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Quakers at Greenbelt
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) staff have just spent an invigorating few days at Greenbelt (28 to 31 August) meeting lots of people interested in Quakers.
‘Heads in the sand’ protest
Friends were among more than two hundred Irish campaigners who took part in ‘Heads in the Sand’.
Meeting houses open doors in September
Almost forty Quaker Meeting houses are taking part in this year’s Heritage Open Weekend and Open House London Weekend.
Friends attend the Jalsa Salana
Marigold Bentley and Bessie White attended the Jalsa Salana on 23 August as interfaith visitors. The Jalsa Salana is a three-day gathering of Ahmadiyya Muslims. It was designed ‘to promote the peaceful teachings of Islam, and to counter extremist views and misinterpretations of the world’s second largest religion’, the organisers...
Scholars speak out at Woodbrooke
The four Eva Koch scholars presented their work to a fifty-strong audience at the Woodbrooke Study Centre in Birmingham on 22 August. Helen Chambers, Peni Connolly, Julianna Minihan and Haifa Rashed discussed work they had done during their six-week stays at Woodbrooke.
Keeping TTIP on the agenda
Stoke Friends recently took part in a national 38 Degrees event aimed at raising awareness of TTIP, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
Peru plenary planning progresses
Preparation for the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC)’s next World Plenary Meeting are well under way, said the organisers. Four hundred Friends from around the world are expected to gather in Pisac, Peru, from 19 to 27 January 2016. The plenary will help shape the work of FWCC in the coming...
Revamped BYM website now available
The first pages of Britain Yearly Meeting’s new website went live on 1 September. New pages will be added regularly up until Christmas, although the existing site will remain live, as pages are moved across. Jane Dawson, advocacy and public relations team leader for Britain Yearly Meeting, explained to the...
Friends to witness at arms fair
Quakers will hold a silent vigil on the evening before DSEi (Defence and Security Equipment International), the world’s largest arms fair, in London.
Anglicans back papal call
The Church of England has called on congregations to join pope Francis in a worldwide call to prayer for the environment.