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First woman member of FAU dies
The last surviving female member of the Friends Ambulance Unit (FAU) has died at the age of ninety-five.
Diversity marks ninth Quaker Week
Quaker Meetings throughout Britain have been involved in a wide range of diverse events for the ninth British Quaker Week.
Meeting for Sufferings: Focus on Vibrancy at Sufferings
The new Vibrancy in Meetings initiative was one of the main agenda items at Meeting for Sufferings held in the George Fox Room at Friends House in London on Saturday 1 October.
Meeting for Sufferings: Clerks reflect on American trip
Recording clerk Paul Parker and Yearly Meeting clerk Deborah Rowlands gave an informative report on their recent trip to visit Quaker communities in the USA (see the Friend, 2 September 2016).
Meeting for Sufferings: QPSW journey continues
Charlotte Seymour-Smith, clerk of Quaker Peace & Social Witness Central Committee (QPSWCC), spoke to its annual report to Meeting for Sufferings. QPSW is already looking towards next year’s Yearly Meeting Gathering. Charlotte described it as ‘an opportunity to excite and enthuse Friends’ and ‘an important step in building communications...
Meeting for Sufferings: Britain Yearly Meeting trustees
Ingrid Greenhow, clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) trustees, spoke to the minutes of the trustees’ meeting, held on 9-10 September at Friends House, London.
Meeting for Sufferings: Exploring priorities and balances
Meeting for Sufferings returned to questions relating to the Yearly Meeting 2015 minute ‘Living out our faith (call for equality)’ that it had not had time to consider in April. Four questions had been posed following the encouragement from Yearly Meeting for Sufferings to explore how it prioritises and balances different...
Meeting for Sufferings: Area Meeting concerns heard
Minutes from four Area Meetings (AMs) were brought to Sufferings for consideration. Brighouse West Yorkshire AM raised the Ammerdown Invitation and Friends’ responses to it. The Invitation was written by a group of UK peacebuilding professionals and seeks to prompt a conversation about alternatives to the current approach to national...
TTT website goes live
The new website for Turning the Tide is now live. The bright, user-friendly website contains information and resources on the work of Turning the Tide. Some tools are available free to download.
Quakers address state of banking system
A one day conference on the state of the banking system was held at Friends House, London, on Saturday 1 October.