The Fifteenth Street Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

Worship With Us

Quaker Worship Experience

Curious about Quaker worship? Join us for an hour of silence, where anyone moved by the spirit can speak. Quaker worship is not led by a pastor or leader; instead, participants are encouraged to seek the divine within. Many have likened it to meditation, and we warmly welcome you to experience it with our community!

Childcare is provided during the 11:00 am Meeting for Worship.

 

Understanding Quaker Terminology

  • Meeting/Meeting for Worship: Similar to what other faiths call a “church service.”
  • First Day: The Quaker term for Sunday.
  • For other commonly asked questions about Quaker terminology, please visit our FAQ Page.

 

Worship Services

 

Sister Meeting: Manhattan Monthly Meeting

  • Blended Semi-Programmed Worship
    • Sundays @ 9:30 am — Online and in-person
      • Location: 15 Rutherford Place, Room 1

 

Additional Monthly Events

  • Bible Study
    • Second Sunday monthly @ 11:00 am
    • Location: 15 Rutherford Place, in the NYQM office (across from Room 1)
  • Meeting with a Concern for Business
    • Second Sunday monthly @ 1:00 pm
    • Location: 15 Rutherford Place, Worship hall
    • Zoom instructions: Please email info@15thstmeeting.org to request the current Zoom link
  • Peace Vigil
    • First Sunday monthly @ 1:00 pm
    • Location: Washington Square Arch
  • Men’s Worship Sharing & Potluck
      • Third Sunday monthly, 6:00–8:00 pm
      • Location: 15 Rutherford Place, Room 1
      • Zoom instructions: Please email info@15thstmeeting.org to request the current Zoom link

All are welcome!

 

Committees play an important role at the Fifteenth Street Meeting. Friends may volunteer for or be nominated to these working groups, based on a discernment of what spiritual and natural gifts they bring to these roles. The decision-making process in Quakerism is based on the belief that all individuals have access to the guidance of the Spirit, and this guidance can be discerned collectively in a group setting—thus there is no “top-down” hierarchy. Rather, our decision making arises from the grassroots, from the gathered body of Friends.

Committees include, but are not limited to:

  • Ministry and Worship
  • Pastoral Care
  • Peace and Social Justice
  • Religious Education
  • Communications
  • Arts
  • Welcome
  • Shelter
  • Budget and Collections
  • Property
  • Friends in Unity with Nature
  • Library

Interested in serving on a committee? Send an email to communications@15thstmeeting.org and let us know!

 

We are close to Union Square subway and bus routes in lower Manhattan.