How to grow the meetings of children and young people; the administration of a new website to foster communication within and beyond the Society; and the appropriate use of the…
Yesterday was my first ever spoken ministry in Meeting for Worship and, due perhaps to my inexperience, the only words I could get out were: ‘When you wait upon the Lord, there…
Who should and should not be permitted to hire our Meeting houses? What criteria should guide refusal? These questions are faced by all Meeting houses that hire their premises to…
Language can become a barrier to thought and communication rather than a facilitator of it. I think that three words –‘religion’, ‘transcendent’ and ‘personal’…
Through most of our history, Quakers were strongly discouraged from going to the theatre. Friends once objected to Shakespeare being studied and performed in Quaker schools. Our…
The Friend has been investigating alternatives to the polythene wrapper that we presently use and liaising closely with our printers. They hope to be able to offer options, such as…
I do not think I was the only person to have found the Yearly Meeting agenda a trifle surprising. Apart from the necessary business of Yearly Meeting (appointments, trustee and…
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