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.
MemphisTN 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

What's New

  • Read more about Songs to Ground and Uplift

    Dann Pell will be sharing his music ministry, Songs to Ground and Uplift, at Memphis Quaker Meeting on Saturday, March 1 at 5:00 PM. This special gathering is open to the public and free to attend. Donations to support the artist (cash or virtual) are warmly welcomed. Dann Pell is a musician and member of…

  • Read more about Clearness Committees

    By Ron (reprinted from January 1999 newsletter) A Quaker clearness committee is a unique method of seeking discernment. The name expresses its purpose. Clearness committees help Friends find clarity. Friend Parker Palmer writes, “Behind the clearness committee is a simple but crucial conviction: each of us has an inner teacher, a voice of truth, that…

  • Read more about Love as Action

    Love as Action, the first of a series of worshipful protests, was held on Saturday January 17 in the front yard of our meetinghouse. The 25 Friends and neighbors In Memphis were joining Friends in a dozen or more cities to build a collective presence against the rising authoritarianism. The day was cold, but hope…