Monthly Meetings and Worship Groups

A map provides a quick glimpse of meeting locations.
Note: "First Day" is Sunday

Iowa: Ames / Bear Creek / Decorah / Des Moines Valley / Iowa City / Paullina / Scattergood School / West Branch / Whittier
Minnesota: Laughing Waters
Missouri: Penn Valley / Silver River
Nebraska: Lincoln / Omaha
South Dakota: Sioux Falls

Newsletter page.

Some monthly meetings have made their newsletters available online for interested readers. Click the heading above to go to the newsletter page.

Iowa

Ames Monthly Meeting
Worship: 10:30 a.m. First Day
Business Meeting: 11:15 Fourth First Day
Simple Potluck each Sunday following worship
Pre-meeting: 9:30 a.m. First Sunday of Month, Query Consideration; Other Sundays, reading and discussions
Location: 121 S. Maple, Ames, Iowa
Co-clerks: Charles Johnson, Susan Zeigler, 1978 210th St., Boone, Iowa 50036
Meeting phone: (515) 232-4610
Website: http://amesfriendsmeeting.wordpress.com

Bear Creek Monthly Meeting
(Schedule may vary occasionally – check email or phone number below.)
Pre-meeting: 10 a.m. First Day
Worship: 11 a.m. First Day
Business: 10 a.m. 3rd First Day, with potluck lunch following worship
Location: 18058 Bear Creek Road, rural Earlham. From I-80 Earlham exit #104, 1 mile north on “I” Ave. to Bear Creek Road, then East to 2nd driveway.
Mail: c/o 19186 Bear Creek Road, Earlham, Iowa 50072
Clerk: Jackie Leckband, (515) 758-2232
Website: http://www.bearcreekfriends.org

Decorah Monthly Meeting
Pre-Meeting: 9:30 a.m. First Day, except in summer
Worship: 10:30 a.m. (9: 30 a.m. in summer) First Day
Business: Scheduled every six weeks
Location: 603 E. Water Street, Decorah, Iowa
Clerk: Martha Davis, 1478 Friends End Road, Decorah, IA 52101, (563) 382-3699

Des Moines Valley Monthly Meeting
Worship: 10 a.m. First Day
Business: 11:30 a.m. 2nd First Day
Location: 4211 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa, (515) 274-4717 (answering machine)
Clerk: Mikel Johnson, (515) 299-0152

Iowa City Monthly Meeting
Worship: 10 a.m. First Day
Business: 2nd First Day following worship
Location: 311 N. Linn Street, Iowa City, Iowa 52245; (319) 648-5047 (clerk)
Clerks: Bob Winkleblack, (319) 648-5047; Quinn Dilkes, (319) 530-1756
Website: http://www.iowacityfriends.org

Paullina Monthly Meeting
Worship: 10:00 a.m. First Day
Potluck and discussion follow worship on 4th First Day
Location: on U.S. 59, 3 miles east and 1.25 miles north of Paullina, or 5.5 miles south of Primghar, Iowa
Clerk: Doyle Wilson, 5550 400th Street, Primghar, Iowa 51245, (712) 757-3875
Assistant Clerk: Dan Mott
Website: http://paullinafriendsmeeting.wordpress.com/
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/paullinafriendsmeeting?ref=hl

Scattergood Friends School and Farm
Worship: Thursdays 1:45 p.m. while school is in session
Location: 1951 Delta Ave., West Branch, IA 52358
Phone: (319) 643-7600
Head of School: Thomas Weber 
Website: www.scattergood.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/scattergoodfriendsschool

West Branch Monthly Meeting
Worship: 10 a.m. First Day
Business: 2nd First Day following worship
Pre-meeting: 9:00 a.m. 3rd First Day
Location: 317 N. 6th Street, West Branch, Iowa
Mail: P.O. Box 582, West Branch, Iowa 52358
Clerk: James Cottingham, (319) 643-5949

Whittier Monthly Meeting
Worship: 10:30 a.m. First Day
Business: every two months at call of Clerk
Location: 3200 Whittier Road, Springville, Iowa 52336, 3 miles east of Highway 13 on County Home Road
Clerk: Deborah Dakin, (319) 895-8133
Contact: Andrea Jilovec, (319) 929-4622

Minnesota

Laughing Waters Friends Preparative Meeting
Under the care of Bear Creek Meeting
Worship and Business: We are in a transition. Check website for scheduling and location, often held on First Day afternoons in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
Website: http://www.laughingwatersfriends.org
Clerk: Liz Oppenheimer, (612) 567-8406

Missouri

Penn Valley Monthly Meeting
Worship: 10 a.m. First Day
Business: 1st First Day following worship
Location: 4405 Gillham Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, (816) 931- 5256
Contact: Shirley Scritchfield, (816) 942-3448, 813 E 120th St., Kansas City, MO 64146
Website: http://www.kcquakers.org

Silver River Worship Group
Under the care of Penn Valley Monthly Meeting
Singing: 10 a.m. First Day
Worship: 10:30 a.m. First Day
Location: 28408 Frontier Lane, La Plata, MO 63549
Contact: Ethan Hughes, 28408 Frontier Lane, La Plata, MO 63549, (660) 332-4094
Contact: Victoria Albright, (713) 851-0613

Nebraska

Lincoln Monthly Meeting
Worship: 10 a.m. First Day
Potluck: after worship and sharing on first First Day
Meeting for Business: following worship on third First Day
Location: 3319 S. 46th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska, (402) 488-4178
Clerk: Jean Eden, 5905 Wolff Lane, Lincoln, NE 68521, (402) 476-4948

Omaha Monthly Meeting
Worship: 10:00 a.m. First Day
Business: 11 a.m. 3rd First Day
Location: St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, the Blue Room, 925 S. 84th, Omaha NE 68114
Clerk: Ginny Winsor, 6324 S 96th Street, Apt #50, Omaha NE 68127, (402) 391-1950 (work); (941) 716-1761 (cell)

South Dakota

Sioux Falls Area Worship Group
Under the care of Paullina Monthly Meeting
Worship: 10:30 a.m. First Day (Small group, wise to call beforehand)
Location: Dow Rummel Village Conference Room, 1321 West
Dow Rummel, Sioux Falls, across West Avenue from the stadium
Contact: Anna Gieschen, 1101 South West Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57105, (605) 376-8863

This list of meetings and worship groups was last updated 7/24/2016

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