Quaker connections
Kevin and Tyna Redpath describe how eleven Quakers shared their creativity
Our Meeting didn’t do Quaker Week this year; we did Quaker fortnight!
From 22 September to 6 October, with the unwavering support of our Business Meeting, we extended our outreach by hosting an exhibition of our art. Our outreach committee was set the challenge of attracting more visitors into our Meeting house. Through local research we discovered that few people in our immediate neighbourhood even knew we existed. An art exhibition, as part of Somerset Art Weeks, was an opportunity to open our doors as part of a countywide initiative and say, ‘yes, Quakers are artists, too’. This enabled us to offer our hospitality in an informal setting, give our visitors an opportunity to explore the Meeting house, read Quaker Week publications and ask us any questions they wanted to.
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