Friends Southwest center
McNeal, arizona
Identity, values, and principlesWelcome to a Quaker intentional village
urgent current needs
(Summer, 2025)
We are in particular need of people with1) construction/rehab skills; and
2) landscaping/irrigation experienceWe need one or more full-time persons to reside in village who can commit them/her/himself to the needs of our physical plant. COVID and other circumstances beyond our control has led to a backlog of deferred maintenance.
Please call (575) 313-7799.
a rural community founded in 1975
We're a multi-generational Friends village dedicated to the Quaker SPICE acronym (adjoining), affordable housing, the creative and performing arts, organic agriculture, and Christian peacemaking.
we're looking for people who can make a long-term commitment
What's a long-term commitment? Life or at least two years. Consider the example of our century plant (adjoining). Following a sojourning period and acceptance as a member of the community, every adult is allotted an acre of land on the 68-acre community property to do with as they will for the common good.
we live rurally, but we're not hermits
We're passionately involved in all the pressing issues of a planet in need of healing: solidarity with immigrants, preserving our groundwater, a non-toxic food system, vibrant local communities, dismantling the carceral state, resisting US imperialism, and more. We're not living in the world and going to church. We're living in the embrace of the worldwide Quaker communion and going to the world.The Religious Society of Friends (or Quakers) was founded in England in the mid-1600's.Many Quakers fled to the Americas to avoid religious persecution.Friends have been at the forefront of every social change movement in US history. That list includes, from previous generations, slavery abolition and women's suffrage. Today it includes the anti-war movement, prison reform, and progressive education. In 1947, Quakers won the Nobel Peace Prize. Friends Service Council and American Friends Service Committee received the Prize on behalf of all Friends. "It is through silent assistance from the nameless to the nameless that they have worked to promote the fraternity between nations cited in the will of Alfred Nobel.”Friends in 2022 number 2,000 in Mexico and 80,000 in the US. Quakerism is increasingly a faith and practice of the Global South. Sixty percent of all Quakers worldwide (250,000) live in only four countries: Kenya, Burundi, Bolivia, and Guatemala.Below are some photos and short videos (all less than 6 minutes) from the QuakerSpeak youtube channel describing Quaker experience, expression, faith, practice, and community.
Frequently Asked Questions About Quaker Meeting for Worship
Making My Own Quaker-Adjacent Community
A Few Favorite Aspects of Quaker Faith and Practice
Advice for White Men
Connecting to Quaker Faith Through Film
Quakers in the Movies
Healing From Abuse in Quaker Communities
Do good work and stay in touch
Please let us know if there's congruity and interdependence between your mission and ours. Leave a phone number if you'd like a callback. Quaker worship is most Sundays at 11:00 am in the Meeting House. For quickest response, call (575) 313-7799.
Made with ❤️ in Cochise County, original homeland of the Chiricahua Apache
©1975-2025 Friends Southwest Center. Creative Commons License
Technical Assistance provided by County Agriculture and Ranching for Ruralism with Dignity (CARRD) [email protected]
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Two brief videos about Quaker faith and practice from the QuakerSpeak youtube channel: