Reaching Out: Questing Hampshire and Islands
Geoff Pilliner describes how one Area Meeting put Quaker Quest into practice
It was the time when a leading Quaker academic, Ben Pink Dandelion, suggested that the Religious Society of Friends might not last beyond 2035. It was the year when our Area Meeting treasurer pointed out that we had budgeted £1,200 each year for outreach and it had not been spent. And Marilyn Cox went to a conference about Quaker Quest. For most members of Hampshire and Islands Area Meeting even Marilyn’s enthusiastic report produced little impact – but for two or three of us, it started something. Area Meeting formed an Outreach Committee. We met. Marilyn’s enthusiasm was infectious and we decided to spend some of Area Meeting’s money on a Quaker Quest.
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