Photo: A view of the Quaker Meeting House in Edinburgh.

‘At the heart of the day was a focus on peace.’

Cheerful sounds: Alice Curteis reports from General Meeting for Scotland

‘At the heart of the day was a focus on peace.’

by Alice Curteis 21st March 2025

At Edinburgh Meeting House, the cheerful sounds of café life drifted through the windows on a warm sunny day. So it was on 8 March when sixty-six Friends attended General Meeting for Scotland (GMS), half of them online.