Recommended Readings

Recommended readings for first-time and newer attenders

·         Pamphlets in entryway (in rack to right of doors) of brick meetinghouse, These pamphlets provide an introduction to Meeting for Worship, Meeting for Business, our testimonies and concerns, and other matters concerning Friends. Of particular interest are:

o        Your First Time in a Quaker Meeting

o        Quaker Meeting for Worship (by Douglas Steere) (http://www.pym.org/)

o        Meeting for Worship for Business

o        Friends Spiritual Message (by Howard H. Brinton) (http://www.pym.org/)

o        Quaker Ideals (PYM) (http://www.pym.org/)

Recommended readings for ongoing attenders who want to learn more about Quakerism (the Meeting for Worship, the Meeting for Business, Advices, Queries)

·         Kenneth Carroll, Touched by God in Quaker Meeting, Pendle Hill Pamphlet (http://www.pendlehill.org/bookstore/catalog/)

·         George Peck, What is Quakerism?, Pendle Hill Pamphlet (http://www.pendlehill.org/bookstore/catalog/)

·         Howard Brinton, Guide to Quaker Practice, Pendle Hill Pamphlet (http://www.pendlehill.org/bookstore/catalog/)

·         Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (PYM, 2002), Faith and Practice, (http://www.pym.org/publish/fnp/index.php) sections addressing Meeting for Worship (p. 16-21), Meeting for Business (p.21-26), Advices (p.82-85), Queries (p.205-214)

Recommended readings for seasoned attenders who are contemplating application for  membership

·         Howard Brinton, Friends for 350 Years (or, Friends for 300 Years), Pendle Hill Publications (http://www.pendlehill.org/bookstore/catalog/)

·         Kenneth Carroll and Orlando Ridout, 300 Years and More of Third Haven Quakerism, (available at Third Haven)

·         PYM 2002, Faith and Practice, in its entirety (http://www.pym.org/publish/fnp/index.php)

·         Bible. Gospels (especially Matthew and John) (http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/)

Recommended readings for members seeking to deepen their spiritual life and understanding

·         Journal and Essays of John Woolman (Moulton edition) ((http://www.pendlehill.org/bookstore/catalog/))

·         Robert Barclay, An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, The Barclay Press ((http://www.pendlehill.org/bookstore/catalog/))

·         Particia Loring, Spiritual Discernment, Pendle Hill pamphlet ((http://www.pendlehill.org/bookstore/catalog/))

·         Reginald Reynolds, The Wisdom of John Woolman (www.amazon.com)

·         Quaker biographies and journals including of Henry Cadbury, Stephen Carey, Mary Dyer, Margaret Fell, George Fox, Elizabeth Fry, Elias Hicks, Rufus Jones, and William Penn ((http://www.pendlehill.org/bookstore/catalog/))

·         Britain Yearly Meeting, Faith and Practice ((http://www.pendlehill.org/bookstore/catalog/))

·         Bible. Continued reading (http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/)

·         Stephen Mitchell, Gospel According to Jesus for Believers and Unbelievers (www.amazon.com)

·         Thomas Kelly, A Testament of Devotion ((http://www.pendlehill.org/bookstore/catalog/))

·         Margaret Post Abbott and Carolyn Wilhelm, A Certain Kind of Perfection: An Anthology of Evangelical and Liberal Quaker Writers ((http://www.pendlehill.org/bookstore/catalog/))

·         Jack Marietta, The Reformation of American Quakerism (www.amazon.com)

·         Hugh Barbour and Wm. Frost, The Quakers (www.amazon.com)

·        Hugh Barbour, The Quakers in Puritan England (www.amazon.com)

·         Jack H. Wallis,  Jung and the Quaker Way  (ISBN 0 85245 208 X) (www.amazon.com)