Meetings with children and young people stress that they are a special source of joy and inspiration while those lacking this blessing seek it. Meetings want to be more welcoming and loving communities showing kindness to each other and continuing to support each other in their spiritual growth and in living out Friends' testimonies. Most of our meetings experience the sheer and simple joy of gathering together for worship. Meeting for worship continues to be the heart of Alfred Friends Meeting. A few meetings mention the diversity and richness in programmed meeting or the programmed part of meeting for worship.
Many meetings mention the quality and depth of the silence in worship.
Auburn Prison has celebrated a worship meeting for twenty- four years. For many of us, God's presence is experienced most directly in our relationships with each other. In caring for one another. . We express joy in being in each others' presence and in sharing our spiritual journeys. The fellowship in meetings, the bonds between members, and a growing, deepening sense of community, are continued sources of joy, especially in smaller meetings.