Lessons

• Branches

  Programmed and unprogrammed meetings, and other differences

• Religious language

  Quakers try "to distinguish the language of the pure Sprit which inwardly move upon the heart"

• The Light Within

  "The Light Within ... is an experience."

• Christianity

  the movement is rooted in Christianity

• The Bible

  "The same Holy Spirit that had inspired the scriptures in the past could inspire living believers centuries later.".

• Creeds

  "Most Quakers take the absence of a creed as an invitation ... to exercise an extra measure of personal responsibility.".

• Sacraments

  "Friends recognize that special moments of particular insight and spiritual awareness do occur, but they do not require prescribed rites or external sacraments.".

• Social concerns

  "We cherish the belief that there is that of God in each person, leading u s to respect the worth and dignity of all.".

• Meeting for worship

  "The Meeting for Worship is at the core of Quaker practice.".

• Meeting for business

  "a Meeting for Worship in which business is conducted by seeking God's will in the decisions that are to be made.

• Organization

  "The Monthly Meeting is the basic unit of organization.".

• Quaker Acronyms

  "What do all these letters mean?".