Applying For Membership
Suggested ReadingsSuggested Readings for Those Contemplating Membership in Boulder Friends Meeting
All of the suggested readings are available in our Library
Please read any of the Faith and Practice marked with an asterisk in the list below before applying for membership.
Articles on Membership:
“The Meaning of Membership” by Allen Hubbard
“On the Meaning of Membership in the Society of Friends” by Lloyd B. Swift
Books and printed matter:
Brinton, Howard: Friends for 300 Years
Brinton, Howard: Guide to Quaker Practice, Pendle Hill Pamphlet #20
Brinton, Howard: Quakerism and Other Religions, Pendle Hill Pamphlet #93
Cobin, Martin: From Convincement to Conversion, Pendle Hill Pamphlet #134
Cox, Gray: Bearing Witness: Quaker Process and a Culture of Peace, Pendle Hill Pamphlet #262
Gorman, George: The Amazing Fact of Quaker Worship
*Intermountain Yearly Meeting Faith and Practice, 2009
Kelly, Thomas: A Testament of Devotion
Jones, Rufus: Faith and Practice
Morley, Barry: Beyond Consensus: Salvaging Sense of the Meeting, Pendle Hill Pamphlet #307
Newman, Daisy: Procession of Friends
*North Pacific Yearly Meeting Faith and Practice, 1993
*Pacific Yearly Meeting Faith and Practice, 1985
Peck, George T., What is Quakerism, Pendle Hill Pamphlet #277
*Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Faith and Practice, 1972
Sheeran, Michael: Beyond Majority Rule
Tamura, Teruyasu: A Zen Buddhist Encounters Quakerism, Pendle Hill Pamphlet #302