Summer
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Meeting
for Worship takes place every Sunday at 10:30 AM.
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(May through October)
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The Old Meetinghouse,
at the corner of North Rd. & Weeden Lane
Jamestown, RI |
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| Winter |
Meeting
for Worship takes place every other Sunday at 10:30 AM. |
January 2, 16, 30
February 13, 27
March 13, 27
April 10, 24
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In May we will again worship at the old Meetinghouse on Weeden Lane in Jametown. The date will be announced closer to that time. |
at the Studio at Norman Bird Sanctuary
583 Third Beach Rd.,
Middletown, RI |
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| Conanicut Worship Group
meets in the 1787 unmodernized Old Quaker Meetinghouse at the corner of
North Main Road and Weeden Lane in Jamestown, Rhode Island. on Eldred Ave., Jamestown.The original Meetinghouse was erected in 1710. It was moved to the present site in 1733 and enlarged in 1786. It is adjacent
to the historic Windmill and is maintained by the efforts of its members
and the Jamestown Historical Society.
The old Meetinghouse was brought back
into use in the 20th century by an interested group of Philadelphia Quakers
who summered in the area. It had been abandoned( as was the old Quaker
burial ground near the site of the original and much larger Meetinghouse
off what is now called Cedar Ave.) with the decline in membership in
the Religious Society of Friends. Because the modern use of the Meetinghouse
was seasonal, the Friends worshipped as an "Indulged" Meeting,
having no business meeting or committees, under the care of the Providence
Friends Meeting.
Everyone is welcomed to join unprogrammed
worship in the simple structure, where the livestock from surrounding
farms often adds background to the messages we share. There is no First
Day School and no bathroom. There are two steps up into the building.
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