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College Park Quarterly Meeting (CPQM) is a quarterly gathering of unprogrammed Monthly Meetings for Worship of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in the Northern California and Northern Nevada region (list).
The Quarter meets on a regular schedule.
Spring 2009 Announcemnt
Spring 2009 Registration
Spring 2009 Late Registration
CPQM Teen Program Handbook
Medical Information Form
Parental Consent Form
One good reason to hold Quarterly gatherings is to gather together our scattered young people to share the experience of being in a Quaker community. When our children begin to question why is the world the way it is, and what is the place of the Religious Society of Friends in this world, and what is my place in the Society of Friends, then more is asked of us than just gathering. How should we teach what it means to be Quaker to younger children–to teenagers–to young adults who have just discovered us? If being a Friend means living our testimonies, how can we live this way every day–not just at Quarterly gatherings–and so be teachers by example?
You are invited to Spring Quarterly Meeting, which will revolve around our theme of Quaker youth and the contribution of our invited guest, Emily Stewart, FGC Youth Ministries Coordinator. The teen and regular programs are combined for all Saturday morning; in the afternoon teens plan to go to the beach. We will have a special session on youth-related issues at the monthly and yearly meeting levels, business meeting, free time, a working group on Web and email communications within the Quarter, the traditional family talent night, worship-sharing and conclude with worship.
There are unprogrammed and programmed Friend (Quaker) meetings for worship. Unprogrammed Friends meetings gather in silence for worship, and programmed meetings usually have a pastor and have worship similiar to Protestant services.
Local meetings, which have weekly Meetings for Worship, are called Monthly Meetings because they hold a Meeting for the purpose of business once a month. They are organized by geographic region into larger Quarterly Meetings, which are organized into yet-larger Yearly Meetings.
CPQM is a gathering of unprogrammed monthly meetings in Northern California and Northern Nevada (list of meetings). It is a part of Pacific Yearly Meeting (PYM). Another quarterly meeting in PYM is the Southern California Quarterly Meeting, which includes Monthly Meetings in Southern California, Southern Nevada, Mexico and Central America.
The Yearly Meeting for programmed meetings in this area is Evangelical Friends Church Southwest.
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Apple Seed Berkeley Bishop Worship Group Central Coast Preparative Meeting Chico Davis Delta Fresno Grass Valley Humboldt |
Lake County Worship Group Marin Monterey Peninsula Mendocino Napa-Sonoma Palo Alto Redding Redwood Forest Reno Sacramento |
San Francisco San Jose San Luis Obispo Preparative Meeting Santa Cruz Southern Humboldt Worship Group Strawberry Creek Ukiah Worship Group Visalia West Marin Worship Group |
Quarterly Meetings also create institutions to serve the wider world of Friends and their communities. College Park Quarterly Meeting was involved in establishing:
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Last updated 2 September 2008