Patuxent Friends Monthly Meeting was established upon a strong current of Quaker Universalism. We maintain a traditional unprogrammed format in our meetings for worship. We gather in a circle of silence, and, led by the inner spirit, share messages as the Spirit calls upon us to do so. Meeting occasionally focuses upon a special event in the life of one of our members or sharing music especially meaningful or moving to us as individuals. These events have greatly enriched the life of our meeting.

Patuxent Friends was established in 1980, when a small number of Friends from Calvert, St. Mary's and Charles Counties formed a worship group under the care of Annapolis Meeting. Since that time, this group has grown in numbers and spirituality. Patuxent Friends were welcomed as a Monthly Meeting, under Baltimore Yearly Meeting, in July 1995. A small Cape Cod house on H.G.Trueman Road was purchased in 2001. It is the present day Meetinghouse. The first Meeting for Worship was held in the Meetinghouse on July 8, 2001.

Patuxent Friends Meeting sponsors the Community Mediation Center of Southern Maryland, which assists Southern Maryland residents, organizations and businesses by providing alternative dispute resolution services. The Center provides an opportunity to manage conflicts differently. With the help of trained volunteer mediators, participants can discuss issues and talk about their concerns. In mediation, the participants—not the mediator—control the decisions and the outcome.

For more information on Quakerism and Quaker organizations (American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL), etc.) go to www.quaker.org.

Current Events

Look for these upcoming events:

• Monthly Meditation for World Peace will take place at 7:00 p.m. at the meetinghouse the first Wednesday of each month.  For more information, go to www.somdpeace.org.

• The International Day of Peace Celebration took place on September 23, 2007. The event was sponsored by the Calvert Interfaith Council, in which Patuxent Friends actively participant. The theme of the celebration was “Weave Us Together:”    For pictures and a description of the celebration, click here.