RCCA Building, where we meet

Charleston Friends Meeting

Charleston, West Virginia

The Charleston Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends is an unprogrammed, non-pastoral Quaker Meeting.

We believe that each person has the capacity to know directly the will of God, requiring neither a specific liturgy nor the interpretation of an intermediary. Our Silent Meeting for Worship is an hour together in a silence that may be broken when someone feels led to share a message. With no single minister, we all are ministers to each other. Business matters are guided by the Clerk, who also opens and closes the worship hour.

The Charleston Friends Meeting is a member of the Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association (SAYMA), which is affiliated with Friends General Conference (FGC).

Visitors and Seekers are welcome.
If you arrive early, we will have a chance to chat. Do not be concerned if you arrive a little late, just quietly take a chair with us and we will introduce ourselves after Meeting for Worship. In the tradition of Plain Dress, we come in casual attire.

 

Directions:

We meet in the East End at the RCCR building (Religious Coalition for Community Renewal), at 1516 Washington Street East.
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The RCCR building is next to Tudor’s, between Elizabeth and Ruffner Streets. There is ample parking beside the one-story building on the side opposite Tudor's Biscuit World. The main entrance faces the parking lot.

Meeting for Worship

Sunday at 10 a.m.

Click here for minutes of the latest Business Meeting, with our current activity schedule.

From I-64/ I/79:

  • Exit 99, Greenbrier Avenue, State Capitol exit.
  • Turn towards the river and the Capitol.
  • Turn right at the light onto Washington Street East.
  • Follow Washington for about ½ mile. Our building is the one before Tudors.

Contacts:

Telephone
(304) 343-4700
or
(304) 756-3033

Mailing Address
Charleston Area Friends Meeting
1702 Smith Road
Charleston, WV 25314

From Kanawha Boulevard:

  • Turn onto either Ruffner or Elizabeth
  • If using Ruffner from the west, turn right at Washington Avenue. Our building is on the left, the one after Tudors
  • If using Elizabeth, turn left at Washington Avenue. Our building is on the right, the one before Tudors.