Issue 19-02-2016
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Thought for the Week: Being transformed
When I arrived here I was comfortable in my faith. I was comfortable in my doubt. I could sense that something special was present in a gathered Meeting, but I’d never known what it was. I wasn’t sure how to describe or understand it. And I accepted that....
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Meeting in the mountains
Pisac, a sprawling village in Peru’s Sacred Valley, is often described as ‘bustling’ and ‘attractive’. Neither does it justice. For eight days in January almost four hundred Friends lived, discerned and talked there, in majestic surroundings, encircled by the Andes. Quakers attending the 2016 Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC)...
The present
Young Adult Friends were woven throughout the rich tapestry of the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) World Plenary. Their influence was felt before the Plenary even began. Simon Lamb, clerk of the International Planning Committee, told Friends that this was the first Plenary where the Committee had included representatives...
Epistle
Se contenta el Corazón ensanchándose de amor; todos a una voz a Dios gracias damos. ¡Bienvenidos Amigos! To all Friends Everywhere, We send loving greetings to you from Pisac in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. We were blessed with both sunshine and rain. As we gathered together...
Celebrating difference
I have come to realise that this marvellous light is present in speech and in silence. The light dances in both places if we let go enough to see it. As it dances in silence, it dances in the noise of life itself. It is all around, here, now. -...
Methodists target Mondelez UK
The Methodist Tax Justice Network (MTJN ) has launched a campaign against Mondelez UK, the owners of Cadbury. The move was prompted by the news that the company paid no corporation tax in the UK in 2014/15, despite making UK profits of £96.5 million through Cadbury products alone. The campaign began with a...
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Scottish Election Guide
Britain Yearly Meeting has produced a guide to the Scottish parliamentary election, which will take place on 5 May. Topics addressed in the briefing include militarisation in schools, Trident, housing and community justice, climate and energy justice, and land reform. It also covers social security and welfare.
Clean water a step closer
A project backed by the Quaker Congo Partnership UK has come a step closer to bringing clean water to the community hospital and village of Abeka in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Scottish Conservative delivers poverty lecture
Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and member of the Scottish parliament for Glasgow, delivered the third annual Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Prospect lecture on poverty.
Sibford students attend US conference
Seven sixth form students from Sibford School travelled to the United States this month to attend the nineteenth annual Quaker Youth Leadership Conference.
New roof for Beccles
Friends in Beccles, Suffolk, have replaced the roof of their Meeting house.
New appointment at Woodbrooke
The Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre has announced the appointment of Sally Sadler as the new resident volunteer coordinator. Sally will be responsible for the management and coordination of volunteer Friends-in-residence who provide continuity to the Quaker presence at Woodbrooke and help with operational duties.
From the archive: ‘…the way of splendid rashness…’
The Yearly Meeting of 1915, which had been adjourned, was recalled by Meeting for Sufferings and met at the end of January 1916. The Friend reported on the proceedings in early February and carried letters and comments. A prominent subject was the Military Service Act. It introduced conscription and was passed in...
Letters - 19 February 2016
Are Area Meetings necessary? Area Meeting is certainly not the most exciting evening event. But, as an organisation without a separate priesthood, it is a vital working gathering and when I am able to make it – when childcare and transport arrangements are met – it is also a spiritually deepening experience...