Memphis Friends Meeting

A warm welcome from the Memphis Friends Meeting (Quakers)

Who We Are​

The Memphis Friends Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends is an unprogrammed, non-pastoral Quaker Meeting.

Unprogrammed worship is silent worship. We enter the meeting room silently. Our first task when worship begins is to center down, to still the clamor of the world, to turn our attention to the inner voice.

The best way to find out if silent, or unprogrammed, worship speaks to your condition is to experience it. Everyone is welcome! We affirm and acknowledge the wholeness of all people, including their gender identities, gender expressions, and sexual orientations.

Our Quaker umbrella organizations are The Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association (SAYMA) and the Friends General Conference (FGC).

Where We Are​

3387 Walnut Grove Rd.
Memphis, TN 38111
 
Corner of Walnut Grove Rd and Prescott, behind the Poplar Plaza Kroger, and next door to the Prescott St. post office.
 
Parking available on Prescott.
 
All bathrooms are single-occupancy gender-neutral.
 
Memphis Friends Meeting is situated on the land of the Chickasaw, a land visited and used by many Native peoples in ancient times and a land revisited by Chickasaw members in 1994 in a ceremonial homecoming to reclaim this homeland where their heart and soul still reside, though they have established major societies elsewhere in this country.

When We Meet

Day
Time
Meeting
Sundays
11 am
Worship (In-person and Zoom)
Mon-Fri
Noon
Worship (Zoom only)
2nd Wed
7 pm
Worship (in-person)

To request a passcode for online worship attendance, contact memphisfriendsmeeting@gmail.com

Other Regular Meetings

Day
Time
Meeting
2nd Sunday
9:30 am
Business
3rd & 4th Sundays
9:30 am
Learning

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What's New

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    by Blake Burr

    by Bobby On my walk to work at 201 Poplar, I pass the parking lot of St. Mary’s Church. People gather there early for breakfast, some carrying backpacks or plastic bags, some talking together, others sitting alone. Behind them rises the enormous Renasant Convention Center. Nothing about the scene is especially dramatic, and that is…

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  • Read more about Past Projects at the Meetinghouse

    by Blake Burr

    By Carol It’s hard to believe that we purchased our meetinghouse eighteen years ago. Since then we have accomplished quite a few major projects and many more minor ones. We chose this house because it was ideally located, had good spaces for worship and First Day School, and was newly painted throughout the interior. Still,…

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  • Read more about Worship Sharing Cultivates Vocal Ministry

    by Blake Burr

    By Melissa Vocal ministry didn’t come easily to me when I first came to Memphis Friends Meeting. Even though I often heard messages from other Friends that “spoke to my condition”, whenever spirit stirred in me, I’d push the message down. What helped me become more comfortable with listening to spirit, and in turn offering…

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