Millville Friends Meeting
An old place to meet new Friends
We are a congregation of Quakers who worship in at the historic Millville Friends Meetinghouse. The first Millville Quakers worshiped in a log building constructed in 1795. In 1847 a new Meeting House was built with brick that is still in use today.
The Millville Friends Meeting is part of a larger collection of meeting houses from the surrounding geographical area, called the Upper Susquehanna Quarterly Meeting. This collective of meetings and meeting houses comprises Elklands, Huntington, Lewisburg, Millville, North Branch, Pennsdale, State College, Towanda and Wellsboro.
Want to know more about Quakers? Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Faith & Practice includes advice on procedures within the faith, membership, current practice for conducting meeting business and numerous quotations from Friends on belief, worship, concerns, leadings, and testimonies. Also check out our Quaker Resources page.
Millsville Friends Meeting first erected in 1795' the current building was constructed in 1847.
Community Life
From the beginning, Friends have recognized the importance of being in community. As early Friends struggled to follow God’s will, the Friends community provided spiritual support for their discernment of that will and material support for their families when they were imprisoned for their faith. Today, Friends continue to seek to be faithful, and their community continues to provide discernment and care.
Though Friends meetings vary in the range and nature of their activities, all meetings strive to offer a sympathetic and welcoming community in which people can share the joys and challenges of daily life. Friends meetings also offer discreet, confidential and loving support when needed, such as when a member feels a call to service or faces a life transition. In particular, the meeting may form a clearness committee to assist the individual in sorting out what to do. The meeting may also refer the individual to other resources when support beyond what it can offer might be beneficial.
Extract from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting book of Faith and Practice.
Meeting for Worship
Every Sunday at 10am
Our meetings for worship are now all held in-person at the Meetinghouse each Sunday at 10:00 am. Masking is recommended, but not required. Most First Days (Sunday) after meeting for worship, we host an Adult First Day (AFD) activity, discussion, social time, or outdoors activities. Once a month, on the second First Day, we gather to attend to business before meeting for worship. We resume the business meeting around 11:10 if there is still unfinished business on the agenda. See schedule below for details. If you have questions about meeting for worship or any of our activities, please contact us, and we will follow up with an email.
We hold online Meeting for Worship on Zoom twice monthly, usually on the first and third Sundays of each month. We meet at 9 am and worship for 30 minutes. Anyone is welcome to join us. To attend for the first time and receive the Zoom link, contact the Clerk.
Calendar of Events
9/10/23
9:00 am Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business.
10:00 am in-person worship
11:10 am continuation of business if needed.
9/17/23
9:00 am on-line worship
10:00 am in-person worship
11:10 Mel Endy: Historical tidbits and interesting finds while sorting the Meeting’s books and records.
9/24 10:00 am in-person Meeting for Worship
10:10 am Youth First Day program led by Daniel Doan
11:00 am Earthcare discussion led by Tonya Boston-Sagar
10/1 Upper Susquehanna Annual Gathering at Crystal Lake Camp (9/29-10/1)
9:00 on-line Meeting for Worship
10:00 am in-person worship
10/8 9:00 & 11:00 am Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business
10:00 am in-person Worship
10/15 William Penn Day
Monthly Meeting for Business
Second Sunday of each month at 9am, continuing at 11:15 after worship.
For links to join this Zoom meeting contact us.
Financial donations
Checks made out to Millville Monthly Meeting, sent to Millville Monthly Meeting Treasurer, 453 Black Run Road, Bloomsburg, PA 17815. (FYI: At this point we are not accepting credit cards or any other digital payments.) Persons interested in donating goods or services should contact the Clerk via the Contact Us form.