Holding open the door

Alistair Fuller considers the idea of ‘outreach’ as Friends throughout Britain celebrate ‘Quaker Week’

by Alistair Fuller 30th September 2011

The way we connect with the world, telling our stories and striving to live out our testimonies, is deeply and inextricably connected to our own spiritual lives and the life of our Quaker communities. When we feel rooted and nourished in our spiritual lives and have a real sense of belonging to a living, lively and nurturing community of faith, we find that this has a profound effect on our capacity to communicate our faith to those around us, with gentleness and generosity, both by what we say and what we do. For a Local Meeting the experience of ‘doing’ outreach is often galvanising, enlivening and enriching.