Meeting for Sufferings: The Light

The additional name for the Large Meeting House was raise at Meeting for Sufferings

A closeup of the centre of the new ceiling in the Large Meeting House at Friends House. The central square will be glass. | Photo: Photo: Trish Carn.

The decision to give an additional name – ‘The Light’ – to the Large Meeting House was raised by Jennifer Barraclough, clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting trustees, at Meeting for Sufferings.  A Friend described the choice of the new name as inappropriate. Another person commented that the name was a public statement and that the decision had not been made in ‘right ordering’.

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