Meeting for Worship: an Invitation 
Meeting Schedule

Welcome to Valley Friends Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). We invite you to attend Meeting for Worship, which is held in silence.

We have no leader or preacher in our Meetings for Worship. The meetings are called “unprogrammed,” because there is no programmed, planned content. During the silence, some may be led to speak. We believe that these messages come from the Spirit. While vocal ministry is a part of our worship, we believe that insightful leadings can also come from the silence.

While Friends have no prescribed creeds, a central belief is that there is that of God in everyone.

Meeting for Worship ends when someone selected turns and shakes hands in fellowship with others. Those in attendance then shake hands with those near them.

Beginning as a worship group in 1979, Harrisonburg Friends Meetings (as it was then called) first met in people’s homes and then in rented spaces. Valley Friends Meeting acquired the property in Dayton (formerly a Presbyterian Church) in 1999 as its own place for Meeting for Worship.

Children are encouraged to attend Meeting for Worship. We have an active First Day School (Sunday School) for children of all ages involving them in their own particular activities as well as overall Meeting programs.

Valley Friends Meeting appreciates an act during its annual Talent Show.

For additional questions about Valley Friends Meeting, please call Sallie King (Co-Clerk) at 540-564-2942 or Bob Duffield (Co-Clerk) at 540-5743825.