Visitors are always welcome at the Rancocas Friends' Meeting and First Day School. First Day School meets every First Day (Sunday) at 10 a.m., immediately followed by Meeting for Worship. Visitors are welcomed at either one or both.

The Quaker Meeting may be a new experience for you. Some helpful information:

• The Meetings are unprogrammed.
• There is no person appointed to preach, no choir and no collection plate.
• The hour Meeting is dedicated to a cooperative seeking for the guidance of God.
• Friends gather in silence, quieting the mind and spirit to center their thoughts in prayer or expectant waiting in a sense of worship.
• The silence is usually broken by a member of the group rising to give a message or offer a prayer that he feels moved to share.
• All participants have an equal responsibility for this vocal ministry.
• It is not necessary to be a member of Friends' Meeting to speak in the worship service.
• The meeting closes when the person sitting as head of the meeting shakes hands with the person sitting next to him.
• Others in attendance shake hands with those near them and the meeting is then closed with this symbol of friendship.

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