First and last: Piers Voysey reports from GMS/QiS

‘It felt like a well prepared and compassionately-curated process.’

by Piers Voysey 24th October 2025

General Meeting for Scotland (GMS) met, for the last time, in the AK Bell Library, Perth (and online).  The final minute was signed off at 2:15pm, to be followed by the opening of the first Meeting of Quakers in Scotland (QiS). Our clerk and clerk of the foundation trustees explained clearly, and minuted carefully, the process to lay down GMS, and to set up QiS, which is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. It felt like a well prepared and compassionately-curated process. There was no fanfare, but quiet contemplation and heartfelt ministry, giving thanks to God and to those who had visioned, held, and guided the process of transformation first mooted in 2016.