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The range of Special Interest Group meetings – scheduled this year a month before Yearly Meeting (YM) itself – was as wide as ever. Most took place during working hours, restricting attendance, so we hope you find this summary useful. If you were at a session we missed – hopefully there weren’t many – do let us know how it went, so we can report later.
Celebrating in Bangor
Frances Voelcker, of Bangor Meeting, reached out to share with Eye how Friends there hosted a celebration in early March.
Friends in Lebanon and Palestine have been forced to cancel their Middle East Yearly Meeting (YM) due to the war. Middle East YM was due to meet this month, on 6-10 April, for the first time since the 1990s. Michael Eccles, executive secretary of Friends World Committee – Europe & Middle East Section (FWCC-EMES), told the Friend: ‘Around fifty people had registered from all over the world, including Australia, Britain, Ireland, Palestine, Lebanon, and the USA.’
The University of Salford has hosted the first public hearing of a musical composition that was inspired by Quaker worship.
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