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Meeting for Sufferings: New names for rooms
Meeting for Sufferings was told that rooms at Friends House will be named after well-known Quakers. Each room will have a plaque outside the door saying who the person was. This is seen as a form of outreach.
Meeting for Sufferings: Yearly Meetings past and future
Representatives on Meeting for Sufferings were given the opportunity to reflect on Yearly Meeting (YM) 2016, held in May, and to begin the process of looking ahead to future YMs.
Meeting for Sufferings: In the wake of the EU referendum
A change to the agenda of Meeting for Sufferings was made to allow time for reflection on the recent EU referendum and forty minutes were given to ministry before the close of the morning session.
Meeting for Sufferings: The role of Spirit highlighted in interfaith report
Mark Lilley, assistant clerk of the Quaker Committee for Christian and Interfaith Relations (QCCIR), began his report to Meeting for Sufferings: ‘What lies at the heart of this report is the ‘Spirit’ – from the spirit of change in the religious landscape, to a Spirit-led church, to new forms of spirituality...
Meeting for Sufferings: Travelling minute
Meeting for Sufferings approved a travelling minute for Paul Parker, Britain Yearly Meeting recording clerk, and Deborah Rowlands, clerk of the Yearly Meeting (YM).
Meeting for Sufferings: Meeting for Sufferings on the move
The ‘Meeting for Sufferings Roadshows’ in 2014 and 2015 met Friends around Britain. In some places they were asked why Sufferings was ‘almost’ always held in London.
Meeting for Sufferings: Appeals process to be reviewed
The Church Government Advisory Group met at Friends House on 11 April. They sent a minute to Meeting for Sufferings asking that a review of the appeal process against decisions by Area Meetings be reviewed. These are found in Quaker faith & practice 4.25 and 4.26. A draft set of Terms of Reference...
Meeting for Sufferings: New Sufferings clerks
The Committee on Clerks brought forward the names of Anne Ullathorne to serve as the clerk and Margaret Bryant to serve as the assistant clerk of Meeting for Sufferings from 1 January to 31 December 2017.
West Bank and Israel the 2016 Adderbury focus
A fifty-strong audience attended the historic Oxfordshire Meeting house at Adderbury on 19 June for this year’s Adderbury Gathering.
Ada Salter Day
The 150th birthday of Friend and social reformer Ada Salter will be marked on 15 and 16 July.