Join us for a special holiday Meeting for Worship; 10:00 AM, Sunday Dec. 22.

A Quaker Meeting in Bellevue

We are members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in the “unprogrammed” tradition. We worship in silence, knowing that the Spirit of God is among us. Anyone present may sense a divine leading to share a brief message for others to reflect on.

Upcoming events

Dec 8

Meeting for Business

After Meeting for worship and fellowship time, we’ll hold meeting for worship with attention to business. This is where the business of the meeting is conducted. Everyone is welcome!

DEC 15

Quaker basics

During second hour there will be a time for discussing some Quaker basics. What’s a Meeting For? and Quaker
Vocabulary will be a couple of the topics.

DEC 22

Candlelight Meeting for Worship

A special holiday Meeting and Eastside Friends tradition. Worship begins with one candle burning in a darkened worship room. When they feel the time is right, individuals and family groups come
forward to light candles that they have brought from home or borrowed from Meeting.

 

Quaker Voice

Bringing the voices of Quakers to public policy formation in Washington State

Quaker Speak

A bi-weekly Quaker video project by Friends Journal.

North Pacific Yearly Meeting

A group of Quaker Meetings in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana

Land Acknowledgement

Eastside Friends Meeting house stands on ancestral land of the Sammamish People, who were closely related to the First People of Seattle, the Duwamish. Descendants of the Sammamish today are members of the Suquamish, Snoqualmie, and Tulalip tribes. We honor all these Native communities and their Elders. We appreciate that they have been here since time immemorial, and are still here, continuing to bring light to their ancient heritage. 

We also recognize that American settlers forcibly removed the Sammamish from this land following the Point Elliott Treaty of 1855. The diseases, greed, and violence of settlers decimated Sammamish communities, along with many other local Indigenous communities. This acknowledgment is part of our Meeting’s commitment to moving toward right relations with Indigenous people, through recognition of our own history and responsibility, and through ongoing education and action.

We hold this land acknowledgment as a living document, knowing that the guidance of our indigenous neighbors and of the Holy Spirit may require us to reflect and reconsider our present words