Millville Friends Meeting
An old place to make new Friends
Welcome! We are a congregation of Quakers who gather to worship and connect with each other every week in at the historic Millville Friends Meetinghouse.
The first Millville Quakers worshiped in a log building constructed in 1795. In 1847 a new Meeting House was built with brick and continues to be the place where we gather.
Today the Meeting House is still a hub of activity and a place to learn, grow, and meet with friends. In addition to our meetings for worship, we also provide regular educational programs, activities for children, and social times.
Would you like to learn more about our meeting? Feel free to contact us.
The Millville Friends Meeting is part of a larger collection of meeting houses from the surrounding geographical area, called the Upper Susquehanna Quarterly Meeting. This collective of meetings and meeting houses comprises Elklands, Huntington, Lewisburg, Millville, North Branch, Pennsdale, State College, Towanda and Wellsboro.
Want to know more about Quakers? Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Faith & Practice includes advice on procedures within the faith, membership, current practice for conducting meeting business and numerous quotations from Friends on belief, worship, concerns, leadings, and testimonies. Also check out our Quaker Resources page.
Millsville Friends Meeting first erected in 1795' the current building was constructed in 1847.
Community Life
From the beginning, Friends have recognized the importance of being in community. As early Friends struggled to follow God’s will, the Friends community provided spiritual support for their discernment of that will and material support for their families when they were imprisoned for their faith. Today, Friends continue to seek to be faithful, and their community continues to provide discernment and care.
Though Friends meetings vary in the range and nature of their activities, all meetings strive to offer a sympathetic and welcoming community in which people can share the joys and challenges of daily life. Friends meetings also offer discreet, confidential and loving support when needed, such as when a member feels a call to service or faces a life transition. In particular, the meeting may form a clearness committee to assist the individual in sorting out what to do. The meeting may also refer the individual to other resources when support beyond what it can offer might be beneficial.
Extract from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting book of Faith and Practice.
Meeting for Worship
Every Sunday at 10:00 am
Our meetings for worship are now all held in-person at the Meetinghouse each Sunday at 10:00 am.
What is Meeting for Worship?
At least once a week, the members of that meeting will gather for worship. The exact form of worship can vary, depending on the community’s spiritual orientation, as we’ll see in a bit, but silent worship is a core element of just about any Quaker meeting. (Quaker.org)
Most First Days (Sunday), after meeting for worship, we host an Adult First Day (AFD) activity, discussion, social time, or outdoor activities. Once a month, on the second First Day, we gather to attend to business before meeting for worship. We resume the business meeting around 11:10 if there is still unfinished business on the agenda. See the schedule below for details. If you have questions about meeting for worship or any of our activities, please contact us, and we will follow up with an email.
We hold online Meetings for Worship on Zoom twice monthly, usually on the first and third Sundays of each month. We meet at 9 am and worship for 30 minutes. Anyone is welcome to join us. To attend for the first time and receive the Zoom link, contact the Clerk.
Calendar of Events
For links to join this Zoom meeting, contact us.
16 March 2025
9:00-9:30 AM Online worship
10:00 AM In-person meeting for worship
11:10 AM Adult First Day Program Looking at the current political/democracy crisis and whether Meeting wants to provide a minute of support for the Quaker-led lawsuit regarding religious liberty. Led by Mel Endy, Peace and Service Committee)
23 March 2025
10:00 AM In-person worship
11:00 AM Food and Fellowship
30 March 2025
10:00 AM In=person worship
11:10 Follow-up to 16 March Adult program: Taking Action
6 April 2025
9:00-9:30 AM Online worship
10:00 AM In-person worship
11:10 AM Peterson Toscano: Fictionalizing our Future. Peterson will help us imagine the future we want to inhabit and will share an example.
13 April 2025
9:00 AM Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business (in-person and on-line via Zoom. Continuing at 11:10 am if necessary.
10:00 AM Combined in-person and online worship continuing at 11:15 after worship.
Other Regional Events
USQ Creative Hands Gathering at State College Meeting March 15-16. Friends will gather at the State College Meetinghouse from about 10:00 am on Saturday through Sunday to around 1:30 pm.
PYM Spiritual Formation Collaborative Annual Spring Retreat Friday evening April 4 to Sunday noon April 6 at Pendle Hill Retreat Center. The program is open to all, but participation is limited. You must register to attend. Further information click here.
Two Philadelphia Yearly Meeting resources for Friends
Climate Witness Thread Gathering Workshop. Learn multiple ways to take action on climate issues, from direct action to advocacy with state lawmakers. Sat March 22, 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. You can attend on Zoom. Learn more by clicking here.
PYM Connect. This is a NEW ONLINE Quaker platform intended to be a welcoming space for individual Friends and Friends groups and Meetings to come together, exchange ideas, and support one another. MMM Peace Vigil The vigil is held at the Bloomsburg town fountain every Wednesday at 5:00 pm. Consider joining the regulars. There are plenty of signs available. Or, you can make and bring your own
Monthly Meeting for Business
Second Sunday of each month at 9 am, continuing at 11:15 after worship.
For links to join this Zoom meeting, contact us.
Other Quaker Events and Announcements
Peace Vigil at the Bloomsburg town fountain every Wednesday at 5:00 pm. Now is a critical time to let Quaker voices speak for peace.
Janice leads Tai Chi sessions at Bloomsburg Town Library on Tuesdays and the first Saturday of each month at 10:00 am.
Financial Donations
Checks made out to Millville Monthly Meeting, sent to Millville Monthly Meeting Treasurer, 453 Black Run Road, Bloomsburg, PA 17815. (FYI: We do not accept credit cards or other digital payments.) Persons interested in donating goods or services should contact the Clerk via the Contact Us form.
