Quakers and the Olympics

Friends prepare for the Olympic and Paralympic Games

by Trish Carn 27th July 2012

Quakers are responding in a big way to the needs of people attending the Olympics and Paralympics in the next few weeks.  Peter Green has been appointed as a Quaker chaplain in a multi-faith team for the 2012 Games. He had been nominated as a delegate to More Than Gold (MTG) by his Area Meeting, North East Thames, but then had to apply to LOCOG (the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games) for the chaplaincy post. Peter says that he is ‘approaching this with a mixture of humility and some anxiety’ but ‘sees this as a huge opportunity for service’.