Charleston Friends Meeting
Charleston, West Virginia

The Charleston Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends is an unprogrammed, non-pastoral Quaker Meeting.

We believe that each person has the capacity to know directly the will of God, requiring neither a specific liturgy nor the interpretation of an intermediary. Our Silent Meeting for Worship is an hour together in a silence that may be broken when someone feels led to share a message. With no single minister, we all are ministers to each other. Business matters are guided by the Clerk, who also opens and closes the worship hour.

• If you are curious, here is a short introductory essay on Quakers by an Australian Friend:
  Facts About Friends
• Friends General Conference provides this brief piece:
  Friends and Worship
• For more detail, the Friends World Committee for Consultation has an extended essay on the basics:
  Meeting the Spirit -- An Introduction to Quaker Beliefs and Practices

The Charleston Quaker Meeting is a member of the Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association (SAYMA), which is affiliated with Friends General Conference (FGC).

Meeting for Worship
Sunday at 10 a.m. -- but check our current calendar for special events, sometimes we do things in places other than our usual meeting place.

Directions:
We meet in the East End at the RCCR building (Religious Coalition for Community Renewal), at 1516 Washington Street East.
[Click here for a map]

The RCCR building is next to Tudor’s, between Elizabeth and Ruffner Streets. There is ample parking beside the one-story building on the side opposite Tudor's Biscuit World. The main entrance faces the parking lot.

Contacts:

Telephone
(304) 343-4700
(304) 756-3033

• Exit 99, Greenbrier Avenue, State Capitol exit.
• Turn towards the river and the Capitol.
• Turn right at the light onto Washington Street East.
• Follow Washington for about ½ mile. Our building is the one before Tudors.

Mailing Address
Charleston Friends Meeting
10 Fossil Creek Lane
Charleston, WV 25314-2170

From Kanawha Boulevard:

• Turn onto either Ruffner or Elizabeth
• If using Ruffner from the west, turn right at Washington Avenue. Our building is on the left, the one after Tudors
• If using Elizabeth, turn left at Washington Avenue. Our building is on the right, the one before Tudors.