Columbia Meeting
of the Religious Society of Friends
Columbia Meeting for Worship Each First Day PDF Print E-mail
Meetings are now at the new meeting house at 120 Pisgah Church Road.    From I-20 on the north side of Columbia; go north on Farrow Road (the exit just west of 277 exit); turn left on Pisgah Church Rd. The meeting house is on the right.
This is the building you will be looking for: PisgahChurchRoadMeetingHouse
10:00am -
11:00am
120 Pisgah Church Road

11:00am -
11:30am
An informal time for conversation and fellowship over tea or coffee
11:30am -
12:30pm
A presentation and discussion on a variety of religious and social topics
 
COLUMN: The Vigils for Peace continue PDF Print E-mail
The following is an editorial from Brenda Conway of Aiken Worship Group published in the Aiken Standard. The original is at http://www.aikenstandard.com/Editorial/0606-Column-protester
By THE VIGILS FOR PEACE

We are glad Mr. Minolfo has noted our Vigils for Peace in the past and are not sure why he no longer sees us on Whiskey Road ("Where Have All the Protesters Gone?" May 18).¬ We are there in heat, cold, rain and snow - as we have been since 2004 and will continue to be, through Republican and Democratic administrations, until these wars are ended. A couple of years ago we moved our vigils from Wednesdays to the first and third Mondays of each month. Perhaps Mr. Minolfo doesn't drive by there on Mondays, which would explain why he no longer sees us.

 
How to Find the Columbia Friends Meeting PDF Print E-mail
Columbia Friends meet at Harmony School, 3737 Covenant Road off Beltine Boulevard (Road Number 16) between Forest Drive (Road Number 12) and Two-Notch Road (U.S. 1). Look for the sign at the entrance pictured below.

We are meeting at the new meeting house, 120 Pisgah Church Road.

 
Palmetto Friends Gathering 2012 PDF Print E-mail
Twenty Second Gathering of Quakers in South Carolina
at
January 27-29, 2012
Regular Registration
Closes January 13th
Registration Form (fill out, save, mail with check)
 
The Lighthouse PDF Print E-mail


A tiny light is kept behind a glass

A shutter swings and squeaks against the wind

The stone is wrapped in vines, and weeds, and rain

At sea, the ships toss and tack, looking out

For light to guide them from the rocks, towards home.

Alone, asleep, the keeper lays, wrapped up

Against the cold, against the storm, eyes tight.

Up the stairs, behind the glass

Shuttered yet warm

The light waits to be tended

Against the storm.

--Peter Lehman

 
Parker Palmer on Violence PDF Print E-mail

Parker Palmer: What I learned early on from some great teachers is that violence is not just a matter of dropping a bomb on someone or shooting a bullet at them or hitting them in the face. Violence is done whenever we violate the identity and integrity of the other. Violence is done when we demean, marginalize, dismiss, rendering other people irrelevant to our lives or even less than human. Violence is done when we simply don't care or don't look hard enough to evoke our caring for another.
Interview w/ Krista Tippet

 
We are But Witnesses PDF Print E-mail
We Are But Witnesses
 
What is Palmetto Friends Gathering? PDF Print E-mail

Palmetto Friends Gathering is a fellowship of Quaker meetings in South Carolina that follows the unprogrammed manner of worship. The meetings include Aiken Worship Group, Charleston Monthly Meeting, Columbia Monthly Meeting, Five Rivers Monthly Meeting, and Greenville Monthly Meeting. Unprogrammed meetings traditionally meet in silence until someone in the group rises to speak, usually for a short message. After a period of about an hour, the clerk of the meeting closes the silent worship by welcoming everyone. People then greet each other, announcements are made, and people visit, return home, or continue with subsequent planned activities.

The Gathering meets annually each Spring for a weekend of worship, programs, and fellowship. The location of the gathering moves around the state from year to year.

 
Quaker Beliefs and Interviews with Friends PDF Print E-mail
 
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