Community and Worship (Pendle Hill Pamphlets Book 10) By Douglas V. Steere Kindle Edition 0875746373 9780875746371 Community and Worship (Pendle Hill Pamphlets Book 10) Several years ago when the Florida authorities asked the man who tried to assassinate President Roosevelt whether he belonged to a church, he replied, “No, no, I belong to nothing. I belong only to myself, and I suffer.” These pitiful words express the pain in the hearts of a vast number of modern men and women: they belong only to themselves, and they suffer. Often enough they are nominal members of a church, a family, or some other organization; yet they have never experienced genuine participation in a religious community which, by dispossessing them of themselves, could free them to belong to life. Where can these people find a community of men and women and children, of all ages and of many different callings, who are under active treatment by a spirit that is releasing them from themselves, and how can they come into direct contact both with the releasing Agent Himself and with the health giving atmosphere of such a company?

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Etc He spoke earlier of people seeking an active engagement in spiritual community and he believes they are looking or needing to be ready to work But then the work of community building is in the meeting There is genuine work to be done by us as we seat ourselves in the meeting for worship Whether we enter into the pool of silence or whether we remain idly on the shore as mere spectators depends very largely upon our performance or our shirking of this work p 25 There is the work of guiding the mind into areas that are natural to the prayer of quiet p 26 In the work of the silent confessional during meeting for worship or prayer there is the discovery of what we most deeply long for and what we truly need p 28 There is the work of intercessory prayer.

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Written in 1940 and useful for Quakers and all sects within the Christian faith today is it still a living faith If so what makes it so Not the comfort of civilization and backbenching we see today with events at the US Capitol on Jan 6 2021 and the entire Trump administration MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements Steere s challenges and admonitions still have sting Steere early quotes Gerald Heard author of pamphlet 7 saying we too often mistake comfort for civilization People are seeking confusing real community in feeling good or entertained Steere then spends time describing various approaches people have used to find intimate spiritual community including therapeutic groups which prove problematic because of their temporary nature monastic communities the third order of Franciscans for lay society and ashrams or intentional communities All of these are closed removed from society pp 7 14 He then offers The Society of Friends as a agreeable solution to the search But he also warns that the passivity of seekers then was not sufficient to build community He writes An Indian jailer stamped a copy of the New Testament which a prisoner had requested Not Dangerous The Society of Friends and the Christian Church as a whole in its present condition of softness would be stamped Not Dangerous by the rival national racial and class religions that have sprung up in our day p 15 He says there are people asking Is there in your company a place for us to be renewed and transformed by this inward power that a few of your number have seemed to find or are you simply another formal respectable non intrusive religious group pp 16 17 Repeating his opening volley are Quakers and so many of our institutions mistaking comfort for civilization and thus allowing creating nurturing the problems for individuals and society that we seek community from He offers three suggestions to begin to build the fellowship required all described on pages 17 24 the ministry of hospitality socializing sharing meals with the membership and attendees outside the meeting the ministry of visiting socializing in the intimate informal settings of homes and parks etc to build deeper connection the ministry of small fellowships groups around common interests affinities service projects prayer for others There is the work of gratitude and adoration All through this work of ours in guiding the deeper reaches of our consciousness in meditation and intercession and adoration there is likely to come an increasing consciousness that God is at hand and the longing that not only our work but God s work shall be wrought in each worshiper and in the worshiping group It is good to work p 30 Through the work of the meeting of worship participants must create the opportunity for God s work to be let in Kindle Edition

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Several years ago when the Florida authorities asked the man who tried to assassinate President Roosevelt whether he belonged to a church he replied No no I belong to nothing I belong only to myself and I suffer These pitiful words express the pain in the hearts of a vast number of modern men and women they belong only to themselves and they suffer Often enough they are nominal members of a church a family or some other organization yet they have never experienced genuine participation in a religious community which by dispossessing them of themselves could free them to belong to life Where can these people find a community of men and women and children of all ages and of many different callings who are under active treatment by a spirit that is releasing them from themselves and how can they come into direct contact both with the releasing Agent Himself and with the health giving atmosphere of such a company Community and Worship Pendle Hill Pamphlets Book 10 .