You are my friends if you do what I command you… This is what I command you: Love one another. John 15:14 and 17
At Hemel Hempstead, elders and overseers meet once a month. Two items always appear on the agenda – Pastoral Care and Membership. Numerically, Hemel Hempstead is a big Meeting,…
Every stage of our lives offers fresh opportunities. Responding to divine guidance, try to discern the right time to undertake or relinquish responsibilities without undue pride…
In Quaker faith & practice the section on our Peace Testimony states that ‘as Friends we have never been satisfied that corporate statements and personal witness are enough.…
Good morning. Two incidents of horrific violence have shocked us all in recent days: the church organist killed in Sheffield on his way to Midnight Mass, and the medical student…
Feelings are the most accurate guide we have to who we are and how we are conducting our lives. As very small children we were in touch with how we felt about everything, and we…
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