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Meeting for Sufferings: Sufferings responds to climate calls
Sufferings heard minutes from the Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) Central Committee meeting held at Friends House on 21-23 November 2014. Both dealt with energy justice and climate policy.
Meeting for Sufferings: Interfaith peacemaking conference planned
Friends at Meeting for Sufferings were informed that the Quaker Committee for Christian and Interfaith Relations (QCCIR) plan to offer a one day conference in Friends House in the autumn of 2015 on interfaith peacemaking.
Meeting for Sufferings: What it means to be a Quaker today - membership
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) recording clerk Paul Parker spoke to his paper ‘What it means to be a Quaker today’, presented at Yearly Meeting 2014. He focused on Minute 40, which asked for two things. The first of these was ‘further exploration by Area Meetings of the flexibility already allowed around membership...
Meeting for Sufferings: The end of a long journey
Catherine James, convenor of the Church Government Advisory Group (CGAG), spoke to the proposed redrafts of chapter sixteen and section 3.27 of chapter three of Quaker faith & practice.
Meeting for Sufferings: Britain Yearly Meeting trustees report
Jennifer Barraclough, clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) trustees, spoke to the minutes of the BYM trustees meeting held on 30-31 January. Jennifer said that she wanted to highlight one or two of the issues minuted. She began by thanking Meeting for Sufferings for its help and support over the...
Meeting for Sufferings: Yearly Meeting 2015
Chris Skidmore, clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting, reminded Friends that Yearly Meeting 2015 would be held at Friends House from 1 to 4 May 2015. It will open a new chapter in the history of Quakerism in Britain as it will be the first time that Yearly Meeting will be held in the newly...
Friends join call for new tax law
The Religious Society of Friends in Britain has joined other faith groups in calling on politicians to end tax avoidance. The recording clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting, Paul Parker, signed a statement in support of a new campaign calling on political parties to promise to act against tax avoidance if...
Friends remember the Holocaust
Quakers across the country took part in Holocaust Memorial Day events on 27 January. York Friends contributed to several local commemorations. Jenny Hartland of Acomb Meeting spoke at a civic event. Jenny’s talk was inspired by this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day theme, ‘Keeping the memory alive’. She talked about...
Scottish Friends hope for sustainability network
Isolated Friends in the north of Scotland are addressing the challenge of living out the Canterbury Commitment to sustainability. Jane Booth writes in a recent edition of The Northern Quaker: ‘Area Meeting recently decided to affiliate with Eco-Congregation Scotland, an ecumenical charity providing support to local churches.
Cold weather payments help QSA
Some Friends have begun to give their winter fuel allowance to Quaker Social Action (QSA). Five Friends have donated their allowance. The donations were spontaneous, rather than prompted by QSA campaigning. The donors were all people who already support QSA in different ways, QSA told the Friend.