Rockingham Monthly Meeting
of Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Quakers)
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Rockingham Monthly Meeting of Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Quakers) |
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OUR FAITH Rockingham Monthly Meeting, a member of Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends, is a spiritual home for those who want to maintain Friends' principles and seek to be the servants of Christ. Rockingham Meeting has grown to be a fellowship of believers in many parts of the world [see map] who have experienced that Jesus Christ abides with us yet and is to be known as the Light within us. In addition to our monthly meeting in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, we include small meetings in Southeastern Pennsylvania, in Scotland, and in Greece. We seek to build our faith on the sure foundation, the Rock offered to us, that will stand firm through our joys and trials. We find that there is a growing hunger in our world for Jesus, the Bread of Life, to sustain us and to help us grow spiritually. The thirst that is increasing in this parched world can be satisfied by Christ, who comes as Living Water that is offered to us freely, that we need not thirst again. We have experienced that Jesus, the Word of God, can speak to our needs and desires. As you or we hear this Good Shepherd and follow Him, He will bring us to His pastures of righteousness and keep us safe. We have known an emptiness within ourselves, a void, that the things of this world – its diversions, its material things, its lusts, its honors, its achievements – cannot fill. We testify to you that Christ will fill that void. He will make your broken, fragmented and disconnected life whole. As you follow Him, all things will work for good for those who love Him. Visitors are always welcome at Rockingham. We value and use the Bible, finding that it helps us in living out our faith. We believe in a free gospel ministry, with no clergy over us. Each of us is a minister and pastor to all in the meeting. We gather in silence, waiting expectantly to be led by the ever-present Spirit of God. Any attender may be led by God's Spirit to speak or pray. When God sends a message, the speaker's own feeling of personal inadequacy should not prevent him from speaking. When we are faithful, we may feel a sense of almost indescribable happiness, peace and encouragement. At other times we may have a sense of our own failure to do what is right as we "hunger and thirst after righteousness." In all things, we continue as seekers in His name, encouraging and supporting each other in our journey, and striving to be His servants to the members, their families, and to the world around us. Taking seriously Jesus’ command to love our enemies, we adhere to Friends’ peace testimony. We also maintain other testimonies to build and strengthen sober, responsible Christian lives of service.
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