Living our faith in the world

'Living our faith in the world' by Miranda (Miri) Green

Saturday: full of suspense and expectation,
Meeting new people, filled with fear and elation.
Sunday: getting to grips with the land,
And realising it’s ok when life doesn’t go as planned.
Monday: learning how to nurture and sew,
Then working in the kitchen to eat what we grow.
Tuesday: chopping wood and being outdoors,
Then trusting ourselves into nature’s great paws.
Wednesday: having pizza and an explore,
Both left us all wishing for more.
Finally Thursday and time to leave,
It’s funny, the friendships, in just a week, we’ve achieved.
It will be nice to get ourselves back home
Although I know I’ll miss the place and people so.

Miranda (Miri) Green

From the 8 to 13 April nineteen young Quakers aged between twelve and seventeen attended the ‘Living our faith in the world’ event held at Embercombe, Devon. The event was an opportunity for them to explore Quaker testimonies alongside a programme of living off the land and learning about sustainability. The event created space for personal reflection on being a young Quaker as well as living as part of a community and contributing to its life. Miranda (Miri) Green wrote the contribution above as a song, which she performed to the gathered group on the final evening.

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