World Quaker Day website relaunched
The World Quaker Day website has been relaunched
This year’s World Quaker Day is gearing up with the relaunch of the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) website. The fifth annual day of international Quaker celebration on 7 October is on the theme ‘Crossing Cultures, Sharing Stories’.
Gretchen Castle, general secretary of FWCC, told the Friend the updated website offers more resources and places for people to send their videos and writings: ‘Throughout the year, people can look back and see what’s been done. It’s very inspiring to see what Friends have done across the world. It has often brought me to tears. I remember one picture of an isolated Friend in Switzerland on the kitchen floor with a candle worshipping alone but knowing there are Friends worshipping all over the world on that day.’
She added that the website also made it possible to connect with Quakers from around the world ahead of the time: ‘If people want to connect with a Friend in Africa, for example, they could try either through the section, or contact the FWCC office.’
