Quakers in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset have been working together on a number of climate initiatives.
Manchester Friends hosted the Quaker-run Loving Earth Project last month, as outreach and to raise awareness of the climate crisis.
Quaker Mark Russ led the BBC Radio 4 Daily Service last week, exploring grace and Christian unity.
The Book of Discipline Revision Committee (BDRC) has released two proposed revisions for the new book.
Quaker witness is a powerful presence among other churches, Quaker Committee for Christian and Interfaith Relations (QCCIR) told Friends in the next session.
Quakers in Lancaster have installed a plaque to acknowledge their forebears’ role as ‘slave traders’ and ‘slave owners’.
Ninety-three per cent of teachers do not agree that nuclear disarmament education is too political to be taught, a new survey from the Nuclear Education Trust has found. It reveals…
A Quaker from Malvern Meeting has highlighted the issue of high broadband costs and how Friends can get more help. Asking ‘Are You Paying Too Much for Your Broadband?’, Richard…
Quakers had a presence at the Yorkshire Festival of Story last month, where they highlighted the value of storytelling at a time of climate emergency.
At December’s Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) last week, Friends agreed to explicitly ask Area Meetings (AMs) to cease using the name ‘overseer’ and to replace it with another…
The first main item on Saturday saw Sarah Donaldson, convener of the Yearly Meeting Review Group (YMRG), which is appointed to review Yearly Meeting (YM), Yearly Meeting Gathering…
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