Meeting for Sufferings: Remembering human values
Friends at Meeting for Sufferings remembered former representatives and those on the Court and Prison Register on 6 July
The July Meeting for Sufferings (MfS)began with a reading from Grigor McClelland’s 1976 contribution to Quaker faith & practice: ‘What is important is that institutions and their administration be constantly tested against human values, and that those who are concerned about these values be prepared to grapple with the complex realities of modern society as it is.’
This was a useful advice for a Meeting that would go on to consider some reorganisation of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM). The human touch was also present as Sufferings returned to the practice of remembering former representatives who had died since the last Meeting – eleven names were read.
The list of people on the Court and Prison Register (CPR) was also long because of Friends’ contribution to the Extinction Rebellion movement. MfS will examine the ongoing purpose of the CPR later in the year.
