What are the Queries?
Queries are corporately-written questions meant to stimulate self-reflection and examination, often used in a group setting. Queries are not meant to have a yes or no answer, or even necessarily a correct answer, but rather to be a vehicle for self-examination. When we speak of “The Queries”, we specifically mean the series of twelve questions on various aspects of our spiritual and community life which have been officially adopted by Philadelphia Meeting (most other Yearly Meetings have similar queries). It is our practice in Lancaster Meeting to read a portion of that month’s query during Meeting for Worship on the second Sunday of each month, and then to spend some time during the Meeting for Business sharing thoughts about that query.
