About the church first. On this Sunday morning the bite of winter cold has kept a good many congregants away but meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (or Quakers) begin when two or more people come together to be in the presence of God. Jesus Christ himself said: "Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." The language of Quakers is as unique as their style of religion. Their worship session is called a meeting, not a service. They worship in 'meeting houses', not churches. The word 'Friends' was inspired by another Jesus' quote: "You are my friends if you do what I command you." The meeting begins with the Friends sitting outside a meeting house in Kagisong Conference Centre. They are facing each other and 'waiting in silence.' Quakers have no hierarchical structure and this sitting arrangement symbolises their equality.
What is most unusual about this worshipping is that there is no priest, no sermon, no reading from the Bible, no praying, no singing and no collection plate being passed around. The explanation for the absence of the priest is that Quakers believe that there is no need to transact your faith through a third party because "there is something of God in every person."
