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9:30 AM - Meeting for Worship in person

9:30 AM - Adult Religious Education (ARE) on Zoom and in person

11:00 AM - Meeting for Worship in person and on Zoom

Childcare is provided for every 11am meeting for worship. Fifth Sundays are dedicated to children’s worship. 

• On the second Sunday of each month we have an 11:00am hybrid meeting for worship that transitions to a hybrid meeting for business at 11:30am. 

• We hold one meeting for business each summer.

• Adult Religious Education is hybrid except in July and August.

• Singing worship is held in the social hall first and third Sundays from 10:30-11:00 am.

• Gardening committee meets Fridays 

You can read more about what to expect from a Quaker Meeting for Worship here. 

We have around 15 parking spots in our lot off 9th ave NE, and an additional 6 spots off NE 40th Ave. Additionally, parking at University of WA parking lot W41 or W-40 ARE free from noon on Saturdays to 6:00am Mondays. It is located a few blocks from UFM, just east of Eastlake Ave. and north of Campus Parkway.  The addresses are:

W-41 at 4023 11th Ave NE, Seattle.

W-40 at 725 Northlake Place, Seattle.

We are moments from the Burke-Gilman trail, and provide eight bike racks. 

From the U District Light Rail station, we are a ten minute walk. We are close to multiple bus lines, and you can plan your trip here: https://m.tripplanner.kingcounty.gov/#/app/tripplanning

Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business convenes out of silent worship around 11:30 on second Sundays.

We meet to consider the variety of concerns that face us as a corporate body. These include such things as participation in community and world affairs and requests for membership. The Meeting for Business is guided by the Meeting Clerk and proceeds according to Quaker tradition, with no action taken unless our prayerful consideration leads us to unity.  

When UFM activities will be cancelled due to inclement weather, we have agreed to coordinate our closures with those of the University of Washington.  When the UW is closed, UFM will be closed as well.  This pertains to both Meeting for Worship on Sundays, and office hours and activities hosted in the Meeting House on the other days of the week. 

UW has a campus status hotline that is used to publicize campus closures.  The number is 206-897-4636.  The same information is available via the UW Alert Blog.  They also have an alert service that you can sign up for, which presumably will send out information about closures via text or email.  See https://www.washington.edu/safety/alert/ for information and to sign up.

Subscribe to any of UFM’s publications here: Bulletin Group (weekly), Gleamings Group (monthly), Announcements Group (daily). Email office@ufmseattle.org if you have any questions. 

University Friends Meeting maintains a library with a collection of over 1,400 books and other materials relevant to Quakers, including periodicals and Pendle Hill Pamphlets, which provide short essays on various aspects of Quaker thought and practice.

You can view our online catalog here. 

We also welcome you to drop by and browse before or after our regular worship hours on Sundays. 

For more information about visiting the UFM Library or reserving books online, please email the Library Committee. 

ARE meets to discuss topics of peace and Quakerism 9:30-10:30am in the Social Hall every Sunday. 

Out of love for our community, particularly disabled people and elders, UFM strongly requests wearing a mask at meeting for worship. 

Using Quaker Finder

Friends General Conference Quaker Finder has an easy to use map and list of local Quaker meetings and worship groups.

Worship Groups under the care of University Meeting

• Everett Friends Worship Group  — Worship is scheduled on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of every month at 9:30 and meets in the library of Central Lutheran Church 2702 Rockefeller Avenue in Everett.  For additional information  contact us at everettquaker@gmail.com.

• Horizon House hosts a meeting for worship at 11:00 am on the last Wednesday of the month in the Sky Lounge.

North Pacific Yearly Meeting (NPYM)

University Friends Meeting is part of Pacific Northwest Quarterly Meeting (PNQM), which includes Friends Meetings in Washington and Northern Idaho. The Quarterly Meeting gathers for retreats and sharing twice a year, in the spring and autumn.

Pacific Northwest Quarterly Meeting, along with Montana Quarterly Meeting and Willamette Quarterly Meeting (Oregon), make up North Pacific Yearly Meeting. NPYM is an independent Quaker denomination, not affiliated with any national organization of yearly meetings. NPYM meets once a year, usually in July, for fellowship and business.

For more information about NPYM or the Monthly Meetings and Quarterly Meetings which are part of NPYM visit their website at North Pacific Yearly Meeting.

Our main floor is wheel chair accessible. We have a hearing loop in the worship room for the hearing impaired, and we also provide electronic versions of our publications in email for the visually impaired. The main floor has two gender-neutral single stall bathrooms, one of which is wheel-chair accessible.