Quaker Meeting to be started in Addis Ababa

Meeting in Ethiopia

Quaker Meeting to be started in Addis Ababa

by The Friend Newsdesk 16th November 2012

A Scottish Quaker intends to introduce the Quaker way of worship to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.  Peter Cheer, a member of Perth Meeting East Scotland, who is currently on a Voluntary Service Overseas assignment in Ethiopia, plans to hold a Quaker Meeting for Worship in Addis.

Peter says: ‘I have been in contact with Lucy, who was an attender in Namibia and went to a Quaker school in the United States. We are going to have a trial Quaker Meeting here in Addis, probably near the start of December’.

Philip Bryers, clerk of East Scotland Area Meeting, adds: ‘Peter would welcome news of any other Quaker contacts in Ethiopia. He can be contacted at addisquaker@hotmail.com


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