Tacoma Friends (Quakers), an unprogrammed meeting of the Religious Society of Friends and member of North Pacific Yearly Meeting, is a community of seekers. Join us for your spiritual journey into the oneness of faith, community, and the Earth.  

Sunday morning between 9:15 and 9:45 we have informal singing before Meeting for Worship. All are invited to participate. At 9:45 we will settle into silence in preparation for worship beginning at 10 am.

Meeting for Worship begins every Sunday at 10 am. We offer blended meetings (in person and via Zoom) every week except for the first Sunday of the month, which is in-person only. Zoom sessions open around 9:45 am and remain open until after the Second Hour activity. Between Worship and Second Hour we have an informal time for snacks and visiting together.

To join us on Zoom, use this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82463527967

During worship, children are invited to attend First Day School to explore God’s Love through free play, imagination, song, stories, art, and more. The theme for January is Integrity.

Tacoma Friends has the practice of offering advices and queries the second Sunday of each month. Advices convey wisdom gathered from the inward experience of Friends trying to live faithfully in the Light. Queries challenge us to turn inward and nurture faithfulness as a foundation for every thought and action.

January 11, 2026 Advices and Queries – Testimony of Community – From Faith & Practice, pgs. 70, 74

The meeting as community has been central to Friends since the earliest days, when members of the local Quaker community would take care of the families, farms, and businesses of Friends traveling in ministry or imprisoned for professing Truth. Community remains a spiritual as well as a practical safety net – a place for communal discernment and for testing leadings within the shared wisdom of the group.

The spirit of a Friends community might be described as “the testimonies made visible” through the interactions and mutual care of its members. Creating a community of love, trust, compassion, and forbearance, where differences are respected and every voice is valued, is important to our witness to the world. The Friends community inspires, nurtures, and supports our concerns for peace, social justice, and environmental action; it is the seedbed from which our actions grow.

• How do we make our meeting a beloved community and a living testimony – for all members and attenders, wherever they are in their own spiritual journeys?
• How do we create a radically inclusive culture in our Quaker community?

January 11th Second Hour – Meeting for Business

Our decision-making process invites us to seek the unity that comes from being collectively led as Spirit speaks to “that of God” in each person. All are welcome to attend.

Contact us: tacomafriendsmeeting@gmail.com