Putting the sparkle back in Area Meeting

On one of the only warm days this summer, Northumbria Friends were trying something new, Judy Kirby reports

by Judy Kirby 2nd November 2012

It was always the cue for making excuses and leaving – the monthly request: ‘Who will be our Area Meeting representatives?’ Eventually, we faced up to this reluctance to trek across Northumbria every month to see dwindling numbers of Friends at Business Meetings. What was putting us off?