Patuxent Friends Meeting

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Patuxent Friends Monthly Meeting was established upon a strong current of Quaker Universalism. We maintain a traditional unprogrammed format in our meetings for worship. We gather in a circle of silence, and, led by the inner spirit, share messages as the Spirit calls upon us to do so. Meeting occasionally focuses upon a special event in the life of one of our members or sharing music especially meaningful or moving to us as individuals. These events have greatly enriched the life of our meeting.
Patuxent Friends was established in 1980, when a small number of Friends from Calvert, St. Mary's and Charles Counties formed a worship group under the care of Annapolis Meeting. Since that time, this group has grown in numbers and spirituality. Patuxent Friends were welcomed as a Monthly Meeting, under Baltimore Yearly Meeting, in July 1995. A small Cape Cod house on Margaret Taylor Road was purchased in 2001. It is the present day Meetinghouse. The first Meeting for Worship was held in the Meetinghouse on July 8, 2001.

Picture by Hugh Conway, taken February 7, 2010
Patuxent Friends Meeting sponsors the Community Mediation Centers of St. Mary's and Calvert Counties, which assist Southern Maryland residents, organizations and businesses by providing alternative dispute resolution services. The Centers provide an opportunity to manage conflicts differently. With the help of trained volunteer mediators, participants can discuss issues and talk about their concerns. In mediation, the participants—not the mediator—control the decisions and the outcome.
Other local organizations supported by Patuxent Friends include: Calvert Interfaith Council, Project ECHO homeless shelter , Patuxent Voices, Chesapeake Cares Food Pantry, Solomons Volunteer Rescue Squad and Fire Department, and Friends House at Sandy Spring .
National Organizations supported included: Right Sharing of World Resources, Friends Journal, Quaker Life magazine, Friends General Conference, Friends United Meeting, American Friends Service Committee, Friends Committee for National Legislation, and the Interfaith Working Group for religious diversity and social issues.
For more information on Quakerism and Quaker organizations (American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL), etc.) go to www.quaker.org.