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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.
Quaker delivers prestigious sermon at Cambridge University
Janet Scott made the Quaker faith a major theme of the sermon which she delivered in Great St Mary’s, ‘the university church’, Cambridge, on Sunday 1 February. It is a prestigious honour to be invited to deliver the annual ‘University Sermon’ and Janet chose the subject ‘Education for Good News’...
York Friend comments on ordination
Barbara Windle, of York Area Meeting, spoke on Radio Five Live on 26 January about the ordination of the Church of England’s first woman bishop. Presenter Adrian Chiles asked Barbara for her thoughts, as a Quaker, on the ordination.
Pink scarf back to ‘Wrap Up Trident!’
The pink scarf knitted by Quakers and other peace campaigners last year made its final appearance on 24 January, as part of the ‘Wrap Up Trident!’ campaign. Quakers from across the country gathered in central London last Saturday to wrap the scarf around the Ministry of Defence. They were among some 10,000...
QUNO launches online consultation
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) has launched an online consultation on food security. ‘Examining the linkages between trade and food security: What is your experience?’ invites contributors to share their knowledge and expertise. It aims to put small-scale farmers back at the centre of the food security debate. Contributors...
Leaveners appoint artist-in-residence
Quaker arts group the Leaveners has appointed its first artist-in-residence, Alex Goodman. The appointment is part of a pilot programme being run in partnership with Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, Birmingham. Alex is a Cornwall-based artist, printmaker and producer. She arrived at Woodbrooke on 26 January for a two-week stay.