Britain Yearly Meeting

Derrick Whitehouse reflects on Yearly Meeting – earlier, now and ahead

by Derrick Whitehouse 10th June 2016

Britain Yearly Meeting 2016 brought hundreds of Quakers to Friends House in London. I was standing in the queue for coffee and said to the Friend beside me: ‘Hello – where are you from?’ She told me, and then said: ‘This is my first time at Yearly Meeting (YM). How many times have you been?’ I responded: ‘It must be around forty by now.’ Later, I reflected how over the years YM has fluctuated with ups and downs in a variety of ways.