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Meeting for Sufferings: Economy of life, justice and peace for all
Economy of Life, Justice and Peace for All is a ‘call to action’ produced by the World Council of Churches (WCC). It is ‘about recognising that the churches must be part of a movement for positive change’ referring back to the way the wider Christian church changed its stance on...
Meeting for Sufferings: Friendly vibrancy
The vibrancy initiative is a joint initiative by the trustees of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) and Woodbrooke. It is a process of exploration and development in several projects. A joint working group of trustees from both organisations had noticed some areas of common interest in the community that they...
Meeting for Sufferings: Regional Gatherings
Regional Meetings are being planned to explore and strengthen the relationship between Area Meetings (AMs) and Meeting for Sufferings (MfS). MfS Arrangements Group is offering to meet with regional groups of Friends to explore how AMs and MfS can best work together and share good practice.
Meeting for Sufferings: Refurbishment budget revised
At Meeting for Sufferings on 6 July, Friends heard a report on the minutes of a recent meeting of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) trustees.
Meeting for Sufferings: 2013 operational plan
‘Close to poetry when they are good’, was how Jennifer Barraclough, clerk to Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) trustees, described operational plans, with 2013’s as a case in point.
Meeting for Sufferings: Long term framework
Who, what, how, when and where do Quakers in Britain want to be in the next five years? These questions are at the heart of the process of developing a vision that will eventually be presented in the Long Term Framework and were a focus for Meeting for Sufferings,...
Meeting for Sufferings: Long term framework
A proposal was brought to Meeting for Sufferings (MfS), at its request, to begin a process engaging the entire Yearly Meeting in drawing up a new long term framework to cover the period 2015-2020.
Meeting for Sufferings: Yearly Meeting 2013
‘We spent three days living our individual testimonies in common, in community, groping our way to discernment through the mists and the shadows, believing the best of each other,’ said David Amos in his oral report on Yearly Meeting (YM) 2013.
Quaker tribute to Richmond sixteen
The peace witness of sixteen conscientious objectors who were imprisoned in Richmond Castle in 1916 was remembered on Sunday 30 June by British Quakers. A group of Friends visited the cells where the men were imprisoned and also held an open-air Meeting for Worship in the castle grounds.
Feeling the pinch
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has highlighted the severe impact that rising living costs are having on low income households. A recently published report reveals that state benefits provide for less than half of what the public considers an ‘adequate’ income.