com
