Personal Narrative: Storrs Friends Meeting House

If God compelled this person to stand up and speak to the congregation, they would. Consequently, these meetings were held in silence for the most part. Quakers put emphasis on one’s individual experience with God, rather than elaborate ceremonies and rituals that pervaded through

The A.A Meeting took place in the Church Notre Dame of Mt at Cedar Knolls. When the meeting started, I ask myself “where are the guys seeking for help”? When I realized that they all were seeking for help. They did not look like they need it help, they look like you and me. When the meeting started first they when in to “The twelve traditions” and then to the events that they have each week, at the first I could understand what was going on they were laughing one another. When an old man when to the front to introduced his self. At the end of his introduction he asks everyone (except us) to give money to him, because he has things to pay, when he pasted the pot all around the room, everyone started to give something. I thought it was a joke but

This video was originally an assignment I made for my college’s TV station. I wanted to explore the history of Friendship House, a unique, little-known piece of historical architecture in my home town, and tell the story of how it came to be at the college, while raising awareness of this one-of-a-kind landmark in my area.

Welcome to Arch street Friends Meeting house where you will explore the many wonder wonders of a Quaker home. built between 1803 and 1804, Quakers would gather for weekly,monthly, and yearly meetings to worship and speak with each other. Originally part of a loan from the King,(loan was originally to Penn’s father but, his father died before the King could give the loan to him) he gave William Penn land who founded Pennsylvania with the land. William penn deeded land to the Quakers in 1693 on which the building sits today. William Penn was originally Catholic, but then switched to being a Quaker because he thought it could benefit him in other things. In 1718, William penn died of a stroke. The land of this building served as a burial ground for people who died because of the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793 and other people who died of other causes.

After following the Delaware River nearly fifty miles, the four Walton brothers, reached the Poquessing Creek; it was here that the English born Quaker brothers decided to settle. Eight years later, in 1683, the brothers, along with a few other Friends, founded the Byberry Friends Meeting House. The Friend’s built a log cabin, located at the corner of the burial ground, which would function as the Quaker’s house of worship. “Worship was held in this cabin until 1714 when a substantial stone building was erected” (Religious Society of Friends), and, about one hundred years later, the present meeting house was built.

On Monday 6/29/2015 Sgt. Alexander and I was dispatched to the Hostess House located at 6741 Highway 70 in reference to 2 subject, Mr. Burnette and Mr. Jacobs that were renting room 251 and had outstanding warrants.

Quaker people group with a strict faith in the congregation and the conventional family. This

The Second Great Awakening is a major and fascinating portion of America’s history. Thousands of people were thrown into a religious awakening, while others were dismayed at the events taking place during this time. During this awakening in the early nineteenth century, the religious culture of the United States was strengthened due to a combination of a new religious freedom and hoards of people heading to camp revivals to experience the new “revived and saved” phenomena. The years before the Second Great Awakening were filled with harsh religious limitations and an implied sense of what religion one should be. When it was decided that there would be separation between church and state, many worried that religion would fade out in America;

On June 12, 2015, at 2317 hours, I responded to 1103 Eldridge Avenue for a landlord tenant dispute taking place at this time.

Quakerism came into existence as an offshoot of Christianity in the 17th century. The main belief of Quakers focuses on an equal access to God for all people otherwise known as spirituality equality. People of this religion believe that no race, gender, class, or other group has any sense of entitlement to divine revelation over another (Sullivan Julia). In the church setting, Quakers are very welcoming. In fact, prior to my attendance of a Quaker meeting, I visited their website and the very first page had these big letters that read, “You Are Welcomed Here”. I saw this same welcoming when I attended the meeting at First Friends Meeting in Richmond, IN. Those who attended greeted me at the door and conversed with me after the meeting. Both conversations, while brief, made me feel welcomed. Welcoming is a sign of the Quaker belief

The Religious Society of Friends, better known as the Quakers, is a Christian society who believes God in is the presence of each and every person. The Religious group was founded in the mid-17th century by George Fox in England. Eventually the group came to America for a better life and religious opportunities.

The spiritual power of this experience is undeniable. Something about seeing all these Holy places up and close makes you think about the presence of God and your place in this universe. The memory of the visit and affect it has on people is never forgotten.

There was also a big patio that looked to be for shade which was quite weird since this was indoors. The chairs and patio were both red and silver. There were also two sets of engravings of swans on top of the patio. There was also a white tarp underneath, covering the whole section where the patio and chairs stood on top of, leading me to believe that the chairs and patio are very import to Hindus. Above the chairs and patio, there was another symbol of Om and dozens of lights pointed down towards the

I think one of the hardest times to keep in silence was during meals. I am so used to meals being a social aspect in my life that I am not sure that I enjoyed the silence during them. I honestly just got really bored during it and instead of being more mindful I think it just made me more anxious. I don’t really enjoy the sounds of people eating and so when we were eating in silence that is all you can really hear and I did not enjoy it at all. Also at the end of the day it is very difficult to just sit in my room and do nothing. I have such a busy week ahead of me that just sitting in the room and doing nothing seemed like a waste of time. It is because of this feeling that I did do some homework that night instead of just being mindful. I had too much work to do and not enough time this weekend to waste a night of productivity. Even throughout the say I found it very difficult to not talk as openly as I would have liked. I am a very social person and that part was just not something I used to or necessary practically enjoyed. As for my impression of mass and the pray services, it was all very similar to me. The pray services were something that I had not experienced very much of, but in reality it was just life a shortened version of mass. Mass itself there was almost identical to what I have grown up going to. There was much less of a social aspect to this mass and the sermon was a

The part of just randomly talking was kind of new for me, because usually I go to God and beg for healing, forgiveness, etcetera, instead of just telling him what I am thinking and asking Him to help guide me though the next thirty minutes. During one prayer session, I decided to try centering prayer, since that is the section of my presentation that I am responsible for completing. I decided that my spiritual word was going to be grace, since that was a theme that kept popping up in my Bible readings the day before. At first it was very hard to quiet my mind enough so I could focus on saying “grace.” After about five minutes, I began to feel my thoughts slipping away and I began to feel very at peace. In fact, there was one point during this time of prayer where I was so at peace that I thought I might have been sleeping. However, I know that this was not the case because I could still hear the people around me. This feeling of peace was so incredible; however, after coming out of centering prayer, I felt disappointed because I never heard God’s voice, I only felt His presence. It is always incredibly difficult for me to hear God’s voice, which is why I thought I would try centering prayer. Honestly, because I felt as though I had tried my hardest to connect with God and he didn’t show up, I felt like giving up.