Our Ministries

Worship

High Point Friends Meeting is first and foremost a worshipping community. The Quaker author, Richard Foster writes, “To worship is to experience reality, to touch life. It is to know, to  feel, to experience the resurrected Christ in the midst of the gathered  community.” This is the aim of all of our worship  opportunities.

• Meeting For Worship
  Sundays at 11:00 a.m. ~  This programmed meeting offers an opportunity for worship by incorporating silence, sharing, singing, special music,  prayer, and a message from the pastor.
• 5th Night  Unprogrammed Worship
  Thursdays at 7:00  p.m. ~ This unprogrammed meeting for worship offers an opportunity to worship in the manner of early Friends. Worshipers gather in silence, with no previously arranged order.  As worshipers are led by God’s  Spirit, they minister out of the silence.
• Monthly  Meeting
  The Third Sunday of every month  at 12:30 p.m. This is an opportunity for us to gather as a community to discern how we will conduct the business of the Meeting.  We also share a fellowship time and meal.
• Music & Worship Arts
• Seasonal worship opportunities are offered during Holy Week, Christmas, and during other times of the year. Please check our calendar and newsletters for this information. 

Formation

• Abiding Spiritual Formation Groups
  These small groups introduce participants to basic themes and disciples of the Christian Spiritual life. Participants will discover spiritual practices that aid them on their Christian journey and contribute to their faith formation and renewal. The groups meet on Wednesday evenings at 6:30 p.m. To learn more about this opportunity, contact Kelly Kellum.
• Sunday School
  ~ Elementary Children’s Class (youth suite, left)
  ~ Youth Class (youth suite, right)
  ~ Brotherhood Class (chapel)
  ~ Rufus Jones Fellowship (youth pastor’s office)
  ~ Jan Blair Miller Class (library)
  ~ Alice Page White Class (room #4)
  ~ Friendly Fellowship (room # 6)
• Adult Bible Study
  The weekly Bible study is led by Kelly Kellum and folks from both the Meeting and community are welcome. No study preparation is required, and all materials are given out weekly. This group explores various books of the Bible and discover ways to apply the faith lessons of Scripture to our lives. The Bible study meets in the Meeting Library on Thursday mornings at 9:30.
• High Point Friends School
  High Point Friends School was founded by members of High Point Monthly  Meeting in 1963. First established as a Preschool and Half Day  Kindergarten, the school developed a strong reputation and quickly  became a tradition for many families. The school now encompasses pre-school through 8th grade.
• Youth & Children

Mission

• Care Friends Ministry
  This ministry team meets on the second Tuesday of each month to prepare meals and deliver them to shut-ins and people with limited mobility. This ministry group also visits members and friends during times of need to offer encouragement and practical assistance.
• Open Door  Ministries
  On the first Tuesday evening of each month, High Point Friends Meeting is given the opportunity to provide and serve the dinner at the Open Door Ministries homeless shelter. Children, youth and adult volunteers work together to provide this caring ministry.
• Students For a Better Tomorrow
  This is a peace program sponsored offered in partnership with Shadybrook Elementary School and High Point Friends School. Each year second  grade students in this patterns of peace and conflict resolution and how to live more peacefully with others.
• Guilford Interfaith Hospitality Network
  By networking with other congregations in our community, High  Point Friends Meeting provides temporary housing and hospitality to homeless families.
• USFW
  The High Point circle of the United Society of Friends Women was organized in 1904 "to  aid the work of the Meeting in every feasible way." This circle also supports mission work both at home and abroad. The USFW group of High Point Friends Meeting provides ministry to those experiencing prolonged illness.
• Bereavement Team
  This ministry team provides family meals, receptions for funerals and encouragement to members of our community who have experienced a death in their families.
• Other Missions
  High Point Friends Meeting is actively involved in the mission endeavors of North Carolina Yearly Meeting and Friends United Meeting.