Meeting for Sufferings on 24 November was asked if ‘the world family of Friends matter – to you and your Meeting?’ The question was posed by Ann Floyd, clerk of Quaker World…
Having started as a ‘rather self-contained part’ of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) – ‘doing great work, but it didn’t work a lot with other parts of the organisation’ –…
The Quaker Committee for Christian and Interfaith Relations (QCCIR) regards its biggest achievement as The Changing Face of Faith in Britain, Stephanie Grant, a member of the body,…
Quaker Social Action (QSA) is celebrating what it hailed as a ‘big breakthrough for those struggling with funeral costs’ after a major investigation into the funeral sector was…
Kingston upon Thames Friends hosted an open event for the Quaker Congo Partnership UK on 25 November.
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) trustees have reaffirmed they want ‘a simple church supported by a simple charity to reinvigorate Quakerism’ as the basis for its new set of…
Oliver Robertson is to be the new head of witness and worship at Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM), it was announced at Meeting for Sufferings on 24 November.
Meeting for Sufferings decided to lay down the Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) Sustainability Group on Sunday 25 November.
Mark Tod, convenor of the Church Government Advisory Group (CGAG), spoke to Meeting for Sufferings on Friday 23 November about implications of the decision to revise Quaker faith…
Traidcraft, the Christian retailer promoting Fairtrade goods, has unveiled a plan to rescue it from the threat of closure.
Llandrindod Wells Friends hosted a day of ‘silence, inner stillness and sacred music’ this week as part of a global event celebrating meditation.
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