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Kimberly Rivera detained
North American Friends have reacted with disappointment and concern over the recent arrest of a leading American conscientious objector. Kimberly Rivera, who fled to Canada five years ago to avoid serving in Iraq, was arrested in the United States of America after losing her deportation case. A mother of...
Quaker Service Exhibition available for loan
Quakers in Britain have been encouraged to make use of a highly successful exhibition that celebrates the peace witness of Friends. The Quaker Service Exhibition was one of most visited presentations of the 2012 Yearly Meeting at Friends House in London.
Meeting for Sufferings: Registration of Meeting houses for civil partnerships
Arrangements for registering Meeting houses for civil partnerships gave rise to two current buzzwords: ‘unsustainable’ and ‘omnishambles’, according to one Friend at Meeting for Sufferings (MfS).
Meeting for Sufferings: The roles of registering officers
It has been suggested by Northamptonshire Area Meeting (AM) that the number of registering officers be reduced as the training is expensive.
Meeting for Sufferings: Disposal of high level nuclear waste in Cumbria
Robert Straughton spoke to this. The minute states: ‘How to appropriately dispose of radioactive waste has been researched and discussed for over half a century. There are implications locally, nationally, internationally and globally. The danger of contamination to the planet and all life on it will continue for thousands of...
Meeting for Sufferings: Promoting peace
2014 to 2018 will see a series of events throughout Britain and Europe dedicated to commemorating the centenary of world war one. Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) were reminded that the Religious Society of Friends was ‘an historic peace church with a strong history of activism’ and that the commemoration would provide â€...
Meeting for Sufferings: News in brief
Jubilee for Justice campaign The recording clerk and the clerk of Quaker Peace & Social Witness Central Committee have signed up to join the campaign. It advocates: cancelling the debts of the most indebted nations; promoting just and progressive taxation rather than excessive borrowing; and stopping harmful lending, which...
Meeting for Sufferings: A Framework for Action (AFFA)
Trustees have looked at the responses to AFFA received from Area Meetings. The trustees have recommended that AFFA not be replaced when it finishes in 2014, although they ‘do see the need for a clear statement of vision for the work of Quakers in Britain’ and also suggest ‘that Meeting for...
Meeting for Sufferings: When the Spirit moved
First, the breaking news: Sufferings may be smaller than it was, but it’s not quite as small as they thought. Opening worship was characterised by the last dozen to arrive having to stand at the back, so what would have been a seamless transition to the business of the...
Indiana YM moves towards separation
Quakerism in Indiana is on the verge of a significant shift after an anxious and challenging period. In the past few years there has been growing division among some Meetings in Indiana Yearly Meeting (IYM). The differences of opinion mainly concerned the ‘subject of homosexuality and religious authority’...