A sampler stitched by an Irish Quaker more than two centuries ago has found its way ‘home’ from Australia.
Seventeen students from five Quaker schools attended the annual Friends Schools Gathering at the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Birmingham.
Ingrid Greenhow, clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) trustees, told Meeting for Sufferings that changes to Management Meeting were approved at the BYM trustee meeting in June.
Minutes from Notts and Derby Area Meeting and Mid-Essex Area Meeting concerning the refugee crisis were sent to Meeting for Sufferings.
Helen Drewery, general secretary of Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW), updated Meeting for Sufferings on work being undertaken regarding UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
Meeting for Sufferings was told of recent developments towards conscientious objection to military taxation.
Meeting for Sufferings was told that rooms at Friends House will be named after well-known Quakers. Each room will have a plaque outside the door saying who the person was. This is…
Representatives on Meeting for Sufferings were given the opportunity to reflect on Yearly Meeting (YM) 2016, held in May, and to begin the process of looking ahead to future YMs.
A change to the agenda of Meeting for Sufferings was made to allow time for reflection on the recent EU referendum and forty minutes were given to ministry before the close of the…
Mark Lilley, assistant clerk of the Quaker Committee for Christian and Interfaith Relations (QCCIR), began his report to Meeting for Sufferings: ‘What lies at the heart of this…
"If you truly want to be led you must put yourself in a position that allows following" (PYM)
Though written within a Quaker and Christian context, this book can be used by anyone of any religious faith or secular inclination. The only requirement is a desire to follow, to be guided by, to align with the richness of the ineffable, which this book calls "the Way". This book seeks nothing less than to aid readers in aligning their lives with the same power and richness that animated the life of Jesus of Nazareth.
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