BYM and Africa Section Friends meet
Online gathering attended by sixty-six Friends
Sixty-six Friends from Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) and from YMs across Africa came together online to ‘visit’ with each other last month. Job Bikokwa, executive secretary of the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) Africa Section, opened the gathering on 5 December with a Bible reading followed by worship.
Tracey Martin, a member of Quaker World Relations Committee (QWRC), said: ‘Friends then went into conversation groups to share their responses to the question: “What is important in your life right now?”.
After a short break they joined new groups to consider the question: “How is your Quaker community surviving and thriving in these times?”. There was then a short period of worship-sharing led by Ann Floyd, clerk of QWRC.’
A Friend in Africa wrote: ‘We really appreciated the meeting today and the break away groups were wonderful.’ A participant from Britain added: ‘It is great to feel so welcomed especially for someone who like me is not a Quaker.’
The event was organised by QWRC and hosted by FWCC.
