Quakers in Southwest Ohio and East Tennessee
Called in Joy for These Times — 2026 Yearly Meeting Theme About usEvents and Announcements
“Playing in the Light” Feb. 13 – 14, 2026
February 13-15, 2026, the Quaker Hill Conference Center in Richmond, Indiana is hosting a Godly Play/Faith & Play training workshop, “Playing in the Light.”
Quaker-in-Residence: Frank Levering
Frank Levering, Quaker author & playwright and owner of Levering Orchard in Ararat, North Carolina (nestled in the Blue Ridge mountains), is the 2026 Wilmington College Quaker in Residence. He will be in Wilmington January 26 – 30.
Diamond Anniversary of WYM Quaker Knoll Summer Camps
The Youth & Young Adult Committee welcomes everyone to the 75th Anniversary Celebration of Summer Camps at Quaker Knoll! May 24 – 25, 2026 (Memorial Day weekend).
Cincy’s MLK Jr. March
Cincinnati Friend’s invites those interested and able to join them at the MLK Jr. March on Monday, January 19. Cincy Friends’ will have a pot-luck lunch at the Meetinghouse following the March, and the time together will conclude with prayer.
Friends Meetings
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Ada Chapel Friends Meeting Wilmington, Ohio
Worship 9:30am
Monthly Meeting for Business first Sunday 10am
Ada Chapel Friends–More Info
332 Grant St.
Wilmington, OH 45177
Lead Pastor: Hannah Lutz (937-503-4709)
Pastor Emeritus: Violeta A.T. Gwynn (937-725-5071)
Clerk: Michael Anderson
Campus Meeting at Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio
Unprogrammed Worship 10am
Monthly Meeting for Business fourth Sunday 11am
Campus Friends–More Info
T. Canby Jones Meetinghouse
Wilmington College Campus
Wilmington, OH
campusfriendsmeeting.org
Contact person for more info: Patricia Thomas — phone: 937-708-6211; email: patricia@pastorandprofessor.com
Clerk: David Pfaltzgraff-Carlson
Chester Friends Meeting Wilmington, Ohio
Worship 9:45am;
Quaker Kids second Sunday following worship until 1 p.m.
Chester Friends–More Info
3451 Gurneyville Rd. (8 Mi. N. off SR 68 N)
Wilmington, OH 45177
Monthly Meeting for Business fourth Sunday following worship
Clerks:
Monthly Meeting: David Hackney,
937-382-5208
USFW: Becky Godfrey, Clerk
Ministry/Counsel Clerk: Jonda Hamilton
Trustees Clerk: Richard Baker
Treasurer: Jill Hartley
Peace and Social Concern: Jonda Hamilton
State of Society: Linda McKeehan
Pastoral Extension: Mary Ann Roddy
Out to Lunch Club: Billie Baker
Cincinnati Friends Meeting Cincinnati, Ohio
Worship 11am, Adult Study 10am
Monthly Meeting For Business Second Sundays
Cincinnati Friends–More Info
8075 Keller Rd.
Cincinnati, OH 45243
www.cincinnatifriends.org/
Minister & Public Friend: James Newby
Clerk: Carole Barnhart
Directions: I-71 to Exit 12, go east on Montgomery Rd; in .7 miles turn right onto Keller Rd; in .6 miles turn right into the Meetinghouse driveway.
Dover Friends Meeting Wilmington, Ohio
Worship 9:30am
Monthly Meeting for Business first Sunday 10:30am
Dover Friends–More Info
Dover Rd., E. of OH 134,
5 mi. N. of Wilmington
Mailing address:
PO Box 166,
Port William 45164
www.doverfriends.org
Minister: Katie Hollingsworth
Clerk : Mike Miller
Eastern Hills Friends Meeting Cincinnati, Ohio
Unprogrammed Worship 10am
Monthly Meeting for Business as announced
Eastern Hills Friends–More Info
1671 Nagel Rd.,
(off Beechmont Ave.; SR 125)
Cincinnati, OH
www.easternhillsfriends.org
Clerk: Martha Viehman,
clerk.easternhills@gmail.com
Fairview Friends Meeting
New Vienna, Ohio
Worship 11am
Sunday School 10am first and third Sundays
Fairview Friends–More Info
6796 Antioch Rd., New Vienna, OH 45159
Mailing address: PO Box 189, New Vienna, OH 45159
fairviewfriendsohio.org
Pastor: Dan Kasztelan
Clerk: Dana Dunseith
5th Sundays: Unprogrammed Worship
First Friends Church Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee
WORSHIP 11am
Monthly Meeting for Business third Sunday
First Friends Knoxville–More Info
Meets for worship in members’ homes.
Contact: Georgene Waddell
4604 Barbara Drive, Knoxville
Meeting mailing address:
PO Box 5852 Knoxville, TN 37928
Jamestown Friends Meeting Jamestown, Ohio
Worship 10:30am;
Sunday School 9:45am
Study Wednesdays 7pm, Zoom avail.
Jamestown Friends–More Info
8 E. Washington St.
Jamestown, OH 45335
Phone: 937-675-7621
Monthly Meeting for Business: third Sunday
Pastors: Dave & Mel Goff
Clerk: Keith Cavender, 937-675-6239
Ministry & Counsel Clerk: Alma Herbert
Lakeway Quaker Meeting
(Preparative)
New Market, Tennessee
Coffee & Conversation: 10:30am
Worship: 11am
Lakeway Quaker Meeting–More Info
Meeting in the home of
Jeff & Robin Hansel
721 West Old AJ Highway
New Market, TN 37820
Mailing address:
Lakeway Quaker Meeting
PO BOX 5
New Market, TN 37820
lakewayquakermeeting.com
Contact Lakeway Friends at lakewaymeeting@gmail.com
Pastors: Andy & Ashlyn Stanton-Henry
Clerk: Bambi Pelham
Maryville Friends Church Maryville, Tennessee
Worship 10:45am
Bible Study 7pm on zoom on Wednesdays
Maryville Friends–More Info
2044 Sequoyah Avenue
Maryville, TN 37802
Meeting email: maryvillefriendsmeeting@gmail.com
Pastor: Jonathan Goff
Clerk: Jeannette Hamby
Samantha Friends Meeting Highland County, Ohio
Worship 10:30am,
Monthly Meeting for business, 7pm second Wednesdays
Samantha Friends–More Info
8070 Fall Creek Road
Hillsboro, OH 45133
Phone: 937-393-2975
Clerk: Sheila Parshall
Springfield Friends Meeting Clarksville, Ohio
Worship 11am
Sunday School 10 AM
Springfield Friends–More Info
Todd’s Fork Rd., off OH 380,
N. of US 22
Clinton Co., OH
Mailing address: 121 Todd’s Fork Road, Wilmington, OH 45177
Pastors: Mike and Nancy McCormick
Clerk: Miriam Speaight,
mrspeaight221@yahoo.com
Wilmington Friends Meeting Wilmington, Ohio
Worship 10:30am
Fellowship 11:30am
Sunday School 11:45am
Wilmington Friends–More Info
66 N. Mulberry St.
Wilmington, OH 45177
(937) 382-2349
wilmingtonfriendsohio.org
Pastor: Hannah Lutz
Clerk: Davey Raizk
Xenia Friends Meeting
Xenia, Ohio
Worship 9:45am
Xenia Friends–More Info
502 Chestnut St.
Xenia, OH 45385
Corner Chestnut & High Sts., off SR 380 N. of SR 68
Rotation of Speakers
Acting Recording Clerk – Karren Smith