Dance Party Erupts During Quaker Meeting for Worship - Jon Watts Music Video

Pendle Hill's daily Quaker Meeting transforms into a raucous quaker dance party as the result of some unconventional quaker rap ministry from Jon Watts. Filmed and edited by Ben Schilling. The music video for "Friend Speaks My Mind."

"Friend Speaks My Mind"
From Jon Watts' album "The Art of Fully Being".

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Lyrics

I found Quakers when I was just a kid
and now I'm studying them
I hope you know how that is
I've got George Fox on my right, James Naylers on my left
and Margaret Fell is holding us together
give her some respect

It's that first generation we look back to
to find out what being a Friend means through and through
I don't fully understand it
I don't know if I can
but I understand enough to know that I am a fan

I'm like, damn, I didn't think that I would do this anymore
I got bored
listening to lectures felt like a chore
But now I'm begging Max Carter just to tell me some more
Oh lord

So when I heard this Christian stuff
I'd get uncomfortable a lot
I'm like, What does Jesus have to do with George Fox?
And when I heard the word Christ it would make my jaw drop
but now I kind of understand the man I've got a soft spot

I'm not a Christian but I'm a Quaker
I've got Christ's inner light but he's not my savior
I'm on a date to meet my maker
I got down at Young Friends
with some funky behavior

Now I'm a liberal Friend
That means F-G-C
and tons of other acronyms that set me free
and I've been running the gammut
from Quaker camps to sandwiches
with the Young Friends crew
I know we offend you
but yo, we're Quaker like the rest of y'all
Just 'cause we go to bed later
doesn't mean that midnight isn't Quaker

And yo I'm sorry like everybody
that Quakers had to split
but just don't blame Elias Hicks for all our problems
We're the Society of Friends
it's time we acted like it
and start to work together just to try to solve them

So all you Friends in the Meetinghouse
put your hands up
and then twist them at the wrist
like you just got out of handcuffs
That's how you clap for me
you've got to clap silently

I'm not a Christian but I'm a Quaker
I've got Christ's inner light but he's not my savior
I'm on a date to meet my maker
I got down at Young Friends
with some funky behavior

I found George Fox living in a journal
and it's fertile
I'm learning
I mean, I've jumped a lot of hurdles
and done a lot of discerning
just to get to where I'm sure that
the ancestors are working for certain
met the Spirit in person
now I'm living life nurturing worship
(in certain circles there's a focus on service)

Now I know you might say
"Well, that's some backwards theology"
I know you might say
"Well, that's not right"
But that's the way that I grew up
and it's the way that I'm presenting it
Let's hold all our differences in the Light
Alright

I'm not a Christian but I'm a Quaker
I've got Christ's inner light but he's not my savior
I'm on a date to meet my maker
I got down at Young Friends
with some funky behavior

To
Richmond Friends Meeting
BYM
FGC
Guilford College
QLSP
Pendle Hill
Earlham College
Shiloh Quaker Camp
Catoctin and Opequon
FCNL
AFSC
Langley Hill
Friendship Friends Meeting
Ashland Vineyard

FRIEND SPEAKS MY MIND

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[icaleb]

Just FYI. You're not in fellowship with the beliefs of George Fox, but rather that of Elias Hicks.

Quotes from George Fox, from the Journal of George Fox (Nickalls):

"And soId I directed the people to their teacher, Christ Jesus their saviour, when these mountains were laid low, and so did set up Christ in the hearts of his people."

p. 82

"...Christ was the teacher of his people and their saviour."

p. 118

There are many more examples in his journal. Two was all I could fit in the comments.

[goodkarme]

wow i think i just got converted )

[lichtbroeder]

Saying that you are a Quaker but not a Christian is folly, as ridiculous as one saying that he is an atheist-Catholic or a Buddhist-terrorist. Jesus Christ and His spirit and message were at the very center of the founding of the Society of Friends. You have turned Meeting for Worship via this video into a self-centered, trendy, feel good mockery. Quakerism transcends all of this, and in its essence and grace, is more "with it" than videos like this will ever be..

[onemarktwoyou]

@polarphilately

May I ask which area of the US you are from? As I grew up in central Iowa. The area was heavily Quaker. I had a friend who just looked into Quakerism and stated why the Friends numbers declined and I can't argue with it. He said the doors were held open and the heretics came in and drove out those who were in the 'truth'. Thus' drove people to other 'steeple-houses' to find the 'word'.

Could you give your 'Quaker' opinion on the trinity?

[polarphilately]

@foxthequaker As myzblu said, it's offensive and that is true. The video denies Christ is the savior and it also makes a mockery of a Quaker meeting for worship, which is is a sobor affair.

[polarphilately]

@canadacookie You really can't....there are those people, however, who claim to be Quakers and aren't Christian, but they're neither.

[polarphilately]

@onemarktwoyou And there are many Quakers who do not subscribe to this "new" theology to which you are referring. I am a Quaker and do not believe in homosexuality, that there are many paths to God, etc.

[foxthequaker]

@myzblu offensive how get a sense of humour

[FredrickDeSherlock]

@onemarktwoyou I think that the Almighty is fundamentally all loving, I dont think that eternal punishment is in that nature, I personally view His/Her name as Yahweh or Elohim

all the best my friend :)

[onemarktwoyou]

@FredrickDeSherlock

2of2

As far as I know, no one I attend church with knows or noticed that I do this. This is a personal thing.

As hell goes, when first starting out I thought hell was nothingness. I thought it was described so early people that didn't even have zero in the number system could relate to some kind of an understanding of "nothingness". I still have trouble personally with the concept in traditional thought,I do realize what the bible says,I just can't see it.

[onemarktwoyou]

@FredrickDeSherlock

1of2

I remove the vowel in respect to His name as it is to great for me to spell(including a generic name as well). I find its a way to remember to humble myself. Also when referring to Him I capitalize ex.(His, He, Lord, Creator ect...). Note Lord is a title as is Creator. Now referring to other god(s) I do not capitalize even if they are the first word of a sentence, if I do then its a mistake. This is to show obedience to the first commandment.

[FredrickDeSherlock]

@onemarktwoyou I am fairly similiar in outlook too, although I do not believe in a literal eternal hell, btw why do you say G-d?