Issue 22-06-2018
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Thought for the Week: Experience of Light
As silence falls and settles I focus within quiet, steady, sinking down, unhurried breathing. Calm waves seem to ebb and flow through brain and body, washing away all worries I’m relaxed and soothed.
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Exploring priesthood
When early Friends affirmed the priesthood of all believers it was seen as an abolition of the clergy; in fact it is an abolition of the laity. All members are part of the clergy and have the clergy’s responsibility for the maintenance of the meeting as a community… -...
Bookings and procedures
Brighton Quaker Meeting considers its lovely Meeting house, situated in the heart of the city, as one of our best forms of outreach to the local community, so we endeavour to use it as fully as we can to support our testimonies and social witness. In keeping with our Quaker...
God is a dotted crotchet
I belong to Southampton Philharmonic Choir. We’re not connected to any particular religious group, but we perform many masses and other religious works. Our conductor, who is probably the main reason we’ve achieved such a high standard, has made two remarks that have stuck in my memory. ‘God...
Bolton Quakers join solidarity against ‘hate attacks’
Bolton Friends were among a group of 100 people who turned out for an ‘anti-hate’ march and vigil on 10 June in the town.
1652 remembered
Forty Friends attended the annual gathering at Firbank Fell near Sedbergh to remember the founding of the Quaker movement, when George Fox addressed hundreds of fellow seekers.
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Refugee Week: words, music, resistance
Quakers up and down the country have been engaged in events to highlight Refugee Week. Friends have hosted and organised a range of arts, cultural and social events to mark the twentieth nationwide celebration, which runs from 18-24 June, and, in particular, to highlight World Refugee Day on 20 June.
Friends voice fears over army adverts
Quakers have spoken out about the British army’s recent recruitment drive that targeted ‘stressed and vulnerable’ sixteen-year-olds on and around GCSE results day.
Bath Meeting hosts ‘Co-operative’ event
Bath Quaker Meeting hosted an event called ‘Do It Ourselves! How Can We Make Bath a Co-operative City?’ It was supported by the Bath & West Cooperative Party and Bath Cooperative Alliance.
The media, peacemaking and Syria
The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) co-organised an event with Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP) on ‘The Role of Media as a Peacebuilding Tool in Syria’.
FWCC fundraising appointment
The Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) World Office has announced that Michael Wajda is joining the organisation to support their fund development programme.
Unemphatically speaking
If I were a Quaker pope I would permanently proscribe the use of adjectives such as ‘deep’, ‘total’, ‘profound’ and ‘absolute’. Actually, I would forbid the employment of all ‘emphatic and extravagant quantifiers’ in our Friendly discourse and writing.
Intentions and meaning
How do we recognise true news from fake news? Some fake news is sensationally obvious, but could it be that some ‘fake news’ is ‘true news’ falsified, told in a different way, selectively edited and nuanced to present an event in a particular light? Who, then, is to say where,...
New Zealand Yearly Meeting
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 Society’s finances in New Zealand Aotearoa were among the concerns addressed in the recent Yearly Meeting of Friends in...
Speaking in Meeting
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 he is.’ Here is the rest.
Letters - 22 June 2018
Energetic discussion I am informed that even with considerably more conservation methods than at present, our consumption of electricity will increase by at least a quarter as the use of electric motor cars increases. How will this extra power be provided? How can we generate the energy we need and...