Eye - 11 October 2019
From peace, love and tenderness to welcoming smiles
Welcoming smiles
Quakers in Exeter shared cake, smiles and friendly messages with new students at the University of Exeter’s Freshers’ Fair last month (see above).
Laura Conyngham, Eva Penhallurick and Kate Cramer told Eye that freshers asked ‘is this the Baking Society?!’ and were astonished to receive free homemade cake, with a few admitting that they hadn’t had breakfast.
They explained: ‘With it we gave out eighty-five of our 100 handwritten postcards of welcome, informing students about the Mulitfaith Chaplaincy and that they will be welcome at Exeter Meeting. To those who wanted more, we gave a leaflet about Stepping into Silence time on campus on Friday lunchtimes and how to request support for a friend or themselves. But mostly we shared a smile, in the hubbub, with students far from home.’
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