There are a wide variety of Quakers across the world. Monthly meetings of Canadian Yearly Meeting are what is known as “unprogrammed,” which refer to the fact that we have no pastors to lead our worship and that our meetings for worship are based in silence from which spontaneous spoken ministry may arise. Other Quaker meetings are “programmed” with paid pastors and meetings for worship which may appear more similar to services in other Protestant churches.  We've listed some useful links below.