Meeting for Sufferings: Opening and agenda

104 gather on Zoom for Meeting for Sufferings with a lively pre-Meeting earlier in the week

Some find it difficult, while others are grateful for it, but Friends are accustomed to meeting via Zoom videoconferencing now. ‘I can only see twenty-five of you, but know there are 104 of you out there,’ said Margaret Bryan, Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) clerk, in her welcome. ‘Nurture is a continuing process for all who come to our meetings whether or not they decide to consider membership,’ read the day’s elder, a nod perhaps to the afternoon’s discernment.

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