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Quakers urged to be the change in Kenya

FREE 26 April 2012 | by Symon Hill | 0 comments

Daniel arap Moi speaking at the World Conference of Friends. | Photo: Trish Carn

Quakers from around the globe have been encouraged to revive the enthusiasm of early Friends for living out their values and changing the world around them. The World Conference of Friends has heard passionate reflections on the theme of ‘Being Salt and Light: Living the kingdom of God in a...

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Quaker ethics inspire Christian Aid

26 April 2012 | by Symon Hill | 0 comments

Christian Aid have drawn on Quaker ethics in their latest report. Its author, theologian Paula Clifford, quotes Quaker faith & practice on economic and commercial ethics.

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Recording clerk addresses Unitarians

26 April 2012 | by Symon Hill | 0 comments

Quakers need to offer a ‘radical welcome’ and be confident about their own identity. That was the message from the most senior staff member of Quakers in Britain as he addressed the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches.

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Mayoral candidates against arms fair

26 April 2012 | by Symon Hill | 0 comments

Taking aim at the arms fair. | Photo: The U.S. Army / flickr CC

Two candidates for mayor of London have promised to prevent the London arms fair taking place again if they are elected.  Labour’s Ken Livingstone and the Green Party’s Jenny Jones said last week that they would use their mayoral powers to block the biennial event, known formally...

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Christians gather for Israel-Palestine conference

26 April 2012 | by Symon Hill | 0 comments

A British Quaker working in Bethlehem has joined a gathering of evangelical Christians to build links in working for peace and human rights.

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Redland fire

19 April 2012 | by Symon Hill | 0 comments

The roof of Redland Meeting house | Photo: John Hall via Britain Quaker Meeting Houses / flickr

Friends at Redland Meeting in Bristol say they are grateful that nobody was hurt in a fire that has put their Meeting house out of use for weeks.

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Quakers gather in Kenya

19 April 2012 | by Symon Hill | 0 comments

A view of Kabarak University campus | Photo copyright: FWCC (www.saltandlight2012.org)

About a thousand Quakers from around the world are meeting in Kenya this week for the World Conference of Friends. It is one of the largest Quaker gathering for forty-five years.

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Danny Dorling to deliver Salter Lecture

19 April 2012 | by Symon Hill | 0 comments

One of Britain’s leading writers on equality is to give the annual lecture of the Quaker Socialist Society (QSS) ahead of next month’s Yearly Meeting of British Friends.

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Ireland Yearly Meeting

19 April 2012 | by Ian Kirk-Smith | 0 comments

Ireland Yearly Meeting was held for the first time at the headquarters of Irish Quakers at Stocking Lane in Dublin.

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Coke in the café

FREE 19 April 2012 | by Symon Hill | 5 comments | 5 comments

Friends House have defended their decision to sell Coca Cola products in their café despite ethical concerns. The café has previously stocked alternative colas made from companies regarded as more ethical. Coke and Diet Coke went on sale in the café last week, priced at seventy pence per can.

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