At yearly meeting I met my grandmother on the way to a session on ‘What it means to be a Quaker today’. She said it was a question that every Friend should think about, young…
Can you imagine a different world? One where society is seriously grappling with the main challenges that face us today: climate change, corporate greed, poverty? Now,…
I arrived at the special interest group entitled ‘Firbank Fell’ by one of those mistakes that sometimes show the hand of God working in mysterious ways. In his…
The New Shoots (0-2 year olds) We the New Shoots have been exploring our place in the world, learning that sharing is caring and caring sharing. It has been fun making new friends…
A sense of fellowship It was my first time at BYM and, having heard about over 1,000 Quakers in one room in a Meeting for Worship for Business, I was intrigued about the…
To all Friends everywhere, We send loving greetings to Friends everywhere from a sunny London, where about a thousand Friends have gathered, including 150 children and young…
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