Applying For Membership

Suggested 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

“Membership” by Tom Farley

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

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