Reflections on the ‘Red Book’: Membership
Judy Thurgood reflects on Quaker faith & practice 11.09
Overseers should be sensitive to the needs of attenders, including children and young people, and, when the time is right, encourage a consideration of membership… Whatever the method or moment selected, it is important for the applicant to become familiar, as appropriate, with our discipline: for example, meetings for church affairs are a part of the life of the meeting, and applicants should be alive to the reasons we conduct our affairs the way we do and the importance of playing an active role in them.
From Quaker faith & practice 11.09
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