Central Reading Table
The central table holds books for reflection; it is not a Communion table. Wandsworth’s photograph also shows flowers and a water jug. The model does not turn these into sacramental vessels.
Key points
- The central table holds books for reflection; it is not a Communion table.
- Wandsworth’s photograph also shows flowers and a water jug. The model does not turn these into sacramental vessels.
- Britain Yearly Meeting; Wandsworth Quaker Meeting; London, England. Contemporary unprogrammed meeting. This is an unprogrammed British example. Programmed and pastoral Friends use other forms of worship. Quaker beliefs and identities vary, and not all Friends describe themselves as Protestant or Christian.
- Coordinates, dimensions, materials, room envelope, seat counts and unspecified furniture placement are illustrative rather than surveyed measurements. Teaching sources establish practices, not architectural dimensions. Service equipment is temporary where labeled.