‘What it means to be a Quaker today: commitment and belonging’ was the theme of the 2014 Yearly Meeting Gathering. The spiritual basis of trusteeship and of service had been…
The report of Britain Yearly Meeting trustees at Yearly Meeting Gathering (YMG) was enhanced by the imaginative use of a commissioned film. The film took a geographic area – the…
Further news of the continuing conflict in Gaza brought into sharp focus the work of the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). It was one of the…
In a time of war what can one person do? Many Friends in 1914 responded vigorously in finding ways of service. When the war began E Harold Marsh was in Denmark visiting summer…
I am a Quaker because I like the sense of being part of a supporting community. I make lots of new friends and have lots of fun. I also like being quiet and listening.
Yearly Meeting decided, on Sunday evening, to defer a decision on asking Meeting for Sufferings to begin the process of revising Quaker faith & practice. The session was…
The sun shone on the huge white tent and Quakers, who had descended from near and far, made their way into the largest indoor space British Friends had ever worshipped in. It was…
Ben Pink Dandelion of Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre gave this year’s Swarthmore Lecture at Yearly Meeting Gathering on Sunday 3 August. Speaking to a packed Big Top, Ben shared…
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