Outreach Committee

As described in the Faith and Practice of the Pittsburgh Monthly Meeting, the Outreach Committee provides information to seekers, potential members, and the general public in order to promote understanding of the Religious Society of Friends and of the Pittsburgh Meeting. By sharing our spiritual values with others, the Committee bears public witness to our belief that there is that of God in every human being. While the witness of our personal lives will always be central, such witness is also made through special meetings, talks, leaflets, advertisements, letters, posters, and the like. The Committee sees to it that the bulletin boards in the Meeting House reflect the Society of Friends and are kept orderly and current.

The Committee also reaches out to Friends who live in our wider region. It invites scattered Friends to participate in the life of the Pittsburgh Meeting to the extent possible, and it organizes occasional gatherings in convenient locations, bringing these Friends together with members of the Meeting. It also encourages and facilitates intervisitation between meetings in our area.

More specifically, Outreach efforts include the following things:

• Listing our Meeting in phonebooks and various directories
• Coordinating the greeting and welcome process for new attenders
• Displaying brochures and information about the Society of Friends
• Overseeing the website
• Facilitating community-building activities such as the formation of Interest Groups and Dinner Circles within the meeting

If you are interested in finding out more about Quaker worship, please contact our webmaster with your address and the Outreach Committee with be happy to send you out a brochure.

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Last modified: 10/18/07