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Protestant Churches (Quakers (Beliefs (Funerals (A Quaker funeral has two…

- - - - Marrige
        
        Is a community celebration and not just a ceremony for the couple. the style of worship at the wedding service must be acceptable to the wider community.
        
        Quaker weddings do not have to take place in registered buildings BUT they must be held indoors.
        
        The wedding ceremony is usually held within a simple meeting for worship. It has no set order of service or sermon.
        
        The finer details are decided through discussion with the marriage registering officers and community elders.
        
        A couple may decide to include readings and even a hymn. But music is, on the whole, rare.
        
        If both parties are Quakers or regularly attend monthly meetings, they may marry in a Quaker marriage ceremony
        
        Couples who are registered as 'attendees' not yet members of the Religious Society of Friends are expected to have attended meetings for months before making an application for marriage.
        
        Where one member of the couple is not a Quaker or divorced, two adult members of the Society must give written permission before the marriage can take place.
    - - Quakers have no collective view on what happens after death. They tend to concentrate on making this world better rather than pondering what happens after leaving it.
    - - don't have a united view on abortion. Philosophically there is no Quaker doctrine of when a person becomes a person.
        The movement has difficulty reconciling the principle of non-violence, which could argue against abortion, they wish that women play a full part in society, which sometimes justifies abortion.
    - - Quakers don't have a united view on euthanasia. Some make 'living wills', requesting that if they become ill, close to death without artificial life support systems they are allowed to die naturally and with dignity.
    - - A Quaker funeral has two particular aims:
        
        to thank God for the life that has been lived
        
        to help the mourners feel a deep sense of God's presence.
      - Because they are thankful for having known the dead person, Quaker mourners tend not to wear black.
      - The funeral follows the normal silent pattern of Quaker worship, can include programmed elements. After the silent pattern, the contributions are likely to include memories, prayers or readings. A senior person will normally begin the meeting with a brief explanation of Quaker worship if there are many non-Quakers present.
      - In addition to the funeral there can be a "meeting for worship on the occasion of the death of our Friend".
      - They can be buried or cremated
  - - - peace
      - freedom of conscience
      - social justice
      - environmental issues - Quakers seek to live simply to reduce the burden on the world
      - community life
      - human rights
- - - - They are two different types of christianity though