QuakerSpeak, February 2025

In one of the most viewed videos of 2024, Cherice Bock spoke with us about the programmed worship at North Valley Friends Church in Newberg, Ore., and how the format differs from the “silent” sort of meeting most people associate with Quakers.

“At surface level, it seems the opposite of Quakerism—Quakers, at the beginning, got rid of ‘hireling’ ministers,” Cherice acknowledges. “But at this point in history, if we do this well, I think it can be really meaningful to be able to, as a community, name that we see gifting in this person and that we see that God or Spirit is calling them to a particular ministry, and we want to support that ministry.”


Transcript and Discussion Questions Available Here

Produced by Layla Cuthrell

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